Drink Champs - Episode 283 w/ Affion Crockett

Episode Date: October 15, 2021

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode, we chop it up with the hilarious Affion Crockett!A master of voice impressions, Affion talks comedian greats, producing shows, cancel culture and much more! Comedian Brandon Lewis also joins us for some laughs.Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!Make some noise!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆Listen and subscribe at http://www.drinkchamps.com Follow Drink Champs:http://www.instagram.com/drinkchampshttp://www.twitter.com/drinkchampshttp://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps DJ EFNhttp://www.crazyhood.comhttp://www.instagram.com/whoscrazyhttp://www.twitter.com/djefnhttp://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions N.O.R.E.http://www.instagram.com/therealnoreagahttp://www.twitter.com/noreaga Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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you know, as usual, when we started this show, we wanted to do legends. Not only hip-hop legends, but we wanted to do legends in the community, in the entertainment. And when we talk about

this brother right here to the left, he can interview Manny Pacquiao better than Manny Pacquiao can act like Manny Pacquiao. He can act, he's comedic, genius, and he has this way

of just getting into other people, and he's a dancing maniac. I feel like he's going to do the new-fashioned flame the other way. You know, the flame when they pull out the thing. Flamiac.

You mean fame. Not flame. Oh, I said flame. Okay, okay. Flash dance. We can say all the flame. Oh, I said flame. Flashdance. Flashdance. Flashdance. We've been saying all the wrong shit. All the wrong shit.

So in case you want to know the fucking legend, we're talking about the fucking legend, Ariel Cunningham! Now, I had a ball researching you. I had a ball researching you and just researching all the different characters that you take on. And not only take on, but something that you've been doing lately

that has been very essential to the game. I've been recapping the verses. Fat Joe did the best job. Did you see Fat Joe's? No. Yeah, he killed it. Are you talking about the audio, him just explaining it?

Yeah. Talking about the locks and... Yeah, yeah, yeah. when he recapped yeah he killed it the audience him just explaining it of him just talking about the locks yeah yeah yeah he just kept saying I can't hide my passion I said holy shit like that's

like that's real hip hop but what made you and what's my man name Spice Adams Spice Adams man old Spice commercial and all that yeah

what made y'all get together and say you know what we're going to because at first I was recapping Like as the guest Right

I think you was like Teddy Riley No he was Teddy I was Babyface Okay Yeah So what made y'all do this That was it

The Teddy and the Babyface Was the first verses That had a major Technical debacle Right Right And so me and Spice Didn't even know each other

We were just fans And we never met in person and we were just online like, yo, he DM'd me. He's like, yo, should we spoof this? Right. Really? So random DM without y'all really having a relationship? We had already commented on each other's shit before

and was like, yo, you funny? He's like, yo, you funny? We was always showing flowers and giving flowers to each other, but we never worked together or even met in person. We didn't know each other. Wow. And so that was when IG first had where you could go live with multiple people, which is why they had the verses.

And so, yeah, we was like, yo, should we spoof this? This is during the pandemic, correct? This is during the pandemic, yeah. That's when the Teddy and Babyface shit happened. Yeah, right, right. But we was all inside and out. Quarantine and shit. And so he was like, right. But we was all inside and out. Right, quarantined and shit. And so he was like, yo, man, we got to do it.

And then he jumped the gun. He was like, yo, I got to do this as a video. I'm just going to post it as a sketch. I was like, do that. I'll do one, two. And then tomorrow night we'll go live and reenact the whole thing. And people tuned in. And Timbaland and Swizz, they was all tuning in and laughing and shit.

So I was like, okay, we got a little something here. And then we just kept doing it from there and it just grew and grew and grew. Now, have you done Russell Simmons impersonation since he been MeToo'd? Gonna go right to it, huh? Just gonna go right to it. He outside now. He back outside.

That's disrespectful. Rob Love is real. You saw Rob? He's back outside. Look, that's disrespectful. He outside now. He back outside. That's disrespectful. Rob, look. You saw Rob? He's back outside. Look, that's fucking disrespectful. Okay? You know? You're going to make me come back.

Look, I've been in Bali, you know, getting very, you know, centered, but you're going to make me come back to Queens. Don't bring the Queens. Don't bring the Queens out. Come on, Nor, you Queens nigga. You know what it queen. Come on, though. Are you a queen, nigga? Yes, that's right. You know what it is. I was glad to see... I'll do a yoga kick over there.

I was glad to see Russell outside because, you know, I don't know. I'm not familiar with the case. I'm not familiar with what's going on. And as much as I try to be familiar, it's just certain other people... Yeah, it's a lot.

It's stuff we would never know. But the fact that when he was over there, it just made him look somewhat more guilty. So the fact that he's outside and in America, you don't think so? That's what certain people was taking about. I feel like it made him look like, you know, he just wanted to get peaceful and zen.

And I want to be where I want to be? Huh? Like he just looked like, I'm rich, I want to be where I want to be? Yeah, he's like, I'm getting away from the bullshit, I'm just going to be zen with it, and I'm going to go to Bali and live off the land. Now, you was like the first council coach that you had.

You was on Fox TV, and you did something to fuck up on Piss Off the White Boys. Hilarious. What? Just the white boys? Yeah, just the white boys. Where you getting your research? PissOffWhiteBoys.com.

We on frugal.comcom It's a totally different thing It's black frugal You know what I mean Come on man I'm just playing But you did have a show Yeah I had a show on Fox Before Method Man and Red Man

Or this is after Oh wow Wow Jabs No Hey Red Meth Y'all my people Y'all know that right

So this is before Method Man No it's after It's after Okay So what was the show? Was it sketch comedy? Yeah, sketch comedy. Yeah, this was back when I was doing a lot of stuff

on YouTube before everybody was doing the viral Instagram and all that shit and Fox got wind of it and they saw how many millions of views I had with the sketches and the parodies and all that kind of shit. So yeah, I had the opportunity to do a sketch show. Wow, God damn it, let's make noise for that guy. Now you drinking?

Or you want some cognac? I'm drinking water. I don't think I'm the first sober. No, no, no. There's been others. Okay, yeah. I'm going to get agua today. We celebrate sobriety here. They said, because you're a black man, that you just want to drink some cognac. That's what they said? That's what they said.

You might as well say who they is. It's the same Google that we use. Yeah, it's the wrong one. It's the wrong one? Okay, okay, okay. We'll keep it going. Don't worry. I got to get you to the right websites.

No, no, no. I don't mean... We can get fucked up. Get fucked up information. Fuck them shit. But, okay, so boom. Now, you also... A lot of people,

they discovered you on the internet, right? They discovered you for the first time on the internet. For people that know, like you were on there with the real deaf comedy jam. Like you had the motherfucking, the hair and all that. And to me, that's like a rite of passage. Like if you are an artist, you gotta go to the tunnel, you gotta go to the muse, you gotta go to the speed.

There's certain things that you gotta go through in that golden era. And for me, in that golden era of comedy, again, I'm just outside of looking in, you had to go through in that golden era. And for me, in that golden era of comedy, again, I'm just outside of looking in, you had to go through that Def Comedy Jam. You had to. Yeah, so as a person who did that, how did that feel?

How do you even get on Def Comedy Jam? I got to shout out Bob Sumner. Bob Sumner was the talent scout for Def Comedy Jam. And he went everywhere. He found everybody that was on that stage from Bill Bellamy, Bernie Mac, Chris Tucker. How was he finding the people? He literally would travel, fly to every

club around the nation and he would hold Def Comedy Jam auditions. Literally, just one man would go around and see all these people and he found Adele Givens, everybody. Every legend that's on that show, he's responsible for that. And how did he find you?

Same thing. I was in Charlotte just starting out. You're from Chicago, though, right? No, I'm from North Carolina. Oh, you're from North Carolina? Holy shit. J. Cole, we from the same city. Fayetteville, Dreamville.

Y'all got the same kind of light-skinned shit going on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Military brass, light-skinned, tall. You know the vibes. Do you play ball, too? Not at all. Okay, I see okay. You know the vibes. Do you play ball, too? Not at all. Okay, all right, cool. I never played ball in my life,

so I'm the last nigga they pick on the court. Okay. I'm a waste. You look tall. I'm a waste of 6'1". Okay, but how did he discover you? Let's get back to that. Okay.

Oh, yeah, so Bob Sumner, he held an audition in Charlotte, and I was like, yo, I was influenced by Def Comedy Jam. It was the biggest fucking show at the time. And then Jamie Foxx brought you out, too, right? Jamie Foxx brought me out. Was that the first time you met Jamie Foxx?

Yeah, that was the first time I met him. But here's the weird trick of editing. The show I actually was on, Queen Latifah was my host. They edited me on one of Jamie's shows because two of the comedians, or two of the comedians, they got booed. And so they didn't have enough people in that slot. So they put, it was me, Corey Hogan, Barbara Carlisle, and I'm forgetting one more name, but yeah.

We ended up on Jamie's show. You know what's crazy? I went to Deaf Comedy Jam live and I did see people get booed before, but on television they never showed the boo. They don't show the boo. You just blew my fucking mind. I just remembered that. Holy shit.

They only have a good shit on the show. It's not like Apollo where they show the boo. Right, right. And get your ass to fuck. Right. So did you know that they were booing before you? Yeah, we was in the, everybody was in the studio, like, in the theater.

You see anything. You see other motherfuckers get booed. Like, if you know how New York theaters are, Apollo is the same way. Like, everyone's in the building. Whether you downstairs in the dressing room, even down there, everyone's in the same kind of shared space. There's no exclusive like VIP and this and that.

Everybody's bleeding over into the, so we all are watching the show and seeing everything happen in real time. You know what I mean? So when somebody getting booed, everybody's like, all right, well this nigga ain't, he might wanna find another job. seeing everything happen in real time. You know what I mean? And so when somebody getting booed, everybody's like, all right, well, this nigga ain't... Right. He might want to find another job.

He ain't going to make it on TV. Nigga ain't going to do it. Because we've interviewed other comedians, and I'm going to tell you something. Comedians don't seem nice to up-and-coming other comedians. Is that, like, kind of true? It's like...

Like, I kid you not. We've interviewed other comedians and they always like fuck Was on the low but don't get it twisted once y'all make it to a certain extent Then y'all accept each other but like on a coming up level it just felt like Eps on here and there's a um and there was my man, Redo Brown. Man, Mike, he's fried him, man. And it was like,

is it like that? Is it hazing going on? It's like with MCs. Yeah, but I don't want to know about the comedy world. I'm drawing a parallel. You know what it's like to have an MC who's hungry, when you already made it, you already gnarly, and the MC's an MC like yo my mixtape man let me just listen to my shit you like make the fuck out of here yeah you gotta pay your dues

so with comedians it's kind of it's the same thing it's the big brother little brother energy you know why comedians is iller though I'm gonna tell you why it's iller because y'all have the right to use some foul shit like y'all can say, man, I ain't even fucking fucking with you. And like, that could be truthful. But it's the fact that it's a comedian. Like, y'all can get away with that shit. Yeah,

but again, there's always going to be a right to passage with anything you're doing, right? There's going to be hungry comedians that's trying to be funny all the time. We stand around talking to girls and the nigga trying to do his whole set in front of right? There's going to be hungry comedians that's trying to be funny all the time. We stand around talking to girls and the nigga trying to do his whole set in front of you. You're going to treat them, you're going to be addicted to that little guy, right?

But it depends on the comedian. Like some OGs, some of the guys that have made it, but they might be a little bitter because they feel like they haven't gotten a certain level or whatever that is, they become bitter and now they're a dick to everybody. Not just younger comedians. It just depends on who it is.

It's like the older guys, remember we spoke about it, the older guys used to always give us a hard time. They used to be like, they're the real hip hop, we're the fake, and now we're probably saying that to the younger generation. It was a time, Kevin Hart, right? Kevin Hart got caught in a scam, dude, whatever, whatever.

And most comedians did not attack him at all, right? Most comedians were like, yeah, man, it happens. But then it was Michael Blacksman, right? Michael Blacksman comes out and he's just going at him. And everyone is kind of saying, he went too far or it's too soon. For a comedian, is there ever a place of going too far and is there ever a too soon? I know it's a two part question.

No, for sure. Too soon for sure. I think too soon, too far and also too familiar. If you know the person. If that's my man. I'm not going at him. I'm going to just leave it alone. I'm going to keep it really tame.

You know what I'm saying? So I think so. But how about too soon? Yeah, both. Too soon. Anytime there's like, you know, a death or something like that. Yeah, there's too soon. There's too far.

There's talking about, you know, religious beliefs. There's, again, to Religious beliefs There's Again To each their own Some people Don't give a fuck And they talk about whatever Right You know

Is that a comedian's rule Is just that If it's funny I have to talk about it Depends on the person You know what I'm saying So you say it You have more

There's a Tactful way to be funny I believe There's a tactful way And then there's a mean I just don't give a fuck there's a tactful way and then there's a mean I just don't give a fuck about your soul kind of way

right right you know what I'm saying like humanizing shit yeah like if somebody lost a daughter a little girl like why would someone come around and joke

about that a comedian like right ever not even just two weeks later but ever why would you joke

about this when is it funny it's never funny it's never funny that someone lost that little girl. So for me, there's always boundaries

to this shit. I feel like you look at it in living color and the boundaries that they set, like they were still tactful. They were edgy.

Yeah. Fire marshal. But there were certain things, yeah, there were certain things that they just, they relied on their skill as opposed to,

I'm going to just say mean, dirty shit and try to get a reaction out of people. You know what I mean? Right. There's a craft to it. Yeah. Yeah. I can see that.

But I also agree with comedians when they snowboard neither. This is a time and place for it. For instance, at first, joking about COVID was fucked up. But now, joking about COVID is like fucked up But now joking about COVID Is like I want to hear the jokes Like And there's a lot of people Who have been affected by COVID

There's people who passed away Right From COVID But still in all I think that I look for comedians To make Something beautiful I gotta hold

10 minutes on COVID Yeah Yeah Yeah I gotta hold 10 minutes on it Okay Because There's so much misinformation Right

And you know There's people that got COVID And was at the party and still was all right. Yeah. Just got their vitamin C up or whatever and they survived. It's called Miami. It's called Atlanta and Miami. But yeah, it's so much misinformation. And so the deaths that are associated with COVID don't feel as direct unless you know somebody in your family or personally that

got affected by it. I mean, we, police kill niggas in the street. That's a real thing, but there's still some humor that can be made out of that toward the cops, you know what I'm saying? Toward the reason. What you think about the vaccine? My thing is

I've never seen The flu vaccine Or any other vaccine Get pushed so hard Right You see the commercial The other day Homeboy had the white shirt on

He said I'm a hustler And what I gotta do I gotta be out there I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur

I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur

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I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur I'm an to be out there. I'm an entrepreneurism. Yeah, the commercials were weird, but the argument could be made that because how bad shit is and how many deaths, it has to be pushed. But the way that it's marketed, it feels like they're marketing an album. It's just weird, you know? It'd be funny to me because I always have friends that's close to black, next to black. And they always be like, you know i'm black i'm black i'm black but when it came time for the vaccine they was not black at all like they

actually went and was the first people in line to get that vaccine and if you if you identify you relate to black people in the black struggle you know that we're not we're not cool with no vaccine it's never worked out for us so for them to market and direct and have ads towards us getting it, you can't knock us for being skeptical. Do you? A thousand percent. I landed in Baltimore one

time. You got crab legs? Nah. Okay. I heard a commercial where they was offering like $1,200 for black people to come down and have the vaccine tested on them. This is when they weren't even sure what it was

going to do. This sounds like the Keezy experiment. That's what I'm saying. I'm like, I've never seen a push. They've offered meals, drinks,

if you got the vaccine, all kinds of crazy shit. You could get in Shea Stadium for free. Everything. Like they had a whole section in Madison Square Garden for the versus

because they vaccinated people. So like, motherfuckers get vaccinated just to go in the garden. It's a fact. Right, they try to make it sexy. Yeah, yeah, like I got that vax, man. I got that vax. But you know what's fucked up about the vax card?

The hood is always gonna figure out a way to bootleg it. They already have bootlegs. It's already bootleg. Who's already bootlegged? Who already knows? Especially when they not really checking the, you know, the credentials. If it's just you got to flash it to get in a restaurant or something, who ain't going to bootleg that?

Right. By any means necessary. Now, I picked up Fuller's and you at the Apollo, but the funny shit was it wasn't you performing comedy. Nah. You was a part of a three-twin group? Yeah, well, Twin Flex. The two twins and me.

Yeah. Y'all was like the kid in play without the kid in play. We were not kidding or playing. We was getting down. We was getting down. Yeah, this is before I even did stand-up. I thought I was going to be a dancer.

Really? You did Soul Train, right? Yeah, but that was after all of that. Oh, really? So this is before This is before I even did stand up I thought I was gonna be a dancer Really You did Soul Train right Yeah But that was after all of that Oh really So this is the first one That was my first like TV appearance as a dancer

Wow As opposed to like The local shows in Fayetteville Like you know Oh you danced in Fayetteville The little green screen Okay Local TV shows

Oh yeah PSA show Yeah exactly But no that was when I was On my dance shit, and I thought I was going to be a dancer, like, full time. Did you think you was going to get booed off, or you knew you had it?

We kind of knew we had it, because before you get on the air with Apollo, you have to do a Wednesday night there that's not televised. Wow. You got to just go up and perform in front of the Apollo crowd, and we rocked it. We had cocky energy with that shit.

All three of y'all from North Carolina? Yeah. Wasn't that spooky to go to this big city at this time? Hell yeah. We was terrified. And then Steve Harvey with his big ass suit came out. He had a flat top. Go now.

Three of y'all from North Carolina. Now, what's your name? Twin Flex. Now, okay, now. Oh, no. So, yeah, we get out there

and Steve was doing his thing. And this is early Steve. Right, right. He wasn't even the main host at the time. Mark Curry was the main host of the show. Like, his hair was real.

Like, it wasn't patched up at this time. You see the footage? Okay, okay, okay. It was patched Like, it wasn't patched up at this time. That was... You see the footage? Okay, okay, okay. It was patched up. It wasn't patched up. It was a little glow. It was a little glow.

You know what I mean? Like, when he turned, when he turned, you could see the... Yeah. Let me tell y'all something. When y'all was going... Like, right here,

he was Kwame. Right here, he was Tory Lanez. Right there. All right, cool. So, yeah, that was... It was terrifying, man. When we was behind the curtain waiting to rub the log and all that was, it was terrifying, man. When we was behind the curtain waiting to rub the log

and all that shit. It was scary as shit. God damn it, man. Now, when we looked up your movie log, you and a lot of white people shit, let's make some noise for you.

Come on, man. Those checks cash every time. And you in Haunted House 2? Yeah, one and two. Okay, one and two. We'll put it up number two. That's a black movie. That's a black movieunted House, too? Yeah, one and two. Okay, one and two. We'll put it up number two. That's a black movie. That's a black movie.

Yeah, that's Marlon Wayans. Shout out to Marlon Wayans. That's my man. Big bro? Yeah, that's my guy, man. We get him high every time he come here. Even though he don't smoke, we just like to smoke over the smoke.

And he complains like a motherfucker. He complains. Look, we got the AC right for you, but we usually make the AC hot as hell so he can just stand there and look like he's sniffing cocaine. Y'all know that y'all be sweating hell so he can just stand there and look like he's sniffing cocaine. Y'all know this, y'all be sweating like a motherfucker.

We be making him look like he's sniffing cocaine. So, what is it, is it, what do you prefer more, movies or getting up on that stage?

Movies. Movies? Yeah. Why? I love them both, but for me, movies is the, it's a way that you can control

what you're presenting to the audience. You can film it, polish it, edit it, rewrite it, and really get it to your perfection. So that's my preference, but I love the stage too. The stage is, you're in front of real people and you're getting that real time reaction, that energy.

And so it's, but if I have my preference, it's movies, because it's a lot more money. You can take your time with it. And then I see you on stage, you had the black and the red. Like, it was like. Oh, you watched the special. Yeah, yeah. Okay, okay.

You was digging in the crates. I see what you was doing. It was leather, right? No, it wasn't leather. It wasn't leather? What I did, because every comedian does that, because we pay homage to Eddie.

Eddie, that's what I'm saying. I felt like it was delirious. The GOAT. So I came out with a leather jacket on and took it off before the music even stopped. I was like, yeah, I'm about to perform.

I'm about to perform in this shit. I already sweat a lot. So every time a comedian wears leather, that's Eddie. That's Eddie. And that, because to be clear, I already sweat a lot So every time A comedian wears leather Is that That's Eddie That's Eddie And that No no

Let's be clear Eddie had a purple suit on once And then he had the red First it was the red The red came first And that's delirious And then he had the purple Blueish joint in raw

Yeah Yeah that's when he That's when he was You could tell Because he had a scarf on And all that He was getting low Too much money

Yeah raw He was different Eddie Yeah he was still raw. He had a diamond ring outside the leather black glove. You saw that? It was different money. The American West with Dan Flores is the latest

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And what does it all mean for your gut, your skin, and even your mood? Join us on Dope Labs where we break it all down in the lab like only we can. Listen to Dope Labs on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your mood. Join us on Dope Labs where we break it all down in the lab like only we can. Listen to Dope Labs on iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let me tell you this, right? Kevin Hart's a good friend of mine. I know Kevin Hart's a good friend of yours. You guys have some hilarious moments

especially on the gram. We're going to bring that up a little later. I love Kevin Hart's one. I love what it represents, what it stands for. Only thing I'm saying is I've never seen a run like Eddie Murphy.

And what I mean by that is I used to see people go get dressed to go to the movies to see Eddie Murphy. Like, they would get dressed as if they were in the damn movie.

Like, I used to see lines around the corner. Like, when an Eddie Murphy. Like, they would get dressed as if they were in the damn movie. Yeah. Like, I used to see lines around the corner. Like, when an Eddie Murphy movie dropped, it was like Christmas almost. I had never seen nothing like that before that and since. I wasn't really around for the Richard Pryor days.

Me either. So, didn't you was supposed to play Richard Pryor? We'll get to that. I think I did. Yeah, you should. All right, come on, goddammit. Everybody says that, but... Hey, but yeah, to that. I think I did. Yeah, you should. All right, come on, God damn it. Everybody says that.

But yeah, yeah. I'll take the check. Yeah, yeah. So did you see Eddie's run when it was, I'm talking about at the height? See, I'm like you. I came up during the Eddie era. So that was, he was the hero. He's the guy.

You know what I mean? I think what, the difference with Eddie and everybody else is no one has ever seen what Eddie did. Eddie was the first to do a lot of shit. You know what I mean? Even though he patterned himself after Richard. He took it a different place. The same way Michael Jordan patterned himself after Dr. J. Dr. J, nasty on the dunks.

Jordan just put a lot more Extra flair into what he did So I feel like Eddie was that guy With the versatility with the characters And the movies and all that kind of shit So Kevin gets compared because he's Eastern right so he gets compared to Eddie all the time but the difference between Kevin and Eddie

Is Kevin By the time we see Kevin's success We've already seen Eddie and Martin and the Wayans family. So we have so many people before, but when Eddie broke, there was no one doing it like Eddie. That

rock star shit in the 80s. Right. Leaping over white people and having box office success. Hanging out with Rick James. Hanging out with Rick James, all that shit. He had a music career. Everything. My girl just want to party all the time,

party all the time, party all the time. My girl just want to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time. That was a hit. That was a hit, that's what I'm trying to say. With Rick James in the video. Rick James in the video. Rick James, son. You can just picture, there was a lot of That's what I'm trying to say. With Rick James in the video. Rick James in the video. Rick James, son.

You can just picture it. There was a lot of cocaine in the background. There was just a whole bunch of these. It was powdery. Yes. It was powdery. Yes, yes, yes, yes. But Kev, you know, I get mad sometimes when I go on clubhouses and I go on, you know,

Twitter and things like that. And they have trending topics like Kevin Hart ain't funny. I can't, I don't understand that. I went into a room like that one time with, they said Tiffany Haddish ain't funny. And normally what that is is trolls. So when I went in that room, she jumped in it too. Okay.

And for about, she stayed in for about an hour, but I spent about 10 minutes telling them niggas, don't do that corny shit. You know what I'm saying? Because no matter if you affect five people with that... I didn't know any of them. I just went in there and started screaming at people. I was like, look, man, y'all out here doing this troll shit.

They was like, no, we just wanted to get her in here so we could talk to her about some issues over in Africa. Alright, cool. I get that, right? But to go and say? I get that, right? But to go and say someone's not funny, to post something against their livelihood. Black people are always talking about we don't have enough and we don't have this,

but we're the first people to do some dumb shit like that, to troll each other. So you're going to potentially take money out this lady's pocket and food off her table because you want to get a room started. So I was just barking about that kind of shit. So I hate when they do that. To Kevin, to whoever.

I only really see it to Kevin. I've never seen the Tiffany Haddish thing. I think Tiffany's a lie. I think Kevin's a lie. I think every comedian is great for their own rights. Yeah, everybody got a lane. They didn't get there by accident. No, exactly. And to tell you the truth,

I think only thing getting on harder from the bottom and having to get all the way to the top is comedian shit. When you hear like the growing up stories of people getting $100 a night and then having to wait like, you know, to the end of the night to get 10 minutes or two minutes on a stage. Or getting bumped off stage.

Oh, yeah. Like a bigger comedian will come and they'll be like, yo, you can't... Happens every time. Yeah, you can't, like that... To me, that's like almost maybe a little rougher than hip-hop. We got the chitlin' circuit in hip-hop,

which is pretty foul. But comedians, so in order to be somebody in the comedic world, you got to go through this. There's no one who just comes out and just gets... Let me change up this question. Because there is some comedians who just get on Instagram,

get some followers. Are they considered a comedian or are they considered Instagram funny? That's a big debate that's been going on for years now. Here's what I say to that. And I always draw parallels, so just bear with me.

Jesus smoking parallels. Exactly. Come on now. All right, brother. I'm on point. Let's go. Get in your word, brother. Okay, let me get some hubby.

When it comes to comedians, and I think no matter the platform you use, although they may not be traditional stand-up comedians with that title, if you on the gram or on social media and you have funny shit and you're funny, to me, you're funny. You may not be labeled a comedian, but you're funny as fuck, right? But I draw the parallel of hip-hop in the 70s.

When rap first started, the bands of the 70s was mad as shit, and they were like, oh, they're not doing it right. They taking our music and just saying they bullshit over it. That's not real music. It's a fad, it's not gonna be around for a long time. We said the same shit about some of these TikTokers and some of these Snapchatters and Instagram people. And people do it for money.

If you funny, YouTubers, if you funny, you funny. I use all platforms. Cause I could do it for me. If you funny, you funny. I use all platforms. Right. Because I can do it all. Right. So my thing is, if you funny, you funny, but if the platforms are available, use all of that shit. Absolutely.

You know, hip hop is a billion dollar industry now because if they would have listened to the bands back then and gave up, we wouldn't have you, we wouldn't have nobody. You know what I'm saying? Jay-Z, nah, we wouldn't have none of that shit. So I don't sit back and be like, nah, this person's not a comedian or knock their hustle or whatever, I'll jump in a collab video with them and do whatever, if they nice with it.

Because I guess what they're saying is some of these guys that's on Instagram, they're just funny on Instagram, you put them in a live show, live show people are. Yeah, oh no, that happens though. You got to know what your lane is. If you not about that life, don't jump on the goddamn stage.

You're going to get your ass ate. Right, right, right. Pause. You're going to get your ass ate for real. Right, right, right. Like a shark. You know what I'm saying? Don't do it.

Have you seen that recently? Yeah, yeah, yeah. My boy Brandon Lewis. We talk about this shit all the time. What's up? The Led Zeppelin shirt on. Yeah, yeah, that's my guy. What's going on?

You know he like white bitches. Let's do it. Let's do it. We talk about it all the time. And there's comedians that be like, yo, yo, yo, I'm on stage time. Let me open up for you. All right. Every city I go to, I don't shun no young comedian.

They be like, yo, let me go on stage tonight. Like, I'm ready. All right. There's only been once that somebody was, like, nice with it on the spot. About that life. About that life. What was his name? What was his name?

Down in Jacksonville, Florida. I forget his name. It's not out of Florida. Not Lil Duval. No, no, no. Duval is a legend. Duval is a legend. I forget his name

But anyway He was funny He was funny Everybody else ate it Every other city It's different when you get In front of an audience man Yeah

Audiences You can be funny as fuck On your camera And in your shower But when you're in front of people Yeah You're going to freeze up It changes the rhythm

It changes the stakes You ain't on your right foot Stop making excuses. Oh, man, I just wanted to come up here and say what's up to y'all, man. Give it up for the ladies. Give it up for the ladies. They looking beautiful.

Oh, they beautiful. They beautiful, yeah. Any mothers in the house? You trying to get that stench of bad comedy off you? Whatever you can fucking find. Anybody ever got shot? Trying to relate to anything. Anything. Anybody ever got shot? Trying to relate to anything. Anything.

Anybody ever came late? Anybody ever wake up? Right, right, right, right. So, when you see, like, the transition from, like, Chris Rock, like, right? I just seen Chris Rock. Chris Rock?

Come on, man. When I see what transition, Doris, K, okay, fuck out of here, man. When I say what transition, Doris, K, okay, fuck outta here, man. Ain't no transition. It ain't no transition. I was always me, man. Fuck outta here.

I was always me, man. Always me. Fuck outta here. I literally watched him in Saw. Hold up, man. I want to interview Chris Rock. I'm talking to Chris Rock. I literally watched Chris Rock in Saw. Hold up, man. I want to interview Chris Rock. I'm talking to Chris Rock. I'm talking to Chris Rock. I literally watched Chris Rock in Saw. And I was like, wow.

Like, he did a role where he wasn't being funny. Like, he was trying. Right, right, right. He was being real, real serious. And it was like, at some point, I was like, oh, he's not a comedian in here. I thought he was going to take Saw. But that's what it was. Like, it was a movie.

Saw was a franchise. A franchise. He took a franchise. So I'm thinking at some point, it's going to be funny. And it's not. It's Samuel L. Jackson in there. Serious took a franchise. So I'm thinking at some point it's going to be funny and it's not. Is Samuel L. Jackson in there? Sirius is a motherfucker? I'm like, oh shit, this is not a comedy. I've never saw that.

No, no, they say the best actors are comedians at first. Like Robin Williams. I think he was one of the best actors. Oh no, for sure. Good Will Hunting was my favorite Robin Williams performance. I thought Good Will Hunting is Ben Affleck and them niggas. No, but he's in there.

You didn't see it. Oh, OK. It's not Ben Affleck and Adam Vandenberg? Who? Matt Damon. What name did you say? Adam Vandenberg? You sound like the guy who put Santa.

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I ain't watch that. You ain't watch that. This nigga only watch Versus. This is the shit with Lady Gaga. And both shows. He only watch Versus. Okay, hold on, hold on. Hold on, I do know that movie.

Lady Gaga's in that movie. Lady Gaga's in that movie, right? There you go. So you know what I'm saying? Holy moly, guacamole. So, I'm a huge pun fan, by the way, speaking of terrorist crimes. Okay.

You're a huge pun fan. Yeah. That's my man. Yeah, for sure. I ran trizzled him. I heard all the interludes. Clarify that. I heard all the interludes.

We smashed a couple of things together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's make some noise for that. Let's make some noise for that. Never used to want to admit that, but hey, man, fuck it now. Who gives a fuck You know what I mean

I went to his He has a big pun Street plaza You should go visit that Yeah yeah for sure Word up Should go visit that Go visit that

So Performing How do you prepare For performing What do you do You finger pop something Something It could be anything.

Maybe the night before. Oh, okay, okay. Nah, I just get into the work, the work that has to be done. You know what I'm saying? If I'm doing stand-up, I gotta go over my set. I gotta make sure I know I'm hitting my beats, make sure my energy's right.

Because I like to perform, like sweat. You know what I'm saying? Like, I like to give the audience a show. Come on, with a rag? Everything, a towel, I got a towel on stage, I go in. Just making sure I'm prepared and I know my shit. That's what it is.

When it's movies, TV, better know your line. No, but let's stick with performing for a little while, because performing is about timing. Oh yeah. Because you can say something, now let's stick with performing for a little while because performing is about timing. Oh, yeah. Because you can say something. Now, let me ask you. I want to get back to timing, but I want to also ask you,

do you change your material based on where you're going for? Like, if you're performing in North Hollywood, you ain't going to perform the same way at South Central, right? Like, I'm fluid on it. Yeah. No, you do, but you go to every city and you have to acknowledge the city in some way. You know what I mean? You don't got to spend a bunch of time on it. Right. But you do have to acknowledge the city in some way. You know what I mean? You don't got to spend

a bunch of time on it. Right. But you do have to acknowledge the difference and that you realize where you are and who you with. Right.

You know what I'm saying? So like if you go to Seattle you got to recognize they got good coffee? You got to talk about whatever or they got a lot of clouds and it be raining

all the fucking time. It be raining all the time. You know what I'm saying? And fireworks. Yeah. For sure. So you do shape it up a little bit.

You have to. Okay. I mean some people don't. Some people just go. So you do save it up a little bit. You have to, yeah. I mean, some people don't. Some people just go out and just do their shit, but I do. Okay. Well, we got this segment on the show where we call, it's called Quick Time with Slime.

So usually when we do this, it's the guests who take a shot, but me and EFN is going to step up for you because you're not drinking. Appreciate that. His boy, his boy. Somebody needs to drink for him. Led Zeppelin, you want a drink for him? Oh, okay, Led Zeppelin's in the building.

Hey! Nah, nah, he driving. Nah, you driving. Fuck all that. Nah. You ain't killing me today. Take Uber, man. Jesus. Nah. Okay, all right, cool, all right.

Give me the... You gotta pick a drinker for you, though. Yeah, yeah, jeez. Give one to your boy. It's his birthday. Oh, yeah. Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee, come on. No, he working.

Mr. Lee. I'll take a shot, too. All right, yeah, take, yeah. Come on, sonny. No, he's working. I have to take a shot. Come on, son. You want a drink for him? I'll take a shot. You want some moonshine? Oh, I ain't fucking with that. That's Habiki. That's the Japanese. What is in that, Ian?

Ian? I don't know. He turned you white, Ian. That's hard. Some kind of fruit falling in your ear from now turned you white, Ian. That's hard. That's kind of fruitful to you, Ian, from now on. All right. Yeah, all right, cool. I can smell that shit from across the table.

Yeah, yeah. They saved that from Prohibition. I feel like Ron Burgundy. That smells like pure gasoline. Prohibition. It's quite pungent. Stings the neck. Good shit, though.

What's your favorite movie? Coming to America. Wait a minute now. Yeah. Sure. Because I don't want to fight right now. We're not going to America. Wait a minute now. Sure. I don't want to fight right now. We're not going to fight. How do you feel about part two? It's not part one.

I'm not listening. I'm friends with the Murphy family. I talked to his brother the other day. My personal feeling was they should have never did a sequel. You should just never touch a classic

that's that classic. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. That's my personal opinion. Right. And part two is not part one. It's, for what it is,

you know, it's cool. I love part two too. Yeah, it's cool. I really, really love part two. I too, Oh, you love part two? Yeah, I love part two.

My only scene that's whack is when the, the kid starts to rap. Like, what the fuck is that? Yeah, yeah. Like, what the fuck, what the fuck are you doing? Yeah, I love part two. My only scene that's whack is when the kid starts to rap. Like, what the fuck is that? Yeah, yeah. Like, what the fuck are you doing? Like, who the fuck wrote that? Who wrote that?

The kids start rapping and shit, then they get married in Elmhurst, Queens. They were doing Prince song. But it's not Elmhurst, Queens. Wasn't it Get Off or something? I don't know. It was a Prince song. They had Tiana Taylor.

It was just that part was just, what's going on? Yeah. Okay, so this is, you pick one or the other. Or you pick both, we take a shot. All right? Or neither is a shot. Or neither, we take a shot. Okay. So this is you pick one or the other. Or you pick both, we take a shot. Alright? Or neither is a shot. Or neither, we take a shot.

Okay. Alright, you ready? Jay-Z or Nas? Nas. DMX or Tupac? DMX. He's watching you too. In case you didn't know that. Alright. Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor?

Eddie. Chris Rock or Martin Lawrence? Chris Richard Pryor? Eddie. Chris Rock or Martin Lawrence? I'm going to take a shot of water. Okay, all right, come on. Those are my OGs. Who's stepping up? Those are my OGs right there. Look, I was coasting. I was coasting, but you know, I'm going to...

You taking a shot, Lee? Oh, this is my guy right there. Habiki? Hey, man, I don't know if I'm saving this shit. I don't know if I was coasting. I was coasting, but you know, I'm taking a shot. Oh, this is my guy. Hey, man, I don't know if I'm saving this shit. I don't know if I'm sharing this. This is that good shit right here. Okay. Give Lee one little something.

One bucha. It's that Habeekie, baby. This shit, yeah. This shit put hair in your chest. Even though I got too much already. Cheers, cheers, cheers. All right, cheers. This is too much Already Cheers, cheers, cheers Alright, cheers This to you Cheers, cheers

Avion, you know We don't know if you know Our show is about Giving our legends they respect But they hear You deserve your flowers Man, I'm honored, man Now we can't salute

We're warning us Bad luck But we're going I don't believe in luck I do Cheers I do, I'm Puerto Rican I'm trinidadian

You didn't drink your shit Drink your shot, man. You're drinking on his behalf. Okay. Yeah. Good looking out, son. Okay. Mike Epps.

Mike Epps or Chris Tucker? Mike Epps. 48 hours or Beverly Hills Cop? 48 hours. Beverly Hills Cop. Okay. Harlem Nights or Coming to America? Coming to America.

Why isn't there a Harlem Nights 2? Man, I wish they would have done that. Kevin Hart should make that shit. No, no, no, no. They should have made that movie maybe a year after the first one. But not Harlem Nights 2, but a version of that. No, no, no, no. I'm talking about Richard, Eddie, Redd Foxx.

Redd Foxx is good. The whole cast, they should have. I wanted to see that. I wanted to see that. I wanted to see where they moved to after they killed the mobsters off and all that. Word up. Damn, this is a biggie. Got my whole shit. Say Matt Damon twice.

The top of Michael Damon. Michael Damon. Michael Damon. Made a new nigga, all right? Okay, biggie or Big Pun? Pun. In Living Color or Mad TV? This is a whack one, man.

In Living Color, man. Come on, bro. Let me rephrase that. In Living Color or Dave Chappelle? In Living Color. In Living Color. Much love to Chappelle, though. But he would...

I'm sure he was influenced by In Living Color, too. Okay, Friday or house party? For me, house party. What? Because you a kid in play. I'm a dancer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's my part.

The shit you did with Chubb Rock video, we're going to get to that. We're going to get to that. Let's talk about it. Okay, okay. All right, hold on. Treat him right.

J. Cole or Kendrick? Cole. That's hometown. Because he's from North Carolina? No, he got the bars to back it up, but also because he's from Fayetteville. Okay. Outkast or Mobb D? Mobb D.

The Lox or Migos? Lox. You're saying a lot of this shit with confidence. I like it. Scarface or Ice Cube? Cube. Podcast or radio? Podcast.

This one, I'm sure, how you going to answer this? Cam'ron or Jadakiss? Kiss. Okay. L.A. or Miami? L.A. Okay. You in Miami, man.

Watch out. Lock the doors. I die wherever I'm at Alright, Ray Kron or Ghostface? Ghost Red or meth? Red 90s or 2000 hip hop? 90s

Loyalty or respect? Loyalty Will Ferrell or Jim Carrey? Jim Cause of Fire and Mushroom Bill? He's before Will So he inspired That nigga Jim Carrey? Jim. Because of Fire Marshal Bill? He's before Will, so he inspired. Jim Carrey's a genius. Yeah, he is.

Dave Chappelle or Kevin Hart? Kev. I'm going to take a Habiki because of that. I don't know. Jesus. You know Dave is out here. I know. Yeah.

Do comedians, you got like a group chat when you're all on the same group? I don't know. Jesus. You know Dave is out here. I know. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Do comedians, y'all got like a group chat when y'all all in the same room? No, we actually do. You actually do? Yeah. It's not all comedians. It's literally a group chat

that I got that I barely talk in because some people, it's like two or three people that talk too much in there. Uh-huh. In the group chat. But everybody's in it.

Dave is in it. They type too much because you can't be talking in the group chat. Type too much. Oh, they do voicemails too? No. I like voicemails because the shit disappear. Right everybody's in it. Dave is in it. They type too much because you can't be talking in the group chat. Type too much. Oh, they do voicemails too? No. I like voicemails

because they disappear. Right, right. Yeah, yeah. You didn't do none of his shows in Ohio? Mm-mm. You didn't go to the summer camp? Nah.

Why? Nah. I wasn't invited. Oh, okay, me neither. Yeah. Yeah, you were. I only go where I'm invited. I was somewhat invited.

It was brought up. So I just felt like they just felt like they just felt like they had to invite me. Yeah, I got a loose invitation. But when it came time for like the travel plans and arrangements,

my mother just got ghost. Figure it out. I was like, wait. Let me tell you who I was growing up. My neighbor could have a party and tell me he has a party or if they don't remind me

and say, hey, you still coming to the party? I ain't going. Bro, you're still like that. Yeah, I still like, I just, I need to feel special. Like you need to be like, you need to, yeah, yeah, you still coming to the party? I ain't going. Bro, you're still like that. Yeah, I still like that. I just, I need to feel special. Like, you need to be like, you need to... Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You need to invite me twice.

But he won't do that the other way around. Yes, I will. No, you will not. Yes, I will. Yes, I will. Don't forget. Okay, you taking a shot? I don't... This there, Japanese whiskey. You never drink at all? Never. Damn. Good for you, man. Even when you was with Russell getting the models?

We're going to strike that from the record? I never drink at all, man. Never? Never. Never drank, never smoked, never done drugs. And I'm sure women

try to convince you. I'm sure a chick put a little cocaine in her ass one time. Oh, nah. Is that the military army brat side of you? I don't fuck with coke heads. What did he say? Is that military army brat side of you? I don't fuck with coke heads.

What did you say? Is that the army brat side of you? Like your parents? Nah, if I'm keeping it a buck, I grew up in a family of addicts. So it was just something that I saw early and just decided

it wasn't for me. So it went wrong for us. I wouldn't have drank if I would have knew that. Vince Staples was here recently and I didn't drink because he had the same type of story

and I knew that. But now I'm already leaving this. Don't judge me. No, no, because he had the same type of story, and I knew that. But now I'm already leaving. Don't judge me. No, no, no. It's all good. Look, I love my family. Don't get it twisted. Do I remind you of your drunk cousin?

Nah. One of them niggas like, I'm one of them that's drinking Habibi all day. A little bit. A little bit. Let's make some noise for me. You get about a quarter down on that Habibi. You're going to be that guy. He's going to be Habibi. Yeah, yeah. That's it. That's it. We've seen T-Pain quarter down on that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're going to be that guy. He's going to be Habibi.

Yeah, yeah, that's it, that's it. We've seen T-Pain stand. Were you that? He drank a whole bottle of tequila. And stopped standing. Yeah. We were worried. Are you serious?

Yeah, it wasn't funny. I don't know why we got worried. Oh, wow. He was like, you don't get to drink no more. I was like, yes, you do. I'm always trying to stop it, and you're the worst. He was like, yes, you do. His people was like this. Yeah, and you're the worst. He was like, yes, you do. His people was like this.

Yeah, his people trying to stop him. He's like, no, I'm staying. Pour me some more. So you ever seen one of your homies get fucked up and you was embarrassed? Yeah. Who, Led Zeppelin? Led Zeppelin. He keep calling this nigga Led Zeppelin.

No, he got the best shit going in the building. What's his name again? Brandon Lewis. Brandon Coop? Brandon Lewis. Brandon Lewis. He gave you up. What's his name again? Brandon Lewis. Brandon Coop? Brandon Lewis. Brandon Lewis. He gave you up. That's how you know he know you.

When that nigga hit you with the first and last name. Nah, he got next. He got next. Okay, you funny. Oh, okay. We're going to bring you out. Yeah, that's my dude. All right, we're going to crash today.

He's going to take a shot at Habiki. God damn it. Come on, you're going to take a shot at this. God damn it. This is that good. This is what Jay-Z and them drink. You know what I'm saying? For Riccadelia.

You know what I mean? Nah, man. We got to be responsible. That's okay. He got next. Yeah, he got next? Yeah, he damn. This is that good, this is what Jay-Z and them drink. You know what I'm saying? For Riccadeli, y'all. You know what I mean? Nah, man, we gotta be responsible. Yeah, that's okay. One shot. He got next. Yeah, he got next? Yeah, he funny. Where you from? Atlanta. Atlanta, oh, okay. Y'all niggas is wide open out there.

Pause. Yeah, they didn't close. They didn't close. They right. They did not do it at all. They ain't shut shit down. So when the last time you spoke to Manny Pacquiao? Well, I didn't.

Actually, I did. I did. I met him once. And I showed him the parody. And he was laughing. He was hitting my arm. And shit hurt. He was like hitting my arm laughing and shit.

That is very funny. I enjoy that. It's comedies. And it's very funny. I enjoy that. It's comedies and it's very good. It's very good. I can't wait to fight Lloyd Mayweathers again. I'm very happy to be in the show. Drink thumbs. Welcome, Andy Jackie, on the Big Ten.

Drink thumbs. Fuck a man, he got me out of drink thumps. Drink thumbs. How about Mr. Aubrey? When was the last time you seen Mr. Aubrey? Who? Mr. Aubrey, Drake. Drake? Yeah. Oh, I ain't seen, actually I did see Drake

about a month ago. What did he say to you? Tell me. He said, uh. Uh. He said, uh. That's all he say. That's all he said. He don't talk to niggas.

You know what I mean? He love the ladies. He be like, uh. Holy shit. Do y'all go to light-skinned meetings? You, Drake, like, um, MB. Do y'all have, like, sanctuaries? Y'all get up and y'all say this is what it is?

Sanctuaries. I mean, I can't tell you. Because you're not invited. I'm trying to get involved in the dark skin community. I'm just saying. I just got passed with brown skin community.

I'm trying to get down with Akon and them group. But they not that. You two in the middle. You too much of a cuspid dick. You two on the fence, you know what I mean? Oh, shit.

You know what I mean? Oh, shit. Because Envy told me I got to go to karate class. Karate class? Yeah, he said it's a light-skinned karate class in Jersey.

Light-skinned karate class? That's hilarious. Karate class. Does Envy really take karate? In my mind, all y'all niggas take karate. I do know how to kick. Yeah, for real.

For real, okay. On some blood sports shit? Yeah, some Bruce Lee shit. Really? Holy moly, guacamole. You just do it all. Oh, yeah, that's right. You fuck with Bruce Lee.

Yeah. That's right. I saw that, too. What's going on? What's going on with Bruce Lee? What's going on with what? Is Bruce Lee alive? Right.

You know him? Know where he at? You know him? How did you develop that? I was a Bruce Lee fan? How did you develop that? I was a Bruce Lee fan. How did you develop that? I was a Bruce Lee fan, and I developed kicks from kicking him. And you went to see the movies?

The movies different like this? Exactly. All that shit. Bruce Lee spoke English, though, man. I'm talking about the Kung Fu flex, though. Yeah, yeah. The Kung Fu thing. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Samurai Sturgeon. 36 Chambers. You know, all of them is real. Five Deadly Guns and all that. All of them is real. The Run Runicks though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The comfort food thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Severized certain things. 36 chambers. You know, all of them is real. Yeah, all of them is real. The Run Run Show movies. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I grew up on all that. Five Deadly Vendors is my shit. Yeah, for sure. Centipede. Do that again, do it again. Nah, I'm not even gonna do that. Come on, man. I must have looked at Chris and said,

you want me to do it again? One thing you have to understand, Bruce Lee spoke English. Oh shit. He really talked like this. And if you watch Enter the Dragon, that's my real voice. So you understand. Right.

Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. Be like water. That's fine. Be like water, my friend. You know what Bruce Lee said? Be like water. Be water. Be water.

That's why I only drink water. I always thought that was some hot shit. Be like water. Be water. Be water. That's why I only dream water. I always thought that was some hot shit. Be like water. Nah, it's dope. Nah, that's real shit. It's a dope philosophy. You can also feel like that if you are mescaline. I'm just throwing it out there.

Like, that's a mescaline shit. Be like water. Like, what the fuck does that mean? Be fluid, man. Yeah. Be ready. Yeah, it took 30 years to come up with that shit, but it's there.

The flow. Exactly. So, when a person calls you for a movie, do you tell them, do you accept the role or do you always make it

a little bit piece of yours? You mean, do I accept it as is? Yeah, let's suppose somebody gave you paid you no no you you have to bring your own essence to it you know what i'm saying like you have to while creating the character does that make sense yeah but when could you not like you're

saying like it would be strict i mean i have to play this role this way or else yeah i mean there's there's a bit of that like Like, the director and the writer have their vision of who the character is. Right. And so you do sometimes lose yourself in that character and the dialect

if you're good at it. Some people do dialects, but they shouldn't try them. Right. But... Like, if they told you to be a gang member named Pedro,

how you coming out of it? Well, I was a gang member named Right Right, nigga, in the haunted house, so I already knew how to do that, nigga. Okay. All right, I'm seeing him.

You know what I'm saying, Hammy? All right. From LA, nigga. Well, how about a Mexican gang member from LA, Pedro? Pedro, I mean, come on, dawg. You're asking me to do some very simple shit, like ask me to do some hard shit, like, hold that, bro.

Hold that, bro. And you're fucking, shit, like fuck that bro, fuck that bro. You're fucking, you're fucking Nuri Yega, dog. I fucking know that fool, dog. I know that fool, dog. That's exactly. That guy, he comes out in the raps, dog. He's always rapping, dog. So how long have you lived in LA? 23 years.

23 years, coming from North Carolina. From Fayetteville, North Carolina, man. I love LA, too. Ooh. That's a lot of money. What part of LA are you in? I'm in Woodland Hills. Oh, that's the black area.

No, that's Baldwin Hills. That's Baldwin Hills. Oh, OK, my bad, my bad. Yeah, Matt Damon. That's Matt Damon. Matt Damon. Matt Damon. Matt Damon. Right. OK, Woodland Hills. OK, my bad, my bad. Yeah, Matt Damon. That's Matt Damon. No, Matt Damon.

I don't want to talk about that. Right, okay. Woodland Hills. Okay. Woodland Hills, yeah. I used to, you remember Will Ferrell had a,

he had Talladega Nights and he was getting high with the Woodland Fairies. What a connection you built this fuck. You don't remember that? Nah. But I love how you

connected this too. Does anybody know what he just said? Listen. The Woodland Fair you connected this. Does anybody know what he's listening? The Woodland Ferry? Yeah. He was getting high. He was working for the skating ring. Right.

And then they called him, and they was like, yo, when I met you, you was a top-ranked skater. And now you're getting high with the Woodland Ferries. And he said, me and the Woodland Ferries be living in the here and now. That's not Talladega. That's Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. I love dumb movies. Me too. What's your favorite dumb movie? Dumb, Dega. That's Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love dumb movies. Me too. What's your favorite dumb movie? Dumb and Dumber. Dumb and Dumber. That's the dumbest of the dumb. That's hilarious.

Holy shit. One or two? Now, two lived up. One. You telling me two didn't live up? Mm-mm. Damn. For real, it did.

Look, like we said about Coming to America, I feel like some movies just don't need You don't need to They're so classic You don't need to touch them Right You know what I mean But Godfather Disputes that

But that's different It's different because They did it within the same Godfather movies got better Nah that's not true They did it within the same time frame Nah they got worse They didn't get better

The last one was not That was the worst one Yeah the last one was The second one was Probably the best one But the first two The first two The second one was probably the best one. But the first two, the first two. The second one was probably the best one. Yeah, there you go, that's what I'm saying. Rocky movies got better.

Rocky movies got better. I even think the newer ones were the best ones. Yeah. Fast and the Furious got better, but they get more cartoon. I don't know, I don't subscribe to that. I saw a Fast and the Furious one, that's it. Fast and Furious, I've never seen anything else.

That's a whole different movie. It was way too much. I think with Ja Rule was in there, that's it. Oh yeah, it's a different movie. There was even no much. I think with Ja Rule was in there. That's it. Oh, yeah. It was a different movie. There was even no Ludacris. Nobody. Geez Louise, Papa Cheese.

So, yeah. So, The Godfather is one that got better. I don't know. The last one was the worst one. But that's three. Two got better. So, two was better than one. Two was better.

That's an example of... I mean, but I'm just saying it doesn't get better all the way through. All the time it doesn't get better. Right. But there has been scenarios. State Property 2 is definitely better than state property one. Let's just make some noise for that.

You said Caddyshack? Caddyshack? Caddyshack two? That's funny. Beverly Hills Cop. Nah, the first one was the best one. Nah, part two didn't. It wasn't number one.

Another 48 hours was pretty cool. Nope, nope. Coming to America. Coming to America. Coming to America. We just went through this, brother. Are you in this room with us? It's not part one, but I did love Coming to America 2. I was one of those guys that stood on it.

I said I only didn't like the rapping part other than that. And when they said they were just getting married in Queens, and they clearly said East Elmhurst and I was like that's not East Elmhurst because I'm too attached to that area but other than that

I thought it was dope I thought it was dope for it to be 20 years later and still have some I thought Tracy what's my man's name Tracy Morgan Tracy Morgan

was crazy I thought the woman Leslie yeah I thought she really look I love everyone in it everybody

like that's my fan right I just think the structure of the movie compared to the first one it didn't do it for me the same way the first one did have you watched

the first one in recent years I don't need to no but I'm saying because there's something to say about when you're younger and you watch something

and that nostalgia I watched Coming to America. You're never going to have that again. At least a hundred times throughout my years. I know that movie inside out. McDowell's is up the block from my hood. No, dead serious. Yeah, no, I know.

Yeah, dead serious. I rode the bike up there to see Eddie Murphy. There was like no loading. I think the building is gone now though, right? I think it's a McDonald's. It's actually a real McDonald's. I think they got rid of it. Oh, was like no little nigga. I think the building is gone now though, right? I don't, I think it's a McDonald's. It's actually a real McDonald's. Right, but I think

they got rid of it. Oh, no, no, no. It's there. It's there. It's there, right, butch? It's there like a motherfucker. It's there? Yeah.

It's at McDonald's. It's actually at McDonald's, yeah. No, I know, but I thought they put an apartment building over there. Nah. All the other shit where the barbershop was,

all that, that's all gone. All that's made up. But that McDonald's, I mean, they's all gone. All that's made up. I mean, they didn't use that McDowell's on part two. Right, right. But part one, I really drove up there. Yeah, they put the McDowell's in the desert. Yeah, it was hilarious. Yeah, they put it there.

In the jungle, yeah. They wilded it out. They wilded it out. So what's next for you? Producing, man. I just produced another show. I can't say what it is or anything yet. Is it with white people again?

Again? It's big. You've been getting the white check. This makes you use it. It's big. But yeah, I'm putting on my producer hat. We about to produce stand-up specials for people like Brandon Lewis.

People that have voices that networks don't necessarily come and give them a shot right away. But because I'm in the trenches with them, I'm like, I want to produce they shit. Because I produce my specials, so it's like, I know what it takes to really take that budget and make it

make a special look great. You know what I mean? Now, recently, well, it's not recently, like a couple of years ago, to really take that budget and make a special look great. You know what I mean? Now, recently, well it's not recently, like a couple of years ago, there was a big dispute about Monique and she figured out what she was worth. With Netflix, the deal with Netflix. Have you ever had to go through something like that?

Always. You always have to fight for what you're worth. There's gonna be people, sometimes even on your own team, that don't see your worth. Wow. And you have to take your stance. If you really, if you know that you can deliver,

Right. fight for what you are worth. Right. That's what I believe in that. You know what I'm saying? You know, the Monique situation, I don't know enough about it

to really comment on it, but she did what she felt was right. So, I ain't, I'm never mad at somebody trying to get their food. Why would I be mad at that?

I don't know. I ain't mad at me taking another Habiki neither. You should. What's his name? Let's bring him in. Let's bring him on the table, man. Let's set up a mic. Bring him a chair, man. We're going to give him a mic. If this is your next special, we got to have him on. Let's do it, man.

Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Brandon, what's his name? Brandon Lewis. Brandon Lewis, okay. Or you can call him Led Zeppelin. Yeah, Led Zeppelin. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So how, oh, we got it? It's working? That mic working? No wires? Let me see. Oh, that's $60. Okay, I thought they was trying to jerk you, see. Oh, that's C4. Oh, okay. I thought they was trying to jerk you, man.

Like, he's gonna give you a mic. He gave you a dummy mic. It's not really a mic. We ain't gonna let you do that. It's a mic. It's a mic. It's a mic. You be up here talking all kinds of shit.

Don't get picked up. And we should be like, yeah. Yeah, man. So you know what I'm saying? Look at Noah. Look at Noah trying to sell it. We gonna give you one shot of Japanese whiskey, man. One shot. You ready to screw, Lowry? No, you can't take water? No, no, no. One shot. You're in this room, sorry.

No, you can't take water. No, no, no, I got it. Okay, up on the side. Okay, salute. Salute. Japanese whiskey inside of water, I respect you. The weed form in Atlanta, Decatur where they grade it? Cobb County.

Cobb County, oh, that's outside of Atlanta. That's where the police don't play. They don't play at all. They don't play no game. You know, how you know about that? I left some weed in the hotel one time. I called the hotel. They said, don't come back.

I said, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I said, I won't. Word. I got the fuck up out of there. Cobb County. Word. So how did you link with everyone?

I moved to L.A. I moved to L.A. 2010. And just was grinding as a young comic. Just in the streets. Because that's what we got to do. You got to grind, make your name. At the clubs, or literally in the streets? No, in the clubs.

Like, going from club to club. This is, you know, before the pandemic, so, you know, just grinding, and then, you know, when you grind, you run into, you know... And y'all with Laugh Out Loud, LOL? Oh, what is that? That's Kevin Hart's network, LOL.

LOL, oh, okay. Y'all not down with that. Y'all down with that? No, I did my They licensed my special Oh okay So I again Which one the black and red special

The black and red shit That's your favorite Okay yeah yeah Mirrors of Society I shot that independently I own it And I licensed it to them They didn't buy it

It wasn't something Where they Right Gave me the money to do it Right I licensed it So now I'm about to get Another deal for it

Because I own it Right So I like to tell that story Because we don't own, so now I'm about to get another deal for it because I own it. Right. So I like to tell that story because we don't own enough shit. The rights revert back to you. God damn it. There you go. Come on, EFF.

Come on, EFF. He know about the rights reverting back. God damn it. Yes, we do. You know what I'm saying? We got episodes. Talk about it.

So, boom. So you see him performing. Yeah. What do you say? I'm going to put him under my wing. You say, what do you say? At the time, you see him performing. Yeah. What do you say? I'm going to put him under my wing. You say, what do you say? At the time, I had another feature. He booked a TV show.

And so, I was looking for another feature. Okay, what's a feature? Feature is a... So, when we do clubs, right, there's a host who does about 10 minutes. Feature does about 30. And I'll do an hour. Headline does an hour. So, I was looking for a feature to go on the road with me.

Because a hip hop feature means something totally different. So a feature basically is the main opener. The main opening act is a feature. Yeah, okay. That's called a feature, that's fire. Because I know the feature you talking about. Feature in hip hop means you get a verse. We get on the record.

So what do y'all call somebody who go before you? Opener. I call Beanie Singles my opener. That's what I call him. Hey, you want to make him film, you're my main opener. All cash. You're the main one. You're the main one.

Yeah, but go ahead, go ahead. I'm sorry, so go ahead. But yeah, I was looking for a feature and I was just asking around for different people because it's not just about who's funny, it's about who I'm gonna get along with on the road. Right, yes. Personality-wise, who got good energy.

And my man, he said, Brandon Lewis. And I was like, oh, shit. And I remember seeing him at a club in L.A. I thought you saw him. No, no, no. I was about to try to make up shit. I know, I know. Chinese theater.

Chinese theater. At Matt Damon's club. No, it's not Matt Damon's. It's another guy. It's Matt Damon. Matt Damon. Yeah. Wait, I've been to the Chinese movie theater. You've been to the Chinese movie theater? No, it's not. Matt Damon's the other guy. It's Matt the banana banana. Matt the banana banana. Yeah.

Wait, I've been to the Chinese movie theater. I, um, Wesley Snipes. You've been to the Chinese movie theater? Yeah, Wesley Snipes brought me to the Chinese movie theater for Art of War. Oh, wow. I went to see Art of War with Wesley Snipes. Of all places. And he had nothing but, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, butch rock.

He had nothing but Filipino bitches around him. I'm sorry. You're talking about the spot in Hollywood, right? Yeah. It's not called the Chinese movie theater. Yeah, that's right. It's called the the Chinese movie theater. Yeah, that's it. Man's Chinese theater. Yeah, a little bit

of an extra name. Or Rauman's Chinese theater. Yeah, but I know that seemed kind of racist, but he really did. I mean, what is wrong? I went to see all the movies.

But yeah, they used to have a comedy night there and I saw him performing. And yeah, the first show we did, what I liked about his style was he was freestyling the first 15 minutes like we were talking about earlier we got into a new city

neither was neither of us had been there how you know he freestyling because he was talking about just the same way you know he's talking about the shit on the wall he's talking about people in the crowd he's talking about some shit we just saw in traffic on the way up to the club. So you knew, you knew. I knew, yeah, I know, you know. You know bars when you hear bars. And so he was going in.

And I was like, this motherfucker is like, timing is crazy and his material was dope. So when he flowed right into the material, it was flawless, so I was like, yeah, we rocking. And we been rocking for how many years now? Three. Three? Goddamn. Almost four, really, about a year.

Make some noise for that! Make some noise! Pass me your cups, we gonna get you one more. Nah, we got it. I gotta draw the line, goddamn it. The line of demarcation has been laid down. We see this after that. Fuck outta here.

He's three-staffin' me, fuck up! Right. You can handle this, you can see how cool this is. No, fuck outta here, you bad influence. Y'all performin' tonight? me. Fuck up. You can handle this. You can see how smooth it is. No, fuck outta here, you bad influence. Nigga. Y'all performing tonight? Tonight?

Oh, we are performing tonight. Two shows a night at the Improv. Miami Improv. Miami Improv. Miami Improv. Damn. Yeah, exactly. Oh, shit.

I'ma go see Dave Chappelle tonight. Yo, so look, let me... Sorry. Go see Chappelle. I get it. Nigga, whatever. I'ma go with y'all. Loyalty or respect? Which one? Loyalty or respect? I was already committed. I was already committed.

Let me say this, man. I big you up, man. I want to take a shot. Yeah, take a shot. Take a shot. Take a shot. I just big you up, man, because we've been seeing each other over the years.

We'll run into each other, and you always was like, yo, come down. I need you to come down. And let's build, you know what I'm saying? And you kept your word. And as soon as I knew I was coming to Miami, the first place I said I need to come down. And let's build, you know what I'm saying? And you kept your word. And as soon as I knew I was coming to Miami, the first place I said I need to come to.

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That makes some noise. It's classic. It is. Yeah, we was trying to... With the horns? This is classic, bro. That's what makes the show. So there's this African guy. He runs around. He's doing shit on the side of the car.

He's the happiest guy ever. Oh, oh, Cousin Skeeter. And then, oh, he's doing shit on the side of the car. He's the happiest guy ever. Cousin Skeeter, Mustafa. He got a name? Mustafa, yeah. Mufasa. Mufasa. We just called him the Dancer African. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, Mufasa. And then, you not only do a video with him, you find the same outfit? Yeah, yeah, he brought that. Oh, he brought that to you? Yeah, yeah, he brought that. Oh, okay, I thought he found it. That's his brand, that's his brand. That's his brand?

Oh, he's a marketing genius. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know what the fuck y'all talking about. Who is this person? This guy. You know what I said on Instagram? He dance. He go on IG. He dancing.

He just be looking too happy. But he jump out the car and dance though. Yeah, he jump out the car. And he's in LA? No, he came to LA and he was just like running around doing different collabs. And we was always like, again, showing each other flowers and giving each other flowers

and saying, we need to collab, meet up. And we did it in the Terrell Brock joint. Terrell Brock. But what was crazy was, I thought he was going to smoke you. Like when... You had a dance off? It was like a dance off. It was like, because y'all was kick, kick, kick.

And you kept up. No, we wasn't battling, though. To me, I'm outside looking at you. But no, no cap. I'm really a dancer. You're really a dancer. I really... The way he said we wasn't battling,. To me, I'm outside looking at you. But no, no cap. I'm really a dancer. You're really a dancer. I really... The way he said we wasn't battling,

like you would have battled. No, no, he's dope. He's dope, but... What you saying? We're different eras. I'm from the B-boy era, the rocksteady crew, the...

You're beefing right now. You know what I'm saying? I feel like you're beefing right now. I feel like you're beefing right now. Am I lying? He's not lying. Like, this nigga be... Like, you can tell that this nigga be like, you can tell it.

This nigga can stretch like weird shit. Cause you and Chris Brown, I felt like you and Chris Brown. That's my man. Like if you, if you ever talk to Chris Brown, just ask him about Afion's dance pedigree. He know that's my guy. That's Lil Bro. I'm saying the way you just said it. Dance pedigree.

I'm going to tell you. I'm going to talk my shit. I'm going to do you like Jadak listen. I'm going to talk my shit. I'm going to do you like Jadakiss did. Look, this is what I do. We here in Miami. Yeah. I don't live in Miami.

I don't live in Cleveland. Who the fuck live in Cleveland? Why did he say that? He said, Colorado? Who the hell lives in Colorado? He said he just was naming obscure places at that point. It sounded great. Can you live?

I'm sorry. He said, everywhere. He said, I. It sounded great. Can you live? I'm starting to know my agreement. He lives everywhere. He lives everywhere. He lives everywhere. Holy moly. But you stood up with the dance. So you say you're really a dancer.

You're a really small Chris Brown or Usher. No, I didn't say that. Or Usher. I didn't say that. Or Usher. Or Usher. Any smoke, any competitive, you got the bet. That's the versus.

Let me tell you. And this is no knock to nobody. I'm going to school y'all on dance knowledge. I would battle Usher. I would not battle Chris Brown, and I'm going to tell you why. Usher is not a natural dancer. He's choreographed, and over the years, he's gotten really good. Chris Brown is a natural-born dancer. And that motherfucker is incredible.

Lyskin class. You were not invited to. If you knew about it. I might be giving you too much. So you and Usher's in the same class. They got like a Soho house. Just for them. They got a car.

They got a car. It's called Highlight House. Oh my God. Did you say Highlight House. Oh, my God. Did you say Highlight House? You got to see the sketch I put up on IG a few days ago. It's from my old show, but it's Highlight. It's like a spoof on Twilight about the first light-skinned nigga ever. The first light-skinned nigga ever?

The first light-skinned nigga ever. Wow, okay. Okay, I need that. It's a parallel universe. Shit was fine. All right. Wow, okay. Okay, I need that. It's a parallel universe. Shit was fine. All right. So, um, you got a girl. Where's this going?

I'm asking. Yeah, yeah. You guys get for a break. I'm asking, is you smashing shit out there? Where is this going? Where is this going, man? He's a family man, man. I'm a family man.

I'm saying, listen, when you're a new artist, when you're a new artist in hip hop, you want to be smashing anything out there. So I'm saying, as a new comedian, you're not finger popping? No, no. You're not out there? No. Look, comedians, we don't get the same love as rappers. Like comedians, we don't get like the group the groupies and, like, they hanging out and screaming

like, oh! It is groupies, but see, I like that. I said, we get big women bringing us food backstage, but it's not... We get food, shirts, like, pictures. Have you eaten today, baby?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the groupie love we get. Come by the restaurant tomorrow. You know, we get weird shit. Yeah. Oh, shit. It ain't like cool. Take a picture with the menu and we'll give you a free meal.

I went to a Mike Epps show backstage in Miami. And it was the calmest I've ever seen. We're born. I went backstage and I was like, what the fuck? Had it been a hip hop show, it would have been so much. I was the only guy smoking weed. People were looking at me. I was like, you know I got my medical card.

Because I really do, you know what I mean? But I was sitting there, and I was like, it was calm. No one touched each other's chicken. The Gatorade was safe. Comedians are serious. And hip hop, I'm going to Jay Da Room. He ain't in there. I'm going to take his douché. I'm going to give you that bottle back ain't in there. I'm going to take his Duce.

I'm going to give you that bottle back after the show. You know what I mean? We violate each other. You guys have respect for each other. It's different. He's serious. That's it. It's just professionalism. I think it really takes a lot.

Not that it doesn't take a lot for rappers, but it takes a lot to get that dollar with a joke. Right. So by the time you get a little bit of something, and you, you know what I mean, you want to make sure you protect that. And then I think I respect his dressing room because I know how hard he worked to get what he got.

So I'm not going to go in this nigga and take his douche and go in his room and, you know what I'm saying? But this is the thing, though. You're just a, you're a different guy. Yeah, no, it's us. It's all rap. We all do it to each other. this nigga and take his Duce and go in his room. You know what I'm saying? But this is the thing though. You're just a different guy. Yeah, no, it's us. It's all rap. We all do it to each other.

But commonly, we don't know how y'all gonna react. See, like rappers, y'all know, because the record playing, like we can play the record. You know the song's a hit. Exactly, you can know the reaction. But even if you know, like Atheon, you know you came to see him, you still don't know how you gonna react

when you hear him. So it's just like, it's instant gratification as far as like, if you funny or not, or if you're not funny, you're going to get it immediately. So let me ask you, do y'all repeat material or does it always have to be exclusive? No, no, no. Every city you repeat. Like, once you get your act or your set, you repeat that show. So if you have an act or a set for Smoke Champs, let's just say. That 14th. Plug! Okay, I didn't realize that.

It's good. It's good. It's good for Smoke Champs. It's for Smoke Champs. Let's suppose you're doing a Smoke Champs tour and it's 14 dates. So for those 14 dates, as long as those cities don't repeat, you use the same act.

They'll say 14 dates. Yeah, even if you're in the same city and you're doing different nights. You're doing the same nights, you're doing, do you repeat? Yeah, like I have two shows a night. I'm not gonna do two different hours. You ever had someone that came to multiple shows

and they were like, I already heard this because they're just ignorant to the fact that you do that? Nah, nah. Most people that come to the show, they want to see it again. It's like seeing a movie.

Right. They're like, oh man, that shit was funny. So they come back, they know what to expect and they like what you do. And it's not difficult for you to repeat it.

Not at all. I know I got a whole fresh audience. Right. So if there's one motherfucker in there that's going to complain about, nigga, you came back. I didn't ask you to come back. You know what I mean? You came back to see me.

I didn't say, hey, come back to the next show. I'm doing a whole new hour, nigga. Read me. I never said that. But if you bombing and a nigga yell out, we heard that shit already. That's the worst. That's the worst. That's the worst. Somebody already tanking.

They're already going down. If you tanking and then a nigga yell out. I know that Walmart joke. Oh, shit. Because what happens is some people, and now it's getting around as a rule of thumb that you don't do. But some people, after they release a stand-up special, they've tried to do those same jokes. I've seen that. I've seen that.

In the club or on the show and the people is like hey nigga what else you got I'm a real comedy fan that's disgusting if I could see your shit on HBO Max and then see your shit in the motherfucking opera room the same shit nah man

that's why it's so hard though it's lazy for a comedian but that's why it's so unfair because rappers, y'all could do this, they want the same shit. They want the classics. If you don't do the classics, they gonna be mad as fuck. That's true when it comes to music,

but I'm talking about shaping the same show together. I could do the same classic, but I have to do it differently. You do have to do a different show. I have to take a beat of a Super Thug and I gotta replace that with something else. You have to have a new show. So this way, you're doing the same material but you're doing it

in a different way so this way as I do a tour I'll never do that that way again I always I'll rematch the situation so if you bomb doing the same material do you say okay I'm going to change this or you just keep at it some material you got to work out until it gets funny like there might be a nucleus of an idea

but you just haven't worked it out all the way. And then there's just some material that's just bad. Like, some material might be great, it was just how you timed it. How you time it, and then how you word it, maybe how you place it within the set. It might work better at the end or in the middle. Or if you add another element to it, you just never know.

So right now, this is cancel culture. Right. You say anything about anybody, you could be canceled. It must be the toughest time for a comedian. I don't give a fuck about none of that. But here's the thing, though. We still get a pass

as comedians. Lately, it gets extremely awkward. Like, if I say something about the gay community, it it gets extremely awkward. Like? Like, if I say something about, you know, the gay community, it'll get extremely awkward where it's like, if I don't have a reputable name and it doesn't make sense. Bring up the Jared from Carbone, my brother.

Bring up the Jared from Carbone. God damn it, God damn it. Yeah, yeah, continue. Hey, yo, Jared, let me borrow that shirt. Let it for the show, bro. Continue, continue. Look, look, look. Jared look like Miami Vice for real. He do, he do.

He look like my very good head. Continue. No, no, but like, you know, it gets awkward. And like, even if you have a name, it has to be funnier than if I don't have a name. Like, if I don't have, it's going to get awkward. The crowd, I lost the crowd. It's over with.

Because comedy used to be the safe place. Like, when we started the show, I placed us in the comedy category, and we ended up changing the crowd. It's over with. Because comedy used to be the safe place. When we started the show, I placed us in the comedy category, and we ended up changing the music because I was like, we don't get canceled. You know what I'm saying? If we put ourselves in the comedy section, people will be a little bit more lenient with us or whatever we're saying.

They'll tolerate some of our shit, and then we change the music. In my opinion. You ever been threatened to be canceled? No, no, no. I'm about to kill that right now. No? In my opinion, we put too much,

we give too much power to cancel culture. You're right, you're right. It's all bullshit and I'm going to tell you why. Kanye West. He been canceled a couple times.

Kanye West is fucking, he is the genius who, this nigga hugged the devil with a mega hat on. And everybody was like, fuck that nigga. We're not dealing with him no more. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Multiple times they wanted to cancel Kanye over all kinds of shit.

I ain't dealing with him no more. And you got the Yeezy's on. And then I'm driving a new album. Oh, I'm buying my ticket. He sent me some free kicks. I said, all right, I forgive you, man. Nigga, did you see how many people was in Atlanta last night?

So that's proof that if you just, we're in a society where everybody's attention span is so fucking short, you can say some shit tomorrow and get canceled and then two weeks later you drop a new single and they be like, oh, that new noise shit is fake. I agree with you.

Here's the part I don't Here's the part I just slightly Have a separate opinion I agree with everything You just said But I feel that Instagram made other people

Feel so important And even the people that All social media All social media Made people feel so important That they were like Alright I'm giving fuck If he's canceled or not

I want to be the first one To have a picture with him So everyone would just go And just disregard To everything else That's what or not I want to be the first one To have a picture with him So everyone would just go And just disregard To everything else That's what I feel I feel like All of that plays into it

I don't believe I'm not concerned About cancel culture Because I know these niggas Got short attention span I think we only got One out of my I got three comedians

Who don't give a fuck And will continue to say it Paul Mooney Patrice O'Neal And Corey Holcomb Rest in peace Paul Mooney Rest in peace Rest in. Paul Mooney, Patrice O'Neal, and Corey Holcomb. Rest in peace, Paul Mooney. Rest in peace to Paul Mooney and Patrice. Patrice, my man.

That was my homie. Only thing we got left is Corey. Corey don't give a fuck. If you go to a Corey Holcomb show live, he don't give a fuck. He beat up our other comedian that we had on here, Harry Spence. That's Corey Holcomb, right? He beat up Harry Spence.

He beat him up? Yeah, it's on fucking YouTube. What the fuck? Why y'all acting like this is... Nah, they... No him up? He beat him up? Yeah, it's on fucking YouTube. What the fuck? Why y'all acting like this is- Nah, they- No, I'm asking you a question. Nah, it was- He came on the show after this.

No, it wasn't Corey. Oh. It wasn't Corey. It was his co-host. Oh, it was your co-host. Him and Aries got into it. All right. Yeah, same shit to me.

You know what I mean? It's not Corey, Nori. All right, yeah. Bars, nigga. Yeah, bars. Yeah, yeah. Corey, you come see us. Tell a different story. Harry Spears can come see us. So you never got canceled.

You never got threatened to be canceled. Never. I mean, I personally, again, I say what I mean. So I don't... But you also said that you're not careful, but you... I do it tactfully. Right, right. So I try to do everything tactfully.

But if someone wants to be hypersensitive to something I say, I say what I say. That's the danger of cancel culture, it's just depending on anybody. I don't like the way you sounded, the way your mannerisms were, that you offended me, and then I'm trying to cancel you. Right, and that's too much freedom

for them niggas to have. I don't play into that. I say what I say. God damn it, let's make some noise for that. God damn it. That's the Bruce Lee in me God damn it I'm not gonna lie

I was scared for comedians At one point Because Like I said I looked to y'all To get me out If it's a situation It was so fucked up

In 9-11 You know When I'm going through all that That's what I look for I look for the next special For a comedian To kind of make fun of it Without offending somebody Yeah But I'm not a person Who can say Who's offended or not though You know what I look for. I look for the next special for a comedian to kind of make fun of it without offending somebody.

Yeah. But I'm not a person who can say who's offended or not though. Right. You know what I'm saying? But I've always wanted a person to make fun of it

so it can make light of the situation. Not like we make it light of the actual situation in its totality. But we want to, you know, like that shit was,

that was our first quarantine us living in New York. Right. I lived in Jersey at the time and I could just go out and look and see the actual Twin Towers burning. We couldn't go into the city. Our phones wasn't working.

So that was our first quarantine. That was one of the first things I looked for was not to hardly make fun of the situation, but how do we have fun? Period. How do we find some sunshine? Yeah, exactly. So now, but shit, now with all this shit, I think I've seen the Plastic Bag Boys.

They made... Plastic Cup Boys. Yo. No one does the remakes. No. I fuck up everybody's names. You fuck up everybody's names, man. It's the Plastic Bag Boys.

The Plastic Bag Boys. Yo, was I confident? I was confident because I was just watching. Plastic Bag Boys. Yeah, yeah. I think I can fuck with them. Mr. Lee's ready to look up the Plastic bag boys? Yo, was I confident? I was confident because I was just watching. Plastic bag boys. I think I can fuck with them. Mr. Lee's ready to look up the plastic bag boys. Listen, I think I can fuck with them. What's my name?

I think I can fuck with the plastic bag boys. Afreon Crockett. What? He said Davy Crockett. That nigga said Efren. Afreon. Afreon Crockett. Afreon Crockett, come on.

All right. I'll put syllables in your shit. I'll take it. I'll take it, boys. When I seen the plastic bag on. I put syllables in your shit. I'll take it. I'll take it. I think the past is back. When I seen the Plastic Cup boys, I was like, I think I could go after them. Why do you say that?

I think I could hang with them. Like comedy-wise? You think so? No, no, no. Shout out to my boy, Night. Those my guys. That's your bucket list.

That's my bucket list. I think I'm going, I think I'm going to try out. You want to try stand-up? Or specifically, you got a vendetta against the Plastic Cup? No, no. He wants to do stand-up. I want to do stand-up. Oh, you want to try stand-up? Or specifically, you got a vendetta against the plastic? No, no, he wants to do stand-up. I want to do stand-up.

Oh, you want to do stand-up. Oh, yeah, you a kid. Shout out to the plastic cup boys. Yeah, I want to go through plastic cup boy training. And your training. All right, I got you. I'm going to go through it. Timing.

Yeah, I got you. All that type of shit. All of that. I think I can hang. I'm going to take you through the sensei version of this shit. I see Nick Cannon now. I'm already above him. Nick Cannon. You know what I'm saying? Like, he good. You know what I'm saying? take you through the sensei version of this shit. I see Nick Cannon now. I'm already above him. You know what I'm saying?

Like, he good. Shout out to Nick Cannon. That's my guy. He's good. He's good for picking talent, but he don't really got it. You know what I mean? That's not true, though.

You think he's funny? I'm going to disagree. I ain't lying. Let me stop. I'm going to disagree. No, I'm going to keep it. I'm going to say it. I've said it publicly

a lot of times. Nick is hilarious and he's a genius. Yes. And I was able to work with him on Wildin' Out. Yes. Very closely to see how this nigga multitasked like six different jobs as the producer, creator, host, talent. Yes.

That nigga's a genius. Yeah. And he's very funny. Sometimes it doesn't always translate with the way he delivers it or whatever, but with the people, but that nigga is a genius. And I feel like he don't get the just do for it. I agree.

I just say I'm coming. I got you. That's all. Whenever you ready, man. Just saying, y'all know. I'm coming. Whatever. Y'all thinking it's a joke.

That's the part where it's supposed to be a joke. That's the part. It is a joke. It's supposed to be a joke. That's the part. That's a ball. That's a ball. That's a ball. That's a ball. Man, man, oh, man.

I love comedy, man. I just love it, period. With this cancel culture keep going now, is it going to be watered down now? We're going to get the next version of Mike absent. He can't say this. He can't say this version of Mike Epson? He can't say this. He can't say this. Your next comedy special, you can't say this.

I mean, because that's just weird. It seems like Kevin Hart actually literally went on an apology tour and still didn't get the job. You know what I'm saying? Like, I mean, you know, he's rich as shit, so I don't feel sorry for him like that. But I did feel sorry for the situation. He took a stance though Okay meaning He apologized first And then when they

Wanted him to keep apologizing That's when he was just like Nah I'm not gonna keep I'm not gonna keep Tap dancing for y'all I sincerely said what I said I apologize sincerely And y'all keep wanting to

And every talk show he went on He was like yo I'm not talking about this Stop asking me about this shit. So he declined the job. And I think the difference is going forward that probably is like he apologized for that particular gig, which is this structure that, you know, is asking for him to apologize. We just got to keep creating our own jobs.

A hundred percent. You know what I'm saying? And make those and amplify those jobs to pay well and that way you don't have to succumb to those type of situations. Come on, let's give it up for that. Let's give it up for that. EFN. That's real talk, though.

Ownership for me is key. So we don't have to keep asking. I don't like asking. Right. I just produce. God damn it. God damn it. God damn it. So, Paul Mooney.

Oh, I don't trust none of these niggas. I don't. Oh, don't say my name unless you want all the smoke that comes along with it, nigga. Okay. Yeah. I've seen you, though. I've seen you. Yeah.

I met Paul Mooney once, and I said, can you come on? Your teeth are whiter than those people. Your teeth are whiter than those people your teeth are whiter than these people I said I said Paul I want you to come on my show this was the time

when y'all guys ran into Black Panther oh when we was in LA we was in Revolve yeah man yeah yeah yeah and I seen Paul Mooney in passing.

He was walking by. I was like, yo, man, they must have told him, like, yo, that's Nori, the rapper. Then I asked about the show and he was like,

what does he rap? They just said, yeah, they just said, yo, he just said he's a rapper. What are you talking about on the show? And they must have said, yo, and he said,

oh, no, no, no. This is before Cancer Goes It was hot. I can't do Paul Mooney and his pressure like you. He's like, no, no, no, young brother. You don't want me on your show

unless you want to get cancer. The little young brother You don't want me on your show Unless you want to get cancelled The little thing he know We want him on the show So potentially get cancelled And I looked at him And I Cause that word Wasn't popular at the time

Cancelled Right So I really didn't know What the fuck he meant So I was just like Oh okay It was hilarious I laughed

But then I thought about it After he passed away I said oh shit He probably was trying To give me a jewel. He definitely was. He meant the show getting canceled, which is what happens to TV shows. That's before they're canceled.

He was like, if you want your show to last. Yeah, he thought the network would own us in that way. No, niggas don't want me on there. We black TV. We ain't getting any of this. Oh, man. So, who... I think we established who your favorite comedian was.

Wasn't that Richard? Eddie, right? Who's your favorite comedian? Earthquake. And Earthquake is the first comedian that discovered me and gave me

my first comedy dollar. Okay, all right. Beast. I got to figure out who Earthquake is. Let me figure it out. You don't know who Earthquake is? Is it the big homie? Yeah, I was. Okay, I got to figure out who Earthquake is. Let me figure it out. You don't know who Earthquake is? Is this the big homie?

Yeah, I was. No, he not big. He chunky. That's LaVell. You think of LaVell. Is he the one who just hung out with Dave Chappelle? Yes. On the rooftop?

Yes, Earthquake. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know Earthquake. Yeah, Chappelle just shot his special. He just produced Earthquake. I think he shot all of DC. He's a DC OG, yeah. Oh, wow. Because it's Chappelle from DC, too, yeah. I know word for it. Yeah, Chappelle just shot his special. He just produced it. I think he shot all of DC. He's a DC OG, yeah.

Oh, wow. Because it's Chappelle from DC, too, right? He's from the middle class of DC, too. He's insane. He ain't from the hood hood. I like that, Chappelle. Keep it wicked down, y'all. Keep it wicked down, Chappelle.

Your favorite comedian is Earthquake. That's interesting. Because he was the first comedian to take me on the road. Wow. Yeah. Also, it's an interior. But it's not that, but it was just that. It wasn't that, but just seeing him, yeah. You guys knew you had that in common?

You said he was the first comedian to give you a dollar? Exactly. I didn't know that until I met him. Yeah, we didn't know. And you was his feature? No, no, no. He saw me before Bob Sumner saw me in Charlotte and put me on Deaf Comedy Jam. Earthquake was the first big comedian that saw me and thought I had potential and brought me down to his club in Atlanta and paid me. That was my first money that I made as a comedian.

Why? Because you was a young comedian. I was only months in. You was interning before that? No, nigga. No, he made up his own bio. No, nigga. Because after you worked at Denny's, you know what I'm saying?

Oh, shit. Because that's how a lot of comedians get on, though. They do it for free, right? For sure. Oh, no, no. Well, we don't call it interning. But no, we definitely did a lot of free. He had a point.

He had a point. He definitely did a lot of free. A lot of free. I've done a lot of free. He gave you a good name for that, though. Intern is sophisticated. I did a lot of intern in radio. Radio, too?

Yeah, I did radio. Where radio was that? I'm not going to say the name, but in Charlotte. Oh, okay. Remember a dude named Nate Quick in radio? Sounds familiar. No, you don't know. You don't know Matt Damon.

He didn't even know Matt Damon. I should stop asking this thing about names. That's what I said. Just gotta Google her face. Hey, I know him. You do know who Nas is though, right? Come on, brother. Oh yeah?

Absolutely not. Can you explain? Big up to Nas. New album, King of the Deeds. Big up to Nas, man. And you know what? I'm gonna give a shout out. On that, on that,

I haven't done a lot of this publicly. I've done a lot of this on the side. I was saying Eminem, I thought Eminem dumbed his stuff down. You've been dissing Eminem a lot on the show, bro. I've been having an opinion. Dissing is fuck him and all that. No, no. I've been having,

so I can never say dissing. I've been having an opinion. And I don't know if Eminem made this verse for me pacifically. Pacifically? Spursifically. Spursifically. See, I heard pacifically. That's in the ocean.

No, it's spur, spur, with a spur. It was a spur. It's spur. Spur. I stand out. Yeah, spursifically. Still doesn't work, but it's good. But let me tell you Eminem

You made me proud man That Nas verse He I don't know See I'm biased He read Cause this is what I This is what I want from him

Honestly so sorry I know this is gonna sound Fucked up I want Eminem to sound Like he's on drugs So what So what I mean I like that I'm honest I like when Eminem to sound like he's on drugs. So what? So what? I like that.

I'm honest. I like when Eminem was drugged out. He's my favorite artist when he's drugged out. So what? Not so much, right? Okay. He sounded drugged out again. I love it.

Why are you biased? Why are you biased, Azalea? I mean, I always think M is incredible. No, he's incredible. M is incredible. When he starts talking about drugs, I love it. I got you. I love it.

He talked about Pergasec, Molly. He put some shit in her ass. I prefer the sober M because I'm the sober guy. You don't really prefer the sober M. I do. No, no. I rocks with M. No, he loses.

He's a soldier. He's a soldier. From the freestyle. He's a soldier. He'll never let you go. That's ec that's... No, no, I rocked with him. No, he loses himself. He's a soldier. From the freestyles to now. He'll never let you go. That's ecstasy. I guarantee he wasn't on ecstasy on that. It's something. That's some type of Xanax. I want ecstasy, though.

It's some type of some shit. He writes so incredible. I would like to think that he's on drugs every time because the shit he be thinking about and the way he bends whole sentences, that motherfucker's incredible. This new verse, he was definitely on drugs even if he wasn't on drugs every time, because the shit he be thinking about and the way he bends whole sentences, that motherfucker's incredible. This new verse, he was definitely on drugs even if he wasn't on drugs.

Like, I'm just telling you. I feel that. That's serious. Like, you listen to it, that's like, that's drugged out Eminem. That's the dude I fell in love with. So is Eminem over Jada? Lyrically?

You asking African? You. What's my name? African. He asking Africa. What happened? Are you asking Africa? Octagon?

Are you asking? East Africa. Are you asking Ethiopian? Who are you talking to? Who are you talking to? I'm going to talk to East Africa. Affiliation. Okay.

You're talking to affiliation. God, no. God. I will answer this. I won't answer that. But I will answer this. I also owe, just like I said, I owe Eminem an apology. I also owe Jada Kiss an apology.

And I'm going to tell you why. He's my friend. I get him on FaceSize. Very close friend of mine. But for years, I never put him in that category. What? With Jay-Z.

And with Nas. And even with Biggie and Pop. For years, I had him in that second category. Right after that class, I had Jada there. And I tell you, he shut me the fuck up.

A lot of people. He shut a lot of people the fuck up. He showed me, not because I'm your friend, Nori, but I'm really top five. He said it.

That or a lot. A lot. He said it. He said it. So I sincerely apologize. Maybe because we're so close. But see, I understand your ranking, though. Because there's so many MCs, right?

But when you're talking about that 10 slot, I understand why you think of the classes. Because the class you're talking about, I have Talib, Common. Talib class you're talking about, I have Talib, Common, Talib just texted me. Yeah, he texted me too. Okay, cool.

Yeah, he didn't tell me which one. And, but there's tears, I feel like. It's not a knock. It's like the generation that came after the, like Rakim,

you know what I'm saying? You can take one more shot. You ain't going to do nothing. Nah, nah. You're a grown ass man. What the hell are you doing? Let this man, let this drink chance. You want a drink chance. Kim and you know I'm saying take one more shot to a go do that now We work Pitching

But I Get there I kid you're saying. I get the... I kid you not. And I still haven't told that to Jada because I got to tell him that in his face. Right. You got to FaceTime him. Yeah, no, that's not real face-to-face. Now, we need him right here.

Yeah. I got to tell... And the whole locks. The whole locks is elite. Like, let's be clear. Always been. What comedians ever do versus? Like, a version of versus?

You and Kevin Hart got it. Well, they do... No, no, no. They do Roast Me, which to me is the funniest fucking show and it's the funniest version of what versus is.

If you do a versus, like I kind of, after me and Kevin went viral versus each other, it was just me and him on live. I feel like that was

like salt and pepper. This what? Like salt and pepper the group? What? Like, like, what? What?

I feel like y'all was salt and pepper. Like the groove? It was like, slow but slow, little bit of pepper. Oh. All right, what's good? What's it say? I'm just doing it. Salt and pepper.

It's Africa. Nah. Afghanistan. Block it. Nah, I think if you do a verse in the same way That the artists do it And it's just comedian

Two comedians Going back and forth I think that shit's Going to get old In about seven minutes It's not going to last An hour long You're going to be

Over-talking each other Yeah, it's going to be Over-talking No, but it don't got to be that way It's just doing the material Like the original verses Remember, the original verses Wasn't so much of a battle

It's just You do your song, I do my song. So right now, comedians, that's what they're going to want to see. Right now, let's just say it was one verses just to fuck it up.

It messed up. What two comedians do you think it would be? And who got the best Wi-Fi? I don't see it. I don't see comedic verses. I see. Who do you see?

Who do you see? What are we talking about? Face to face? In the theaters? Gucci man? Yeah. Or whatever. Jeezy style?

Yeah. Dipset locks. Dipset locks style? A bunch of niggas on stage. A lot of comedian niggas. And two, who's your top, who's your two comedians that you want to see go at it? Mike Epson, Kevin Hart. That'll actually hit though. I? Mike Epson, Kevin Hart.

That'll actually hit, though. I want Mike Epson. But what are they doing? Are they just snapping on each other? No, no, no. Are they doing stand-up? I think it should be material. You do one thing. I do the next.

Two minutes, two minutes. Yeah, yeah. That's probably the better way. That's too difficult. That's too difficult. You would have to let them go either 20 and 20. You would have to let them do their whole set because... No, it shouldn't be a set.

I don't think it should be a set. It can't be a set. It got to be like whatever the one joke is, boom. And then you like, whatever. Maybe it's not time. It's too fragmented. You just boom, you go. I'm going to tell you why.

That's another word I don't know. I'm going to tell you why. Disjointed. En pedazos. You're going too far. Okay. But Chris Rock is one of the greats. He's one of my favorites. Disjointed En pedazos You're going too far Okay

But But Chris Rock Is one of the greats He's one of my favorites Alright Love all of his specials But the one he did Where he was in

Three different locations And he edited it together Was that Bigger Blacker And Blue No No It was called Kill the Messenger

He was in the UK right He was in the UK He was in Africa And he was somewhere in the US Yeah And He Edited Midence some of the jokes. Yeah, that didn't work. It doesn't feel cohesive.

Yeah, you're right. So when you have comedians, Mike Epps does one joke, and then Kev does one joke, I don't know that that... What if it was more choreographed? I feel like you're being too professional. Between the two. At the end of the day, what makes y'all comedians be able to bag, to be able to joke on each other. But that's their show. That's roast meat.

Yeah, that's how I feel like it should go back to. I feel like one night alone, Steve Harvey against said the entertainer. Just snapping. Snapping on suits. Who had the better cigars? I just feel like not too many people will sign up for it though. I'm all for it. Because it's subjective.

Because comedy is subjective. Yes. It's meaning like, you know. Well, hip hop is subjective. You might not be feeling to be, you don't want to laugh today, but you can always feel the record, like the record can always end up making you do something.

No, but Joe could always make me laugh though. I could be in the worst mood. But if I pick the wrong one. No, but snapping's gonna be a little bit more freestyle. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, and what happens with snapping, you can tell from their show, your mama, all them shows, at some point, even the best roasters hit a string of bad ones. Yeah.

And it just gets boring. Everybody's like, ah, that was a bad one. Try again. Yeah. Like when they roasted Donald Trump. Yeah, even those shows, it gets stale. Yeah, that shit is cold. It'll get stale quick.

Right. Yeah, it gets stale. Yeah, yeah. Jokes are not like hits. You put on what, what, what, what, what, what, that shit's going to bang everywhere. Oh, yeah, that's right. That's correct. You know what I'm saying?

Come on, my nigga. Come on, son. So maybe he should do a stand-up to the beat. Got to relax. I agree. I agree. It's timeless. Timeless.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's what I agree. It's timeless. Timeless. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's what I feel. I feel like Kevin Hart. One night only. Just Kevin Hart. One night. Against Mike Epps.

Let me keep going. Make the call. Steve Harvey. You're going to keep going with this. Against Cedric. Keep going. Avion Crockett. Who?

Avion. Avion. Avett. Who? Avion. Avion. Avion. Avion Tequila. Yeah, you're a drink now. Against. Avion War. Against.

The thing. Y'all ready? Against who? Who y'all think? Gotta go salt and pepper again. Michael Blacksman. Blacksman? Who is Michael Blacksman?

I was going to say. Michael Blacksman. Who's Michael Blacksman? He's that dude. That's funny. Him. Yo, do you ever see him eat with his hands? He got to stop that.

He's from Africa, bro. Nah, man. Stop, man. What do you mean? That's what they do. That's culture. Nah, man. It's the way he do it. Nigga, I'm Trini.

I'm Trini. If you catch me eating roti with a fork, I'm... This guy go like this. I'm like, I literally like... And it made me feel like I don't like African food. I don't think I don't like African food. I don't like the way Michael Blacksmith eats this shit. What is his name, nigga? Michael Black to make Michael Blacksmith Eat the shit What is his name nigga Michael Blacksmith

Michael Blacksmith Blacksmith Nori got a good You got a good Ten minutes bro Stand up You can do He can do

Exactly All day All day Look at his Instagram He almost made me Throw up the other day He went like this And I don't know

He doing this on purpose To you He looking at this shit He go Well that has to be On purpose Sorry He went like this. And I don't know he doing this on purpose. To you. He looking at this shit. Well, that has to be on purpose. Sorry. He go like that. Then he licks all his fingers. I'm like, this is not the right way. This is not the right way.

You're supposed to eat the African scene. Again, he trying to show America that, you know, we eat. And you know, if they like you, they feed you. Yeah, we gotta stop this. Or Ethiopians. Or Ethiopians. Listen, man, we gotta stop.

You been to Africa? No. They gonna keep you if you go to Africa. I'm just throwing it out there. They don't got light-skinned brothers like you. They gonna think you Drake. I ain't go to South Africa. Go to South Africa.

You good? Right. South Africa is great. Yeah, they warring in South Africa right now. No, in South Africa, they're wild. It's going down. All right. What's the wildest place you ever went to to say comedy?

To say comedy? To say it. You just go there and say the word comedy and then leave. This thing is hilarious. Great tip. Great tip. The wildest place to say comedy. That's our new slogan.

You think you're out for comedy? You know Saudi Arabia where they're like, you can't curse. You can't curse. You can't curse. You can't curse. You can't curse. You can't curse. You can't curse. Great tip. The wildest place to say comedy. That's our new slogan. Thank you, Afrikaans. You ever go to Saudi Arabia where they're like, you can't curse?

Nah, I never been over there. Really? Okay. Dubai, none of that? Nah. I ain't got your money yet. He said the perfect. Saudi Arabia, Dubai.

Right. The places where he gets a bag at, he can say that shit. Long time now. Long time now. Long time now. Right, right, right. I'll always be wondering, because comedians go out there. You know, I went to, I forget what part of Middle East.

What part of Middle East? The Middle East, because the government actually hired us to actually perform for the troops. Oh, you mean the U.S. government? Yeah, U.S. government. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, one time. He was just going for the troops. Oh, you mean the U.S. government? Yeah, U.S. government. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But one time, I can tell you. He was just going

for the Iranian government. Not to make it about me, but one time we was going to Iraq because, you know, in my rhymes I say I'm from Iraq, but I don't mean Iraq there.

So we wrote for U.S. government and said we're going to Iraq. This was real. I like how he explained that as if we don't know his fucking career. Like, we have no revenge. We know what the fuck Iraq is.

You thought he was going to go for it. Listen, you know what the U.S. government told us? We can't tell you you can't go. But don't call us. Wait, but who? If anything happens. Who set up this trip for you? You didn't go with the USO or anything?

No, the U.S. Army was great. But there was a show that we had. It was like in Kuwait, right, some real shit. So, like, some terrorists hired you? Like, yo, we're going to have no real shit. We were like, fuck it. The United States Delivery said, we're not coming to get you. Like, if this shit happened, we definitely said, fuck the show. Like, you want to feel like your country going to come get you, right?

Like, you hope. So, where's the wildest place you told comedy at? Told comedy? Yes. After you said it, where did you tell it? Like, yeah, like you were in Kentucky. Like, you was drinking bourbon. Kentucky was the wildest place.

What's the whitest place? All right, let's talk about that. Oh, see, that was, uh... The whitest place I've ever been was early in my career. I had to go to West Virginia

and do jokes in this mountain tavern. And it worked. I mean, that's when I first learned

you can just be yourself and they're going to laugh instead of trying to placate. But what I

did was I pulled one of the guys, he had cowboy boots, he had the whole shit on the cowboy hat, boots, and I said I bet you know how to line dance He's like you got damn right I do. Okay. I don't know how to line dance. What is that? Did you battle him? It's a country. Yeah, I said I bet I can do everything he does on the line dance I ain't know what the fuck he's gonna do, but I just to get that camaraderie and to not be hung god damn it

I was like, let's get him up here and get him to do his line dance. And so he got up there, and everybody was like, oh, yeah, go ahead, Jimbo. Go ahead, show him. Show him how to do it. Now, his name was Jimbo? I don't fucking remember.

It just sounds like... Was they calling you Jimbo? No, no, no. That sounds a little racially slurred. It was whatever they were calling him. Okay. And so, yeah, that was the whitest place I've ever been. They didn't call you Jimbo, though.

You're not sure. What did they call him? Drake? Afrikaan. Afrikaan Crocker. And Beyond Crockett. Afrikaan. Afrikaan.

Avion. Avion. Afrikaan. What's the whitest place you ever performed? Transformers. What's the whitest place you ever performed? Cleveland, Tennessee. Cleveland? There's a Clevelandest place you ever performed? Cleveland, Tennessee. Cleveland?

There's a Cleveland, Tennessee? There's a Cleveland, Tennessee. Because you know there's a Cleveland. There's a Miami, Ohio. There's a Cleveland, Ohio. All right. And Miami, Ohio. There's a Miami, Ohio. Oh, I didn't know that.

And there's a Cleveland, Tennessee. And there's a Cleveland, Tennessee. And let me just guess. It's in Tennessee, right? Yes. Not Cleveland, Ohio. Just to be clear. Just to be clear.

Well, you said it. So what happened in Cleveland, right? Yes. Not Cleveland. Just to be clear. Just to be clear. When you said it. So what happened in Cleveland, Tennessee? White people get silent. Like when you're not doing good, this was early on. Like if they can't relate initially, they just get quiet.

So now it's like you're talking in the mirror. It could be a room full of people and it's just quiet. So you could be like, and that's what I told them. Silence. Did you crack them at any point?

We did notice you have a Led Zeppelin shirt on, Suzie. Shut up. That's why you're wearing it, because he wore it there to try to... Before you met your girl, you was taking down things in Tennessee, white girls? Before you met your girl? His wife.

Before you met your girl. Before you met your girl. Yeah, a little bit. Go take a shot. Oh, yeah, take a shot. Take a shot. Take a real shot. Take you met Chickie. Yeah, a little bit. Go take a shot. Oh, yeah, take a shot. Take a shot. Take a real shot. Come on, take a real shot.

You good. Two shots ain't going to do nothing to you, man. Different kind of eye-watching right there. You good. And you got a girl, too? I'm chilling, man. You know what I mean? I don't know what that means, sir.

You don't need to know. It's a light-skinned meet. That's what a light-skinned meet is. I got to hit Chris Brown and them niggas up. I'm chilling. I know he's starting a dating service. That's why he's asking. Hey, man, why not? Why not? They got Tumblr. Now I'm going to niggas up. Nor is he starting a dating service. That's why he's asking.

Hey, man, why not? Why not? They got Tumblr. Now I'm going to get your number up. Tumblr? Tumblr. Tumblr. Now I'm going to get your number up. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm making right now? Nanny box.

Nanny box? Nanny box. What is nanny box? What is nanny box? It's going to be a robot that just watch your baby. Hilarious. Yeah. So anywhere you at, you just pull up.

I got two daughters. That's useful. I will not trust them with no robot. No, I got the real Nanny Box. This shit is real. This is a real one. All right. I have Ray J make it, but I feel like I'm going to another company.

Ray Kahn's making Nanny Box? Ray Kahn? That's my brother, Ray J. He give you products feel like I'm going to another company. Shout out to Ray J. Ray Kahn's making many products. Ray Kahn. That's funny. That's my brother, Ray J. He can use products, but they only work on his crib. That is a terrible endorsement, bro. You take that back. He owns it. He owns it. As soon as he leaves your crib, you're like,

yo, Ray J, my shit don't work no more. He's like, those are the protocols. Those are the protocols. I love it, man. Prototypes. Prototypes. Same shit. All right, let, your pussy don't work no more. He's like, those are the protocols. Those are the protocols. I love it, man. Prototypes, prototypes. Same shit. All right, let's do it.

Let's do it. Protocols, prototypes, everything. All right, anything else y'all want to say before we get up out of here? Plastic coat. Man, just, you know, appreciate y'all having us. You know what I'm saying?

Thank you for coming, man. My brother Brandon. Appreciate that. Appreciate for bringing me in, man. Yes, yes, hell yeah. But yeah, I'm proud of your journey, man. From MC to now you, you know, you and Budden out here, podcast. We here.

Moguls and shit. You doing it. You doing big things. Last thing. How about Bernie Mac, man? I remember you did a sketch where Bernie Mac pulled you over and everything. Yeah, yeah. That was on my Def Comedy Jam set.

And then I ended up doing his last movie with him. Yeah. You said Beavis and Butthead? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Don'tavis and Butthead? Yeah. Oh yeah, don't tell me it was Soul Man. Yeah.

Yeah. You came out, you was like, I'm going to give you your character that was off the hook. Lester, yeah, yeah. Lester the chest

of the child molester. No, no, no. Cancel culture. You said it. You said it. You said it. No, that's not it. Cancel culture Stop it No that's not it That nigga's hilarious Who was it

Lester Lester the court jester Kinda used to be the trauma Lester No molestation in there But you sampled Bernie Mac Record Him and Sam Jackson's characters The real deal

The real deal Sampled their record And was, you know Bootlegging it down in the basement And y'all sampled it in front of him You knew he was there Uh, my name is Lester The court jester

You other rap niggas are messed up I'll take you to school this semester Take you to court and sequester I'm the judge and the jury Bruce Lee, Fisty Fury You don't wanna whip me D-L-S-T-E, I'll run in the story. Grab my girl by the waist, slap my girl in the face. When her mama died, I moved inside her crib.

Now it's my place. C-L-E-O, she best be home. Every time I get back, another bitch breaking me off. Dog, I never waste time. I just sample bass lines. I don't make music. I just abuse it when I'm spitting these fake rhymes. This is my hustle flow.

You other niggas hustle slow, bust up low. You ain't making money funny, what you hustle for? Get the fuck out my grill before you get killed. That's the whole song. Where's this supposed to be from? Chester! Chester! The? Chester! Chester!

The poor Chester! In the movie, he was supposed to be from Tulsa. But that's based off a character that I used to do in Carolina. So that's why he sounds so southern and cartoon. And you wrote that rhyme? Yeah. You sure? I'm fucking with you.

I'm fucking with you. I'm fucking with you. What's my name? Jester. Africana chalmolasta. Oh shit. You're gonna have to spill water. You're gonna have to spill water. Yo, that's not how we do it.

Before you leave, Jay's not coming here, so we got him here. Oh, you gotta do the Jay, you gotta do Jay Z. He said Jay's not coming. This is his favorite shit. What y'all talking about? We talking about Japanese whiskey. I don't have to do anything that I don't want to do Jay-Z. He said Jay's the best. This is his favorite shit. What y'all talking about? We talking about Japanese whiskey. I don't have to do anything that I don't want to do.

You sure you don't want to, your man can have one more shot, two ain't going to do much to him. No, he can't have that. We have to work today. You have to work today? No, you a bad influence. Can we come to the brunch?

That's a coveted invitation. EFN, I don't know if you want that. It's a lot of things you got to do in order to get that invitation. What's that, Illuminati shit? I don't know what that is. I have no clue what that is, but I'm just talking about being fresh. I'm talking about you got to ride a lot of bars. Nori rode some bars.

He ain't rode as much as me. The Rock is in the building. It's in here. It's in here. We got the ace of spades. The Rock is in the building. Yeah, I appreciate that Let's do it God damn that

That was a great way to end it Let's do it Let's do it Now we go We're gonna take a picture Let's do it Then you do some drops And then you're released

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