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Motherfucker. People talk about rock bottom, that when you hit rock bottom is when you'll make a change. But there's a corresponding place that I call cliff top, right? You could be too high. Where you get so high that you realize literally none of this stuff can make you happy. Right? After you get, you can get to the end of the material world,

you get to the end of money, you get to the end of sex, you know, you get to the end of fame, you get, you have so much and you get, and then you like go off of a cliff into the same kind of abyss that you'd be scared of slipping into at rock bottom, right? Where life loses all of its ability to sustain and please you.

And then the only thing that's left, the same thing at rock bottom, the only thing that's left at cliff top is you have to find what you're actually looking for and what you're actually looking for is you. You're looking for you. You're running around, right? When you like a woman and you like being with a woman,

it's because you like how you feel. You like what's happening inside of you. When you have money, it's like, yeah, it's cool to buy things, but it's not the money, you like how you feel inside. It's unleashing a feeling inside. And at Rock Bottom and at Clif Top, what you have to learn how to do is generate that feeling without anything external.

You have to learn how to like you so much that you like being alive so much that you bring positive energy that's not generated by stuff, right? Because stuff is coming and going. Like people are coming and going. Everything you have and everybody you love is going to rise and fall in your life.

The place that we have to find is a spiritual place where we are good with us. We trust us, I trust myself, I trust God, and I trust life that whatever happens, I'm going to make happy out of it. I don't need specific things to happen. Passing the torch is important. Right.

How you do it is up to you. I've never had a problem with anybody younger than me because this generation now grew up listening to my beats on YouTube. So it's different for me. So for the, you know, although he's not young anymore, for the Lil Yachty's I talked to from time to time, from Made in Tokyo that I talked to,

even at one point 10 years ago, Kendrick Norris was a young nigga, Cole was a young nigga, Drake was a young nigga, Nipsey Hussle, Rest In Peace, Mac Miller, all the ones I kind of talked to over time, and they're doing that thing now. I mean, I've always been a teachable type person, so I'm always going to talk to them about something,

regardless of, give them some type of, because I truly believe there's a difference between an elder and the old nigga. And we got too many old niggas. We need elders, we need elders to pass down whatever is tough love or any kind of love, because some of these kids ain't never had no love of any kind.

So that's how I look at it. Passing the torch is important. How you do it is up to you. I've never had a problem with anybody younger than me because this generation now grew up listening to my beats on YouTube. So it's different for me. So for the, you know, although he's not young anymore,

for the little yachties I talk to from time to time, from made in Tokyo that I talk to, even at one point 10 years ago, Kendrick Lamar was a young nigga, Cole was a young nigga, Drake was a young nigga, Nipsey Hussle, Rest In Peace, Mac Miller, all the ones I kind of talk to over time and they're doing that thing now.

I mean, I've always been a teachable type person. So I'm always gonna talk to them about something, regardless of, give them some type of, because I truly believe there's a difference between the elder and the old nigga. And we got too many old niggas. We need elders, we need elders to pass down whatever is tough love or any kind of love,

because some of these kids, they never had no love of any kind. So that's how I look at it. Comedy being, I don't want to censor it almost. How do you walk that line? To me, it's like, well first of all, if you're offended by a joke, you're allowed to be. That's what I keep telling people. I think there's this idea that comedians are out here going,

you're not allowed to be offended by the joke. However you feel, you feel. I don't know how you grew up. Maybe something really traumatic happened to you, and if I'm joking about it, you feel all those horrendous feelings that you felt as a kid. So you're allowed to feel however you feel. If you tell me I'm making you uncomfortable to your face,

I'm not going to say that joke around you anymore. I'll still say it around the world. I'm not going to say it to you. I want you to laugh. But what I'm realizing now that say that joke around you anymore. I'll still say it around the world. I'm not going to say it to you. So I want you to laugh. But what I'm realizing now that things are bigger for me is that the way that we grew up, specifically in New York, you probably have it here in Miami, maybe in Los Angeles, maybe in San Francisco, maybe Chicago,

but it's very unique. Most people did not grow up with a level of comfort with another race or ethnicity where you could bust balls. People who've been in the military have felt it because you literally. It's the extreme in the military sometimes. You're protecting your brother every single day, so it doesn't matter if he's Asian and you're fucking black.

You gotta joke to each other because there's so much love. I'm keeping you alive, you're keeping me alive. But we felt so much comfort growing up with it, we never even thought about it. Like, it wasn't until I got out of New York and maybe went to college that I even knew people got offended by things. Didn't they just do the same thing to music?

And none of us said shit. Prince, T.I., David Baron, Snoop. I told you how stupid that was and y'all call me crazy. We gave hip hop away. So what you bitching for now? We did a song, I don't know if you know this, we did a song with Rakim. Rakim, no.

Yeah, yeah, we had a song off of our, one of our heaviest metal records. in the song was so it was a super Song like six minutes something that's about that It's like this Metallica style six minute song and we displaced in the middle where I was thinking of doing a verse Actually, they were saying like you should do a rap verse on this because that's the most unexpected thing you could do And my brain was like, well, what can we do that be even more unexpected? most unexpected thing you could do. And my brain was like, well, what can we do that'd be even more unexpected? And we managed to reach out to Rakim and he drove because he doesn't fly.

He drove out from New York, came all the way out to LA in the verse. Who's the best rapper you can get? Oh, he stopped in Vegas on the way. He didn't stop in Vegas. He stopped in Vegas on the way. He didn't stop at Vegas. He stopped at the Vegas on the way. He was already there, right there. Time out, time out, time out. You went way too fast. So you said Rod Kim drove from New York.

I couldn't believe it either. Yo, that's legendary. There you go. I couldn't believe it. Damn, you got me. I'm taking a shot even though you ain't even seen your face. I mean. Home from jail?

Where you learned to imprison you at? No, you got some in prison? Yes, in prison. What I learned in prison? Yeah. Don't take time for granted. And don't take it, the people you love, don't take them for granted.

Right. You can't. And I'm gonna tell you something, FN. I've said, because Jamaica prison is strange. It's like the gangster scene in Jamaica. Five people will die here, in Kingston, but when you watch the news, you only hear about the one person

that died in Montego Bay or in Osharia. So you gotta take life seriously. The people you love, you gotta spend it with them. You know what my biggest regret is? And with my first son, I had him, I drove to the studio with him. You know when you get that son, your first child is a son, so I'm with him in the studio,

I'm changing his diapers, I'm doing all of that. But what I regret the most is not spending more time with him. Who's the oldest, Little Vibes? No, yeah, Liquify. All right. But this is the good thing about it. Liquify gave me two grandchildren. So now I have the opportunity.

Yeah, it's giving me another chance. Yes, yes. The second chances, man. Yes, bro. God is the greatest. Bro, I me another chance. Yes, yes. The second chances, man. Yes, bro. God is the greatest. Bro, I believe in God. Bro, when I was, even if you watch a lot of my old interviews. Yes, that's the Wilford. I know, because you were just generic-on.

Yes. He's like, Lord, hand me the thing. Yeah, so he knows what's up. I used to say, bro, whatever, X, X, X. Now I believe in, like, my son, I didn't get to raise him. He gave me two grandchildren. So now I can raise a granddaughter and a grandson. So I'm like, yeah, yeah, I'm like to my grandson, So now I can raise a granddaughter and a grandson.

So I'm like, yeah, yeah, I'm like to my grandson. Make sure you get a lot of. I'm like to my granddaughter. Hey, if you ever. Jamaican double standards. Double standards 2.0. But seriously though, it's like, he gave me a new lease on life to be able to, because,

and this is, I'm going to tell you, I'm going to be honest. Before I got arrested, I never the 238 on my, where is it? 238. Where is it tattooed? I don't even know. Look, where is it? 238. Left or right?

Cheat. Right there. Right? Yeah. Don't study no man's cheat. What? Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!

Got him! Got him! Yeah, yeah! Yeah! Hold on! But I say this, no, no disrespect. No, no up. But I say this. No, no disrespect to you. No, no disrespect. It's all good.

Come on and get it. Right? But I'm going to say this. I knew that I was going to come out, but at the time, I needed that extra energy, because a lot of people were depending on me. Not just the guys that I was arrested with, but my mother, my father, my children, my cousins, my aunts, my uncles. Remember this is Jamaica. This is my wall street

shit. This is Jamaica. So I had to put my my faith in something other than us. And that's when I got more spiritual, more religious, and started focusing. And that's when I tattooed the thing on my face, love God. I don't know if you can see it. Man, now watch me. I see it. The man get back up, think,, Nari, what you mean? What's your name? R-O-S-S, Ross.

R-O-S-S, Ross? Yes. To blood clad, Ross. Ross, member of. Wanda Watsman. Yeah, man, Ross, Wanda Watsman. But Nari, that's when I became more spiritual, because I used to go to church like most Jamaicans,

because Jamaicans have the most churches per square capital. Really? Yeah. You know what beats it? The most bars. And I'm not even joking. Like literally bars.

Beats the churches. No, not beats, but bars, like where you go to have drink, rum, champagne, whatever, the most bars. Yes, but just by a slight, think about this, we have the most churches per capita in the world. The only thing that beats that is bars. That's why you see the,

the placid nature of Jamaica. The discrepancy in it. Yeah, discrepancy. So on one side of Jamaica, you're partying, you're in a tourist country, and you're enjoying yourself, and nobody's talking to you. And on the other side, 53 people die in two days, murder. Damn.

So tell me, is that crazy? So crazy it is? 53 people die between Monday and between Friday and Sunday. But when you are in Montego Bay, not the real Montego Bay. You're in the resort. The resort, right. The safe zone. You could. But when you go back to America, and you go on Google,

you see that 53 people died between Friday and Sunday by murder. Mm-hmm. It's crazy, man. So tell me something. Since you've been out, what have you seen change the climate of Jamaica? Nothing.

Just the love for me. My thing is this. Why are you shooting people? Because you have no other option. You were in school and you could paint very well. You could draw Jay-Z and he looked like Jay-Z. But because no one cared about that and you lived in a flat bush.

No opportunities. No opportunities. But because no one cared about that and you lived in like opportunities no opportunities, so you just started this Your gunman or your bad man, and it feels good You know why it feels good because you're a man and many of us get respect many respect And we need purpose so you found your purpose because you do it very well Run up and shoot them. Is it right? No.

But all you had left was purpose. I still like that. Found it with your gun. The same way we found it, after the gun, With the microphone. With the music, with the microphone. Jordan found it with the basketball,

but he goes, Pong, you want a picture with Jordan? Pay me. That's why I have more problem with Jordan, because I understand his mindset. Is it wrong or right? That's for people to decide. But I understand the mindset of the man, because I grew up in the ghetto,

I understand how it works. And if you don't understand that, man, you naive as **** need to live in Colorado. You know what I mean? Go skiing in the ****ing winter or some ****. You're saying he would have. I would have, I would have missed it. Yeah, I would have been like, man, fuck that. But you know what? This is one million percent something. I'm going to be honest with you, bro. You really deserve your flowers. Man, not just here, but in real life.

Yeah, nah, facts. I done put my work in, bro. You heard me? I done put my work in. And I ain't finished. You heard me? You know what I'm saying? I got a lot more. You know what I mean? And I ain't finished. You heard me?

I got a lot more to contribute to the culture, man. So I'm just glad that I'm free. You know that I got another shot at it, man. And yeah, man, I'm a rep, man. I'm a rep, man, for the real, man. So let me ask you, Birdman was not sleep on stage? Nah, hell nah. How they explain that? They said he was reading some... rep, man. I'm a rep, man, for the real, man. So let me ask you, Birdman was not sleep on stage. Nah, hell nah, nah, nah.

How they explain that? They said he was reading some- Yeah, nah. All right, so you, come on, bro. You didn't get a rain of days like that. Yeah, I did a lot of them. So you know when they had a set list taped to the floor and the list of songs and you know what's coming up next.

You looking down, you looking down, yeah. You know what I'm saying? He's reading, seeing what's coming up next. He just got caught from a bad angle. He got caught from a bad angle and then I pull up on some, you know, just, you know, hyping him. You know, some, wipe me down, you know, just on some, you know what I'm saying? It looks like you're pushing him out of the way.

It looks funny, but nah, just on some, you know, it looks like you're pushing by the way. But it looks funny. But now Ron wasn't sleep. Oh, like Ron, they never did a hard drug. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? He used to be on us. I'd seen shit on the internet about him being on fentanyl and being on this and being on that. We had a good laugh about it.

Like we jost off it. You know what I'm saying? I jost off him, like we jost off each other, but yeah, nah, he was reading the song list. Okay, cause you know what, I'm gonna be honest with you. It looked like it was finally y'all time to be the big homies. That's what it looked like. It looked like Lil Wayne was like,

cause it looked like Lil Wayne was like, let's go nigga. It was like, definitely. I'm getting my outside of looking again. So I'm looking like. Yeah, and this ain't me just trying to clean it up. I'm just being 100% real with it, man. He was reading the song list, man.

Because I had to gaze down at times because the show probably an hour, damn near two hours for real. You know what I'm saying? We got the first cash money set, bam, then Wayne come out, then bam, then Wayne bring us back out, you know, for the Hot Boy set, you know what I mean? So it's, you know what I'm saying?

By the time, probably like a two hour set, you know what I mean? So, you know, it's, yeah, man, like, and motherfuckers just be trying to make sure I know what's coming up next, you know what I'm saying? So I gotta be on point. Yeah, so you look at it.

I know that. Yeah, yeah, nah, facts. I know that, cause I be like that too. And if you know, you know. You know what I mean? Yeah, it's a big fact. You know when you look at this shit. Listen to, okay.

And they got a teleprompter right there too. They got the teleprompter, but then you got the list, you know what I'm saying? Tape to the flow, so it's like five sheets with all the songs, probably about 10 songs on each, you know what I'm saying, sheet. And you know, Ron just got caught up reading the list, bro, and it just looked like- And they clipped that up. I like how you keep coming on. I like how you keep coming on.

You know I'm catching on. There probably was some shit, you heard me? I'm saying so. Nah, but it's all great with old man. Ain't about nothing. Like, you know, he ain't tripping. He like, that old press is good press. We ain't tripping.

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Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. Long as you are to reach me. Long as you are. That's an underrated fire movie, man. What's that, reach me? No, I'm long as you are. Yeah, that's my shit, man. I don't know about underrated. That mother****** lights.

I'm a little bit upset. I should have charged more. Really? Yeah. I was on fire right around that time. I should have charged a little more, but they were Adam Sandler, Chris Rock. Yeah, that was a great opportunity. Big cast.

Great opportunity. Ferb Reynolds. Ferb Reynolds. I'm going to smoke a cigarette with him. Let me tell you how I found out how far he was, how swag he had. So my granny at this time, now mind you, this was 2004, country grammar, then did Nellieville, just coming out with Sweatsuit, the double album. Like, I'm on fire.

I'm like, this is fire. Granny, granny is still, that's nice, Cornell. You're not impressing her. Not at all. I'm still Cornell. Like, I'm probably always be, but she was like, that's nice, Cornell. You're not impressing her. Not at all. I'm still Cornell. Like, I'm probably always be, but she was like, that's nice, Cornell, yeah. I was like, granny, I'm new in the Grammys.

Yeah, I saw you on the Grammys, baby, you look good. I just had to tell you that. You know what I'm saying? I was like, oh, you know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, I saw the football thingy when you ran out. Yeah, that was good, you look good. I was like, oh, okay, you know, you can't get no aroused. I'm like, shit, okay. So I'm doing a, I heard you doing a, we sitting good. I was like, oh, OK, you know, you can't get no aroused. I'm like, shit. OK.

So I'm doing a I heard you're doing a we sitting around and she's like, I heard you doing a movie. I was like, yeah, granny, I'm doing a movie. You know, said it's a football movie. Boom, boom, boom. I'm explaining to her. Good, baby. I hope you have fun. Do it. And she and I don't know was my auntie, somebody said, tell her who in the movie.

And I'm not thinking nothing of it. I'm not thinking nothing of it. My granny is like 70 year old black St. Louis lady. Not thinking nothing of it. I know who she married. My granddaddy was a mother on God. You know what I'm saying? Like straight like that.

And I'm like, okay, cool. I said, yeah, Adam Sandler, I know, my granny don't know none of these people. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, Adam Sandler, she know Chris Rock. Cause she, you know, I was like, yeah, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Bird Reynolds, who? Bird Reynolds, Bird Reynolds?

Woo, that white boy fire that white boy. I said, what the **** is the most disgusting? To hear your granny fan out is the most disgusting **** you ever heard. You know what I mean? She like, Burt Reynolds. I said, oh, yes, Burt Reynolds. You in the movie, what's the, what you doing, baby? Nah, I don't get, it ain't, it ain't. Superbowls, Grammys, all that shit.

At this time, 22 million records, it don't even matter. She ain't, that's good, baby. You need to know. Burt Reynolds? We had a whole conversation for about 15 minutes. We ain't never talk 15 minutes about my job. Like probably all together. You know what I'm saying?

I tell her what's had to do. Well, all she wanted to know, Burt Reynolds, what y'all feelin' this movie at? So tell me about it. What are you doing? Say, yeah, I'm playing a running back. You didn't play running back, you was a receiver. You said, no, I'm just playing it in the movie.

You know what I'm saying? She know about what I was doing. She was like, no, you play receiver, you don't play running back. No, Granny, I'm playing it in the movie. You know what I mean? Oh, okay, you're little. That's why I start living. I was small as shit. No granny, I'm playing it in the movie, you know me. Okay, you're little That's why I start living smaller shit No

You be on set You got all these great people on set and these telling stories sitting in the chair and then your man bird rental sits back like this and goes Everybody shut the ain't even filming. He's stopping the whole movie. Everybody want to hear this story because you don't know What year this You don't know if it's gonna be the hustler magazine the playboy magazine If it's gonna be blonde brunette, you don't know if it's gonna be be the Hustler magazine, the Playboy magazine, if it's finna be Blonde Brunette, you don't know if it's finna be a dignitary, a politician, a president, you do not know. He's got them all, and he sits back like this

and everybody shuts the. Adam Sandler telling jokes, everybody cracking up. Chris Rocks is telling jokes. We got like nine comedians. You know how they start firing at each other and going around, so it's hilarious and Burst just, you know, I remember, hold on, shit shut down and man, it was awesome. He told us some stories, some shit I can't really

say right here, he got family, sniper. Oh, he was a sniper. Oh no, you know, in his day, he must have been. Boogie man. Yeah. Those, you know, in his day, he must have been. Boogie Man. Those were the Wild Wild West days. Boogie Man, because, I mean, again, you see how elderly black lady spoke up about him. So imagine what, you know what I mean? Like, I say, probably, yeah, he probably top three.

He probably top three sniper of all time. No, dare not. You made that mustache infamous. Gotta be top three sniper of all time. All time. We had Kanye on this episode. Yes, I saw. We had two different episodes.

And this is, according to your words, as you're saying, this is like your mentor, somebody that you looked up to, somebody that puts you on. We made a lot of great music together. A lot of money. We came up together. Right. Yeah.

Sometimes does it disturb you? Or how did you feel? Oh, absolutely it disturbs me, some of the things he says, and I'm not as disturbed for me, because what he said about me, I didn't care. Like, obviously, it was a good thing for him and for me that he signed me.

I wasn't worried about the literal words that he said. I didn't take it personally. But I just feel like a lot of times he seems to be going through shit and every once in a while we'll get, you know, these flurries of outbursts from him. And it's sad, man, I don't love seeing it, man. I don't love seeing it for him.

Because you know him. Yeah. Like these people, to most people, and I don't want to stay on this, I'll get off. But most people, it's entertainment, right? Yeah, and it's like- But that's your brother. And it is outrageous, and sometimes it's funny,

like, and some of my friends will like, you know, text me, you hear what Kanye said? Yeah, I'm like, yeah, but like part of it's sad, you know? It's sad seeing it. And I still look at him as one of the most important artists that we've ever had. And I still like some of his music is just like truly incredible, groundbreaking, world-changing

and still holds up now. And I just feel like it's a shame that it gets clouded by all the other shit. God bless, man. Yeah. But hold up, because to go more to the musical side of it, like that journey that when you guys connected in the beginning, what was that, like how, what stage of his career and for you,

and like what was that whole thing? So that was good music, correct? Yeah, so it didn't even exist. Good music didn't exist when we met. So I'm a new artist. I'm, like I say, working by day as a management consultant in New York. One of my roommates I went to college with,

his name is Devo, and Devo had a cousin from Chicago that was about to move to the area, and his name was Kanye West. So, Divo. He's not known either. No, but he had just started working with Jay and Dame and all them at Rockefeller.

And he had just, him and Just Blaze basically did the whole blueprint. That's right, that's right. So, when I met Kanye was May of 2000, or like late spring or early summer of 2001. And I remember because it was at Jimmy's Uptown and I recorded that show at Jimmy's Uptown in Harlem. Jimmy's Cafe?

Yeah, Jimmy's Uptown. Jimmy's Cafe? Yeah, in Harlem. He gangsta, he gonna stab you, I'm telling you. He gonna stab somebody. So, so I'm doing a show there and we recorded it and we actually put out a live record to my fans of that recording. So that's why I knew when I met him was because it was that day that we recorded the show.

And my roommates like, you got to meet my cousin. He just moved to New York and he's producing for Rockefeller. And we met and then we started working together a few months later. He was working on his demo, and he was trying to get signed as a rapper, but everybody was like, yeah, you keep making me. They weren't taking it serious, right?

Yeah. Can I stop you for a second? Because Pharrell always downplays when, like when me and Pharrell, right? Pharrell was cocky as shit, even as a person that was coming up. Was Kanye cocky? Yeah, he was cocky. OK, all right, cool.

And Susan Wright. He's not the same as he was back then, but he's always had a strong sense of self-release. He was the shit. OK, yeah, I can do the shit. All right, yeah, yeah. Because Pharrell was like, he was so humble now. I'm like, no, no, no, mother fucker,

I remember you in the beginning. But when the guy told you, my cousin, did you already know about his production? No, it wasn't out yet. Oh yeah, the music was out yet. So the blueprint came out in 9-11, remember 9-11? Yeah, yeah. On the day of 9-11.

And that's Ye's debut as a produc- That was his first big moment as a producer. So he had H2O, which was a single, before the album came out. And then he had a few cuts on the album and then Blaze did the other side. So it was just like, both of them were the album basically. So that soul sample sound was the whole blueprint sound

and Ye and just Blaze did the whole thing basically. And he's telling you this and you believe him? I'm like, let's meet him. Like at this point, like I'm trying to get signed too.? I'm like, let's meet him. At this point, I'm trying to get signed too and I'm like, let's try it. I don't know him, but we'll see. And you never know when hip hop producers, because some aren't musical enough,

because they're more like beat driven. And I'm an R&B artist, I'm more soulful, so I want somebody that still has some musical underpinnings. And the good thing about Ye was he was using all the soul samples and the music was very soulful. So it was like the perfect blend of soul and hip hop for us to work together. So we start working together like late 2001, early 2002. He gets in an accident.

So you met him before the accident? Before the accident. Oh wow. I didn't know that. I think he was signed by the time he had the accident. So you met him before the accident? Before the accident. Oh wow. I didn't know that. I think he was signed by the time he had the accident, but Damon and him, our impression was they signed him just so they could keep him in house for beats. For beats.

Yeah. That's because they really thought he was going to be a successful soul artist. Who you talking about, you, Concei Ruiz? Me, yay, Don C, like the crew. Doni, Ye, Doncey, like the crew. Yeah, so we got this- Carbonopoli? Yeah, the whole crew.

Yeah, so we, and I started to get to know them later, but you know, Devo was working with him, my roommate, he was like basically running his production company. And so, you know, Kanye really believed in himself as a solo artist and a lot of his team did, but I felt, and a lot of his team did, but I felt, and a lot of us felt like Rockefeller didn't. So, he gets an accident.

Can I tell you real quick something to add to the story? I was working for Def Jam at the time and they weren't pushing him as an artist. He went and sent, he got the list of all the street teams, sent the white labels of his singles, and started a conference call with himself and all the street teams. Say, yo, we pushing this, like himself, outside of the infrastructure of the label.

He was so entrepreneurial. He put out his own mixtapes. And he got in an accident and made through the wire. And then he started just camping, because he got an accident in LA. So he started just camping out at the W in Westwood in LA. And so I would go out there from New York whenever I had time,

and we would work on College Dropout with him, and I wrote Used to Love You out there, and some of my songs for Get Lifted. And that's when I started to see, after the accident, this new sense of like, this man is on a mission Right and it was started with through the wire, but then I heard Jesus walks and all these records I'm like, oh, yo, this is gonna be and I played piano on on Lauren Hills miseducation. So what what what my two? So you play you was on that

I play piano and everything is everything on Lauren Hills album And I said to Ye when I was listening to Jesus Walks, I was like, I feel like I was part of one album that changed the world in 98. And this album is about to do the same thing in 2004. And you got credit for Lauryn Hill? Yeah. I feel like you skated. John Stevens, yeah.

I was in John Legend. Yeah, that's wild, man. That's crazy. Cause how did you go? Wait, wait, yeah. I wasn't John Legend, yeah. I got that in my notes, John Stevens. Yeah. Yo, that's wild, man. I got that in my notes, John Stevens. Crazy. How did you go, wait, wait, let's just finish this, right? So anyway, that time was crazy because we're all out in LA. We're meeting up with him.

He's recovering from the accident, but he's got this new sense of purpose. And he's making the best music of his life up to that point and it just felt like the momentum was there and it was going to be a big special album and it was. It sure was. Yeah. But how about the Grammy family? Like, y'all had whole industries shook up every Monday at one point. We were doing the Good Fridays.

Oh, Good Fridays. My bad, I said Monday. That's to let you know how much I'll be drinking. Monday at one point. We were doing the Good Fridays. Oh, Good Fridays. My bad, I said Monday. That lets you know how much I'll be drinking. But like, was that something that y'all got together and said, we're going to f*** up the industry? I think sometimes Ye just gets in that like creative, like that just extra excitement.

And he's ready to like, he's just got all these ideas and he just wants to get them out and he's like, this is good Fridays. That was the time he was like, everybody at the studio needs to wear a suit and tie and so everybody was dressing like they was in a reservoir dogs at the studio. And he called it the Rosewood era. It was like a whole thing.

So he sometimes he just be on one and he's like, that's his thing at that time. And that's what he beyond. That's ill. Yeah. God damn it. I wish I would have gone to the studio with a goddamn reservoir dog. Oh Jesus.

He called it the Rosewood era. So then you get, so now getting into your project, transitioning from his, how did that happen? Yeah, so it was all happening at the same time though. So we were working on, like, used to love you and some of the joints from Get Lifted during the same time that we're working on College Dropout. Really? At the same time? It was all happening at the same time. We're both trying to get,

I was trying to get signed after he had already gotten signed to Rockefeller. And I eventually signed to Good Music. And my roommate was running the label for him. So I was basically signed to my roommate's label with his cousin. And eventually after College Dropout came out, that was when the industry really started to be like, okay, we f*** with the whole crew. So before that, we took the same music to all the labels and started to be like, okay, we f***ed with the whole crew. So before that, we took the same music to all the labels

and they turned us down or they gave us a low offer. And when College Dropout came out, everybody changed their tune. We had a bidding war and I signed with Columbia. And who was the crew at the time? You, Consequence? GLC, Don C. I mean, those were the artists. Me, Consequence? GLC, Don C, I mean, those are the artists, me, Consequence, GLC, and Ye.

Those are the artists, but then Don C, John Monopoly, the whole crew was, you know, we were touring together, we were opening for Usher together, that was the crew. Crazy, man. Did you ever think, like, cause y'all was like, almost like the modern day Wu-Tang Clan, right? Like, but.

Not exactly, okay. But with different, like, you know, you had Pusha T, you had Consequence, you had you, you had Kit Cudi. Big Sean. Big Sean. Yeah, like during that Good Friday's time, that was a, like, that roster was crazy. No, I'm being honest, as an industry person,

we were scared of that Friday. We did not like it. Like, I'm just being honest. Like, now I can say I'm not making music no more. So, I'm saying that- Y'all had those records like click and some of those records were insane. Yeah, like we were mad at y'all.

We were like, why? Why do y'all wanna just shut everything down? Yeah, it was wild. And then right around that time, right after that time, Jay and Kanye start working on Watch the Throne. Like probably- One or two? This is the one?

This is the main, Watch the Throne. Yeah, it's the only one. Yeah. So this is around 2012, 2013. He's up in the Mercer. They talk about it in the song. In Mercer Hotel in New York. I'll tell you something about Carl,

just to let you know I ain't getting the money. So they were literally in the Mercer Hotel and he just brought his studio equipment in there and was making Watch the Throne with Jay and then we made Love in the Future, my album that came out in 2013 in that same hotel. And so all of me was on that. I didn't do that one with Ye,

but Ye produced the whole, like Executive produced the whole album. And that was another crazy time. So there's been these times when Ye's really on like a creative tear and producing some of the best music of that era. It was incredible. No. Rakim or K-R-S-1?

I can pick either one. Either one. If you pick one, we're not drinking, but if you say both of them. Both. Both. All right, y'all drink. Both. I got you. Don't do it on purpose either. I'm not, they both. I can't. No, no, no, I agree with you. We're not drinking, but if you say both and

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah do a smaller shot yeah, yeah That shit must be strong I got to Parker easy Damn both of them was my god both Oh no, what you at what you doing? No, no, no, I ain't he's drinking for him. He's my designated drinker. Okay You you know what? I love it. I love? You know what? I said, you know what? I'm going to join him on that. Y'all asking some crazy, you got to understand, Eazy came with Roofless.

Here you go. Eazy came with Roofless. Eazy changed the game. Eazy changed the game. Pac changed it. You know what I mean? So I got to get Eazy's props. Yes.

Get ahead with it. Rap Radar or Joe Bunn podcast. Rap Radar or Joe Bunn? Podcast. Rap Radar or the Joe Bunn Podcast? Both of them. I mess with both. I mess with everybody. Why are you doubting? I told you that's what I mean.

You can't leave. I didn't have enough. You can't leave me doubting them out. Both of them, all of them is great. I agree with you. I forgot to say Rap Radar too. Have Elliot ever hated on you? No.

Elliot is cool. Elliot is cool. Elliot don't hate on me. He don't hate on me. I'll take your shots. Right off the bat. Oh shit. No I'm gonna be the one that's fucked up on this one by myself. Are you taking shots too or what? I forgot. Okay, oh you got this one. Okay, my bad.

I don't even. Can you look at your glasses now? Both. Come on. Are you really gonna say both for everything? I like both of them though. I believe what I'm gonna say. I ain't.

Right, everybody we see you. They ain't know it, vicious. No, we watch you. He said, hold your flowers. His son got him. His son gonna take him. Jayden, you're gonna take. He said, hold your flowers. It's not here. It's not here. It's not got him.

It's not gonna take King. Jay-Z or Big Daddy Kane? God damn. Damn. Did I take, I don't know about that. You look like you had three cuts of your eyebrow. No, no. You look like you had.

All right, so listen. Okay. I'm gonna just tell you a story. Big Daddy Kane was mad at me one day. Big Daddy Kane. This is a true story? Listen. A legend. He coming through the airport, right? It's early in Daddy King. Listen, a legend. He coming through the airport, right?

It's early in the morning, we're in LA. So we ready to get on, it's Don't Get Don't Us Day, so Gil, we ready to get some tea. King got a mask on, he walking down all calm. I go in fan mode, King, what's up? Like, I drawed on him. He was not trying to be noticed.

He like, Gil just told us, he like, I'm like, Kane, what's up? Oh shit, come on Gil, come here, this is Kane. Cause you know, Gil said I'm the biggest back in the day groupie of all rappers. I'm just this, I love all back in the day for no reason. That's the shit to me. So I'm like, damn Kane, what's up?

So y'all guys will go ahead and drink again. Kane in, Kane in, what's his name? So you went with Kane? I'm going with both of them. Oh, you went with both? But he gave us a Kane story. I had to give y'all a Kane story, man. Kane was pissed.

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Do you know Bruce Leroy told me that I'm Bruce Leroy Jones? I seen that, I seen that. Bruce Leroy. I seen it in Randall's album. That's for real, that's for real. He a bad ass. Yes, yes, yes.

Bruce Leroy. He still looking good, two balls. He's a bad boy. He's a bad boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He had his S-curl still popping. I was like, oh shit. He's a bad boy. I had to, I'm sorry bad boy. I had to. I'm sorry, Bruce Lee.

I had to. But Bruce Lee worried he would have picked Bruce Lee. I don't got nothing to do with that. He was part of mine. That's a good point. Petey Cracker or Meek Mill? Both of them. Philly. Drink up.

Drink up here. I love Philly though. He Let's bring that. Drink up here. Drink up here. I love Philly. I love Philly though. Okay. He can't do that. Biggie or Big L? Big L was... Big L was the beast.

I'm gonna say this, Big L was better than a lot in New York. If he would have ended up signing with The Rock, which... Y'all go ahead. You know the story. Go ahead, drink again. Both. All right.

Both. When I think you're gonna say one, he's like no, but it's story. Go ahead, drink again. Both. All right. Both. Man, when I think you're going to say one, he's like, no, but it's both. He was a barbarian, man. If he didn't go, it was over. Hold on, let me get my drink. They just drunk a bottle messing with me. Damn, bro, I'm sorry.

Black thought or Nas? Black thought or Nas? I like this. That's a good one. And that's... I'm going with both. Come on. I thought you were going to go Philly.

I would, but no, man. They both barbarians. I'm going with both. I'm going with both. Come on, I thought you were gonna go Philly. I will, but no, man, they both barbarians. They are. Yeah, you got the right-

I'm just gonna be drinking. I just just started going like this. Oh, I forgot you drinking too. I'm drinking. I'm drinking on my back. Okay. Yeah, you said both. Yeah, I said both.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes. No, I think he truly believes in both. I'm going with Black Thor's an animal. Yeah, he said both. Yeah, I said both. Yeah. No, I think he truly believes in both. I'm going on black thoughts and animal. Yeah. And Nas is animal. Nas is animal. All right, Eve or Missy?

All right, come on. Let me just pour up already. They both legends, man. I got to go with both of them. They're legends. Hi, hi, hi, hi. Eve's a legend. Missy's a legend. Missy's a legend. You get me now. You can handle it. All right.

Y'all y'all come up with joins this to like combat Jack or text on rest in peace rest in peace rest in peace. Listen, yeah, rest in peace. Rest in peace to come back. Listen, rest in peace. Come back Jack. Both. Yes and yep. Shout out to my man Tex. Yeah both.

You y'all shouldn't have done this. Yeah. He's done that shit. Look, look, look, look, look, it's just Birdie. It's just Birdie. Yeah, I ain't gonna lie, that Tito's looking hot. No, it's cold. It's cold.

Okay. Sonny ready. Sonny going, I got to man, I got to be ready. Sonny ready. Sonny ready. Sonny ready. Sonny ready. Sonny ready. Sonny lie, that Tito's like, hot. No, it's cold. Okay.

I got two, man. I gotta be real. Right? Lil Uzi or Lil Dirk? Both of them. Should I just, should we just say how many we got if we just say both and drink all the shots? Come on, y'all.

The last one he's gonna pick. All right, hold on, I got a certain point. These two guys seem about love, and I got to love him, but we ain't about love. All right, I'll do it, all right. Geno's or Pat's cheesesteak? Me, I feel it. You never feel it.

I'm gonna say something, right? Okay. In the hood, we never ate them, because they don't chop these stuff up like we eat the joints in the hood. So you want me to switch it up? Food chasers? No, no, no, let me say this. Okay.

All right, all right, all right. Let me say, let me say the names. Shout out the ones you eat. Let me say the names and I can switch this up. Yeah. Taste cheesecakes, cheese steaks. Uh-huh. And you say what? Food chasers? No, I was going to change it up. What's that? Taste cheese steaks. And you say what, food chases? No, I was gonna change it up.

No, you change, I got, that's different. I'm gonna say taste cheese steak, food, food chases. Eskimoos? Pretty Girls Cook, Food, Chasers. Esquivibles. Pretty Girls Cook. Country Cookin'. Saudian.

I'm missing somebody. R. Juice Bob B. What's the name with the glasses that cook it up? DJ Boo Joint. Oh, I don't know. She gon' kill me. I think you're talking about.

Every- You got pretty girls in the room? Yeah, I see her. Everybody in Philly, all of them. So y'all gotta drink it all. All right. Damn! He said both times three.

So I'm gonna give you one more. So Food Chasers or Beans Food Truck? Y'all gotta drink them. Both. She's okay now. Take another one drink of both. Geez, okay. Take another one, God damn. The one time I watched y'all was drinking. Keboom.

I meant to say Keboom. Keboom, yeah. This is aged Mama Juana. Oh yeah? This is terrible. Oh, and Kings and Queens. Kings and Queens. Kings and Queens, too.

So Eskimo's don't make the list? Eskimo's, yeah, they do that. That's like Hollywood cheese stick? But theykimo's yeah they they they do that. That's like Hollywood cheesesteak? Yeah but they do they thing too but taste cheese. We been there. Yeah they got my picture in the wall. Yeah that's why you trying to throw it out there.

Yeah. Eskimo's chicken cheesesteaks. Yeah I was how you know? Yeah Eskimo's going to be like hey I'm a chicken cheesesteak I don't do red meat. Yeah. Yeah okay. Has y'all with fat boys nothing? What you got fat boys times nobody?

Oh fat boys or nobody? Oh? Fat boys are beastie boys both come on Damn I mean to do this man rocky three or Creed three Michael you know Michael be joined. That's my guy. I'm sure Rocky he inspired his own Y'all got to stay here and be drunk with me. Look, we just opened this. Look, yeah, yeah.

It's a shit thing. Chase it, chase it. Scarface or Ice Cube? Both. Oh, that's good. Let's go. Both. Legends. I'm going to say both.

Legends. Alright. Y'all ain't give me nothing. Y'all got any stories with these people though? Ice Cube. Y'all interviewed Ice Cube. Cube, Cube. You know what?

Let me tell you something about Ice Cube. Cube's a hater and I'm going to tell you why Cube's a hater. Cube hated on me. So the big three come. So we go to play in the big three. Every year Gil get the MVP. So we in the locker room and we getting ready. I'm like, yeah, we going to go there.

We going to kill him. Cube, we got him this time. He said, Waldo, this this what I need you to do listen listen he's trying to get out of it make sure somebody watch sonny ready throw up so Q so we in the locker room we all getting ready for the game to stand through I said listen man we gonna do this I'm starting this that he said, Walu, this what you gonna do. Gil, you gonna do this, he telling anybody what to do.

This is Cube telling you guys. Anthony Edwards on the team, me, I mean, Anthony Anderson. Okay, my man. Me, Gil, there was a bunch of me, but whatever, he said Walu, he telling anybody what to do, he said, Walu, this what I need you to do.

I need you to just sit on the bench and just chill and hype the team up. He was f***ing kidding. He just hated it. No, because I ain't going to lie, Wallo. No, I got four points in that game. I'm going to be honest. Four points?

Yeah, I crossed the girl though. I think you've been riding the coach. I realized that you might be trash. A little bit. Like a little bit. Not a lot. You ain't see my joint. You ain't see that bitch I slammed.

Any nigga that got to show the video to be nice ain't really nice. No, no ain't see that bitch I slammed. You didn't get that guy that showed a video of him to be a nice, ain't really nice. No, no. No, it's a lot of people that be hating on me. Kevin Durant, Kevin Durant hated on my game, Dame Lillard, Stack, all them dudes, Matt Bowen, I cooked Mark Bowen's one time. You ain't see what I did to Donovan Mitchell. You ain't see me work him out of him. I cook, I barbeque, you get him.

Okay. But go ahead. Oh man. Nipsey or Young Dolph. Rest in peace everybody. Both. Okay. Why y'all just. Nah, y'all nothing bro.

Now go ahead and y'all have a bad night man. No. You understand. You're enjoying this too. That's crazy. Nah, you gon' be mad. I'm sorry man. You know, you gotta love real.

You don't need to fuck. Sorry, Dion you lucky I ain't cold. Y'all drink. Y'all gon' be mad. I'm sorry, man. You know, you gotta love real. You don't need to fuck. Sorry, Deion, you lucky I ain't cold. Y'all drink, y'all drink? Go ahead. Y'all lucky, man. You didn't take your drink. Go take your drink.

You shoulda sent you some of it. No, we did take the drink. You just refilled it. You took his drink. You shoulda sent you some, man. What the fuck is this shit, man? Kodak or Poosh Icedy? Both.

Both. Go ahead. Don't forget it. They're my neps. Man, bro. I gotta get more cups of this shit. How many questions are left? They're my neps, though. Yo,hews. Man, bro. I gotta get more culture. How many times did I tell you? I'm the nigga, man.

They're my nephews, though. Yo, when I had the opportunity, I said, I said, he wanted to pull the trigger. Yes, you did. And they pulled it. Yes, you did. Now, because you're trying to keep us together. Last time I seen him, he beat me for $1,000, man.

Cleaned me out. Y'all got your next one ready, because we're back to back. Oh, see, he already know. UGK or Outkast. I got a pocket full of stones. Both. Both.

Both. It's beginning to look a lot like follow my every step. Take notes. Yeah, both. You know I'm a hip hop historian. Why is y'all asking me this shit? OK, because we try to get them drunk. They going to be.

I'm sorry, Rob. Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock? Oh, wait, wait, hold on. Hold on. Yes. Wait a minute. No, no, no, no. That's the last one. Yeah.

I got to drink that shit. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. My bad.

My bad. Just making sure I'm not alone in this. Okay. Every time we got a relationship with what? What you got a relationship with what? Listen, listen, listen, I'ma say this. Yeah, he let our living breathe. Dave gave me a million dollars worth of gang one time.

Was he smoking cigarettes? Of course he was. I'm in the dressing room with Dave, right? Me and Gil, I'm talking about dressing room with Dave, right? Me and Gil, we in there, I'm talking about we tripping. I'm talking about all time, I told Gil, Gil like, Dave like, Gil, you got a hell of a game. I said, yeah, that's it, he said, okay, that's it.

He said the M1, he called Gil, he said the M1. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I said, I said it's that new shit. He said, all right, whatever. But whatever. Gil get amped up, ah, the white shit, powder man. But whatever the case may be. That white shit. Dave said, Dave said, listen, Dave did listen.

Dave said, wild low. I was trying to figure it out. I had all this money. They kept paying me for shows and all this. I couldn't make it happen. And I kept looking for something. And that's how he came up with Dave Chappelle. He read a fortune cookie that said,

everything you need, you already got in your kitchen. The best meal, he said something like, the best meal you'll ever cook, all the ingredients is already in your kitchen. And he just started shooting Dave Chappelle's show, because he was like, I already had the people I needed right there. I keep looking for all this other shit.

But my guys that I deal with is already there. Actually, Larry, rest of the piece of Charlie Murphy, the whole team. But both. Because I love Pookie. I thought we drank that one already. Pookie was a legend. Man, y'all. Pookie was a legend.

That was a great story, though. I love it. Yeah, I like that. Thank you, thank you. ODB or Bismarcky? Rest In Peace to two legends. Rest In Peace. But both.

I'm talking about one thing about ODB, when he came out, man. Cheers. First of all, legendary songs. Nobody beats the biz and the Vapors was classic. Can you feel it? No, save ya. And this is the season for catching the Vapors.

Biz was just, Biz knew he was that guy. Biz changed the game. Biz knew he ain't got, and ODB didn't give a. Right. You know what I'm saying? When that Brooklyn Zoo came out, Brooklyn Zoo, that tape, he got the welfare ID on the tape. It was just legendary, both.

All right, well. Yeah, we knew it was both. We just want you to explain some stuff. NWA or Publicity? I mean, that I wouldn't know. Listen, I'm gonna tell you some real shit, right? If you don't say both, I'm throwing the bottle at you. I'm gonna tell you some real shit.

There's no bullshit. Listen, I'ma tell you some real shit. If you don't say both, I'm throwing the bottle at you. I'ma tell you some real shit. This is no bullshit. I'm at this, this City of Angels. Everybody in there, all the CEOs. No, no, no, no. I think it's called City of Angels.

They're giving some in the Lior, right? Oh, the Lior thing. Oh yeah. You was there. Listen, you was there, Noy. All right, my bad. Listen, listen, you was there. Yeah, my bad.

The dopest hip hop shit ever happened to me, because like, y'all better not mention DJ Premier because I'm beefing with him. I'm going to tell y'all about that shit. You're beefing with Premier? Yeah, I'm going to tell you why. Nobody beefs with him. I'm going to tell you why.

He did some shit that I ain't like. So listen. We got Premier's back. So listen, hold up, hold up. So we in the joint, right? So they giving Leo and everybody in there. So I'm sitting there. I'm like this, I got the suit on on Chilling I look over to go Chuck D

Chuck she did one of these Jones. I Was done this Chuck uncle Chuck right this public enemy number one. Do you have a Pittsburgh hat? No, I think he was has some jeans on though. He can't be a jeans with some Levi's, but I don't know I'm just like oh shit this, this dude know who I am? It was just a legendary moment, but both. No, I felt the same. He tweeted about Drink Chance, I framed it. Yo, you know how legendary that is?

Like these, the younger kids might like that and they tripping out and all that. No, no, Chuck D? This dude, he spoke truth to power. He was a legend, and NWA. Listen, I figured out what he's doing. He said, I'm going to make sure Sonny never drink again. I'm gonna tell you, this is gonna be Sonny Rio.

Put it too much in there. Yeah, it's an adventure. Schooley D or Ice T. Bridgid was against the rap. Let me tell you something. Let's see how deep he goes. Listen, Ice T said, listen, listen, listen, listen. Hold on, you know, Schooley said, listen, listen, hold the huddles. You know, Skoolie said,

"'Lookin' at my Gucci's is about that time.'" He said, but nothing is like Saturday night. It was a Saturday night, I was feeling kind of sporty, went to the bar, got, and then, but I said, this is what I said, this is what I said. I said, I said this, and this was so crazy. I said, speed of life, fast. It's like walking barefoot over broken glass. It's like jumping rope on a razor blade.

All lightning quick, decisions are made. Lifestyle. Ice was so cold, right? I ain't gonna fuck. When I was young, I wanted to be ice. I used to ride ice. I used to ride ice in the mirror like, damn, this boy ICE.

And then when he killed the New Jack hustler, New Jack, New Jack, New Jack, hustler. And then when he said, I got a bitch with hair, a bitch with none. A bitch with a nut, a bitch with a nut. And I got a bitch with a ass big as a TV set. And there's a bitch over there, hey, the one I want her to get with you, but maybe not. She might not like me, no. No sweat to a vet. I get a sister though word

Who rocks a fat gold link Who like the people that on the kitchen sink? I got a with hair a with nun Who like to be with that on the kitchen sink? I got a with hair a with none He was cold, yeah, he was cool and then schooley was just cold both right and and you know, there was both real stories No, no kusi robin kusi, okay. Okay. All right Oh shit, amelio's sparks or oshino both philly Oh shit. Emilio Sparks or Oshino? Both. Filly. Filly.

Tills of a hustler. He's a man. So you manage both of them, that's right. Okay, god damn it. Take a shot then. Emilio Sparks, a young gun. They was killing that joint. Moving out of shriveled memories of him. Cassidy or young Chris?

Both, Philly. God damn, dog. I'm about to drink my water. Y'all, listen, make this a clip by itself. Yes, we got you. This is Drake champs at his highest form. This is the drunk top. All right, y'all ready?

Now this is the one. And then you got one more after this. Oh yes. Oh yeah. Will Smith or Kevin Hart? He's gonna say both regardless. Both. Okay.

That's easy, man. Now this is the last one we can get back to the interview. Loyalty or respect? Wait, we got a drink though. No, no, relax. Chill. Everybody drink? Let's stay true to this game that we're doing.

Sonny, I'm going to get you out of the drinking game, Sonny. Yeah, I know. I know what you're trying to do. Cheers, fellas. He said Sonny won't stop today. Oh, they got one more after this one. I love this. So this is it.

This is the last one. Both. Okay, both. Okay. Wait, wait, wait. Both or not? You said Lil G.O. respect. Well, that's the right answer, too. Yeah, that's the right answer. That's the only time you say you should say both.

Yeah. I don't know why people don't say both all the time. Right, for that, for that answer, for that question, right? Okay. Drink Champs is a Drink Champs LLC production, host and executive producers, NORE and DJEFN. Listen to Drink Champs on Apple Podcasts,

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