Drink Champs - Episode 378 w/ Warren G

Episode Date: August 25, 2023

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the Champs hit the Eastside of the LBC to chop it up with Mr. Warren G. The Regulator himself shares stories of his journey. Warren G shares stories of working with Death Row, Def Jam, Nate Dogg and much more!Warren talks creating his classic album “Regulate.. G Funk Era” and much much more!Lots of great stories that you don’t want to miss!!Make some noise for Warren G!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆 *Subscribe to Patreon NOW for exclusive content, discount codes, M&G’s + more:  🏆* https://www.patreon.com/drinkchamps *Listen and subscribe at https://www.drinkchamps.com  Follow Drink Champs: https://www.instagram.com/drinkchamps https://www.twitter.com/drinkchamps https://www.facebook.com/drinkchamps https://www.youtube.com/drinkchamps  DJ EFN https://www.crazyhood.com https://www.instagram.com/whoscrazy https://www.twitter.com/djefn https://www.facebook.com/crazyhoodproductions  N.O.R.E. https://www.instagram.com/therealnoreaga https://www.twitter.com/noreagaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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to dedicate this show to the legends of legends. We wanted to dedicate this to icons, to tycoons, to people who have stood the test of time. I'm looking at this brother right now. This brother looking like he's 14 years old. He's been dominated. He's done, wrote, produced, own music.

The brother of a legendary, never leaned on the fact that he's the brother of his. He's been holding his own ground on tour right now, kicking monkey foot motherfuckers through they face. Oh yeah. West Coast is in the building. We are celebrating 50 years of hip hop and I couldn't see no better way

to celebrate the West Coast version of the hip hop with my brother motherfucking Rory motherfucking G. Long beach in the building. Now Snoop just performed

at the 50th anniversary of hip hop That was crazy Although Let me just be clear Because Although that was Like one of the official parties Of 50th anniversary of hip hop

In Yankee Stadium This wasn't the only party There's a whole bunch of Because I listened to Charlamagne Tha God This morning And I want to ask you This question

And he was saying that You know some people in the South felt slighted. Yeah. Some people in the West felt slighted. Some people in the Midwest felt slighted. Yeah. But sometimes, like, when I see an icon like Snoop, to me, Snoop represents the whole West Coast. Yes, he does. Even though he probably doesn't, like, to everyone else.

You know, I'm sure a Mac-10, I'm sure a WC, I saw Ice Cube would have wanted to participate as well. But I think that's what the people, the gatekeepers make a mistake. Like, they'll have Flo Rida, and they think that Flo Rida will represent the whole Florida. Right. Or the whole South. Not repping the diversity of LA. I think they tried. I think with Hip Hop 50, the Yankee Stadium, people tried to do was try to include everybody that they had connections to.

You understand what I'm saying? But, I'm sorry, that's a long-ass question. But how do you feel about the hip-hop 50? Well, Charlamagne had a really good

solution for it, but it was dope the way it was done, you know, there at the Yankee Stadium. His solution, it was a good solution. He said,

you know, let's keep it moving and then the South do a special 50-year reunion for the South. I like And then The South do A special 50 year Reunion for the South I like that The West Coast Do a 50 year

Thing for The West Coast Birthday for the West Coast Just like you know Just everybody doing it So it's one You know so everybody Can feel good about it

And say okay we did that But even though All you motherfuckers Is respected Well respected And you are counted Right With this 50 years of hip hop Right Right. Because I ain't gonna lie

to you. I know they didn't go. I couldn't go, right? I was obligated to a couple of other things. But I was looking at the footage and I the camar... What's that word? Camaraderie. Camaraderie. You know what? That was the first time, I'm gonna be honest with you, and this is real talk.

We are taught sometimes to look at a person and say, oh, that's homie from the West Coast. Yeah. That was the first time I was like, look at how hip-hop is. It's all hip-hop. I didn't say West Coast.

I didn't say East Coast. I didn't say black. I didn't say Puerto Rican. I was just like, I just looked at hip-hop and I was like on Kane Instagram. I'm on Snoop. I'm on everyone's Instagram

and I'm looking and I'm like, I was a kid. And at that moment, I didn't feel black. I didn't feel, I'm on Snoop. I'm on everyone's Instagram. And I'm looking and I'm like, I was a kid. And at that moment, I didn't feel black. I didn't feel, I felt hip hop. I felt, I didn't feel like a race. I felt like, and it was just so dope. It was even dope to hear Russell Simmons. Russell Simmons called me at four o'clock in the morning.

And he's like, they forgetting DJ Hollywood. And I'm like, you're the only person. Oh yeah, that's big. You heard about DJ Hollywood? Yeah. Yeah, that was big. To bring him out there. I mean, I actually met Hollywood.

One of my friends named Jamea, she took me to the Rucker. Wow. And they laid it out for me. I was like. And what year was this? Oh, wait. What year was that? It had to be.

It's probably about maybe three or four years ago. Oh, okay, this is new. I thought you should be in Hollywood from back then. Okay. No, did DJ Hollywood? Yeah, DJ Hollywood. No, no, no, too bad. When he was the, okay, he was emceeing too?

Okay, okay, okay, okay. That's why when you say Hollywood, I was like, damn. But they was telling me how much of an OG he was then. Oh, yeah, yeah. Quadruple OG. He was actually crazy about it. And please, hip-hop historians, I got as close as I could. He was the person that kind of invented the word MC. What I mean by that is, at this point, people were DJing.

But the DJs, you know, they was getting people hyped through the music. He was the first person to actually grab the mic and say, one of his routines was one of my favorite records. I always try to do this record over. I was never successful with doing it. Ooh-tang, ooh-tang, I don't want to go sex-sitting with my honey bun.

Give me some of that yum-yum-yum before I go to bed. Y'all don't think it's on the record. Y'all don't think it's on the record. But, let's skip around real quick. One of my favorite movies, straight out of comedy.

It has that famous scene with you and Dre, right? Where he gets kicked out. What is it? Well, I mean, you know he got put out I think it was like

he was around 18 when he got kicked out of the crib 18 or 19 yeah around that time I was just a little snotty nose kid

you know just around just you know looking up to him both him and my brother Tyreek right yeah back then yeah

because I'm going to tell you man out of all what is it called biop biop biopic biopic films and my brother Tyreek. Right. Yeah, back then, yeah. Because I'm going to tell you, man, out of all the, what is it called, biop? Biop? Biopics. Biopic films.

To me, this was the best one. Yeah. Now, can you answer this for me? Is it the best one because these brothers are still around so they can actually critique? Well, not everybody's. Well, not everybody. Obviously, Easy is gone.

Nate is not gone. Who else? Nate Dogg is not gone. Oh, Nate Dogg, obviously. Yeah, okay, my bad. Rest in peace, Nate everybody's. Well, not everybody. Obviously, Easy is gone. Nate is not gone. Who else? Nate Dogg. Oh, Nate Dogg, obviously. Yeah, okay, my bad. Rest in peace, Nate Dogg. Man, I mean, there was some things in there, in it, that I felt that should have been in there that wasn't in it. But, you know, if they'd have took the time to put everything in there, that movie probably would have.

What parts, what parts you think were missing? A week long, not an hour long. What parts you think were vital that were missing? I mean,

not anything to do with me, but, and it wasn't, it wasn't like, you know, I ain't like one of them people trying to smash on it. Because you know the story

better than anybody else from your perspective. Like the fun we used to have when we was in Audio Achievements. Like I said, I was a young buck around all those guys. Just being in there having fun and what we talked about earlier with the live skits

and stuff like that. Just showing that whole that part right there. And different things that went on, you know, like when they was on the road. We was in San Diego one time, and I got a chance to come out and see one of their shows. You know, like the stuff they was doing behind the scenes.

Like, it's just little stuff like that. You know, but overall, it was still, it was on point. How old were you when NWA took off? I had to be. Like, did you guys have 213 already? took off? I had to be Did you guys have 213 already? 213 had to come out Yeah, we came I'm just saying the beginnings of you guys

We was pups We was pups We was just hearing it And falling in love with it Like I said, I used to get a chance to go up to the studio Did you see NWA? Yeah, I used to get a chance to go up to the studio. you know, I get to, yeah, I used to hang around

at Audio Achievements. And that's what, even, shit, I hung out so much that they took me and put me on a skit on Niggas for Life.

Oh, shit. Remember the jail part where, hey, Mr. Officer, get your motherfucking hands. That was me. What the fuck?

Yo! Get the fuck out of here. Get the fuck. Holy shit Get the fuck out of here. Get the fuck. Holy shit. Let's make some noise for that. I was today's guest. I learned that. Holy shit.

Yeah, I was a pup. Just hanging around. And like he said, 213 came after that, man. But we was hearing the world-class wrecking crew and the L.A. Dream team and Ice-T. And you knew that was your brother when you heard the world-class Wrecking Crew and the L.A. Dream Team and Ice-T. And you knew that was your brother when you heard the world-class Wrecking Crew?

Oh, yeah. I'm just saying. You know how it was back in the day. People didn't do videos. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we looked up to all of that.

You know, me and Snoop and all of us, even way back then, and one of the cold things that happened around that time, you know, Dre used to have tapes when they would do music. I used to hear the shit before everybody else. So we used to sell candy, which is the Voltron crew, which was in, that I talk about in this DJ, the Voltron crew, that was our crew.

And so what we would do was we would work, we would go sell candy for this dude named Steve. You know, just a bunch of young black kids working for this cat take us out to all the rich areas to sell candy. So after that, we would go to McDonald's. That's when the Big Mac value pack came out.

That was a big deal when you was a kid. Yeah, that shit was cracking. That was like being closed, having a Big Mac in that shit That shit was cracking That was like We in clothes Having a big back to hand It was like a block Yeah so we would be Freestyling and having You know battles

And stuff in there You know even the twins They up in here They was All of us was Even my own baby papa When I say baby papa Tick that's baby papa

Right there We all came from Elementary King Park All that So we In LBC Yeah in Long Beach, California.

And so we used to freestyle and have fun and rap against each other in there, beatboxing the whole nine. So I had memorized Dre's song. It was a song called The Cabbage Patch. So these niggas in there busting like a motherfucker. So it came to my turn. I was like, well, I was rolling down the street

with my mind at ease. I had my top pulled back so I could feel the breeze. Somebody called my name. I looked around. It was a freak on the bus stop flagging me down. So I'm rapping shit. That was great. It was great shit.

They was like, one, you are the motherfucker. They heard the song and they was like, oh, kid. They was like, Warren, you are the motherfucker. Then I had, they heard the song and they was like, oh, nigga. You wrong with that, but shit, I was still,

I was all right. I wasn't, Snoop was all, it was dope. With Steve, Snoop, the twins, they was dope. They used to freestyle

their ass off. Now, it was a famous story about like how Fat Joe, Fat Joe had a time where he could have signed himself or he signed Punt. And then everyone said how honorable Fat Joe was for doing that. But then everyone says that he wasn't the first one. Everyone says it was you with Snoop that you had a chance to kind of like sign, but you said you wanted to put Snoop first. Well, I was always pushing for Snoop. I mean, I was pushing for all of us

at the same time, but I was more of like, I was like the, who could I think of that used to be, I was like very aggressive with working with Snoop. I wanted him,

because I'm dope, but he was, he's dope. I'm a storyteller. I make it simple, but to where people can relate to it real easy. Snoop was bussing all. He was an MC. He was this, that. He was all of the above.

That was just my thing. I just wanted to push hard for him to be successful because I know if he blows up and be successful, he going to snatch us up too at the same time. Even though we had a demo tape all together. Right, the group. Voltron crew. No, that was 213.

Oh, 213, okay. Yeah, yeah. And that's just how I was, man. Just wanting to push, just wanting to win. No, but that's honorable. Like, most people don't do that. Like, Most people actually they're selfish.

And they'll say, man, put yourself... But how... You know, one of the things that I did that I felt great about my life was Fat Joe asked me to get in contact with Jay-Z for him. I'm like, no one gets in contact with Jay-Z. But I used my one favor with

Jay-Z and I gave it to Fat Joe. And then my life kind of changed from that because I guess God was testing me. It kind of made me feel unselfish. So did you feel like that when you put Snoop in front of you? Or this was your plan from the beginning? You know, that was my plan.

I didn't even think it all the way through. It's just what came natural. Unselfish and a plan for him to blow. Right. Because that was my best friend. Right. Just pushing for my best friend and wanted to see him be successful because his name was bigger than me and Nate. Was it Snoop Rock?

Snoop Rockski. Snoop Rockski. Snoop Rockski. He's so glad he changed that. They started calling me, what's that little yellow motherfucker on the character? Pac-Man? No, with the Snoopy and the little Woodstock. They started calling me Woodstock.

I was mad to the motherfucker. I said, hell no. Shit, I ain't no goddamn Woodstock. Okay, so let's just bounce around a little bit, right? I had an incident like that where... Go ahead. Let's go. I'm going to just say this.

Let's go. Let's go. When I did Endo Smoke on the Poetry of Justice soundtrack... With Isley Brothers. No, that's not Isley Brothers. You saying the sample? The song. Endo Smoke. Okay, yeah. But the sample was Rap Dirty by Blowfly. Okay, that's not it. You saying the sample? The song. No, Endo Smoke.

Okay, yeah. But the sample was Rap Dirty by Blowfly. Okay, cool. Blowfly. Def Jam had called and was inquiring about the guys on the song. Uh-huh. So they called, Paul Stewart and John Singleton called me. It was like, Warren,

Def Jam is, you know, they want to talk to you. So I was like, all right, cool. So we talking and shit. You say John Singleton called you? And then Paul Stewart, yeah.

He's trying to get away with that floor. That floor. So they called and they was, you know, inquiring about the guys on the record.

So I was like, you know, okay, cool. I said, I produced it. You know, that on the record so I was like, you know, okay, cool. I said, I produced it. That was a record. He was like, well, it was Chris Lighty, Tracy Waples, and Lior Cohen. They was all on the phone talking to me. Crazy. It was like,

well, we want the guy on the song that he had all of the style. So I was like, oh, okay, Mr. Graham, that's my guy. I'm going to reach out to him, and I'm going to put you in contact with his people so you guys can, you know, get it all together. So they said he had kind of like a singing type of feel to what he was doing. I said, okay, so you mean the second guy? So they were like, yeah, that guy.

I said, shit, that's me. That's me. I said shit that's me That's me Shit So it was like Yeah I said shit that's me They said we want you So I was like damn I was tripping out I produced it so I was like

Shit I'm going to produce all his shit Yeah because he was my guy That was my guy like my artist. You know, that was my guy. Like, my artist type, you know. And that was an example of, you know, I tried to push him before myself. You wasn't even thinking about yourself. I wasn't thinking about myself. I knew I would get my shot by producing. Mr. Graham.

Okay, okay. Let me ask you, because now when I listen listen To the radio I turn on the radio I hear versions Of Nick Dogg All day Yeah With all due respect To these new artists

I believe the first Person I've really heard Go into depth Singing on the record Was T.J. Swan Yeah From the Juice Crew He got in on the other day

I seen him up there On the stage He got on stage He got in on stage Oh I didn't see I missed that part He did a tribute to Biz seen him up there on the stage He got on stage He got down on stage Oh I didn't see I missed that part He did a tribute to Biz He was up there

And after that The only person But who was hitting melodies Cause TJ Swann was kinda like I wanna see rhythm Yeah no The people that were singing before Didn't have

But Nate Nate was actually You can hear He went to church with his mom Yes indeed You can hear that And then He was his mom Yes indeed You can hear that And then He was above

He was What does that shit called Ahead of your time Right He was so ahead of his time That people now Are hitting his melodies Right now

And they don't even know it Yeah Did you You know what That Another flight Yeah Yeah

Hold up That's Whoever wrote that That's real Even the hold up Oh shit Corley Ray Big hard

Yes indeed Did you think Because I mean not to call out anybody's name, but when I, like, God bless, when I hear T-Pain, when I hear Future, I hear Rod Wave, I hear, like, who's these other guys out there? Even, like, the Travis Scott's melodies and all that. Did you think, like, Nate's legacy would be this powerful? Definitely. You knew it. I knew it. He he was just he was different you know it was different and anything like that was like how snoop and drake

is that's how me and nate is you know what i mean so anything i would bring up it no it don't matter what it was i could put on some shit like a jazz tune that's like off balance and just crazy. He would come up with some shit to that shit. He would do some scatting to that shit. You know, he would do all kinds of shit, but it would be in a gangster way. Right. You know, whether it's about a woman,

he would be scatting to talking about a woman. You know what I mean? And just, he was just dope. Anything that you could put in his face he would turn that shit in or something to him because there was nothing soft about the way he approached the record yeah yeah he meant that shit when he was on there he telling this telling the real just like the hardest man it's one of his songs i don't know if too many people heard that but it's him.

He's talking in third person, but the person that's the third person is a gun. It's a gun telling him a story, and he's telling the story about himself at the same time. You know, because it say, little big man, don't you see me lying here? Pick me up. Well, he said, I'll make your life easier uh god damn it i can't remember the song off the words all right but he say after you finish doing what you doing toss me and be gone but just the gun talking toss me and be gone all right it's it's called you got to hear it's called the hardest man but like I said, he was incredible, man. And it was things like that that he could do along with being on any type of genre of music and making that shit a hit record.

Nate was incredible. Let's make some noise for Nate. Yes, indeed. So, you know, one of the beautiful parts about me being an artist is me to sit there and watch a producer create. Yeah. What is something that you need to create? When you're in the studio, what do you need? Shit.

What's the vibe? The environment. What does it got to be like? I have me some beer, bud, some tequila. Give us some tequila, goddammit. Just musicians. some tequila. Give us some tequila, God damn it. Just, you know, musicians. Right. And, you know,

just my friends. Actually, what I do is I call my friends later to come up. You know, so I sit in there pretty much by myself for a while.

Then I bring in the musicians to help out with parts that I know I can't get. Uh-huh. And I just sit in there, motherfucker, all just putting everything together.

And then I'll call everybody to come up. And then when they come in, I'll start playing shit. And it lets me know if I got something banging. But that's pretty much it. I'll smoke me a joint. I got the musicians there. I'll have me some beers and tequila and food. And it just take me into it.

And my records and my turntable and my mix is just sitting there vibing out We're getting ideas. Mm-hmm. I love that shit, too. I love it I don't the hell you know, I I thought I didn't miss the studio to the other day. Yeah, and, yeah. I was like, oh, I miss this motherfucker. You still young. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't find it. It ain't over. They will never stop. But let's talk about this tour, though. Let's talk about this tour. The tour is off the chain.

Everywhere we've been, been sold out. Who's on this tour? It's official. It's me, Snoop, Too Short, Wiz, Burner, DJ Drama.

The Twins is out here with us. Oh, the smoke alarm's going off everywhere. Oh, my God. Yeah, you might smoke here with us. Oh, the smoke alarm's going off everywhere. Oh my God. We getting tired of you. I know I am. I'm like, God damn, another goddamn house, another goddamn

can't take it. I give the shit away. Like, take this shit. Tired of it. Let me ask you, because, you know, I was fortunate enough to be around when death row was around yeah and i'm fortunate enough to see the transition yes from how everyone moved when they was on death row to kind of like grown men now like everyone is kind of like i don't want to say adults yeah right because everybody was young that's what people don't want to say adults. Yeah, right? Because everybody was young back then.

That's what people don't realize. I'm trying to think of a cooler word. I mean, shit, yeah, mature. Mature, yeah. Yes, indeed. Right, right. So what is the difference? Where's Warren G more comfortable?

When your guys was on the road? Because remember, when you guys was affiliated, I know you was always on Def Jam. Yeah, I was. But when you guys was affiliated, this was the highest of on Def Jam. Yeah, I was. But when you guys was affiliated, this was the highest of the highest.

This was the highest of the West Coast. This was the highest in the world, right? Did you have more fun then or are you having more fun now? Or is it different?

I had more fun then. I mean, I have a ball now, but I had a ball back then because it was fun and dangerous And dangerous So it was exciting I swear to God I swear to my father

He's going to say that I'm going to say He's going to say It was fun and dangerous That's just some shit From the hood We like that You know the anticipation

Of knowing like Damn we may bump heads Over here Okay shit It's on You know let's go Which you did bump heads Over there. Hey, okay, shit, it's on. You know, let's go. Which you did bump heads

over there. All the time. I had seen, I don't know if it was an interview you did. Nah, something about you with Suge,

right, that you had to get out of the studio. Because he was the only one. No, I went to the, it was a session.

I went to go see Snoop and everybody. You know, I hadn't seen everybody in a minute, so I went up there and it was a studio. I went to go see Snoop and everybody. You know, I hadn't seen everybody in a minute, so I went up there. And it was a studio session. Everybody in that motherfucking party and everybody doing Tupac.

And everybody, all of us, no, Tupac wasn't in there. It was just, it was the Dog Pound, Snoop, everybody, all our hoes. But this is the Pac era of death row. Yeah. And you knew Dog Pound back then? Because that was Snoop.

I've known him all my life. Okay, okay. Shit. I'll get into that. Let's get cuz that was I've known my life. Okay. Okay They came through the phone the dog pound came through the phone look me the phone that's right. Yes indeed. So uh We was in the studio Well, I mean we bumped heads a couple times. You know, I ain't like in the bashing the motherfucker. And I won't bash him or nothing like that because I've known them niggas since shit. When I was about 15 years old, the first time I met him, I went to a Wet n' Wild party. Talking about Suge.

Yeah, with Suge, with Dre now. Way back at Easy and Dre. But he was a bodyguard, right? They called him Marianne back then? No, they called him Suge back then. They called him Suge back then? Yes, yes, yes. But he was a bodyguard, right? They called him Marianne back then? No, they called him Suge back then. But he was a bodyguard at first, right? Yeah. And then he started managing.

He was around Bobby Brown and Easy, hanging around, eating them and all. You know, just a cool nigga. Right. But, you know, now, it was a situation that happened where, you know, I came in the studio. You know, everybody's in there. You know, I was cracking on Def Jam. Everything was popping. So, you know, I'm thinking all this shit is all good.

So one of my guys come in that I knew that was part of his team was like, Warren should want to holler at you. So I was like, all right, cool, I'm coming in there. I'm just right here talking to all of my guys. So we talk and he come in again like, Warren, I sure want you. I'm like, okay, I'm coming. Let me talk to my guy.

And then so he came in there and was like, Warren, man, let me holler at you, man. And I was like, shit, let me see what the fuck this nigga's god damn so uh so i uh i went in there uh walked in went in the room and once you know when we got in there the door shut you know another door came up from this side yeah another door came over from this side and then it was a dude I knew came out Was just like, Blood, you tried to set me up So I'm like, huh? What the fuck I look like trying to set you up?

This is my nigga, too Like, this is my guy We used to drink, smoke together All kind of shit from the beginning Like, yeah, some bitches told me that When he said some bitches I said, oh, this nigga This some bullshit

Yeah Because I don't even get down like that Right, right So, you know, so he woofing I said, oh, this is bullshit. Because I don't even get down like that. So, you know, so he's woofing. So they, you know, going at it. He talking to sugar, like, blood, you, this is us. I'm like, no.

So I'm just chilling. So he, like, walk up on me like he tripping and just wham, just snatched my shit. Mind you, I had a 40 Glock on my hip. I could have pulled that motherfucker out and started busting. But I said, you know what? I'm like, shit, I can't. This is going to be the end of my shit.

I'm going to be done. All this shit is going to be done because they're going to be shot. I'm going to be shot coming out because you've got a gang of motherfuckers on the outside like banged out motherfuckers you got police the whole nine so i it was a situation so one of my homeboys uh big c style he came in like what's up like what's going on why what's happening with one why y'all fucking with one you know so they like they told us so

why they talking i hit that door now i eased out that motherfucker and I walked through the kitchen and I seen one of my homeboys and two of my guys I looked at them like nigga these niggas tripping I didn't want to alarm nobody so I got to the hallway and I ran up not ran but I walked out the hallway so as I'm going down the hallway

he came storming out that motherfucker get that nigga blood as soon as he said that I took over going down the hallway, he came storming out that motherfucker, get that nigga blood! As soon as he said that shit, I took off. I was playing. Who said get that nigga blood? You!

Okay, okay. They niggas start running, all you seen was just like a, like some dominoes, just boo-boo-boo-boo-boo, just bop, they fell. All right. So I got a chance to get out that motherfucker.

I jumped in my truck, I had a big ass, I think it was a Denali truck or something, big black motherfucker on big old knobbies. So I got in my goddamn truck. I backed that motherfucker. I was like, nigga, fuck y'all. Whoop, took off. And the whole thing about that is that I didn't know Dre had left that bro.

You know what I mean? The news wasn't out. Yeah, so I didn't know Dre had left that bro. You know what I mean? The news wasn't out. I didn't know, but that shit happened to me in there. Then I called my uncle. I said, Ron, this motherfucker just snatched my chain. I was mad as a motherfucker. He was like,

give me somebody's number one. He called Snoop. Who was that you called, Ron? Hello, motherfucker. And he told him, he told him straight up, he said, look, if my nephew Chain don't come out that motherfucker,

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Well, let me quit because I don't want to get you in trouble. Snoop called me like, G-Dub, come get your chain, man. I said, hell no, nigga. I ain't going back up there to get that chain. Nigga, keep that motherfucking hold it. And when I see you, I'll get it. But the whole time, I didn't know Dre left.

I wish he would have called me like, niggas, don't go around that shit. Them niggas is tripping. But some of his homeboys had always used to tell me like, Warren, they on something else. Just kind of stay out the way. So let me ask you, because to me, you was an insider that was like an outsider

because you wasn't signed to Death Row technically. Right. At one point, again, I'm an outsider. I'm looking, but this, Death Row looked like

the funnest fucking place in America. I was off the chain. Like, it went from it being like, like, like, like, I'm an outsider I'm looking But this Death Row looked like The funnest fucking place In America I was off the chain Like it went from It being like Like Like Queensbury I'm from Leprechaun City

But Queensbury is not too far away Right Queensbury is a wild ass neighborhood Let me just tell you something It's the funnest Time of my whole fucking life It's a dangerous ass But it's fun as fuck

So me looking from the outside In I would look at Death Row And be like This is like a fun-ass fucking label. Yeah. These guys got perms. These guys is good.

Cadillacs. We had a ball. But then, at what point did it go from, it stopped being fun? Was it the gang thing? I think once the money started rolling in, you know, that's when everything kind of like started to change a little bit. But wait, they didn't want to sign you at Death Row? Shit, I don't, I didn't get signed to them.

So, you know, I don't know what. Could there have been a thing that because you were at Def Jam that they were like, well, you should have been over here? Like, could that have ever been a thing? Well, that was after, after, shit, after I got, you know, the motherfuckers wasn't fucking with me, I was like, shit, let me get out and do my motherfucking thing. Because it just wasn't right.

But like I said, we had a ball. Don't get me wrong. I had fun with Suge. We had a lot of fun. We just bumped heads a few times. That wasn't cool. Another incident was where when we was young in the game at the Solar Studio, you know, and they pulled out

the contracts. And I was just like, myself, I'm like, shit, you can't just sign this shit. In the studio? In the studio. So you can't sign it. So y'all just vibing

and Shug just comes and brings out a contract? Well, we had been doing, you know, doing our thing, so it was time for... Is he working on a chronic or no? Huh? Are we working on a chronic?

Was we doing a chronic? I think we was doing a chronic then. So I told Snoop, I was like, shit, don't sign that shit. You know, don't sign that contract. Get a lawyer. Oh, man. You know, and one of my constituents went in there and told him that I told him

not to sign it. When he heard that shit, here you go again. That's the story I heard. Hey, Blair, where's Warren at? That's the story I heard. Okay, I hear that. And then he came and he grabbed me and slammed me up against the wall

and he was just like, Blood, you told them not to sign that contract. And I was like, man, you better get your hands off me. He'll tell you. I said, get your hands off me. I'm going to call all my homeboys. Because back then, I didn't care. Shit.

And I had one of my little buddies with me named Cisco. Cisco was a gunner. But he didn't have no gun on him. But I wouldn't have wanted him to shoot him or nothing like that or do anything like that because I wasn't, you know, I'm not going to let him shoot him. But he was that hot-headed. But he couldn't do shit. This motherfucker was this big. Right.

And so I thought I was getting away. I went and hit the elevator. I thought I was getting away, but I couldn't do it. He snatched my eye. You're getting away so easily. We bumped heads a couple times. So, you know, that's probably what led up to me

not being a part of the whole thing, you know, because, you know, when it was time to go on tour, everybody was straight, had their tickets. You know, I'm charged up. I had luggage and shit ready to go.

I'm like, shit, I'm going with y'all. And I didn't have shit. You know, I didn't have nothing at the airport. It was like, you not going. You know, you ain't going. So I was fucked up. You wasn't going because you was affiliated with Def Jam? It was like, nigga, you not going.

Like, even though I'm down, I've been fighting with these niggas. We done had fun together, all that. It's like, nigga, you not going. I, even though I'm down, I've been fighting with these niggas. We've been having fun together, all that. It's like, nigga, you're not going. I'm like,

oh, wow. You know who gave me a ride back, gave me a ride home after that was a member, Breeze. MC Breeze. MC Breeze.

Yeah. MC Breeze gave me a ride, him and my homegirl, Samara. They gave me a ride, him and my homegirl Samara. They gave me a ride home from the airport that day. You mean Samara? No, no. This is my homegirl Samara.

Okay. And from that day. So you were stranded on the road and they gave you a ride back home? I didn't have no way to get home, but she was up there. Yeah. She was up there because I think Breeze was going to sign with Death Row. Mm. Yeah.

So I asked him. That was my home where she used to hang around us all the time. So, you know, I asked her for a ride. So jumped in the car with them. And from that point on, I just said, this ain't going to work. You know, then I asked Dre. I'm like, what's going on? Like, what's up, man?

He was like, you got to be your own man. You know, you just got to do your own thing once so i was just like fucked up like i ain't with snoop i ain't with dre i ain't with dad's corrupt none of my homeboys they all out having fun doing this and doing that and i had to go back to my sister's floor i had my crater records the same crate that we we was using on the chronic i had my Crater Records, the same crate that we was using on the Chronic. I had my Crater Records. I had my mixer and my turntable, my MPC 60 drum machine, which I still got all that shit to this day. And just started doing my thing, man. And got a call from MC Breed and Tupac.

And that's when I produced. When they did their record together? Well Tupac It was MC Breed and them called me Rodney G called me And DOC had called me for Rodney G So they was like We want you to do some music for Breed

So I went up there with MC Breed And that's when I produced the record You Gotta Get Yours I Gotta Get Mine I didn't know You produced that record? I produced it. Pac came in the session and got on it.

It's in the Bay Area of Tupac. That's who that was. Yes, indeed. He moved to the Bay Area before he came to L.A. That's pre-Death Row. Yeah, that was pre-Death Row. And it's post-Digital Underground. It's right after that. Yeah, that's and it's after post Digital Underground it's right after

yeah that's what he's already he's got his record when he had Solder Story yeah yeah yeah

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yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah out into the world. Wow. That MC Breed, Tupac. I can't believe you did that record, man. I got to give him up. That's a great record. And I turned around and did his whole album,

MC Breed, after that. And then that led to, you know, like once again with Endo Smoke, I hope I'm not talking too much. No, no, please, man. We fans, man. To Endo Smoke, that led to how Endo Smoke and me doing another record for Tupac,

a couple more records for Tupac, because I did Endo Smoke, like I said, on the Poetry of Justice soundtrack. And Pac heard that, and he called me, which I didn't even think it was him. I was like, this ain't Pac. I hung the phone up. So he called back and was like, this is Pac. This is Pac. We want to hold up. So it was him.

And then he told me, OK, I'm at Echo Sound. So I went up to Echo Sound. He asked me, did you produce the record on the Endo Smoke, right? I said, yes. He said, well, I need a record as well. So at that point, we just started. That was the first time I seen somebody roll a blimp. He Tupac. He had a gang of bad bitches in there. He had a gang of bad bitches in there.

I had glasses on with a little bit of tape on my glass. And I was like, God damn. And, uh, but they were showing me love. And, um, so he was asking me, he was's like warren what's up with you you know like what's happening you know i said i've just been going through a whole lot that's when i didn't get to do anything so he's like i've just been going through a whole lot uh you know i got into it with a cat out in lone which i had shoot out busting busting that motherfuckers um motherfuckers broke in my car All kind of shit So I was telling him all of this shit I was going through And he was just like damn that shit is crazy

So he was like you got a beat And I was like yeah Started going through my discs and shit Popping them in the drum machine And I came across the Wind Parade by Donald Byrd I had already had the beat done And it was the Boom boom boom Boom boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

He was like, I want that one right there. So I got it, gave it to him. They put it on tape. He went in there in the booth. And the engineer, you know how they quiet it? They shut the speakers off. It's just him and the booth and the engineer, you know how they quiet it? They shut the speakers off. It's just him and the engineer and the headphones. So he went in there for about 30 minutes and he came out that motherfucker and he told him to turn it up.

And it was the same beat I gave him. When it came on, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. He said, my definition of a thug, nigga. So he started, I said, goddamn, that shit is hard. So I said, this nigga. So he started busting. I paid the cards I was given. Thank God, he was busting.

And he started talking about some of the shit that I was telling him. I was telling him. So I'm like, goddamn, this motherfucker put the shit in the goddamn truck. Along with some other shit. So I was like, this is crazy. So he was like, I heard and he was like, my definition of a thug, nigga? And that was it. So he

said, Warren, can you put some scratches and stuff in there? So I was like, hell yeah. So I did, it was Roxanne Shante. I said, he retires this season to be serving. And then I had Richard Pryor scratch the number. What you doing? And I took Snoop'sante. I said, it was tears this season to be serving. And then I had Richard Pryor scratch the number. It was what you doing?

And I took Snoop's voice and I said, it was mobbing like a motherfucker. It was tears this season to be serving. It was what you doing? Mobbing like a motherfucker. So that was right after he said,

my definition of a thug nigga, which became his single, this Thug Life single off the Poetic Justice soundtrack, which catapulted this Thug Life single off the Poetic Justice soundtrack, which catapulted the Thug Life album. Big Psych, Lil Psych, Lil Rated R, Mac 10, Macadocious Mac 10, not the Englewood Mac 10, but Mac 10, Macadocious, Runner, all of them, they came in there at the same time because they was thug life.

And one of their homies that got killed named Kato. So Pac was like, Warren, you got something for me to do a song about my homeboy that just got killed in Detroit. This was like, they just told him in there, so he was fucked up. And I said, I got one for you. And that's when I did the How Long Will They Mourn Me. Boom, boom, boom, boom.

How long will they mourn me? Boom, boom, boom. So he was like, he did the song. So he was like, I got to get somebody on the hook, man, to sing. So I called Nate. Back then, it wasn't on navigation, so I had to tell Nate.

Oh, yeah. Make your left-hand way costume. And Roscoe's make the U-turn. Yeah, go ahead. So it was Navigation, and Nate came up there and did his part. I wish it was another. How long will they mourn my brother?

That shit was cold. And then that led to Lie to Kick It. And then it led to other records that I produced for him. And that shit, like I said, Pac and Breed was the first motherfuckers to give me my shot at production-wise. And by the way, remember I told you about the chain that got snatched? You still got that motherfucker to this day. God damn it.

Put that shit up on eBay. Put it on eBay, God damn it. I'm about to sell Kanye's hat. I ain't a buster now. People don't think that I'm a buster. I was just in a bad situation. A no-win situation. Shit.

You know? Yes. Yeah. Hold on. Did you, early on, production-wise, did you feel that you needed to have a different sound than Dre? Most definitely. I mean...

Like, was that something consciously you were like, I got to sound different? I got to pick different samples? I just wanted to create my own lane and not have people say, oh, the reason why he doing this is because he with Dre and this and that and this. But my music ear developed from my father. My dad, Warren, Warren, Warren Jr. No, no, no. Now, my dad married his mother, you know, when I was a young kid.

And so my dad, he used to play music for me all day. Like we would sit in his house because he would come pick me up from my mom's. And he would take me and just listen to music all day, which was jazz. So that pretty much was instilled in me. And that's what comes out whenever I do production. I always have like a feel good to whatever I do. And that's just what I'm about. I love the feel good, you know, shit.

And that right there is what made my style what it is and what it was. And, you know, I didn't never try to be like Dre. But he taught me the game as far as like The MPC Like the technical side of it Yeah the MPC 60 Him and 187 From above the law

Both taught me Taught me You know how to work The MPC 60 And he also taught me How to splice tape Put that shit together With the alcohol

And all that shit He taught me a lot of shit Y'all young niggas don't know this shit. Y'all young niggas got it easy. Yeah. You're over there pressing one button, your record done. That's the analog thing. You heard this man?

Cut goddamn tape and alcohol. Holy moly guacamole. No, it's all good. And the love that he showed me was the love I showed back by going and searching for all those records, a lot of the records that we used on the Chronic. So that was my part. I would go get the records. I would take them, sample them up, and then I'd let him hear it.

I'm like, Dre, listen to this. He'd listen. He's like, that shit is hard. If he liked it, he would take that shit and he would change it up, do a couple things. Like, Let Me Ride That was a break record that I bought I bought the break record to that In Torrance

Right down the street from Audio Achievements I still got the break record to this day You still got your third grade lunch money I can tell I might It was a little piece in there That A mic. I ain't gonna lie. But it was a little piece in there that, that, that,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, and let me ride. It was all on that one record. And Dre took that shit

and pieced that motherfucker together. When I heard it again, I was like, God damn. Even like the skits, like the These Nuts skit. That shit was all organic. I called my homegirl and told her, I said, shit,

what you doing today? She was like, I'm getting my nails done and da, da, da. I said, what shit? I said, hey, did What's Your Name get at you today? She was like, oh, I'm getting my nails done and da-da-da. I said, what's shit? I said, hey, did what you name him get at you? And she was like, who? I said, these nuns.

And she went crazy. She was, oh, nigga. You know, she started tripping up. But that was an organic skit. I told Dre, turn the mic on. And we just did that just in the studio one day, just sitting there. And then just a lot of the skits like the, you really don't understand,

don't you? In order for us to make this thing work, we got to get rid of the pimps, you know, all that. That was a record, that record that would, mind you, what I did is I bought all the black exploitation albums. It was from a place called, as the record turns,

off of Melrose. So that little part in there was a way I was feeling, like me and him as brothers. He probably, he don't know that, but this is just something that I have had in my heart. Like, you really don't understand, do you? In order for us to make this thing work you got to get rid of the pimp

stuff you know that skit right there was something that was something that I was feeling and he used that motherfucker like he was letting it off your chest yeah you know but it was that's how I felt with you know with him but like all the stuff that we did like we did a gang of dope ass shit

you know and like I said Dre is is a motherfucking genius in the studio. And he's got no chaser. He's going to tell you straight up, motherfucker, if that shit whack, he's going to say, that shit is whack. He ain't playing no games. But I had a great time just doing know, just doing the Chronic with him, you know, and I actually taught Daz, you know, from him teaching me, him in 187 teaching me to me teaching Daz and Daz also helping out with

us on the Chronic, so it was me and Chris the Glove. So, I mean, the shit was just, it was amazing. Did you guys know what you were creating at that time, That it was that special We just was doing music

Just loving to do Good music And But it was inspired by The riots that was going on You know At that time The Rodney King shit

Jumped off So it was It was motherfuckers Doing a lot of crazy shit Man Tearing shit up Putting shit on fire I was in it Don't get me wrong now

god damn it actually me, DLC corrupt and Ice-T, we was at the radio station I think was it 102 I think it was KGLH the nigga Ice-T he'll tell you, they seen me coming

I went in the store, out when the store came, ran out the store with a whole thing of beer running by the window. And he talked about that shit too. He said, that nigga Warren crazy. But all of that stuff inspired us to do the Chronic

and everything that was going on from the parties, that's Ain't No Fun came from them parties because that's what we was doing during that time. Because they was having parties here, parties there, parties during the riots. Right. Wait, during the riots? Yeah, hell yeah. It was crazy because it was a peace treaty.

Yeah, the peace treaty happened, right. Oh, that's right. Yeah, it was a peace treaty. So it was niggas coming from everywhere and just partying like a motherfucker. And shit, we even had a party where Dre told, he told all these, it was a gang of niggas coming from everywhere and just partying like a motherfucker. And shit, we even had a party where Dre told, he told all these, it was a gang of niggas in his house.

He said, y'all motherfuckers got to get up out of here. So he had to, he pulled out the strap. Motherfuckers just like, whatever. No, they wasn't tripping. Shit, he had a closet right by the door where he had the choppers.

I went in there, grabbed that motherfucker chopper. Clack, clack. He said, get the fuck out. And all them motherfuckers started moving their asses about that motherfucker. Yeah, and my only thing is I wish, you know, I wish I was more business-minded back then

instead of being so, like... My thing was, like thing was, like I said, to show the love back to him as far as teaching me. So that's from you. You taught me as a pup

and this is the reward for you teaching me by me and my homeboys coming back, putting this record together for you. You know what I mean? I just wish I would've knew

about publishing back then because that would be lovely right now. You know? But, you know... You're not telling me you didn't get publishing on a chronic. I didn't get shit on that. He's telling me that. I didn't get shit.

I didn't get no credit. Snoop gave me some credit. No co-production. He said, Snoop said my name on Stranded on Death Row. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. So you produced on the Chronic and never got credited? I didn't get shit on that motherfucker.

Really? Yeah, but I wasn't tripping. I was there for Dre, you know what I mean? You know, helping Dre. Wow. Yeah. Hold on, I'm going to come back to the Chronic, because I'm going to ask you something that slips my I want to ask you something Before it slips my mind

Because I have We seldomly meet people Who knew Tupac Prior to Death Row And who knew Tupac While he was on Death Row Right So

And I want to get back To the chronic But What was the difference In your opinion Meeting Tupac Like you said Tupac gave you

One of your first Yeah Looks What was the difference Between him then And then him And did you meet him Digital Underground days too Yeah meeting Tupac. Like you said, Tupac gave you one of your first looks. What was the difference between him then and then him after? And did you meet him Digital Underground days, too? Yeah, yeah. He was always cool, just cool, kind of hype, bouncing around the music, get to jumping.

Get to bouncing. He was just a fun dude, just fun. Later on, you know, once he was doing his thing, actually, that was around the time he had got out, he had got bailed out. And we was at the House of Blues. Like, this was right after the incident I had. So we was at the House of Blues. Oh, they took a chain? Yeah.

Yeah, we was at the House of Blues. And he was fresh out. He seen me. He was hugging me. We hugging and shit. You know, he was like, shit, let's link up, man. So we linked up. I mean, not linked up, but we was just like, we're going to link up.

So he called me. And he was like, Warren, come to the studio. Can-Am. I said, shit, I ain't coming up there. And that was the same studio? Yeah. I said, I'm not coming up there. And that was the same studio? Yeah. I'm not coming up there. I said, let me book the studio, and you come over to where I'm at.

That's fine. Because when you come over to where I'm at, I'm going to make sure I got hitters everywhere. Because I'm not getting ready to let nobody come in here tripping on me again. That ain't going to happen. Okay, let me ask this. This is me out of pure ignorance, right? Because I don't know. He was a little different.

I ain't going to lie. That's what I'm asking. Because the way he was talking to me on the phone, I'm like, you know. It wasn't the same phone. He wasn't the same, but he was more serious. It was still him, but it was a different version of him. Yeah, he was just more serious. And another crazy thing is that when he was locked up, me and Richie Rich was tight.

I used to come all the way from L.A. up to the bay. Me and him just used to ride around in our trucks and shit, skirting, doing crazy shit, having fun, tearing up the town. Him and Pac used to talk a lot on the phone, writing letters, talking and everything. So he was telling me about what was going on with him. So I told Rich, I said, you tell Tupac I'm going to bail his ass out. Oh, wow. So I was going to put the money. I didn't give a fuck about signing.

You ain't got to do shit. You just want to help. Give me a verse. That's it. You know, but I just wanted him to get out because I felt for him. You just want to help. Give me a verse. That's it. But I just wanted him to get out because I felt for him. You know, that shit was fucked up. Got beat to the punch.

Wow. You know, Shug got him out. You know, I wish I could have got him out. You know, he'd have been doing his own thing free. At this time, Shug was still like a loved CEO. Yes, he did. Because I remember, I remember like, I remember when him, Bell in two parts.

He was a boss. Yeah, I remember people like saluting that. I remember people like, wow, Snoop, I'm still bossed up. And saying that. Did you ever think,

because me knowing you personally, I know you got family in New York. I know you got everything. Yes, indeed. So at some point, Death Row went from our favorite West Coast label to, wait a minute, these niggas hate us.

I knew that had to be weird for you. I mean, it wasn't that they hate New York. It wasn't New York. It was Cruz. Cruz against Cruz. Exactly. It was like them hating Bad Boy. Right.

Or them hating Russell and Lior. Right. It wasn't New York. Because remember that Death Row East with Eric B. But that was later. No, that was in the midst of all that. No, Death Row East came after that award show where everyone kind of, no, that was the same time. Remember, this is a short period of time. It's not a long period of time.

No, you're right. You're right, you're right. They did have definitely It's in the midst of it, yeah. And they signed Craig Mack. Or they were signing Craig Mack. He was the first artist. Damn, you remember. You got to smoke some weed.

You remember me too, Sean, motherfucker. This nigga remember everything. It was like some of the most fun I had in my life. You know, when it was my turn, like after I got signed to Def Jam, and it was my time to get on that goddamn plane to come to New York, I called the twins. I said, cuz, can y'all fly with me to New York?

This is the time where the builders that already got kicked down, Snoop and them kicked about. The way you say that sounds wild. You know what? I'm not sure, but it might have, it was around them times. But what was crazy

is I flew to New York and I had signed with Def Jam already in the hotels at the Embassy Suites on 47th and 7th and I got a phone call and I was like,

hello? It was like, this is LL Cool J. And I said, I'm like, this ain't LL Cool J. I'm a huge fan of LL too. And I was like, I didn't hang up. But I said, this ain't LL Cool J. He said, man, he said, this is LL Cool J. Come downstairs.

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I had my stick. I had my stick. So I grabbed my shit, black, black, put it on, went down there, and it was LL. Did he lick his lips? Come on, man. That's just the way LL. Did he lick his lips? I was so... Come on, man. That's just who LL is. That's the question you gotta ask.

That's just who he is. I was so starstruck that I didn't care what he did because I was at that point because I was like, this is LL motherfucking Cooley. Man. And the nigga took me to his house,

his grandmother's house He even showed me the sidekick That he And Tina got a big old butt That light green sidekick He showed me his clothes His shoes Clothes

I had never seen that many clothes In my motherfucking life And I was tripping Then Heavy D called me Oh rest in peace Heavy D He was like man keep doing your thing Yeah rest in peace Heavy D That was my guy Actually me My first tour was on peace, heavy D, man. Yeah, rest in peace, heavy D. That was my guy. Actually,

my first tour was on tour with him, him and R. Kelly. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Like I said, it was all love, man. Just being

over there. And Russell had a young partner, and his name was Benny Ratt from Harlem. He took us under his wing. And Big Bell, who was a security, he was from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, right on Biggie Nem Street. And they took me all over New York, man. I went everywhere. Like, I told them I want to see everything. They took me to all the boroughs.

Benny Ratt took me to, right at late night in Harlem, it was like three, four in the morning, and we in that motherfucker, and I'm seeing kids outside playing and shit, running around, hair getting braided,

motherfuckers out there playing music. I'm like, what the fuck is going on? In L.A., these motherfuckers sleeping at 10.30. This shit is crazy. So it tripped me out. And the love that I was being showed

was just, was incredible. Everybody was like, we love y'all shit out here. We love y'all shit. They just don't play it that much on the radio, but we love y'all shit.

I didn't have no incidents where motherfuckers was like, this motherfucker, actually I did at one. I was at Willie Burgers. Willie Burgers, damn, that's old was like, this motherfucker, actually I did that once. I was at Willie Burgers. Willie Burgers, damn. Yeah.

That's old school. And this motherfucker rolled up, he was in a wheelchair, and he was thugged out. You were Warren G at this time? I was Warren G, me and my brother-in-law, Kenny Mack.

We rolled up, and he's like, this West Coast motherfucker, he's banging. So I'm like, shit. I'm like, what's up? He's like, motherfuckers out here. I'm like, it's West Coast motherfucker. He's banging. So I'm like, shit. I'm like, what's up? He's like, motherfuckers out here. I'm like, shit.

I said, Kenny, I'm going to the car, man. So I went to the car, got in the van. Once again, put my shit right back, came back over. And then, you know, told him. I was just like, check this out, homie. We ain't out here trying to start shit. We ain't tripping on that East Coast, West Coast shit. We just out here.

I'm on Def Jam. You know, so I made a couple phone calls to some high-powered guys from up out of Queens and Harlem. And one of the cat that owned the Soul Food Spot in Harlem, he even came out. I forgot his name. But he kind of— Are you talking about the Copelands? You talking about Copelands with the Soul Food Spot? Harlem, he even came out. I forgot his name, but he... Are you talking about the Copelands? You talking about Copelands with the Soul Food Spot? It's right up the block.

It's Sylvia's or Copeland's, something like that. Sylvia's, okay, okay. And he came up, like they came, motherfuckers came out to cuss. Don't want to say, you know, I don't want to mention all of my guys

from up out of New York, but they bought, when I say bosses, super bosses. And they, because they was locked up with Baby Papa right here in the fed bosses. Because they was locked up with Baby Papa right here

in the feds. So that was the connection. I see my dad with Cream and Snoop. Yes, indeed. It was some calls made and that motherfucker, he turned, he was soft as Peter Cottontail. But like I said, it was all love, man.

I had a lot of love there. And just being able to hang with Russell. I met Andre Harrell, who was incredible. Like, I still got ideas in my head that he would tell me. You know, every time I see him, because whenever he in L.A. and I was somewhere and he was around, I was like, Andre. He's like, hey, what's up, Warren?

Got some weed. I'm like, yeah. I used to blaze with him every time. Bomb ass weed, too. And he'd just get to smiling and shit. You know how he had that laugh? Yeah, just, you know, we just, he used to just give me ideas.

We'd smoke with Jordan. He'd tell me a bunch of ideas. And I still got some of that shit locked in my head. You know, I just haven't did it. I'm going to wait until it's right to do them. But that was the kind of love I was getting from, I ain't going to lie, I even went into some of them modeling parties

and I was just like kind of tripping like, hey, shit, Russell, where the fuck you got me at? Shit. He said, Warren, don't worry about what this is. It's a lot of beautiful women. Just relax. So, we just, you know, because back then, motherfuckers would be tripping, was tripping off of shit back then. So, it was like, damn.

So, I just blazed some bud. Me, Russell, and Andre Herrera, my homeboy, my brother-in-law, Kenny, we sat there and just blazing that motherfucker. And it was just beautiful women everywhere. It was incredible. But everything that I did, even the Christmas parties, everything was love. Yeah. I remember we had an incident in a Christmas party, Def Jam, in a Christmas party. But it was West Coast motherfuckers

against West Coast motherfuckers. Well, shit. We need to hear about this. And it was me, Nate, and Snoop, and all of us, and it was Domino and them people. Oh.

It was Nate and Domino. Domino, Domino, whatever. Baghetto Jam. Yeah. Him and Nate had a statue. Don't he got S-girls? How you gonna have him

in the beep when he go to S-girls? Domino, Domino. Don't underestimate nobody. I know, I know. Him and Nate used to sing together a lot S-Girls? Domino, Domino. Don't underestimate nobody. I know, I know. Nate used to sing together a lot. Oh, what?

Domino and Nate used to get down a lot. Okay. But they bumped heads. You know, it was like, okay, so. Nate and them bumped heads?

Nate and Domino was kind of like beefing. They was beefing. I ain't going to say kind of. Right, right. At that time,

that's when we filmed the show. When we was in Philadelphia, that's when I got into it. You don't know At that time That's when we filmed the show When we was in Philadelphia That's when I got into it You don't know the movie right The movie the show I got into it The motherfucker in Philadelphia He threw a CD at me

I told him Man don't do that shit again I stopped the music And then he did the shit again I jumped off the motherfucker's stack Bam Just sucked the shit out his ass And them motherfucking Muslims

Just like they say on the show Where they You march you in We we gonna march your ass out They came and grabbed my ass And marched me straight out that motherfucker All the way to the train station And sent me to New York Russell made the motherfucker send me to New York

And then that's when we had the party Later on that night And uh We bumped heads It was a big old giant melee. We're like, what's happening? What's up? You know, all that shit.

So Fat Joe had a crew with him. He came over there, him and a gang of motherfuckers, like boom, they came over there to us. It was like, what's happening? We with y'all. Them motherfuckers tripping y'all. What's up?

We're going to tear this motherfucker up. So now it was a gang of us. And it was cold. And then they, you know, them motherfuckers like all the executives and shit started jumping in the middle. So it got kind of

balanced out and they had left and we partied, man. But I'm telling you it was so many incidents, so many you know, things that was happening out there. I'm going you, it was so many incidents, so many things that was happening out there. I may even tell you this one right here. This was... I had a friend.

That was Jacob York. Yeah, Jacob York. He said, Warren, he said, do you want to go see Biggie? So I said, hell yeah, I'll go see him. This was at the time when him and Pac was few. This was when we was at the club in New York.

I forgot what that club was. Palladium the Tunnel? It wasn't the Palladium or the Tunnel. This was like a little, it wasn't too big. And you walk down, it was downstairs. Green Place? Greenhouse? It was downstairs.

It wasn't Cheetah's. It was, this one was, Place? Greenhouse? It was downstairs. It wasn't Cheetahs. It was, this one was, USA? Club USA? Some shit like that. It could be. Okay. But whatever it went down,

I think it was USA or something like that. If you keep trying, you'll get it. It went down and it was static in there Because that You know Biggie and him Was in there But it wasn't like

Super beefed in Right And So I mean you know what I take that back It was It was

I came It wasn't like To where niggas wanted to shoot And all that shit But it was just like Okay you over here You over here It was a standoff a little bit

Yeah so Jacob York asked me If I wanted to meet Biggie. So I said, yeah. So he took me to Bed-Stuy. It was me, Jacob York, Ron G, my uncle Ron G, and Big Bell from Bed-Stuy who lived on that same block. And we pulled up. As Biggie was right there, jumped out and started chopping it up. As big he was right there, jumped out and started chopping it up. You know, we was talking about everything, music,

everything that was going on and then we started talking about you know, with him and Tupac, you know, them having beef and shit and he was just like, he tripping on me and this, that, and this. So he was telling me everything. So I said, well, how about this? What I do,

when I get a chance, I get out of pocket and say, look, I talked to this nigga big and this is what he said. All right. You niggas get this shit together and stop that shit. All right. But I couldn't get to him because it was all the other motherfuckers that was around. When you say him, you're talking about Pop. Get to Tupac. Okay, go ahead.

To really talk to him about what he said. Wow. That's wild. Just trying to get the message to him about what he said. Wow. That's wild. Just trying to get the message to him. So you telling me in some world that if you would've got to Tupac, maybe this...

It probably wouldn't have been as bad as it was because I would've pulled him to the side and really talked to him like, look, this is what this nigga told me. We had a motherfucking...

We walked to the corner. Lil' C was there. Wow. We walked to the corner, drunk, private stock, all that shit because I'm like, I want a private stock. I' C's was there. We walked to the corner, drunk, private stock, all that shit. Because, you know, I'm like, I want a private stock.

I'm for it. It was a court. I want a private stock. I said, let's go, man. We walked, drinking private stock the whole night. Did you think it would have got

as deadly as it got? I didn't think it would be no, I didn't think it was going to be any gunplay, period, with any of that. Because battle's been happening in, like, hip-hop. Yeah, it might be. Motherf didn't think it was going to be any gunplay, period, with any of that. Because battle's been happening, like, just hip hop,

whatever. It's like, you motherfuckers going to squab, it'll be some, it'll be some squab and shit, that's it. Right. That's where I thought it was,

you know, I didn't, I didn't, that's where I had it at, you know, but, I'm sure the people that have been tuning in, they've been hearing him,

dropping a lot of names And I want these people to understand That I've been on Def Jam as well And Def Jam has a history And they have a portfolio When they sign artists They want you to understand the artists That came before them

And one of the first people they tell you about Is LL They say that LL You know Open up Def Jam or whatever, whatever, whatever. Then they say another artist, and then the third artist they always tell you is Warren G.

Oh, wow. And what they say is Warren G. I know you're a humble guy. Save the label. Warren G single-handedly saved Def Jam. Oh, yeah. You don't have to be a humble guy. I know you're a humble guy, but I'm going to brag for you.

That shit is real. Just think about it. Just think about it. Whatever was happening, East Coast at the time could not hold on to whatever torch that we had on at that time.

West Coast was killing it. And you, single-handedly, this is what they said. It's not a rumor. This is all facts they'll sit down and they'll tell you financial statements to prove that how the hell how dope

is that for you to know that hold on my bad that you single handedly they say you you single handedly say fucking one of the most iconic iconic rap labels in history. Yeah.

How the fuck does that feel? I mean, it feels great. You know, it was just the love was given back to them for believing in me. You know, because nobody wasn't really believing in me, and they gave me that me, you know, cause I, nobody wasn't really believing in me.

And they gave me that, that lane, you know, that lane to, to get my music out so people could hear it and say, okay, this nigga is dope. He got dope. His shit is dope. And they opened that up and the, and the reward to them for that was helping them. I didn't know they was in a situation that they was in. I was like, damn, when I learned it, they was like doing my shit with credit cards, like credit cards. Wow. You know, but they had got me the bread and everything.

And, you know, it was just, it just felt great, man, just to be able to, for them to give me my shot and then me blow up and then also help the company and then help the company to where it opens the door for Jay-Z. I was about to say, you can think of it in a way where Jay-Z, DMX, Redman, they might not exist if it wasn't for the moves. Let's make some noise. I'm sure they would have. Yes, it is. I'm saying they broke orders, so they probably would have got picked up by somebody. Yeah, but I'm saying, we got to deal with facts.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the facts. Yeah. You know what I mean? But you didn't know it back then that that was happening, that you helped. No, I didn't. Well, and they told me the story later on down the line and then when I was saying, not Russell, but Lior, he would put these, you know,

how much money they was making up. They would put that shit up right in the office on Barrett. That's crazy. What the artist... 170 Barrett. What it made the company there. I seen a hundred million.

I was like, God damn. That's not my part in this. Where's my piece of this hundred million shit? They said you made a hundred million. I was like, God damn. Where's my piece of this hundred million shit? They said you made a hundred million? No, they made the company. Oh, the company.

Totally. Oh, God. Okay. And so I was like, damn, but I didn't, I made money, but I think, I wish I could have had

a part of that hundred million. Right. You know, so, you know, my thing is, I love Def Jam and I could, you a part of that $100 million. Right. You know, so, you know, my thing is I love Def Jam, and, you know, they gave me a shot to do my thing, man. And all I had asked was just let me get my master's. Y'all gave LL his. You know, let me get my master's.

That's all I wanted. You know, well, all I do want. You know, I don't want to wait until I'm old and a motherfucker. You haven't gotten them? Not yet. But you passed 30 years though, right? I'm at 30 in January. They didn't do it before that. They should give it before that. They're saying 35. Nah, nah.

Def Jam should give it back to you, man. It's just, and I'm just like, God damn. Have you spoken to the new president of Def Jam? The dude, from what I heard, the Luchin. Tunji. No, not him. The dude from UMG, the big dog.

Okay. Was the one that was just like, because Russell got at him like, can y'all give him his shit? But I'm like, Russell, y'all should have gave me the shit when y'all sold the motherfucker. Then you could have. You know what I mean? Give me my shit like y'all got LL. Shit gave him his shit. So I guess that's supposed to

come to me in about five or six years. Five or six more years. But I'm like, shit, I don't want to be old and the motherfucker trying to... You know what I mean? But that's all I want. You know, for me helping you guys turn into a billion dollar company

Right My shit ain't making A gang of money like that every year It make money It ain't like Kanye's catalog Or his shit Or you know

Guys like that Y'all got all that shit My shit is crumbs Compared to all that shit over there I ain't gonna say crumbs But It's That's stupid right there. Do right by you.

But let me ask you, if you was to get your masters back, would you re-release it? How would you re-release it? I'd re-release it. I'd redo everything, start, you know, join with a company that could do the administering for me and also the licensing and all this stuff for me and just do it like they're doing, you know, join with a company that could do that ministering for me and also the license and all this stuff for me and just do it like they're doing, you know, and everything come around, making sure everybody that was involved get their cut. You know, everybody that was on there, I find it all. OK, boom, this comes to this person. This come to that person.

I set it up automatically where it goes. And so they know where's my shit at. I don't want to hear that shit. I'm going to get you your bread. You're going to get your bread. You're going to get your bread. Everybody going to be happy. And then I own this shit

because this is something that my kids can have. You know, my master publisher. And that's, you know, that's all I wanted out the deal. You know, out the whole thing. Now, back then, I didn't give a fuck. I didn't know what Mansfield was.

I didn't know what nothing was. I was just... You didn't know publishing? I didn't know nothing. I was just... I was just trying to just do my music. I wanted people to hear my music. But I seen one of my first royalty checks.

I was like, shit. This what the fuck you get for doing this shit? I was like, God damn, I went crazy after that. I started doing all kinds of shit. Like, let me get some more. Oh, it was good. Hell, yeah. I was like, shit,

because I didn't do a publishing deal. They was offering me that shit. They was like, we want to give you 300 here, 500,000 here. I said, shit, if they offer me that much, I can make more than that. So I said, hold up, let me fill this out a little bit.

And when that shit happened, whoo, I was like, God damn. But I did do an administering deal, because you got to have somebody to get that shit outside of the record company shit, the other shit. To the movies.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the licenses and all that. But just, I wanted people to hear my shit. I wasn't caring about publishing or this, that, and this. I was just, I just wanted people to hear my music

and just to see, be able to go around the world and tour in Europe for three months, come home for two months after doing press and go back in about two weeks to do three months. I was in Europe five months doing press and tours and shit. And then being able to rock in here in the United States and everybody love you from everywhere

and be able to get out with Lionel Richie at a festival in Europe and the Bee Gees and Lauryn Hill and the Fugees. We was all at the same gig in San Remo Italy Festival. You know, and I thought that shit was like, you know,

a hip-hop motherfucker. You like, what the fuck is this shit I'm in here? But look, it was a trip because it was quiet. The whole motherfucking place, the whole show. My shit, so I'm thinking something wrong. They not budging.

They just sitting there looking at me the whole time. I'm performing. I'm trying to rock and shit. And I'm like, damn, these motherfuckers ain't moving. So it's kind of taking me somewhere. But I said, I got to keep going. So I did the whole entire show. And at the end of the show, when I was telling,

I said, thank you guys for letting me come out here. Them motherfuckers said, they clapped for about 15 to 20 minutes. They just kept doing this shit. They were just doing this. I'm like, man, what the fuck is this shit? And they had like that opera looking shit. We was in a,

you remember that shit, Ron? That shit, he had all that shit up there. We was in a, you remember that shit, Ron? That shit, he had all that shit up there. It was crazy. I had fights over in that motherfucker and everything. You had fights everywhere, Warren. You a wild motherfucker. Hey, no, because when you from the States, you know, whether it's New York or California, they love you out there, but then you got that thug element too.

You know, a couple times, motherfuckers was testing my nuts. I'm 2-0. I had two knockouts out there, two of them. Yeah, one of the motherfuckers, I swear to God, this motherfucker was like, this was a big motherfucker.

Like, he was big. And I ain't gonna lie, I was scared of the motherfucker. Like, this motherfucker, he gonna big and uh i ain't gonna lie i was scared of the motherfucker like this motherfucker he gonna fuck me up so because he he was he was mashing on me and one of the twins and my cousin kevin we was in the club and he just just started tripping like like what's up like you know i'm like no we cool man i signed the uh shit for the girls and all that shit. I signed it. He still was like, this stuff, like, whatever they language. It was in Swede. And so I told my cousin and twin, I said, look, you walk this way,

you walk that way, and you walk that way, so they going to want to know what's up. So I went that way, he walked that way, he walked that way. So they, like, it was kind of like we all went different ways. So I got a chance where I could, I don't know how it happened, but I could see out in the front of the motherfuckers. So I hollered, run, these motherfuckers up in there tripping. So I'm telling my guys they up in there tripping.

So they sent security in there, brought us all out. So we coming out. They had them outside. They standing outside the door. So they bringing us out the club. And I'm like, this motherfucker that mashed on me, I feel like a straight bitch. So I'm like, I can't go out like that. You know, so I'm coming out that motherfucker.

So he's standing right there. So I had one opportunity to let this motherfucker know what time it is. He was standing right there. I just came. As soon as I came out, I just said, Bop! I hit that motherfucker hard as a motherfucker. That big motherfucker said,

Oh, he hit the ground. That motherfucker hit the ground. When he came back up, it took the whole motherfucking force to stop this motherfucker. And they had the shit in the news, everything the next day. Talking about Warren. He had a fight with the king of the park. Some crazy shit.

The king of the park. Yeah, shit. The king of the park. Yeah, and then the other one, I was in Italy. The motherfucker was tripping. I knocked him out right in the club. They thought my homeboy, he was doing security. They thought he did it. I walked over his ass and crept out. And me and my partner in crime, Kenny Mack, we walked out.

That motherfucker hopped in the cab and went to the hotel. Because I told Ron, I said, shit, I'm scared. I don't think I'm going to be able to go Come back home because that motherfucker looked It looked bad like he was Doing this shit I was scared to death but they got him up They got him up and My folks was just like Warren you fucked him up

You know but I felt bad Because I thought I really Damaged his ass because I hit him hard As a bitch I don't mean that as far as hitting a ass because I hit him hard as a bitch. I don't mean that as far as hitting a woman, but I hit him hard as a motherfucker. But Europe is a great place, man.

They always told me whenever you want to come back here, you can always come back here. Andy Lennox had a chance to chop with her. Tina Turner She okay What's Love got to do with it While I was there in Switzerland

Zerick Was that Zerick Yeah I love Zerick It was fun man It was fun I love Europe man Yeah Well Ron I'm sure Europe love you But we want to tell you that It was fun, man. It was fun. I love Europe, man. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Well, Ron, I'm sure Europe loves you, but we want to tell you that our show, our place is to give our legends their flowers. That's all good. That's the day. We want to give you your flowers. Okay. Hello.

Your brother Snoop said it's better than a Grammy because it comes from his people. That's dope, man. Yeah, we want to give you flowers. They don't die in gold. I'm up here with the drink champ. That's right, God damn it. Yes, indeed.

Then we're going to get into Quick Time with Slime. I got one more question before to get Into Quick Time and Slime So I got one more question Before we get into Quick Time and Slime And that's a drinking game That we're going to do But let me just Because

Here's the deal Right Dr. Dre is coming off Of N.W.A Ice Cube goes To New York

He does his album. Bomb Squad. He also does a, like a diss record, like towards. No Vaseline. No Vaseline, right? Dre is in what I would like to call

hip hop purgatory, right? That's like right where you, you're not there, but you're not there. Yeah, yeah. He calls you Snoop. You bring the dog, pal? How does this chronic session start?

Like, how does this, how does... It started, I called Dre one day. I called him, you know, because I hadn't seen him in a while. That's what I used to do. I'd call him, you know, because he'd be at Audio Achievements or wherever.

I'd say, man, can I come hang out? Because that's what I used to do is to get away from the hood. Excuse me, y'all. I had to burp real quick. No problem. And so I had called him, and he was like, I'm up. I'm having a bachelor party for L.A. Dre.

So I was like, shit, can I come? He was like, yeah, come. So I went to the bachelor party And Was in there hanging out There was a lot of bad motherfuckers in there Like strippers and shit Because I wasn't used to all of that shit

Naked women and shit like that So they playing music and shit So I wasn't used to seeing it like that You know what I mean? You still felt green at that time. I was in the hood. We didn't have this shit like that.

And so I asked L.A. Draft, I said, can I play this music? You know, because they kept playing the same shit. So I said, let me play this shit. So he was like, all right. So he popped that shit in. And that was cassettes back then. So he popped that motherfucker in. And he me play this shit. So he was like, all right. So he popped that shit in. And that was cassettes back then. So he popped that motherfucker in. He started playing the shit.

And there was a song we had called Long Beach is a Motherfucker. And he heard the shit. And he was like, damn, that shit banging. He was like, who was this? I said, that's me snooping my homeboy Nate Dogg. So he was like, have you let Dre hear this shit? I was like, no, he didn't shout us down you know a few times here and there at family functions and shit like that so um he was like

Dre listen to this shit so Dre came over there and was bobbing his shit you know he was like yeah he didn't know it on the song okay yeah no okay yeah he didn't know it so he was just like damn who was this he's like I said that's was this? I said, that's 213. I was like, that's me, Snoop, and Nate. He was like, damn, this y'all? I was like, yeah, shit, I've been trying to let you in. And so he was like, look, come up to the studio on Monday. So I said, all right, cool.

And so at that time, you know, Snoop was kind of like doing, we was still-3, but at that time, you know how motherfuckers get in a motherfucker's ear. It was trying to steer him off on his solo mission. Right. It was kind of like splitting us up a little bit. So we was all kind of going at it. And so I get back down to the hood because we was living with my homeboy Rump. Rump and Christine and Keisha and Kim on 20th Street. 20th and Am.

So Snoop wasn't there, so I called him on the phone. I'm like, Snoop, I said, nigga, Dre want us to come to the studio on Monday. And he was like, nigga, fuck that shit, nigga. You guys believe that shit? Boom. So he hanged the phone up on me. Snoop, he'd get nasty with me. He'd hang the shit up on me. Snoop, he get nasty with me.

He hang the shit up, all kind of shit. So I call him back like, nigga, just please, just listen to me. Let me call this nigga on the three-way. And so you could talk to him. So he could tell you himself. So I called. You know, back then you get the doo-doo-doo-doo. And then you call.

And then I said, Andre. I said, Snoop, don't believe. I clicked back over. I said, Andre, Snoop don't believe that you want us to come to the studio on Monday, so Dre was like, this is, this, yeah, he was like, yeah, I want y'all to come to the studio on Monday, he was like, this ain't no Dr. Dre, he said, this is Dr. Dre, no, he said, this is Dre, and when he, the way he said it, it's that voice that you know, when he talking on the records like yeah and so we you know hung up the phone you know we was happy kind of like celebrating and shit like yeah we can do push-ups

what do y'all do like we start drinking silver satin and kool-Aid. That was our drink back then. And then y'all like, we go on Monday. Yeah. Okay. And so Monday came. Monday came. Rump was the only transportation we had, my homeboy Rump, because we was living with them. So he had an old Ford, like kind of raggedy Ford. So we in that motherfucker, we took the street all the way to Hollywood. And you know how you get to the light and you put that motherfucker up in the thing you like and then you hit drive boom and then y'all take off we did that shit all the way to Hollywood the solar record and then and when we got there um you know we walked in Dre was right there DOC was in there. And Dre threw on a beat.

It had the hold on, hold on to that. Involved? Yeah, mixed with payback. The big payback. Damn, I want that beat right now. It was the James Brown. It was hard as fuck. So Snoop did a song to it called This Is A Gangster's Life.

And that was the first record that was recorded with Dre. You know, he was like, this nigga Snoop is hard as fuck. Where the fuck is that record at right now? I don't know. Dre got it on tape. Snoop probably got it. We need to hear that shit. Snoop may have it on tape because he got all of the masks and everything from Death Row.

Instagram. And yeah, Death Snoop owned all that shit. So that's technically the first, even though it wasn't called Chronic at the time. That was the first shit. It wasn't called the Chronic. It was before the Chronic. And so we just kept doing music. We kept working and working and then Dre

was like, look, why don't y'all move up out of Long Beach and come stay with me up here in the Valley. You know, get out the hood because it was a lot of shit going on. You know, motherfuckers was going in and out of the county jail, all kind of shit. All our homeboys was, the lowest number was 15 years.

They was all in jail for 15 and up. You know, so now everybody out pretty much. Everybody is out. Is everybody out? Except for Ant Dog ain't out, huh? Duck Feet. Remember we used to call Ant Duck Feet.

And God damn it. So we moved out. We moved up there with Dre. And that's when it all started. You know, that's when I learned how to do the MPC-60, learn how to splice tape. And me, him, and D.O.C. would just be in the studio just doing music and shit all day and then going back to Solar back and forth. And in the process, that's how we met Corrupt. We was at the Roxy in Hollywood.

And the homegirl Diamond, you know, Snoop had a name. Diamond was the singer, right? No, Diamond rapped. She rapped? Yeah, she rapped. Okay. Yeah, and so Diamond was like, my homeboy Corrupt is hard, nigga, da-da-da-da-da, you know, banging on us. And, you know, Snoop had a name.

So I was like, shit, my nigga, Snoop hard, too. What's that? So Snoop and Corrupt battled? Yeah, battled. like, shit, my nigga, Snoop, Snoop, what's that? So Snoop and Karrueche battled? Yeah, battled. Oh, I've never heard this. Right in front of the motherfucking Roxy. It might be recorded. Somebody might have that shit.

You know, I might have that shit somewhere. I got a check. I'm serious. I got a gang of shit. I got to pull it out. But that nigga Karrueche was so motherfucking hard. Him and Snoop was battling that nigga said you got a pinky ring on your finger and that is true but if you look at mine

i got one too and we was like oh yeah oh shit so we was like oh shit but they were you know snoop he was really back at that right did you know he was he was no he had already been in la okay okay yeah and uh uh And shit, they was battling. They was going back and forth. You know, Snoop was busting. He was busting. So it came to a point where he hard, he hard. So it wasn't no, it wasn't a winner.

It was like they just broke it up. Like, we're going to have to continue this shit. So I went over to Corrupt. I said, look, nigga, let me get your number. Took his number, and I called him him probably about maybe about a week later and i told him i said nigga come up here to the valley i want to do a demo tape on you so i brought him up there did a demo tape on him it was called uh we had a the main record was called What More Can I Say? It may be on YouTube on you know the demo tape may be on YouTube and it was

What more can I say? Oh What more can I say? Oh And then Corrupt just Boom boom boom Boom boom boom It was Bobby.

I think it was Bobby Caldwell. It might have been Bobby Caldwell. I'm not sure, but it was that... That nigga tore that motherfucker up. So I let Dre and Suge in here. Boom. They heard him, and then that's when they signed Corrupt. Corrupt had Broomfield, and then they came over.

That was his big homies from 60. They came over, and they talked to Death Row and made that whole deal happen right there because I did a demo with Corrupt. That's how they discovered him. Let me ask you because I seen an interview with Big U. Big U says that if Big U was home, Corrupt would have never signed to Death Row. Do you think that's? Shit, I don't know, but shit, you know, money talking bullshit

woke. Right, right, right. I mean, he could have got some money if he was in, you know, if he was the main guy with him, you have to get your money. Because at the time. Dripping in blood ain't got nothing to do with the brain. That's actually my question because, see, us from the East Coast, we didn't understand you guys having war, right? That's one. And then us adapting to that life, understanding that that's our culture. But then Death Row was something that was special because when we seen NWA, we seen all blue. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Then we seen, like, I think there was, like, if I get a blood gang, and it's all blood.

Like, we had never seen bloods and Crips. I think, I believe Death Row was the first. No, but Ruthless had, Booyah was down with Ruthless. Yeah. They were bloods. Well, they was kind of bloods. They were like. Booyah Tribe was bloods and Crips.

And Crips? Oh, yeah. Yeah. See, I didn't know that. They had some that was Crips, because Roscoe was from Booyah Tribe. Hes and Crips. And Crips? Oh, yeah. Yeah. They had some that was Crips because Roscoe was from Booyah Tribe. He's a Crip. I know him from Long Beach. Okay.

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If he was out there at that time, he would have been able to get a nice check out of it. Right. And still, that probably would have kept a lot more of the balance. Instead of it was like more of these dudes. Right. Like tripping on this side of the red room. It wouldn't have been none of that shit because he would have been he had more you know more control of it you know because he no more because he's a a gangster that that know

the politics because that was more of an la thing right like i'm asking you that what i mean by bloods and crisps long beach is famous for being just yeah it's all crips and i heard you don't see no red out there no i mean you you might you got some i'm sure it's bloods that live in long beach you know what I mean? Under the radar, but motherfuckers ain't tripping like that, huh? Oh, you said no.

No, you don't. Well, shit, Long Beach and Compton is damn near the same city. It's one street that separates Long Beach and Compton, and that's Alondra. But I'm sure under the radar, it's one street that separates Long Beach and Compton, and that's Alondra. Wow. But I'm sure under the radar, it was

some, not banging, but just getting away. Huh? I gave my one or two, but it ain't no gang. Well, it's a Crib City. You know, hey, fuck it. That's my bad. Exactly.

But yeah, I mean, yes, it's a Crip City. I was born in that motherfucker. So that was my next question. As a person that's born and raised in Long Beach, when was the first time did you see that opposite color? Shit. Did you have to go to LA? My mama moved me to Compton with my dad

in Kelly Park. I came up there. I was from Long Beach. My mom was saying that I was going in the wrong direction. She witnessed an incident. One of my OG homeboys, Big Kool-Aid, came and scooped me up on the bike and took me down the street.

And he told me, he said, as soon as I pull up in the driveway, there's going to be a motherfucker sitting on the porch. He said, get off and handle your business. So we pull up in there, motherfucker. I jump off the handlebars. I commence to whoop. Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. And I knew the nigga, but I couldn't go. I had to.

He was going to get in my ass. So I had to get off the nigga. Yeah, I had to. And after that, she witnessed that shit. And that's when she was like, you got to go move with your daddy. And sent me to Compton. And as soon as I got up to Compton, shit, Andre and Tyree. So you're telling me at that point, Compton was a better place than Long Beach?

Yeah, as far as my mama's saying it, yeah. Yeah. But I was still catching the bus back down to Long Beach. But when I got there, Andre and Tyree, you know, they had me out. You know, I was a young kid. You're saying Andre. We're talking about Drake. Yeah, Drake.

Yeah. So we was. We don't got the ability. We was in a. We used to have Battle of the Blocks. And I used to battle all the dudes my age in the boxing gloves. It was me, my homeboy Big Brucie, my homeboy Stank, Raul Heesey, all of us, Versailles. We had a whole little crew.

We all used to box each other. And when I first met them, you know, we wasn't, like, tight. And so Andre and Tyree started calling me Kibbles. They called me Kibbles and Bits. Kibbles and Bits? Like the dog food? Yeah, they was like Kibbles. They called me kibbles and bits. Kibbles and bits? Like the dog food? Yeah, they was like kibbles and bits. When I used to go out there to the box and say,

get him, kibbles! And that's how I'd go out there and try to, boo-boo-boo-boo, try to squab, but it was my homeboy Stank. That was like, that was the lockup of the century, me and him. We was locking up. Stank was passing the motherfucker. I ain't gonna lie, that nigga was tagging me. I ain't gonna lie That nigga was tagging me I ain't gonna lie

He didn't beat me It was It was It was neck or draw But that That was one fast motherfucker He was He was vicious

And uh You know That was That was What I went through And there was another kid Uh Named BB

Another dude named BB He was younger than me But this motherfucker Was knocking grown men out. Like, knocking them. Like, I used to fuck with him. He was a Debo, but he was just a stocky, like,

Mike Tyson type. He was knocking motherfuckers out. Now, I was like, shit, I don't know if I... I wouldn't fight BB back then, but if I had to, I would've. BB was BB. BB, rest in peace from Kelly Park. That was my dog. You then, but if I had to, I would have. B.B. was B.B. B.B. Rest in Peace from Kelly Park. That was my dog. Baby James from Neighborhood.

All of them. I grew up with all of them. Manuel. It was just a bunch of... I grew up, and they used to have Battle of the Blocks, where we would box. Each block, our block was T-Block, and we battled Caress or

Mario, EZ block was Mario we battled different blocks you said boxing battles, it was boxing it was football it was baseball, just a bunch of different things, we would just do like a it was like the hood olympics pretty much

that's dope actually, that shit was fun I'm trying to do the hood lip-mix in the video right now. Yeah, that shit was fun as fuck. But that was the fun I would have in Compton. But Long Beach, it was serious.

Yeah. And then all my homeboys was going to jail at a young age. We was playing sports and shit, but then as we got in that teen era, it was kind of like,

shit, we started going. My homeboy kind of like shit. We started going, you know, my homeboy started going, like my guy, my homeboy, he went to jail. You know, it was like young camp shit.

And I was like, damn, lost. God. Mm-hmm. Now, one of my favorite songs of all times,

I need to know how this studio session went. It ain't no fun. Wow. If the homies can't have it. I ain't going to lie. I actually walked in that session. I walked into that session.

Wait a second. You walked into the session? I walked into that session when they had just started doing it. Like, when they first started doing it. Actually, they was... I don't think Nate's part was on there, but Snoop...

Yeah, Nate's part was on there But Snoop Yeah Nate's part was on there Snoop Corrupt had did his Snoop had did his And they had an open verse I was like shit let me get on that motherfucker They was like shit go ahead write a verse So I wrote that motherfucking verse

I was fresh off of endo smoking all that shit too I'm thinking this a whole party This wasn't a party in a session? It wasn't. No naked bitches? No, oh yeah. Okay, all right. Let's get to that part.

Come on. I'm sorry. That was always in there. The death row sessions. The death row sessions wasn't nothing but bitches, drink.

It was a party. Right. And all kinds of shit. A dangerous party. Fucking, all that shit was going on. All that shit was going on in those sessions. Them Defro sessions back then was,

it was, it was, it was. How y'all make music with that craziness? Just had, I mean, it was, that's what helped us make music. All that shit. You know, no. I ain't gonna lie, listen to me. You can feel it in the music There's certain eras

That like You know You hear the music And you be like I just wish I was there Like that early Therefore Like before

Like you said I can see what you say Where the money came and changed But like when y'all was just Just you know Starting out fresh I could tell Y'all really got along

With each other in the beginning I could feel Tell everyone was like Well the beginning Of course I mean that's the got along with each other in the beginning. I could tell everyone was like... Well, the beginning. Of course. I mean, that's the golden years, though. It's the beginning. And it's all new to everybody.

But by the way, that's for everyone. Once money gets involved too much, it always changes. Absolutely. Just this amount, it changes. But that beginning is always... And with Popeye's chicken We used to have I'm starving right now

Please Man Okay let me shut it out You fasted Yeah man Oh my goodness Man why you didn't Blow me up

I was a guy Shit Well I damn sure Want to get me some Cuban food Or some Yeah Oh yeah

Whoever that chef is That Cali got Oh Melissa He don't let her out. He don't let her out. Oh, yeah. I would love for that motherfucker to cook something for me, chef. Let's pick up the coffee.

We're going to get Snipes going, too. Pick up Khaled. Oh, yeah. Am I saying that right? Snipes? Snipes. Snipes is looking great. Look, so let's get this group.

Snipes is looking great, Khaled, man. Talking to Khaled right now? Yeah, yeah. Let's go to Quick Time with Slime. You to Khaled right now? Yeah, yeah. Let's go to Quick Time with Slime. Explain to him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going to give you

two options. You pick one. We good. But if you say both or neither, then we drink. Okay. Drink a shot.

So you got a bringer? You got a Sonny ringer? I'm going to drink some coffee. That's your shot? Yeah, that's my shot. Then you got a drink. Let's try it. Yeah, let's Sonny drink. You got a drink. Yeah. Yeah. Sonny will drink for me.'m going to drink some coffee, man. That's your shot? Yeah, that's my shot. Nah, then you got to drink. Let's try it again. Let Sonny drink.

You got to drink some. Yeah. Huh? Yeah, Sonny will drink for me. All right, cool. All right. Let's go. You want me to set it off?

You guys set it? Yeah, yeah. It's set. I don't see none of your shit. I see it. I see it now. Ready? I'll set it.

Now I don't see it. Can I borrow your lighter? Of course. Hold on. Let me get my shot ready. I got the first one. Okay, I got it.

Yeah. Dre or Daz? Dre. I love Daz shit. I think Daz will pick Dre too. Oh yeah. Tupac or DMX? Shit. Both.

Oh, we're drinking. Cheers, cheers, cheers. You're drinking for me, sonny. DJ Quick or Battle Cat? Cheers, cheers, cheers. You drinking for me, sonny? Oh, fuck. DJ Quick or Battle Cat? Battle Cat at the 50th. Quick? Shit.

Both. Damn. I wouldn't pour so heavy. Yeah, yeah, don't pour. Give him life. Yeah. All right, this one, I'm changing it up. I'm going to do it.

No, no, I'm changing it up because this is why you're viral. Well, I'm not viral, bro. I'm not trying to be viral. You call you E-F-N-V, and the V stands for viral. I'm not trying to be viral. Ice Cube or Biggie Smalls? Nah, nah, that's not cool, man. Shit.

This is your famous argument, brother. Stand by it. It wasn't an argument. Stand by This is your famous argument, brother. Stand by it. It wasn't an argument. Stand by it. It wasn't an argument. Stand by it. You asked me who my favorite artist was. I said Ice Cube.

I'm going to have to go with Cube on that one. Okay. You got to, and it ain't just because he's from the West Coast. You got to look at all that shit he did. The catalog and everything. The history. Did you see that argument online? Him and What?

With Ice Cube? Yeah, but I got a role with Cube. I love Biggie now. Don't get me wrong. Biggie is my era. It makes it seem like I don't like Biggie. I love Biggie. But that nigga Cube got

Have you ever heard heard Summer Vacation? That's it. Oh, my God. Have they heard the, which mixtape was that, Jacket for Beats? Come on now, fuck the police.

He was running all, he was writing all that shit for Easy. And his diss records, No Vaseline is one of the best diss records of all time. No Vaseline. Well, this is how you know he was hard. Because Eazy E said, Ice Cube,

Break the Brimes, That I Say. I said, This nigga's ill. Yes. That nigga said it in his own right. This DJ played No Vaseline. That's hard.

But how hard you got to beat? How hard you got to beat it like, Say this. Yeah. Did you read? But that's how ill? Say this. Yeah. Did you read? But that's how easy it was, too. Did you read it? Yeah, yeah.

Easy than your fucking... You want me to blow myself up? Yeah, blow yourself up. Ice Cube right in the round. I don't get it. That shit is hard. Yeah, they played that motherfucking Vaseline in the comedy store one day we was in there.

It was me, Snoop, and Dre, and all of us. Back then? All of us, we was in the comedy, because that was our spot. We used to go to the comedy store. That was our hangout. Wow. Chilling. The DJ played No Vaseline.

Boy, wow. You talking about a motherfucker getting his ass whooped. No Vaseline is hell, man. Dre grabbed the arm of the 1200. Zzz. Just like that. And they come, everybody,

we, boom. Oh, y'all was gunplayin' niggas back then? It wasn't gunplay. It was ass play. No, he said gunplay from Miami.

Oh, yeah, yeah, that was straight gunplay right there. Yeah, yeah. And, and,

that shit was, that shit was a trip, man. It was, it was, it was more like, like, motherfuckers getting beat up and shit like that. It wasn't. Because that's when, you know, Dre did Dre Day, you know,

and then Snoop was like on a street knowledge mission. He was getting that cube on that. And he was getting that Luke. And Luke. And Tim, dog. Yeah, Tim, dog at Luke. And Tim Dogg. Yeah, Luke is my nigga. I used to fuck with Luke. Let me ask you, I knew why Tim Dogg caught a stray.

I knew why Eazy-E caught a stray. I never caught why did they go at Luke. Did Luke do something? There was something back then. I don't even remember. I think he has said something about That we wasn't gangsters out here Out on the west coast

Something like that But you know what's crazy The Two Life crew Brother Marquis And what's the other And Fresh Kid Ice They were both from L.A. Yeah, Brother Marquis, my God

That was my God, Luke Yeah, yeah From L.A.? I mean, I don't know If they were born out there You from LA too God damn LA But you know

We rep Miami We raised in Dade County So yeah It's crazy though But yeah There was something there Yeah cause I never Understood that

As a fan Obviously I wasn't I don't remember Does anybody remember What the beef started with With Luke I thought it was Some independence shit

I don't remember the gangsta shit. It was something about, y'all, they ain't gangsta. It was something about they wasn't, LA ain't, they ain't gangsta, some shit.

What was the response? Cowards and Compton get sprayed and dated? Wow. Later on after that, like, you know, years after that, Luke had a show.

Luke's peep show, and show. Luke's Peep Show. And we did Luke's Peep Show with him in Malibu on this private beach. Oh, that nigga Luke was cold with it. He's a fool. Oh, that's my guy. He a wild one. Oh, my God. He had some crazy shit going on.

That shit, I mean, I was like. Did you go to How Can I Be Down when he had the boat ride? I didn't do that. Oh, my God. That was wild. Luke is the man The man I ain't gonna lie He had some cold shit

Going on Like that With that Luke's Peep Show No the Luke's Peep Show Was out of control Oh my god That shit was That shit was dope

We even We played football On the sand It was three on three It was me snooping My homeboy Lou Dog Against Luke And two other guys.

We was playing sand football out in the—I'm going to just tell you one of the things, the challenges he had with the ladies. You know, I ain't going hard on these ladies or nothing like that, but he had this challenge. It was called bobbling for dicks. He had some shit where he had the girl that was like, like, yeah, and they had to get in there to bobble the dick.

That shit was crazy. That was one of the challenges. I know he gonna be like That nigga Warren crazy But that was a cold That was a cold That was a cold That was a cold challenge

It was a way That was a For the fans Like I said It was a lot of stuff There was no dicks If you can say for the fans Little Pete show was cold

There was apples Yeah That shit was crazy And uh Uh It was a lot of crazy shit, man. Shout out to Life Crew. We never got to the bottom of it. That was in the beginning stages, like way back.

I think that was in the early, that was early chronic stages. Yeah, when we did that. But that, you know, we had squashed all that stuff. It was, you know, and became cool and still cool to this day. You know, Luke is our guy. We got to ask Luke. Did we ask Luke when he was on here?

No. He said some other shit, though. You know what? I don't think we remember it. They used to come to the Wet n' Wild pool parties back then. Everybody used to come to it. Ed Lover, Dr. Dre,

all of them used to come to the Wet n' Wild. I was the youngest nigga in there. Young buck. In there, just seeing titties. At that age, it was like, damn. He's out of titties. He's still impacting from the early titties.

Go on YouTube and look up Wet n Wild pool parties. That shit was cracking. You don't get that no more. But I tried to redo that. When I was on Def death jam me and chris lighty threw a part a mansion party where i had everybody down at they they i think beverly hills hotel i had everybody shuttled up to the party right and i had the shit where i had three levels when you walk before you even get in there good it's a bar at the door drink right here you can't

get in there and you get you a drink before you get in there then i had a food level where you come on this floor you eat on this floor then i had another level you play cards and do dance and do all that shit me and chris had that shit laid the fuck out man we and that shit was cold rest in peace chris lighty that was my dog man good dude man all right so let's move on to the next one, and we're going to go back to Chris Lighty. Ice tea or LL Cool J? Ice tea. Okay.

You don't need that West Coast shit, okay. No, I'm not. LL Can't see me in your hotel, nigga. Come on. Six in the morning Before we set my door Yeah That's all you gotta say Don't leave it there

Leave it there I'm fucking with you I'm fucking with you Boys in the hood Of menace to society I'm a huge LL fan Don't get me I love LL

I'm a huge LL fan Yup Shit I thought I used to think I was cut creator Shit I ain't never told him that I said man I'm gonna have to say Man let me be cut creator I was Cut Creator. Shit. I ain't never told him that. I said, man, let me be Cut Creator.

I was inspired by Cut Creator. Straight up. Boys in the Hood or Menace to Society? Movies. Oh, wait. Damn. Let me see. I'm going to have to say Menace to Society.

You skipped one, too. Oh, you know what? I'm going to have to say Minister Society. You skipped one too. Oh, you know what? I'm going to say both on that one. Oh, come on, man. You're making a drink? I got to say both on that one. You're making a drink? Cheers.

No, I didn't skip. I just switched the name. I know. That's why. You kind of. Yeah, yeah. But go to. You're going to say Biggie and Big L?

Yeah, go ahead. Okay. I did. Biggie or Big L? Big L. Really? Yeah. Big L was hard. I'm or Big L? Big L. Really? Yeah. Big L was hard.

I'm a Big L fan. Big L was hard than a motherfucking. You fucked with Big L? Yeah. Yeah. Shit, yeah. You ever met him?

I didn't get a chance to meet him, but all the homeboys. Big L was dope, man. All the homeboys. You know, I heard his music. I was like,

this nigga hard. He was on some thug shit way back in there before a lot of gangsta shit this nigga hard. He was on some thug shit way back in there before a lot of gangster shit was coming out. He was vicious. And he had bars, too. No, he was super bars. Yeah.

Damn. Rest in peace, Big L, by the way. And Biggie as well. Yes, indeed. Biggie's my guy, too. It's a freestyle with me, Snoop, Tupac, and Biggie. It's on YouTube. And you?

Yeah. We was at the Glam Slam. I wasn't no hell of a freestyler, but I was trying my— Which Glam Slam? In Princess Club in L.A. Because he had one out here, too. Yeah, but this was the one on Third Street in downtown L.A. That's wild.

I'm telling you, Pac and Biggie, them niggas was, I don't understand how that shit went this way and that way. They both Gemini. It was ridiculous. We was all fucking with each other, like all in the same freestyle and having a ball. We was at different shows and shit, doing shit, partying, all kind of shit. Wow. You know, that shit just tripped me out how this shit went that way, that went that way. Crazy. Yeah, go to the next

one. It's L.A. shit. Nipsey. I got it. Nipsey or Eazy-E? Uh, shit. Did you meet Nipsey? I'm going to have to say Eazy-E. You know, I love Nipsey, but Eazy-E is one of the guys who...

The beginning. Yeah, it's the beginning of a lot of this gangster shit from the gangster shit on the West Coast. Right. Yeah. Okay, MC Lyte or Queen Latifah? Oh, wait, god damn. I'm gonna have to say both on that,

because both of them is my homegirls and they both dope. Take a shot. They both dope. Shit. Oof. Shiminy, shiminy. I'm going to have a whole headache, huh? I'm going to drink champs, man.

Shit. He fasted, but I'm fucked up with you right now. Yes, indeed. I think you should do The next three That's all West Coast Come on man We all hip hop right now

Man what's going on I like I like me supporting The West Coast man Oh yeah Alright this one is The crew right here Came up with this

Badass Or Little Half Dead Hey y'all Y'all crazy Thank you for taking it out on them Everyone takes it out on us I already knew Half Dead is my homeboy

But I got a roll with Badass on that one Okay Yes indeed Go ahead Alright Chronic or Doggy Style That's gonna be hard I would imagine

Shit I'm gonna have to go with the Chronic or Doggy Style? That's going to be hard. I would imagine. Shit. I'm going to have to go with the Chronic. Because that was all of us. That was the same element that was on Doggy Style, but it was more of, well, God damn, let me think about this. I mean, you know what? I'll take that back. I'm going to have to go with both.

I had to bring that one back. I had to rewind on that. Yeah. But in all respect, if it wasn't for the chronic, that wouldn't have led to the doggy style. Yes, it did. But you feel that you had the same input on doggy style that you had on the chronic?

Yeah, it was the same. No, I didn't have the same. I didn't produce nothing on the- Doggystyle? Nothing on Doggystyle. Really? Let me think about it now. That's wild, man.

Wait a minute now. Wait a minute. Let me think. We drank already. You fucked us up. I have to think about it. What did I do? No, but I'm fucked up that you didn't produce anything on Doggystyle.

Being that Snoop was your man- Gotta ask Snoop that shit. I'm just saying, you came... I'm not trying to make anything... Nah, that's a lot of shit that I... You came into Chronic, you assisted in Chronic. Yeah, it's a lot of shit. How do you not assist on Doggystyle, which is...

Nah, it was... At that time, that was kind of like that In that In that midst Of If I was Dre I would say yes Assist me with this too Yeah but that was in the midst

Of me being with Def Jam Oh Now you're doing your own thing Yeah Alright so that's what it is Alright I wanted to do some shit With

On Doggy Style Shit You know Just like This DJ This DJ This DJ I know

Snoop helped write that shit And he did he was on the hook but def row wouldn't let snoop they wouldn't clear him they was like no fuck that we ain't clearing shit and uh uh so i said you know what okay i gotta figure this shit out because it's gonna look crazy with you know Snoop not doing his hook. So I took Snoop's voice and I made it Chipmunk. So if you listen under you'll hear

the Chipmunk voice. That's Snoop. And I redid the hook. He wrote the hook. I redid the hook. Is that the first A.I.? You got that right. Warren G. It's been AI.

Warren G. It's been AI. Spread the rumor. Warren G. It's been AI. Yes, indeed. Even, okay, now, and I'm just, you know, getting this, letting people know this, you know, corrupt help with writing, do you see? You don't see what

I see. He got credit for it? Yeah. Okay. I don't know the credit. Hey. I don't mean to fuck it up. No, it's all good. That's what we did with each other. I didn't done a gang of shit for them.

I didn't say like, It was synergy. Everybody would do anything. That didn't say like, nigga, I didn't. It was synergy. Everybody was working. Yeah, everybody would do anything. That's just, like I said, like with the chronic. It felt like that. Like, y'all were just working. That's it.

And the business was later. Yeah, no, we didn't even do the business. The business was fucked up. No, we never did the business on none of that shit. So whoever, somebody did this for that person, that's for you. It was totally creative. It was all creative. Yeah, that's for you.

That's for your shit. That's for your shit. That's for your shit. We didn't come back saying, I wrote this shit and did that. No, that's yours. That's yours. That's yours. Right.

But other than that shit, I did my shit. I ain't, you know, I've had people help out on certain things. You know, everybody get help. You know, when we was in there doing the chronic in different songs, it was a lot of help. You know, even like when Mr. Grimm is rapping on Endo Smoke, on the H&R Puff, the stuff in your lungs, smoking on the chronic, getting straight sprung.

You know, that's my style. But go ahead. I helped with that, with helping him write that part. You know what I mean? So it's just input in here and there, but that's just how we work. It wasn't no, nigga, I want this, I want that, and I take that.

Snoop will tell you. He done a gang of shit for a gang of motherfuckers and ain't charged them nothing, ain't asked them nothing. Same with me. I done done shit like, you gotta get yours, I gotta get mine. I ain't charged them nothing, ain't asked them nothing. Same with me. I done done shit like, you gotta get yours, I gotta get mine. I don't, I ain't seen not one check from that. Really? Not one check from that.

I ain't seen no money from EndoSmoke. And that went gold. I wasn't on my shit back then. You know, I've been, I could go after them now. You should see the royalty check that they sent me from Sony. That shit be 35 cents.

How the fuck is it 35 cents? I got a 12 cent check the other day. This motherfucker went gold. And you know by now the motherfucker is beyond gold. Now that shit probably so many different platinums that you can't even name it.

It should take me more gas to put it in the bank. You know what I mean? So how the fuck Is y'all gonna But it's my It's my fault Cause I ain't had

A hyena to go Get off in they Motherfucking ass And outed all these Motherfuckers All of them I guess the drink Kicking in

I'm a motherfucker Hey I'm motherfucking And all kind of shit Alright we said Chronic or Darkest Yeah after that. The Game or Eminem? Eminem.

Really? Eminem is dope. I mean, I ain't saying Game ain't dope, but Eminem is... You got to look at what the motherfucker wrote, Things Just Ain't The Same For Gangsters. He wrote that. That's one of my favorite fucking songs.

For Dre. For Dre. Right. Things Just Ain't the Same. We got to clear it up because people don't know what we're talking about. Oh, shit. I thought Jay-Z wrote that. Nah, nah.

M. No, Eminem wrote that. Eminem wrote that? Jay-Z wrote. Still Dre. Still Dre. Yeah, yeah. He wrote Still Dre.

Still Dre. How the fuck Can you write this For this nigga And the shit sound like It's him Yeah Because Em is He's a student of the game

Yeah so it's like Good point Good point And the motherfucker Went diamond plus Diamond plus Diamond plus All that shit

Multiple something And he's He's talented You know And I Like I said I ain't taking shit from game. Game is dope, too.

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It's just him and him. You're right, he is. I promise you, that motherfucker wrote that shit like he was inside a Dre body in his head. That is alien shit. And that shit was so motherfucking hard. I was like, God damn. So when you asked me that, I had to give it to him on that one because that shit was dope. Game is dope, too.

Don't get me wrong. The shit he was doing was hard, too. And please forgive Melly Mel. Melly Mel, no apology. Melly Mel, please. We need everybody. I'll hold it down till I come back. I guarantee you,

if he would have, it would have been more of a have it would have been more of a of a everybody would have been more like okay wait a minute now if he would have did his diss over that the sometimes I want the god damn what's the

M&M's boom boom boom boom boom over the message no not M&M's? Boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom, boom Over the message No, not M&M If Melly Mel was rapped over the message Yeah, yeah Doing his shit back then

People would probably be like Oh shit, wait a minute But the record he did was like Nigga, you doing some shit way back You know, from back in that era No, I ain't dissing it I ain't dissing it But he should have grabbed one of these young motherfucking producers and got on their shit to make it, you know, make it more of a, I ain't saying it ain't, you know, it ain't. But what he say, it's time for the payback.

What he say, something like that? No, no, you know, look, don't get me wrong. Melly Mell is my nigga. I love Melly Mell. That's an OG everything. But he should have did it over a different type of music and made it more simple to where

okay, now we got something going here. Now, okay, it could be another one, another part two. Because it's all fun and games. You're saying he did it so old school, like it's only like the old school. Yeah, he went super old school like it's only like the old yeah he went super old school with it he went super old school when he should have just came up come up to this era and get down on this type of shit that shit might open up a whole nother motherfucking lane for you with these young niggas all right you know what i mean you do some bust over they shit he should have rhymed some trail shit some drill shit? Some drill shit? No, not rhyming.

No, not rhyming. Drill shit. Just rhyming like he rhymes. The nigga did the message. That shit. He know how to write. So you take your time with it and be simple with it

and just break that shit down. But, you know, Melly Mel is my nigga. But that, he probably should have, I ain't, you that, he probably should have, you know, he probably should have had a different beat more up to era

to where, you know, it'll gravitate the young crowd to come in and listen at the same time. You know, because... So Belly Mel would have hit you and said, I need a beat to this Eminem on. Would you give him? Are you answering the text? I couldn't get in it.

Okay. I couldn't get in there. I couldn't get in there. I wasn't getting nobody mixed. You know what I'm saying? But that's just how I am. I wasn't getting nobody mixed. Because I love both of them.

Right. You know, just as far as hip hop, you know, that's what I mean as far as musically. I think he could have musically came a little better. You know, and it's, you know, hey, but he ain't no buster, though. He came, he struck right back. He came right back to that shit. Shit. And he's strong as a motherfucker.

He's strong as a motherfucker. That's the Arnold Schwarzenegger hip hop. Yes, indeed. You know, shit. Melly Mel for Governor. Yes, indeed. Oh, Melly Mel, man.

All right. That's my guy, though. I love Melly Mel. Nah, he's the truth, man. Yeah. Hey! I feel like he's going to say that to us.

You know what I've seen a post that Fat Joke, Fat Joke did a post the other day where he had Melly Mel performing and I don't know where the fuck he was at, but he had a green suit on. Yeah, he still had the suit. And he made everybody say, dude, this way, this way. And then he told those two, that was the coldest shit I've ever seen in a motherfucking concert. I swear to God, that shit was dope. I was going to steal it from Joe and rep swear to God. That shit was dope. I was going to steal it

from Joe and repost that shit. That shit was so fucking dope. If y'all would have seen, you seen what I'm talking about? That shit was hard. And if you notice... Then he came in with the... He came in with the... Goddamn, I keep

forgetting this motherfucker. I seen that he had the hat on too, right? He had the hat on with the printout. He walked out looking like a Diesel Prince. Yeah, he rocked him, motherfucker, this way. Yeah, like Prince Richard of Jim. By the time they got to the middle is when he started his first verse on the boom, boom. Bam, boom.

Boom. Oh, my God. They went crazy. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. Bam, bam, bam, bam. The crowd went crazy. They started singing everything. You got to respect the architects, man.

That shit was hard as fuck. Let's pick up Melly Mel, God damn it. Yeah, for real. We wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for them. Straight up, straight up. Who hurt all of y'all? Yes, everybody. Grandmaster Flash.

Ludacris Bortia. Shit. All right. Get back Shit. All right. Get back to that fucker. Man, boy, y'all making it hard on me. Shit. Shit, I got to... Oh, my God.

Say shit. Oh, my God. Damn. Man, I'm going to... You know what? We got two more of them You know Chance is a play that you seen both

I think I'm going to have to I think I'm going to have to Boat it out Let me think about it I'm going to have to, damn I'm leaning towards T.I. And Ludacris is my nigga T.I. in Ludacris is my nigga. T.I. been a bodyguard hard.

Bodyguard hard with what he was doing. Shit. Damn, y'all got me with that one. I'm going to have to go with both on that one. God damn it. Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, check, check, check, check. Let's go. Yes, indeed.

Got the next one. Death Row or Roofless? Woof. Damn. Shit. I don't like this shit. I'm going to have to roll with Death Row. Okay.

Because you was a young man on Roofless. Yeah, yeah. Corrupt or MC Rant? Yeah, yeah. I'll throw it back. Corrupt or MC Ren? Yeah, yeah. I'll throw it back. Corrupt. Okay, okay. Let me get this one.

Ren hard than a motherfucker. Yo, Ren is one of the hardest. Yeah, one of the hardest. I think he's underrated. Ren is underrated. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, Ren is hard than a motherfucker. If it ain't rough, it ain't me.

That nigga was hard. He is still hard. He still dope. He still dope. Okay. Ruff Ryders or Rockefeller? Shit. Shit, I'm going to have to roll with the Ruff Ryders, man.

Okay. I got to do it. Okay. Nas? Kenny Butler and Kenny Butler, my homeboy. I had a chance to really chop it up with DMX and them. You know, not saying that Rockefeller. The only person I got a chance to really chop with Rockefeller was Benny Siegel.

You know, me and Jay-Z, we never really had a conversation or sat and chatted or anything, but I love what he do, and I would love to produce some shit for him. That would be crazy. I would love to do that. That has to happen, man. Yeah, I would love to produce something for him.

That has to happen. Yeah, if I bet he hit me like, Warren, I need some shit, I'd get nervous to the mother. Like, wait a minute, hold up. This nigga just say he wanted... Nah, I bet he hit me like, Warren, I need some shit. I get nervous to the mother. Hold up. This nigga just say he wanted... Nah, I'll go in the fucking... Nah, you'll kill it. I'll go into a zone so motherfucking crazy. Nah, you'll kill it. Okay, Nas or Rakim?

God damn. I'm going to have to go with both on that one. Alright, that's good. Let me get the West Coast one. Hold on, let me get this one, and then I'll give you the West Coast. KRS-One or Jadakiss? I don't even think that's fair.

KRS-One. Okay. Jadakiss is my guy. I love him. But KRS-One, you got to, did you see what the fuck he did. The shit he did. Now, I know I ain't

tripping, but he did South Bronx, Southside Bronx, in the thing the other day. And Nas is the guy over the whole show. And it's in Brooklyn. And he did the bridge is over. He did all of that shit.

I'm like, God damn. I said, I was like, I hope that don't start nothing in that motherfucker. Yeah, it almost did. But I was like, damn. You going to get the rest of those blokes? Give me them. I was like, that nigga got classic. Nah, Karis 1 is a blueprint.

He's a blueprint. Not saying that Jada don't have class. He just. I think Jada would say Karis 1. To be honest with you. He's the teacher. Jada would say that. He's the teacher friend Not saying that Jada Don't have class He just I think Jada Would say KS1 To be honest with you He's the teacher He's the teacher He's the teacher of hip hop

Yeah Like he really be He's still teaching us Yeah he's spitting game Everything he talk about He's spitting game In a way To

As far as guidance Yeah You know and doing something You're not saying that Jada Kiss ain't doing it He like me We gonna talk about some bud We gonna tell you some shit, but we're going to put

that bud element in it. We're going to put our party shit with it. I've seen K-Rus one time. He started talking and in my mind the whole crowd had a book in their hand. In my mind. In my mind. In my mind. I'm not saying this happened. As he started talking,

it felt like everybody had a book like this. Oh yeah. Yes indeed. You want to go on? This is some L.A. shit. Go ahead started talking, it sounded like everybody had a book like this. Oh, yeah. Yes, indeed. Okay, you want to go on? This is some L.A. shit. Go ahead. Well, this is Texas, too. Okay. RBX or Sam Snead?

RBX. Okay. Sugar Puff. Sugar Puff. Sugar. Oh, oh, oh, oh. That's Sugar Puff. Sugar or Puff. Sugar. Not sugar puff. Sugar or puff.

Sugar puff. That was good. Sugar puff. That's not a puff daddy. Let's do a confirmation together. Sugar puff. Sugar puff. Sugar puff. Damn, that's what I thought he said.

I was like, who the fuck is sugar puff? You seen our look? I'm going to have to go with both on that one. Okay, okay. Okay. Oh, shit. We got to come up with a compilation now. Sugar Puff.

Sugar Puff. Both of them. Five songs there, five songs on the one. Okay. The Source or XXL? Oh, shit. The Source. Okay. Big up to Zeno. Yes, indeed. Oh shit The Source Okay Pick up his email

Yes indeed Thank you Big Daddy Kane Or Slick Rick Shit Both Let's go Let's go god damn it

Oh you got the next one Oh you want me to take He need a double shot Oh you got another one one Oh you want me to take it He need a double shot Oh you got another one She said you got another one On the side Oh okay okay Shit you done slid

That one on me Yeah God damn No Lady of Rage or Yo-Yo Both Okay You know I can't

They both dope Okay Bless you Okay you ready I'm ready I'm like I went like this Okay

Getting there Pharrell Or Kanye West Man Shit I'm at the road with Kanye. Okay. I love Pharrell.

I love Pharrell. He's dope. I heard he wanted to work with me back in the day, but nobody never contacted me to tell me that. But Kanye, I grounded. We was before anything just to see the progress that he made from being in this little-ass studio with a thousand fucking, like hundreds of thousands of records all the way up and down the stairs and it being cold as fucking Chicago when I went to go see him.

And then just to see the things that he did and the production, his production, it reminds me of myself. You know, I be telling these motherfuckers, I was the Drake of the 90s. You know, all the ladies, look. I ain't gonna lie. You know, I ain't, you know, all the ladies.

I was L.L. Warren. Oh, yeah, L.L. Warren, man, back in the 90s. I got the next one. Yeah, yeah. L.L. Warren, man. Back in the 90s. I got the next one. Yeah, please. This is a good one, man. George Clinton or Blowfly? Oh, my God.

Both. Both, right? Oh, my God. Blowfly. Y'all should have been hard on me. Blowfly's the hardest. I'm going to have to roll with both. Wait, wait.

Let me wait a minute now. Wait a minute. Think about it. Who do you sample more? I got to roll with George Clinton. Exactly. Yeah, I had to roll with George Clinton. Why did I still drink? I don't know. Just used to it.

Illmatic or ready to die? God damn. Well, y'all show is cold. Who did you really listen to i just want to i want to dig in i listen to both of them um if i had to do it like that, I'd listen to Illmatic more because that was out way before that. But I'm going to go with both because they was both dope records. Okay.

I ain't mad. Yeah. And I still got Drake. And I still got the blue Nas hoodie with the orange Nas on the way from way back in the day. Because believe it or not, Def Jam was with Sony. Yeah. And before Polygram.

So me and Nas used to fly on the plane together. People don't know how the labels were all connected by these conglomerates. And Nas was on Sony, so we were both Sony artists, so they had us flying together. Me and Nas, fly to LA, back to New York, back to LA. So we was flying together.

You and Nas, a record would be crazy. That's another guy I would love to give it. A crazy record. You know what? A lot of these artists, they don't really understand that there's somebody that say, send me some beats. But the way I am is, you know, if you want to get the best out of it, yeah, let's sit in that motherfucker. You're going to produce them. Like we're doing right now.

We're talking, we're vibing. Let's sit in that motherfucker you're gonna produce them like we doing right now we talking we vibing let's sit in that motherfucker and understand each other and that's when the best we couldn't do the same interview on Zoom

yes indeed that's when the best yeah the best is gonna come out I'm sorry to change the subject but I say that's the reason

why the music for the 90s was so good is because back then I couldn't sit you had to be I had to go to

your studio you had to come to my studio we had to sit down we had to be in the studio. I had to go to your studio. You had to come to my studio. We had to sit down. We had to make music together. And now it's just trash music. I mean, not trash music. Let me not call it trash.

It's disposable music because all I'm doing is trying to get your feeling and then I'm trying to match my verse with your thing as opposed to when you were sitting there. When you made the hook, I was there.

You know what I mean? When you made the beat, I was there know what I mean when you made the beat I was there I think you would be I would love to get down with him you know what I did that a lot of people remember the

pick it up pick it up the remix boom boom boom boom boom boom I did that remember the Slick Rick

behind bars he was pissed off Slick Rick Behind bars He was pissed off Slick Rick didn't like it But Russell and him Had to tell him like Nigga don't worry about it The shit is dope That dumb diddy

Dumb diddy diddy Daddy day This type of shit Happens every day Yep Produced that shit For Slick Rick And that shit went gold

He understood it After that I remember The shit was dope You know Slick Rick is dope as fuck But he just didn't understand because he was like, oh, you can't mix this with that in the show. Right. And gave that nigga a go.

Side note, side note. You saw the Biz Markie documentary? No, I didn't see it. It came out. Sasha Jenkins did it. I didn't know it came out. I seen the trailer for it. So Biz Markie used to go out and do la-di-da-di and did it I didn't know it came out I seen the trailer for it So Bismarck He used to go out

And do la-di-da-di And say it was him Get the fuck out It was his It was his rhymes Get out of here Wow He would go perform it

La-di-da-di-da-di And people thought It was his shit Oh okay Yeah Alright Yes indeed Okay so

Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole Woo Uh That's Ew Shit Uh Yes, indeed. Okay, so Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole? Woo. That's, ew. Shit. Because J. Cole is like your cousin. J. Cole is. J. Cole is. West Coast.

Yeah, I'm going to have to roll with both. Okay, okay. And I think they're the best that we have right now in hip hop. To be honest with you. You know what tripped me out is J. Cole. It's on a video, probably on YouTube somewhere. I've seen his shit. And when we was recently in Raleigh, I was trying to reach out to try to get him to come to the show

because he said that my album, he mentioned Tupac. He was like Warren G., Tupac, and some other records. He said, those were the albums that inspired me to do what I do, rapping. So I wanted him to come see the show live. Come see me do this shit. Look at the shit that you did. That's right, J. Cole. Come out, J. Cole.

Connect with Warren G. That's right. He's dropping this next week. He's going to see it. Rap City or MTV Raps? Oof. Oh, wait. Rap City or MTV Raps? Oh wait Rap City

I got the next one Love my dog man OG's right here King T or MCA? Shit Shit I'm out Oh wait

Damn I got the road with King T Cause King T was He's the original King T I got to roll with King T because King T was. He's the original. King T was right there with Ice T. They had like a little thing kind of, not no serious beef or nothing, but it was like the battle over the T. Nope.

Who was the T? Really? That was the T beef? Yeah. It was like King T and Ice T. Like, who was the, who was the, who was the. It was the T. King T was hard too now Ice T. Like, who was the... Who was the T? King T was hard too now.

Shit, man, that nigga... Y'all need to go back and listen to this shit. No, King T is the motherfucker. Oh, my God. Act of Fool? Shit. But MCA as well. CMW.

I'm going to tell you a guy that nobody never talked about was Mixed Masters Fave. Talk about it. Vicious. Said I want to go to the liquor store, hey, and get some A-ball, baby, get some A-ball. I want to make that over right now. You get some cocaine right now? Hey, go ahead.

Niggas don't know. Rest in peace, Mix Master Spade. Rest in peace. He was original. That's he from Compton. Yeah. And nobody never, nobody, don't Spade. He was original. That's he from Compton. And nobody never, nobody, he was more, people don't really understand.

He was one of the ones, too, in the beginning, Mix Master Spade, that was putting it down. Now you next. Now I want you on. Egyptian Lover. I'm sorry, y'all. No, Egyptian Lover, of course. Egyptian Lover is kind of like are cool hurt. Yep.

You know what I mean? From the West Coast. The L.A. Dream Team. Like all those people. You know, all kind of, all different kind of guys. We had some, you know, the captain rep was from Long Beach. Arabian Prince. Arabian Prince.

You know, these were, you know, the guys like that was setting it off. Yeah. Before we, you know, we was listening, but it was, you know, breaking and shit back then. Like, with Ice-T and them, like, you know, when breaking and all that shit came out, you know. Yeah. So Wu-Tang or NWA?

Am I jaw-jacking too much? Huh? Wu-Tang or NWA? Shit. Come on. Wu-Tang or N.W.A.? Shit. Come on. Wu-Tang, N.W.A. I'm going to have to match with N.W.A. Yeah.

Like that. They, shit. Raekwon and Ghostface and Method Man, them are guys. But them niggas, shit. If you listen to that niggas, them niggas, NWA, any of the NWA albums, the way they put that shit together,

that shit is, that's like the greatest of all time as far as hip hop production from Dre in hip hop period, the way it was structured, because it was a movie. He took you on a journey and made it a movie.

Including the stigas. That's what I mean. He was talking about that earlier. It was a movie. It's acted out and then it's brought into a movie. He took you on a journey and made it a movie. Including the skits. That's what I mean. You were talking about that earlier. It was a movie. It's acted out and then it's brought into a song. I always thought. It brought you to Compton. Yes, indeed.

I always thought all classic hip-hop skits should always wind up as a movie. Yes, indeed. I always thought that. Yes, indeed. I'm sorry to jump off subject. All right, let's go to the next one. Wait, I got it.

You, yeah. Exhibit or Razz Kaz? Exhibit. Yeah. I like this one.azz Kaz? Exhibit. Yeah. I like this one. Mack 10 or WC? WC. Let's go.

Shit. I love WC. I fuck with both of them, but I got to roll with WC. Okay. Get up, boys. You're UGK. Shit. I'm goinga have to go both On that one

I mean I gotta go with both Pimp C Pimp C was my nigga Look I'ma tell y'all Some cold shit I'ma tell y'all

Some cold shit He came When he to tell you all some cold shit. He came, when he came. Talk about Pimp C. Pimp C got out of jail. He came to California. He came to my studio. I had a studio in Lake Forest, California. He came to my studio.

We sat in that motherfucker and talked and just thinking, you know, about things we was getting ready to do musically. So he just wanted to see me, you know, so we was in that motherfucker just chopping it up. He was telling me about when he was in a riot in jail where he said, nigga, I had on nothing but my boxers, nigga. And he said, I put on oil all over my body, said, nigga, I had to put my boots on, nigga, ready to go. You know, out in the riot. The fight boots on, nigga, ready to go. You know, out there in the ride.

The fight. Yeah, getting ready to go down. And he came back again, and he called me when the shit happened with him. I still got the voice message. That's how deep this is. I still got the voice message where he called me. He said, Warren, he said, I don't know what you're doing tonight, but I'm at the La Madrean Hotel.

I'm getting ready to get down. We're too short tonight. He said, if you got a Digio 2 or whatever, he said, I forgot what else he said. He said, but it's on the voicemail. He said, whatever. He said, I'm at the hotel. He said, come to the hotel. He said, after I get down with Short, we can work on some music. He said, it's going down.

That's the last. That's the last. Just like him. Just like him. No, they were back. And then he called. You know, that was the last voice message that I got from him. And then, actually, it was two of them. Then he called, you know, that was the last voice message that I got from him. And then, actually it was two of them, then he called me again. And he left a voice message because he was trying to get in contact with Snoop because he wanted to drop him a jacket off. Oh, wow. And that Monday is when all, that's all this shit, the news broke about him passing away. And that shit crushed me.

God bless. Rest in peace Pimp C. That was my guy. Pimp C, 3-2, Big Mike all them was my guys. Analog or digital?

Analog. DOC or MC Breed? Shit. DOC or MC Breed? Hmm. Shit. DOC. MPC 60 or MPC 2000? 2000. Shit.

I'm going to have to go with MPC 2000. Okay. Even though I still got the MPC 60 that was used on the Chronic, I still got it. Right. Same one Dre taught me on. Wow. The Farsight or Digital Underground? Shit.

Digital Underground. Really? Yeah. Go ahead. Next one too. Above the Law or Compton Suspended? Shit. Next. Above the Law or Compton's Most Wanted? Shit. I'm going to go with both on that one. Damn.

Hold up, dawg. Let me get my drink. Go ahead. You got a drink, too? I got it right here. Yes, indeed. Actually, I'm going to tell you a cold story. This is going to fuck everybody up.

Okay. I was introduced to G-Funk through a bud of law. You know, they was the first ones. They were G. They was claiming G-Funk. That was the... For you. Look, check this out.

Wow. I used to be around, like I said, as a pup, hanging around the studio, out in the street, nowhere to go. Lay Law 187 took me in with them. Above the law. Above the law. Right. K-Mac, KMG, K- law. Came at KMG, go back to KMG, total chaos. They took me in with them, and we moved in with them.

They started fucking with me just because they seen I was a young motherfucker just eager to learn. So I lived with them. I didn't really have no place to stay. So I lived with them, and they was G-Funk. So they made me G-Funk from him, because like I said,

187 taught me how to work the MPC-62, along with what Dre taught me as well. So they were G-Funk, so I became part of that. You know what I mean? They were already repping G-Funk. Straight up, repping it. So I carried on G-Funk no matter what, because that's what, I ain't going to say it was like a gang,

but it was like, you know, this is the G-Funk music, like the click. This is your crew. Like G-Funk, what we do is G-Funk music, like the click. This is your crew. Like G-Funk. What we do is G-Funk. So what I did was I still kept going with the name, moving with it. What I did is I took it and I made it worldwide to a whole other genre where they saying it's a genre of music now.

But the G-funk era is my my my branch my part of the g-funk but the niggas who turned me on the g-funk was above the law wow so when you hear that you know and i'm glad y'all know that yeah yeah yeah yes indeed you know i'm i'm i'm g-funk i-Funk. Regulate the G-Funk era. That's one. You know, that's another branch off of the whole G-Funk brand name. And I took it and took it to a whole different realm. And to where now you go anywhere and they like G-Funk, you know, G-Funk, G-Funk, G-Funk, you know.

And I just had to say that just to let them know, you know, let them know because motherfuckers be, you know, sometimes they like, whoa, whoa, they the ones that did G-Funk. But motherfucker, you don't know. I was around these motherfuckers at the beginning stages, nigga, and they made me a part of that shit. So that's what the fuck it is, and I took it to a whole other motherfucking era. I made it worldwide and made it known so everybody know what G-Funk is now, you know? Goddamn.

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All this I do take that When we got the last I'm gonna be drunk as a skunk up here Yeah yeah It's all good This is the last one For the Quick Time of Slime

We could keep going We could keep going For a week Look look look If we want to get back To the interview But um And this

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Loyalty. Can you explain why? Yeah. I just, I love loyalty because, you know, you don't have to look over your shoulder. You know what I mean? You don't have to, you know, you got to stay down with the people who was down with you and never, you know, never transform on them. And, you know, like I said, the people that's been down with you from the gate, you can't be disloyal to, you know, like Snoop. I think this nigga got over 30. All these niggas got in here got over 30 years of loyalty from me.

All of these niggas. It's more than 30 years. I'm talking elementary school all the way up. And we did go talking elementary school all the way up. We did go to elementary school together. A lot of us in here right now, we went to elementary school. That's crazy. That's loyalty. Bible study.

It's loyalty. I've worked with a lot of artists, but I would just sit back just to see how they are. You don't got no bad? You don't got no... Mm-hmm.

Give it to them. My bad. It's like a lot of artists I work with, I just chill just to see how they are, you know, to see if they got loyalty.

Right. You know, it was a lot of them that didn't have no loyalty. You know, it was just, you know, using,

you know, using, like was just you know using you know using a like myself for leverage to because when when i once i said okay i'm cool they took that leverage with whatever and then got situations in other places right so it was it was it's it's loyalty all the way loyalty yeah let me ask you you got timeless records You've been touring A long time What is on your rider? If a person has to What's on your rider?

I got beer I drink beer What kind of beer? Don't you have your own beer? I drink Modelo Modelo y'all better get at me I fuck with Modelo too man I've been drinking that shit I thought you had your own beer You don't have it? I don't have my own beer You gotta get your own beer drink Modelo. Modelo, y'all better get at me. I fuck with Modelo, too, man. Oh, god damn it.

I thought you had your own beer. You don't have it? I don't have my own beer. Yo, you gotta get your own beer. Yeah, or Modelo kick in. Modelo! Sponsor me and Warren G. Modalia is the Puerto Rican word. No, Modelo. Modelo,

water, fruits,elo, water, fruits, vegetables, salmon, brown rice, pot pies, barbecue. How you have all that healthy shit in the pot pies?

I mean, I got, I got, I cheat here and there, but I shit In the bar I mean I got I got I cheat here and there But I got I got all I got my Everybody else

That's there They gotta eat some shit too Right And barbecue Which is what That's one of the main things That I really love to do You got your own shit

Yeah that's my That's your barbecue grill That's Nope I got my own barbecue sauces and rubs I actually Let's talk about it Let's talk about it.

I'm trying to see if somebody can grab my rubs. I got my rubs with me, man. I've been on the road cooking for Snoop. Is the bus close by? Okay, if it is, I got them in my drawer where them cup of noodles is.

I'm a cup of noodles guy. I was on it last night. I'm where them cup of noodles is i'm a cup of noodles guy i was on it last night i mean my cup of noodles was tony's so how'd you get your own sauce well my father inspired me man um just by all the family functions and a lot of pit masters of today and and back in the day my dad like just going to family unions and family functions where y'all cooking, they having fun, talking, it's great conversations, music playing, and kids having a good time. All that shit stuck with me. As a young teen, and you can ask Snoop, this shit everywhere, we was on the dope spot.

Even Fabian, I would even Fabian I would always try to cook you know cook just to cause it would change the vibe and I wasn't that good of a cook back then but now I'm on my shit now I'm the hip hop hip master now

so everybody was like Warren you gotta you know start create your own products along with your barbecue brand, your name that you're doing. Because you're posting shit everywhere. This shit look good. It tastes good. Everybody tastes it. And so I got with some of my friends and we created three sauces, the OG Smokey, the We Brings Heat, and the original.

The OG Smokey, We Brings Heat, and the original sauce. And I have two rubs. I have the all-purpose, and I have the Sniffle Griffin's original rub, which is for strictly a portion. These are in stores? They will be soon. Okay, cool. I'm talking to a lot of powerhouses.

You should give us Charles Suit. Yes, indeed. Charles Suit, he's a good guy. Yes, indeed. He helps facilitate that's a good guy. Yes, indeed. He helps facilitate that. But let me just finish what else is on your rider. Okay. What else is on your rider?

Yeah. Shit. Barbecue, fruits, vegetables, water, salmon, brown rice, Popeyes. Back in, you know, I do it as a joke, but I say bad bitches. Just a joke because I like people to see and they say bad bitches. I like for them to trip out. So I say crazy shit to them. I say all kind of crazy shit to them.

Zigzags. Just to see. Right. You know, and what was a trip is that one of the places I went to, they did a joke on me. And so I walked in the dressing room, and he was like, here go your bad bitches, and it was

a cardboard woman. Sitting there like... But it was a life-size cardboard woman. I'm like, get out of here with that shit. But, you know, I do that shit just to joke with them and have fun. But that's pretty much my ride. I ain't got a crazy ride.

You ain't got yellow. I tell Xbox, I'm a huge gamer, Warren G, 21st Street. You play Call of Duty? I play Call of Duty. You tell the niggas to bring you an Xbox? And do you take the Xbox or do you give it back? I got my own, so I just bring my own. Oh, okay.

I got my own. I thought you were telling the promoter to bring you an Xbox. I said, that's cold. I did. I'm like, that's cold. No, I did. Oh, okay. You tell the promoter.

But, you know, some of them don't follow the rules, right? But I got my own shit just in case. So I got my own shit, this TV, the whole nine. Right. And I'm a huge gamer man I love I love gaming What's your favorite game?

Yeah Shit I play everything Call of Duty PUBG Call of Duty Battlefield Madden NBA 2K

Prominence Poker You used to play Double Dribble Back in the day Double Dribble Oh definitely Double Dribble was my shit I'm a Double Dribble

Legend of Zelda Super Mario kind of guy. That means you're nothing. I believe that. That means I'm in the 80s. You're nothing right now. No, no. Legend of Zelda is still vibing.

Listen, where did we go? We had to pick up the PS5. We went. Remember we went? We had to sign autographs to pick up the PS5. We had to do it. A dude came up to me in that place, and he had the Legend of Zeldada he was like i know this is your favorite game and i and i signed it because he was a nerd he's a nerd he knew that that was one of those is my two and uh duck hunt you remember

duck hunt yeah yeah yeah believe it or not that's like a uh that's a getaway you know like a getaway like even though i do all this shit i get away i. I'm a gamer. A gamer? I get away. You know what's the funny story? This is crazy shit. Nintendo was based out of a garage or like a place, right? Uh-huh. Nintendo skyrocketed down.

The landlord was a dude who looked like Mario. Is that right? So the guy who looked like Mario, they gave Nintendo a three months or whatever. Nintendo skyrocketed from there and that's the reason why they made the character Mario.

Is that right? I read this shit the other day. This shit blew my mind. I was like, you ready to? Oh, yeah. Look it up. Yeah, but look it up. The Nintendo, it was in a basement, like some crazy shit. And the landlord, it was the landlord. Mario and Luigi was two brothers.

That was their landlord. Look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look. Look at that shit. Look at that shit. Shit crazy. God damn. Yo, Paul, don't leave your phone. Hey, he got a fat face just like his fat face.

Watch out. Watch out. He's a porno guy. Give him his phone back. He's a porno guy on ShopBop right now. Hello. Yo, so sorry to ask a cliche question like this, but to tell you the truth, it's really not that cliche.

Do you think hip-hop would ever make it this far? No, I didn't think it would make it this far because of how much, you know, when you had the government and everybody coming down on it. The beast. It's like, yeah, this shit ain't getting ready to last. You know, and then... Like, see Dolores Tucker when they was stuck in my...

Right. And when Snoop first came out, you had the guys, they... He's a rapper, and they dumped all his tapes and shit on the ground and started stomping up his shit. Yeah, yeah, with the construction shit. Yeah, so it was like,

damn, this shit, they really trying to stop what the fuck we doing. But to see it get this far and to see that hip-hop is what's pushing corporations today, it's a beautiful motherfucking thing, man, just to see this shit still here and still popping. And it's not going to never stop. And we got B-Boy going to the Olympics. Let's think about that.

Right. This shit is huge, man. I ain't going to lie. Did you see Crazy Legs on stage? Of course. You lost a step or two. That's my man. That was his last one.

That's his last one. That's my man. I love you, Crazy Legs. He was doing, I think it was his. He said that was his last one Look at his age bro He did We need you to come out

For your last DJ I could still We need to see If you still got it too I still got it Oh yeah Shit But

And you did What did you do Was that Fat Camp What was it He said Fat Camp Damn what was the name Of that shit But you lost some shit

God damn it I'm going to tell you I can't even remember the name With the trainers and all that Yeah, it was It was called Fuck your fact Google it, nigga You the Googler

How you going Sitting there mysteriously Nigga, you're supposed to be Googling it You ain't supposed to be thinking with us That's our job You're supposed to be typing Yeah, it was the Come on Well, you won that shit, right? Yeah Yeah It's our job. You're supposed to be typing. Yeah, it was the...

Come on. Well, you won that shit, right? Yeah. Yeah, I won that shit. It was cool, man. It was a cool... Celebrity fit. Celebrity fit.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, it was a trip because when I got the car, they was like, Warren, they want you to get on Celebrity Fit. So I was I was like man I ain't doing that bullshit So they came back again Said we gonna pay you I said I'm in

I said hmm So y'all gonna pay me To eat good and to work out I said shit Fuck it let me try it Let me see how this shit work out Sounds like a godfather deal to me I was like fuck it let me try it Let me see how this shit work out Sounds like a godfather deal to me I was like fuck it let me try it

It was fun man I had a lot of good fun with everybody that was involved Actually the brat was on there She was on my team It was me the brat Justin Diamond Screech And the one cat,

the head of a TV show now. God damn it. Is it Dustin? No, Dustin Diamond. That's screech, right? The other cat, he headed one of these TV shows right now. No, no. God damn now. It's not from her TV. No, no, it's a, goddammit, what's his name?

That motherfucker probably be tripping. He was part of my team. It was me to Brad Cletus. It was me to Brad Cletus and Dustin and the other cat. I forgot his name. He huge, too, like his TV shit, talk show. He be on there with, it's him and Gubach Viamila. I forgot Gubach Viamila's first name.

Damn it. He was an ex-NFL player. They all on that. Thanks, buddy. They sit on that stage that I didn't do marriage What else you did? I wouldn't I ain't gonna do that

But no What else? Cause you did two Different reality shows right? Nah that was it That was it? Yeah that was it Oh you did it twice or no?

No I just did it one time Okay Yeah And you liked the reality TV or no? Yeah that was cool You know the celebrity fit was cool But I can't do none of that marriage boot camp None of that shit

I'm cool on that I did it, I did it, I had fun Oh, you did? I did it during COVID Yeah, during COVID Word I did that and Love of Hip Hop I ain't arguing

Like, I don't be wanting to Yeah, I ain't arguing They ain't inviting me back I only wanted to Get into it And all that shit You know Cause I be Squabbling like a motherfucker

They kick me right off That motherfuckers shit Alright So um Are you Are y'all gonna do A documentary About the 213

Like the Experiences of the beginning Oh that'll be dope I've been I've been pitching You know I've been getting That been pitching You know You know I've been

I've been getting that snoop About it for a while Just for us to do a biopic On a Two month I was thinking documentary first Yeah Okay

A biopic would be crazy Cause it It It's a cold story Three different Three different stories But ended up Coming all together

Coming all Three different journeys Coming together And And And creating some shit That would be crazy up coming all together coming all the three different journeys coming together and creating some shit that was like that changed a lot in the music industry as far as

a new sound and we was inspired as well by 415 which was Richie Rich and D-Lo and the jig and I can't pronounce it by 415, which was Richie Rich and D-Lo. And the jig and the, I can't pronounce it all the way, but Richie Rich, he probably like,

nigga, you trippin' out. So the Bay Area. Yeah, the Bay Area, 415 inspired us to, that's why we was called 213. Wow. Yeah, because of the Bay Area, huh? That's big. Yes, indeed, yeah. And that was Richie Rich and D-Lo and the Gov and the Jig.

I still can't pronounce it. But those were my guys. Yes, indeed. Now, let me ask you because during these times that we were going through, big thing was like the defund the police, right? Uh-huh. And now they announced in L.A. that like actually stealing. Yeah. big thing was like to defund the police, right? Uh-huh. And now, they announced in L.A.

that like actually stealing Yeah. is not a crime. I don't want to say they're saying it's not a crime, but they're saying it's like the police won't even react. Yeah, that shit is crazy as a motherfucker.

I don't understand what this is for. But, I think that It's making us look fucked up You know like We out of control Like they always thought

You know And potentially I think somebody going to get killed Doing that shit And I see people riot riding in the mall. They're just running out. When I look, it's always in

California area. It's just California. Yeah, wow. It's like it's a... I mean, I really don't understand it, but somebody going... What's going to happen is the owners of those stores, they're going to start striking back. And they're going to start shooting these motherfuckers.

I'm telling you, I see this shit. And it's like, why would you guys leave open season like that for these kids to do this, you know. And at the same time, some of them motherfucking parents, like in my era, because those are, that's our offsprings out there doing, you know, doing this shit. These parents got to step up, step back up again

and start instilling motherfucking morals into these families because this shit is getting out of control. And it's like, it's like, what is it's like what's the future of these motherfuckers? What's going on in Cali right now? Somebody got to get this shit under control.

You know, we got to get a leader again. We don't have leaders like we had back in the day. We got to get leaders out leaders again. I'll be checking out the dude, Dr. Umar. He's a good

guy. Him, Dr. Umar, Farrakhan, guys like that. We don't have that type of stuff no more. We have Martin Luther King and all of the Dick Griffey. We had a bunch of people that could speak for us.

We don't have a whole bunch of people, like a whole bunch of people, like back then, we only got a few people that could speak, and then it's hard to get these teenagers to understand and to get America to understand that we're not trying to turn them against you. We're trying to make, we're trying to get our people right

and get ourselves together. against you, we're trying to make, we're trying to get our people right and get ourselves together. We're not trying to bash all you motherfuckers and this and that and this. Look at this shit these motherfuckers is running out of stores. So of course I'ma preach out here to all the youth to try to change they shit

so they don't be locked up in the system. A jail system to where it's big time billionaires and shit making money. You know what I mean? That's where all of the kids is going to go if their parents don't get this shit together or we need to get with California and get out of whoever's control

to get that shit. They fixed that shit. Because it's the whole state of California because I read this morning that there's a federal building in San Francisco and they closed down. Serious. They closed down because there's too much drug sales.

A federal. Yeah. Too much drug sales. They said that San Francisco, that's how crazy the crime is. They shut down a federal building because people, they had the limit

where it's like selling crack is not a federal offense. Yeah, I got a whole bunch of families. Just think about it. Nah, it's worthwhile. It's got to be the amount that you have to have for it to be federal. So selling crack in front of a federal building is not a federal offense. That's crazy.

They told the people to stay home. I read this shit this morning. This morning. That's they saying that's how crazy. And it's almost like California's leading the way of this like anarchy. No, it is.

This shit is crazy. It's about the laws of California, not the people. No, no, no, no. You're right, right. A hundred percent. You know, but see, now the people got to step up,

you know, and get back at the California. They're like, look, hold up. you know, and get back at the California. They're like, look, hold up. You know, let's get some kind of structure here. Because we look like some goddamn animals right now. That shit look bad as fuck. Arnold had it better than this. Who the governor now?

I don't. Arnold Schwarzenegger? Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't that bad of a governor. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't that bad if you think about it. He wasn't that bad. He wasn't that bad. I mean, the thing that he did, though, was he should have stopped Tookie from getting executed. That was crazy. Why the fuck would you? Why would you okay that?

Right. It's crazy. When this dude has got kid books, he doing shit for the youth, like teaching them shit, you know, because he wouldn't, you know, debrief or whatever. Fuck all that shit. Look past all that shit. This motherfucker doing something positive, but he pushed a button on him, you know? I don't really get into all of that political stuff,

but at the same time, we got to get some morals back jumping in these households because this shit is crazy. My kids, they think I'm mean because anything that they do, I be on their ass about it. I'm Warren G, but I'm a dad at the same time,

and I got to be on their ass. It's like, you guys going to have to understand there's morals here. These are the things that I had to go through, so I'm teaching you guys this stuff so y'all don't be lost. You know, and know how to move, and then know how to have a family. I had to go through. So I'm teaching you guys this stuff so y'all don't be lost. Right. You know, and know how to move.

And then you know how to have, you know, know how to have a family, know how to teach your kids shit. Not having them all over the Internet cussing and shit like that, going viral. Fuck all that shit. That shit is stupid. It's making us as a people look stupid. Right. Hey, motherfuckers might be like, yeah, whatever. But, hey, don't get me wrong,

I have fun too. That shit is out of control. All the stupid shit, all the stupid shit out there, like, just little-ass kids cussing and shit. Bitch, fuck you! In the classroom. In the classroom, I think I said, fuck you, bitch! I said, oh, shit!

I said, little... By the way, he said it better than I was saying. I said, holy shit, this nigga got practice. This little nigga been practicing that trick. Yeah, I think you know how his ass will still have motherfucking whelps on it. I'll tear his ass up. Like, nigga, you ain't

never getting ready to do no shit like that again. Because that's how we used to get it. You know, we got it in my beat. It's probably brutal. People say it was brutal, but we used to get the. You know, we got it, it might be, it's probably brutal. People say it was brutal but we used to get the extension cord. I think it was right.

That was no joke. We need to start using PlayStation cards. Man. All right. All right. No, not the cord. Chancleta, chancleta.

Get the chancleta out. But hold on, let me ask you. What do you like more, performing the record or making the record? Oh, shit. Want to take a shot?

Yeah, you got damn right, bro. You're taking a shot. Hold on, hold on. I got you. I'm with you, dog. Yes, indeed. Both. You know what's still about your music is whether you you a gangbanger or not.

I don't gangbang. I know, but you still make that music that make motherfuckers want to do that. That West Coast. I don't know if this is a gangbang dance, but you know what I'm talking about, that dance that y'all be doing. And it's like, anytime I listen to it, I'll be like that.

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You know, you do all that shit. That's a two-step. That's a two-step. We all know that one. We all know that one. Gangster boogie. And the fun thing a motherfucker used to do was palm their ass. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Your head on the shoulder doing this shit like, damn. I remember me being from the East Coast and me just looking at a menace aside, a boy in the hood. And me seeing y'all barbecuing and having the guns on your head yeah like i was like damn and i was like yo in new york every year the worst time is the summertime it's the best time it's the worst time as far as violence yeah and then me realizing y'all on summer all year. Yep, yeah. All year. All year. Y'all like, all year. So I was like, I started to realize.

The weather. I started to realize, like, I used to always think it was black people. But then when I realized, it's like the hood. Like any hood. They get crazy during the summer. Is it always like that? It's a national thing, too. But like you said, it's like summertime year-round in California because it get cold now.

Don't get me wrong. It get cold. At night. Yeah, but that next day, it's like, shit, you got 80 degrees, 75, 80 degrees, and it's like motherfuckers pulling their top back. It seemed like, like you said, every time when summer comes, that's when the violence and shit start. And it's just, I really don't understand

that shit. Like, I'm just going to be real. I'm like, damn, every time, before the holidays and before summer start is when all the shit start.

You know, it's like, damn, this is some crazy shit. Boosie said that he feels Los Angeles in particular is the most dangerous place for a rapper. Yeah. You agree with that?

Yeah, I do. Okay, wow. Yeah, I do. You remember back in the days, you used to go to a neighborhood and you was a rapper, they would praise you. Yeah. The police wouldn't even pull you was a rapper. They would praise you. Yeah.

The police wouldn't even pull you over. No, they still do that. Oh, shit. It depends on who you are. It depends on, you know. Where you are. If you, like, if you're one of these motherfuckers out there, you know, steadily thugging and da-da-da-da-da. They're going to test your nuts.

But if you're just a motherfucker just doing your shit, telling your story, that nigga dope. You know, you could do whatever you want to do in L.A. and have a great time. I look at Nipsey, and I don't look at Nipsey,

I don't know his life story. Rest in peace, Nip. But I didn't look at Nip as if Nip was still a part of life. I know he was going back to that. But it was like, damn if you do, damn if you don't.

That was like a devastating blow. Mega. Yeah. You know, because he was, I say, like Tupac said, the last of a dying breed.

You know what I mean? Because he was, he was bringing that shit that he was doing in the new era like we was doing when we wanted everybody to know who we was and what we was about and telling our story.

So he was the last of a dying breed. You know, you ain't heard nobody else that was giving it, putting it out there like that, pushing it like that. Right. As far as new artists, these motherfuckers now, they on Percocets and syrup and guns and shit like this. What the fuck is all this shit?

Right. But, I mean, don't get me wrong. I ain't hating on the young era. I like a lot of the young shit. I listen to that shit. You know, as a producer, you have to keep your ear to the street. But it's just, a lot of that shit, it ain't no structure. You know, his shit was structured.

You know, it was structured, and he was giving you game along with a movie, along with having fun at the same time, and to party all in one, just like we did. Same shit. He brought that element to the new era, to the young, the young age. Yeah, he did. You know, and that was a big blow.

And one thing I noticed about me, like, you know, obviously I'm a New Yorker, and, you know, when I go to L.A., I go to certain people's shows. Don't worry, this shit is all the same, man. When I went to Nipsey, when I went to N.A., I go to certain people's shows. Nori, this shit is all the same, man. When I went to Nipsey, I'm being honest with you. When I went to a Nipsey show, that was the first time I had seen Mexicans come out. Because for a long time.

You had to go to an R&G show. Yeah, yeah. My bad. My Mexicans loved me there. I'm the king in L.A. Come on, man. Yeah, but you know what I'm trying to say? What I'm trying to say is it will always be one-sided.

If I was to go see a Mac-10 show, I expect to see people from a certain part, a certain look, a certain, you know what I mean? Now, the Mexicans support everything, bro. They love it. Hold on, hold on. That's my biggest thing. I'm an outsider looking in. I'm talking about outside. In Atlanta.

That's the first time I saw it, where I saw every gang. It wasn't Crips. It wasn't just Bloods It wasn't It was the The Booyah Tribe I seen When I went to a Nipsey show

Like I snuck in there And I was like Holy shit This is The whole LA was there You're going to get that With every artist Out in LA

That's just how How it is in LA You know Every race support That hip hop culture To the max And you get that I'm telling you No matter who it is in LA. Every race support that hip-hop culture to the max. You get that, I'm telling you, no matter who it is, you're going to get that in LA. I love

my Mexican family out in LA. I got nieces and nephews that's Mexican and black. People be trying to separate this, that, all that politics shit, the jail shit, all that shit.

Fuck all of that. We the same motherfuckers. We all going through the same shit. What is all this over here, politics?

I don't like it. I don't get into that shit. Like I said, I got nieces and nephews that are black and Mexican. Family. I'm bored of being black. You know what I mean? I got nieces and nephews that are black and Mexican. Family. I'm Puerto Rican and black. You know what I mean?

Come on. Come on. I'm Cuban and Cuban. I love all my folks in L.A. as well as New York. I love New York. When I came out just to see so many different Dominicans and Puerto Ricans and Cubans and African people from Africa. Haitians. Haitians. Everybody from Africa. Haitians. Haitians.

Everybody. Look at Haitians. No, I'm serious. All of that just was like, that was. Bro, that is hip hop. That was hip hop. I love New York. I fell in love.

Like, this is really nice. And going to the lounges. I used to like going to the lounges Chris Lighty kind of turned me on to that Chris Lighty My boy Derek L.A. Now was you signed to Violator? I was signed to Violator

Signed to Violator R.A.L. Records or management? Violator R.A.L. Violator Okay, wow Wow

I was with Chris Lighty That was my guy Chris was my guy. He was riding with me ups and downs, bailing me out of jail, all kind of shit. When he first came out to see me perform, I went to jail. Right in front of the

Grand Slam. I think one of the twins was with me too. We both went to jail. Motherfuckers tripping in front of the club with one of my other homeboys. Being a hothead, I run to the trunk, hop that motherfucker open, reaching once again. You was a gun-torn motherfucker, man. That's just how you had to live back then.

And so I did that. And the dude, I ain't going to blast where he was from or whatever but he he's like he got a gun that was the second time that happened to me he said he got a gun so i was busted red-handed with the trunk open they took my ass put me in the car put me and the twin in the car as soon as we got in that motherfucker one officer got over here me and him right here, that motherfucker just said, boom, with the stick, boom, we hit in the corner, boom, just fucking us up. And the twin got out, but they sent me over to this,

it was a spot called the Glass House in downtown L.A. And that was my first time there. I'd been to the county, but I'd never been to the Glass House and that was a different experience. It was kind of dormy, but they made us eat in a dark-ass hall with the door

shut. It was dark as fuck, just nasty ass food. Chris came and bailed me out that motherfucker. I walked out of that motherfucker and I looked up in the sky like, shit, I ain't never coming back to this motherfucker no more. And I've been clean along with some

other things I went through where I was supposed to go to jail but, you know, they gave me a second chance. I had joint suspension. That was just like being in jail. And that also, that changed my life because like he said, you a gun-tote motherfucker. At that

time, I had to be like that because it was so many niggas getting killed and all the death row shit. The death row shit, don't get me wrong, I was down with that shit, I had to be like that because it was so many niggas getting killed and all the death row shit. The death row shit, don't get me wrong. I was down with that shit, but at the same time, niggas was trying to get at me. You knew what was going on. Trying to get at me. So I'm going to stay on deck with mine, you know, because like I said, I had homeboys.

I don't want to mention their names. Bloods. One of them niggas is on you. They on some different shit. Stay on point That let me know nigga They trying to blaze you You know what I mean So I had to be on point

I had goons too You know back then You know with all that shit I wasn't on no goon shit Like sicking niggas on I wasn't doing that type of shit But you was protected But I had to be protected

And that was the price I had to pay for being protected. I'm going to protect my life and whoever with me and around me because if motherfuckers coming up tripping, I'm blasting. Fuck that. Absolutely. I'm blasting. So let me ask you, so how was that energy leading up to Tupac's death?

Because where was you at when you got that call? Because like I said, that was like the first serious, you know what i mean yeah that's the cold shit about it is i i called snoop i said snoop i said because i was at that time i was single uh the girl i was what i just broke up with her and um so i had my house know, I had a house to myself. Like, shit, nigga, I'm a bachelor, nigga. What's up, Snoop? Come over. You know, I'm just over here watching the fight.

I'm going to invite a gang of people over. We're going to barbecue. He was like, fuck that shit. I'm going to Vegas with Tupac and them. They're going out to Vegas for the fight. So I was like, damn, nigga, you don't never kick it with me. Shit, nigga, you know, moving around. So a couple hours went by in the house, just getting

everything ready. Went to the store, got every store getting stuff ready. I heard a horn. Bing, bing, bing, honking in front of my house. So I looked out the house. Excuse me, y'all. I looked out the house and Snoop was outside in a white motherfucking Rolls Royce with the peanut butter inside.

It was clean with the top down. I was like, nigga, that's your shit? He was like, yeah, nigga, that's my shit. And he pulled up. He surprised me. I said peanut butter interior in a rhyme. I just wanted to go, I ain't bite your shit. Go ahead.

He straight surprised me. And so he came you know, he came and hung with me, hung out. He let me dry that motherfucker. I was like, damn, even though I had a 600, but he let me dry that Bentley. It wasn't a Bentley, it was a Rolls Royce. He let me dry that motherfucker. And we just having a good time

barbecuing, having fun. And the fight was coming on. He came to fuck with me for the fight instead of going to Vegas. So he never went to Vegas? He never went to Vegas. He didn't go off top. So we watched the fight. We were doing everything, watching the fight, having a good time.

We was hanging out, you know, some females and shit around. They was hanging out, everybody chilling and just having a good time, you know. And then he got a, you know, just, and then he got a, you know, just like a gang of homies, gang of homegirls, and then it's like,

then he had this, the next tale back then, remember the mother? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know, what kind of next tale he had, but he had, the motherfucker could go,

that whatever it was, it was hitting him all the way from what was going on from Vegas. So he was, they was like, we could way from what was going on from Vegas. So he was, they was like, we could hear the shit and then he started getting calls and shit and they was telling him that Tupac got shot and da-da-da-da-da.

So Snoop, we, I kicked everybody out. Get the fuck out of here, everybody. Get out of here. And he took off. That's when he went to Vegas to go see him, to get out there to see what was going on and that's when he went out there and when he went to Vegas to go see him, to get out there to see what was going on. And that's when he went out there and when he went to the hospital. But I if I wouldn't have talked to him and got him to come over to my house, he probably would have been right there in the car with them.

Wow. Yeah. And been shot, too, as well. You know, but that I talked to him, you know, I talked to. And, you know, I didn't think he was going to come, but he came. Surprised the shit out of me. Because, see, a lot of people say that that was like the downfall of death row, like meaning them getting involved in too much gang politics. Was that something that affected you as well? Well, shit, it didn't affect me

just for as, it didn't affect me because I was doing my thing with wrestling. Yeah, he had his own lane. You know, we was in a whole nother, we was doing

a whole nother thing. Right. But, I think that that was the start of the downfall, you know, because right after that, then Suge went to jail

for, what, three, four years? Three to five, something, then Suge went to jail for, what, three, four years? Three to five, something like that. He went to jail for a minute, and shit just started going downhill. Like, the shit started going downhill. You know, I wasn't around and all up in it to really

you know, go into detail of how it was going downhill, but all the stuff that we were seeing going on, it was like, oh, this shit is folding. Niggas getting killed, motherfuckers, it was a gang of shit going on.

Because it went from like, I remember, let me compare it to Def Jam, I remember me going to Def Jam and me feeling like a sign of relief, because I didn't have to be in the hood. I didn't have to be on the block. I didn't have to sell drugs or whatever

and I would be in the record label. I still could roll dice. I still could get my hair cut. I still could buy weed. Yeah. But it was safe. Yeah.

Like, I remember, like I said, me hearing the stories in the beginning In the beginning Of the death rolls Yeah And you guys having

A sanctuary And I know I kind of Asked you this a little bit earlier But do you remember Like when you just Like besides you Having your own thing Do you remember when it

Like It started sort of changing Where it's just like I know we said the money earlier But like you know Because the studio Is a creative space. Yeah. Yeah. So I remember me hearing like there was dogs in the studio, like pit bulls and all of that.

All that shit was in there. It was some crazy shit. But it started changing the more new motherfuckers came to be on the team for sure team and You got different influences and people influence and should Mm-hmm to where it was like making him think that he was like a Super duper gang so he started moving in the gangster way He forgot about the business part. He was still sharp with the business now. Don't get me wrong He's sharp with the business, but it started, that gang element started taking over that business. How about Sue, right?

Yes. So that's when shit started going left, you know, instead of just strictly sticking to this shit, saying, look, I want you niggas to learn this shit that I'm going to teach y'all so you guys can start businesses. Not go kill, I don't mean kill, I'll take that back, not kill, but not to go and beat motherfuckers up and us going around terrorizing. Let's do it like this.

And that would have prevented a lot of that shit. Making these motherfuckers into businessmen instead of them making you into a gangster and went the other way instead of that shit. Making these motherfuckers into businessmen instead of them making you into a gangster and it went the other way instead of that way. You know what I mean? You have a relationship with Harry O? Yeah, Harry O is my guy. Yes, indeed.

I used to talk to him when I was a pup as well. Wow. Because he was like the original owner of Defro. How did you remember that? I don't know all of the facts of that. The politics of that, right? Yeah, but I know I used to talk to him. Actually, he was locked up with my homeboy, Big Fab.

They were sellies. Was that TI? NBC. Okay. And I used to talk to him on the phone. Wow. You know, as a young kid, he used to always tell me, like, Warren, you need to get into real estate.

I would never listen. I wouldn't listen to nothing he was talking about. I had a little bit of cheese. I didn't have a lot of that hundred million that I seen, but I had some. I was all right. He told you what to do. He was telling you real estate in the 90s.

Always. Wow. Real estate, real estate, real estate. And I'm going to tell y'all this. to stay in the 90s? Always. Wow. Real estate, real estate, real estate. And... You do it? I'm going to tell y'all this. I ain't told nobody this one, but I ain't, you know,

but this, but back in the day, I'm not going to lie, I used to, I don't know if I should tell this, but back in the day, you know, back,

it's old now. I back, it's old now. I mean, it's old news, everything. He out now, everybody is moving. But I used to grab the paper bags like money that he was sending. I used to grab the paper bags from another cat that I knew. I used to grab the paper bags, like bags, like that, with money all in, all them motherfuckers,

they was all like this. And I used to take them and I would put them in the closet and I would, you know what I mean, that, I would take that and put it in my pocket.

Maybe $25, $30. I wasn't taking everything. That's it. I wasn't, because I was like, shit, these niggas would kill me if I took a gag of this shit.

But, that was it. There was't, because I was like, shit, these niggas would kill me if I took a gag at this shit. Right. But, that was it. There was bread back then, you know, so when he said that, he was like, shit, I seen it.

You know, I seen that part, but that, you know, that was it, you know, but, I just wish everything

would have worked out for everybody where, because both of them dudes, him and Suge, both sharp business-wise. And if they would have been able to keep their shit together and not fall out. And them niggas would probably be the biggest shit right now. The biggest thing ever. Period.

Right now. Because they both sharp. They both sharp. Yeah. Yeah. Let's talk about Smoking Me Out featuring the Ozzy. They both sharp. Yeah. Let's talk about Smoking Me Out featuring the Isley Brothers. How did this record come about? Did you

smoke with the Isley Brothers? Did Brian smoke with us? I can't. Jesus. I forgot I was a fan of Ron Isley and it came about through Renee and Angela remember

Renee and Angela what was it and they they the ones made that connection for me because i was cool with renee and angela we was real cool renee was involved in the michael jackson uh situation that i was involved in as far as doing production i did like four records for michael jackson they never came out but I did like four records for him. Matty Madden. Yeah.

Matty Madden. You can't just be saying shit like that. I'm serious. I wish I could get the tapes. You wasn't in the studio with him. We wasn't in the studio. It was me, Renee, and what was the white dude with the beard kind of? Bruce Willems?

Bruce Whedon. Bruce Whedon. Whedon. Bruce Whedon. And we was in that motherfucker. I did all kind of music for him. I even told him to tell him the idea of, because he was getting

beat up by the press. So I told him you guys need to tell him to make a song firing back at the press for beating him up. This wasn't about none of that shit later on. This was just, they was battering, battling. I forgot what it was. They was battering him about something. So I said, get back out, they asked.

I told Rene and Bruce to tell him this is what he need to do to get back out. Get back at him and talk your shit. Don't let him just down. You talk your shit. But I him just down you talk your shit but I met him you met Mike at record one before Dre owned

record one I met him at record one and he came out was like hey what's up Warren and da da da da was his hate like hey

it wasn't none of that none of that shit it was that it was like hey what's going on man like not he wasn't he didn't have like

he was hardcore you know there's rumors that he was a c It was like, hey, what's going on, man? Like, not, not, he wasn't, didn't have like a. It was hardcore? Like a deep. You know there's rumors that he was a crip on the low, right? There's rumors. But he was, he was. Like, yeah, I swear to God. He was like, hey, what's up, man? It was like, it wasn't that, hey, hey.

It wasn't that. Yeah, it wasn't that. It was a regular nigga. Like. Michael? Michael. Cool. Like, cool.

Just, you know, just like. He's like, what's up? What's up? He was like, I love your music. He's like, what's up? What's up? He was like, I love your music. I love what you're doing. The music that you sent, I really like.

It's dope. He was telling me all this because I wanted to meet him. I'm like, shit, I need to meet Michael. Shit, I'm in here with y'all,

but I need to meet Michael. And they made it happen. And that tripped me out because that was like some shit that once in a lifetime type shit like a motherfucker. In your wildest dreams, you never thought that you would be able to get in there with Michael Jackson. Like, I was fucked up. Like, God damn.

And that made me say, shit, you know what? I'm in this motherfucker. I need to get down. I got to produce. I'm producing. I'm trying to do everything. How about Prince? You ever met Prince? I met to produce. I'm producing. I'm trying to do everything. How about Prince? You ever met Prince?

I met Prince. Prince, same way. Cool nigga. Cool. Where you meet Prince at? Straight give you game. At the Beverly Hills Hotel, he did a show. He did a private show.

The Beverly Hills Hotel, that's the one at the Polo Lounge? Right there on Sunset. Okay, okay, okay. Yep. He did a private show, and I got a chance to chop it up with him, man. Cool nigga. Then. Was his ass out? Yep. Okay. He did a private show, and I got a chance to chop it up with him, man. Cool nigga. Then... Was his ass out?

As me... He had on some shit. He was put on stage. I was just a fan. You know, you know, he a weird dude, man. He a weird dude. You know what?

I sampled Darlin' Nicki. Me and Nate Dogg. I'm going to try. Once I download all my ADAS to digital I'm going to bring that record back out We redid

And then they said I once knew a bitch named Manny May But he was doing And then they said, I once knew a bitch named Manny May. But he was doing the same shit that the way Prince was singing it. Why? Whoa. And God damn it. I wish I had that motherfucker right now.

You ain't playing for Prince. No, we had to get the sample clear. Oh, you got it clear? Fuck no. Oh, you got it clear? Fuck no. Hey, hey. But look, this nigga, look. No, but look. But look, he said, he said, he said, he said, I forgot his lawyer name.

But he said that, I think it was, huh? Macmillan, was Londell Macmillan? Londell Macmillan, oh yeah. That was his lawyer. He owned a sauce. The only way he would clear it is if I would fly to Minnesota, huh? You picked a sauce over XXL too, so he ain't going to see this. The only way he would do it is fly to Minnesota, take it from there. The only way that he would do it is if I to Minnesota Take it from there He said The only way That uh

Uh He would do it Is if I flew to Minnesota To sit down and meet with him But I was on some old Young wild shit I'm like I ain't getting ready

To go sit down with that nigga What do you want to sit down With me for So I was like Fuck that shit I ain't doing that shit When I should have been thinking And went and sat with this nigga

And got that record clear Just sat with him And chopped it up with him, because he pretty much was like a fan to me, and I didn't know it. But I just thought he was on some other shit. I'm all up. I'm not getting ready to go sit down with him. Shit.

So I was just like, you know what? I fucked up. But I just had to redo. I redid the record just changing the notes. You got to be Prince. You got to be big. You got to be Pac.

Tina Turner. Oh, yeah, Tina Turner. Tina Turner. Yeah, you. Eazy-E. Anita Baker. Damn. The gang of motherfuckers. Huh?

Yes, a lot of motherfuckers. Like, this one, you know, what was special to me, meeting Michael McDonald. That was special to me because I had never had a chance to really meet him, but he was performing at a casino not too far from where I live. So I said, God damn. I told my wife, I said, shit, we going to that motherfucker. So I went and bought front row tickets. And when I got there, I seen a dude, like, coming from the side. I said, shit, we going to that motherfucker. So I went and bought front row tickets. And when I got there, I seen a dude, like, coming from the side.

I said, hey, come here. I said, look, T.O. Michael McDonald, Warren G. is here, and I want to meet him. Like, you know, one of his guys. So they told him what was up. And they grabbed me from the crowd. A lot of the motherfuckers in there didn't even know I was Warren G. Because they was older. So they don't really know who I am

so he took me back there I got it on film too I never blasted it but he took me I went back there and just met him for the first time he hugged me and was like thank you man you know for redoing that record

you know that changed his life a lot and him and the Doobie Brothers, they still getting a check. And he said, you know what? He said that my son don't even like my motherfucker. He said, yo, the record you did, he like your record.

He don't even listen to my shit. He like, he think that my shit was before his shit. So I was tripping like, God damn. And he was just like, Warren, like I say, he was like, Warren, I just want to thank you for, you know, redoing the music and making it bigger than we did. You know, and he was like, he was like that. That was that was, you know, he hugged him again. Like, man, I was like, it's just an honor to meet you man and just you know just

let you know thank you for your music you know for you bringing that you know that's the same with with like a lot of people don't know i did uh uh leave you alone i don't know man she said you ain't no good with neo and jesus wow nigga jesus once again he pulled up he pulled up he said he said one he threw uh i met him through my homeboy hitman and uh and fave uh big fave and hitman is the ones that got at me about sitting down with him because at first i was just like i ain't getting ready to sit down shit i'm cool but I did I went up to he was doing a video record. You did sit down with Prince I sat down with Jesus. Yeah, he's Some records for him and he picked the ones that he liked and he was like I'm gonna get back at you

so I thought the nigga took him was just bullshit me and About a couple months went by. It was around December, right around Christmas time. Somewhere around there, him and Kevin Liles called me screaming and hollering at the tip of their lungs. Whoa! We got a record!

We got it! This is going to be my motherfucking single! Whoa! We got one! I'm like trying to, huh? What's going on? Huh? So I called Kevin. I'm like, Kevin, what's going on Huh So I called Kevin I'm like Kevin What's up He said this is the first single For the record Huh

So they start playing The motherfucker I came hardly here Shit I just know It's playing In the background I'm playing Like

It was his first single And that turned out To be one of his biggest Records to date too You know what I'm saying So You know Much love to Jeezy

For giving me that opportunity And much love to Big Fave and Hitman for bringing the shit to me. Scrap, Carbon, everybody that was around. Even Lil Soti, rest in peace. He was even around that whole thing back then. And, man, that shit was, it was just, it's just a trip, man, just to be able to meet a lot of good people, man. Yeah, man, you got a great fucking career, man.

Yeah. Yeah, man. Let me ask you, what did you think about Dr. Dre's and all of them halftime performance? I thought it was great. Was this something you wanted to be a part of? You goddamn right. Why would he not? I was madder than the honey in the bumblebees.

But I wasn't lashing out at him. People was lashing out and shit like that. But I was kind of pissed off. I wish he would have put me in there. Nigga, we sandboxed. Nigga, I should have been in there. Regulate is one of the biggest hip-hop singles in hip-hop history. I should have been in there.alade is one of the biggest hip-hop singles in hip-hop history I should have been in there and I'm down with you nigga so it should have been in there but you know I let me stop you know but

it should have been in there you know shit this war man shit more niggas shit Oh, shit. It's Warren, man. Shit. Warren, nigga. Shit. That used to ride with me. Especially if, God bless, if Nate Dogg was alive, too. Oh, man. That would have been nice. We would have been in there. I'm sure we would have been in there. We would have been in there. We could have did a little medley, you know, but it's all good.

I ain't tripping. I still, you know, I still had a good time, even though I wasn't down on the field and around everything. I was in the crowd, but I still had a good time. All the sports motherfuckers, they like, Warren, why you not down there? Why you not down there? I said, shit, I've been calling these motherfuckers to get me down there. Shit, nobody

answering phones or nothing. I'm like, you know what? All right, fuck it. I'm out. And I left that motherfucker. But I seen that performance. It was a dope performance and I enjoyed it. It was dope. But I seen that performance. It was a dope performance, and I enjoyed it. It was dope. But Regalé should have been in that motherfucker. And I ain't bitter about it.

Let me get that off the record. I ain't bitter. It was other motherfuckers that was bitter. Shit, I'm like, shit, I'm a warm motherfucking G. I ain't tripping. Shit. These motherfuckers love me too. Shit.

Chach. Let's go. Goddamn. Thank you. Is there anything else you want to say before you get up out of here? motherfuckers love me too. Shit. Chach. Let's go. Goddamn. Make some noise for that, man. Is there anything else you want to say before you get up out of here? Shit.

You know, much love to you, Nor. Man, good looking, man. Appreciate you. EFN, much love. Thank you. Hold on. He said EFN name, right?

Hold on. Motherfuckers effing him to death. Effing, effing, effing. It's all good, man. Y'all providing a really good platform, man. And it's real. And I don't feel nervous or out of pocket. You know what I mean?

Y'all created a nice platform. Sorry for cutting you off, but let you know, this is our platform. We made this for our OGs. That's what I meant to say. This is your platform. We made this for our OGs. I mean, that's what I meant to say. This is your platform. We made this for our OGs. I can't stand when people

have so much time and they have more than 10 years in this game and they want to call us old school. You know there's no such thing as old school in jazz. There's no such thing as old school in fucking rock and roll.

We're the only people who call ourselves old. I ain't old school. I'm seasoned, motherfucker. And let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. If you take your little, if you take your girlfriend right now, and you put your girlfriend Thanksgiving dinner against grandma's Thanksgiving dinner,

I bet you, I bet you, you're going to eat grandma's leftovers. That little young person, no disrespect. Yeah. Don't know how to season them grits. Yeah, not at all. Don't know how to stuff that goddamn turkey. Don't know how to carve the goddamn cranberry sauce.

So your ass keep going. Look, look, you young motherfuckers. Don't none of you niggas wear Kyrie Irving's. Not at all. Don't none of you niggas wear Kyrie Irvins. Not at all. Don't none of you niggas wear Jay LaMarrance. Don't none of you niggas wear LeBron. You niggas wear Jordans. Yeah.

So don't ever disrespect a seasoned nigga, a classical nigga. And you do know that. Because we out here looking good still. Goddamn. Drink Champs is a Drink Champs LLC production in association with Interval Presents. Hosts and executive producers, NORE and DJ EFN. From Interval Presents, executive producers, Alan Coy and Jake Kleinberg. Listen to Drink Champs on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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