Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 154 PT 2 // "XBOX OFFICIALLY CONCEDES THE CONSOLE WAR TO PLAYSTATION"

Episode Date: November 9, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:03 Now, I believe this is my first time ever getting into Little Nightmares. But as far as that specific fact, I was wondering to myself, how in the world is people justifying four to five hours of playtime for $40? Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? But then I came to realize something very interesting. So when it comes to little night, when it comes to Little Nightmares, one and then when it comes to little nightmares two respectively those two games were around the same
Starting point is 00:00:41 metric so little nightmares three is five to six hours right little nightmares one is is approximately three and a half hours and little nightmares two is five and almost it's like five to six hours so the main thing i was wanting to get at was why are people complaining about little nightmares three when of course it's around the same hours as far as play time And then I realized, this is a whopping $40 when compared to Little Nightmares 1. It was $20, but the complete edition was $30. When it initially came out 2017, and of course Little Nightmares 2 was $30. So now cracked the code on the world.
Starting point is 00:01:20 Everybody is so irate at the hours because of the price point being increased compared to Little Nightmares 1 and 2. Now, that out the way, safe to say that this is an interesting franchise. to say the least. And a lot of people was gravitating towards Little Nightmares 3 because not only is it the next installment, but of course,
Starting point is 00:01:44 this is the first mainline entry not developed by TAR Sear Studios. Hopefully I'm saying it right. Acquired by Embracer Group in December 2019 for $10 million. And they shifted to the new IP Reanimal in 2026,
Starting point is 00:02:00 which has a spiritual successor with a co-op horror akin to Little Nightmares 1 and 2. So the main thing you need to know is that Bandai Namco owns the IP and chose supermassive games like until Don Dark Pictures who did Little Nightmares 2, the enhanced edition and the 2021 Next Gym port. And that was more of a test run. So now when you look at Little Nightmares 3, a lot of people enjoy the visual aspect of it.
Starting point is 00:02:31 But of course, they complain. about the short runtime because of the price point being more than what they usually charge. So for people who are completely oblivious to Little Nightmares 3, just knows developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released October 10th of this year on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox 1, Xbox Series X&S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and of course PC. And getting into the Review and Sales Roundup of Little Nightmares 3, safe to say that the best performance in my opinion looking at the charts is nintendo as it's currently
Starting point is 00:03:07 one of the best performing games on nintendo and more specifically is number eight as far as uh the number eighth overall but it's really the seventh most played game on the switch so i think nintendo is the perfect platform for little nightmares three but if you just want to play a co-op game safe to say a lot people would probably have more of a console preference than the actual switch platform. So going back to Little Nightmare's Three is set in the spiral, which is a surreal cluster of nightmare realms. You have the Necropolis, which is Sandy Ruins. You have the candy factory, which is sticky and grotesque.
Starting point is 00:03:50 You have the Karn Nival. Karni Val. And then you have an institute. So your protagonist throughout the game is low, which is a crow mask boy, and then you have Alone, which is a girl with pigtail. So you're going throughout these different worlds with these particular protagonists. And like I said, it's about four to six hours. Now, with that being said, it's four chapters versus the two previous, no, the last previous
Starting point is 00:04:17 Tower, the last previous Little Nightmare, which was five chapters. And then the main thing you're going to be doing throughout Little Nightmare, Nightmares 3 is a lot of puzzle solving, stealth, and chase sequences. And once I saw a platform and I thought to myself, well, maybe I should play this game. And then I saw the price tag compared to the hours and I just said to myself, Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? I don't know any game where I would pay $40 for only $4 to 6 hours of playtime.
Starting point is 00:04:48 I think that's egregious. That's the most asinine. that's the most backwards compatibility and the user interface I've ever seen in my life as far as being a user and playing the game I'm not paying $40 for 46 hours
Starting point is 00:05:05 a main story now you could be like hey but if you're a completionist it can maybe push into 10 hours I ain't trying to hear all that you guys see that's the problem and of course when it comes to the DLC
Starting point is 00:05:18 they do have DOC titled The Secrets of the Spiral Expansion Pass that has two playing story chapters. So when it comes to this type of pivotal move, as far as making it shorter but increasing the price point, some could say that it basically is because it's not the first main line. Some could say it's because it's the first mainline entry not developed by Tarsier Studios.
Starting point is 00:05:43 So maybe you have to blame Embrace a group. Maybe you have to blame their new name as far as Reanimal. maybe they're trying to get you off the uh the the the the the the the the bray crumbs trail but when they took over for 10.5 million dollars they basically said to themselves we're going to get our money's worth by any means necessary i know that ain't who i think it is anyways when it comes to the review roundup of this specific game a lot of people have given a glowing reviews basically all most of not all said it was way too short right they said well also they said a lot of other things as far as saying it was undespired i mean you see a lot of scores from 60 to 75 out of 100
Starting point is 00:06:26 game informant gave it a 75 out of 100 saying that it was beautiful but short co-op adds a little spice IG gave it a 60 out of 100 saying uninspired retread few scares limited co-op and of course you have destructoid that gave it at 60 out of 100 saying it was repetitive and lacks old dread so now that i'm looking at it As far as the Steam reviews, because that's more of the reviews I look at, because Steam, I think, does a great job on having certain boundaries and guidelines as far as how and who can leave a review. That has 52%, ladies and gentlemen, a whopping 52%. And it was positive initially, but, you know, hey, 52%. If I was in school, safe to say, Little Nightmares 3 will be failing compared to his predecessors.
Starting point is 00:07:14 So a lot of people do praise the atmosphere, the co-op concept, and of course, the music. But when it comes to other games that you can play, which you've seen right now, as far as a co-op aspect, Split Fiction is the best co-op aspect you can have in the year of 2025. I mean, it's just not even close. Like, I think it's one of the best games of the year, if not the best. It's my personal favorite, but I'm not mad at other people who think other games like Ghost of Yolte or Expedition 33 or Hollow Night Silk. song deserve that mantle of the best game of the year. I'm just saying Little Nightmares 3 is far from the case of being Game of the Year. And of course, it may be one of the
Starting point is 00:07:52 worst entries into the Little Nightmares franchise because there's three of them. So if you were to rank them, safe to say that it's not in the top two and there's only three of them. So it's not the greatest outing for Little Nightmares. And of course, with that being once again, because you can't blame the old developers for this. With this being the first mainline entry not developed by Tarsier Studios. Some could say that that is the pivotal factor and why the quality is lacklustre. So when you look at the steam numbers, it currently has a 24-hour peak of 2100 people playing it.
Starting point is 00:08:29 It is a co-op game, so I'm not too stickler for the numbers, but of course the all-time peak was 19 days ago as far as 22,000. So a lot of people was anticipating this, but it seems like the word of mouth is doing more harm than good for this uh for the overall longevity for this game so i don't think that the sales as far as this game bringing in a 20 million plus lifetime as of mid 2025 i don't think the sales is indicative of where this franchise is going because of course the first one uh grossed around 48 millions as far as uh little nightmares one specifically little nightmares too grossed around 25 million and then you look at this one selling around 20 plus million it seems like it's on a
Starting point is 00:09:14 downward spiral a spiral it doesn't seem like it's going upward maybe that's why they sold it in the first place after the first one compared to the second one they said to itself hold them now this is not the trend that we want it's not the upward trend that we thought was going to happen so they sold it while it was hot and i think that's why we're at the position we're at with little nightmares three so it does seem like visually is very interesting but it's a short-lived experience for $40. So that being said, click my link to your bio. Let me know on one of my social media.
Starting point is 00:09:45 What do you think about Little Nightmares 3? Do you believe it should have been longer? If you played it, do you enjoy it? Do you think people are just tripping? And at the end of the day, do you think that this is the worst Little Nightmares game out of the trilogy? It's time to get into the most popular game on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 currently. As of course when talking about Nintendo, you probably think it to yourself, hold on now.
Starting point is 00:10:19 Usually Mario holds the title of the most popular game on the Nintendo platform. Well, of course, Pokemon is one of the few IPs that could get Mario out of the paint as far as the crown jewel, as far as players flocking to a specific game. As Pokemon Legends Zah just came out, and of course, when it comes to Zee, hyphen A. A lot of people are pronouncing this. So I may just do the same ignorantly. I ain't a lot to you. So when it comes to sales specifically,
Starting point is 00:10:51 it has garnered over 4.8 million copies as far as physical plus digital. And when you compare it to the field, as far as the Pokemon field, obviously nothing is touching scarlet slash violent that had a whopping 10 million units
Starting point is 00:11:07 out of the gate. And then when it comes to Legends, Arceas, I think that's how you pronounce it, You have 6.5 million. You have swords slash shield is 6 million. Brilliant diamond slash shining pearl at 6 million. X slash Y at 4 million. And then let's go Pikachu slash Evie at 3 million.
Starting point is 00:11:30 So safe to say, this particular game is selling tremendously. And it's definitely one of the highest engaged with Pokemon games that's been out in quite some time. And you're probably thinking to yourself, man, what in the world makes this different than the other Pokemon? games. You guys. Well, I'm glad you asked. So when it comes to Pokemon Legends Zod, the main thing that makes it different than the others is the very distinct change of the gameplay loop. Because real-time action combat is very different as far as the previous Pokemon games, as those were more term-based. And of course, when you come to Scarlet and Violet's traditional system, That's what we already know Pokemon to be.
Starting point is 00:12:17 But this completely goes away from that gameplay loop, gives you more of a real-time action combat, meaning you can move your trainer and your Pokemon in 3D arenas and have dodge attacks and time swap slash moves with cool downs, which is very different from the other Pokemon games. And of course, it's set entirely in Lumios City. I think I said that right. And the main focus for Zah is the battle reall type of battles that goes through on throughout the ranks.
Starting point is 00:12:51 So you have battle reall type of games, which is taking out the whole gym slash Pokedex grind, right? And then of course you have mega evolutions and new ones, right? With multi-use. And then of course, rogue megabosses. So the whole gameplay loop is changed for Pokemon Zai. This is not your typical run-in-the-mill, Scarlet and Violet. traditional system as far as the battling mechanics. So Nintendo's definitely trying something.
Starting point is 00:13:19 So it's definitely good to give them kudos as far as trying something unique for the next installment as far as a Pokemon game because we already know how Power World is feeling right now. Shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on? Power world trying to innovate on the overall capturing monster mechanic and adding another let's just say it's more of a building
Starting point is 00:13:47 building your own based and things of that nature as far as the unique aspect of power with and I forget what they actually call that as far as the specific genre for that but when it comes to Pokemon Zab they also are uniquely adding elements into the
Starting point is 00:14:05 monster catching type of system but of course when it comes to power or doing it you know they had to sue them because you know what y'all out here taking our IP and changing a little bit of graphics and calling it your own monster so Pokemon had to turn it to a little you know what I'm saying Pokemon had to and they started snitching expeditiously lawsuits galore and power world is you know they're going through a lot let's just say that so when it comes to Pokemon Zad we was wondering if Nintendo was ever going to take a gamble and switch up the formulaic Pokemon system and safety
Starting point is 00:14:41 to say they deal with Pokemon Zod, which is why a lot of people are calling this one of the best switch era Pokemon games, especially the way that they went with the art style is more unique. Of course, the anime style is there. The inspiration is there. And of course, the combat. And then when you look at the innovation, Pokemon's been doing a lot from the animation, from the mobile side of things. I mean, of course, the trading cards can't forget how Pokemon even got his core audience in the first place, right? I mean, we could be here for days talking about the different things that Pokemon has been doing.
Starting point is 00:15:15 As you already know with the animation, you have the Pokemon Concierge season two with new episodes coming on Netflix, September 4th, right? Featuring Pokemon like Corfish, Shinks, and Arcane, I think that's how you said. And then you have Pokemon Tales, which is Artman's Stop Motion series that's coming out in 2027. And then Pokemon always has merch. So we don't have to get into that. of course when it comes to the mobile game we've talked about Pokemon Go specifically i forgot forgot when we talked about that Pokemon go um let me see we talked about the trade and card game uh pocket but have you never talked about uh do we never talk about Pokemon Go let me see
Starting point is 00:15:58 I don't think we've ever talked about Pokemon Go in the world that was that was actually crazy I thought we talked about that before anyways um I'll try to make sure because we talked about Pocopio, we talked about the trading card game. I guess you never talked about Pokemon Go. Well, I guess I need to get to that at some point. So, because Pokemon Go is still one of the more popular games in the world, I believe, as far as mobile aspect. Because every time I see it, I'd be like, man, I should probably get into Pokemon Go, but I'm
Starting point is 00:16:28 never gotten into it. I thought I did. But anyways, Pokemon Go is the third most popular mobile game currently. And when it comes to that, safe to say that they still have a lot of spin-offs of Pokemon Go coming out. out soon and they're still adding extra content to Pokemon Go as you have the Pokemon Go Fest that happens this year the max finale which happens I think that that may have already happened you had the world's tied event Halloween
Starting point is 00:16:56 2025 part two which is happened October 27 to November 2nd yeah Pokemon sleep I don't know what that is legendary dogs of anti Raku and Sukun I don't know what that is I don't know what that is I don't kept to you and then scarlet violet has a free switch to upgrade so they're just doing all type of stuff as far as Pokemon keeping the fans engaged with ultimate with with new additions and then ultimate editions of the previous games so to get into the overall uh Pokemon presents showcase they did have that back in February 27 and of course I remember covering um Nintendo just had some type of event I don't know if it was no it wasn't the launch trail it was uh was it Kirby I think it was
Starting point is 00:17:38 Kirby yeah it was uh kirby air riders direct i remember covering that not too long ago october 27th of this year and they basically dive it into the next racing game that that's going to give mario some run for us money i mean Mario just can't catch a break out here i know that ain't who i think it is Mario looking at all these games hopping into the car racing format thinking to himself i know that ain't who i think Mario looking at kirby i know that ain't who i think it is Mario looking at sonic i know that ain't who i think it is Mario even looking at that Steve from Minecraft saying to himself, Shepard, just look at the state of gaming.
Starting point is 00:18:14 Like, what is going on? Not going to lie, Mario been going through it. It's almost like Mario's going to have his own solo game that comes out next year. Now, just mark that I said that, because Nintendo's following a very interesting formula. They put out Mario Kart World, which is a safe game that launched with the Swiss 2.
Starting point is 00:18:30 Then they came out with Donkey Kong Benazza. That was not a safe game because it's Donkey Kong, and he's been thrown to the waistline. I mean, we even got a Peach game before we got Donkey Kong. Then we got Donkey Kong for Switch to that did phenomenal from a quality aspect. Then we got Kirby Air Riders. And then we had, I don't think Sonic Cross Worlds is specifically a Nintendo game. But when it comes to Kirby, when it comes to Donkey Kong, Mario Kart World, I mean, at some point, after this Pokemon's lot, they're going to get back to the bread and butter, which is Mario.
Starting point is 00:18:57 So I do believe what I do for a solo Mario game soon. Because I know currently the promoting and marketing, the Super Mario Galaxy movie, and I do believe at some point in time, time Nintendo is going to figure out that they're on pace to have the same type of effect that the MCU had with the Infinity War Saga. And what I mean by that is, you already got Sonic popping as far as movies, right? You know how hard that is because we even think in the video game space that he was going to. I had my fault. I was just saying that he may not last. But, you know, the video game is still up to, hey, that's still up in air as far as the quality.
Starting point is 00:19:34 What's not up in there is the quality for the movie aspect. So Sonic's been solidified as far as in the movie aspect. No matter what you say about Mario in the movie aspect, a lot of people enjoyed it. And then you have the Zelda movie coming out, I believe. I forget what other movie was coming out. Minecraft already happened. Is Minecraft?
Starting point is 00:19:53 Yeah, Steve is in the Super Smash Bros. So basically that was my point. They're all leading up. I think they should lead up into Super Smash Bros. I think that could be an Infinity War in-game type of run if they do it correctly. The next Infinity War is soft. I believe that's going to come is not going to be from superheroes. It's going to be from
Starting point is 00:20:11 the Nintendo universe that they're currently establishing. That Super Mario movie is going to hit just like Infinity War and endgame did. Remember I told you that. So anyways, game back into Pokemon Zah because you know, you definitely want to focus on the game at him, right?
Starting point is 00:20:27 This game, if you don't know, it's already, you should probably already know this, but it's published by the Pokemon Company slash Nintendo. And it came on October 16, 20, currently the most popular game on nintendo now it's exclusively on nintendo so that makes sense right until you realize that there's a lot of nintendo exclusives that come out just like horrendously flopped so it's not a given just because you're on nintendo and you're one of the flagships that you're
Starting point is 00:20:53 going to sell uh Pokemon always comes out the gate and sells a lot so currently is the most play game and of course it takes up two slots because you have Pokemon legend zai and you have Pokemon Legend Zodd, Nintendo Switch 2 edition. So now, when you look at that unique type of real-time action RPG, which has no more term-based pauses, the unique experiment, people are rewarding with a lot more eyes, because guess what? People enjoy how Nintendo is actually taking a chance with the patented Pokemon format. So when you come to mega evolution, the core systems of the mega evolutions is still in place.
Starting point is 00:21:30 And, of course, when it comes to the day and night cycle of the unique mechanics, You have the day to explore to explore and catch in districts slash wild zones. And then you have the night, which you have rank, uh, Zah, Royal Trainer Battles. I should probably say Z-A, but I'm not saying that. Ignorantly, I'm not saying that. As far as the customization, you customize your hairstiles, your outfits and the Pokemon grooming areas. And then when it comes to Calo's Pokedex, you have chest spin to Volcanion, Volcano.
Starting point is 00:22:03 Kenyon, I don't know to pronounce it, which includes alphas, regional forums, and lord ties. So now when you tie that into, well, pun intended, when you tie that into the review of roundups, a lot of people have given this glowing reviews to the point where they say it's one of the best Pokemon games in the switch era. IGN gave it an 8 out of 10 saying game freak hitting its stride, battle system overhaul works surprisingly well. And then, of course, a lot of people are saying that it could end up being repetitive as far as the overreacted. or gameplay loop. But of course, I feel like every game to some point
Starting point is 00:22:37 has a repetitive gameplay loop. And it's just up to you as a gamer to decide if it's quality, if it's high enough quality to be in captivated in that gameplay loop. Everybody has repetitive type of loops in their games. But if it's different enough and it differentiates throughout the timeline
Starting point is 00:22:55 of the main campaign, I think that's what makes a great game or not. So when it comes to Pokemon Zad, it seems like the innovative, taken with this particular game as being rewarded and I don't think the repetitive side quest is a real thing they do say this the single city scope is kind of upsetting but you never know what's going to come down the line right it does have a $70 price tag with $30 DLC pre-announced so a lot of people are saying to themselves hold up now you guys see that's the problem but you already
Starting point is 00:23:26 know what happened when we went down their lane as far as dropped the price movement when Nintendo comes out with a price tag guess what and gentlemen that's the price tag they're sticking with and the drop the price movement i think had the biggest chance of making nintendo look at their price tag and say to themselves hold them now maybe we should look at this and lower the prices a little bit but guess what the drop the price movement was one of the most horrendous movements i've ever seen in gaming history because i remember reporting on this as far as let me see if i can find this i remember reporting on this as yeah here we go july second 2025 Mario Kart World is because it was specifically Mario Kart World.
Starting point is 00:24:08 It wasn't the Switch. The Switch 2 was priced at a fair amount. That's what a lot of people were saying. It was just Mario Kart World that was priced exorbitantly as far as, I think it was $80, $90, something like that. And then the drop-the-price movement happened. And guess what? A week later, Mario Kart World ended up being the top-selling game for Nintendo Switch surpassing major milestones.
Starting point is 00:24:29 And that happened July 2nd of this year, which I covered. So shout out to y'all who supported that cover. because you know in general y'all really enjoyed the nintendo cover so i try to bring you more which you know what we're doing right now so the reason why i say all that is because they're sending a price tag the letting you know they're not going to change it you already had to drop the price movement yeah basically pun intended to drop that movement right just to um be submissive and and and bend in the to nintendo's prices because the switch switch came out and was selling left and right i mean it was selling like hot kicks i mean goodness gracious that the nintendo switch to
Starting point is 00:25:05 couldn't have sold better. I mean, it got to a point where the switch was breaking all type of records to the point when I came out June 22nd of this year and said Nintendo Swiss 2 sets the sales record. It sales soar past Xbox and PS5. But I don't want to make this review too long, but I will say when it comes to the console race, PS5 and Xbox Series X&S came out around COVID. There was a lot of chip shortages as far as them trying to get them consoles out of the gate. So I would say the COVID effect stopped them from me.
Starting point is 00:25:35 having the numbers that the switch two had and i think that's pretty fair right because i don't think there's any chip shortage as of recent um and when the switch two came out they had chips galore to make the consoles so i would say that i mean obviously it's sold well but you know as far as you know sold the most out the gate like come on now it's not act like covid it wasn't a thing when ps5 and xbox series x and s came out so anyways the main thing i was going to talk about was the review and sales round up we already covered that um yeah Pokemon's odd does seem like a very solid entry into the Pokemon franchise. And of course, as you can tell by first glance,
Starting point is 00:26:09 it's very unique compared to the Arceas of the world. So if you're a huge Pokemon fan, if you already have a switch, this is definitely worth picking up. And of course, if you're one of the Pokemon fanatics, it's definitely, I think it's worth getting the collector's addition because it's a very unique take on the Pokemon combat. And going away from the turn-based patented system that always helps you out as far as sales, and rolling the dice with this
Starting point is 00:26:37 and then playing out the way it's playing as far as it being the fifth best Pokemon launch ever. I think we're finally starting to see Nintendo innovate and we'll see what goes from here, especially with the DLC. So with that being said, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias.
Starting point is 00:26:53 What do you think about Pokemon Legends? Well, Z-A and at the end of the day, how long do you think Pokemon Legend Z-A will be the most popular game on Nintendo? More importantly, do you believe Pokemon legend Z-a should be a contender for game of the year? You know what Anthony Starr does with his free time?
Starting point is 00:27:21 He plays Last War, the top-selling mobile game of 2024. I don't play it. Download Last War, the new viral mobile game. Now, ladies and gentlemen, what in the world am I seeing on my screen right now? Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? As you already know, the viral sensation as far as the ads being considered. But then you come to realize, this is an actual real game.
Starting point is 00:27:56 But guess what? All the controversy as far as surrounding this particular game came from a lot of misleading ads. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the main thing about last war, and we're going to get into the sales and review Roundup in a second. But the main thing to know is that it's a pay-to-win based building strategy. And the whole time, the gameplay that's shown is something like this. America is being overrun by fake games. And I need your help.
Starting point is 00:28:31 Download Last War, the new viral mobile game. And help bring truth back to the America. Now, speaking of truth, I ain't going to lie to you. Hold up now. You guys. I know y'all see the gameplay, right? And he's saying this is the real game
Starting point is 00:28:47 as far as these particular ads. I know you've seen these ads a plethora throughout your plethora of these type of ads throughout your social media endeavors, right? You over here, Doom scrolling, and the game like this pops up as far as this type of structure.
Starting point is 00:29:00 Okay, here we go. Last War. Well, specifically, Last War is the game that was made due to the fake ads because when it comes to it, the devs literally said, we made the real game from
Starting point is 00:29:12 fake ads. Shepard. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? And somehow, just somehow, they had Anthony Starr come out and be the mascot for this particular ad
Starting point is 00:29:27 marketing campaign. So when I look at this, right? I mean, look at this, look at this right here. Danger. Why? Is this your high score? Oh, yeah. But why am I in danger?
Starting point is 00:29:40 Because you're beating in last war survival. As you can see, they're playing out for the homelander Anthony Star connection, but all I want to talk about is the actual gameplay for this specific game. As you can see right here, this is literally what you're going to be doing, but the ads will have you thinking, like, hold up now. That's not what I signed up for, but guess what? It's too darn bad.
Starting point is 00:30:03 Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? And of course, people who dive into this game will definitely feel like they've been misled due to the ads that they were thinking they was going to get into as far as the gameplay loop until you realize it's overall a free-to-play base builder game and the ads that you see as far as the beginning of the segment is a bunch of copycasts it's not even a real game out here so it's very confusing right but that's why i hear today we're here to talk about the last war review and sales rounder because guess what this is an actual real game developed and published by Fund Fly PTE from Singapore, a subsidiary of First Fund Group Holdings, and they took over in the year of 2024. Interestingly enough, when the ads, the misleading ads I might say, I might add it to the conversation to the point when they took over, let's just say the monetary incentives skyrocketed. I mean skyrocketed to the point where September 2024, an estimate of not.
Starting point is 00:31:13 $900 million was acquired as far as lifetime sales for this particular game. And when you look at the start of this particular game, as far as the global launch August 23 on iOS and Android, a lot of people didn't really start playing it after all the misleading ads, right? So the gameplay mechanics of this particular game, as you can see right here, is nothing like the ads. It's basically you unlocking level 1 to 30 buildings and troops and tech. and building that and having resource management and then of course when it comes to the combat shooter
Starting point is 00:31:49 there is a lane-based shoot-em-up zombie mini-game but it's not what the actual gameplay is it's basically with that with the as perpetuate but the overall gameplay loop is basically you is basically you leveling up the buildings and troops so you're going to be spending minimal amount of time and to shoot them up zombie mini game unless you just want to stay in that type of uh sector so when you look at the actually actual game it has generated a crazy amount of revenue which goes to show what you can do in the great and in the right time and place especially when a lot of ads are not even fully fleshed out and you have a game that could basically put what the ads are showing in your game but make it a small sector to the point where some people could feel misled because most of the game is more building
Starting point is 00:32:36 bases and things of that nature but of course there is a specific mini game if you was want to dive into the endless loop of that. So the overall gameplay for this specific game when you come to runtime, I believe it's not a long game. I forgot the last. Yeah, okay, so as far as campaign mode, the tutorial chapters plus the boss fights
Starting point is 00:32:56 will take you anywhere from 10 to 20 hours, so it's not the longest game. But for mobile, I mean, that's pretty long, right? As far as endings, there's no fixed ending. It's continuous. And with the updates, the server merges, the event cycles they try to keep you hooked on the game and the long-term goal is to reach level 30 plus a full hero roster which could take you anywhere from months to years because mobile games
Starting point is 00:33:20 i don't know anybody out there putting four to five hours of time on a mobile game usually you play for maybe 30 minutes to an hour and then get off mobile games is really for the accessibility aspect more than oh i want to sit down play this for hours right if you want to do that you would just play the console version which i do not believe there's a console version i believe this is only on mobile platforms, whether it's Android, whether it's iOS. So now when you look at the story and progression, there's a story. So the narrative is Dr. Noah unleashes RA slash CL-7 virus, which, you know, that definitely is not hinting to anything in real world, you know, society.
Starting point is 00:33:58 Shepherd. All right, my fault. So anyways, when it comes to that, that's basically what you're doing. And that's why there's a doom. No, that's basically what you're fighting because he created a Doom Legion zombies. like it's a whole legion of zombies so that's how it happened so now you're one of the survivors you got build your base and of course there's a lot of different heroes you can use such as the camberley the dvaa the tesla murphy violent um scarlet williams uh there's a lot of different heroes you can use
Starting point is 00:34:25 it's basically what i'm saying this uh and as far as rose you may think we're taking it back to marvell rivals because you have tank you have support and then you have mixed so this game has a lot of intricacies as far as how you're building your base, how you're building your troops to defend the base. But at the end of the day, the main thing I want to get across is when you're looking at the overall ads as far as this particular zombie gameplay loop, as far as the lane combat, it's not a lot, it's not present a lot throughout this game. So now when you look at the sales performance and you see how it generated around $900 million as far as in lifetime revenue and then you look at it as far as in 2025 almost well a little under two billion in
Starting point is 00:35:08 lifetime revenue a lot of people are flocking to this game and let's just say the ads are beyond working so you have antony star you have the fake games that are advertising this similar gameplay loop but it's not this game specifically so now when people go to look for it the only thing they can find is this game so now it leads to more revenue for fun fly So all of that is basically to say this. Just because you see something as an ad from a game, it does not mean it's a fully fleshed out game. Maybe somebody was just putting together a little advertisement to see if they could affect the algorithm, right?
Starting point is 00:35:42 But they didn't have a fleshed out game. So when you come to the ad deception part as far as the zombie math game and it being a misrepresentation, meaning that it's in the game. But it's like less than 1% of the actual gameplay loop. The main thing you're doing is building bases and things of that nature. So if you wanted to do the zonraps, zombie loop over and over and over you probably get tired pretty quickly because it's not it's not it's not it's not a lot of depth into the zombie shooter ads that's this going around so a lot of these
Starting point is 00:36:10 bait and switch tactics from the ads to this specific game led to a lot of people having refund demands because if you don't know it's more of a pay-to-win type of system so there's extreme and i mean the extremist of extreme when it comes to monetization y'all talk about micro transactions when it comes to skate from EA and when it comes to other console video games but when it comes to this specific game let's just say that number as far as revenue that's a little under two billion as far as February 2025 so you know it's it may be two billion at this point it's definitely often fabricating their gameplay loop as far as what's the major percentage of um the gameplay loop based on the ad so now a lot of people don't spend micro transactions than looked at this game specifically
Starting point is 00:36:57 and they said to themselves, hold on now, I've been bamboozled, I've been straight up hoodwink, so they want their money back. But guess what? FunFly is looking at them saying to themselves, y'all not going to get any type of refund because guess what? If you spent money on micro transactions, then that's on you. So specifically, I just wanted to talk about the people who implemented this type of strategy. So shout out to FunFlai PTE from Singapore, the current developers and publishers of this game since 2024, Consider it a first fund group holdings and known for build master and rapid UA growth. So when you come to look at that, it's very interesting, right?
Starting point is 00:37:35 You look at this on Android. You look at this on iOS. Obviously, you know, emulators allegedly may be at run this game. But officially it's on Android and iOS and maybe Windows PC. So the progression, aside from already being misled, is a lot of 8.4. HQ and research gate content, which you can speed up often through paywall, right? This is an extreme micro-transaction game. Don't think I'm advocating for this game one bit.
Starting point is 00:38:07 There's a lot of misrepresentation going on, and I believe, I'm not going to say, but, hey, I'm not going to lie to you. A class action lawsuit, if it was to pop up, you know what I'm saying? Shepard. All right. I'm just letting y'all know that at some point in time, somebody got to be held to the fire, because a lot of people pay money for a game that they thought was based off of the ads when it's really not so even anthony star you know when i played it at the beginning of the segment he said fake game but real fun like what in the world type of slogan is that you guys see that's the problem and then not only that the reason why we're covering it is because it's been notoriously affecting the mass even though the fake game mantra has been going on and it is currently one of the most u.s. mobile downloaded games in 2024 so unfortunately you have to to play a bond for that one because they are out here notoriously affecting the masses but like dano said
Starting point is 00:39:03 at what cost i know that ain't who i think it is i know that ain't the game capitalizing off of all of the misrepresentation ads as far as the lane zombie shooting type of multiplication uh going on right as far as the mathematical game where you're surviving against zombies making that seem like it's majority of your gameplay loop and really is less than 1% you come to look at it and say to yourself i know that ain't who i think it is so that's the main thing i want to get into for this specific game a lot of publications did come out and give it a review like tap tap um like backlog um basically saying that the core is solid but the overall meta is you know for lack of a better term just quoting him verbatim he said trash because um a lot of people who
Starting point is 00:39:53 who've played this game basically says very predatory because you get into the game you can't do you can't do certain things without paying money for and those are the exciting things to do so essentially is one of the more extreme micro transaction heavy games that you could play in the year of mobile gaming so that's what i wanted to leave you with if you was ever confused about wind the world you keep seeing zombie survival type ads and then you get into the actual game and it looks like this well it looks like this what now you know So hopefully over at notorious Mass Effect, he was able to finally learn how to crack the code on how not the fall victim to these misleading ad campaigns. So that being said, click my link to you in my bio.
Starting point is 00:40:35 Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about my last war survival game sales and review Roundup? And ultimately, what do you take out of this conversation as far as misleading and ads misrepresenting the game, garnering this amount? of revenue. First off, you just have to drop a bomb for EA. As not only did they have one of the most egregious deals I've ever seen in the history of deals. Because when it comes to selling out, right? Safe to say, there's a way to do it. And October 8th of 2025 as far as me reporting on this, EA sold for a whopping $55 billion to Jared Kushner and Saudi investors. Now for some people, that may not be fitting to drop a bomb,
Starting point is 00:41:40 but honestly speaking, what in the world did you think was going to happen when somebody walked to EA and said to the stockholders of CA and said to them, hold up now, we have $55 billion. dollars and then ultimately they looked at them in that office space in that meeting and said 55 billion dollars is on the table but what you're going to do for it shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on so as far as the state of gaming obviously we're getting into battlefield six which is the latest installment and of course of course it's developed by battlefield studios which is a collab between dice, Criterion Games, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect,
Starting point is 00:42:26 but of course the big bad of them all, the publisher, is Electronic Arts, more commonly referred to as EA. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming, like, what is going on? As far as what's going on in this mammoth of a game, and I mean exact mammoth as it is currently, not only the third most play game on Steam but it's also the second most played game on PlayStation and it's safe to say it's not on the top 10 as far as Xbox but to be fair
Starting point is 00:43:01 it has a 24 hour peak as of me recording this October 29th a 549,000 in the 24 hour peak now as of me recording this I just finished playing battlefield RedSec which I play with my cousin you know shameless plug to that battlefield red sec and analytic dreams with a z to pull that up but ultimately i want to get into the launch sales of battlefield six specifically seven million copies which of course is a franchise record as the previous record was held by battlefield three that had five million in one week so safe to say battlefield six so passing seven million copies in just three days we're going to be dropping bombs without this entire segment but guess what that's not it ladies
Starting point is 00:43:49 and gentlemen as when it comes to the pre-orders they already had 1.7 million pre-orders which is insane right uh 56 to 67 percent of the sales came from steam which is interesting because i felt like it was more of a console game but maybe not maybe i'm mistaken maybe people prefer battlefield type games on pc i thought battlefield games blew up your pc because i remember when one battlefield came out i don't know if it was battlefield 2042 but apparently everybody was everybody in their mama was saying that that game was phenomenal, but of course it may blow up your PC. I was like, hold on now.
Starting point is 00:44:23 That ain't how it worked. You guys. See, that's the problem. There's no game that phenomenal to me, to put me in a position when I have to blow up my PC. Like, if I wanted to blow up my PC, I would just play Marvel rivals on PS4, right, and put it on top of my PC
Starting point is 00:44:40 because obviously that's just a ticking time bomb. So anyways, Battlefield 2042, apparently people was enjoying the game from early impressions, But of course, when they eventually came out to the masses and ran like dog, you know what. Shepherd. So now when you come to the overall battlefield six, it running smoothly, it being optimized. A lot of people are seemingly running to the PC version of this specific game.
Starting point is 00:45:02 And of course, the open beta had 22 to 25 million total players. And at one point, it had 10.4 million concurrent. We're talking about all platforms as far as the reported numbers. So that was the open beta. That was when it was for free. and when it came to purchasing the game a lot of people came out and purchased it which is why it's one of the more notorious games that's affecting the masses now do i believe the 549,024 hour peak will stay of course not battlefield red sex just came out if you wanted to know the concurrent player count before battlefield red sick it was 253 000 right so i think when it comes to um no no no that that was incorrect it was the all-time peak was 19 days ago as far as 747000 But I do believe when it comes to Battlefield RedSec being a free-to-play battle rea-out because I only played it because it was free. I'm over here playing Ghost Zero 10 dispatch.
Starting point is 00:45:52 I don't have any more time for any other games. So when it comes to the all-time peak of 747,000 19 days ago, safe to say that the free-to-play battle reals should probably surpass that number at some point. Because if you have a free-to-play option, when people are already playing the $70 edition as far as Battlefield 6, I think that sure surpassed the all-time. time peak of 747,000 anyways when it comes to that y'all should already know what battlefield six is about so i really went again to the campaign the campaign has a length of 5.5 pause goodness you guys see that's the that's like the perfect anyways um that's basically the campaign main size as far as hours 5.5 for the main 7 to 8 hours with collectibles now when you look at the setting is it's Quote, Dagger 13, as far as squad versus Pax Armada.
Starting point is 00:46:50 Now, I didn't play the campaign. I'm basically just giving you the overview of you just wanting to dive into the campaign and think it to yourself, hold up now. I wonder how long it would take me to play Battlefield 6. Well, now you know. So the features is mission class switching as far as major set pieces. And when it comes to collectible, there's 30 dog tags which unlocks multiplayer rewards. So you do get multi-player rewards for playing the campaign.
Starting point is 00:47:14 I know some people will prefer. just to dive right into the multiplayer aspect. So when it comes to the multiplayer aspect, obviously you have the humongous field as far as playing with all type of groups who's diving into one area to battle it out, pun intended. And now a pun intended. So now you have the 18th mainline title into the battlefield franchise. And you're probably wondering what do they do different outside of other battlefield games. Well, I'm not going on to you.
Starting point is 00:47:40 I think it's more the same as far as battlefield. I mean, you have your destruction system. you have your movement um as far as the lean the peeking the drag revive i think the drag revive is new i'm not sure about that but i think dragging somebody while you revive is new i think you used to just have to revive them in one spot but i could be wrong about that and of course the portal created which you guys you already know what's going on with that one people took the time to create whole call of duty maps in battlefield and they didn't think for one second the Activision was going to pop up like y'all can't do that you know he's breaking some type of law
Starting point is 00:48:20 Activision sent some type of lawsuit I believe and they took that call of duty maps out of the user portal creator expeditiously as I forget specifically what they said about that but they definitely came out they wasn't too happy about their maps being in a in battlefield the direct competition right um so I was trying to see exactly what they said about that but Oh yeah, yeah. Okay, so EA shuts down call of duty inspired the battlefield six portal maps. Because guess what? Activision not going for none of that. And they said it was it was inappropriate to put call of duty maps into the game. I'm not going to lie to you.
Starting point is 00:48:57 They was probably looking at y'all saying like, hey, good, hey, good stuff. But hey, it's kind of illegal. So, you know, we got to take it out the game. But, you know, good stuff trying to get, you know, some positive publicity saying that you can get call of duty and battlefield maps in the game. But guess what? It's not legal. So they took it out. within hours of launch
Starting point is 00:49:14 there was thousands of new worlds and over 740,000 players logged in at once. Maybe that's where the peak came from as far as having older call of duty maps because yeah they took it down expeditiously and literally they had a warning sent saying while reviewing your account we saw inappropriate reference third party
Starting point is 00:49:32 products in Battlefield 6 and then violation was a lot of the names. Hold on me let me show you analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because as you can see right here ladies and gentlemen they took this down expeditiously i mean they basically let y'all know hey if y'all want to put call of duty maps in battlefield i mean you could do it from prison if you really want to i mean you may have to turn it to to get up out of there but you know we could put you in prison you could do these
Starting point is 00:49:58 maps all you want to but guess what at some point you have to take this down so um yeah definitely ea took that down expeditiously because they ain't went any problem with any problem with uh call duty which you know that makes sense i mean imagine if somebody took a portal creator and call of duty and put all the type of all classic maps from battlefield and the call of duty it wouldn't work right so the main thing about battlefield six along with the overall just battling it out with all type of destruction is you have non different modes you have conquest breakthrough rush escalation t dm domination king of the hill payload and portal so it's going to be a lot of different modes to experiment with it's as far as figuring out what mode fits your play style specifically
Starting point is 00:50:41 specifically because when you have a bunch of players on your team, safe to say some type of, you know, the overall dynamic changes, right? You're going to be playing with people who are not as well off as you as far as FPS knowledge. And how you deal with that is probably the type of game mode, right? So you probably have to go through those game modes and see which how much you're willing to tolerate as far as bad teammates. That's basically what I'm trying to say. So now when you look at the. multiplayer aspects of course you have your classes your four classes which is assault which is a r make kiss engineer which is anti-vehicle smgs you have your support which is lmgs and ammo you have
Starting point is 00:51:24 recon which is snipers and intel and then of course you have unique class perks uh perks for example a recon breath hold so those are your four classes in general when it comes to the patch scheduling and the upcoming battle map i don't really look at that as much you know when you look at a battle map map is it's for people who are only going to play the game in my opinion like if you're going to play one game a lot you're probably going to be invested into the battle map i play a lot of different games because i cover the entire gaming industry so i don't do a lot of oh let me dive into the battle map and see what they have upcoming i'm on to the next game like you know it's only so much you could put in as far as time when you're trying out a lot of different games in the gaming industry
Starting point is 00:52:08 especially for me when i have to get my personal sentiments on these particular games so If you didn't know, this was also the most expensive battlefield ever. It was a $400 million budget that was reported, and it was the most expensive EA project ever. And it makes sense because the amount of money, the amount of revenue they're bringing in, I mean, Call of Duty, panicking is not even the fitting word to say as far as how they're feeling looking at this battlefield versus Call the Duty. This is probably the first time I've looked at Call of Duty and said to myself, hold up now. They may actually lose the FPS battle, the battlefield, because of course, let's not, forget that ready or not is a phenomenal game and it's still one of the top tier games on playstation
Starting point is 00:52:49 specifically so now when you're looking at ready or not and then you're looking at battlefield right after being more of a formidable foe because we never thought that ready or not was going to outsell call a duty but battlefield consistently is towards the top especially pc like i keep saying 50 to 60 percent of people who are playing battlefield prefer to play it on pc so now you're looking at that aspect and them having a 549,0244 hour peak and call of duty is nowhere to be found on this list not even the the older call of duty is none of them so now you look at them um launching the game because at some point let me see let me see call of duty black ops six because this specific game comes out oh it's already out oh wow okay yeah um
Starting point is 00:53:39 Um, Battlefield's putting BT on Blackout 6. I'm not going to lie to you. So this may be the first time Blackouts loses out as far as, well, not the first time. Because I remember Hogwarts Legacy. I forget what year that was. It beat Call of Duty out as far as the most popular game or the most sole game that specific year. So I'm trying to get the actual year. So, let me see.
Starting point is 00:54:05 February 10, 2023. So that's when Hogwarts Legacy came out. And objectively speaking. It was the most sole game of that specific year and it beat out of Call of Duty. So I think when it comes to battlefield, when it comes to Call of Duty, they do have some ground to make up because they dropped in October as far as the year of 2025. So now we have to look at Battlefield in a miniscule type of sample size because October, November, December. That's going to be the months to showcase if it's going to outpace Call of Duty.
Starting point is 00:54:37 I do believe that Battlefield finally built a brand that is bigger than Call of Duty as far as Black Op 6. And the back-to-back Black Ops kind of told me that it was kind of an indication of Call of Duty not being desperate, but knowing what the fans wanted and giving it to them quicker than they usually would if there was already on top with no type of competition. So I think competition is a great thing as far as making Call of Duty get their stuff together as far as being in that competitive field. so and of course this praises and critiques with
Starting point is 00:55:11 every single FPS that comes out after the fact so if you don't know for Battlefield specifically getting into some of the reviews PC game it gave it an 88 out of his hands and refinement and is the best shoot of the year PC no I already said PC game there was another one I was wanting to look at
Starting point is 00:55:28 oh here we go IGN basically said oh no ain't no way oh they're talking about the campaign I was like 50 out of 100 goodness gracious Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Safe to say IGN was definitely not messing with a battlefield's campaign.
Starting point is 00:55:44 As they gave it a 50 out of 100 saying short and uneven. Well, dang, that's tough. So getting back into the actual multiplayer, because I think that's what a lot of people are giving the high praise towards. So pure Xbox, which, you know, they're not biased at all, right? They gave it an 80 out of 100 saying strong showing update pending multiplayer. gaming trend gave it the highest score I've seen given their 95 out of 100 saying iconic the complete package and then game rank gave it a 9 out of 10 saying best in the decade fully featured so the main thing
Starting point is 00:56:18 I was going to do is just shorten some of these reviews to give you a review roundup of the game and showcase how everybody is really enjoying battlefield 6 and it may be a return to form for the ultimate battlefield gameplay loop because a lot of people are saying this is the most refined has ever been. And as far as sales, it's probably one of the few times in history you ever see Call of Duty actually sweating as far as trying to outpace another FPS's sales. So with that being said, that's the main thing I want to talk about Battlefield 6 is doing phenomenal objectively and from a subjective standpoint, which, you know, obviously when it comes to the subjective, you can always think it's trash. But from a massive perspective, a lot of people are saying it's one of the best
Starting point is 00:57:00 battlefields in the decade. So that being said, click my link to your in my bio. Let me know in one of my social media is what do you think about Battlefield 6 completely putting BTA on Black Up 6 currently and do you think it will last? And do you think that Battlefield 6 will ultimately end up being our official call a duty killer? Now ladies and gentlemen, we have to get into a very serious issue. As you already know with me covering the entire gaming and music industry, there's certain stereotypes that unfortunately proves itself true time and time again and it's the lack of accountability from the higher-ups that leads to this being a reoccurring issue you guys see that's the problem so what we're getting into today is essentially twitch as if you don't know
Starting point is 00:57:57 for the people over the music side who listen to my music reviews twitch is a live stream the platform and as far as the gaming aspect that I cover entirely it is primarily one of the tools for people to go live and broadcast gameplay esports events and of course any creative content such as i rl if you're familiar with kaisenat twitch is the platform for a lot of different things along with other live streaming platforms but for this specific segment we're focusing on the lack of security for primarily women creators i would say create in general, but this seems to be an interesting issue for female creators as Valkyrie came out, came out and expressed fear over harassment and past incidents like her 2024 assault.
Starting point is 00:58:47 And I'm talking about popular creators. These are not just regular creators that I'm getting into because when I lead up to this incident, you're going to see why I laid this out like I did. QT Cinderella said that she was in panic. mode quote panic mode due to online tensions and streamer murders and canceled her appearances Hassan piker said he skipped to avoid endangering others amid his political violence risk disguised toast came out and publicly announced non-attendance over general security fears and yvani opted out citing prior event harassment and safety laps asman gold came out and urged women not to go
Starting point is 00:59:33 to TwitchCon, mind you. And he said highlighting, well, he highlighted the, he highlighted the 2024 assault and poor response. And then of course, Pockeman came out and said that she was hesitant due to tension online in inadequate measures. Now, ladies and gentlemen, as far as this particular incident we're getting into, and specifically involved Emoryoo, which is Emily Emeru Shunk. I believe that's how you say her name, who is a Twitch, streamer and a YouTube streamer over two million followers so she was doing a meet and greet at twitchcon if you don't know twitchcon started in 2015 and san francisco and has been running for 10 years which is why if you see the latest twitchcon is a lot of 10 year anniversary type of imagery
Starting point is 01:00:21 put up throughout the convention now the assault that happened that definitely went viral for all the wrong reasons if you're looking at it from twitch's perspective but if you're looking at it from from a creator's perspective, safe to say this type of event in a virulity, virulidity, I don't know if that's the right way to say it. Basically, the exposure that it garnered is great for content creators who previously I just listed out as far as already having safety concerns because you're probably wondering to yourself. What actually happened? Well, a male attendee rushed in Amaru's meet and greet, grabbed her and attempted to
Starting point is 01:01:02 kissed her. Now, Emory herself pushed him away before security interviewing seconds later. If you look at the clip, which I will play the clip, so trigger warning is only going to be for five, ten seconds because the main thing I want y'all to see it, because this is not something that
Starting point is 01:01:18 you should just hear about. A lot of incidents you just hear about it and then guess what? You act like it never happened. So the main thing I want to show you what actually happened, oh hold up. I want to show you what actually happened as far as the event and I'm not going to play the video again, because it's definitely a trigger warning for a lot of content creators out there. So anyways, trigger warning once more.
Starting point is 01:01:37 This is the video in full. As you can see, that's Emmeroo in the middle doing a meet and greet. And the guy walked up to her, grabbed her, and then attempted a kisser. She pushed to Maray and then as you can see, the security stepped in and got involved and then told him that he had to leave. Now, when it comes to that incident, it's very quick, right? And what I've been playing this whole time in the background is Emeru's overall explanation. So if you wanted to see it in full, it's a 48 minute video with Emaru addressing what happened at TwitchCon. I'm basically giving you the synopsis and everything you need to know because this is a very serious incident.
Starting point is 01:02:15 And I'm breaking this down and giving it the respect it deserves because it seems like Twitch could care less about this specific scenario. Because let's put up Twitch's official statement, right? Twitch, an analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because I'm pulling up all of this as I'm talking about it. said quote we are aware of the incident involving streamer emiru during Twitchcon and want to assure our community that we take creator safety extremely serious the individual responsible for allowing the situation to occur has been removed keep their mind they said the individual responsible for allowing the situation to occur has been removed from their position effective immediately we are
Starting point is 01:02:59 conducting a full review of our security protocols and are implementing stronger on-site safety measures to ensure that TwitchCon remains a safe and positive environment for everyone, creators, fans, and staff alike. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve the TwitchCon experience moving forward. Now, that seems like a fantastic statement from a company that this incident occurred as far as a specific convention, right? until you realize, ladies and gentlemen, they was telling a couple fibs. So Emmeroo came out herself, and this was before her actual video that I just showed. Emmeru came out herself. And essentially, she said, well, we're not going to read off this a whole entire thing,
Starting point is 01:03:46 because it's like a whole dissertation, which, you know, deservedly so. If this happens to you, I would want you to be able to come out and articulate all of the things that they messed up on. So we're just going to read off a little bit of it just so you can get a grasp of it. but i'm basically showing you this so you can go watch it in full like her 48 minute video and read this in full if you want to that's why i'm uh showing it the way that i ammereux said hello everyone i am okay and thank you for all the kind messages sorry i cannot respond to them all yesterday the man that assaulted who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of other of another creator's meeting greet to grab me in my face
Starting point is 01:04:24 and try to kiss me fortunately he wasn't able to but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this but to tell you honestly I am more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact you guys see that's the problem remind to remind you the reason why I say keep in mind that Twitch said the individual where the situation occurred was removed from the position effective immediately it was really fuzzy right so that's why I'm glad the Emery was out here to give us the specifics of how Twitch was actually lying. As Emmeroo, getting back into
Starting point is 01:05:05 her tweet, she said, like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security. It's true, my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalker's arm to bring him to the police at a past TwitchCon. Now, when it comes to that specifically, I did have the related favorite security guard as going deeper into it when I researched. Basically, she was saying that, um, her security touched a stalker's arm while handing him to the police because that stalker, I guess, was giving her trouble. So his or her security guard was banned for taking that stalker by the arm and handing him to the police. So that's just to give you a little detail about her tweet.
Starting point is 01:05:51 Anyways, let's get back into it. Um, who's the app? Okay, so the security, you already said that part. However, there were at least three to four other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away. I'm not going to play the video again, but if you rewind this or if you want to look at it on your own time, pay attention to the security person right beside Emmeru as that person didn't do anything. Her own security had to step in. That's why he was further away. Anyways, the woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager. And behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforted me,
Starting point is 01:06:25 comforting me were her and my friend none of the twitch con staff came to ask what happened or if i was okay my friend who was present told me twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else so anyways let me fast forward a little bit because i basically read off this whole tweet she said in twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained I'm sorry, but that was a blatant lie. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught
Starting point is 01:07:04 until hours, hours, ladies and gentlemen, after he attacked me. And it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present, uh, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal. Now ladies and gentlemen, that's just a synopsis of her tweet. This is the 48 minute video, like I keep saying, of her explaining the whole situation. As you can see, she was very animated because, you know, deservedly. So this is a very traumatic situation that could have been worse, especially when you deep dive into the video and see that he may or may not have had a weapon that he pulled out after being pushed by her security. So anyways, the main thing I was wanting to get into is one of the clips.
Starting point is 01:07:45 She goes into talking about how one of the Twitch representatives was partying. If you don't know, she was essentially talking about the CEO, which I believe his name is Dan something. Let me actually see, because I think I posted a short about it. It's Dan something. Dan Clancy, I think that's his name. So the Twitch CEO, Dan Clancy, she was referring to him in one of these clips. And let me play it right now. Okay, I've been talking to Twitch people.
Starting point is 01:08:13 Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because I'm currently playing her clip explaining it after, even after her tweet. Hey, I've been talking to Twitch people, and I'm really upset because I noticed a lot of negligence around the event, and I'm not happy with the way that they're handling it now. And I'm like, what do you mean? She's like, well, I asked them, you know, like, what are they going to do about this?
Starting point is 01:08:40 And you know what they said initially? They said, oh, well, he's banned from the platform for 30 days. Oh, no, let's run that back. What she just said? He's banned from the platform for 30 days. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? I'm not going to lie, these type of stereotypes because I cover the gaming and music industry.
Starting point is 01:09:01 So safe to say, there's very different perceptions off of gaming, creators, and off of music creators in the world that they live in. There's a reason for that. This type of stuff should not go on because, of course, I believe if you want to insert certain stereotypes on people being very, being weird or awkward in certain scenarios or just outright out of bounds and very intrusive to people's boundaries you should have more of a strict response and make it a priority like dan classy should have been in her next live video i don't care what it was but he should have been in one of her videos basically taking it with the utmost sincerity but we're going to get to what he was doing in the second but let's get back to what she was saying he's banned from the platform for 30
Starting point is 01:09:48 days. That's the same thing I just did. What? And then she's obviously like, hello? Like that needs to be indefinite. What the fuck are you talking about? Also, there's like nothing to do with anything. No one does that fuck if he's banned on Twitter and odds. You know, there's a PG podcast, but hey, Emaru is the one who went through this situation. So we're going to let her express herself freely. Like, we're talking about the convention here. So they, they change it to indefinite. Takes, takes an hour for that to happen, by the way. These two people are, um, the head of
Starting point is 01:10:19 security for Amazon and... Oh, she got receipts. Hold on now. She has actual receipts, ladies and gentlemen. Goodness gracious. I had a risk for Twitch. Also, later this same night, I'm not gonna drop names here because I wasn't there, so I didn't see it, but I had multiple people tell me that key Twitch representatives last night were out partying. And not only key representatives, because that's what we're gonna cut it off.
Starting point is 01:10:45 Not only key representatives, ladies and gentlemen, but very, very, interesting how I may or may not have video of who she was talking about. And let's just say it may have not only been key representatives, but the CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy. Want to make sure I keep getting his name right. But let's get back into the actual footage that she was talking about, ladies and gentlemen. All right, guys, I am not a trade professional. Don't try this at all. I know that ain't who I think. I know. I know that is who I think. now i know i know not the not even a day after two days after the same night that this incident occurred this is where the CEO was enjoying himself to the fullest all right guys i'm not a i know that ain't who i think i know that ain't who i think of you all right so y'all get the point right he could care less he could literally care less
Starting point is 01:11:49 about this whole very serious situation so anyways when it comes to that the main thing i was want to get to is of course the seriousness of the assault but also emiru's statement which we've already covered showcasing the event as far as the video footage of what happened to her and of course getting twitch's official response because i never want y'all to only get one side of the story i showed y'all both sides of the story but of course safe to say that he actually did take my advice a little bit as far as dan clancy he did go to clear up some things and y'all want to know what he said to clear it up um he essentially had his own press conference right let me see if i can find this yeah he essentially had his own press conference and this is what he had to say ladies and gentlemen get assaulted by a male fan and a lot of
Starting point is 01:12:36 streamers after he was done flipping all his favorite like female creators i guess parisocial kind of all those two videos playing after he was done flipping his his favorite female creators he hopped on this video to give an explanation of the very serious situation let's see if he has something actual Let's see if he has any actionable items as far as how to deal with the situation. Obviously, we saw one Twitch streamer yesterday, Emory, get assaulted by a male fan. And a lot of streamers have, especially female streamers, have talked about, you know, the danger that they feel from these sort of toxic, I guess, parisocial kind of creeps. What are you guys doing to prioritize safety? Because I know also a bunch of Twitch content creators said that they were too scared to even come to TwitchCon this year, just in case something like what happened yesterday, what happened?
Starting point is 01:13:20 The safety of our creators is the top priority. The challenge we face is a challenge. in today's society it's not limited to Twitch it extends throughout our society I do think that when you're live streaming in many ways since you control your community and you first red flag let's continue can ban people you can make it so that those people that you don't want engaging with you and and participating with you aren't today okay it's very different you know when I use other short-form content and people say all sorts of stuff well I can't stop that now to be fair let's be fair for a second because of course I don't know who made this clip but I can
Starting point is 01:13:54 tell those obvious jump cuts. So he was going to expound upon that. I don't see where he expounded. You know, when I use other short form content and people say all sorts of stuff, well, I can't stop that. But when I live stream, they basically don't bother me. Now, what happened yesterday, obviously. So yeah, that's definitely a jump cut. I don't know exactly what he said to expound upon that. But the first thing you say regarding that very serious incident with Emeru getting assaulted is that in your live streams, hold up, in your live streams, you could ban them so you don't see them again. See, that's the problem.
Starting point is 01:14:26 Well, I guess if you're in real life, all you got to do is hit the ban button and they will cease to appear. Dan Clancy said to himself that you could turn into a wizard if you want. And if somebody you don't want to be in your live stream, IRL, you just ban them and they go away. So anyways, let's keep going. I never knew that, man. Who would have thought that the powers that we had would have been brought out by Twitch's CEO, Dan Clancy? Say all sorts of stuff. Well, I can't stop that.
Starting point is 01:14:54 But when I live stream, they basically don't bother me. Now, what happened yesterday, obviously, was something that we care deeply about securing this environment. You know, we're looking very closely at everything that happened there. And I care deeply about Emmy. She's a friend of mine. And so I want to see how we can support her. This is just something we have to keep working on. I think everyone identifies our tools in terms of trust and safety as the leaders in the industry about helping creators.
Starting point is 01:15:19 The leaders in the industry. You guys. See, that's the problem. interesting choice of words. I ain't gonna lie to you. But that means there's always more work to be done, because that's the world we live in now. Demi had posted earlier today that I guess this fan was allowed to cross multiple barriers at TwitchCon.
Starting point is 01:15:35 Why should streamers trust to keep them safe at TwitchCon? Because I feel like simultaneously this has been such a secure event to the point that even like journalists have had struggle, like, you know, it is very secure. But here's this man that just walks up and is somehow able to bypass all these things. So why should they trust the platform when slipups or, you know, issues like this have happened? Well, I mean, as you know, I think you toured some of what we do in terms of security. The reality is even as you do a lot in terms of security in today's world, there are challenges that can present themselves, especially when someone is putting themselves out there.
Starting point is 01:16:07 Someone is what? I don't know. Someone is putting themselves out there. Challenges that can present themselves, especially when someone is putting themselves out there. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? This sounds awfully similar to certain rhetoric that some will call the Red Peel community. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, too, anyways, let's, you know, if you just don't put yourself out there,
Starting point is 01:16:32 it's safe to say you won't get assaulted. Hey, this is, this is Dan Clancy's words, not mine. As you can see right here, analytic dreams video on Spotify. This is not AI. This is him actually giving a statement to after Emmer Rue got assaulted. These worlds, there are challenges that can present themselves, especially when someone is putting themselves out there. And so, you know, we try to work very closely with each creator about what they want to do
Starting point is 01:16:57 and what works for them, right? So I don't want to get into any, you know, specifics or details, but part of that is working with creators. And, you know, trying to find them right now, we're definitely, you know, ramping it up to make sure creators know that we have the resources there to help them figure out what's right for them. Now, I have a lot of different videos we're going through because this is a very serious situation. And by the way, this video is still playing, like I said, 48 minutes, right? This is more of a synopsis, so that's how you know there's a lot more to deep dive into. But I want to go to the one and only Sina herself, as she talked about not going to her meet and greet due to safety issues.
Starting point is 01:17:32 And this was during the event, I believe. So I had to cancel my meat and greet because of the stuff. But in order to, it's, I can't cancel my meet and greet and not cancel her show because of the fact that the reason I cancel my meet and greet is I don't. want to be in a same place for two hours because of people being weird okay and then this seems to be a reoccurring issue for female content creators now that's the main thing i want to get across in this segment hopefully i've done a great job on showcasing different tidbits as far as videos tweets pictures the main thing i want to get at is twitch's lack of accountability for strengthening female creator's sense of safety at these events if you want twitch to have a profitable convention
Starting point is 01:18:17 because it's not currently. If you don't know, that's a whole other separate discussion, but I guess I'll get into it right now. If you don't know, when it comes to Twitch specifically, they currently do not make Amazon any money. So when it comes to that, literally, it's a quote-unquote rounding error versus Amazon scale. And which is why I covered back in February 21st, 2024,
Starting point is 01:18:39 how Twitch laid off a whopping 35%, 35% ladies and gentlemen, of this workforce, confirmed by the one and only Dan Clancy. So when it comes to that, safe to say TwitchCon is not even as profitable as it should be for it to be acting so oblivious
Starting point is 01:18:58 to its drivers in engagement to the convention. That's the main thing I want to get across. If you have people who drive engagement to your convention, you should really you should take care of anyone. But especially the people who you are, I'm not even going to say pain,
Starting point is 01:19:13 but the people who are showing up to drive a whole audience to come meet them. Safe to say, you should probably prioritize safety. And for these female creators, they don't feel safe. So that's the main thing I was wanting to get across. I'm under contract with them, so I can't cancel one and not cancel the other. Interesting. Oh, I'm sorry, I mean, because I wanted to keep my show.
Starting point is 01:19:35 I'm sorry, Emmy. Surely it will be fine. And that's crazy, isn't it? Isn't that insane how certain scenarios leads up to, to certain creators being assaulted and then the company behind it just seemingly does not care. And the only reason they care is because of viral backlash. So guess what? As a connoisseur of the gaming and music industry,
Starting point is 01:19:59 that's the reason why I went so long with this breakdown of Amaru's assault at TwitchConn 2025 because that's the biggest headline as far as Twitch needing to take accountability and provide more safety for female content creators and just content creators in general. to be a reoccurring thing with female creators right how profile uh female creators so um i'm not going to deep dive into twitch anymore i've already talked about then when i talked about the 35 of his workforce being laid off back in february 20 21 of 2024 basically talking about how they don't generate uh profit right they're unprofitable due to the high cost because of uh um i forget the working behind the scenes of having the live streaming aspect and then of course having to pay out streamers
Starting point is 01:20:45 they basically break even and of course when it comes to the twitch con i mean it's safe to say it's not a major revenue driver so um amazon who's the main backers could shut down twitch uh twitch but they they decide not to because of it being a very integral part of the gaming community in which you know deservedly so as twitch is hugely important to the gaming society but it's not as important as keeping high profile content creators safe at their convention It's not more important than that. So we'll see how Amazon responds to this. I think the main thing when it comes to this Twitch incident is me giving it the respect it deserves
Starting point is 01:21:24 because as, you know, me going around conventions is not the same as a major content creator who does millions of numbers and months going around a convention. It's not the same. So I can't really compare my experience at conventions to other content creators. So that's why I chose to pinpoint a lot of different high profile. content creator so you don't think this is just a regular issue this is a huge issue on safety that twitch needs to address so that being said click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about twitch con having this crazy incident happen to emiru as far as
Starting point is 01:22:01 her being assaulted and ultimately what do you think should be the outcome to twitch so that they start taking these security issues for female content creators serious look the reality is this you do have to have a fan base to a certain extent. Right. You have to have people who are really consuming the music, and your song has to actually be moving around organically. Once it's that, then they'll push the button on it. And it just depends, like, it's a campaign.
Starting point is 01:22:33 It could be like, it's like a 12-week campaign, and it might be 60 grand, 70 grand, whatever it is. That's it. Oh, yeah. To have the number one song. And that 70 grand, the ROI is crazy, because that 70 grand might bring you back 200, 300. gentlemen is a sad day in history but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on you know of course when starting off with the biggest musician
Starting point is 01:23:01 objectively speaking in the world i just want to thank all the support for my taylor swift coverage you guys and when it comes to that safe to say the swifties had been supporting the notorious mass effect to the point where i took my time getting into this drake lawsuit because at the end of the day, this is the conclusion. We have closed or ended the chapter of Drake versus UMG. As of right now, because of course they say he can appeal, but when it comes to the biggest musician in the industry, safe to say, I've been breaking down Taylor Swift like a kilo of Milo Cyrus.
Starting point is 01:23:38 But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like Tim. But when it comes to my favorite musician, which is Drake, Aubrey Graham, is very much an L in the most unthinkable way
Starting point is 01:23:53 because of course somebody said on the internet and shout out to you man you are you a funny individual this man said Drake lost the black way and he lost the white way
Starting point is 01:24:07 but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on so the thing I'm referring to as far as Drake losing is of course his case versus UMG has been dismissed and when I say that not only was it dismissed it was dismissed in full meaning that Drake can appeal but guess what it's probably not going to go through I think the main thing about this is that when Judge Janet A Vargas from US District Court
Starting point is 01:24:36 in New York which is funny because of course I was in New York around the same time that this news dropped um dismissed it and basically said that the defamation part of UMG allegedly published in promoting Kendricks not like us despite knowing it falsely accused Drake of being a pedophile it that part was dismissed and essentially she said it's not a factual assertion and that the lyrics were were ruled as quote figurative hyperbolic and part of a heated rap ballad And then she went on to say It was perhaps
Starting point is 01:25:19 Quote, this is a quote from Judge Vargas Quote Perhaps the most infamous rap battle and a genre history. Now ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you one thing. If the judge start talking about objectively how great the rat battle was,
Starting point is 01:25:33 safe to say, you already know what size she on. I know that ain't who I think it is. I know they ain't the judge up there talking about how great the rap battle is. Like, hold up now. We try and get into this payola embodying allegations. which is why I started off the segment the way I started off,
Starting point is 01:25:48 because of course I was looking at this lawsuit being dismissed. And I was thinking to myself, you know, aside from breaking down Taylor Swift like Akila or Miley Cyrus, we also broke down the whole lawsuit to the point where I still have it to this day. So I went through it and basically asked it specifically what parts of the lawsuit did she address as far as Paola. And you would not believe what it said. So now, when we get into that,
Starting point is 01:26:15 definitely make sure to rate this five stars because nobody out there is breaking down full documents like i am over here at the notorious mass effect um academics does it to a certain point but as far as the whole lawsuit uh i'm breaking i'm breaking it down page by page i'm going to give you specifics to where you could go as far as the lawsuit that i'm talking about as far as the umg defamation of payola case so anyways make sure to rate this five stars and share this as somebody who you think would enjoy an expert analysis of the umg case anyways most interesting part to me was how the judge dismissed the case even though the biding allegations to me was the most substantial that seemed like the best attack for drake as far as talking about
Starting point is 01:26:59 the biding allegation because that's technically illegal but guess what judge vargas basically came out and said she doesn't care like she literally said she doesn't care well not literally but you know figuratively speaking because what she actually said is that drake failed to provide consumer harm or no to prove consumer harm under n y general business so new y general business law and of course i said 349 i had to look up what in the world that meant because i'm not a lawyer it says section 349 is this context referring to a specific part of the texas finance code in chapter 349 it deals with penalties and liabilities regarding consumer finance transactions and this section outlines the conditions limitations and legal responsibilities
Starting point is 01:27:50 involving acts such as charging excess interest licensing venue for actions limitation periods for legal claims and liability for non-compliance with chapter provisions provisions so when it comes to that she said chapter four uh as far as it not proving consumer harm under New York general business law in chapter 349. It basically acknowledged that UMG's alleged 30,000 bought payments for not like us streams in section 2 of page 6 of the lawsuit. Once again, we read off the whole lawsuit. If you want to hear me break that down specifically before, you know, the case being
Starting point is 01:28:32 dismissed because obviously we have up-to-day news now. But when it comes to Drake versus UMG, when did I break down that lawsuit? Drake versus Let me see Drake How my goodness I've talked about Drake a lot I ain't go kept to you UMG fires back
Starting point is 01:28:46 Over a lawsuit Okay that happened March 18 2025 I don't know if that's the main thing Discovery April 3rd 2025 Drake a men's defamation lawsuit Against UMG
Starting point is 01:28:56 to include Super Bowl April 20204 Okay so I broke down this lawsuit a lot I ain't a lot to you I'm trying to see Because I kept bringing up the lawsuit in full
Starting point is 01:29:05 So I would type in Drake lawsuit Analytic Dreams with a Z to see all my coverage of the lawsuit. My latest one was April 24th of 2025. And breaking down the whole lawsuit basically gave you a bigger picture of how UMG's response to Drake
Starting point is 01:29:23 was specifically focusing on the defamation. They did not want to touch the payola with a 10-foot pole, which is why when the judge comes out and says that she dismisses the whole lawsuit, even though the body allegations She claims is true. Oh, no, Drake's team's claim is true.
Starting point is 01:29:42 The judge literally said it didn't rule or, no, it didn't deceive or injure consumers. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? So you're telling me, if a major label wanted to buy a song or an album, as long as it doesn't deceive or injure consumers, and we should just let it fly. I guess this is really the steroid era of the music industry.
Starting point is 01:30:07 because the judge just said that um the $30,000 bought payment for not like us, which is section two pay six of the lawsuit didn't deceive or injure consumers. She didn't even say oh, I think it's flat out lie that you're saying that they pay for streams. She just saying they didn't deceive. I'm specifically focusing on this because I think this is a very, um, interesting, um, maneuver to evade accountability on. UMG side which to be fair the whole music industry runs off this type of marketing rollout i always say in any land as far as influencer lane if you're if you don't have a marketing budget with a solid
Starting point is 01:30:54 team behind you then you probably aren't going to be considered a real player in an influencer lane because there's a lot of people using certain maneuvers with teams behind them that will put them ahead of you to the point where if you look at the current market share and because of Taylor Swift, it's kind of wonky right now as far as the actual market share. Others, which is, and let me, let me, actually I can't scream because that's going to pop up. But let me say that. I'm just going to pull this up right quick. Actually, I'm just going to tell you all. So others, which is smaller labels and independent acts have a whopping 1% currently. Usually it is between 5% to 6%. The biggest musician in the world just dropped. So UMG currently has 90% of the entire music market.
Starting point is 01:31:35 market share Warner has 6% Sony has 3%. So when it comes to that, I already broke that down as far as my Taylor Swift coverage. If you just want to see some of that as far as the market share, me specifically bringing up the photos for that. But the main thing I want to get into is that being an independent influencer and an independent creator, which is the same thing. It's very hard unless you have a marketing strategy. Like I play, I'm going to keep referring to the clip I played at the beginning because it's really poignant as far as what I'm trying to get across. You have to have an organic fanbitch. It's no world where nobody messes with you. You have a marketing team and now everybody messes with you.
Starting point is 01:32:11 That's not how it works. Usually you need an organic foundation, right? And now you build upon that with your marketing team. It's safe to say. That is how you start to be in the big leagues as far as an influencer. Now maybe I'm just talking. You know what I'm just talking? Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
Starting point is 01:32:32 You know what I'm saying? I only do this for a living. you know what I'm saying so anyways um getting back into drake pause hey yo you guys see that's the problem um this dismissal was very um surprising to me because of that specific fact because of the payola and bots being such a real argument for drake's team i never thought the defamation was a real thing i mean come on now it's a rat battle um j z's and said worst things to nazaz's worth things the J-Z, R-R-P to notorious B-I-G and Tupac, they literally died over their beef. So, real things have happened because of a rap battle.
Starting point is 01:33:07 The judge is looking at this and looking at the defamation and saying to yourself, I mean, if Joe Budding didn't say one thing, he basically laid the groundwork for a lot of Drake's slander. But one of the main things he said recently is that the breaking news, Drake is a B-I-T-C-H. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? And because it's a PG podcast, I'm not. going to say the actual word but i spelled it out for you right so anyways um that's basically what a lot
Starting point is 01:33:35 of people are looking at drake as as far as the defamation side of the lawsuit but for me i always focus on a paola which is why i read off the specifics of what the judge said to the paula point before i get into the rest of it so let's get into the rest of it right now judge vargas dismissed the lawsuit declaring not like us a non-actionable opinion not a factual assertion the lyrics were ruled as hyperbolic and part of a heated rap battle and she said quote the average listener is not under the impression that a disc track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation conveying fact checked it verifiable content the judge also went on to describe the feud as perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre's history which you know it definitely is
Starting point is 01:34:26 you know, I see the, hold let me look up Judge Bartch No, I just play, let me. Let me see. Let me lock in. Let me find out she on the, she on the, okay, I ain't gonna do it. But anyways,
Starting point is 01:34:38 getting back into the act, what she was saying. She seemed like she's a real size of a fan. Perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre's history, which, you know, to be fair, I was saying that as well. Like, I do think this is the biggest
Starting point is 01:34:50 rap battle we've ever seen. Obviously, notorious Tupac, J. Z. Nause, laid the ground, for this drake and um kendrick back and forth but that's basically what she said and then she came out and said that when it comes to the umg and drake legal battle uh overall umg's statements were quote the outset oh no from the outset this suit was in a front to all artists in their creative expression and never should have seen the light of day end quote and they have another quote we're
Starting point is 01:35:26 pleased with the course dismissal and look forward to continuing our work promoting Drake's music and investing in his career." Now let me let you all in on a little secret. If you go against the major label, there's things that happen to you. Now, I'm no conspiracy theorist, so I'm not going to say anything crazy. But Drake's albums that's on the charts, safe to say, album, as far as the one that has the the most hands in the pot is currently his most popular take care is the 26 most play album in the world some sexy songs for you is the 28th most played album in the world now some sexy songs for you
Starting point is 01:36:08 are still doing you know still performing well but you're probably thinking well take care is just his best album ladies and gentlemen let me tell you something when push a tee said you signed to one dude who signed to another dude who signed to five people he was talking about this take care album safe to say so many hands are in the pot for this take care album that of course drake is still making money like nobody's saying drake is broke but when it comes to albums that drake will prefer to be a chart topping i think take care is towards the latter as far as which album he would prefer to be the most popular because now he has more hands-on control i mean you just look at the credits ymcb slash republic you look at some sexy songs for you ovo slash republic which is
Starting point is 01:36:51 technically under Sony because of the partnership. But when it comes to that, Drake is specifically having more masters and royalties over his later albums because guess what? He has more negotiating power now. When Take Care came out, everybody and their mama was getting a percentage off of that Drake album because, you know, he was getting help from a lot of people.
Starting point is 01:37:16 Jake Prince, Birdman, UMG. I mean, like I keep saying, if you already have an orc organic foundation you need a marketing team to boost you into the big dogs as far as the big leagues now when it comes to drake i think the take care being the 26 most played drake uh drake uh drake album in the world is basically showcasing that hey we made you you see how your latest album is not even more popular than take care which we probably have more masters and royalties over we're letting you know that we made you we could make a number we can make a number other you and what you think is going to happen organically is far from the case so drake's team
Starting point is 01:38:01 going back to the lawsuit drake's team came out and said quote we intend we intend to appeal today's ruling and look forward to the court appeals the court of appeals reviewing it end quote so this lawsuit has been dismissed in full drake can appeal and The main thing that's being pointed out is the First Amendment and a victory, a major victory for the First Amendment, and says the precedent reinforcing that rap distraks are artistic opinion and not factual defamation. So the reason why Drake would think is factual defamation is because Cy 7, I mean, Kendrick put his house on the not like us cover and then his house got shot up. days after the not like us track i mean you know as far as you see drake mansion let me see i can find this right quick okay i know i cover this yeah here we go um may 7th 2024 i cover shooting outside of drake's mansion injuring security guard now when you look at the release day of not like us and then
Starting point is 01:39:11 you look at when the happenings of the mansion shooting and then you look at the happenings of the mansion shooting as far as the date. Safe to say you can understand. And, you know, that's aside from the PDF allegations, right? You can see why Drake is so upset over Kendrick being able to put his house on his cover. To this day, the insider report is UMG approached Kendrick's team. You know, my sources could be out made it up.
Starting point is 01:39:40 At this point in time, y'all should know. UMG went to Kendrick's team they was like hey can you change the cover and guess what guess what Kendrick's team said hey if we change the cover we're going to take the whole song down mind you not like us was putting up an exorbitant amount of numbers to the point where it's probably going to end up being one of the most popular tracks of all time
Starting point is 01:40:02 UMG saw the dollar amount coming in like you heard at the beginning of this video Russ talking about certain like streaming allegations bots to blow up a certain track, not like us was already out of here organically. So now you're going to push the button on it. You're about to make a generational amount of money off of one particular track.
Starting point is 01:40:27 UMG looking at the bottom line basically said to themselves, we might as well just let him keep the track up because we don't want him to take the whole entire track down over a cover art. So that specifically not being able to, be used in a lawsuit to the point where it's not dismissed entirely that's another red flag to me not only is the payola bot allegations i think that's a real argument not only is the um the the the house being on a not like us his house being on a not like us covered to the point where
Starting point is 01:41:01 his mansion was shot at i don't even know if she uh comment on that hold on me see did the judge Vargas Was that name? Vargas? Comment on the house shooting connecting but not like us track because that's the biggest point to me. I think that would be
Starting point is 01:41:23 an obvious W for Drake's team but you never know so hey it seemed like they just don't care. Oh she actually did comment on it. Okay so Judge Jen and Vargas and mind you I have the whole document so this is basically what I'm going into. I have the whole document up
Starting point is 01:41:40 loaded and stuff. So she commented on the Drake shooting at, you know, the Toronto Mansion. And let's see. She rejected this ruling the lyrics were non-actionable opinion in a rap battle context. Hyperbolic, not factual assertions, including inciting verifiable harm. If Drake's security getting shot and having real wounds from the mansion shooting is not verifiable harm, I don't know what it is. She did note that the song's cover art depicted Drake's home with the sex offender markers, but emphasized listeners
Starting point is 01:42:23 wouldn't view a disc track as quote, fact check verifiable content. The shooting wasn't deemed casually linked as the fuse rhetoric which protected expression.
Starting point is 01:42:40 But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Yeah, some of this stuff is just like, right once again i thought the defamation was the worst part of this lawsuit but for the lawsuit to get dismissed in full it's very surprising and not only because i'm a drake fan but also because if you are a rapper and get into a rap battle and somebody puts your whole house on their disc track and then your house gets shot up um days after safe to say you would probably try to pull some strings to get that
Starting point is 01:43:16 cover art taken off by linking into that shooting But as the judge just said, the shooting wasn't deemed casually linked as the fused rhetoric was protected, protected expression. Well, honestly, if I was petty, and I'm not, you know, I'm not petty man. But if I was to give petty advice to Drake, I guess it's fair game. I guess it's time to put Kendrick's house on your next track and see what happens. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on?
Starting point is 01:43:50 But anyways, getting into the rest of the lawsuit, that's basically it. The main thing I was wanting to get into is, that's basically, it was so much as far as the defamation and stuff I was going to talk about. That was the main points I was wanting to get into. I guess let's get into the rest of the document because I know people have been waiting for this. Like I said, I've been covering Taylor Swift. And they've been, like the Swiftie's been supporting me to the point. I was like, hold on now. I may be a, you guys.
Starting point is 01:44:18 I know, I'm just flat. I'm not Swiftie, but you get the point. But it's safe to say, I covered the entire music industry. So, you know, I had to cover the biggest artist. But let's get back into my favorite artists. So getting into the rest of the lawsuit, I specifically wanted to know what she talked about as far as to pay over and stuff, right? So we're going to call out pages and certain parts of the 38-page lawsuit, right?
Starting point is 01:44:39 So she dismissed the lawsuit. We already talked about that. Judge Vargas found no substantial evidence that UMG's alleged use of bots to artificially. inflate not like us streams or pale like tactics such as secret payments or reduce licensing rates to radio stations which is another point but you know that's whatever um that didn't deceive or harm consumers so she basically said yeah she basically said we don't care about biding if it doesn't deceive or harm consumers well you heard it here musicians time to buy away man as long as you don't deceive or harm consumers which you know if you buy you're definitely deceiving consumers but you know
Starting point is 01:45:19 that's a whole other argument um and her in her in her her set up in her opinion of the lawsuit she noted that that drakes complaint alleged UMG paid 30,000 okay we already talked about that and once again I'm gonna tell you why she went away from it again as reference in the Texas rule 202 petition section two page six of the lawsuit Vargas ruled this was insufficient to meet the section 349 requirement which once again is the Texas Finance Code chapter 349 which deals with penalties and liabilities regarding consumer finance transactions. So anyways, Vargas ruled this was insufficient to meet 349's requirements of consumer-oriented
Starting point is 01:46:04 deception causing injury. She cited insufficient to meet 349's requirements of consumer-oriented deception causing injury. She cited industry norms arguing that promotional strategies, including paid streams or airplay boosts, are standard. What standard practices in the music marketing? But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on?
Starting point is 01:46:37 Vargas emphasized that consumers aware of streaming metrics manipulative. Hold up now. That's not it. Manip, I got spell it out now. Manipulability. There we go. I don't use that word a lot. I'm never going to use that word a lot.
Starting point is 01:46:54 I'm never going to use that word again. Weren't misled into believing, quote, not like a success was solely organic. Ladies and gentlemen, these are actual like quotes from the judge. It's not just something I made up. And the reason I say that is because it sounds so asinine that the judge just come out and say that nobody cares about biting because the consumers already know it's not solely organic. Like what in the world are we teaching our youth? You guys. See, that's the problem.
Starting point is 01:47:24 This is basically showcasing that if life is too hard, ladies and gentlemen, there's always the easy way out. If you're not getting enough plays, then just bought it. Because, of course, like Judge Vargas just said, nobody believes that certain tracks are just solely organic. So anyways, let's continue. This lacks a provable consumer harm beyond Drake's personal brand devaluating during contract talks. And that is why it was dismissed. so as far as private right for harassment um drake's complaint linked to bots and paola to her harassment claim asserting that umg's amplification of not like us turned him into a pariah um i don't know what that means uh vargas dismissed this ruling that new york law does not provide a private right of action for harassment under 349 or related statutes she acknowledged drake's argument that inflated streams
Starting point is 01:48:20 and airplay section 2 page 4 of the lawsuit amplified defamatory lyrics but found no legal basis for a harassment claim tied to the deceptive practices the judge noted that any harassment stemmed from the song's content ruled as non-actionable opinion not the promotion methods this severed the casual link between bots slash paola in a comp comp comp comp how you said this when the world compensable it's not comprehensible it's y'all chill out it's it's it's it's it's missing the h what the world is compensable is that like compensate why don't they just say that anyways my fault injury um further supporting dismissal yeah i don't know i don't know if this making sense of y'all it's not making sense to me um even if bots and paola boosted not like us such as the Super Bowl halftime show, such as the Grammy performances, Vargas, which is a judge, ruled the lyrics remain non-actionable opinion, a quote, non-actionable opinion, end quote. Within the rap battle context, she described the feud as perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre's history, where I talked about that. And she said, quote, the average listener is not under the impression that a disc track is the product of a thought-for or dis-end.
Starting point is 01:49:54 disinterested investigation conveying fact checked it fact check verifiable content it's not making sense to me i ain't on lot to you this aligned with her findings that lyrics accusing drake of pedophilia were figurative hyperbolic not factual assertions or a reasonable a reasonable listener would take as true interesting interesting Vargas held UMG not liable as the song's promotional boost didn't transform opinion into fact
Starting point is 01:50:36 you guys see that's the problem she noted that even this is a quote she noted that quote even apparent statements of fact may assume the character of opinion amid epithet fiery rhetoric or hyperbole."
Starting point is 01:50:58 Dismissing defamation liability tied to bots or payola. The judge didn't directly address the Texas case payola allegations as far as section one pages five through six, but focus on New York's legal framework. So essentially speaking, she didn't acknowledge a lot of things as far as the payola little bots basically just said as far as section 349 they can't do anything about it crazy crazy day in history UMG's spokesperson called the suit quote in affront to creative expression while Drake's team said they look forward to the appeal well that I mean that's it ladies and gentlemen as far as Drake's lawsuit the defamation was the weakest part in my opinion I never thought that
Starting point is 01:52:00 it would just get dismissed entirely. Especially after all the money that Drake's team spent, I think they're definitely going to have to take this L and hopefully just learn from it because I don't think suing after a rap battle is ever the right direction, especially if you're a rapper. So I've always criticized it from that standpoint.
Starting point is 01:52:28 And with his team, looking to appeal i'm not going to tell drake that they're trying to milk you for your money but all i'm going to say is it doesn't make any sense why they're going to appeal it because at this point in time this battle is basically it uh is this battles over like the like that one person on the internet said you lost the white way and you lost the black way sad day history i mean you look at drake and you say to himself i know that ain't who i think it is it's crazy how the black side and the I mixed together to be one of the notorious ASS whoppings we've ever seen in the hip hop industry.
Starting point is 01:53:08 So anyways, with that being said, I guess we could talk about what's next for Drake. You know, after breaking this down like a kilo of Miley Cyrus because y'all been waiting for this so I didn't want to, you know, shake a coat or cut any of the corners as far as covering this lawsuit.
Starting point is 01:53:21 I broke down the specific parts of the lawsuit. I thought it was a, not a home run, but basically I thought it was a great point. And as you can see, because of the Texas whatever the section 349 the Texas finance code the limitations I guess they can't address it specifically and whenever she did address it specifically she literally just said that she that it didn't it didn't have any consumer harm under the new york general business law which is the section 349 and she went on to say that it didn't deceive or injure
Starting point is 01:53:58 consumers. So ladies and gentlemen, if you're a musician out there, I guess you could just bought away as long as it doesn't deceive or injure consumers. Make that make sense. So like I say, I always try to keep it 8-1 and 92. If she would have gave an actual fair reason as far as why she dismissed the paola part, I would have came in and say that Drake should have filed a lawsuit. Well, I don't think he tried. Yeah, there's no lawsuit that makes sense after losing a rap battle. But as far as the paola aspect, I thought that made the most sense as far as in the lawsuit. The reasoning for dismissal
Starting point is 01:54:31 is a slap in the face to people who point out certain payola tactics and look for some type of compensation because of it. Safe to say, independent creators out there, you would think this is a W for you,
Starting point is 01:54:47 but just know, if somebody has a lot more money than you, and they're already popular in the influencer space, and they already have a marketing team, and they're using bots and streams. They're basically ending your career because you cannot compete where you can't compare. So if you don't have the bag
Starting point is 01:55:06 to pay certain marketing teams to stay at the level that they're at, safe to say that you just won't have a chance, which is why the market share is always around 5% to 6% as far as others, meaning independence and small subsidiaries,
Starting point is 01:55:20 or not small subsidiaries, small labels. So when it comes to UMG Warner and Sony being at the top of the game, it's going to be like that for quite some time because guess what? They don't care about bots as long as it doesn't deceive or injure the consumer. That's basically, I don't really have anything else to get into. Drake and Vibes Cartel, let me see why I had this at.
Starting point is 01:55:41 Yeah, just right here. Drake and Vibbs Cartel, apparently they're going on tour, so shout out to them. October 26 to 27th is going to be the first ever Toronto show for Vibbs Cartel. and it's at the Scott Bank Arena tied to Drake's birthday celebrations, which is October 30th, and was hot, was added. No, no, my fault. A third date, October 30th, was added due to high demand after the initial shows sold out fast. So you can get your tickets now.
Starting point is 01:56:11 It may be sold out because apparently this is selling like hot cakes. I mean, definitely going to see academics at this show. I mean, if there's one thing academics loves, besides Drake, is Vib's Quartel. So when it comes to that, that show is going to be, I think it's going to be phenomenal. The way that Drake shut down wireless, I mean, my whole coverage of that, which, you know, shout to y'all for supporting that wireless coverage. But as far as wireless, the way that Drake just shut down wireless as far as night one, night two, night three, just having different genres bringing out legends such as Lauren Hill,
Starting point is 01:56:44 Vibs Cartel, Vanessa Carlton, basically just showcase that Drake is one of the greatest musicians of all time. So he's going to be all right to give him action. to give him actual um actual um actual um advice as far as after this lawsuit i know a lot of people are saying just put out good music i mean you put out Nokia and people act like that wasn't like you know you put out a hit such as a Nokia and people are still asking for another one so you already know the expectations for you it's just on a whole other level so now i think the main thing to get around this is to put that i messed up by suing in your
Starting point is 01:57:20 your album. You got to put that on the album. If you don't come out and say, why did I sue? I should have never sued. You need to flip it. I need a double triple entendre about I should have never sued. And that was weak of me. You have to get into that introspective bag of not suing as a rapper. You have to get into that bag. Or else people are not going to take to your album as something that's a generational type album. Because this is like, it's not a make a break album because it's great. but the content is make a break this album's going to let us know if you're going to take accountability or if you're just going to say everybody's hating on me same thing i pointed out with kendricks side seven i mean white tank top is out here talking about how nobody likes him he he's uh he doesn't
Starting point is 01:58:06 like the industry he doesn't mess with the industry whole time he's one the most grammy awarded hip-hop artists in the world that type of um that type of ignorance to your perception to the industry you can't be having so like side seven did you can't be having that type of ignorance people want you to come out and keep it eight more than 92 and that essentially is letting them know that you messed up with the lawsuit should have never filed it and of course you're going to stick to good music but you do have to address the lawsuit at some point you do have to address the lawsuit because that's not going to go away unless you address it so anyways that's my advice to drink i'm not just
Starting point is 01:58:48 going to say just put out good music like all the other people because guess what he's been putting out Nokia like a party next door is and Drake's album still to this day one of uh as far as this year it's one of my top albums of the year they they somebody loves you um or somebody loves me what was the other one i forget the other one somebody loved me and there's not drink uh um some sexy songs for you review but basically what he did for what he did on some sexy songs given us Nokia. Oh yeah, Nokia was off this album too. See, you know what I mean? People say put out good music. You put out album in February 14th that had Nokia on it, one of the biggest smashes in hip-hop as far as in the year of 2025. And people are like, just put out good music,
Starting point is 01:59:31 man. So I'm giving you actual advice that specific. So talk about the lawsuit, how you should have never filed it, give some type of double triple entendre. And that should be one of the hard-hitting tracks as far as the lyrical tracks on you really deep diving into your mistakes of the battle. I think that would be, I think that would be very poignant because nobody believes you won the battle. I believe family matters is still the best track of the, of the rap battle. But at the end of the day, people want you to specifically say, I shouldn't have sued, which I think is fair. As a rapper, you should never sue after you lose a rap battle.
Starting point is 02:00:05 So anyways, um, yeah, Drake, Bob's Cartel, October 26, October 27th, and apparently October 30th as well. this follows the 2025 wireless festival i talked about that and so if you could get your tickets for the third date as far as october 30th because of high demand it may that that date also may be sold out but hey you know at least i'll let you know beforehand if it's actually not so y'all let me know it because uh drake and vibes cartel in one place definitely going to shut it down like it did and wireless so that being said click my link true in my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about Drake's lawsuit versus UMG again dismissed entirely and do you believe that Drake can come back and if you do can you give Drake advice as far as what he should do with his upcoming
Starting point is 02:00:55 album Iceman first his baby moms then the notorious I mean straight up legendary bout with size 7 I mean white tank top and then of course to round it off as far as far as as the courtroom chronicles. He has a stake lawsuit. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Safe to say, my favorite rapper is seen,
Starting point is 02:01:31 is going to be seen in the courtroom once again. Is it okay? I got my dope on me? As, of course, a lot of people in Missouri is completely irate. To the point where this class action lawsuit is not only targeted at Aubrey Drake Graham but it's also targeted at stake of course and Aden Ross now of course over here notorious mass effect you know I do my job officially and effectively shout to everybody who supports as far as day after day week after week month after month you get the point right the main thing I was saying as far as you know coming off at that point is that lady y'all know that we got the
Starting point is 02:02:08 aided Ross himself to explain the situation because guess what I know he's going to keep it eight more to 92 he's going to give us both sides right he's just not going to tell us this is BS so anyways when it comes to that the one and only aiden Ross came on my stream and gave his sentiments about what went on with Drake and steak L fucking mans oh hold on now but we can't be cussing like there's a PG PG podcast he tripping anyways let him continue obviously you know he may he may stop the cursing guys there's nothing to talk about regarding with the title regarding what's going on. He's trashing my whole segment right now.
Starting point is 02:02:47 One of the world? You guys. See, that's the problem. I'm over here trying to do my job. He's just trashing the whole topic. Look into it. I will tell you guys this. Read through the case yourself.
Starting point is 02:02:58 It's fucking bullshit. Oh, okay. To me, it seems like somebody, if you guys can see what Aspen Gold said because someone sent that to me, it's literally true. Like, just watch the Asvigold thing. It's bullshit.
Starting point is 02:03:11 It's fucking bullshit. Hmm. now that was an expert deep dive by the one and only a de ross who is named in this lawsuit but then you know what I'm saying so anyways all jokes aside when it does come to this when it comes to this lawsuit I do believe suing Drake and steak as far as having or allegedly saying that these people promoted and operated unlicensed gambling in Missouri under the guise of a social casino and then of course the plaintiff claims that loss of money due to wrongful trade practices, I think that's very interesting,
Starting point is 02:03:50 right? Because now, when you look at Drake and Aden being accused of targeting minors, once again, like, what did that come from? In the lawsuit, literally, they're like, oh, you're targeting minors. I'm like, not this again. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? How many times can my favorite rapper be accused of being a pedophile? because of course when it comes to these behind-the-scenes tactics as far as people calling people pedophiles and things in nature to have defamatory tactics right why don't they prove it why not go to the police who don't they do you know what i'm saying where is the police with all these pedophilia allegations what they do anyways i need somebody to snitch because if y'all know some y'all should go to
Starting point is 02:04:35 police they come in they're going they're going everywhere but the police as far as trying to get monetary So anyways, once again, my favorite rapper is being accused of targeting minors and vulnerable users through social media marketing. Now, the play devil's advocate, you know, putting to the side of the miners part. The promotion of gambling is predatory. So with that being said, when you promote something that can easily be addictive as far as being the detriment to your wallet, I can see what they're coming from as far as targeting or them seemingly targeting vulnerable users.
Starting point is 02:05:19 Because if you have the mental fortitude to be like, hey, if I gamble $100, it does not automatically mean I'm going to make $200. It actually probably means I'm going to lose at least 50, right? If you think like that, instead of how most people who are addicts think, as far as going to a gambling casino, putting $100 in thinking they're going to get $200. then they end up leaving out with zero or even worse they may double down to be like oh i can make this back with this other hundred and now i'll break even now they're negative hundred you know what i'm saying not a negative 200 so now you look at the overall um mental fortitude not being existent
Starting point is 02:06:02 and that's where we come to the vulnerable users right so anyways another thing that other people were saying was that they was pretending to gamble with their own own money while allegedly using quote unquote house money provided by stake. And then they also claim Drake created false impressions of authenticity and safety for the platform. And the lawsuit went on to call these acts, quote, deceptive, fraudulent, and unfair. So all type of bombs are being dropped throughout this lawsuit. And do I think they'll stick?
Starting point is 02:06:45 Of course not. I kind of feel like Aidan Ross fields with the whole lawsuit. You know, you look at somebody who is promoting something that's gambling that's been pushed to the forefront in every single facet. And now, it's time to have a real conversation about gambling, ladies and gentlemen. When it comes to ESPN, when it comes to ESPN bet, those two didn't always correlate. I wonder why in the world in 2025 with the advancement of, of the technological advancements we've had in society. I wonder why in the world ESPN bet would be so perpetuated on ESPN.
Starting point is 02:07:28 It's almost like, it's almost like people within the league. Shepard. All right, my fault. Anyways, the main thing I'm trying to say is, it's very interesting with the internet, how easy it is to create a casino at your home via your mobile device. So now, a lot of brands see this as far as the marketing dollars, as far as the revenue, they can get off of people who are,
Starting point is 02:07:48 vulnerable and don't believe in losing money as far as gambling right they don't think the two's connected um so a lot of people are using the house money literally and their lives are being ruined through gambling so now you're looking at this from that type of landscape and then you kind of have some hesitancy as you know as far as coming out and in flat flatly or just stating this is a a fraudulent case you kind of just don't want to say that because of course when it comes to the moral the moral high grounds this type of thinking does need to be having this type of thinking does need to happen more often within people so that their lives aren't ruined but hey that's for them to figure out that's why this that's why this class action lawsuit is a big deal because of course a plethora
Starting point is 02:08:35 people came together and when it comes to the um consumer protection violations the lawsuit alleges that it violated the Missouri's unfair and deceptive acts and practices statues and it seeks recovery hold on now recovery of gambling losses now ladies and gentlemen hold them now but then you know I'm saying I know that ain't who I think I know I did not just see recovery of gambling losses now I got to put on my my ESPN cap again do you know that the NBA is currently undergoing gambling investigations right if they lose that case do you know the amount of people that could come out and say hey I bet this much on Terry Rozier and because he was doing deceptive practices
Starting point is 02:09:22 behind the scenes I need what was it quote recovery of gambling losses you know what the NBA is going to say to that now when it comes to that you're not going to get your money I'm sorry who do need they do we beat them we go forward y'all going to be in the courtroom like who they do because the lawyer not going to be carrying one bit of what you have to say. Now, at the end of the day, Shorter-Rosier did that.
Starting point is 02:09:52 Of course not, allegedly. But when it comes to your recovery of gambling losses, they don't do that anywhere. Now, y'all find me one site, whether it's steak, whether it's prize picks, whether it's draft kings. Y'all let me know one platform
Starting point is 02:10:06 that will openly come out and be like, hey, man, I know you spend money on this man dropping 30, and he came out and got injured five minutes into the game. Well, guess what, man? Too bad. You guys. See, that's the problem.
Starting point is 02:10:22 You know what I mean? That's just, that's just, that's just too darn bad. You know what I'm saying? Like, we ain't talk about the ones would it be like, oh, you can get, maybe if you specifically bet on that player, you could get that back. You know, we're talking about the parlay.
Starting point is 02:10:34 Your whole parlay cook, buddy. You're just not going to get it. I know that ain't who I think it is. You're watching that man, limp off the floor, thinking you're about to get your $350 back, and guess what? NBA looking at you.
Starting point is 02:10:46 Prize picks looking at you. Who need to? Drive Kings, hey, draft king's looking at you. You know what I'm saying? They basically saying, Shepherd. All right. Y'all gets a point.
Starting point is 02:10:56 So, again back into my original point, because, of course, the gambling situation is a real thing. Real thing. So me basically using this topic to talk about that is what I was wanting to do. But when it comes to this lawsuit, I don't believe that Drake. I don't believe that steak. I don't think any of them is going to be losing sleep off of this lawsuit. Now, because,
Starting point is 02:11:18 of Gavin Newsom, because it's not political podcast, but I do have to bring this up as far as context. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning dual currency sweepstakes casinos, which is interesting, right? And then, of course, you come to the previous state lawsuits where there was seven plus U.S. state actions in 2025, and this was the first to include Drake personally. So they've been trying to go at stake, and guess what?
Starting point is 02:11:48 The judge looked at it and said to himself, who don't they do? They don't care, right? So when you look at it, ultimately, this case is different because John Freeman came out and said, this is different because it targets celebrity promoters, not just the platform. So yeah, man.
Starting point is 02:12:12 The also saying that Stake is allegedly running an illegal online casino. Well, no, that's also in the lawsuit. So we basically covered everything. to sum it up they're saying that steak allegedly is running an illegal online casino in Missouri disguising it as a social casino okay okay and then of course drake and aden ross is accused of deceptive promotion used and stake provided funds to lure players including teens they always keep accusing my favorite rapper shepherd all right my fault I ain't going to get into it so goodness gracious how many times could one man be accused of pedophil
Starting point is 02:12:50 you go to the police. Am I tripping? Anyways. And then the last but not least, could reshape U.S. legal standards for influence. Yeah, it's not going to do any of that.
Starting point is 02:13:05 All right, so that's basically it, man. They suing for no reason. Stakes are going to continue to go. Prospects are going to continue to go. Adam Silver, I think he's literally in front of Congress, not right now, but in the past, talking about how the NBA is not infiltrated as far as doing insider gambling.
Starting point is 02:13:24 So, you know, people just going to be lying left and right, allegedly. You know, so they're going to keep getting away with it. I think at some point you would need somebody who's on the same level, kind of like a Drake and Kendrick. Like you need somebody like the FBI to go at the NBA to make, to be like, oh, no, we're putting our foot down as far as gambling. At the end of the day, it's going to be hard to pinpoint people because you're going to need a lot of. I don't know why.
Starting point is 02:13:43 I don't know why you're on Thug keep playing. This is my rat drop. Anyways, you're going to need a lot of people to come out and basically, on a lot of people to get the gambling to a, to a shortened amount, to a minimal amount. And I just don't know if that would ever happen. But of course, I think this class action lawsuit is the start of something. I just don't know if it's going to be effective. So that means that, I said, click my link to your in my bio.
Starting point is 02:14:08 Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about Drake and steak? What do you think about Drake? Find himself in another lawsuit amidst the Drake, the stake allegations. And at the end of the day, whose side are you on? believe that steak is running in illegal gambling casino in specifically Missouri. You are poison to the youth. Hold up now. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see these very aggressive lyrics from NLE.
Starting point is 02:14:45 Nothing positive. You do. You're the reason. Hold up. Being what? Is it okay? I got my dope on me? But when Aubrey Graham said it, What they do? Anyways, let's get back in the NLE. You said people do what you wouldn't even do. Role model, guess what? You will never fit the shoe. But then, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 02:15:10 I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? You're just a person with emotion. Your art give me the ick. And you make me sick. Money power, guns, and a few drugged out crashouts. Goodness gracious. make you think you won
Starting point is 02:15:28 make you think you the one who can lash out forget the benefit of the doubt we all trying to make a little clout try to piece it up with you you the one that won it clout you guys I know that ain't who I think it is
Starting point is 02:15:47 now of course that was NLE the great I guess that's what he's calling himself now I thought it was NLEC chopper but you know he must have threw that to the side so anyways as far as the interesting identity shift as far as being or imitating not obviously not being imitating mj and two pot and his current NBA young boy dish that's titled kio which i'm not going to lie the video's phenomenal one of the best videos i've seen in the year i'm talking about all genres the the videos actually a 10 at a 10 like everything about the video is straight up heat it and y'all may call it
Starting point is 02:16:25 blasphemy but it reminds me of when childish gambino put out this is america because you already know that started off as an arbor graham disc you know one of the let's just say you know one of the many clips for me that went viral was me pointed out how you can only get record a year by dissing drake because you know child is gambino this is america and then side seven with the pedophile anthem anyways let's get back to n l e so when you're talking about chopper taking shots ironically at young boy safe to say young boy is currently the top of hip-hip hip-hop, objectively speaking, as far as an engagement factor. I mean, he literally has the highest charting track in hip-hop, which we're going to get
Starting point is 02:17:04 to the overall state of hip-hop once more. But now we've got to deep dive because now we have analytics as far as comparing it to other years, and let's just say it's the worst since the 1990s. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? So anyways, young boy currently has the highest charting hip-hop track currently with shot Carlin, which is the 43-most-play track in the world.
Starting point is 02:17:24 And then he just finished coming off of his Massa tour. But before we get into the tour, let's talk about how his album is also the highest charting hip-hop album in the world as far as Massa being the 36 most play track in the world. So now we look at the tour and it's spanning us of spanning 42 dates across North America from September 1st and November 12th. And then you come to realize the the revenue garnered. from this tour is projected to have 1.5 million per show and so as far as projected earnings is probably going to be around 45 million as far as estimated reports and then of course when you come to his catalog his tour boosts his catalog streams to a hundred and twenty eight plus on-demand u.s plays so sad to say NBA young boy is definitely at the top of his game objectively speaking
Starting point is 02:18:24 but obviously n lea believes that he still tops nb a nba young boy pause as far as a a quality metric as far as a subjective metric n lea even said a bunch of times that i'm better than you right now if you're confused about the beef between nb a young boy n l e guess what that's what your boy dreams is for it so anyways when it comes to 2022 young boy came out the gate yes it was young boy first who came out and diss n l e on no like i amy on no like i know calling him out for choosing sides and the free uh no no in the king vaughan beef and then of course nalee renamed his song because he wanted to be friends with young boy and young boy said so anyways n lea had a whole song titled free young boy but guess what he changed it to and this
Starting point is 02:19:13 a pg podcast so let's just say the f didn't stand for phenomenal and he said forget young boy and then 2022 um later right there was a a physical altercation between the young boy fan at the airport and them in LA claim victory now I think I have the actual footage of the fight with the young boy fan because it was actually kind of crazy how if you're in the airport and you risk getting banned from flying just to fight NLE over his beef with young boy I'm just saying you must be a sad individual you guys see that's the problem anyways doing my journalistic due diligence I had to pull up the airport fight and here
Starting point is 02:19:52 goes right here in 4k. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio. Oh, oh, that's the left right. That boy got to it. Hold up now. What led up to it? Hmm, he said stop playing when he got to it. Nah. This ain't NLE chopper. This is NLEC chopper. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like Tim. And if you want another angle, because of course, you know, I'm not TMZ, but let's just say there's a reason why he put out this K-O-disc the NBA young boy, right? People crashing out left and right over what he said the young boy. So let's look at this one right here. Oh, he fell.
Starting point is 02:20:37 Hold on him now. Somebody called a paramedics. This man fell in mid-fight. Now, I'm not going to lie. Usually that's an occurrence whenever you're about to lose, but he recovered. He recovered with the quickness. You know in that league boxes, right? So anyways.
Starting point is 02:20:50 Look, they're squaring up. They're in the airport acting like this, right? And then this is the NBA young boy fan. Yeah, I just knocked down in the league chabber. Oh, he said he knocked him out. We had a whole video on 4K. I don't think I saw a knockout. But anyways, he's doing gun symbols with his hands.
Starting point is 02:21:06 Oh, I think that's a, I think that's a. Hold on now. Somebody get Farnie Willis. Anyways. Somebody left Fonnie Willis. that we're trying to figure out the meaning of 4K tray. He just beat on NLE Tampo, the rapper. Oh, man.
Starting point is 02:21:32 Such childish activities. Not going to lie to you, man. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? So to wrap this up, the main thing I want to let you know is that NLE and Young Boys been having beef since 2022. If you want to know what I feel about the song,
Starting point is 02:21:48 as far as the audio aspect, It's not bad. You know, a lot of people coming out. I think it's because he's imitating Michael Jackson and Tupac. But the audio's not terrible. It's serviceable to the point where the video is such a masterclass. And I'm saying that with all intents and purposes. The video's fire.
Starting point is 02:22:06 It's a masterclass of trying to get your message across and not cutting any corners as far as production. Like he literally at the end had credits like it was a movie. I was like, hold him now. Is this Steven Spielberg? Is this? I don't know any other. I don't know any other direction.
Starting point is 02:22:21 because i ain't know cap i don't watch movies like that but as far as far as looking at uh the overall scenes and how it's shot and the quality of it they had credits at the end to to the point where where you start to realize um let me see yeah you start to realize that it was actually like a whole production and the level of quality definitely reflects that so that's what that's the most thing i was surprised about like i guess he was working on this for a while it was a lot of different uh settings that he shot this video in um and when it comes to me breaking down beef i don't care that much right but he put out a track titled ko that's an NBA young boy desk so now i want to cover it because of course if you put music along with the message safe to say if it's you know notoriously
Starting point is 02:23:07 affecting the masses pun intended then i'm going to cover it and i do believe NBA young boy's best response is no response at some point in time you got to realize that 22 was the pivotal moment in your career as far as who people is going to flock to because i feel like everybody always looked at nely choppa as being under NBA young boy so you already had your spat in 2022 and he was way uh you didn't do as as much numbers as far as in 2025 so now if he's coming back again you may have to respond with his this track with silence because i just think it's three years too late so with that being said um kio definitely has a lot of symbolism that I'm definitely co-signed and as far as you know him going at an influencer
Starting point is 02:23:56 who basically perpetuates a certain level of violence and you see it in real time as far as this tour people getting beat up left and right people getting robbed um whole tour days getting shut down to certain locations because you already know how that will go um when it comes a young boy he is just a negativity magnet, right? So now, when you look at other people who is fans of NBA Youngboy and want to go to his concert, safe to say that
Starting point is 02:24:29 nine times out of 10, it may be for the wrong reason. You guys. See, that's the problem. And whatever that may be, I'm not saying they're going to the NBA Young Boy concert to beat him up, right? Or to beat up somebody.
Starting point is 02:24:41 I'm not saying they're going to NBA Young Boy concert to rob somebody's car. But let's just say a lot of that's been happening. And it's one of the biggest tours in the world. And no other tour, as far as in its popularity, is seemingly having this negative cloud hanging over it. I mean, size 7 went on tour, and nobody was reporting these type of custodians or whatever. People, you know, leading people to their seats getting beat up. Now, nobody's seeing that type of footage at a Kendra concert.
Starting point is 02:25:07 Nobody saw that at a Taylor Swift concert. Nobody saw that at a Bad Bunny concert. So the things while I'm saying is on a grand scale comparison. I'm not comparing young boy to the average drill rapper. Obviously, people are probably fighting at those shows too. But young boy is currently one of the hottest artists in the game. So we have to pinpoint this type of stuff and call out these type of things because it's very detrimental. And I'm not trying to get on my soapbox.
Starting point is 02:25:30 You already saw the Drewski skit. I'm not trying to be one of those brothers, you know what I'm saying? That's right. You know, but at the end of day, you know, there's a lot of negativity that comes with being a young boy connoisseur. And with me, coming up in college, I definitely listen to a lot of young boy and that was more of a phase and now I'm listening to other music
Starting point is 02:25:51 so I think the transition is maybe more of a mental reflection as far as how you evolve and I think when young boy he attributes to a lot of young youngans literally Y-Ns that it's coming up in an interesting time and maybe they resonate with his music
Starting point is 02:26:08 but the way that the energy is perpetuated is that violence is the way to handle it I mean, Little Tim is literally on the hip of NBA young boy time in and timeout. So it's not like, oh, let's get together to celebrate young boy. Let's get together to celebrate the energy that we've garnered through unfortunate events that have led to people getting killed. And then fast forward, and those same people are getting keys to the cities in the place that that person got killed in. So if you don't know what I'm talking about, already talked about this specifically when I cover Young Boy as far as the slime cry announcement.
Starting point is 02:26:47 I basically said what I was saying as far as him getting a key to the city. And I think it was Atlanta. And of course, when it comes to that, NLE going at Young Boy makes a lot of sense from a cloud perspective. But the style, as far as interpolating Tupac, having scenes like Michael Jackson, the overall message, I think it's top tier as far as what he's trying to get across. but it may be the right message wrong messenger especially when you're going at young boy
Starting point is 02:27:16 with an IQ level is not the highest right so um what else that's basically it so young boy is going to continue to be one of the most popular artists in the world i believe n le's taking a page at a side seven's book and he's taking shots at the highest hardest rapper in the game because of course hip hop is a contact sport so at the end of the day i'm not mad at it So that being said, click my link tree in my bio. Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about NBA Young Boy versus NL E Chapa? And what do you think young boys should do as far as the K-O track?
Starting point is 02:27:54 You think he should respond or you think he should respond with silence since he's already on top? Now, NBA Young Boy has not responded to NLEC chopas track, K-O. You guys. But guess what? That didn't stop NLE Chapa from putting out another disc track. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on?
Starting point is 02:28:23 Sometimes I look at the state of hip hop and I'm like, it's scenarios like this that makes me realize that you know what? There may have been a plethora of reasons why hip hop has had one of its worst statistical performances in the year since 1993. I know that ain't who I think it is. So anyways, N. N.L.A. Chapa did put out of it. track titled Quiet Storm Freestyle and of course this basically is accusing YB of hypocrisy glorifying abuse and hiding behind house arrest you guys see that's the problem meanwhile NBA young boy has one of the most popular tours on planet earth and of course when it
Starting point is 02:29:08 comes to that safe to say chopper took into his own uh hands and put up an interesting billboard right and where did he put it you would have thought that you know maybe it's hometown to get some hometown love against his uh opponent which is in being young boy right no ladies and gentlemen he literally put up this billboard this billboard and young boys hometown of baton rouge and of course analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio because right now we got to get into the hometown the homegrown uh residence reaction to this billboard being put up so analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because uh unc or gramps however he wants to be called has something to say
Starting point is 02:29:54 about this billboard you know what i'm saying? you know i think he shot at it i think i think i i think we dead hold up my fault oh that that was kind of loud but anyways i think we're dead you know what i'm saying he just shot at us for for for no reason what he what he pulled from this y'all playing with the city like this hill don't Don't brain at the Bed and Roos, man. You get stepped on in Baton Rouge. He said you get stepped on. Step us and march.
Starting point is 02:30:22 Now, I'm not sure what's in that gentleman's arm, but safe to say, it could lead to you meeting, just you needing some assistance as far as medical attention. I do believe whatever he has in his arm is very, um, it's very imperative that you understand the violence that come from that specific thing that he has in his arm but you know i'm not gonna i ain't trying to be
Starting point is 02:30:49 no what they do you know what i'm saying i'm just letting y'all know that whatever he has in his arm could lead to you seeing the pearly gates let's keep going so i'm letting you know brus you to play with the wrong one you play with the wrong city bad rudge on fire bad russ got the whole rap game on fire okay action. King of Badenhus, give it down from that. Get it down. Oh, and then, ladies and gentlemen, hold on now. I know, I know he did not
Starting point is 02:31:22 just, somehow, in less than 24 hours, a resident from Baton Rouge was able to get that billboard taken down expeditiously. Shout out to them, man, shout out of them. Drop a bomb for that one. Look y'all in y'all eyes, man. Don't play with Baton Rouge.
Starting point is 02:31:45 Man, King of Baton Rouge, big action. Y'all know what time it is. Okay, that's that timeless piece. That's what Sean Carter got, ain't it? Something like that. That's a timeless piece right there. Y'all got to, y'all not locked in. NLEE Chappo, you got to see me, baby.
Starting point is 02:32:02 All right, so ladies and gentlemen, that was a live reaction from the residents of Baton Rouge, how they responded to NLE, Chapa putting up a billboard in his opposition's hometown. So when it comes to that, the main thing I was wanting to get across, because I could care less about the quiet storm freestyle. The main thing I was wanted to talk about was the, the fantastic and I mean fantastic team that put together the music video for K.O. Because even though the message I agree with is really the messenger and the hypocrisy, because if you don't know, not too long ago,
Starting point is 02:32:33 NLi Chappo was trying to sell y'all BBL pills. I don't know if y'all are trying to be like Kanye West. You know what I'm saying? You guys. See, that's the problem. But the main thing as far as being like Kanye West is if you was wanting to enhance to your BBL, right? NLLie Choppel was literally selling BBL pills.
Starting point is 02:32:48 and let me see because y'all don't think I'm joking let me see NLE BBL pills because you know obviously he got this approved by the FDA right obviously I mean I mean look at this right here ladies and gentlemen
Starting point is 02:33:00 if you want to know why we don't take this message messenger seriously just look at this my herbal concoction consists of oxy powder fennel okay fennel Greek basil
Starting point is 02:33:12 and utter sacred ingredients that I cannot get all into it sounds legit I mean you know if you give us somebody medicine and then say to them that I can't get into all the ingredients sound legit right but all ingredients are natural and herbal and all of these ingredients have been sent here pans down to his ankles i made pause goodness gracious you guys see that's the problem anyway let's get back into it from the man above the main ingredient in this concoction you know
Starting point is 02:33:40 you always got shout the man above we're doing some BS you know what i'm saying It's been known to be a butt enlargement supplement. Oh. It helps with the glutes, the butt. Yeah, why he had trouble. He was like, he was trying to connect. He was like, hold up now. Connects with the, uh, the, y'all know what they connect to.
Starting point is 02:34:01 You know what I'm saying? Talks to growth. This is very, very good if you have a workout diet for all the women that like to work on their lower body. Ah. If you don't have a lower body or a workout, a workout, um, schedule. Yeah, nah, just forget the details. You know what I mean? It don't matter.
Starting point is 02:34:16 But anyways, um, you know, when it comes to, the NLE CHAPA in the presentation, I'm not going to lie to you. If I was to think of a doctor, if I was to think of an athletic trainer, this is exactly how we want them to look. You know what I'm saying? Like, doctors are supposed to have this type of aesthetic that makes you believe that whatever they're prescribing you, as far as the enhancements or the actual medication that you need, it's going to be the right medication for you. And honestly, looking at NLEC Chapa, safe to say that this is how everybody in the world
Starting point is 02:34:51 wants their doctor and athletic trainers to look. Anyways, let's continue. Still use it and they'll still grow the butt. Grow the butt. That's a crazy phrase right there. Is Diddy listening? You guys. All right, my fault.
Starting point is 02:35:04 Let's get back into it. If you want to, you can take two tablespoons at night, but I just recommend two tablespoons in the morning. put it in your water or your tea that you make and yeah you would be good it's been to be summertime hey man i drink tea all the time i may i may i may have to give me a little shepherd all right my fault let's keep on it's time to get summertime fine man sundress season bikini season okay need to come get your bvill erve your bv concoction let's get it dr miami chopper in the build okay bb herb concoction can i can i type that up bb l herb concoction concoction concoction
Starting point is 02:35:41 Cawcci. Okay, there we go. NLEE Chapa. There you go. Obviously, they have an official site, right? I know they got an official site. Let me see. I know.
Starting point is 02:35:51 I know there's an official site. You see, I know. What the link at? Oh, no, they're tripper. That whole NLE. Ah, boy, I want to know the link. Where the link at? Nah, don't tell me this is not a link.
Starting point is 02:36:08 BBO concoction. Oh, maybe it's this one. No, that's not it. Okay. Um, ladies and gentlemen, it's safe to say, I have to say
Starting point is 02:36:19 this website is non-existent. Hold on now. Did the FDA get them expeditiously? No, they had to expedite the process right here. It was like, ah, bro, ain't no way you sell it fake medicine to people. Anyways. Yeah, so in Ali Chapa, as far as him being the messenger
Starting point is 02:36:34 and going at a young boy, I think his message is on point. I think the video is beyond on point. It's really immaculous. It's like a master class. Not like it is. I mean, if you watch the K-O video, whoever made this as far as the producers,
Starting point is 02:36:50 it's safe to say. I may or may not have did some journalistic, my journalistic due diligence as far as looking up who made this. So shout out to Bryson Potts, who's the director. Shout out to Travis Payne. Is Bryce and Potts
Starting point is 02:37:06 NLE's real name? Let me see. N.ALEC chopper real name. Oh, his name is Bryson Potts. Look at that. That's crazy. Who do. Hey, don't nobody tell that to the authorities. Anyways, Bryce and Pots, which is NLEA Shopper.
Starting point is 02:37:21 Travis Payne, shout out to them for being the directors. But let's get into the rest of the team. I know, you know, shout out to NLE, but I know these other people probably have more of a hands-on production. As the executive producer was Melissa Siampa. Shout out to you. Production Company, spit in the image. Shout out to y'all. Producers for the music track.
Starting point is 02:37:42 NLE, once again, Charlie Cooks and Aaron Mats. I think that's how you said. Mixing and recording engineer Aaron Mets and mastering engineer, uh, Tiraninan Cranny. I think that's like I said. Anyways, the main thing I was trying to get, uh, the main thing I'm trying to get across is that the team for this specific music video is immaculate. And whatever you want to say about the messenger, all we, we can't really talk about the, the bad side of the, the music video.
Starting point is 02:38:15 because the music video is very high quality and so many different scenarios in the music video that made you just realize that this team have just put together one of the greatest music videos that we've seen in the year of 2025. And I'm not being, I'm not exaggerating at all. Like, I know I was joking, you know, throughout this whole segment,
Starting point is 02:38:32 but I'm being so serious when I talk about the music video being top tier. So that being said, getting back into the main reason that NLE CHOPPA even put out Quiet Storm freestyle, I do believe that young, boy should not respond and I think I said that when I cover the K.O. track. I do believe when it comes to NLE, I'm not saying he's having an identity crisis, but it seems like you want young boy
Starting point is 02:38:58 as a friend and he could care less. You ask young boy if you want to be friends, if y'all could be friends and he basically said, what do they do? Every time NLEA Chapa wants young boy to be his friend, Every time NLE, Chapa does something to get the masses' attention to let them know that he wants to be a young boy's friend, young boy looks at it and he says to himself, what do they do? So obviously, hopefully at some point it gets through NBA, NLE's, you know, ballhead that young boy could kill us about your relationship status. I think that's the main thing. Somebody didn't let this man know that young boy is not responding. And if he did respond, you probably already have 50 other tracks in the tuck because you care more about the situation than young boy ever did.
Starting point is 02:39:46 It's almost like when side seven was going at Drake and Jermaine Cole on first person shooting. He said, forget the big three. It's just big me. Imagine if Aubrey Graham just ignored that. And of course he didn't. So when it comes to seeing what happens when you engage with a certified hater and somebody who just wants to be your best friend, you can see where it goes when you engage with them. I think if you're already not considered a lyricist, which YB is not, there's no reason to respond to NLE CHAPA.
Starting point is 02:40:16 And I think for NLE CHAPA, the plethora of ways that you've had your antics implemented as far as gaining the masses attention, I commend you on the amount of ways you can switch up your marketing strategy, from BBL pills to being an activist, to making a disc track. I mean, to, you know, when you was first coming up, I think some people will call you young boy clone. Like, you know, we got a young boy at home and that'll be in L.E. Chapa. So the different ways, the variety of ways that NLA Chapa comes out to do his antics to gain the masses attention. It's really one of the most obvious examples on what people would do for clout.
Starting point is 02:41:02 So with that being said, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about NLE? Chapa going at a young boy once again with his quiet storm freestyle and do you believe young boy should respond and if he does what do you think ultimately what happened if young boy in NLE Chapa got into a rap battle. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just start off by dropping a bomb. As when it comes to this upcoming weekend, your boy analytic dreams was invited to a specific event in New York. Now what is that event you might ask?
Starting point is 02:41:43 Well, I can't tell you just yet. But, you know, hey, when it comes to that, I will tell you one of the events I will be going to as New York Comic-Con is currently going on, not currently, but it's about to go on as far as October 9th through October 12th. And with that being said, the theme is hashtag haunted. Now, I had no idea, but of course, I did some journalistic due diligence as far as looking up certain things about this event because it's, I'm essentially going for the event I was invited for, which is besides, is aside from this event.
Starting point is 02:42:20 But in general, wanted to make a whole intro for the New York Comic-Con while also letting you know some of the info surrounding the convention if you're going yourself. So, of course, sit back and relax as we're going to get into some of the great details about New York Comic-Con. So, you know, when it comes to Nikki and Onika Tanya Mirage, she's obviously a nice. New York legend. But when it comes to the pop culture scene, New York Comic-Con that launched in 2006 is North America's most attended pop culture event. And not only does it have 200,000 plus fans annually since 2017, which peaked in 260,000 in 2019, but now it outpaces San Diego Comic-Con as far as their 135,000 cap. You guys. So now when you look at it, as far as revenue, because you already know, I'm a Hall of Fame pocket watcher.
Starting point is 02:43:22 I know that ain't who I think it is. So I looked at the convention and I said to myself, I know that ain't who I think. Ladies and gentlemen, New York Comic Con is bringing in $80 million as far as an estimated economic impact for NYC, ranked as the ninth most popular art event globally. and of course that was certified by Forbes and of course today you gov because you know I always had to say my well I don't always say my sources sometimes I just say I made it up right I love doing that
Starting point is 02:43:59 anyways when it comes back to New York Comic-Con essentially speaking it's one of the biggest pop culture events in the world so even though this is not the event I really had my sights on as far as what I was invited to it's definitely adjacent of that and With that being said, I definitely wanted to go to the events since I'm going to be in the same area. And as far as a special event, I still haven't let y'all know exactly what I got invited to. And that's because that leads into my next point. This is the intro to my New York vlog in general. Yes, you heard me correctly in general, ladies and gentlemen.
Starting point is 02:44:33 So when it comes to New York Comic-Con, I'm also going to be giving a blog of New York as a, you know, this is a specific area. I'm a blogging. Obviously, I can't say it because, of course, I ain't trying to docks myself. You know, by the time you see this, I will be in New York running around with master splinters. Woot need do. Oh, my fault. That's the wrong drop, ain't it? Woot need to.
Starting point is 02:44:56 I don't know. That's my rap drop. I don't know why it sound like young thug. Anyways, when it comes to the different locations in New York, we're going to be vlogging that. And, of course, make sure to subscribe to NME Plus via my link tree in my bio is towards the top. As when it comes to additional vlogging elements such as New York in general. and extra parts of New York Comic-Con, it will be exclusively for NME Plus,
Starting point is 02:45:20 but you will be able to see more of a, um, a edited version of each area as far as the entire vlog. Because we're vlogging in New York, we're vlogging for the New York Comic-Con. And then, of course, we're vlogging for the special event I got invited to, but of course I'm not going to let you know what that is yet.
Starting point is 02:45:39 I wanted it to be more of a surprise, you know what I'm saying? So when it comes to New York Comic-Con, getting back into the overall details of it for people who's actually attending in person. Just know the venue is Jacob K. Javitt's Convention Center on the 429-11 Avenue in Manhattan, New York. And when it comes to that, obviously already says from October 9th to the 12th, if you go to the website, it's sold out. So, yeah, if you was one to look at, I mean, you could technically go Thursday, right? As far as Thursday, as you can see right here, oh, W, L-Tag guy, hold up. There we go.
Starting point is 02:46:22 As you can see right here, it's effectively sold out. So, Saturday in history. You guys. See, that's the problem. But, you know, hey, at least I was able to let you know that you can still buy a ticket for Thursday. You know what I'm saying? All right, my fault. All right, let's get back to it.
Starting point is 02:46:36 So when it comes to the overall event, it's essentially sold out. Only Thursday is available for tickets, which is happening in what? Two days. So people who is already going, this is going to be more beneficial for you. So when it comes to the overall venue, just no major IPs and brands is going to be there such as Marvel, DC. Of course, Funko. I heard Funko goes crazy at this convention. I'm a seat for myself.
Starting point is 02:47:05 But you know, as far as a Funko Pop, I do have a Funko Pop myself, I believe. Yeah, I have one right here. Hold on. Actually, in reach distance. Ain't that crazy. hold on let me show y'all my little funco pop you know for anybody who cares well i tell you i'm a nerd look look look at look at this you like that which i think a little uh and i think um i forget about the developers of midnight suns but they sent it to me before the game so that shout out to them
Starting point is 02:47:31 yeah so they sent me this um so that was pretty cool but uh as far as the funco pops you know i'm very much aware of them so and when it comes to my you know research of the convention because you know i was research before i go there's a lot of people saying that funcopop section is always like the line is looped around so they had to move it as far as the the floor because it was blocking the entrance or whatever so anyway that's a little like in-depth detail as far as people who's going to the convention you know what i'm talking about or people who's been to the convention in the previous years then of course you have capcom hasbro and of course a plethora of other just famous ipes notorious IPs that of course have been affected the masses for quite some time.
Starting point is 02:48:16 And of course, you have exclusive merch with these specific exhibitors. But the events, there's cosplay Central Crown Championships, and that's happening Saturday. There's a lot of autographs slash photo ops happening throughout this convention, panel screenings, fan meetups. And when it comes to artist, alley, and writers block, I heard that it's something that you should not sleep on as an attendee to this specific convention. And when it comes to comic legends, you have Scott Snyder, Daniel Warren, Johnson, Chris Claremont, and then you have artists slash writers such as Weather del Addera. I think that's how you say it. Wendy and Richard Pini.
Starting point is 02:49:00 Then you have authors such as R.L. Stein, Veronica Roth, and Camie Garcia. Now, I'm not going to read off everybody, but those are some of the top names that I, searched up as far as out of 600 plus creators so i felt it was very uh fair to to list off those names as they seem to be one of the biggest standouts as far as the convention and of course you have your film and tv you have authors and creators from your george r r martin to jim lee to film a tv such as bryce dallas howard elliott mcichaelus holt um and of course when it comes to section because of course you know I had to hey you know four seven nine stand up you feel me shepherd I'm off I was just trying to get a little you know you know try to get a little uh
Starting point is 02:49:52 hometown love off anyway so that being said Walmart it has a whole section uh at new york comic con and of course it's launch time to 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on both days as far as October 9th and 10th oh yeah because it's only going to be there on October 9th and October 10th so for people who want to see the Walmart section in the convention, Walmart is only being there from October 9th to October 10th as far as the CollectorCon. And it's a parallel online event tied to New York Comic Con 2025. So I guess that's not to get confused with the actual exhibitor station for Walmart. I think that's going to be there at the entire convention.
Starting point is 02:50:36 But Walmart CollectorCon, which is a separate parallel online event tied to New York Comic kind it's going to be happening from october 9th to the 10th and you have key brand lines such as hash bros mcfarlane metel uh n e c a i guess that's the creators in a mutant ninja turtles i think anyways um Pokemon etc etc and then of course when it comes october 7th through the 12 Walmart's fall savings event that's happening right now i was wondering why i kept seeing now on my phone i was like hold on now black friday black friday black friday night been close to happening yet but now it makes sense october 7th to the 12th walmart's fall savings event is going on right now if you have the walmart app i'm 100% you've already seen what i'm talking
Starting point is 02:51:23 about i mean it just pops up as soon as you open that you could be opening the app to check the status of your order and they're just going to show you the walmart fall savings event just because they feel like it so with that being said um expect unlisted surprise drops especially star wars exclusives so for people looking now for that now you know when it comes the venue and experience always know that when you look at the subway and bus access is centrally located and accessibility has centrally located with subway and bus access and of course always use the new york comic con app for real-time maps and updates and schedules so if you don't know if you want real-time what's happening in the convention just use the new york comic-con app
Starting point is 02:52:06 with that being said that's essentially it so a nice little informative sector as far as this segment because of course the main thing was me just letting you know i am going to be vlogging in new york i'm going to be vlogging in new york comic con and of course i will be in the special event i'm not going to let you know yet shepherd so when it comes to that um definitely i'll have to pull uh anthony fantana once more like i did for my dream 2025 vlog and I would have to pull a Tran like Trish, I don't use that word, I do not use that way, that's a... As you can see right, but I don't know, but I heard Trisha's like more like, you know what,
Starting point is 02:52:54 for me like an OD, I mean, you just a lot like... Walk in the bodega, just mind your behavior, invited your boy out, but I'm not to save you, they chop in the cheese because I'm selling my haters, she wanted that frame, they ain't castle behavior. As you can see right here, who do I run it to? You already know the type of drop that I use for this right here. But this is very interesting. So as you can see, that's the one and only size seven, I mean white tank top. I mean, my fault, my fault.
Starting point is 02:53:19 I get his name mixed up all the time. But of course, as you can see right now, we're in New York, ladies and gentlemen. As you can see, I'm trying to be a W. Tech guy right now. And now we're just walking through Doria Street and looked up a little driver's description of Doria Street. And essentially speaking, it's a quick four-minute walk leading to Columbus Park. And ultimately, we're going to be going to a lot of different places. So we're going to Canal Street, on the Mulberry Street, going to Fremant Alley. So there's a lot of different places.
Starting point is 02:53:50 So I appreciate everybody who subscribes to NME Plus, because this is where it's going to be put on as far as the actual exploration of New York and specific areas around the convention and things of nature. But the main thing I was wanting to get across was just my overall experience as far as walking through the streets of New York. So we're going to go through different places. But the main thing is we're not going to be just focusing on New York as a whole. We're going to go through this specific part of New York.
Starting point is 02:54:20 And at the end, y'all let me know in the comments section, what y'all will want as far as specifically surveying New York and things of that nature. But overall, I really like this Doyler Street. I think this is a great start to the overall showcases of the different locations, as you can see right here. But and for the New York Comic-Con convention, I'm gonna have somebody like videotaping, so it's not gonna be me holding the camera the whole time, which you know, y'all probably thinking, thanking the Lord for that one.
Starting point is 02:54:50 I'm not the greatest way holding the camera while also trying to look up stuff to say as far as in the vlog. The vlogging is not my expertise. It's definitely an acquired taste. I feel like your awareness to surroundings go down by at least 20% when you're vlogging. So, but something else I was wanting to talk about is also, if you look at, I think I had Mimi and Jarvis made all notes for this. By me, I mean actually Jarvis. So yeah, Doher Street as far as the color lane. Now, I'm not going to lie to you.
Starting point is 02:55:24 As far as the marketing, as far as like the actual IRL experience, as you can see, the colors is a little bit faded, just a little bit. But of course, you can kind of see what they was going for as far as the color. Street Lane and Doria Street. And I do believe when it comes to that, I think they know that. I like the whole aesthetic. You already know, I like Japanese culture in general,
Starting point is 02:55:50 especially with me playing like Ghost of Yote, with me playing Assassin Creek Shadows. Those are just a small snapshot on how I would like to deeply get into the culture of Japan and things that nature. So I really enjoy it. I like the overall aesthetic. And as far as the first location, because it's about four or five locations,
Starting point is 02:56:09 So once again shout out to the people who subscribe to enemy plus but there's doyer Street. There's Columbus Park Canal Street, Moberry Street, Freeman Alley and then okay and then that's it. So that's the overall tour for you guys. So make sure let me know in the comment section what you specifically would want as far as future vlogs because I got invited out to New York. So this is not just something I just felt like doing. This is something that I got invited out to. and this is just extra as far as the different locations that I'm showcasing. So hopefully y'all enjoy it. I think it's basically the only street. There's multiple places we're going to go to, but I would like to walk around just to give you like a surroundings of what it looks like. So as y'all can see, this is what the aesthetic looks like right now.
Starting point is 02:57:00 Very Japan-centric. But shout out to Ghost of Yote. I'm not going to lie, the more you play that game, the more you realize that may be one of the best games of the year. People getting their hair done in there. I wonder if the rock or Stephen A. Smith goes in there. But anyways, I really like the different locations and venues they have that are like super close to like where I'm actually staying. I'm not going to say while I'm staying because you know, obviously that I'll be docks to myself.
Starting point is 02:57:27 Even though this is coming after the fact. So but there's the main thing and then right here you see the apartments and stuff that Peter Parker be living in. It's things that nature. As far as for me, I really want to run into this. at least five people wearing the Spider-Man cosplay. So that's my overall goal. If I hit that goal, then I successfully completed the New York Comic-Con portion because, you know, with the special event I was invited to,
Starting point is 02:57:54 it's not surrounding around Marvel. It's more of, I guess since y'all subscribe, I'll tell y'all. So it's more about Invincible. So it's like a special event that was invited to. And it's going to be like an Invincible Verses. and I'm going to be playing the Invincible game. And then there's an extra character that they're going to have me trying out. So I think that's going to be pretty cool.
Starting point is 02:58:19 I can't wait to see that. But, you know, the day before, well, I wanted to get in the day before, show you all around a little bit. And this is just the first location. But hopefully, y'all enjoy it. This is just, I think it's the third, a fourth blog I've done. So hopefully, you're not saying, like, L tech guy or anything like that, because I'm the tech guy, you know.
Starting point is 02:58:38 Well, until we get to the special event and the New York Comic-Con, as y'all see, it'll be somebody else handling that. I do have other thoughts as far as the overall aesthetic, but I feel like that's better for when I'm back at my desktop. But I do like it. I do like the overall look. I don't know. I can show you all my time. So you can see the lights and everything. So once again, you're on a Dooria Street.
Starting point is 02:59:08 This is just the first of, I think, four or five locations. I keep in the count. It's like a work vacation. This is how you know, I don't know how to start working because I work while I'm on vacation. I get an invitation and immediately turn into a whole business trip. Like this point, this part's not even part of the special vlog.
Starting point is 02:59:28 So shout out to y'all who you subscribe. Make sure to rate this five stars and share this as somebody who think will enjoy in real life, New York, or just popular venues type of vlogs. So, as you can see, This overall location is super nice. I really like it. I saw a bunch of spots. Now I'm definitely kind of starving for it.
Starting point is 02:59:55 But that's essentially it. As far as the street, it already ended because it already showed you the color. As far as it was saying specifically, it was like a color street. So I already showed that and how it's like, it's kind of faded a little bit. But of course, you know, it's been around for quite some time. So hopefully I enjoy that. As you can see, the I Love New York Shop is right there. Hold up, I zoom in, I don't think I zoomed in. Hold on a second, there you go, W Tech Eye. I love New York gift shop, so shout out to people who, you know, love the master splinters
Starting point is 03:00:33 and the overall crime rate that even Spider-Man has to show up to solve, you know, nothing's crazy. Anyways, with that being said, let's transition into the next location. And I'll see y'all there. But for this next location, in Columbus Park, which is technically Chinatown. And I was going to show you all this right here. I don't know if y'all can see this. This is just off the top of the dome. But when it comes to my knowledge, of course, like I already knew about this. You know, of course. It's a statue of Confucius. And if I had my job, I would play it. I don't know what that means. Let me get the whole thing.
Starting point is 03:01:07 There's a famous Chinese philosopher located in a public park, well, Columbus, The inscription on the pedestal includes Chinese characters and the English phrase is all under heaven are equal. Reflecting Confucius ideas and the setting suggests it is in the art. Well, I already know that's just that's driver's trying to help me out. Ultimately, we already know we're in Columbus Park. And of course, I have another description for Columbus Park in general as we're walking around. But as you can see, a lot of people just chilling, people watching, enjoying a lot of different car games, things in board games, can't forget the board games, you know.
Starting point is 03:01:45 You know, the whole famous phrase, you know, easy to have fun. You have a library card, something like that. I totally messed that up. But y'all got what I'm saying, right? Anyways, I haven't seen Peter Parker yet, so I'm kind of upset. But at some point, you're going to run in Peter Parker, I'm going to be very ecstatic. So, anyways, if you didn't know about this Columbus Park that the little Timies of the world is playing in right now, Once I have my videographer handle the camera, I won't have to do all this, but as you can see right now
Starting point is 03:02:16 Oh, now you guys, I would kick it towards you What y'all think? Was that a W kick? Y'all let me know. I ain't get the whole thing Anyways. At Columbus Park, which is Chinatown. Oh, it's another ball. Hold on. I'm about to help him out. I got you. I got you. All right, so essentially speaking, I think anybody can be out here. So I'm just going to walk around here for a second I was wanted to show you all the snapshot of it. Let me see. Walk over here. It kind of feel like, it kind of feel like turf, honestly.
Starting point is 03:02:50 Yeah, it doesn't feel like real bad. Yeah, it's definitely turf. My college days, I know that's crazy. Caught a little PTSD for my off-season workouts. But as you can see, people out here playing soccer. People out here playing soccer. Yeah, I kicked that back, too, by the way. I ain't bragging.
Starting point is 03:03:10 I'm just letting y'all know. And then people over there playing the hoops ball. You know, that's what you call it, right? Hoops ball. No, it's like, so you got basketball going on. You got, um, is that like, I don't know what that is. Honestly, I think that's, um, racquetball? It's not racquetball.
Starting point is 03:03:31 There's something like that. Y'all get what I'm saying, right? Probably not. Anyways, as you can see, this is what the whole park looks like. A bunch of different games going on, people enjoying it. Like, this man is over here flying a kite. Like, just, that's what life's about right there. Just enjoying life, flying a kite, not having a care of the world.
Starting point is 03:03:50 But when it comes that, back to be. my description I've been trying to get to that this whole time but um you see so when it comes to uh Columbus Park it's basically um a lot of people playing different games some of them may be like mud jung I think that's how you can also practicing Tai Chi or chatting under the parks pavilion as you've seen a lot of people just out here just chatting but they're not they're not live on Twitch kind of crazy but um so a lot of people out here just chatting and a lot of people just come through to soak up the atmosphere and of course the nearby noodle shops I already talked to about as far as on Doria Street, that's one of the main things people go to because even
Starting point is 03:04:25 walking by that street, I was like, man, I should have saved this for last because my stomach was definitely rumbling. So, as you can see, this park's pretty nice. I think as a kid coming to this park, you probably wouldn't have a care in the world, especially that whole saying, like, it's all about the company you keep. I think this is essentially it right here, man. No matter what's going on in the world, as long as you've got your homeboys showing up to this park day in and day out, you're going to be having fun. So, that's basically it i was gonna walk around but i don't know if there's like a huge um walk area i'm gonna try to walk around but also make sure to comment below which i think
Starting point is 03:05:04 would work as far as for future vlogs because obviously i'm gonna have a videographer for the next day but as of me like recording this by myself let me know what i could do better and things that nature because i even got the windshield on so you know i'm out here trying feel me and y'all see the biggie shirt come on now but um my overall experience as far as catching my flight let's just say my procrastination may or may not have caught up to me I will not expound upon that until I get back on my desktop so um so far you know this will uh this is where I would put play my little young thug oh here we go I'll play my young thug a little dirt drop as you can see what this is about right here I'm just going to let you all put the puzzle pieces
Starting point is 03:05:47 together not too crazy All right, so that's essentially it. This is the Columbus part. Another portion of just a special, just, it wasn't impromptu because I planned it beforehand, but I definitely wanted to show you all a little bit of New York, especially for the people who subscribed. I wanted to give y'all something that was like more premium content that wasn't the usual as far as New York Comic-Con and the special event that I was invited out to.
Starting point is 03:06:12 I wanted to show some of the city. Excuse me, excuse me. So this is essentially it, though. This is what the park is looking like. I think the main thing is just chilling here with the people you care about, like family, close friends, things of that nature. So I'm gonna do one more aerial shot and then we're gonna head to the next location. Cause I was gonna walk around the size, but it really doesn't show any other park. So as you can see, a bunch of people just out here chilling.
Starting point is 03:06:46 So this is Columbus Park. So this is two out of the four locations down. This is gonna go quick because of course the main thing is the New York Comic-Con vlog. And then the exclusive vlog, so that's the main thing but as of this just showcasing the city we already went over Doria Street we already went to Columbus Park and next is Canal Street which has the Brooklyn Bridge so with that being said let's hit to that next location right now all right so as far as Canal Street obviously you already saw that I went camera
Starting point is 03:07:17 I went with the phone for that one because that specific view wasn't the greatest so what I'm gonna do right now is the street that pointed out was literally the next stop that I was looking to go to. So next stop is literally the one I was looking at. So it's a Moberry Street which is the heart of Little Italy and I'll let you all look at me while I talk about this and you know according to Jarvis it's the heart of Little Italy where Italian American Heritage shines under the glowing of evening lights. So safe to say it has a lot of different lights and the decorations on 10. I don't know if y'all football fans but as you can see they got a look at
Starting point is 03:07:58 something for everybody. So this is another one of my favorite locations that I've been to so far because it kind of reminds me of Doyle Street, but especially as far as the, the lights that's hanging in the top. Like obviously it's probably because it's holiday season, but it's still pretty nice. I like it. And then you have a lot of different bars and locations that eat and shop. I'm definitely not to get it. I got to make sure I keep track of a lot of these shots, because I'm I'm a double back and get something. Hey, what that one means say? Hey, I'm leaving here with something.
Starting point is 03:08:35 I'm leaving here with something. Honestly, I'm probably going to go in and double back just for that Celsius. That's how you know I'm a Celsius for you. I'm going to need that Celsius for the rest of the day. But so far as you can see right now, nice little tour of New York, just a bunch of different streets that's near each other. So it's not like we're going all over the place. I'm basically just showing you a certain area of New York.
Starting point is 03:09:03 And of course, you know, based on your feedback, and things in nature for the next trip you know hopefully you know fingers cross how Mark Phillips do it fingers cross I get invited to more special events that I could just pop up to these locations like that so it's mainly just going to street the street to really just showcase what what it looks like so see what else Jarvis has on the itinerary because the last one is Freeman Allie so that shouldn't be far from here all of these are like right next to each other oh by the way I have this shirt right here of course W hip-Hip Hop
Starting point is 03:09:34 fan, Houtain. One of the greatest hip-hop logos of all time. Not too crazy. But of course, you know, I'm still wearing the biggie shirt. Got to represent as far as New York. I literally found the most New York shirt I could wear. It was either this one or the Spider-Man shirt. So I'm pretty sure I went with the right one as far as the biggie shirt. Oh, you see a little sign right there too. This is a little Italy. You're telling me on that right quick. It says a little Italy. So when it comes to that, I don't know what the significance of the colors are. But somebody's going to tell me at some point, hopefully. Because at my event, I'm pretty sure there's probably going to be a lot of people who are from New York who just popped up to New York Comic-Con.
Starting point is 03:10:17 So I can't wait to ask them all type of local questions. Also, I guess one of the standouts of this place is a Ferrara Bakery. I'm not really seeing that right now. I see another bakery site, it's Carla Bella or something like that. But it's a little Italy's immigrant groups and festive pass. And that's the main thing about this whole area. Another thing is more of a side note is that people usually walk across the street. It's not crazy.
Starting point is 03:10:54 So you kind of got to follow the crowd when it comes to that. Not saying break the law. I'm just saying follow them. So many of us that can catch you the same time. So far I'm liking to... Keep in mind, this is a short tour of New York. These are literally like locations right next to each other. There's so much in New York.
Starting point is 03:11:13 Obviously, you already know that. But I just wanted to give a little something for the people who subscribe to NME Plus, aside from the New York Comic Con and the special event I was invited to because, you know, that's going to be its own separate thing with the whole videographer that I have. So this is just me walking around New York at this point in time. But definitely let me know in the comment section. And also, make sure to write this five stars. I'll show this to somebody who you think I'm going to enjoy.
Starting point is 03:11:37 a little tour of Little Italy. Did I see where I did there? I had my fault. I ain't got my drop, so I can't play my drop right now. I just gotta, I just gotta act like to drop plate. Can I keep talking? All of these restaurants is making my stomach turn upside down. I'm supremely hungry.
Starting point is 03:11:55 And it's crazy too, because I went to Chick-fil-A right before my flight. And that was only like two hours before this. And I'm starving. I think it's because I'm looking at these restaurants. I'm not gonna like to eat. Like the FOMO? The FOMO is real.
Starting point is 03:12:07 I don't know if I can see it in the background, but hey, the FOMO is real. So my stomach is beyond input. So in some part, I'm a splurred in summer. I may have to get this into my room because I don't know if I feel like coming back out here one second and, oh, hold on, man. Something called my eye.
Starting point is 03:12:24 The Holy Grail. This is where Joe Button gets all his hats for every single podcast. Every time he's about to spark up the Joe Button podcast, he'll get one of these hats right here. No cap. You know what I'm saying? I mean, I totally made that up, but y'all get one of what I'm saying, right? They got baby-sized t-shirts. That's nice for people who got, you know,
Starting point is 03:12:44 little humans and stuff. And they got any pasta for $18, I bet that's pretty, I bet that's something. I mean, I don't know. I feel like it's more of a romantic place. I don't want to disturb nobody's peace. But I do want to get a nice view of the street before I turn back around.
Starting point is 03:13:04 So I get a nice view of the street before I turn back around. What are you thinking? Am I being W? Check out what? Like I said, tomorrow it's going to be a whole videographer. Right now, y'all stuck. me so hopefully I enjoy it I kind of get more acclimated as the more I walk around
Starting point is 03:13:23 this is this is a long strip too so honestly we'll probably just walk down this whole strip this probably be the longest one as far as the specific locations we've meant to my favorite one as far as the most wholesome is definitely the park I don't know specifically what the name was but I think it was a nice based other street Columbus Park that's what it was Columbus Park was definitely my favorite I just like the interaction, like the wholesome interactions. I feel like they kept kicking the soccer ball my way just so I would kick it back to me.
Starting point is 03:13:53 Which is pretty cool, but still. It's like, you know what I'm trying to block here now. It's like, that's what Kanye come in and be like, you guys. See, that's the problem. You know what I mean? I can do the drop. Iro, I think. But the one after Columbus Park, Canal Street,
Starting point is 03:14:13 I recorded with the phone. So the reason why I keep saying that is because if the quality of that street like image or whatever it's different it's because i was using my phone but this one i'm using my camera so it's more like it's more professional quote-unquote professional as i wear in a big shirt in new york they definitely can tell my turrets man i wonder i wonder if that man's you know i wonder if the people watching this they'd be like in real life like in current time you're probably watching this saying that that man's definitely a turrets but this little italy like goes but it goes for Switches around.
Starting point is 03:14:49 This goes for days. Y'all see the other sign? There's a whole other little Italy sign. I don't know if I could do all that check. We may have to, though. Oh, y'all like to zoom in? Y'all like to zoom in? No, y'all like to zoom in?
Starting point is 03:15:02 I ain't my fault. But yeah, we're gonna go down the street, and then if there's another little Italy sign, I'm at the, we're gonna head to the next location. But so far as well, it's, I've really been enjoying it. Because I think New York as a whole, especially being a mecca of hip-hop, which I cover, I cover every day. So it's like just being in the heart of New York is it's kind of pretty
Starting point is 03:15:26 nice. And especially, you know, you kind of look at it from a standpoint of this is where hip hop was like born and start to geek out a little bit on a nerd like hip hop nerd type beat. Like wow. Like this the genre they even made it possible for me to make a living off of this was created here. Kind of crazy when you think of it like that. So That's why I decided to go out the box, you know, because especially when me covering gaming and the place I was invited out to, it was more of a special event, but on the gaming side of things. But for this one, this is just more of an appreciation for New York. So hopefully that comes across in the vlog. Like, obviously, vlogging is not something I enjoy.
Starting point is 03:16:11 Well, I'm not going to say I don't enjoy doing, but it's definitely an acquired taste. Like I keep saying, acquired taste. I feel like your awareness, your awareness goes down by at least 50%. 50% when you're out here doing like recordings for a vlog and it's so many stuff that I would like want to stop and look at but I know for the blog that probably gonna be like we like we get it you want that hat you to get it or not it's kind of a split decision I like to spend more time on my decisions so I think I think um uh oh I think we reached the end hold up now I'll show you right quick I think we reached in. Especially coming in on my Uber, I kind of realized that Spider-Man definitely has a lot of places to swing from. You know, I was just one of the random facts. I knew it was probably real.
Starting point is 03:17:06 I ain't think that fact was fake. But, you know, experiencing in real life, like, there's a lot of tall buildings around here, especially being a guy who came from Arkansas. It's kind of like, you know, tall buildings is like the norm. And in Arkansas, tall buildings is like Walmart. That's it. So it's a little different. It's a little different.
Starting point is 03:17:27 Oh, one more time. They got one more sign. We've seen three little Italy signs. So as you know, this is probably the most luxurious location as far as what people come to. It's probably where people come to fall in love and stuff. Maybe one day for me, man. Maybe one day. All right.
Starting point is 03:17:48 And then that's basically it. Now it's just regularly in New York now. So. just regular in New York. So yeah. We walked all down, up and down Moberg Street. Now we're going to head to the final location,
Starting point is 03:18:08 which the final location is, so I keep at a surprise, probably not. Final location is Freeman Alley slash Orchard Street. So that would be our next stop. So let's go head to that right now. All right. So last but definitely not least, we're heading down Freeman Alley slash Orchers Street, which is basically showcased a lot of different art as far as graffiti as far as not even
Starting point is 03:18:34 not even a lot I don't think I'm talented enough to give you a real description of what this art looks like this is this is fantastic right here as you can tell this is probably the highlight in my opinion this looks fantastic and I like the streets the street designs like the amount of time it took to make this obviously it's probably oh it's probably a while but you know overall this is actually actually It's really insane. So as you can see, this is Freeman Alley slash Orchistry, which is a hidden. Well, it's not as hidden, you know, you got your boy in LA dreams, but you know that's what's
Starting point is 03:19:11 what I'm supposed to explore a vibrant street art tucked off Rivington Freeman Alley. So it's pretty solid, not going to like to you, especially if it was in the whole photo shoot or things in nature with the way everything looks. So I think that's the main thing. So, and obviously, when it comes to the street, the art is fantastic. Everything about it is just, it's just, I can't even put it into words.
Starting point is 03:19:41 And then look, you got somebody's ad name right here? Hold on. Make sure go follow him. If you follow him, tell him, tell him who sent you. Tell me your boy, analytic dreams sent you. Whoever that ad name is hopefully get a couple followers off of that. As you can see right here, people, people flicking. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 03:19:58 This is you love to see flicking up. I will flick up but I don't have drip like that. So, as I know, I'm 25 going on 80, so as you can tell, every time I switch back, I zoom in. That's not it. It's still not it. All right, there we go. So, yeah, this wasn't nothing too much, which is basically showing, well, it is a lot, but, you know, it's in a compact area. So I just wanted to show y'all just overall art and things of nature.
Starting point is 03:20:25 So I wonder if there's any other ad names. there's any other at names you can look at. I don't see any other at names. Yeah, I definitely make sure you go to follow that one man. I was showing. What was the OG. Dot Ken G-157? Make sure you go follow him.
Starting point is 03:20:40 Tell him who sent you to, you know what I'm saying? But with that being said, it basically wraps everything up. I don't think there's anything else I was wanting to go down. I think it was basically the last thing I was wanting to go down. And of course, I was just like a, huh? Yeah, I'm on recording stuff. Yeah.
Starting point is 03:21:09 You want to say what's up to the vlog? Hold on down. Which I'll be doing? Let them know what y'all be doing. Tight shit. Fashion? Well, what's the ad, though? What's the ad, what's the ad?
Starting point is 03:21:18 At Quix. That's my ad right there. That's all. Videoography, videos, editing, anything I need. Okay, what about you? What about you? At Crody. Anything style.
Starting point is 03:21:27 See, I'm not from New York. I'm from Arkansas. Oh, you see, that's what's up. That's what's up. Oh, you said, that's what's okay. Usually, that's not the reaction I get. If you need, if you need clothes, if you need clothes, if you You need anything.
Starting point is 03:21:40 Yes, sir. Yeah. Any more you want to get your? I'm a nice skinneddnitter. I'm a light skinneddnid. Octavian. Yes, sir. What are you doing?
Starting point is 03:21:50 What are you doing? What are you? Oh, hold up. Say, Zay Thurfs. Hold on, hold up. Okay, I got you. I got you. I got very good curated vintage pieces.
Starting point is 03:21:58 Yeah, let him know. Deepop. What platform? Deepop. Deepop. That's what's called? How? Deepop?
Starting point is 03:22:06 Yep. Okay. I'm not familiar with it. So me, I basically, I covered the entire like gaming and music industry. So I got invited out to an event. Well, I'm going to say it here because it's like a subscriber portion. But I got invited out to like an invincible premiere. So I'm playing an event.
Starting point is 03:22:22 Yeah. So I'm playing in a event. No, I play tomorrow. Are you played tomorrow? Yeah, so this is all, it's just extra for my subscribers and stuff. Yeah. And I'm also going to New York Comic-Con. So we're in Comic-Con.
Starting point is 03:22:33 Yeah. Are you guys playing? No. So what I usually do for my brand, I wear like an N-7. jacket because my podcast is called Notorious Mass Effect. So that's basically, yeah, that's basically. You watch Anime or? Yeah, I'm on IG, yeah.
Starting point is 03:22:46 You saw it? Do you watch anime? No, I have a huge friend that's into anime. Is he called for Con or not? No, I wanted him to come, but he can't make it. He's going to DreamCon, though. I don't know if y'all go to that. DreamCon?
Starting point is 03:22:58 Yeah, it's about RDC World. Yeah. And that is dreams. I went last year to Comic Con. I'm cosplaying. Yeah? But, yeah, basically. What did you go in them?
Starting point is 03:23:08 I basically, huh? What day you go to Comic Call? Tomorrow. Oh, okay. Just because that's the same day I got invited out, well, I got invited out to that one of them. What do you play video games? Video games and music. You play fighting games?
Starting point is 03:23:21 Yeah. Yeah, basically, I started off being the sweat in video games. Yeah. Yeah. Like fighting games or what? Yeah, like Mortar Combat X is like when I really, when I figured out. I used to take money from people in Mortarcombat X. Using Sub Zero, the Ice Clown.
Starting point is 03:23:37 How would you play, uh, judey. Dragon Ball Sparky? No, I don't. What about Smash Bros? I do. My favorite Sonic, though. I'm not the greatest at that. Smash Bros?
Starting point is 03:23:45 Yeah. I'm not the greatest of Smash Bros. I'm not going to lie to. What do you be using? Luigi. Luigi? That sound like a sweat. I ain't gonna lie.
Starting point is 03:23:53 I was good. I was good. I feel like Prozbo. Brahalla. Yeah. Wasn't a funny game to share. More combat, of course. More to combat.
Starting point is 03:24:01 You saw that new Marvel game coming out? Marvel. Token is going to be heat. That game's going to be so heat. That game is just like sparking. It's just like, it's fun. But it's fun. All of it's just like, because, go, okay, Dragon Ball is more like a 3D arena.
Starting point is 03:24:14 No, no, no, no. Marvel To. No. I'm talking about Arc and Zero. Oh, that's, working Zero. You're talking about fighters? Fighters. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 03:24:22 Yeah, that one's nice. I play, that one's been, uh, I haven't played that. That's the one I feel like I missed out on. I heard that game was great, though. Yeah. But it was good running into, y'all. What's your name again? RJ.
Starting point is 03:24:34 So my real name's RJ. But I go by analytic dreams as far as my content. Yeah, but yeah, it's nice to run into people like that. I see y'all out here creating the shoes and stuff, so it's nice. Yeah. I need Bobby pushing my head. No, no, I don't know. I ain't feel nasty.
Starting point is 03:24:50 It's still on me. Because you're going to be in trouble. I'm going to catch you. I'll get you. It was on me the whole time. Well, I think that's a great way to end off the New York vlog. What y'all think? You know what I mean?
Starting point is 03:25:06 Let me know. Make sure to comment. what was your favorite part of the pre-vlog? Because, of course, we got the New York Comic-Con, then we got the special event for Invincible Verses. But as far as the pre-vlog for New York, showing you the scene, obviously showing you different creators. Make sure you go follow them, too.
Starting point is 03:25:22 Like, I wasn't just saying, I'm going to follow them, too. But make sure they go follow them. That's one of the main things I like about these conventions running to like-mind people who also create content just like you do. So that's the perfect way they end it all. Click my link here in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What would you like the most about this pre-New
Starting point is 03:25:38 York Comic-Con and pre-Invincible Versus vlog and at the end of day what was your favorite part of this New York pre-combe pre-invincible vlog? Bedford 779 I'm selling my pride shining great way and I'm in New York Apple a peach still crying in the streets even on rooftops of New York let me switch the topic where you cause play for me I know you heard my song you say you edit a repeat that really no long music so you surprised me baby girl trying to get active shot he really want to Hold on now. Were you enjoying that? Well, safe to say that the full video offering is on NME Plus.
Starting point is 03:26:15 And of course, all you have to do to join the Normandy for additional bonus audio and visual content is to go to my link tree in my bio and just click on the tab that says NME Plus to be directly sent towards the platform so you can subscribe. Getting into the overview of episode 154 that of course you can see is tight. titled, Xbox officially concedes the console war to PlayStation. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Sad day in history, but of course, we started off with a little music as Taylor Swift, the biggest gangster in the music industry, definitely held that status once more dropping a whopping
Starting point is 03:27:01 $4 million in her first week. And of course, with Life of a Showgirl declining, 91% as far as in the second week sales i basically talked about that and got into a lot of the surrounding details about her album drop because of course she has her uh docu series set to come on Disney plus and you already know that's probably going to go into a tour so she's definitely about to gross a whopping uh amount she's about to get a crazy amount of uh revenue from her tour from a docu series and then of course her movie as uh the movie life of a showgirl ended up grossing 34 million so we got into all that and basically let you know that Taylor Swift is the unequivocal
Starting point is 03:27:43 king of a notoriously affecting the masses in the music industry and then we switched gears and got it to my favorite artist is it okay i got my dope on me as we talked about Drake in his upcoming iceman album which it may be dropping soon my sources is i made it up is it okay i got my dope on me so anyways with that being said we talk about the upcoming iceman album which it may be dropping soon my sources is i made it up spend album and of course we talked about NBA young boy you know transitioning into NBA young boy his tour of revenue the amount of money that he made no wonder they let that man out of prison he didn't even have to I'm saying he even had to turn in a they just basically let him out expeditiously to raise the US economy and bring all type of money
Starting point is 03:28:32 into it because his tour was one of the top grossing tours of all times so as far as him being in the arena. If he ever goes on the stadium tour, I do believe NBA young boy could put up insurmountable numbers as far as his stadium tour because the way he was notoriously affecting the masses, whether you think it was positive
Starting point is 03:28:53 or negative, you know, let in L.E. Chopper say it. Young boy still had one of the most profitable touring outings in the year of 2025. And then with that being said, we ended off for our music talk with Bad Bunny and him being announced for the Super Bowl halftime show.
Starting point is 03:29:14 So when it comes to Bad Bunny, safe to say he would not be bringing out Drake. I know a lot of people is like, oh, what if he brings out Drake for the track Mia? It's not going to happen. But anyways, this announcement was due to Jay-Z pushing for Latino representation. And of course, Bad Bunny being one of the first people to like solely have a Spanish-speaking performance. at the Super Bowl would definitely break a lot of a lot of ground as far as you know just setting the setting the bar for what Spanish speaking music could sound like on the grand scale of a Super Bowl halftime show because I think we've had Jayla and Shakira before but
Starting point is 03:29:56 when it comes to Bad Bunny I think specifically he was going to focus on like performing only in Spanish because that's usually I think that's only what his music is so we're going to see how that goes down i think it's a phenomenal pick bad bunny is on my banner for a reason as you can see right here uh analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio but as you can see that man bad bunny is on my uh banner for a reason and that's just because he's one of the top tier superstars in the music industry so if taylor swift didn't want to do it which was you know reportedly she turned it down if bad if uh adele didn't want to do it reportedly she turned it down that bad bunny I believe is a serviceable option especially if you want to
Starting point is 03:30:43 showcase how the Super Bowl stage is for superstars only so shout to bad bunny I believe he's going to kill it on the bad on the Super Bowl halftime stage that being said then we transitioned into a little industry news as we talked about Diddy being sentenced to four years over the man act violation you guys see that's the problem Safe to say that man just could not leave the baby oil alone. I know that ain't who I think it is. So Diddy's currently serving his four years over the Man Act violations right now. When it comes to him being pardoned, that's a lot of rumors as far as President Trump,
Starting point is 03:31:22 maybe being able to part or not being able to, but maybe pardoning Diddy. We don't know if that's going to happen, but when he was found not guilty of the sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which would have gave him life, a lot of people, was saying okay now Trump partying Diddy could be on the table because of him not being convicted of those serious acts
Starting point is 03:31:44 and with that being said so Diddy is currently serving his four years in prison then we transition to Xbox raising prices because of course when it comes to them conceding that PlayStation is you know the unequivocal winner
Starting point is 03:32:01 the dominant factor in the console race they basically just came and said we're not even competing with PlayStation. He was like, hold up now. Aren't you Xbox? But, you know, hey, I guess they forgot their name as well. As they said, they're competing with short form video. So you would have thought it was Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk talking from like Twitter
Starting point is 03:32:20 or Instagram's perspective. Safe to say that Xbox is out here competing with short form video too. So anyways, we also got into Xbox denying that Walmart and Target. is pulling Xbox products, which that's kind of crazy. Because if you're going to deny that, it's safe to say you should probably have Walmart and Target co-sign your announcement that they're not pulling your products from their stores. But it's safe to say Walmart and Target representatives were nowhere to be found.
Starting point is 03:32:51 So that's unfortunate. So anyway, then we got into EA being sold for a whopping $55 billion. Goodness gracious, drop a bomb for that one. And then not only that, but then, of course, they just came out recently and said that EA Sports FC 26 has reportedly hit 10 million copies. So when you're looking at EA sell up for $55 billion to Saudi, let me see, to Saudi investors in Jared Kushner, I do believe that this is a crazy buyout because when you look at the overall deal, right, and then you look at Saudi investors,
Starting point is 03:33:36 investors and how they're an integral part in a lot of different, let's just say entertainment factors because of the money that they have. As far as the moral compass, it doesn't sit well with a lot of people. So we're just got to see how it plays out because of course right now a lot of people are seeing 55 billion and probably saying the EA, hey, we can't blame you, but still, as far as the moral compass being considered, people don't know how to feel about it. So switching from industry talking to gaming talk we started off with silent hill f as it's the fastest selling silent hill game ever and when it comes to that of course you already know silent hill two was the most popular silent hill game out in the franchise but of course with silent hill f coming in a phenomenal time
Starting point is 03:34:28 of the of the year especially with it being spooky season um silent hill f i believe was definitely the best horror game put out in October. And of course, when it comes to that, it was set in rural Japan in 1960s. And it was a psychological horror. And the narrative has to be replayed a bunch of times to get the full scope of what they're trying to tell you as far as the story. I'm not going to spoil anything. But let's just say, you may want to, if you think it's a short game, you may want
Starting point is 03:35:00 to replay it a couple times so you can get the real story and what's really going on. in the overall storyline that you're trying to give you. So anyways, Silent Hill F, phenomenal game. Ghost of Yote. Now, of course, as you can see right here, Atsu is the cover of the gaming portion of the episode. So when it comes to Atsu, safe to say, I believe Ghost of Yote is one of those type of games
Starting point is 03:35:26 to where it blew everybody's expectations out of the water. Because, of course, it's like Ghost of Tashima, a follow-up, just don't mess it up, right? but Gose Yote added so much that I'm hearing, a lot of people say that Atsu is a more, I'm not going to say a more likable, but a better character overall than the main character from Gosa Tashima.
Starting point is 03:35:48 Now, of course, I don't know his name because guess what? I didn't play the, I didn't play Gose Tashima. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? The state of gaming is that I never even play Gose Tashima, but I'm loving Gose Yote. If it was anything like that, which it probably was, I know Gosa Tashima fans was like, man, you're playing it backwards, but guess what? I'm never going back now.
Starting point is 03:36:09 They say, Atsu better than your main character from Gosa Tashima. Don't blame me. Blame the consensus. You guys. So anyways, Goseiote is a phenomenal game blowing all expectations out of the water and is definitely a contender for game of the year. Then again, the EA FC26, as I already talked about how EAFC26 reportedly hit 10 million copies. So we got into that as far as the overall notorious mass effect of that specific game and how people was feeling about it.
Starting point is 03:36:40 And of course, it being on a plethora of platforms does not hurt as whenever it's crossplay as far as a sports game. That means more of your friend pool is open up as far as being able to play with or against them. So EA Sports FC26 is more of the same, in my opinion. It's nothing really too extravagant about the soccer game. It's just more of the same. and people enjoy it as this is the reason why EA Sports FC NBA 2K Madden is always towards the top as far as the top selling sports games.
Starting point is 03:37:14 So then we transition from EAFC 26 into Little Nightmares 3. Now when we look at Little Nightmares 3, safe to say, this is another great outing as far as spooky season as Little Nightmares 3 has been, actually, I take that back. it's definitely an outing. I don't know if it's a phenomenal outing as the consensus is a lot a lot of people are saying that this game not only is shortened, but
Starting point is 03:37:43 it's higher in price. So if Little Nightmares 1 comes out and it's a certain price point, but it's around it's kind of short. People are like, okay, well it's only like $20, $30, right? Little Nightmares 2 comes out and that's like $35
Starting point is 03:38:00 maybe around the same runtime, but like an hour and too longer. But then Little Nightmares 3 comes out and it's basically shorter, but then they're charging you like $40 for it. You're probably thinking to yourself, you're like, hold on now. I don't like this trend. You know what I'm saying? As a consumer, I do not like this trend. What are y'all doing?
Starting point is 03:38:18 You're not making the game shorter and charging this more? Now, that's backwards. You guys. See, that's the problem. So as far as the general consensus on Little Nightmares 3, a lot of people are saying that this specific game is way too short for the price point. And of course, after I broke it down, I basically agree with them as far as looking at Little Nightmares 2 and 1
Starting point is 03:38:38 also be in the short game, but then I realized once again that it was way cheaper. So Little Nightmares 3, not saying it's a bad game. I'm just saying for the price point, the runtime doesn't make sense. If it's going to be a certain runtime, it should be around Little Nightmares 1 and 2. Now, I'd be different if Little Nightmares 3 was like two times longer,
Starting point is 03:38:59 than Little Nightmare is 1 and 2, which would justify the price point a little more. But of course, but they'd be in a round or even shorter, but double the price, I don't think it's worth it. So anyways, then we got into Pokemon Legends
Starting point is 03:39:15 as far as Zah, which a lot of people are saying that, you know, it's either Z-a or Z-a-a-d-a depending on how you want to pronounce it. Anyways, getting into that specific game, basically talked about how that game, is is putting up all type of numbers right now as far as the nintendo switch two edition and
Starting point is 03:39:35 i do believe uh let me see i do believe uh let's see pokey mine i remember covering this not too long ago i don't know why is not popping up because i cover a little nightmares like uh let's see that's crazy yeah i don't know if i uh i think i covered the trailer i think that may be up being that though Let me see Pokemon, like, let's see Nintendo. Nah, because I remember specifically covering this game, because I remember I said something like, walking around the environment and doing a battle real segment was a unique take on the game.
Starting point is 03:40:16 So, yeah, let me go and find that because it wasn't too long ago. Let me see, why is it not pulling up? Oh, it's because of the hyphen. I got to remember to put the hyphen in, because I'm looking it up as I talk about it. So like if I tell y'all to type some in, it actually works. But yeah, safe to say, yeah, okay, now it pops up.
Starting point is 03:40:38 That's crazy. So I put the hyphen for E. Yeah, I might to stop doing that. So anyways, Pokemon Legends. I talked about how it sold $5.8 million in this launch week in half of the sales was from the Nintendo Switch 2. So you know how the PS5 was running into a lot of issues with the conversion of PS4 players into the PS5? It's safe to say Nintendo's not running into that big of a problem when it comes to that specifically. Because a lot of people are buying the Nintendo Switch 2, even though, you know, if you really want to talk about it, the drop the price movement came and went.
Starting point is 03:41:14 And it was definitely one of the worst movements of all time, not because of the premise, but because of the execution. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So what was going on is Nintendo saw that the drop the price movement basically dropped expeditiously. And they went through the roof with Nintendo Switch 2 sales, Mario Kart World sales, Donkey Kong Bonanza. And then of course, now to follow it up, Pokemon Legends, Zah sales $5.8 million in launch week. And of course, let's see, when it comes to this specific episode, I think. okay there we go I don't know why I was bugging me I mean I know why but you know Pokemon Legends was missing a deep pulse hey yo you guys see that's the problem so anyways
Starting point is 03:42:07 um with that be to say I had to type it in on there just just now so and then of course with the $13 million budget safe to say that uh quite some you know 300 million dollars reported in week one profits safe to say they're gonna make up um not only I mean they already made up the budget but they're going to make that out like 10 to 20 times over as far as in a lifetime run a Pokemon Zod, which is why they probably go with the graphical intensity that they go with because if you don't know, Nintendo specifically emphasizes that type of art style so that cost of production is not as high because when it comes to realistic type games as far as graphics, it's way more expensive to make.
Starting point is 03:42:53 Gosi Yote's God of Walser, or Spotted Man, what's the other realistic games? It's not just those. Expedition 33, even though it's a small dev team, it's still realistic graphics technically. And that's still a higher budget as far as when you're in production. But when you have more of a cartoony aspect or more of an anime type of aspect, a lot of people report that the production cost is lower because of that,
Starting point is 03:43:23 because of the art style that they go with. So anyways, now transitioning into Last War mobile game, yes, ladies and gentlemen, I finally broke down like a kilo of Miley Cyrus. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was a mobile game that had ads all throughout the internet going crazy. But guess what? They didn't actually have a real game. So a lot of people who saw these ads was thinking, well, I can't wait to play the real game. they saw last war survival having the same type of imagery as the ads they seen and probably thought that was the same game from the ads and then they came to realize that the people who was putting out those viral ads didn't even have a game behind it what in the world you guys see that's the problem so if you're putting out an ad based on the popular gameplay loop and you don't even have a video game then what's the point you're just trying to get clicks for no reason just like off saying cardi b said they will do anything for clout so anyways
Starting point is 03:44:24 I covered the actual game that's out right now as far as on mobile platforms that's last war survival game that makes you go like side to side taking off zombies while also building your army base and I talked about how there's really like 1% of the entire gameplay loop of last war of survival so a lot of people
Starting point is 03:44:42 were thinking that they got duped as far as far as the gameplay loop but then you come to realize like you didn't get duped uh that game was the OG a lot of these ads was fake and they didn't have any type of game that they made the ad off of it was just basically for engagement they was just trying to get clout because they saw other ads boosting and then they try to i don't know if you i don't even know if they try to make a game after that but basically last war survival game is the most popular using that gameplay loop and they've been around for quite
Starting point is 03:45:16 some time and they have other type of sectors in the game such as base building that's basically what you're going to be doing for the entire portion of last word survival the infinite zombie type mode is like 1% of the gameplay loop so if you go into that game think you're going to get the ad experience safe to say you're going to be a little disappointed so anyways we talked about that we talked about the lifetime revenue which is a whopping two billion by February 2025 i mean safe to say that is an egregious amount of revenue garnered from a fake game right so shout out to all those fake ads that they didn't even have a game that led them right into last war survival sad day in history so then we ended off the gaming portion with battlefield six as battlefield six is essentially competing with call
Starting point is 03:46:05 of duty for the most player fps for the first time in a while so when it comes to battlefield usually they get bta put on them by call of duty year and in the year out but this year is very different because Call of Duty Black Ops 7 is nobody's saying this a bad game right a lot of people are just saying that it's not scratching the itch of a first of a FPS player like Battlefield 6 is Battlefield 6 is really more the same let the battlefield the OG battlefield players tell it it's really just return to form for Battlefield because they don't come out every year like Caller Duty does so for this year Battlefield 6 seems more polished people are just enjoying it because they haven't had it in a while.
Starting point is 03:46:48 So it seems like for the year of 2025, Battlefield may finally sell more than Call of Duty as far as in the year of 2025. But of course, you know, we're always going to see because, you know, there's definitely a lot of months left in 2026. And Blackop 7 don't even come out to like, what, November 14th. So, yeah, Call of Duty, Blackop 7 doesn't come out to November 14th of this year. So we're going to see what Blackop 7 does initially coming out the gate. if Battlefield 6 is still dominant over the FPS format.
Starting point is 03:47:22 So then to round off the episode, you know we had to get into a little drama as looking into Emmeroo versus Twitch over the handling of the assault at TwitchCon. Because if you don't know, Emiru was assaulted at TwitchCon. The Twitch situation ended up being a big deal because of Twitch not treating it like a big deal which ironic right so anyways emiru basically came out about the assault at twitch con 2025 and she went through um a situation where she was grabbed and nearly kissed by a fan at her meeting group and then of course once the video footage started spreading rapidly on the internet Twitch came out with a very interesting let's just say response to the to the scenario that happened
Starting point is 03:48:09 right and then emiru came out after that and basically said that Twitch was lying about a lot of things in their statement, and then now we have the streamer Emmeru accusing Twitch of mishandling her assault at TwitchCon, which I'm not going to lie, as far as TwitchCon and the overall virulity, if that's how you say it, virality, heavy ones here of the situation, Twitch should have had way more serious actions placed on the person that grabbed Emmerry. And the reason that I feel like that is because not only is Emoryu a big influencer on the platform, you should do it for any influencer that that happens to.
Starting point is 03:48:58 But of course, the scenario that happened in the way that Twitch seemingly didn't handle with any seriousness is very alarming to huge influences that helped the Twitch platform. I think as a company, If you have a huge influencer, you should go above and beyond to make sure they're safe, especially if they already say previously, I remember I think it was Valkyray, Pokeyane, I think it was one of them. Anyways, those streamers came out before the TwitchCon event even happened. It was talking about how they don't feel like Twitch's security could keep them secure. They don't feel safe at that event.
Starting point is 03:49:42 So now for TwitchConn 2025 to have this whole scenario blow up with Emaru For Twitch to see it respond in the way they've responded and to lie Allegedly as far as what Emoryu said and said was lies in their statement and Twitch's statement I think that is why this situation got so big because of course Twitch is going to look at this And they're going to probably say won't they do they basically do not care which is a sad it's a sad reality but also you come to realize who you're dealing with as far as people who have their top influencers come to an event and not feel safe and this is how they react to it so anyways we broke that down because i believe that deserved extensive coverage as far as emmeroo
Starting point is 03:50:29 versus twitch because if i ever go to twitchcon obviously for me i'm not really you know in the same mindset is other women streamers trying to think about their safety, but it is something to point out because you do want them to change for the better, especially if you're going to be doing this content creation thing for the foreseeable future, because who knows if you ever end up at Twitch card. So anyways, we talked about that. It was a very serious situation. Shout out to Emory.
Starting point is 03:50:56 It seems like they're getting everything handled as far as her team. So then we transition into Drake versus Kendrick. Safe to say, side seven, one again. Is it okay? I got my dope on me. As Drake's lawsuit got completely dismissed with prejudice so he cannot file again, he will appeal the decision. But of course, the side seven lights or I mean the white tank toppers,
Starting point is 03:51:21 they are out there celebrating this victory as Drake's lawsuit got dismissed with prejudice. So safe to say that the whole by accusation the judges did not care about. And of course, my deep dive of that, I went into page by page on. the judge addressing certain things and let's just say the judge basically said what they do the judge looked at that lawsuit and said to herself they do they can not kill left so then we got to the other beef as Drake and steak yes ladies and gentlemen we're not trying to rhyme but Drake and steak has been sued in a class action for deceptive online gambling practices but then you
Starting point is 03:52:05 I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? I mean, my favorite rapper just cannot catch a break. Is it okay? I got my dope on me? So anyways, Drake and Steak are probably going to be fine. As far as the class action, I read through it. I don't think that man understands the amount of power Drake and Steak have together as far as lawyers.
Starting point is 03:52:25 I'm just going to put it like that. So when Drake was going at UMG, the type of lawyers and stuff that UMG has as far as power, let's just say Drake and steak has that like it's combined they probably have an equivalent to that power as UMG I'm not saying that just because somebody has more power than you and they can do you wrong I'm just basically saying the class action literally said oh I have to be compensated for my gambling losses because Drake is technically um promoting a casino in a place that gambling is illegal but then you come to realize. Hold on them now. Steak is an online gambling platform. If they're
Starting point is 03:53:08 the ones using steak in an illegal state, hold on now. Won't they do. I may have to turn into because I'm snitching. You're the one who not. All right. So, y'all get the point, right? I don't think this lawsuit, this class action, by the way, I don't think it's going to stand the test of time and we're going to see what
Starting point is 03:53:25 happens with this law. So I'm definitely going to follow up on the Dracin's Steak class action suit. So anyways, then we ended off the episode as far as the coverage of the music and gaming industry with the one and only beef that everybody in their mama has been waiting for you know what I'm saying I can't think of another rap battle that a lot of people could be clamoring for other than this right here as when you look at it safe to say NLEA chopper has lost his shepherd all right my fault NLEC chopper basically it's just out here tripping going against young boy when
Starting point is 03:54:04 whole time he basically going at a wall because NBA young boy has not responded once and then the Leachoppa has dropped KEO as a disc track he's dropped what silent nights or quiet nights whatever that song was called safe to say young boy's not going to respond and good for him as NLE chopper is basically showcasing what in the world a human being would do for more clout and then of course you already know drop a bomb for this one hold up drop another one and then another one all right
Starting point is 03:54:37 all right my father you already know we had to end the episode off with a shortened blog of my trip to New York
Starting point is 03:54:45 so of course I already plugged this at the beginning of the episode but to show you all one more time New York the vlog
Starting point is 03:54:52 let me see is basically up right here so once I'm a tech guy hopefully you'll be able to see here we go so as you can see
Starting point is 03:55:02 right here you have the New York vlog as we went to New York Comic-Con we went to the event that was invited out to which is why I went to New York in the first place, went to the New York Comic-Con event, went to Invisible VIP event, and then of course had a whole vlog of me walking around New York as far as certain scenery that I wanted to capture to add to the overall blog so it's two hours of 41 minutes uh for the shortened vlog i'm probably gonna i don't know like how it's going to come out as far as a shortened version as far as the time i'm gonna try to shoot for 40 minutes so we're going to see if it gets around that time but then of course if you wanted to see
Starting point is 03:55:47 the full thing just subscribe to nmb plus where you get a fitness blueprint as far as because you know i used to play collegiate sports none too crazy so as far as my lifestyle tips as far as health tips uh in health and wellness as far as working out i give specific instructions as far as the workouts that I do, how many reps, things of the nature. Also get the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, gameplay walkthrough, drop a bomb for that one. As you already know, the podcast title.
Starting point is 03:56:17 So of course, getting into the actual game that inspired the podcast title, safe to say that had to put that on for the subscription tier for the core fans out there. And then you have the music from, you know, the trash rapper that's always popping up on my stream like every time i spark up stream he's just he's just right there waiting the release or just give people a preview of his trash music so anyways i basically let him on the subscription tier so he's given some music for notorious mass effect and uh he may or may not already have a whole album on there uh for you to listen to you know narrated by you know yours truly so anyways um with that being said and then we have multiple vlogs we have the sandbox if
Starting point is 03:57:03 VR vlog. We have the DreamCon vlog and of course we have the New York vlog where a bunch of stuff happened and of course shout out to the Invincible team once more for inviting me out for an Invincible VIP event. I really much appreciated it and of course I enjoyed the overall
Starting point is 03:57:17 experience. Let's just say it was a phenomenal experience. Let's just put it like that. You guys. So anyways, with that being said that was basically everything that we wrapped up as far as episode 154 so that's about it for episode 154 that is titled
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