Club Shay Shay - Club 520 - Ice Cube on Big 3 vs. Olympics 3x3, Kobe Bryant 60-point game inspiring Big 3 creation

Episode Date: August 18, 2024

On a special edition of the Club 520 Podcast, Ice Cube joins Jeff Teague and the fellas live from the 2024 Big 3 Championship in Boston! Ice Cube updates Teague and the crew on the situation with FIBA and the Olympics, and why the Big 3 should represent Team USA in future 3x3 events in the Olympic games. Cube talks about Kobe Bryant's legendary 60-point performance in his final game, and why that inspired Cube to start the Big 3 league. And don't miss Cube and the guys talk about his acting career and some of his greatest hits in the movie world! #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm the host. My name is DJ Wells. This is a special, special guest episode. I know a lot of times we talk about having legends, but we got a real-life legend, a pioneer, and everything that you see, like, entertain all the above. We're going to introduce my man's last,

but to my far left, we got my dog, Bishop B. Hinn, out the Prileys. How you doing, Nasty? Cool, Nasty. Let's get to it, baby. Yes, sir. Big day, big day. Yes, sir. Wonderful guest. To my right, my dog, Young Nacho, Young Teague. How you doing, Nasty? Cool and nasty. Let's get to it, baby. Big day. Yes, sir. Wonderful guest. To my right, my dog, young Nacho, young Teague. How you doing, man? I'm good. I'm chilling,

bro. Happy to be here. Got a huge guest. I'm a huge fan. Had an opportunity to be a part of the big three with him, so I'm hyped. Come on, man. All-star Teague. Talk about it. Oh, man. Lucky me. Lucky me, but listen, man. To my left, we have one of the most important people ever, a mogul in his outright. Everything that you've ever seen this man done, he has been successful and dominated his field. Listen, music, acting, and more importantly right now, the man's got his own basketball league. He's starting up with a super dope. We got the living legend in the building, Ice Cube. Big dog, appreciate you sliding on us, man.

Yeah, yeah, anytime, man. Thanks for having me. Man, this is, hey, man, I don't know how y'all feel about this I know you done met people But this is geek for me Cause you know what I'm saying You a part of like my life dog From music

To movies And I'll be here We was talking about them DVD days When we was running dog Come on man Yeah yeah The bootleg DVDs Yeah I used to sell your shit for five

I know Two for five I know Damn You gonna keep some residuals That's crazy I know, I know. Damn, you going to keep some residuals? That's great. But, man, listen, man, we're out here for the big three.

Stratford games are this weekend. We got the All-Star game, Celebrity Game. More importantly, we got the championship. But just, man, just for our fans and listeners, how did this come about, man? Just being a fan, you know, fan of balling. Played a little bit. You know, we had some epic battles in my backyard as a youngster. Hold on, hold on.

Did you hoop at Taft? I didn't hoop at Taft because they was hating on me. The coach was hating on me. Because I played football. Yeah. So I came over late to try to play basketball you know it's already started pretty pretty much by the time football is is over with so david he was like man you ain't getting no love even though i worked at point guard at practice we did a little one-on-one but you know He wouldn't let me play So I Had to just watch Okay I just had to ask

Yeah Back to the big three I tried to You know Yeah yeah yeah I mean listen bro He got a triple double In the pickup game

He's the goal You know how crazy He was keeping Stats as crazy No I didn't I fucked around And got a triple double So I was just

Bullshit And got a triple double That's different You wasn't even like I was trying Bullshitting And got a triple double That's different You wasn't even like I was trying Oh it was on light Yeah yeah Light work

You stupid Yeah But who'd you start The big three with Is it Just Started it with With my manager

You know He's my partner Jeff Quantnitz Shout out to Jeff We've been You know We've been working together Quantnitz Shout out to Jeff We've been You know We've been working together Man

It's gotta be 25 Almost 27 years Something like that Okay And We big sports fans And You know

Seeing Kobe score 60 points In his last game Yeah I was kinda hot I missed the game And shit I was shooting a movie in Atlanta. My wife, you know, kids, they went to the game.

They was all hype. Then I was like, damn, I started just a realization of, I can't see this dude hoop no more. Like, I cannot go nowhere and pay to see this dude play. And that's some bullshit, you know. And so I was like, man, there's got to be a way. So now I'm starting to think of this idea I had in the back of my head for years about three on three. I used to be like, why haven't they been elevated to the pro level?

So now these ideas are starting to come together. I'm talking to Jeff. We shooting the shit. You're like, what would a league look like? So, you know, we just bullshit, you know, talking about it. We spent a whole year, like all 2016, talking about rules. You know, I would do it like this. I would do that.

I wouldn't do this because, you know, they do that shit in the NBA. Niggas don't like that. You know what I mean? When they get out, I would do it like this. I would do that. I wouldn't do this because, you know, they do that shit in the NBA. Niggas don't like that. You know what I mean? When they get out, I would do it like this. And so we just was like, damn, this is a good-ass idea. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's tight. Business model is tight.

So we start asking, you know, like, niggas we knew from the game, would y'all be down with something like this? Like, you know, Clyde Drexler and, you know, Kenyon Martin and Chauncey Billups. And these dudes was like, oh, yeah, this is tight. And that's how I just was like, let's go for it. You smart, boy, because I was going to ask you. I thought about it. The niggas is old old So you kept a half court

The nigga's got longevity But you know I played three on three Full court before Crazy And it's bullshit You just get a bunch Of cherry pick

Dude standing down And throw it Throw it You throwing the ball Way down there So I'm like Nobody want to see that No

You know Half court is the way And you know It was just about elevating it because everybody like three on three right everybody like to play it cuz you get to touch the ball you really involved in the win you know so I was like yo this could be done if the pros buy into it like if the you, if the niggas that play on that level buy into it

and want to play, how couldn't everybody else get into it? You know what I'm saying? You got the best in the world doing it. It's just hard. So you got to ask

how I feel like, you know what I'm saying, coming straight out of the league to see that as another opportunity. Like you said, a lot of times players don't want to retire. A lot of things take place,

front office, health, injury, all of the above. Now you got an outlet to still, because y'all still hoop.'t matter the next day y'all still basketball players i still want to get to it now have another outlet to show your skills and live your dreams as far now it was huge i'm for me it's more like a financial thing he brought another league for some guys when you retire they go through this little part where it's kind of a rough patch and then he kind of gave them like another outlet to even make some money. But like you said, as a competitor, to be able to get out there and hoop and then still have fans in the stands, get to talk crazy,

have some of your highlights shown around the world and stuff like that to play on TV still, it's a huge opportunity. I mean, I appreciate it because it was cool for me. Like, y'all know me, I hoop every day at home. But to get back and be on TV and people talking crazy to me and stuff i wasn't used to that so it was cool to be back in that kind of in that kind of moment yeah for him to take you knowing your body is shattered take that take that gamble yeah rock with the handicap i got a question though did you know it was gonna going to be an Olympic sport when you first started? No, we didn't know. They actually, we just jumped out there because we was like, we looked at FIBA and we was like, nah, that's amateur basketball.

You know what I'm saying? That's the amateur version. We're going to elevate this to something better than that. ball you know what I'm saying that's the amateur version we're gonna elevate this to something better than that and um so we we was just moving forward and then once we launched I think about three months later the Olympics said yo we're gonna put it in in the Olympics and um you know we was like yo this just gives it more credibility yeah for sure I'm saying it's good credibility for sure and like you said, we seen you coming out talking about, hey, let Cube handle that. And the thing I don't like

about it is, it's very possible. Like you said, we know the rules, we know the guidelines. A man already has the infrastructure in place to make that happen.

We got to make that happen, man, because what they did out there, nah, we got to redeem ourselves, man. Come on, man. Everybody know we got better players than that. Everybody like, damn. And so,

I think it's pettiness. You know, I think, you know, the NBA, they don't like what we're doing. You know, even though Adam Silver told me he did like what I was doing. You know, his words exactly was the more basketball, the merrier. You know, which we, you know, that's bullshit now that we know. And so they involved with USA Basketball. We've been asking since 2020, since they didn't even make it in Tokyo. Y'all know our 303 didn't even make the Olympics.

Did not qualify. They didn't qualify. So we asked again. They was like, thank you, but no thank you. We got it. They didn't qualify. Wow. So we asked again. They was like, thank you, but no thank you. We got it. And we see what they got. Yeah. Yeah, they probably going to be asking now.

It's going to be in L.A. too. Come on, man. Yeah. Hopefully, you know, if they know it's good for them, they should ask. And our guys will play. You know, our guys been, you know, they would love to represent the country in three on three.

Come on, Tate. You know what I do? You got four years to get right. Shit, four years? I'll be 40 this left knee? I go out there. You're excited to go out there. Keep your rotational slug. That's cool. We can get it in. What about the

expansion cities, though? You plan on expanding to more cities? Like, how many cities you want to be a part of it? We got 12 teams now. We're going to sell all 12 and put them in different cities. Okay. Right now, we got L.A., Miami, Houston, and Detroit. So, once we place these other eight, then we'll look to go to 16 teams,

maybe 20 teams, and then place those in cities. And just open up the fan base. We feel like we've proven the sport. People dig it. Now if you connect these teams to cities, people will even be more invested into the league into the players into the teams and you know they just uh it go to a different level from there yeah and that's the dope part about it is like to for you to start your own league and now

we're all growing with the league and a lot of people don't remember like back in the nba days before it was super pop was on tape delay it's like to see this league grow in real time, especially with the players and the social media and everybody saying, you can see that we working in this and now you're getting the cities involved. You know how many people got feelings and cities about and proud about their city. It's just dope to see the evolution of this.

Like, you got some of the younger players now who may not have super long careers, like the Isaiah Briscoes, and some of you got the YouTube players that are playing the Balls Lifeguards. It's just growing all this stuff together. It's dope to see it progress like this. Yeah, you know, we felt like, you know,

three on three is its own sport. You know, just because you was dope in five on five, that don't mean you're going to come out in the big three and get loose. Different game for sure. You got to have all skill set. You got to be able to pass, dribble, shoot, and defend or you're going to get exposed.

So we felt like, well, we can develop our own athletes. We can develop our own stars, you know, like Isaiah Briscoe, who, you know, people might not have saw him in the NBA or might not know how much game he got, but, you know, he's a good player. The Kevin Murphys of the world. Garland Green. These dudes who really making a name for theyself in the big three, in the three-on-three game,

and they might have missed their calling a little bit in the NBA. That don't matter. A baller is a baller and a baller is a baller. We got him on display You know We got the best 3-on-3 league in the world Without a doubt

Shout out to the MVP Mike Bees Yeah Mike Bees Certified bucket Certified bucket Now I ain't gonna lie though Like playing

Like you talking about the cities Like going to Jersey this year I ain't gonna lie That was crazy That's I ain't had that kind of feeling In a long time The crowd was amazing It was packed in there And then for Briscoe Like you said For B from there This year, I ain't gonna lie, it was crazy. I ain't had that kind of feeling in a long time.

The crowd was amazing. It was packed in there. And for Briscoe, like you said, for B from there and how the crowd was behind him talking crazy, it was a vibe in there. Didn't y'all win that game, though? Yeah, you know we won. Listen, what I mean. Didn't y'all win that game, though?

That's why you like it so much. Man, for Briscoe to be going off like that and boom, boom, boom, they still won. So? You know what I'm saying? For sure. No, this is cool.

That's what it's all about. You know, it's putting these guys back in the arena, back where they belong. You know what I mean? Even to see our coaches, you know, you got Gary Payton

about to go against... Coach of the year going against Cooper you know they they've been yelling at each other for since the 80s to uh to see them guys back you know not just waving to the crowd hey there go Iceman you know but they coaching and they want to win and they yelling at the refs, yelling at each other. You know, it's funny as shit to see Iceman cussing at Rick Berry. They still on that.

Yeah, they still on that. You know, they won't let it go. And Rick Mahorn and these dudes, you know, still got that competitive fire. And the NBA don't have no coaching job for these dudes. You know what I'm saying? So, for us to have it in the big three is just that cherry on top for a fan. Yeah. For sure.

Like you said, you preserving the legends and introducing them to a younger crowd, letting them know. Like I said, a lot of people don't know who Michael Cooper is, but you should know who Michael Cooper is if you know basketball. Without a doubt. Yeah. One of the best players to ever do it you know especially on the defensive end for sure man I would be remiss if look man we are all huge fans huge fans you know I'm saying I gotta ask you what's some of your favorite movies that people may not you know I'm saying no like we know the Fridays like our goals but like what's

some of your favorite movies you've been a part of that I've been a part of yes sir oh man i love me boys in the hood come on now um you know barbershop barbershop is a slept on trilogy yeah you know i love you know three kings uh you know um You know, you see, shit, man. You got a lot of movies. You got a lot of shit. You got a lot of shit. You got a lot of shit about Anaconda. Two on Jump Street.

Two of them? Hey, you went for the Anaconda. I don't remember that one. Anaconda was dope. You know what I mean? I played in Anaconda. Only reason I did Anaconda is because I was like, if y'all want me to do the movie, you know,

nigga can't die in the movie. You know what I'm saying? Matter of fact, I want me to do the movie You know Nigga can't die You know what I'm saying Matter of fact I want to help kill the snake And then It was like It was like what It's like yeah

If you want me in the movie Nigga can't die And I want to kill the snake I want to help at least And they was like Alright You had to pull To make that requirement

You had to pull To make that requirement For sure Hell yeah Come on now Hey look You know You had to pull to make that requirement. For sure. Come on now. Hey, look, you know, somebody had to do it

because if you see every movie before that, nigga get killed. Swish. Jurassic Park, nigga didn't last four minutes. Like the opening scene.

He didn't make it to the place. Damn, he didn't even, yeah, like he didn't, homie. I said, nah, nah, we got to put an end to this shit. And LL Cool J owe you for that, man, because you was the first one to make it, so he was the second one. He was the second one, you know what I'm saying? Set the tone. Yeah, you got to set the tone, man.

We got to cut this shit out. I wanted to ask you, which set did you have more fun like on the Friday? Which Friday was the most fun? The more fun like on on the friday which friday oh it was the most fun the most fun was friday at the next the last one because the first one we were having fun but we were like this is our first movie producing and writing and the director was you know this was his first movie, Gary Gray. He had directed, you know, a couple of my videos, a couple of my St. Ives commercials and shit. And so that was a more liquor before. I know. It's still around.

He grew up on that. Championship team. Brown paper bag team. Yeah, there we go. We look a lot. We know what that is So you know We was all new So we were just trying To make sure

We was getting it right And we shot that movie In 20 days Damn That was like Four weeks Damn It was just crazy

Like yep In a month It was done And so Classic By the time we got to Friday after next, we all seasoned vets in the game, knew how to make a movie. You know, we had all, you know, damn near the whole cast back.

And we was just having fun. You know, every day was just fun, fun. Laughing like hell. Stomach hurt laughing. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I don't know how y'all memorized that lines. I know y'all was playing all day around that motherfucker.

It is funny now to go back and watch it, you know what I'm saying, with a different quality of stuff and looking at y'all faces between while other people are talking, y'all be laughing like a bitch.

A little bit, yeah. It's hard not to, man. Because a lot of, you know, a lot of the movie, you write it, but then you shoot what you write. Then'd be like okay we got that now

you can go whatever you think of hit me with it whatever you think of hit me with it so these comedians be coming off the dome man and sometimes you ain't ready for that shit that they be saying make you laugh but if you laugh You gonna kill it You gonna kill the tape So You gotta hold it in But yeah man They be These dudes is funny

They clever And they say something Different every time And shit So you gotta be Be ready for them You know For sure

Like you mentioned Those two movies In particular You know what I'm saying You put one Indianapolis on On the world stage Mr. Mike Epps

Yeah And it's crazy You know what I'm saying He's my favorite to work with And he embodies Indianapolis' own on the world stage, Mr. Mike Epps. Yeah. And it's crazy, you know what I'm saying? He's my favorite to work with. And he embodies Indianapolis to a T. So to see him in the movies and represent us the way he represented us, man, it really felt different for us because he is Indianapolis to a T, one of the funniest people ever.

Without a doubt. You know, naturally funny. You know, you don't have to give him no lines. You know, if he walked in his door, he'd make you laugh just because that's just his essence. That's how John Witherspoon was. Witherspoon, you know,

played Pops in the movie. He'd just make you laugh just talking about, he could be talking about some shit happened to him on the corner. Got you rolling. So, Mike, you know, we good friends to this day we just you know sometimes get on the phone and we'd be on the phone for hours just

talking shit laughing and so it was cool to be able to work with him and I've done a few movies with him you know all about the Benjamins. Classic. Jakey Promoters. Jakey Promoters. That's his move, right? Jakey Promoters. That's what we call B.H. That's one of my favorite niggas. I had a Chrysler 300 like you. It was black.

With the bullet hole. Yeah, bullet hole in the donut. On the back. That was my traffic grill. Yeah, that's right. Gotta have the bullet hole. Yeah. Yeah, so,

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Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Man, all about the Benjamins. Another class. It's so crazy, man, because we didn't even get

to how you first got to this with music. Like, you started off as a pioneer in music, and one thing I always want to give you credit for is the fact that,

you know what I'm saying, one of your favorite movies um you know i'm saying them documenting how they came up with nwa when you were in that office bro you you became a true legend oh in uh you went crazy we almost had a moment like that they used to roast me all the time because since that movie I haven't been to the theaters Like y'all was in for me That was it That was it for me You know what I mean

I was going to sit there For like four times So that best scene Is special to my heart Yeah Yeah it was special To mine too You know

It's a trip Because In that scene If you look at my son He's saying You promised me this, man. I'm getting a house and I got a baby on the way. What a baby on the way was his ass. Yeah.

In real life. Oh, yeah. That makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, you know, it ain't a proud moment, but I was happy I did it. You know what I'm saying? It ain't a proud moment, but I was happy I did it.

You know what I'm saying? Like, sometimes, you know, that pencil and pen shit, that lawyer shit, you just got to show them, man. You was thinking ahead of the game, though. Yeah, yeah. You got to show them, you know, we ain't, we ain't, we got to take it back to, you got to take it back to the 80s on this one. We ain't done with the 80s, man. We ain't done. We ain't renegotiating. We was like, what would Ice Cube do?

But the dope part about it, like, it show how you, obviously, you are serious about your art, but you are always like, okay, I need to be compensated for my art. Why am I having conversations if I'm showing up and doing it every day? And it makes sense how you progress with everything, how you progress through music, how you progress through art and film, and how you progressing with the big three for somebody that's starting off, what would you say was the most important thing that should probably lock in no matter what they got going on? Well, I think you got to believe in yourself for show. Um, and you got to, to me, um, um, you know, not really take no for an answer When you know That it's the truth

What you're talking about Is real What You can really make it happen You know sometimes Somebody will say no today But me I go ask him the same

God damn thing And I wait two weeks And then ask him the same thing Because He might have just been having a bad day. Or you give it a little time and you ask again. You go again because the person you ask in circumstances might change. And then you might be just the person they looking for. You dig? So believe in yourself.

Don't take no for an answer you know no is like okay two weeks I'm actually asked again and then I might wait another two weeks and I'll show this again funny story you know real quick we was trying to get the big three started we wouldn't talk to one network about the big three they told us ah nah we good so my man Jeff called and was like he was talking that Friday he was like damn man sucks they turned it down because only a few networks that really can blow you up you know I'm saying everything else is you know on the under so he said I'm gonna call him again this weekend I'm gonna just talk to him like we doing it

called her way up and just got it to the conversation like it's happening dude hey man didn't you uh didn't you hear that we turn that down he was like yeah but I was just wanted to talk to you about how cool it would be if we had it. And by the end of the conversation, the dude was like, you know what, Monday I'm going to go in there and talk to him again about I think we

should put this on. He was like, yeah, alright, let me know. On Tuesday, it was like, when can y'all come up here and have a meeting? You see what I'm saying? So, you know, hearing a no don see what I'm saying So Yeah You know Hearing the no Don't mean it's a no You know

It means Ask again later Ask again later Don't ask me for no more shoes I want to ask about the CIA though Before the NWA How'd that start

Oh A group We was in a group called the stereo crew okay me sir jinx and um kd and um we put out a record uh on epic records it was called She's a Skag. That's a hell of a record. She's a Skag. And it was a Frisbee. You know what I mean? Let's toss it out the window. Yeah, it was a Frisbee.

And so we was like, we wanted to do another record. We got dropped and shit off Epic. So we wanted to do an independent record. And everybody felt like off Epic, so we wanted to do an independent record. And everybody felt like, man, y'all got to change y'all name because, you know, if the radio station see that stereo crew, they ain't going to want to, you know, bump it.

They ain't even going to play it. So we changed it to, we tried to change it to Criminals in Action. Okay. But then, I mean, Lonzo, who was running the record company, was like, man, y'all ain't about to be no criminals or nothing. If y'all want this name, y'all got to be Crew in Action. So we changed it to Crew in Action.

Okay. And we did three songs, and they was Frisbees, too. You know, they was whack, too. You know what I mean? All produced by Dr. Dre. That's why I always wanted to ask. I ain't never heard you speak on cia yeah yeah so come on in man that's my son yo what's going on what up what up i'll be remiss if we didn't ask obviously man but you've been the west coast legend especially in the rap scene and obviously you had a couple

legendary diss tracks yourself and not how you felt about to pick a side but you know send to see K-Dyne and Draco back how was that to see that type of energy you know saying you was once a part of that to see it going on now how was that to see that energy especially back at home it's always fun you know it's always fun to see a heavyweight battle yeah now we've been getting them for a long time in hip-hop, you know, all the way. You know, LL, Kumo D, Karas One, MC Shan. You know, so it's legendary. You know, me, NWA, Dre. Oh, I know that's the one.

Dre and Eazy. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying? It's just, it's legendary. So it's part of the game. It happens. And so to see me even 50 and Ja Rule,

as long as it don't get physical, it's cool. It's part of the game. Fans love it. So it's really all about shit, man. you can't hold back if you dissing I don't like you you was out of pocket for naming them off of No doubt. No doubt. I want to hurt feelings. For sure. And what made it much better is seeing the movie, to see what led up to it, and then

you drop it, it was like, that's crazy. Yeah. You know, I wasn't there when they heard it, so I was learning shit making the movie. I was like, yeah, I was listening to it. Like, yeah, yeah, we was listening to it like that. It's hard. Okay. So, you know, it's a trip making that Stratoconker movie because I was learning stuff that I didn't know because I was on this side of town.

Yeah. They on that side of the town. And, you know, we kind of going through this in a parallel universe. So I was discovering shit and they was probably discovering what we was thinking on my side of the table. it was, I said, man, if I'm learning shit

from this movie, everybody gonna be learning shit from this movie. Definitely. That's dope, man. By Felicia, everybody,

nobody knew that. I don't think nobody knew that and that was just the experience at the same time. But to go back and look at that, you talk about you and Dre,

like to see where y'all were then, obviously, y'all was already successful then. For y'all to be moguls the way y'all are now, how is that to look back and reflect on that sometimes? It's beautiful. You know, we all just stuck to our convictions, you know, in our own way. And, you know, we had a lot of opposition coming up a lot of opposition not only from um you know the music business but government and to see us just you know still do it our way and kind of let the chips fall where they may and then you know we was able to land on our feet it's it's a pretty cool story and hopefully it inspires you know anybody coming up behind us that you know

sometimes you gotta do it your way you know even if it's if it's not popular at the time sometimes you just gotta you you're happier when you do it your way, whether it works or not. And I've seen people make it, you know, and they had pop songs and shit. They hated performing them every night. They was on tour, but they hated performing their own songs. And so I was like, I never want to be like that, ever. For sure, for sure. It's real.

As we say, you're a testament, both of y'all keeping it real and staying true to yourselves. Obviously, you can tell that reflects for the big three and the reason why it's real as we say you a testament both y'all keeping around staying true to yourselves obviously you can tell that reflects for the big three and the reason why it's growing the way it is you got young teague about there hooping man yeah man i appreciate y'all want to thank you for real because man you gave me a huge opportunity had a dope experience hopefully i'm back next year try to get mvp or win or something yeah that's what i'm saying yeah i gotta come back i gotta revamp my team a little bit, but we'll be hard. No problem. Hey, thank you for playing, man.

You know, we always look to add big names to the league, and you was one of them. And, you know, you added excitement to the league, you know. And when you was on the floor, it was like, you know, it was butter. Appreciate it Can't wait to see you Hoop tomorrow Yeah

And Hey Let's keep it going Next year baby I appreciate it Yeah We appreciate your time man We're going to do this again

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