Drink Champs - Episode 122 "Celebrating 2 Years!"

Episode Date: March 27, 2018

**N.O.R.E.** and **DJ EFN** are the **Drink Champs**. In this episode the guys celebrate two years of podcasting by looking back at some moments from their earliest shows. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Where every day is New Year's Eve. It's time for Drink Champs. Drink up, motherfucker. Drink Champs Army, what up? It's your boy DJ EFN. On behalf of myself and Nori and the whole Drink Champs team, I want to thank you for your continued support. Whether you listen to us on your favorite audio platforms,

watch us on YouTube, or watch us on Revolt TV, or do all of the above, we can't thank you enough. This week we celebrate our two-year anniversary doing Drink Champs. In our short time, we have reached a lot of milestones as well as brought podcasting to a whole new audience. We've also had the opportunity to speak to artists we consider to be serious legends and pioneers of our culture. Coming soon, we have shows from the likes of Kid N Play, Proz of the Fugees, basketball legend Matt Barnes, and a lot more. To celebrate our two-year anniversary, we decided to bring back some moments from our very first shows. So let's just get right into it.

Haz, let's go. Damn, my brother. He was the first one? That was Jose Luis, gotcha. I was so gassed because the first shit he said was, Jose Luis, gotcha. All Latinos felt that way.

All of us felt that way. When Joe met me, though, he was like, I'm not sure if he's Puerto Rican. You gotta tell him a story. He caught me. I caught him. He was at the Puerto Rican parade. This is the first time. I caught him. He was at the Puerto Rican parade. And I seen him. This is the first time.

And I helped him up. It was like thousands of niggas around me. And I helped him up. I forgot you don't smoke weed. I don't smoke weed. My memory is phenomenal. So I helped the nigga up. And I was like, yo, what's up, nigga? Yo, we fuck with you, nigga.

We was hype, right? And then, but what he want me to get at is, he always said he's Spanish, but he be with black niggas and he look black. So we never totally believed him. You know what I'm saying? So one day I'm in Chicago and a nigga called me up. He's like, yo, you got a show at House of Blues?

I said, yeah. He said, yo, my family want to come to the show. So I'm like, all right, no question. Nori, look, I said yo my family will come to the show so I'm like no question nori I'm in the hotel. So the niggas meet me in the lobby. I meet him Nigga come over with the guaya better. That's some, brother. I'm like, what? This nigga's like, Bobby, you have to sign. You know what I'm saying? Well, he ain't going to have to sign. I was like, what the fuck?

Nigga, really? Puerto Rican? I might have called a hundred niggas. Yo, this nigga, he wasn't front. I'm looking at the Puerto Rican niggas right now. He's really Puerto Rican. Oh, my God. The real Puerto Ricans came in Chicago, my nigga. Right, right. Nah, that shit was-

That was crazy. That was very funny, man. That was very funny, man. That was crazy, my nigga. Yeah, so let me ask you something, right? The thing about you is, what people don't understand about you is you're actually a lyricist. Like, you make party records, but even in your party records, like I told this, I said, Joe is

one of my top friends of all time, but when it comes time to do a feature for me, he's like the worst list. But not because he's not going to do it, it's he takes his time with something. Like, you actually do. I know you never diss me.

You're my brother. You know what I'm saying? I eat in your crib on Thanksgiving. I would never diss you. You eat in my crib all the time with our families. Yeah, we share. You're my brother, so it's not... But do you think you're a perfectionist? Definitely a perfectionist with everything.

Yeah. Sometimes, the way shit move nowadays, niggas get mad at how i am because i like to roll it out right yeah you know i'm saying and that's key to a lot of shit maybe i'm wrong maybe i'm right maybe i ain't the smartest nigga but i want to make sure shit gets his buck for his money with everything we do right you know i'm saying like, with these young kids I'm fucking with right now, they're the first niggas I fucked with in years. They got fire. And I'm still like, yo, we need more. We need more.

We need more. Because you can't make a first impression twice. And then rap-wise, I ain't going to lie to you. No matter who I rap with, I try to take their head off. It's just a fact. I got to go in and, and you know you invite me and he's very scared because fat jokers people probably probably don't think he's the best rapper in the world but hold on i'm just saying people probably don't think i'm the best rapper in the

world but i'm like the mexican nigga you don't want to fight in the boxing ring. Because you're not going to stop. Because he's not going down. He's a hell of a fighter. He's one of them niggas that you're scared to fight. You're scared to fight him because you know he's going to go. You're going to have to kill this nigga in the ring. You know what I'm saying? So that's how it is with raps. Because when you invite me to it, and the worst nigga was Pun.

You know what I'm saying? What, Pun was going for niggas' heads, man. Since Pun died, who was like a person that you did a record with and you was like,

man, let me be on my best, best, best game? Everybody. Everybody. I tell my son that every day. But it's not like

just one person who's a little scared of? MC shit. Everybody. Everybody. Every time I go in the booth. All right, let me tell you a secret. I'll tell you in front of the whole world that I never told nobody.

That's right, because the whole world listening. Make some noise for the whole fucking world listening. God damn it. I like how you threw that out there, Joe Crack. Thank you very much. The whole world is listening. Every night, my whole career, every night I got in the studio, to this night, I never know if I'm going to die when I in the studio to this night you know I never know

if I'm going to die when I leave the studio so when I do my work in the studio I go the hardest I could go in history when I work on my music because if I die I know that's the only thing that's going to remind people for years

and years 20-30 years later that I put it down. Now, if you want to say, Fat Joe, if you want me to tell you how I really feel, I feel like I'm one of the most underrated rappers of all time. And that's why I've been in the game this long and I still make music. And every time I'm like a little kid waiting for his father on Christmas, I'm waiting for niggas to finally give it up. And they act like it's luck that you've been in the game for 20 years. They act like it's luck that you put out 10, 15 top number five records in the world. Sold millions.

They act like this shit. Like, yo, he's just a lucky nigga. You understand what I'm saying? But it takes dedication to that. So, like, with this album with Remy, I'm spitting my ass off. And I'm like, all right, maybe this time they'll finally listen and be like. You know, because right now it's a little different for me. I'm a little older.

You know what I'm saying? I'm a veteran. The young niggas don't look at me as a threat no more I'm not saying physically they just don't look at me as like I'm their competition right so now they're able to say yo my nigga we love your shit you know you're a vet yo we fuck with you nigga you a legend before it was more like they were scared to tell me that because they felt like we was still competing. The thing they don't know is that we really still competing. Make some noise for that guy. God damn it.

I love that attitude. Love that. Oh, I forgot. We competing. So on this album right here, I'm spitting my ass off so that maybe, just maybe, niggas can look and listen to this album and be like, ooh, this nigga crazy. Let me ask you one more. What's the one record that a producer played for you or brung you

and you didn't fuck with? Oh, you're crazy. The record that you just said, Rihanna, you fucked up. No, I fucked up. My thing, well, you know I put it out there That I could've signed Eminem Six times No I've never heard this story Wow No that's a fact

No I've never heard this story You gotta give it You gotta give it to us It's out there For real Swear to God At what point At what point

When he went to New York I was with Eminem We went We was having dinner one day He was like Yo Joe Crack You know I gave you my demo Six times

I said what This is after he's the Hi I'm Cheney But you didn't remember This is after he's be high but you didn't remember before before so the nigga turned around he was that gave it to you how can I be down I gave it to you Jack the rapper I gave it to you in Atlanta I gave it to you in Jersey when I was with the outsiders I gave it he knew every time he gave me his demo and I was like Jesus Christ I could have had him and them but the record I sat in the house with Salam Remy and uh and he made Fuji live for me oh shit Fuji Fuji live and then and I

sat down to you for me in this living room and I was I'm trying to picture you For me in this living room and I was there with him for hours and then he was like yo Joe like a week later He was like yo Joe you um You you want this record and I was like now I'm good. He was like you want this record I was like now I'm good and then it was Fuji Live. You know what my record was? And I got another one bigger than that. Let me just tell you. Because I have the same exact story. Track Masters was in the studio with me.

And they made, Nori, Nori, that fucking Nori. That's just y'all, man. Y'all want to fuck with y'all. Nori, Nori, that fucking Nori. And I was like, yo, niggas in the hood. You're going to laugh at me. That's right, yo, niggas in the hood gonna laugh at me. That's our nigga. Niggas gave me the whole fucking thing.

I told them I didn't want it, but I was still mad. You probably wanted to vomit. I was still mad. I'm going to tell you my story. See, Scott's thought to me, our chemistry was like, if I knew what I knew now, then I probably would have been the richest nigga in the world because I worked with Scott Storch five times. All five songs went number one in America.

It's just the bottom line. Every time I sat down with the nigga, we made it number one. If I knew that now, I would have had 50 songs with Scott Storch at that time. I would have OD'd. I wouldn't have never left them. I would have been on a nigga, breathing on a nigga like, yo, Scott, let's do another one. Yo, Scott, let's do another, right? So I come and I make, what is it?

Candy Shop. I made that beat. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do. And then. Candy Shop. I made that beat. And he was going out with Little Kim. So the way I make beats with Scott is he could play whatever. So I would tell him. That's how I made Lean Back. He just did whatever I said. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, that's how I made Lean Back. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,

boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,

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So then, the nigga, now I'm going to keep it a buck with y'all. I don't even know if I can keep it too much a buck. But what I can say is we did it. That was right after Leanback. It would have been a humongous hit. And some of my niggas in my crew convinced me not to do it. They was like, ah. That's what happened to me.

You know, so I leaned back, my nigga. You keep going with Scott Storch. I should have been like, yeah, nigga, every time I fuck with him, it's number one. Golden Child. Nah, son. Do this one and I pick the other shit. I know you've been searching For someone Instead of that shit

So Scott might have called me I'm going to tell you I'm going to keep it a buck Scott called me maybe 50 times in a row I had no beef with 50 Cent Right So

I had no beef with him At the time You know that was my next question So the nigga called me Let's just say 40 times. You sure you don't want that beat? Everybody says they hit, Joe. 50 cent is in the air right now.

He wants to pay me whatever on earth for this shit. Are you sure, Joe? I won't give him the beat, Joe. This is your beat. Like, he would not stop calling. Like, are you sure, Joe? You don't want this shit? I'm like, nah, I don't want it. Yo, Joe. It was his OD and I was like, nah, nah, nah, I'm good. That shit was like number one in the universe.

After Apple. It was already. Oh, he told you prior to him selling it. He told you before. Oh, yeah. He didn't give up the song. Okay. I told him I ain't want it. Yeah, he hit him 50 times. Jigga, jigga. You know what I'm saying? My artist, I wish I would have signed, would have to be hands down Pharrell.

I can't tell you that Pharrell told me to sign him, but he said, could you shop my beats? This is 100% a real story. I went to bring him to see Nas. At the time, me and Nas was mad cool. Nas, he didn't know how to roll. A blunt? I don't neither.

I wrote the worst blunts in the world, but we gonna smoke. Don't judge me. You know what I'm saying? Shit would be curved. I wrote pregnant blunts. Uncircumcised shit. You know what I mean? But so he asked me to shop it.

So I went, I bring it to Nas. And he made, oh, baby, you want me? Oh, baby, you want me? I wanted that beat so bad. After you heard it. He said, yo, I made it for Nas. I said, dad, I'm not a hater. He's my brother.

I brung it to Nas. He actually played it. Nas loved it in the studio. Soon as he left, Nas said, yo, why your man's shirt so tight? Small world. Why your man's shirt so tight? Yo world. Niggas, they see my vision. Yo, I was discouraged

because I was like, yo, I knew that. Like, this wasn't, like, we made Superdome, don't make it. We got the number one record in the country. This nigga's doing way worse,

different shit now. But he was the first one, though. So, yeah, so, and that would be my That would be my You know Cause again Pharrell

Chad Rob Walker They never said Sign me But they said Shop my beats So to me Which is the same

Shop's like management You know me and you We fall from From the same tree Where we helped A lot of people get Recognition Get in the game And all we wanted Spiff of people get recognition, get in the game.

And all we wanted. Spiff TV slept on my couch to meet Rick Ross in college. But he also washed your clothes. Yeah, we was happy. He also washed clothes? Yeah, it was true. Yeah, a little bit. What?

In New York City, he washed my drawers. Stop. Nah. I mean, I'm a. I was from Rikers Island at the time, Joe. Stop. Let's just stop. Nah, let me stop.

Let me stop. That's my brother. That's my brother. No, but it's true. Nah, nah, but yo, come on. He had laundry duty. Nah, let's not do that. Come on, that's my brother. Let's not do that. He's a good guy. Let's my brother. It is true. He had laundry duty. Let's not do that. He's a good guy.

Let's leave him alone. It shows you the progression. Chris Ladyhound, great. You got to listen. It is true. It is true. It's not disrespected. It is true. What are you talking about?

He mopped my floors too. Surgeon General Fat Joe's not disrespecting. It is true. Yo, what are you talking about? He mopped my floors, too. And he also brought... Surgeon General Fat Joe's not cosigning this disrespect. It's not foul. It's not foul. He also brought me a strip mall. It's not foul. It's not foul. He's my brother.

He knows this. I just... He knows this. Why can't it be... If it's true... Yo, stop. He'll say... If it's true, why can't it...

You got it all. Guys, you got it all. He'll say this to you. You said it. Stop. Y'all niggas are crazy. Yo, you got it all. He'll say this to you. You said it. Stop. Y'all niggas are crazy. Yo, you got to... Yo.

People already don't like me anyways. Oh, come on. No, no, no. I don't think... I'm just saying. Spend with some piece of shit, but he's my brother, you know. Come on, brother.

We got a lot of piece of shit brothers. Yeah, piece of shit brothers. You got a lot of people that... I got a lot of piece of shit. It's that cousin you... Like, you're not kind. It's like, whatever. But it's still family.

Yeah, it's still family. You got to find the good in people. The negative. That's what my father used to say. My father used to say, when you see people, see the good in them first, and then you see the bad. Yeah, you know, I got an uncle, he lies a lot. Like, he's a pathological liar. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

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Stop. Let me stop. I'm telling a story. Stop. Stop. He's bad-telling me right now. A story. We can't tell stories.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought we was telling stories. Moments. Hook is a great guy. Moments. Hey, listen, everybody shout out to Hook. It's old. It don't hurt no more.

Shout out to Hook, yeah. Hook is a great guy, that's my bro. Who cares a good guy? We got the shit out of him. We got the shit out Guys. Hey, listen. Shout out to- It's old. It don't hurt no more. Shout out to Who Kills the Great Guys, my bruh. Who Kills the Great Guys. We got the shit shit.

Yo. Stop. Word of God. Stop. It sounds like shit though. It's all in your head. It's all in your head. It's all in your head.

It's all in your head. It don't sound right from this- And the nigga was on the go-kart a half hour later like nothing happened, nigga. I was like, yo, this is crazy. I ain't never seen no shit like this Nick I know they slapped him off the trail I was crap but yeah but I like okay that's a good thing buddy got this shit he got the shit slapped out. Goddamn it.

Stop it. All right. I forgot what the point I was bringing up for the video. All right. I got it. Rule was so big at this time. Big shot to Macho. Still going?

He's going in. He's going in. He's going in. That's what we wanted. This is classic. On that end, we would have done the same thing. This is classic. I ain't got it against hookah. I like hookah. He's a good guy. He's a great guy. All right, but this is how big Rule was, right? It was like, yo, you can't let Normie and Ja Rule drink, right? I went mad. Remember, I went Lamborghinis, Porsches.

Yeah, yeah. Y'all niggas is out there. We had a good time in that shoot. A nigga said, look, because y'all driving, you can't drink. I'm like, all right, cool, no doubt. This is my video, by the way. I went and ruled Trello.

This nigga had every bottle of Hennessy in the fucking world. Remy Martin. I'm like, yo, what the fuck is going on? I know the budget is on me now.

I done filmed with Hype Williams. Hype Williams done caught me. I'll tell you this story, but I'm like, this is how big rule was. Def Jam wouldn't tell that nigga

no for nothing. He'd be like, yo, I need to have coffee with Obama tomorrow. And yo, let me tell you shit. I'm going to tell you some ill shit. I'm going to tell you some ill shit we used to tell these niggas. I used to tell these niggas, yo, listen. I like to get high.

Yes, you did. So I need like 50 to100,000 in drug budget. I got to just. And yo, they used to give it to me. They used to give me drug budget for my videos. Yo, we used to have. I had Lennox Lewis. Hold on.

Tell him about it. I got to tell this nigga, right? I had Lennox Lewis. Listen. He's the heavyweight champion of the world, right? I got Lennox Lewis come to the joint. That's my nigga. He'll come through.

The Murder, Inc. niggas surround Lennox Lewis and say, Tyson gonna fuck you up. Yo, my nigga. Lennox Lewis come to the video shoot. He's cool. It's great to meet you. I'm like, yo, I'm a big fan. I love Lennox, yeah.

I left this nigga with the Murder, Inc. niggas for like 15 seconds. Lennox was like, I gotta leave. I'm like, what did my niggas do? Like, my niggas, we came together. What do you mean? You remember, I ran him off my video set. No, no, no. No.

You didn't run him off. No, no, no. Lennox is my guy. We're keeping it real right now. No, Lennox is my guy. Lennox, when he first got to the video shoot, Lennox said, he said, you think I didn't rent them off No no no Linux is my guy We keeping it real right now Linux is my guy When he first got to the video shoot Linux said He said

You think I didn't see you Ja He's in the audience Cheering for Rockman You know what I'm saying Oh I didn't know it got That's how it started Oh You know what I'm saying

So I said Yeah nigga I thought he was gonna knock you out So now he's This is a foul nigga Yo this is a foul conversation, man. Yo, Lennox has never answered my calls since then. All right, go ahead.

Yo, Lennox my dude, man. I'm up for Lennox. He's not mine no more. He's my dude. You let these New York guys gang up on me? Like, I'm over there. I don't know what I'm doing. All right, go ahead.

So after that, he said, yeah, but you see what I did to him, right? You took my Rockman. Right. He knocked Rockman the fuck out. I was right there ringside. So now, Rockman. Let me tell you the history about Rockman. Yeah, that's something personal with you.

We had, Jay had some ill crib out in Miami and shit. So we over there at the crib and shit. Me, Jay, style over. But why did you threaten Lennox Lewis? Beavitt, I didn't threaten him. We playing guts. You said Tyson's gonna kill him. Rock Mountain comes through. This nigga had his belts.

Wait, wait. Just rattle up, kill him. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. He just came in the crib with his belt. Like Ric Flair? One of them on there had his belt. So he had like two niggas carrying his shit and then came to the belt.

So now we know Jay and David, these clowns and stuff. Yeah, the best we've ever had. Yeah, they got the belt. So now niggas are taking pictures of the belt and shit. So we playing guts. So now we fucking with Rock Mountain on the strip that we fucked with him. This is before he got knocked out or after? Right, this is after he won the first time. Oh, he won the first time. So now we fucked with him. And he comes in. This is before he got knocked out or after? Right.

This is after he won the first time. Oh, he won the first time. So now we at the fight. You know what I'm saying? So now I'm rooting for Rockmon because I met the nigga. You know what I'm saying? Play guts with the nigga.

I'm like, yo. He made a believer out of me. He talking about he going to do this and do that to the nigga and all this other shit. Okay. Now let's take it to the video. So now we get to the video shoot.

I'm still taking a little fancy. So now we get to the video shoot. I'm still taking a little fancy. So now we get to the video shoot. I see fucking Lennox. Lennox comes to me with the bullshit. He stepped to you. Yeah, like, yo, I see what you're doing. I said, yeah, nigga, I think he's going to knock you the fuck out. So then Lennox says, well, you seen what I did to him, right?

Right. What am I supposed to say to that, Nori? Tyson going to knock you out. Tyson going to fuck you up. That's all I can say. I said, yeah? I knock you out. Tyson going to fuck you up. That's all I can say. I said, yeah? I disagree with you. Tyson going to fuck you up, nigga.

I said, you may have got that one, but Mike going to fuck you up. You should have seen this nigga's face, my nigga. It was all good. I walked him to the set. Nigga called me. I'm like, what's up, Lennox, man? Your little ex. I'll be right back.

I'm going to just... I come back. This nigga's like, I have to go. I'm like, what? This nigga's like, yo, these guys, they took to me wrong. I'm like, what? I'm thinking it's my people. This Lennox is my friend now, man.

I love Lennox, man. He's a good guy, man. Yeah, he left my video shoot, man. He's a good guy, man. He left my video shoot. He's a good guy. Let me tell you something. I got to tell Mike Tyson's story.

The first time I met Mike, I was drunk as shit. I was going to stab Mike the first time I met him. I used to get so fucking high. Man, you got me hurt one time in club bed. We started,

we ended up, we started off with hard liquor. We ended up with wine. In Miami hard liquor. We ended up with wine. In Miami. Yeah, I threw up all the way. I threw up. I'm still throwing up. This nigga, yo, we gonna drink this wine, Raspi.

We drunk wild shit. We ended up with wine. That shit killed me. I see the nigga Mike Tyson. I'm in this nigga Mike here. like, yo Mike, you fucking up your career, nigga. What the fuck is you doing? This is what you do, Ro. You just offend boxers.

I understand. Like on your off time. I don't know if I offended them. It felt offensive when you just said it. It's my way of encouraging. You know what I'm saying? It's my way of encouraging. It's motivational.

Look what he did to Mike Tyson. Who, Lewis? That's right. He probably had an extra motivation. You know what I'm saying? It's my way of encouraging. It's motivational. Look what he did to Mike Tyson. Who, Lewis? That's right. He probably had an extra motivation. You know what? But you shitted on New York by doing that.

That was the reverse psychology that didn't work. I wanted Mike to win. Yeah, and he got fucked up. That wasn't my fault, nigga. Yeah, it was. I didn't fucking ring. You told him Mike going to fuck you up. And he was my friend. He was my friend. He up and he was my friend.

He was my friend. He was. You fucked that all up for me, Rube. Lennox is a good guy, man. He's a good guy. I still fucks with Lennox, man. I still fucks with Lennox, man. Now, Kiss, I heard Stiles say, hold on,

I heard Stiles say one day that Tyson was fucking with Eve. Like he was messing with her. And y'all thought y'all was going to have to get it in on Tyson. He spoke for himself because I wasn't touching Mike. Mike told Eve, Eve, I fucked the shit out of Eve. Me personally, I was on touching Mike. Mike told Eve, Eve, I'll fuck the shit out of you. Me personally, I was on the floor. You went too fast.

Where is this at? I love Mike. We were somewhere in Vegas. It was either Vegas or LA. And now y'all with Eve. Y'all with Eve. Is this y'all with Eve or y'all got like

other niggas? The General might have been there somewhere, but we on a red carpet. Okay. Only the artists. Yeah. Only the artists. Okay. All I heard was Mike say, I'll fuck the shit out of you, Eve.

To Eve. Me. Holy. What the fuck? You know what I'm saying? A regular Joe Schmoe, his head would have been off. Mike, Eve, you got to hold that one. You got to hold that one.

You got to hold that one. You got to hold that one. We know Mike a little crazy. You got to hold that one. Now some niggas got to get their OG back. And Eve, my nigga, man. Folks with Eve. Let me tell you something.

We was in Philly one time. We was in Philly one time. I was in Philly one time. And I was battling like 10 Philly niggas in the lobby. This is not. That's always. That used to be mandatory if you go to Philly. It's mandatory. You go to Philly.

But this is not Platinum Jaro. This is Cash Money Clip. No, this is Hard Night Life Tour. So pre, pre, pre. So, pre, pre, pre. Oh, no, no, no, no. Yo, what are you doing? This is how we do it, nigga. What are you doing?

I'm in there battling like 10 niggas. Dutch, Spade, all these niggas did. You already battled Dutch and Spade. Come on, man. Stop. Them niggas tore you up. I tore all these niggas up, nigga. I got a Norris story after this.

I'm in there eating these niggas food, nigga. Let me tell you something. Look at him. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas food. I'm eating these niggas up, nigga. I got a Norris story after this. I'm eating these niggas food, nigga.

Let me tell you something. I'm eating these niggas food, nigga. Mmm. Eve comes down. Okay. All my niggas is upstairs. Beans, bleak. I'm like, where my niggas is at? Nigga, come help a nigga.

Eve come down, nigga. Nigga, it's the pit bull in the skirt. Nigga, she went in on these niggas with me, nigga. Yo, it was crazy. But, back then, see, and I don't know the job room from back then. Let me tell you something, nigga.

Once I got with Dog, with X. Jumping in the pit. Nigga, jumping in the pit, nigga. Nigga, we used to go, because I used to battle in my hood. You have to explain that for our podcasters. Jumping in the pit. Nigga, jumping in the pit, nigga. Nigga, we used to go, because I used to battle in my hood. You have to explain that for our podcasters.

Jumping in the pit means like battle. Yeah. It's mean. That's like real dog. Right. Confronting other MCs and just going at it.

You get ticks on yourself and all that. Because nigga, you know what I'm saying? It should be a juice in there. Let's go. I learned that from, you know what I'm saying? From X. And y'all need be a juice in there. Let's go. I learned that from them.

You know what I'm saying? From X and y'all. There's juice in there. So I used to battle niggas in my hood, but that was in my hood. So I used to be eating niggas up. So Gotti was like, nigga, you think you nice, huh, nigga? I'm going to bring you with other niggas. Whole nother state.

Whole nother. So he brought me around, y'all. He brought me around, Jay and them. You know what I'm saying? And I was like, yeah, them niggas get busy, but I get busy too. Busy too. You know what I'm saying? And around, Jay and them. You know what I'm saying? And I was like, yeah, them niggas get busy, but I get busy, too. You know what I'm saying? And that's how it was. You know what I'm saying?

So me and X used to go around. God, he was a motherfucker. He used to bring us to niggas' video shoots. We'd go to, like, Onyx video shoot. And he'd be like, yo, come on. When niggas get this intermission, there's a cypher, nigga. Let's go. And me and X would be in it going.

Y'all battle onyx? You and X battle onyx? We just go. It was, you know, back in the days, it wasn't really a battle. It's not a battle label, but it's your camp and whoever. Right. He was with Dawg. We go cypher.

Yeah. It was called a cypher. Y'all go, we go. Y'all go, we go. Yeah, but it was. And before long, somebody. But you was battling your mind. And it was egos.

Trying to take these niggas the fuck out. There's always egos involved. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, we was letting niggas know. We them new niggas coming, nigga. You know what I'm saying? You ever battle ex? Me and ex never battle.

No. You ever battle ex? Nah. You ever battle styles? Nah. Shake? Nah. You ever battle Chris Black?

When you battle, you don't battle your own niggas. You go battle other niggas. I mean, like internally. But it wasn't... You own niggas. You go battle other niggas. I mean, like, internally. But it wasn't... You ever battle a poem? No. I've been feeding the battle poem for 65 years.

Uh-oh. We putting that together, nigga. We putting that together, nigga. We putting that together, nigga. C-B-N. C-B-N. No, but let me tell you something. It's an unwritten rule for MCs, nigga. When niggas get on a mic with each together, nigga. CBN. CBN. No, but let me tell you something. It's an unwritten rule for MCs, nigga.

When niggas get on a mic with each other, nigga, nigga, I'm trying to kill you, nigga. That's a fact. Niggas know that, nigga. That's from the beginning. We all know that. You know what I'm saying? Even if he's aiming to make a hit, he's still competitive in nature. I used to tell my niggas that all the time.

I used to try to let them know, like, nigga, let me tell you something. I love you, nigga. You get on this joint with me, you better act like you. I'm try to let them know, like, nigga, let me tell you something. I love you, nigga. You get on this joint with me, you better act like you. I'm going to fucking try to kill you, nigga. You know what I'm saying? So you better do the same to me. But I used to just try to bring the best out of niggas if I let them know. You know what I'm saying?

Like, nigga, because that's what I was about, nigga. I'm going to get, I want to hurt. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know. This was very interesting. I want to stop, but I don't. We got to stop. We got to stop. We got to stop because I have to go. We got like, you know. This was very interesting. I want to stop, but I don't. We got to stop. We got to stop.

We got to stop because I got to go. We got like 10 more minutes. I got to go. No, I got to go. Until somebody got to come. And we running out of camera. Listen, you done fucked the whole situation up. And everybody, we going out after this, man.

We going out. We going out. We going in a bazillion, Joe. Yeah, nigga. Now, now, now, let me ask that. Let me ask that. What overseas country you got on smash that you know every time you go there,

this is your shit? You know niggas out there. What is it? Gotta be UK for me. I'm strong in Brixton. I'm strong in South London. Wicked, wicked, wicked. Poops actually went over there and conquered land.

Poops did like two to three years in London. So he made us even stronger. You talking about Graham Poops? No, Poops, our engineer, our producer, our in-house. You hear all the mixtapes. Drop that shit, Poops. Oh, okay. Yeah, Poops went to LA and worked on some movies with Wood Harris.

Wood Harris is my man. Then he went to London for two years. So we got foundation. Shout out to my brother Brad over there. I got a lot. I got D-Block Europe, actually.

I got artists over there. Young Ads, Arrow. Big them up. I got a few artists. So, you know, strong in London. Real strong.

Real strong. Let's pick up Brixton. They want me in right now, man. What? Listen, how did you lock down Brazil? They're cutting their back over there for you? No, they're not clapping for you. They must know.

They just want in on that percentage. It's not a clap thing right there, Baruch. We can't clap for you. But how did you lock down Brazil? How did that? Like, you used to go to Brazil at one point. Frequently. Like, I go to Miami.

Yeah, I'm going to Brazil in two... You never hooked me up with the Pomona. You were supposed to hook me up like 16 years ago. Ray Norrie and Kiswich. Let's do an album release for you and you ain't got to drop an album in Brazil. It's okay. Listen, Brazil's nice.

Yes, I know Brazil's nice. I just want to go with you there. I see your concerts there. My pops own a coffee company. He be in Brazil a few times a month. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

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How the fuck did that happen? Bring us through that. What happened was, by the time I got my deal, I felt like I was vindicated. I was like, yes, finally. That's a big word. Finally. I felt like it was owed to me. Big mistake on my behalf, but that's another story.

But an offer was made to me that if I could, after I dropped my first album, an offer was made to me that if I was able to drop another album or record another album within 30 days, that I'd get a million dollars. That's your first time having a million, correct? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You had a million or two. First time I was offered a million. Offered a million. I street. Yeah, yeah, yeah. First house, offered a million. Offered a million. That's hard.

I didn't have a million by then. I mean, like I said, I was about two albums in the same year. So now, what was the first album? What was the name of it again? It's Dark and Hell is Hot. And then, it wasn't Flesh and Moth. It's Dark and Hell is Hot. Flesh and Moth was the last.

Flesh and Moth was the last. Flesh and Moth was the last. Flesh and Moth was the last. Flesh and Moth was the last. Then there was X. Got niggas like, what's next? And again, great impression, great chance to hear Dog again. We got grind on the podcast.

But that's not, man. But you was on Rough House before that. I got to have a podcast. But you was on Ruff House before that. I got signed with a single Ruff House Columbia. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Oh man. That's history. Yeah. Ruff House Columbia. That was like in the 80s. Late 80s. Early 90s.

That was mid 90s. How sick was Ruff House Columbia after you dropped two platinum in one year? Let's just say fuck Ruff House Columbia. Right. That was before I dropped anything with platinum. Fuck Ruff House Columbia. Right. Colombia after you dropped to platinum let's just say fuck rough house columbia

before i dropped anything with platinum fuck rough house columbia they fucked up they dropped the ball they had x they had x but they decided me as a tax write off they signed me for one single after we put the single out and it had a little you know a little momentum little little little push. And they picked it up but didn't put anything behind it. Okay. Okay, cool. Now let me tell you. I know what I'm capable of.

I know what I'm going to do. And I'm glad I bought the locks to Rough Riders. You bought the locks to Rough Riders? Yeah, I bought the locks to Rough Riders. I bought E to Rough Riders. And it's like drag, drag. They met. And I kind of co-signed.

I signed his release papers. And dragged from Yon met, and I kind of co-signed. I signed as a police papers. And drag from Yonkers, too? Drag from the Bronx. Okay. Okay. So DMX, we got DMX in the building. Yeah. I'm so thankful because you know what the crazy shit is.

You know what I had to tell X? I had to keep it real with X. I said, yo, X, the inmates is really running the building. Because last time somebody told you the inmates was running the building, you was disappointed. I'm grateful for the way you phrased it. Last time someone told me inmates was running the building, inmates wasn't really running the building. But you never was on Rikers Island with him, so you didn't know.

Not with him. You for sure know. I was on Rikers Island. In our mind, we was on Rikers Island. But not with him. I wasn't on. I don't even think I ever been to Rikers Island. That nigga?

Nah, nah. The only island he was on is the one he bought from. I'll talk to you about it. Yeah, nah, nah, nah. Facts. So, DMS, let's get to the story in Arizona. In Arizona 1-9. Oh, oh.

Listen, let me just tell you something. Go ahead. You want to tell the story? There's so many levels of that story. Nah, nah, nah. There's so many levels of that story. Tell the story. Yeah, you got that guy.

The first part about it is I, so, you know, typically New York nigga When they jump on the floor Well, they just go Yeah So, you know We all jumped on the floor And then we go

And nigga know it Wait I'm like, wait, wait Of course you can't hear Because, you know The engine is dumb loud I chase him He gets away from me

Because he was like Mad far ahead I thought he was going to Go half a block And turn around And I'll tell you What he said Between stop signs It's like at least it. I thought he was going to go half a block and turn around. And I'll tell you where he was at. Between stop signs, it's like at least a mile. I'm like, oh, he'll stop.

Maybe he'll stop. He was on the ATV joint? Yeah. And the smallest engine we had was 500. The 500. That was the smallest engine we had. So our shit was fast. So this nigga dipped off.

Yo, I bust my ass. Yo, when he came back, because there was like a thing to be had. So our shit was fast. Yo, this nigga dipped off. Yo, I bust my ass. Yo, when he came back, because there was like a ditch on your side. No, it's a story. You were shooting a movie. Yeah, I was shooting a movie. Oh, the horror movie. Yeah, the horror movie. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The dude from Fast and Furious. Yeah, I brought all of them to school. He had the crazy little hair, right? And, you know, I said, I'll fight in my house. He went, brother, I'll fight in my house. Yes. I got the pool in the backyard, family, right? And you know, I said, I'm right in my house. I'm right in my house. I got the pool in the backyard. Family,

kids out there. Yo, his men, yo, gets by the pool, takes his pants off, they got the fucking thongs on.

They get, you know, white dude with the motherfucking long hair jumping like, no, yo, no.

People I'll shoot the movie with. Make some noise for people I'll shoot the movie with. Come on, come on. Yo,

your name's never watched it, yo, Charles, you gotta clap your, Henny, noise for people out there. Right, right, right. Come on, come on. Yo, your name's never watched it. Yo, Charles, you got to clap your... Henny, Henny. Henny. Yo, but X, let me just tell you

that day, right? Yo, you was getting 10 million a movie at that time. Yeah. And when you called me, you said, I said, yo,

you said, you in Arizona? You got to come see me. Exactly. And then I said, y'all got like 20 people with you. That was a little while away.

Yeah, nah, we was in Tucson. Right, right. We was in Arizona. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Two hours away a little while away. Yeah, no, we was in Tucson. Right, right. We was in Arizona. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Two hours away. Two hours away. And yo, let me tell you something.

Cheers. Them people, oh, I'm sorry. Right there, wait. That's a different cup. That's a different cup. God damn it. Yo. Let's get it on.

And X took care of all my people. Listen. Yo. All my people, X took care. Man of a charge. All that. Everything, man. Everything's cooking. Yo, this's the funny stuff though my home girl my home girl she was like you know see unless I grew up with him she's from the hood so we in the house

is this family environment so she get the wiping on but her nipples is down by her waist you know nobody was partying, we get a film environment. So normally, I think he kind of forgot there was a film environment. Nothing disrespectful. Right, right. But he was like,

yo, that's where the bitch is at. We got a moment. That's where the bitch is at. And the homegirl was like, we back here. She was like, no, you auntie.

Chill, chill, you auntie. Make some noise if you respect an auntie. The crazy shit is she was younger than both of us. Right, right. But the way she look, that was auntie. She cooking herself with her nipples down here.

You auntie boo-boo. Chill. Yo. Yo. It was a pleasure to have you there. Nah, man. Let me tell you something. DMX, you're one of the most influential people in hip-hop.

Thank you. For sure. You changed the norm from two albums in a year. There's not a lot of people that can do that after you, before you, in between you. Not credible ones. And we appreciate you for sharing the Drink Chance podcast. We assure that. We're afraid that you lost it.

We're afraid of it. We're afraid of it. Slapped it on. Yeah, yeah. And you're a hit. your shirt? It's right over there. Yeah. And you a hitter, C-Guy. You got the red Timberlands. Keeping it real. Flesh of my flesh, blood of your blood. So listen, let me ask you here.

Blood of my blood. What? So everybody thought you was blood at one point. Are you gang affiliated or you new to 50-50? Are you gang affiliated? Neutron, Neutron. You can do whatever you want. Huh?

Nah, nah. Real shit? Nah, nah. The bloods. I got the homies, you know what I'm saying, on the blood. The homeboys with the clip. Real niggas fuck with the kid. Real niggas fuck with the kid. Real niggas fuck with the kid.

So, no, I'm not married to one side, you know what I mean? Or one side or the other. But. But you the dog. Real nigga, right. Dog. And, and, and, and, what, everything I did naturally. Dog, red, blood, all that.

It would look like. But it wasn't leaning that way. It was leaning like a mother. Oh, it wasn't leaning like a mother. It was leaning like a mother. Oh, it was leaning like a mother. It was leaning. I mean, but I never got into it like that. I got to ask you the same question we ask everybody.

Who was your favorite CEO? You've been on. CEO? CEO. Like, look at that. You had your back. They had your bell money. You know, whatever.

CEO that you were assigned to. Well, I was assigned to one. Whoever you know, whatever. CEO that you were assigned to. Wow, what was I assigned to? Whoever you want to add, it's okay. I got to say, I want some real shit. Lior. Lior. That's what I said. Let's make some noise for Lior. Let's make some noise for Lior. You know what we call Ali?

We call Ali, Ali-or. Ali-or. He doesn't want the name, but we gave it to him. This is something a lot of people don't understand. The top three people at Def Jam had lie in their name. What? I don't know where this is going. Break it down. Break it down, man.

The top three people, it was Lee-or, which is spelled L-Y, or lie-or, Cohen. Jew Lee, J-U-L-I-E, or Kevin Lyles. Top three people. This makes no sense. Everybody make noise. What did you get out of that? What is that telling you?

I just told you. The top three people had Ly in their name. But this is what bothered me because Lyor came to our studio. Thursday, South Broadway. I mean, we're in the studio. That's in Manhattan? It's in Yonkers.

Yonkers. That's it. My jaw was still wired shut. This is when you got signed. I heard about this story. This is when he knew he would sign me. Okay. My jaw was wired shut.

And the lobster guy signed first to Buff. And D, from Ruff Island, Darren, he bought me, gave me to Puff. And one thing I respect about Puff, one thing I respect about him in real shit, is that at least he told me to my face what he felt. And D told Puff, he said, yo, if you like the lobster, you're going to love that. And I spit or whatever, and he was like, nah. His voice is too rough. He's unmarketable.

Didn't like it, but I had to respect it. He fucked up. Let's make some noise for Puff fucking up. Hold up. Hold up. He came right behind and tried to clean up. So maybe three weeks later when he found out I was getting signed for Def Jam, he was like, yo, I'll lace

your pockets. I'll double what they gave you and lace your pockets. I'm like, nah, I'm good. Nah, I'm with you. Because if you didn't see the beast that I was then. What point did he tell you that? What point? Maybe three weeks after I got signed to Def Jam. He's like, yo, I'll lace your pockets. I'll

double what they gave you and lace your pockets. I'm like, nah, I'm cool. So it's a legendary story. You didn't know. I said, but it's a, I respect that about puff. Right.

Right. I mean, because a lot of motherfuckers, they see you in a wild goose. They won't tell you. Oh, call me later. Call me later.

Yeah, industry stuff. I respect the fact that he told me to my face. He said, you know what? Your voice is too rough and you're not marketable. So at least he was willing to, in my mind, what I think he's saying is work on this. Right. So, Ax, listen.

Constructive criticism. It's a famous story that said that when you and Jay-Z battled, right? Because this battle happened, right? Correct? A couple times. A couple of times. It wasn't just once. Nah. So Biggs,

Burke, they said that Big L recorded that battle. Do you remember Big L being there? Vaguely. No, I can't say that. I know Big L all I know Big L I know Big L

I'm a But you was trying to take Jay-Z out What it was It was World Fighters had Harlem Nights Right

It was from 135th Broadway The project building Right there And And Jay Crew was Original Flavor Original Flavor Right Before they was Rock and Flavor Right and J.Crew was original flavor original flavor

before they was Rock and Fire they had the Hawaiian soupy shit all that so they was it was their

it was their battle so you battled him during I was the big gun on on on my side and

he was the big gun with them niggas and it wasn't Rock and Fire it was original flavor original he was the big gun with them niggas. And it wasn't Rockefeller. It was Original Flavor. No, Original Flavor was the group. Oh, wow. This is...

So, it wasn't Rockefeller then. It wasn't Rockefeller. Nah, Dame Dash was there. Jay-Z was there. Right. You know, they whole crew, the original... Whatever. Right, yeah.

The Hawaiian Sophie. The niggas. So, how you calling it? The Hawaiian Sophie. Yeah, that Hawaiian Sophie nigga. Original Flavor was the name of the group Right Original Flamin

Right Okay And um What Let's just One thing I will give Big G respect for Who won that battle

I bet Okay I've never lost a battle I've never lost a battle I never lost a battle Never Come on Never

Yo I'm a battle rapper I'm a battle rapper I'm a battle rapper I'm a battle rapper So who's a guy That you would like To battle right now If you looked at him

Would like to battle Yeah like you said No one I'd like to battle Because There's a lot of rappers I don't like But I ain't gonna Cut their head off

Don't cut their head off Yeah we're being positive Nah not really Not really Fuck em Fuck em But I ain't gonna Blow up this poppy Because now I have a platform Yeah, we be a positive. Nah, not really. Fuck them, fuck them. But I ain't going to blow up this podcast now. I have a platform where it might be hurtful to what they're doing.

And it might seem like I ain't mad at them. I'm not mad at whack niggas getting money. I'm not mad at whack niggas getting money. There's a lot of whack ass fucking rappers out there. But I ain't going to put them on blast. Because you know what? They have fans. you when you look at the big picture it's like if if there's one rapper right that that has a hit record whatever then he he's gonna employ uh five of his friends and so you see the positive side of that. There's at least seven people from the hood.

Enough of that. They don't have to worry about hustling or doing whatever, stealing. There's at least that many people that's removed from the struggle. So it's a blessing. I look at it like God did that for them. God did that for them. Whether they recognize it or not, it don't matter. But they're in a better place and they're able to help others and they inspire people.

So that's why my eye, if you're successful, then cool. I mean, I don't want to take over the whole market. I don't want to take over the whole market. Amen? I only walk in the dark when my steps are guided. And no matter how dark my path gets, I light it. I ain't never been ashamed of the pain. Can't hide it.

Yeah, the road was rough, but I decided to ride it. Step carefully, but half of me walk recklessly. Fuck, that's just an X in me. Cats can pop like ecstasy. Yo, money challenges, thank you. Him, he's just an X to me. What? DMX, I'm going to keep it real.

Joe Schmo, who just stopped working from the crab house, and he want to start rhyming. He just do Bible off the dash. That's his first shit. You want to give him respect. Right. But at the same time, when he don't understand the record, it's hard. It's hard. Continue.

Go ahead. Now, you got to adapt. Me? No, no. Okay. Everybody. All of us. All of us.

All of us. This is the first time I'm actually saying it, so I've been adapting. All of us. We are from a different era if you don't wake up tomorrow morning and realize it. No, we know that. You don't wake up the next morning And be behind in the race Right Talk to them

Talk to them Talk to the people Now it's not a The integrity level Of artists The loyalty of artists The business Mind frame that they treat they niggas.

So are you going to sit there and say, well, in my day, I felt like you can't do that no more. I ain't. I never did. Now it's about, you a hustler, right? When niggas were smoking regular weed

and then Crip came out Remember Crippy? And then Hydro And then it went to Kush When it was Are you still selling seeds with sticks? Or are you going to switch your hustle And get the fuck out there

And do what you got to do? I agree with you Niggas ain't sellingiggas ain't selling tapes no they ain't advanced on seeing I'm gonna go get CDs and I'm gonna focus on CDs niggas okay now is what is it downloads right the fucking iTunes shit okay nigga selling actual mother's tree in my past that now is that screams. Screams. Now it's if a nigga play your record one time, you get paid. That's an avenue that

they just made it so easy for us if we take our old mentality, our fucking crack ways, our crack mentality and put it to the digital world. It's fucking easy, bro. But you get the nerds.

You get the idea. You put the nerds to work. They want to do that for the freezes. Well, you're going to feel it when a young nigga recreate Bobo on a dash and you get nothing out of it. That's cool. I don't want nothing out of it.

I want him tripped. I want him tripped because it affected my era. You know what it's about? It affected my era the way it's supposed to happen. Hold on, let me say this. And then I want to say something, God damn it. You know what affected me was when I seen the brother who did it, and he didn't even know who I was.

Yeah, but listen. It bothered me. All right, we're going to know that. After you and me. It bothered me. I know it did. But you know what it is? I know it did. You know what it is. After you and me. It bothered me. I know it did. But you know what it is? I know it did.

You know what it is? And I ain't tripping because I'm still getting money. Look, look, look. Go ahead. That's when I go back to telling you that these little niggas

call us OGs. Mm. Listen, listen. Hold on one second. Keep talking, baby. Listen, right? They call us OGs because right now,

before back in the days, your geez you respect it yeah these little niggas don't we saw it no no but not listen hold on but he just said that's my It was a spark that started and just kept going. That's my little cousin, right? Imagine my little cousin could box, right? And he was nice and boxing. He could box. And chill, chill, listen. And I shot the police, right?

Hold on. It went weird. Listen, listen, listen. And he can box. And I shot the police. Just because he can box and he never saw me shoot the police, he don't think he can whip his big cousin ass. So that's going to tell you that these little niggas right now.

I'm still a little off. I ain't going to lie. You got me on that one. I don't know where I'm at. It ain't the battle. It ain't the bell. It ain't the bell. Let's get this right one more time. Say it one more time.

Gunplay. Come on, get it together. Gunplay to the shack. No, no, no. We- Shut up! We caught it. We caught it.

We caught it. Gunplay to the shack. I'm sorry. Listen, gunplay to the shack. Three niggas. Yo, I'm sitting at the table with a fucking pony in my rear. Y'all niggas sweet. Look, gunplay for the Shaq three niggas.

I'm going to take my first selfie. Look, gunplay for the Shaq three niggas. Nah, we got a nigga that'll take it for you. Nah, I'm going to take my first selfie. Robots. Get my first selfie and I'd rather take my first selfie with some motherfucking gangsters. That's right. Right here, Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots.

Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots.

Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots.

Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. Robots. mixtape. The first mixtape I was ever on. God damn it. Make some noise for EFN for being the Miami's mixtape king. Because I got to take a pee-pee. We're back in UFGD. I ain't going to lie. Let's get your phone together. Your phone.

Your phone disappointed me just now. And you still got the back line. This is my nigga. This is my nigga Gunplay Gunplay still got a drug dealer phone You know you legal right Yeah take a video Yo tell Gunplay he's legal

He still got a trap phone We gonna fix this We gonna fix this We love Gunplay Listen Gunplay is loved in Queens We love him So before we, Gunplay is loved in Queens. We love him. So before we sign out, I would like to thank Capone for coming through. And I'd like to thank Gunplay for coming through.

New York, Miami. New York, Miami. And guess what? I would also like to thank Gunplay. I could have did my podcast with a more gangster motherfucker, man also like to thank Gunplay. It's never no question. I salute you. I couldn't have done this shit with a better nigga. I promise you.

I appreciate you, dog. I salute you. We foul niggas. We put Gunplay and Capone together. It's a problem for the rest of the world. If they catch a body, it's awful. If they hang out and catch a body, it's awful. I'm just saying no goopy ass nigga.

Nah, you ain't never been there. You ain't gotta explain that. Y'all niggas ups and downs, real life shit, music, all that. Gunplay, give me five. We had niggas on here before, but you said something that

it's different. You said you wanted to freestyle. Yeah. Even though my style ain't free. And listen, me and Gunplay freestyle cause my style ain't free.

Me and Gunplay said we not gonna kick no red shit. So time out. Before we do anything, we heard that love and hip hop is on you out here. Ohhhh. Is this true? Get that bag, boy. Is this true? Drum roll.

They love you. From what I heard, they love you. From what I heard. They done let the real niggas in. That's going to be a problem. They don't let the real niggas in. Listen, Slam. Slam, listen.

If they pick it, do it. Yeah, I'm going to do it. All right, look at me, eye to eye. I ain't doing it for the money. No, no, no, no, no. I ain't doing it for the money. I ain't saying, listen. It ain't for the money. It don't, no, no, no. I ain't doing it for the money. I ain't saying, listen, I ain't saying nothing. It ain't for the money.

It don't matter what you do it for. It don't matter. It don't matter. If they peg you, do it. Yeah. Because slime might be right behind you. This is what I'm saying. You know we don't have these.

We know you. We better record. You know we don't have these on the show. But, but. Oh, you know that, right? but but oh just a murder right yes okay you spill drinks on EFN it's okay he's used to it but you won't you listen so you're gonna spit this to end this out all right but I'm lucky I'm gonna be I swear to God, I don't freestyle. You're going to go first? No, no. But Pone said, I can't look at my phone. So I said, all right, fuck it then.

So look, boom. I need my mother. I got a motherfucking 40 Cal and an Acre. Chilling with my nigga, EFN Pone and Nori. Acre. Hold up, hold up, hold up. Hold up, hold up. Hold up. I be scrapping up, hold up, hold up

I be scrapped Nah, them niggas, I don't see no friend My nigga, this is motherfuckin' triple C, MMG and CNN Hold up, I ain't done, and my nigga EFN I'm just rappin' on my motherfuckin' beat Nigga EFF! Yeah, three letters. Yeah, triple C. Yeah, city nigga. Straight fucking bread. Nigga, what's going down? Bitch, give me head. Yeah, give me bread.

I be fucking pimping. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. Woo! I told you. I gave you about five seconds. I just spilled the whole drink on my lap. Oh, you spilled the drink? You got the DJ. Hold on. Pay a beat. I'm killing it my lap. Oh, you spilled the drink on my lap? You got the DJ on. I'm killing it right now.

Oh, oh. That ain't it, B. That ain't it, B. Oh, man. Shut up, y'all. That was an old beat. That ain't it, B. That ain't it, B.

I appreciate y'all having me. Yo, Gunplay. This shit is a home boot. This shit is real for me, man. Yo, you ain't got to rhyme. You OG. And that's the soon to be OG you already Cuz me and gunplay we said we was going in together. I respect that. That's the time of the day.

You got to do the beat back. I'm not going to hang them out to dry. I'm going to go in. Oh, you beatbox? Oh, oh, oh. Shit. Oh, shit. Gunplay doing the beatbox?

You see the jet on the runway. CNN and Gunplay. What you going to do when it's Sunday? Oh, you going to run or you going to hide from the clique? BGG's thugged out, that's the shit If and everybody know that's the fam Nigga never ran, nigga bust a jack, don't jam I don't fuck up with the gunplay

CNN, Triple C, Jets on the runway You gon' see this shit Sunday You gon' see this shit one You gon' see this shit one day Niggas coming at your crew to your neck One shot from the motherfuckin' S.E.T. I'm chillin' in the M, I'm fuckin' yay, yo Still got the numbers on the yay, yo Nori told me, nigga, don't play, though

If you don't move, I'ma move They gon' do what you say,. I'm a move they're gonna do we say Gotta party tonight at the W. Yeah, where's winning? She gonna take a W That's me motherfucking gunplay. That's true. I don't give a fuck nigga trouble Focus on me What other podcast Did they beat At your bar Did they beat for God God damn

The Dane County Biz Bar King right here Dane County Biz Bar King Thank y'all for joining us. We'll be back next week. Drink Champs, motherfucker! It's going down. We don't want to get drunk. Let's take a picture.

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