Dissect DJs - TLC - No Scrubs

Episode Date: June 11, 2020

TLC Week carries on with their most influential jam that taught all the girls how to avoid another busta - No Scrubs. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's the dot, dot, dot, dot, dot sick. DJ! A scrub is a guy that thinks he's flying is also known as a buster. Always taking out what he wants and just sits on his broke ass soul. No. I don't want your number. No. I don't want to give you mine and no.

I don't want to meet you nowhere. No. The most popular, I'd say song of TLC has. got to be no scrubs. I would also argue that it's probably the most popular song to feature the word scrubs. I mean, other than the show Scrubs, the 2000 sitcom, they came out. Well, that's not a song, but it is a valid point to bring up. Scrubs actually had a good run in that, like, the early 2000s period.

I would still go to no Scrubs, though. I mean, there was a time when this song was never not played. And I know I just used it double negative, but still. I know you said. You understand what I'm trying. No, I know. It's timeless. It's legendary. It's also one of the very few at the time anthems. Actually, I wouldn't even say at the time because it was the anthem for kind of females to stand up and talk about, you know, lazy, broke ass, no good dudes that were out there. And let's be honest, there are a lot of scrubs out there to speak of. So somebody needed to make an anthem to call them out. And apparently, a scrub is the guy that thinks he's fly. It's also known as a buster.

Yeah. Always talking about what he wants. But just sits on his broke ass. So, you know. So what was you basically talking about? Is she talking about me? I mean, that's kind of a question for you to answer. All right.

Let's continue on it and listen. All right. Well, let's not looking good at this way. I got to be honest. Just keep that in mind as we move forward. I don't want your number. No. I don't want to give you mine.

No. I don't want to meet you nowhere. No. I don't want none of your old time. I mean, she's, I don't know how many other ways she can say, get away from me. I need to point out to everybody that can't see that as Justin was reading the lyrics, he was reading each no as though he was asking the question and the girl was telling him. He's like, no, I don't need your no.

No, fuck, okay. I don't want to give you mine. Oh, shit, okay. I don't want to mean nowhere. No. Damn. What was the last line? I don't want none of your time.

God damn. You just kept being like, fuck. All right. All right. She kind of shake it off, you know? She's clearly over me. Yeah. I think you're a scrub.

At this point, possibly. I don't want no scrub. I mean, no, you don't even need to read all the lyrics there. It's pretty clear that she basically just says, yeah, that was it. She doesn't want no scrub. I mean, there's a lyric I got it. Apparently a scrub is the guy that's hanging on his passenger side of his best friend's ride.

Trying to allow. This is something I've been very confused about all my life. She's already assuming that this guy that's hanging on the passenger side of what she's assuming his best friend could be just a friend. Who knows that's his BFF? You know what I'm saying? Like

fuck out of it. Okay. Don't get lost up in that. Okay. Back to it. How does she know he's not doing his thing? Maybe he's just not driving. Maybe he's... Yeah. You know, she's assuming a lot right there. I would like to point out. And if she repeats it, so the simple fact, real quick, I'm sorry, I know you want to point out something. She repeats it again.

She doesn't have a second opinion or something else that might describe this man as a scrub. Simply, if you are sitting on the passenger side of your best friend's ride, trying to holler at her, you're a scrub. You could have a million dollars. In your bank account, you could be a straight baller. But you're also a scrub baller. because you're on your passenger side of your best friends ride hollering at her. Scrub. Stam.

On your face. Yeah. No, there is a non-correlation between a lot of the other things that she's describing as a scrub with the guy that's in the passenger ride who's just trying to holler. And maybe he's not even trying to holler. Maybe he's just like, hey, look out. You're a roller skating and there's a fire hydrant right in front of me. Like warning her?

Yeah, maybe. But she's not taking that. She's like, you're hollering at me. Maybe he's like, yo. your ever last backpack is dope leave me alone you're hollering at me yeah

I'm trying to do every She wants to jump right into like This guy The scrub is trying to holler at me At me Just hollering at me And I'm not okay with it Yeah

I'm trying to do different Oh I might you hollery to me I'm not okay with that What the hell is that like an Aussie thing I don't know I just go back to the song Trying to holler at me But his game is gonna wake

And I know that he cannot up I'll get this real quick. But a scrub is checking me and his game is kind of weak, and I know that he cannot approach me. Approach me. Because I'm looking like class, and he's looking like trash. Which I'm going to say that's my favorite line right there. Can't get with a dead beat ass.

Yep. You know, if he's walking up to her looking like trash, I mean, if you don't have your game as far as you're not looking good, man, and you're trying to holler and she's looking good, yeah, dude, I mean. First of all, I would like to say as just like an overstatement, I absolutely understand the call of scrubs and the need to call them out because as a man around here in South Bay Beach, you see a lot of scrubs and you understand that that is the assumed role that is taken on you a lot of times. If you want to try to approach, maybe you are in the passenger seat and you're at a stoplight and you see a girl right outside and you come up with a clever line to just throw out the window at her. And her initial reaction is, I don't want no scrub.

And she immediately associates you with all the other scrubs or we're trying to throw whack-ass game at her. So I definitely understand the need to call out scrubs. But at the same time, a lot of these lines, you're kind of just like, I would like to know further information as far as what brought about. If he's dressing like trash and you're looking like class, hey, don't approach her.

Okay, that makes sense to me. Maybe. What if it's her opinion? What if he thinks he's looking good? good and she's like no what is it? You don't have a nice Is that not a Armani, a jacket on?

You're right, okay. Then get away from me like is that, do you not have a roly on your wrist? Yeah, okay. Leave me alone. And it's like, what, I thought I was looking good. I'm over here with my, you know, they pay less but they brand new.

You know? They DSW clearance rack, but you know what? They look fresh on my feet. That's pay less because I don't want to pay more. I'm trying to buy you. you would drink. That's where I'm not.

Because they're kind of expensive here. There's a bar right down the street that actually has drinks much cheaper. Super fat. No, okay. So, like, that's why some of these things are very much, what's the scenario? You know, like, it's a thin line between what is a dude being a scrub and what's you maybe being a little too high and mighty and just being like, oh, no, you cannot approach me. Lots of impact there.

Lots of unpack, but not that much. Honestly, she asked a couple questions. here she says if you don't have a car and you're walking so she's finally describing what a scrub is because I was getting a little worried on her description of a scrub was not very clear but she definitely gives some descriptions at this point so let's go over them really quickly there's a couple descriptions if you do not have a car and you're walking oh yes so I'm talking to you real quick how do you not know his car's in the shop how do you not know

he actually just is walking because he's getting a good cardiovascular remedy for the day. You're assuming a lot and I don't appreciate it. Especially given around these parts, if I'm going towards an establishment where I plan on drinking some intoxicating beverages, I probably would like to walk, actually. So there's a difference between you're walking and you don't have a car. Okay. Because I got a car. I just don't why do I got to bring it out? And then risk getting a ticket for having to put coins in the meter every two hours. You know, maybe I just like, I like that walk. And I'm walking to the Jim, of which I'm going to get a workout, and then I'm walking back.

Who are you to judge me and me walking without a car? Excuse you. So you agree with me there? Yeah, no. Sometimes walking is fun. I like a good one. If you live at home with your mama. Oh, yes.

I'm talking about. Now, what if you... Let's go back to Craig David. No, real quick. It's back to Craig David Week. No, I mean, no, we'll go back to this week. What if you rent the house from your mom, but your mother lives in a different location? Does that count?

I don't know. I feel like I'm stretching. It feels like we're getting in a very specific description. Oh, yes, son. I'm talking to you. If you have a shorty... For you, I'll say she's not talking to you. Okay, cool.

Your mom's got... Your mom's not in the house. I'm a little worried because everything is leading from what I've seen to me being in Scroved, but I'm not okay with it. You don't... Wait, the next one doesn't apply. Let's see. Well, this one I'm kind of confused on it, I've always have been,

and I want to discuss with you. If you have a shorthy, but you don't show love... What the hell does that mean? That definitely, to me, applies to somebody that has, like, a son or a daughter, that they just are like, nah, the baby mama's got that. I'm good. I don't got to take care of that. And they don't supply support emotionally or financially. That's how I read that.

Huh. How did you read that? How does you read that? See, I never thought of it as a child. Like, you're saying Shorty as a child. Yes. I always take it shorty, like, if you have a girl and you don't show her. love like you don't like take care of her

when you're out like you show what up show's my shoddy right here. I know 90s slang can be kind of vague but I don't think that's what that is. I don't know man I feel like both of our arguments are completely valid here and there's nothing to describe otherwise. They both could work as a scrub I guess but like no. Well if it's the kid one I'm not a scrub.

Yeah that's what I'm saying. I finally made you're good. You You and Chile are still running. I was worried up until the very last line here. Although she brings it back, want to get with me with no money. Which throws me right back into the... The concern you looked at as you read those lyrics.

It throws me right back into the big chair castle. Yeah, I wasn't really trying to spend it. I mean, I'm not trying to spend that much. How much you think it? We can keep it under 40, right? Oh, yes, sir. I'm talking to you. What I've come to find

Castizi is that I am not a scrub I am not a scrub Daily affirmation I almost thought I was But I gotta be honest I'm very close to being one By TLC standards

TLC standards Because I will hang out of your passenger side Of my best friends I do have Do not live with my mother But I rent You don't need to get on the list mortgage of my mother's house, which is I'm running to own, so it's going to be mine in the future, whatever.

Okay, and then beyond that, I would try to get you with no money. I mean, not zero money, but like, I'm not trying to, you know. So my scrub rating is kind of high. It's like a 72. Maybe 84. I don't know. here's the thing though TLC kind of set these standards for all these girls in the 90s

be like oh that's a scrub How many girls do you think Heard this song when it came out And then looked at the guy they're with and were like No I looked at the guy at the passenger side It was like oh he's a scrub He's on the passenger side of his best friend's ride I know why did it fuck up things with him maybe hey maybe I'm the ace

And my man's driving Vinnie Chastin Drive Turtle did In the living it up video Jarl didn't drive. He was in the passenger seat. His homeboy did. You know? Like, maybe the passenger seat's the place to be. Maybe that's where the stud sits while the guy who's like just kind of like the, I get you around for place to place. I'm not drinking. I'm just kind of here to be the chauffeur. Maybe he's the one that's driving. If I don't have a car and I'm walking, maybe I'm trying to conserve the environment. Maybe I'm not trying to get a ticket later, you know? Well, it says don't have a car. Now that I'm reading it, so he just doesn't own a car. I know. I mean, I own. I own two cars.

Which puts me back up. Let's drop that 72 rating. I think I'm at about 61 at this point, baby. I'm not... What are you talking about? I'm not a girl. Oh, you're going down. Yeah, absolutely.

I have two cars, and I don't walk anywhere ever. No, because I think my scrubbed ship has dropped, so I'm very happy. All right. The look of confidence that you have from the beginning of this to now is absolutely epic. I'm very happy now. I was a little weird. You saw me. I was like, oh my God.

The whole time I was like, I might be a scrub. And now I'm looking at like, Justin was nervous to take on this song because he thought this was going to expose him. But it turned out to liberate you. So I guess, you know, we win. TLC Week has brought many emotions to me, Castle. I have gotten highs, lows, north, south, you know.

How about it is a track, though? Where does this rank to you? Like, where is it? It's a track. Should we jump into the rankings? Are you making it? Yeah, absolutely. All right.

What's your, what's a rating on no scrubs? I'm going to go ahead and give it. Oh, wow. That was a real delayed for. Is that what you went through? It's good. It's one of the most popular songs. It's a crowd pleaser, gross thing.

They do, yeah. Your vague description of what you're saying a scrub is to be is very simple. He hangs on the passenger side. He doesn't have a car. He lives with his mom. Now that I'm describing this guy, you know what, this guy kind of suck. He lives with his mom. He doesn't have a car.

He doesn't have a car. He doesn't, he's not able to drive, probably because he doesn't have a license. He's got a shorthy that he doesn't show love to. Shorty. He probably is a kid that doesn't give any money to because he doesn't have any money to give. You know what? I'm far from a scrub. Yeah, that's what I'm saying is like there is a very specific type of dude out there that TLC is describing that needs to get put on blast.

And I feel like... And it's not me. No. I mean, yeah, can we stop making this about you? If we could step away from the whether or not Justin is a scrub conversation for a second, I feel like we could dive into this thing. We haven't even talked about the video. Do you remember the video?

No. Why do you not watch any TLC? I told you I don't watch music videos. How many times I got to tell you this, man? I am a listener. Okay. All right, all right. Look, the video is epic because it's kind of got the TLC and this futuristic outfits.

And they're all, I don't know. I don't know how to describe it. Exactly, because we're not a visual thing here. I know, but we can be. I can make it into a visual. That's right, you do a great job. Yeah. And they got these, like, light up belts,

and they're on a swing, and they're doing this kind of robot. And then there's a version in the video that actually has an entire rap verse by Left Eye that has been left out on there, but we don't really need it. It's fine. Did you ever hear the rebuttal of this that guys did? No pigeons. Yeah. No pigeons.

I don't want no pigeon Pigeon of the girl can't get no love from me And I forget what they say ever then That's the thing is I like the idea of a rebuttal of this I don't know the guys that did it And I don't know why they chose pigeons And I don't know anything past I don't want a pigeon

I would like to know I wish the song had been done by like Somebody that was a little bit better Because of the fact that I didn't hear the song First of all Couldn't you have landed on a better term than pigeons Because Pigeons is just not going to catch on. Nobody, like, maybe your small circle were calling these kind of girls pigeons.

But, like, it wasn't, no, it didn't have any. That just has nothing. It didn't have any stay. I do have a DJ Pats experience with Pigeons where I played no scrubs because it's a crowd pleaser and everybody left. And I had mixed out of it and I'm about five minutes past it at this point where I'm going. Everybody's dancing. A guy comes up and he goes, you can't play scrubs without playing pigeons. You absolutely can.

You got to play pigeons. No, you can. And I'm like, I can't, I can't put him. But the guy was relentless. The guy was relentless. I was like, dude, I'm going to clear the floor. He goes, play pigeons. Now, luckily, I hadn't played the A hitter song yet of the night, which I know would bring the floor back.

Okay, you had an ace in your hole. Yeah, you had an ace in the hole. So you're like, all right, hey, if I clear the floor. This is the one that just came out this week that everybody's going to be like, guy. I knew it was going to pop. And so at this point, it kind of needed a break from the floor, if I ever, which you're not supposed to do. Anyway, I go out. I'm like, all right, here we go.

Mixing him here. I don't want, he gets all crazy. I don't want, no pigeon. You can see him dancing. The floor clears. I look at him. And he just keeps trying to force it, you know, where he just keeps singing it. He's like, I give him about 30 seconds just so everybody can see that he's clearly doesn't want any pigeons.

Do you have pigeons on your phone? No. Can we want to, yeah. I want to hear one verse. I'm sure I can find it. We can't hear the whole song. After which I played the A hitter. years ago so I forget what the A-hitter was

that I played. I don't care about the A-Hitter. You're getting lost in that. I'm just saying I got out of it. I don't want people to think I'm a shitty DJ and I let this man control, which I did. It's my evening of my set. Okay. I just want to hear only because I would like to hear the verse that builds up of them describing

what a pigeon is. Because there absolutely is the antithesis to what a scrub is in female form. And I don't think pigeons is the best title. you can come up with, but I would like to hear how it was described in a song,

you know? All right, looking it up. The song is called No Pigeons, sporty thieves, and Thieves is T-H-I-E-V-Z. Thieves. Sporty Thieves is the name of the group.

Sporty thieves. We're off to a bad start. No pigeons. Let's hear this. Let's hear their rebuttal, or at least part of it. We're not going to go through the whole thing. I want to hear a verse.

That's it. Not a friend. Alright chides. Nah, nah, da. Shot crawlers. Yeah, sporty thieves. Uh-huh. Nada.

Pigeon is a girl who'll be walking by. My ramped up blue brand new spark and five. A fee hurt so you know she wanted ride. But she front like she can't say hi. What? Uh-oh. Y'all chicks ain't getting out. Uh-oh.

Your pussy ain't worth the Ramada. Uh-oh. Anyway, your friend looks hotter. Uh-oh. Game is something we got a lot of. Alright. No, I've heard enough. I immediately regret that we gave that song any attention.

You know what that song sounded like? It sounded like the death. This guy wanted me to play. That's where I ended it, by the way, and mixed out of the old song. Because I got out of it right then. I'm mad that you even played it. Because I've never really heard it. I just remember hearing it when that song was popular,

which was like, I don't know what, like 25 years ago. I don't want no pension. Stop, dude. Like, you know what? That sounded like the rebuttal. that scrubs would give. They sounded like a couple of scrubs trying to be like, oh, you think we scrubs?

All right, we got this. Uh-oh. Give it the beat. Uh-oh. Ain't no pitchers. Like, they didn't even try to sound on beat or on tone. Sporty thieves, man. Oh, my God, that was embarrassing.

And from a men's point of view, that was a really embarrassing rebuttal. Sorry, we apologize. Wow. Oh, my God, dude. That was so bad. All right, man. Well, TLC week ends with that. You know what that was?

Sorry, I'm not done. Okay, in this day and age of people recording themselves on the internet and the phone and TikTok and whatever, and people like doing these apps or they could sing, like, that kind of thing would have been done. If snow scrubs came out this week, there would be nine million of those kind of videos. Yeah, that was the only one back then. But back then, yeah, like somebody came out and some reason it got airplay. And it got farther than it ever should have. The fact that we still remembering it are playing it now is like, okay.

Uh-oh, I don't want no pigeon. What a shit? You know what? I honestly feel embarrassed that we ended TLC week when that note. You know what? Like TLC deserves better. We dissect. That's the thing about dissecting.

We never know what, like, the last slice is going to be, you know? That's a big with dissector. You never know what you're going to be. You sound like one of the sports. Steves right there. Oh my God. Oh, TLC Week. No scrubs.

Creep. Sporty thieves. All right. You know what? Now that we've ended TLC Week, on a gross taste, I think I got to wash it out of my mouth with a fresh jam.

So let's keep TLC Week riding with the sexiest TLC Beat of all. You know what that is? Do you know what it is. We're going to let it ride for a minute. TLC Week D.Js. Thank you, TLC.