Drink Champs - Episode 55 w/ A Tribe Called Quest

Episode Date: January 13, 2017

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys drink it up in Los Angeles with the legendary A Tribe Called Quest. Also joining the guys is Busta Rhymes, Consequence and DJ Scratch. The guys talk about their Queens, New York roots, their influences, working with the likes of Nas, Kanye West, J Dilla and remember the late Phife Dawg. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How do you pronounce that beer? Modelo? Modelo? Modelo. People drink that with tomato pussy juice, right? Correct? Michalada. I love that shit.

It's not tomato. It's pussy juice. It's clam pussy juice. You made it sound so perverted. It's pussy juice. Tomas. And it's especial. Especial.

Yo, but I'm excited for this episode today. Today we dropped it early. We wanted to beat Revolt because last time we dropped the Puff Daddy episode, Revolt got it first. And we enjoyed that. Big up to the people at Revolt, Ramon. Everybody at Revolt. Zach, what up? Zach.

Shaheem's at Revolt or he just assisted? I think he's like a consultant. Consultant. Okay, shout out to Shaheem, man. He, what up? Zach. Shaheem's at Revolt, or is he just assisting? I think he's like a consultant. Consultant. Okay, shout out to Shaheem, man. He's always showing us love. What's the check writer? The guy with the bald head. The guy with the money.

We like him, too. But we don't know his name. Derek. It's Derek. Oh, it is. It is. It's a Derek song. He's a CFO, I think.

He's a CFO. You got to remember the money guy name. Big up Derek, man. Big up Amar and everybody at Revolt. Big up to people at CBS as well. Definitely, man. Emily, Regina, Brian. Greg. Greg. Big up to people at CBS as well. Definitely, man. Emily, Regina, Brian, Greg. You know what I'm saying?

All them people up there. Big up to Randy Acker. Big up to Ali. Big up everybody, man. Super Engineer, Hazardous Sounds, Rich Blanco in the building. And we're on Revolt, man. So just in case people don't know, our first premiere episode is this episode. I'll give you a little something on the audio, a little something extra, you know, obviously the intro and things like that.

But we're on Revolt, man. We know and we're well aware that everybody don't have Revolt. But why don't you go out there and get it? Because, you know, why not? You know, we got a Cuban guy on TV. We got a black and Puerto Rican guy on TV. And we're making hip-hop news. And today.

I'm proud to announce, before we get making hip-hop news. And today— I'm proud to announce, before we get into our guest, which the people already know we've been promoting, they should know if they're real, Dream Champs Army. But before we get into that, my boy Fat Joe, he got a video that's dropped today exclusively on Tidal. Joe and Remy Ma. Remy Ma, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Money Shower's featuring my boy Todd Dallas. He's also on the Drunk Uncle Project. Go out there and get it. Singles off the forthcoming album, Plotas a Plomo, which we broke that news on this show first.

Broke that news here. So all the title subscribers, you know what I'm saying, go check it out. The video is title.com. Money Showers. Backslash Money Showers. Directed by my boy, Eve Rivera from Queens. You know, big him up. We enacts the movie

Players Club and features a cameo from Anthony Johnson who appeared in the film Fat Joe and Raymond Ma previously partnered with Tidal you know what I'm saying

exclusively premiered their Cooking Joint and also the music video for All The Way Up Remix Remix where they said the music video

as well as All The Way Up Remix not the video because Jay's not going to nobody's video so again go to Tidal.com forward slash money showers money showers the video's exclusive on title man that's our homie that's our first first dude i mean we've we recorded um kenny anderson first and fat joe second but he was our first episode and it was amazing that blood my brother i already

smoked mad heroin yo but yeah big up fat Joe, you know what I'm saying? And this title. So it's out right now. You go to title. Again, go to title.com backslash money showers. My boy Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Todd Dallas signs. It's going down, man. Make sure you go to title, man.

And Drink Chats, we're trying to do something with title as well. So Big Up Title, Big Up Tata, Big Up Shaka, big up Miff Bleak, big up Lenny S, big up, you know, the big homie Hove, and everybody up there, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, definitely, man. Go to Tidal. I'm going to give them an exclusive video, too, as well. You know what I mean?

But, oh, yeah, the horn ain't working. This is a good sign that drink champs are foul niggas. When the horn don't work. In my mind, it's going. But I'm on my water shit right now. I'm drinking a lot of water. I'm drinking a lot of Morello. You're drinking a lot of Morello. I've been drinking a lot of beer lately.

And also, yo, man, you know, like I said, we want to keep securing these hip-hop, you know, legends, these hip-hop, you know, icons. We just had Naughty by Nature. Trench, hands down, might have took DMX award for the most drunkest.

People were asking. I think we might have to do an award for that. Yeah, yeah. He was the most drunkest. We first thought it was DMX. And certain people said they reminded them of DMX, you know, because of the energy. It was dope, though, man. Big up Tretch. Big up Vinny. And it was a long episode. Long episode. We had to do it in two parts in a video correct in the video yeah it was two parts two parts we're

breaking up our our extremely long videos now it's a two part and for all the people who think that you can only see us on revolt that is a lie you can see us as well on revolt you know what i mean um go check us out on revolt uh the videos are eventually going to come out on our Thirsty Thursdays. So we're going to let it live on Revolt for a while. Right. And then eventually they're going to drop on YouTube. Everything that you get on Revolt, including the Puff Daddy episode, will be available for you for YouTube. If you're fans of us, you'll be following how we do this process.

And we've been kind of dope. Once again, big up to our super engineer, Hazardous Sound. Big up to our super director, directoro. Richie Blanco. Richie Blanco. And it's going down, man. So, yeah, so like I said, these videos are not just on Revolt. These videos are on Revolt as well.

And I'm excited about this episode. No, this was monumental. We've been wanting to do this since we started. This is what Drink Champs was created for. And I think I about this episode. No, this was monumental. We've been wanting to do this since we started. This is what Drink Champs was created for. And I think I drank Patron. You drank everything, my brother, everything. Regular tequila and Tiger Ball. You know what I just realized?

Whenever we record in LA at Apartment 4B, you drink everything. Everything. That's fucking terrible. If someone gave you dirty pississ water in front of you You'd take a shot of that shit Big up Apartment 4B for keeping me drunk Someone said I just noticed there's a There's a refrigerator in the background

Apartment 4B Got a great aura to it It feels very hip hop I believe the guys from Queens And so you know Big it up So we're going to get into this episode Again we just had Naughty by Nature I mean, our L.A. home. The guys from Queens. And so, you know, big it up. You know what I mean? So we're going to get into this episode, man.

You know, again, you know, we just had Naughty by Nature. And for all those hip-hop junkies, you know, a lot of people get, you know, just, you know, Tretch and KG or KG and Vinny. It's very seldom you've got all three of them in a room. And I was so excited, you know. God bless the dead, first off. Fife Dog, you know, he's resting in peace. But the fact is Busta Rhymes and Conn's Consequence, Conn's TV and Busta Bust somewhat like filled Fife's, you know. Yeah, that void, if it could be filled.

It can't be filled, obviously. But, you know, Busta being a big major star, he is. Consequence being a major star, he is. They're coming in and I would like to say pitch hitting. That's the way to say it in sports. And we had DJ Scratch there too. Legendary DJ. Which I called Scratch Tore by mistake.

I apologize, DJ Scratch. What did you call him? Scratcher Tore. That's Busta's other DJ. But I just thought, you know, I thought it was the same. I'm sorry. You know, obviously I know the difference of DJs. Yeah, no, for sure.

But so big up Scratch. I'm sorry. Obviously, I know the difference of DJs. So big up Scratch. I'm sorry I was just so drunk that day. So big up Scratch. And I guess without no further ado, let's get into one of these commercials because we blowing up. You know what I'm saying? Let's get into one. Brian, play one of those commercials.

If it's just the way to go. If it's just not the way to go, edit me out. Rocket Mortgage, we famous. Those is my name. Rocket Mortgage, my people, man. I'm about to get another house just so I can get down with Rocket Mortgage. You know what I'm saying?

So without no further ado, Tribe Called Quest, Drink Champs, let's get into it. Makabaya bing bong, yakada, bang on, baya.

Hey, Hank Segre, hope you're a South Tennessee boy in O-R-E. What up, it's DJ E-F-N. And it's Drink Champs, the motherfucking podcast. Make some noise! And right now, we have

a group that I grew up personally. They personally raised me. They didn't know it, but through their bars and through their lyrics, they personally raised me. I lived my life according to them. They made Queens so

proud. They made Queens so proud. They made Brooklyn so proud. They made New York City so proud. They made the world so proud. They was the dudes that was from my borough that was kicking shit that was for our borough but it went globally

every time. And they got back together and they made the most prolific, the most influential, the most, the craziest album. I didn't skip not one record. This new album. And they got the real fight. They didn't get no, no, no. I could tell they was in the studio together.

He didn't email those verses And I'm a part of a group So I know how hard it is To stick together with a group So right now what am I introducing Is the motherfucking tribe called Crest And I need everybody To make some motherfucking noise

Legends make some motherfucking noise! Legends. I got to get straight to my back in the days in the boulevard. Sometimes it happens. Uh-oh. Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. Yo.

What's the boss's fault though Back in the day You gotta You gotta take us to that Back in the days In the boulevard You gotta take us I mean Well that was like

First of all Thank you man You know You fam my nigga You know what I'm saying So Really appreciate it And shit

Not only for having us here But the shit you doing For the motherfucking culture You know what I'm saying Thank you And just keep that shit Straight up and down But to your question

And shit You know that was A joint that I mean First of all Just growing up How we did Like real talk

Like What's the real shit We grew up In Jamaica, Queens And shit You know what I'm saying We was right on the split Between north and south South and all Queens We was right on split between North and South side all that you know saying shout out American or like I don't want niggas over there

So oh shit movies coming up, you know I'm saying you You know how this is when you a little nigga around the way you either you either Oh my god Consequence, come over here. You're gonna have to squeeze in Come on, squeeze in baby. We're gonna do it Come on, give him his chair Come on

But like I was saying you know how this is when you grow up, it's either the street shit, the ball shit, or if you had the rap shit. So the rap shit for us, you know, we would always listen to the Cold Crush niggas or the Flashes or Runnin' Them when Runnin' Them lit it. That was the angle. And it was like the trade-off with the bars, with the routines. So we always came up with routines,

like that was our whole shit. Yeah. So, you know, the back in the days and the Boulevard of Linden was kind of like that throwback, you know, that back and forth type shit,

just within that whole tradition of emceeing. So that's really what that came up with. You know, we just stick it to the roots Yo I'm gonna be honest man You guys

If it wasn't for you I'm gonna be honest And this is This is how real This is how real it is I want everybody to pay attention And listen to what I'm about to say In a lot of ways

I wouldn't have been who I was If it wasn't for Pharrell. Right, right, right. No shit. A lot of people give me credit for putting on Pharrell. You did. You did. But what a lot of people don't know is I was eager and I was strong enough to listen to this guy.

Right, right, right, right, right. And to see it. But Pharrell is a direct descendant of tribe. Direct. Right, right, right. He's a direct child. Literally. He says it. He says it too. He's a direct child. Whether y'all claim him or not. He's y'all stepson.

Y'all remember he was supposed to be on Beach Round the Line. Come on, go to the mic. Pharrell got a verse on Midnight Marauders. But then he came back for Beach when Tammy did Once Again.

I coached him Through the joint On Battery Yeah the first Joint though With With Pharrell Was Midnight Mirage

There's a crazy story About Pharrell And all those dudes Was We used to do shows Like So back in the day Right

It's almost You know You just take me To the essence My nigga So I just gotta Keep it a buck You know Back then Right right? It's almost, I, I, you know, you just take me to the essence, my nigga. So I just gotta keep it a buck. Oh man, we go,

you know, back then, right? When you was a New York rap group, you hit the circuit, the chilling, the rap, you know,

Connecticut or whatever. Like if it was a weekend, you probably do a couple of joints in Connecticut. Boom. You hit Jersey. You hit the joint in New York. You could literally do like Eight fucking shows in one night

Right So the extension of that Was the 95 shit You hit the V8 shit The DCC The DMV shit The B-more The Carolinas

Carolinas and all that shit So we was heavy down there back then So we'd always be like In DC VA area And Pharrell would be at the shows Backstage with motherfucking Costume jewelry on and shit We'd always be like in D.C. VA area. And Pharrell would be at the shows. At the shows. Backstage with motherfucking costume jewelry on and shit.

Big ass boots and all that shit. I'd be backstage. He's got a choker. I'm a Martian. I'm a Martian. Him and Tammy Nickens. And we was like, yo, I was like, I fuck with this nigga. So I was like, yo, come to the studio.

So it'd be a bunch of these dudes. They'd come to the studio. He would be one of them that would come to the studio and shit. In Virginia? No, he would come from V.A. to New York. To New York? He just started working with Teddy. Wow.

Teddy Riley. Because on the law, a lot of people don't know that he goes to produce bumps. Rumshaker. Rumshaker. Rumshaker and all that shit. Yeah, yeah. So he was like on a come up with all that shit. So he actually first started, he put a verse up on Midnight Marauders.

Consequences of the movie is correct. But Conn's actually, his first verse was on the flip of, you know, the chase part two off of Marauders. A lot of people say that Conn's was like Beast Wilds Light, but it Ashley. Him and no name, you know what I'm saying? All that shit. So it's all the same time. You know what's a fun fact? The guy, my boy that created our logo.

He did, he created Beach Wild's life. Oh, yeah. Scam. Yeah, scam. That's my family right there. We need cups, brothers. We all be here

looking very unprofessional. Okay, thank you, Mike. Thank you, Mike. Mike, move to the rescue. Come on, because we celebrated Tribe album number one in 21 countries. Am I correct? Yo, nigga, that's the tunnel era. We don't drink that no motherfucking cup, nigga.

You take that shit to the head. We take it to the bottom? Everybody have an A.O. bottle. Everybody have an A.O. bottle. You figure it, right? I mean, this is a celebration. Yo, well, we got word that Busta Rhymes might be here, too. But listen. This the era.

I'm too old, nigga. I want a motherfucking cup. I want to get a motherfucking game. Thank you, my nigga. This one here. Pop that. There you go. So how the fuck did you guys make a 1990 Now album?

By staying then. I don't know if y'all understand, because it sounds like the 90s, but it sounds like now. What the fuck was you drinking, Tim? Because I need to drink that, too. And did you produce the whole album? Yes, sir.

I need the Q-tip. Wow. You know I'm retired, right? What do you mean you're retired? I'm retired. What does that even mean? But hold on. We're going to stay on y'all.

How the fuck did y'all make... Yo, that shit sounds so old, but so new. Yeah. What the fuck? What kind of pocket was y'all in? Please. And you rapping, Jerobe. A lot.

Yeah. A lot. Yo, please describe to me y'all feeling, how that transpired. Well, I mean, you know, we have a way of doing shit. You know what I'm saying? There's a definite aesthetic. Like a core values and shit that we operate in.

And it don't matter what year it is, that's what's going to happen. You know what I'm saying? One of the things that we definitely talked about on the top was like, okay, we need to make it sound familiar and shit, but not be no throwback. Like, you know what I'm saying? Not be no throwback.

What was it? Yeah. Or try to fake the new wave. Or try to fake the new wave. You know what I'm saying? Y'all can't be, no. Only y'all went number one in 21 countries. Am I correct?

He was on it from the beginning Joe Did you hear tribe she could bust a try to play me Yeah, but to say, pre-order the album. I said, why would I pre-order the album? What you mean? Back it up. What you mean, man? Like, how? Because I hit Busta and y'all did something. I forget what it was.

And it was together and it was like the first time y'all kind of announced you know, fight's not here so, you know, we're going to have consequence. We're going to have Busta Rhymes be there. And I see something. And I hit Busta,

and he said, you better pre-order the album. I said, I don't pre-order shit, nigga. I'm buying the shit as soon as it drop. Right, right, right. But I bought it,

and I ain't going to lie to you. This is why I know the album is crazy. Because, and this is, listen. All humbleness aside. I'm doing it like this. All humbleness aside. I was always a fan of Tribe.

I always looked up to y'all. And I always wanted to follow what y'all did. But now I'm a grown ass man. Yeah. Right? So when I hear the album, I say, damn, I still want to follow the niggas. That's real shit. know it's crazy I said no it's crazy you thought it was crazy and I rolled out of the start and I hit a BV and big up Drain big up Drain cause Drain also told you yeah yeah he told me too Drain you were his closest buddy big up Drain our camera guy our

fucking staff and you was on it too early so you stayed up at midnight like I did and my brother killed it too at midnight at midnight I'm like who is sleep right now why

why does it make sense try and drop the new joint oh my god yo listen to me my dude that's how I know

you guys got it you still cause know you guys got it You still cuz not fuck still got it because you know a lot of people after you got 10 years in this game They want to count you out. They want to for Charcoal. You're kingin'. You're kingin'. Transcendence. Let me just say this. I love that.

How you say it? Transcendence. I love that. Because you know why? Let me just tell you something, Tip. You guys are the epitome of what hip-hop is supposed to be. An epitome, I mean, I remember the first time I was ever offended was when, and I'm sorry, I'm going into a little dark place. Go, go, go, let me go.

But Lupe Fiasco, they rehearsed, was it Lupe? And they rehearsed their shit, and then he came out and he didn't know the lyrics. Am I correct? Was that Lupe? Yeah. That was a hip-hop artist, right? I was so offended. Because he said, I really wasn't a fan of Tribe.

Stop it, Slime. Slime, your whole style of Tribe. Just say you was high, Slime. I would have respected that. And I got love for Lupe. That moment. I love Lupe.

Lupe, please. Don't kid Cudi. Wow. He ain't doing that. He's not. It's family. But Lupe, that moment when they fucked up the Tribe vocals. I was so mad.

Did y'all discuss that? Yeah, yeah. Let me tell you about that. So when we spoke about it, I think if my memory serves me correctly, I think I could, he could have reached out to me

or I could have reached out to him because I saw niggas was on him. He was getting lambasted. You know what I'm saying? So I was like, you know, that's the young, I was like, you know, that's the young, yeah, I was like, you know, that's the young, young bruh.

So let me just reach out, yo, like, it's all good, da-da-da-da-da, and we was talking, he was like, yo, I ain't, I believe, because it was such a long time ago, but the sentiment of it was like, yo, I ain't never mean no offense, you know that, or G, I probably fucked up. I was like, it's all good, brother. He's like, I never came up on y'all. I came up on Spice One, and I came up on, he was mad ratchet shit. I was like, okay, I did.

You know why? Because I'm going to take a man for his word when he say it to me initially. I'm not going to give him a demerit. I'm not going to give him a demerit because he ain't never really did nothing to me personally or otherwise for me to think. So I took his word for it, right? So he's a young boy at the time. So I'm just, we talking. Pick you up, Lupe.

So he said at one point in the conversation, he's like, I see you trying to teach me a lesson. He laughed and we both had a little laugh, you know, about it. And it was just always, always cool with bro. It never was a problem, but we spoke about it and he came up off of it and shouts out to Lupe. Big up Lupe, man, because I was mad at you that week. Big you up.

But let me just tell you something. The beautifulness about your album, this new album, is when I heard it, I heard where Kanye got his shit from. Wow. I heard where Pharrell got his shit from. I heard where Noriega got his shit from. Wow. I heard where Pharrell got his shit from. I heard where Noriega got his shit from. I heard where Mobb Deep got his shit from. I heard where Nas got his shit.

I was like, damn, these niggas is the fathers of everybody. And there's mad layers to the album, too. I feel it. No. Mad layers. Oh, my God. You know what made me cry? The Fife Dawg song.

Yeah, that was hard. That made me cry because I want me cry The Fife Dawg song Yeah That was hard That made me cry Because I want to Big up Fife Dawg And I remember One day Q-Tip Fife Falk with you too Yeah that's right

But I remember one day Q-Tip and Fife Was going through some shit And me and Pone Was going through some shit At the same exact time And I called Tiff And I was like

What's up man He said You know how it is Being a partner Your partner's crazy And guess what you're crazy too yeah it made so much sense man you don't say and I just want to thank you guys for raising us in hip hop straight up you know I'm saying a tribe called quest people who who don't know, I feel sorry for them. But people who do know, we need to celebrate y'all. Not just today, but every day.

Every day we need to sit back and say what the tribe did for the culture and the community. There's no other group that, so is this the last Tribe called Crest Apple? Because the fact that Fife is not here, Western Peace Fife? I mean, I guess we still kind of like, you can't even really think about another tribe without that man, you know what I'm saying? Like, that shit would have to be something else totally different. You know what I'm saying?

Because that man is just like, he was the motive. Yeah. Why? Yeah. Absolutely. I feel like you want to talk. Go ahead, talk. Oh, nah.

Like, nah, you know, I miss my dude. Like, you know, I miss my dude. You know what I'm saying? At the same time, I'm so fucking proud, dude, because the fucking way that he went out, my G. My nigga went out on top. He went out spazzing and having fun. You know what I'm saying? It's just funny because a lot of this shit we talking about, it's of real and it's kind of dark and shit Right, but at the same time It's not it this shit don't sound oppressive

It could be a downer like you know I'm saying but this shit still like you know I'm saying and then fight for being a nigga That he was is a big part of the reason the tone was so like you know what I'm saying like like like it is Fan hit me on Twitter the other day, and they heard Bo knows this, and Bo knows that. Bo don't know that. Bo can't rap. And they said, yo, Fife Dog bit off a Nori. I said, relax, buddy.

I bit off a Fife. Because you know, what it is, is now with the podcast, my records is new now. So now my records is new now right so now my records are back chart and I had to tell a nigga

I said this is live I don't know if you know but they raised me yeah straight up those are my hip hop fathers I'm there Noah you like going shopping

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You looking in the zone. It's Queens all day. I know you've been in L.A. You don't know what it is. It's Queens all day. I know you've been in L.A. You've been in contact with Kanye. Is he okay?

He good. He got blonde hair now, too. Is that correct? Yeah, I mean, you know. We're going to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know. Fresh out the. No. Fresh out the farm now, too, is that correct? Yeah, I mean, you know. We're going to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, fresh out the, you know. Is he okay, though?

Fresh out the farm, man. Huh? Is he okay? He good. He good. He going to be. We niggas. We done been through worse.

Nigga, niggas done got sprayed with water hoses, man. What? How real is that? How real is that? Yeah, it befall on me, beloved. So. It's real out here, man. Been real. So, how did you feel when he called out Jay-Z?

Did you thought it was a problem or you thought that like, ah. Listen, I mean, look, him and Jay-Z. You said he was drunk with power because you went to drinking champs. Look. Now you calling us the drinking champs? No, no. He said it in drunk with power because you went to drinking champs. Look. Now you calling us the drinking champs? No, no. He said it in a rap. No, no, in a rap.

I was mad at him. No, no. You know, like, look, look. Him and Jay got their own relationship, and that's going to iron itself out. You know what I'm saying? They're grown men, man. You know what I mean? It's just, we live in a day and time where cons, I can be mad at you, but I'm supposed to tell you.

Well, see, the thing is this. See, the thing is this. This drink chat, we have real talk. So the thing is like, when you Curve certified, you live by a certain G-code. We in a new... What did he say? He said, Q-Tip, don't

try to correct me. He said something like that. Come on, Tip. I got to get to the bottom of this. What did he say? Mike,, Q-Tip, don't try to correct me. He said something like that. Come on, Tip. I got to get to the bottom of this. Yes, sir. What did he say? What did he say, Tip? Mic right there. I'm sorry. Yeah, he said, what did you say?

He said, don't try to correct me. I love you. What did he mean by that, though? I mean. You called him and tried to. Yeah, man. I mean, like, real talk. Like, you know, that's my brother.

You know what I'm saying? I fuck with him. The whole shit. So I. He said, oh, real talk, like, you know, that's my brother. You know what I'm saying? I fuck with him, the whole shit. So I... He said, oh, it's the police. You know, you stupid nigga. He's like, police. I know it's police. I mean, you heard voices.

You heard voices. You heard voices and shit. Yo, yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. Yo, yo, yo. boy. Everything is crispy. Curry, curry and crispy. Never fried. What's your line in this?

Wag-wag. Flatbush. What's your line in this? They might have mint lemonade to blood clot. You want me to spice it? Yo. Yo. Yo.

You want me to spice it? Let me get up. Brown stone. Yeah, yeah. Murray. Brisk steak. Blood clot. Blood clot.

Yes, sir. Yeah, yeah. Nigga. Go out the soup. Blood clot. Time check, time check Time check Time check So tip gang Shout out DJ Scratch DJ Scratch Shout out DJ Scratch DJ Scratch at all The best motherfucking DJ Scratch And we had an apartment

4B In case you don't know that DJ Scratch DJ Scratch But here we go Scratch Not Scratch at all Scratch

DJ Scratch No no no Wait wait wait The best DJ in the world DJ Scratch Shaheen Reed In the motherfucking building Shaheen

So here we go So You know what I'm saying I reached out To the nigga in the world to just scratch. Shaheen reading the motherfucking book. Shaheen. So here we go. So, you know what I'm saying? I reached out to the nigga on just a personal. You know, he got on stage.

He said what he had to say. You know what I'm saying? And I will continue to reach and talk to my niggas personal. You know what I'm saying? I'm never going to,

I'm not, we not from that pedigree that we talk to niggas like publicly airing shit out. Now that's my man. You know what I'm saying? And it's my family so we gonna have our talk

and we gonna be alright. You know what I'm saying? So that's all it was. It wasn't really you know. You're a classy nigga. You know what I'm saying You a classy nigga Q-Tip Yeah I'm gonna be honest I like

I am a nigga with class You got a lot of I don't know why When he said that He was like Yo Jay-Z Don't stick your killers on me And then he said

Call it He should've said that About you too Cause you got killer niggas Yeah I do But I mean You got killer niggas

From Queens But my niggas But we But I mean You got killer niggas From Queens But my niggas But we don't Cause we fuck with A charcoal press You know what it is Like We just move

We just move Hold on one second We just move As musicians My niggas As artists As niggas who got We came from

From the bottom All the way. Everybody know what it is. You know what it is. You know how we raised and all that, but there's no need for a nigga to stand on that and flaunt that. You know what I'm saying? Every nigga I know came from that. It's trying to get up

out there. You know your company. You know your experience and all that, but for us, it's like we just trying to do this music, my nigga. And that's it. All that extra shit is just extra shit, my nigga. There ain't nothing to be subbed, posted, tweeted, trying to get looks and vibes off of. That shit is corny.

We don't rock like that. We said it, and can I kick it? You know what I'm saying? It's like if a nigga dis us, we won't think of what. It's almost like Ghost said. If I got a problem with a man, I'm going to see the man, and we're going to have a conversation. And it's going to be hopefully one way, not another way.

Nobody want it really the other way. Nobody do. But we're going to definitely, as men, respect the man and be like, yo, my nigga, is it this? Is it this? How are we? And we have a conversation. That's it.

Right. Right. That's just the... The basic fucking... It goes back to the code and ethics that we fucking carry through. Respect Godfather. Boss out.

Yo, listen, I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. You see, be honest. A-O-A, be honest. There's nobody who sounded happier on the album than Buss. Yo, but listen. There was nobody on that.

Yeah. No hot liquor, my nigga. We got like three ice cubes right here. Don't be doing that shit to me today, bro. Yo, but Buss. Fat Joe recently gave me my T.S. chain. Yo, but boss, you know, Fat Joe recently, Fat Joe recently gave me my T.S. chain

as small as a motherfucker, right? But, but, but you ain't speak to Macho about that? No, no. Macho not around no more.

Pick him up, though. I love Macho. But, so he recently gave me my T.S. chain. I've been down with these niggas 20 years and I finally got

a T.S. chain, right? Randy Acker in the building. I've seen a lot of people that had T.S. chains I finally got a T.S. chain, right? Randy Acker in the building. I've seen a lot of people that had T.S. chains that really wasn't T.S. And I used to hate. There we go. But it feels like when Busta Rhymes, you were officially a tribe member. Now. And to me, it felt like you're still a kid, like, in a sense, Busta.

I know this about you. You like you're still a kid, like, in a sense, boss. I know this is right. You know you're my brother. But it was like you were still a kid. It was like, this is what you wanted to be. Am I correct or no? Nigga, you hit that shit in the center of the bullseye like a motherfucker. Yeah. This guy's ill.

This guy's ill right here. It took him 20 years to make you a tribe member. Remember, it took him 20 years. No, it took longer than that, nigga. Longer than that. Yeah, because I ain't gonna lie, it took me like 25 years to get a T.S.J. You want ice? Nah, but the good

shit about it, though, was the good shit about it was they always made me feel like I was in tribe any motherfucking way. And that's why I ended up on so many tribe records. Because whenever me and Leaders wasn't getting along, I'd come right to their studio and be like,

all right, fuck y'all niggas. Y'all niggas want to act funny. You want to act funny? Y'all niggas want to stunt on me? I'm going to my brothers, and they're going to open the door, roll out the red carpet. They're going to let me rhyme on every record that I want to get on, even though they didn't let me rhyme on every record I wanted to get on.

And, you know, I was made to feel like how I wasn't made to feel in my own crew. But the beautiful thing is Is shit is back right With me and the old crew You know Leaders is love Everything is beautiful Leaders is doing An album of conglomerate

There's never Maybe brother Yeah let's do it Maybe But I've never felt Happier in a group Then I felt Being a part of my brothers

at this table. You know what I'm saying? And now, Tip, I want to go back to you. Why? I was getting ready to say, yo, what the mother, what the mother?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You got to hold something, you got to hold something. Okay, you got that? All right, cool. No, I do tag a bone. I can't do much. No, no, no, no, hold up,

hold up, listen. Let me explain something. Hold up, hold up, hold up. Hold up, wait, wait. You break him up. No, I do tackle ball. I can't do ball. No, no, no. Hold up. Hold up. Listen. Let me explain something. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Wait, wait.

Hold on. Hold on. It's about to get the dream champ challenge. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Dream champ challenge.

That's an emphatical now cypher, dog. Emphatical now cypher. Yeah, dog. There we go. Fuck you mean you making rules now. This is how you drink, what you can drink, what you can't drink. You're a foul nigga. You know what the crazy shit is?

I can't even argue with you. This nigga can't do that. You ever have a friend you can't argue with? Yeah, the nigga got me tied up on the Circle House studio. I went in the bathroom. For two hours. I ain't come back out of there for two hours. Yo, I bullshit you not, literally.

I went and sat on that motherfucking toilet. You got your life together. I just went to sleep. Off that fucking tiger bar. I got it right here. Yeah, I ain't fucking with the tiger bar tonight, dog. Now, you know what? I'm going to sip it because we're going to make this into the drone.

We're going to have it. Salud. I can't believe I'm doing this. Yo, Q-Tip, I really love y'all. You got it from here. That's what we do. That's what we do. Tequila, that's what we do.

Salute. But don't you hate it because you do that, my nigga. That nigga's got to sit that shit like a port. I'm going to be honest. Come on, man. We not doing that. We in California. We in California.

And as a kid growing up from Queens I never knew El Segundo Was a real place You see this? Yo, we didn't know either You see this? Nigga, y'all left your wallet there What are you talking about? Y'all left your wallet in El Segundo Why did y'all left your wallet in El Segundo

Why did y'all leave your wallet in El Segundo, son? Because Fred Sanford That nigga What? Fred Sanford? No, no, no No, no, no So Sanford and son, right? You see that shit, like, I don't know

Niggas know that shit going YouTube Whatever, Sanford and son No, like, the niggas, Red Fox would be like, um, Son, Lamont, you gonna stay home with me tonight? There's a great movie coming on

Channel 5. It's Godzilla 8, Elsa Gungo. That sort of shit like that. Right? Yeah. So he would say it all the time? All the time. That's what he was going to say. So it's like a Sanford and Son inside joke.

Yeah, one of the jokes. Esther, I'm going to leave you in El Segundo. You keep coming. You know, he's always making El Segundo references on that shit. You know what I'm saying? I wonder what that meant for him. I don't know what it meant for him.

I've never heard of him. No. Yo, you telling me I'm that much of a bozo. Can I continue? No, no. You know, you weren't. Actually, it's just like,

it was one of those things. So you're telling me he didn't lose his wallet and he was like, you've never been to actual El Segundo at that time where y'all made that?

No, no, no. So you're telling me he just crushed his childhood. He envisioned you losing Your wallet You know like we thought It was like some imaginary shit It sounded like some

Wild bugged out shit Like you know what I'm saying So I was like yo El Segundo That's ill nigga El Segundo What the fuck is an El Segundo You know what I mean

That's what everybody In hip hop said When y'all said it Where the fuck is El Segundo Shout out El Segundo. It's like I went, somebody got hired me at a party for Ratchet, Gook, and Munger.

I was like, what the hell? It's Bugs Bunny. He used to say that shit. We celebrate dry court questions. Okay. Now, I need to get into it. I need to have the phone.

I need to have the phone. I need to have the phone. Did y'all know what y'all did to Queens? I'm just keeping it, honey. I'm sorry, boss, because you like half of Queens. You got Long Island in you. Did y'all know what that record did to the Coliseum? Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. To the Coliseum, to the college?

That's where Mysteries was popping. What you seeing right now, sir? What you seeing? What's the vision? What's the vision? What's the vision? What it look like? What you seeing?

I think that before the Q Club, this was... Nah, the Q was rocking. The Q was rocking. Yeah, Q was rocking. The Q was rocking. The Q was rocking. The best. The best.

The best. The best. The best. Remember, the best. And on the new album, you sampled a little bit of the album on one. What record was that? On the 9th. On the 9th.

On the 9th. Yeah. On the 9th. Yeah. I said it's flavorful. Yo, Q-Tip. And you the producer? Yes, sir.

I never had a Q-Tip beat. I'm just throwing that out there. But you wasn't on the Tribe album. You don't get it. I wasn't on the Tribe, so it ekes it out. But we're going to just praise you. Okay, yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You produced Beneath Apple and Bone, too? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You produce beneath apple and bone, too? Yes, sir. What was in your mind? Did you smoke drugs? Was it drugs?

Yes, sir. Tell us what drugs you were smoking. I was smoking weed, man. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Because I get it was a sample, but how did you? I need to have bone. You got to put me on. I don't know, niggas. Because, you know, like the South niggas...

Tell them how old you was the first time you wrote that. I'm 15. Wow. Wait, what? 15. I don't know what's going on right now. And these niggas is 30 making a... You see why I asked?

It's the first time. Funny thing is, what song is that? All of them. All of them. And you wrote Beneath Apple Bone at 15? Apple Bone? Apple Bone, nigga. Wait, wait, wait.

That nigga thinking Tiger Bone. That nigga said, Beneath Apple Bone, nigga? Open up Tiger Bone up there, son. said, beneath the apple bone, nigga? Open the tiger bone up there, son. You going to let the tiger out this early? Fuck it, man. How he fucking with it? You need a sip of that.

That's not the way it works. How does it work? How does it work? Everybody got to be celebrating. Look, this shit got keys in it. Who keys in those? Yo, what you doing, my nigga? What you doing? I've never seen that before. I already know what it is At the end of the day Let me just tell y'all something

This shit is dangerous On Drink Champs Listen everybody focus in Don't live stream No Snapchat We're going to snuff you At the end of the day Drink Champs is about

Giving the artist flowers When they can smell them And giving them trees When they can smell them. Or they can enjoy it. And giving them trees when they can't inhale them. We don't interview new niggas. Because I don't have new stories. So we interview legends. When we started this, the most requested guest is you brothers right here.

Yeah, straight up. And what I want to do is this whole time that y'all blessing us with, I want to praise you brothers. Because we ain't these other outlets. These other outlets, you can go,

you can do their outlet, and you go, and somebody step on your sneaker and you smack him, they got a report on that. Slime. You don't got a report on that. Slop. My father told me, you see what you like in a person first.

So if they violate that, then they should be shot. But you see what you like in a person first. You respect them on that. They don't never have to cross that line. I've done this business 19 years.

War Report dropped in 1997. So I'm approaching 20 years. And what I saw was... Maximum salute. What I saw was there wasn't an outlet for us to salute us. There wasn't.

There just wasn't. I seen Charles Barkley. We seen Kenny Smith. We seen Shaquille O'Neal. And I said, damn. This is a DJ. Miami's mixtape king. We had a show already. And I said,

let's do a show just saluting the legends. The legends. Let's keep this shit alive. I don't even want to rhyme no more. But let's keep this shit alive. I got to realize my importance on the chessboard. And I did. So I want to give back to the culture. And there's want to give back to the culture. And there's nothing more giving back to the culture from what I'm doing right now. Sitting down with you brothers. Right here.

Breaking down how this album came out. How this album came up. And we're going to have a shot. We don't have to. If you don't want to have a shot we don't have to if you don't want to have a shot because I got to dig in here because you did movies with Janet Jackson and shit like that

you spoke to Lars? Lars Professor? you may need to call a nigga on the phone real quick but now that you spoke about Lars this is what I want to ask you this is a personal direct question to you

and I'm going to smoke a bogey in here and violate the whole atmosphere one love I don't know just take it there so

it was summer and I had already I already already heard So, it was summer. And I had already heard, you know what I'm saying? Son and shit, you know what I'm saying? And you know, me, Paul, and Pete. When you say Paul. When I say Paul, it's large professor. Please, please, please. When I say Pete, I say Pete Rock.

That's some rich. You see, that was some rich conversation. Make some noise for this rich conversation. Woo! And everybody sitting at the table, cars, bus, we all, you know, everybody verified and shit.

So, son, he spaz on Fucking barbecue right Now Here's the thing If you go back to that period Niggas was talking about Y'all like the nigga

It was unanimous But niggas was still talking about The whole shit You know what I'm saying And I like all this shit Oh he talking about The whole shit You know what I'm saying Yo nigga And I like Wild Professor shit Oh he talking about Bill Blass Oh da da da da da

Right So I was just When I finally got up With Large Professor and shit You know we just did a lot of The air like shit You know on the beats and shit

Cause we had Cause you know Looking at the front door We had did that shit Footprints and all that shit And also There's a couple of beat shit Like some beat geek door We had Did that shit Footprints and all that shit And also There's a couple of beat shit Like some beat geek shit

We had lined up Or whatever So he was like Yo I don't really wanna Take son around To too many niggas But I gotta

I gotta He gotta come sit with you And it's a lost professor He's talking about nines Okay No no no So yeah His lost professor said it

I was like Well all day. So we still in the hood, my nigga. We still living in the hood. We still around the wedding. I was going with him. He was with me. First daughter going.

Please. Right here was when the first time he probably came to the studio was the session, was the one last session. So boom. What? What? That's the first time I've seen you. We still around the way, right? That's the first time I've seen you.

That's some normal shit. But I want to paint the picture. Hold on. I want to paint the picture. I want to paint the picture. Because we still, this is what, 92? Kind of.

I'm in jail. It was 91. Please, don't leave that now. We're talking about New York City in 91 Right That was the hottest year In recorded history Murder

Crime It was crazy Niggas was getting Left where they stood Left and right My nigga like We still living in the hood Right

Still in the hood So I tell So we right around the way. We got a little fort. You know, niggas got, we got our own little shit happening around there. Paul was coming. I mean, you know, Lodge was coming in and out. So I was like, yo. I was like, where is the bring them by?

So we was at Fife House. We was set up in Fife House. Our equipment was set up in Fife House in the basement. I heard him off of... And then Lodge came to me specifically and asked me if I had something for him and that he was a fan and wanted to fuck around.

I was like, cool. So, that day, Fife was at the crib. So, you know, his grandmother would always let me in the crib and shit. Grandma. R.I.P. Grandma. You know what I'm saying? And, um... We was down in the basement. It was grandma. R.I.P. grandma. You know what I'm saying? And um... R.I.P. grandma. We was down in the basement.

It was summer. Niggas was outside. Shit was going on, whatever. So Paul came through with Ock, with Ock Nelly and Nas. So we in the basement

and shit and we found... Was you there late? Yeah. My nigga Light Show shouts out Light Show best out. Ah, damn it.

Clap Bush and all that. Believe that. Okay, I got you, boy. So let me wrap this. So niggas downstairs, so we go through, and the first shit I played was the one love shit. Nah, stop, stop. So we moked out, we just moked out, whatever.

Stop, Jeff. You're giving us a... That was the first joint, and son was just like... The first joint. First joint. Hold on, hold on. So you played it. Now take us from there

he played it his reaction so he's like yo play that shit again so we played it you know we all vibing and Paul was like

yo that shit is ill and he was like yo that shit that's the we gotta just get right to that. It wasn't even no more conversation. We stayed in. So he recorded.

Niggas hung out for a little bit. We went to the store. We went to No Name or whatever. And then the niggas bounced, and that was it. And then, like, the next day, Paul hit me. We exchanged. He was like, We gotta do that That was the one

He had Scribed this shit up I gave it to him He hit it And that was it We went in the studio Connors came with me So you wasn't there

When he laid the verses No hell yeah He went back And wrote the shit I guess he went back Around the way He smoked me out dog He had like

He had like An ounce of Princess Black Come on The mic right there Yeah He smoked me out, dog. He had like an ounce of Princess Black. Come on, the mic's right there. He smoked me out. He would come...

At the time, at the time, me and Tip lived next door to each other. So, every morning, he'd get up, like he was about to make a move or whatever, so he'd be like, and then he'd call me out the window and be like, you know, he's about to make a move Or whatever So he'd be like And then You know what I mean

He'd call me out the window I'd be like What's up what's up You know He was about to motion to the city Or whatever So he had been telling me About Nas or whatever

He's like Yo this kid Nas I'm telling you And this nigga Still had the tapes And everything Was that still before

Back to the Grill again Nah this is after This is after Nah nah nah Nah nah I'm gonna tell you Cause I was in high school Still with the On me It's after. It's after. No, no, no, no, no. It's about a guy. It's after Live at the Barbecue. No, no, I'm going to tell you. Because I was in high school still with the only.

So it's 93. Oh, yeah. It's 93. That's what I'm saying. 91. 91. 91. 91 is check the rhyme.

91 is check. 92. No, no, no, no, it didn't. Illmatic, come on, 94. Illmatic is out 94. Illmatic out 94. 94, yeah. Definitely 94. Illmatic out 94. Trust me, man. Illmatic came out in 94. Illmatic is out in 94. Illmatic came out in 94. 94, yeah. Definitely 94.

Illmatic out in 94. Trust me, man. I was like. Yeah, no, definitely 94. The first Reader's Album came out in 91. The second Reader's Album came out in 93. Nas wasn't out yet. Yeah, Nas wasn't out yet.

94. Nas wasn't out yet. Nas wasn't out yet. Look, look. P, P, look. I wanted to build on what he was saying. Like, yo, we used to have 192 and Lyndon. Like, yo, we used to have one-on-two in Linden. Like, nothing you ever saw before in life.

In life. Like, I remember he used to have Hurricane G on the corner with us. You know what I mean? Because that's our natural, you know, to be in the corner. Like, yeah. Nah, nah, nah, nah. Like, what a muralist. The beautiful shit about what a muralist is.

That's where we stood. Literally where we stood. I'm about to run right where the mirror is at. Wait, tell me. Let's stop. Yo. Stop, stop.

You fucked me up with that. You was out there. You was out there. Remember though, I wasn't there. You was out there. You don't even know. You don't even know.

You said you were located. I wasn't there to see that. Yes, you were. I was going to block that thing. I'm going to tell you how it went down. Break it down. Cheeks and Spank wanted to battle fight. Cheeks and Spank wanted to battle fight.

No, he's going to verify what I'm saying. Cheeks and the Lost Boys? Cheeks and the Lost Boys used to fight with Spank G. You know what I mean? Spank G is from around our way. Spank G, nice. Spank G, nice. Shout out with Spank G. Yeah. You know what I mean? Spank G's from around our way. Spank G's nice. Spank G's nice. Shout out to Spank G.

Both of them was L. This one, Mr. Cheeks was Co-Cheeks. You know what I mean? They used to do the organized rap. You know what I mean? So you pulled up with Rumble Stillskin when you still had the passion. Oh, shit. You know what I mean?

Man Run got out on my block with the 190 Gold E. With the Gold E. With the Gold 190 E. And this is how I even ended up. Because you came back and told him what I did. You don't even remember. I don't remember that. You're talking about when he battled Ron.

He battled Ron from Run DMC. I don't remember. That's the first time I've heard it. Yeah, sit down. He wasn't there. We know you got a catch of life, but sit down. He wasn't there. He wasn't there.

He wasn't there. He wasn't there. He told you. He battled Ron? Yeah. We had an apartment 4B2. Someone throw that't there. It wasn't there. It wasn't there. It wasn't there. Yeah. I told you. Battle Run? Yeah. We had an apartment 4B2. Someone throw that out there. That's the night.

And pick up the Moet. What's my people name? That was the night. And at the time, I'm going to tell you, everybody was rocking like Dazzle Effect. That's how I cut them.

They didn't battle. They was looking for fight, but they ain't battle fight. Oh, wow. That's how I cut them because you were like, yo. They didn't.

They was looking. I don't know what's wrong. Everybody was doing the Dazzle Effect at the time. We was there. I still want to know how the battle went down. Nah, they didn't battle fight.'t. They was looking for him. I don't know what's wrong. Everybody was doing it down the second time. We was there. I still want to know how the battle went down. Nah, they didn't battle fight.

They didn't battle fight. Nah, nah, nah. They was looking for fight. They was looking for him, yeah. Yeah, that was that night. Spank had blood on his cheeks. Yeah, that's what

he was talking about. He didn't get him that night. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, so that's what I'm saying. So like, now I'm just describing like how the bullet ball was to all like you bring like Hurricane G through, bring A no, no. Yeah, so that's what I'm saying. So, like, now I'm just describing, like, how the bullet ball was.

Like, you bring, like, Hurricane G through. Bring A.Y. through. Like, I remember Rosie Perez. This is Death Squad Hurricane G, right? Look, look, look, look, look, look. Rosie Perez knocked on my door looking for me. Don't worry. If you miss your flight, I got you.

Like, we rich. What'd you just say? I said, Rosie Perez knocked on my door looking for him. With the titties out. I was like, oh! Rosie Perez came looking for him. Yo, Tip, you've been knocking on my door. Let me ask you, Tip.

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Ad-free at Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts. We're back to Drink Champs Radio with rapper N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. How was it kissing Janet Jackson? I mean, it was great. Describe it for us. He wants to know everything. That's Penny, man. That's Penny, man. We miss Penny, man. That's Penny, man. That's Penny, man.

We miss Penny, man. That's Penny, man. It's great. Exactly. It's Penny. And she made Pop take an age test, but she did not

make you take an age test. Yeah, no. So here's the thing, right? So we was doing a movie. Damn, Noreen. I love this shit. Let me clean this real quick Cause I gotta bounce in a minute

So let me Let's get straight to it Alright dad I got it Give me a second So We doing Poetic justice shit

Yes So we chilling and shit Me and Pac Out there we chilling Or whatever Uh huh So we did rehearsals Or whatever

And I forget what the album I think it was All Eyes. No, I think it was, I can't remember which album. Me Against the World? Yeah, I think it was Me Against the World, actually. So we were out there,

we chilling and shit. So we had a table reading and shit. And me and the nigga, we chilling, smoking, whatever, whatever, whatever. Then we was all, me and him.

Yo, that's motherfucking petty, nigga. I was like, I don whatever, whatever. Me and him. Yo, that's fucking Penny, nigga. I was like, I know, nigga. It's fucking Penny. No, no. We both going off like that. So whatever. He said, that's Penny? Yeah.

Like I just said to you. Nigga, that's Penny. God damn it. Let's make some noise. That is. No, it's not Penny. Continue. Continue.

So, boom. So we in Simi Valley. City Valley. Simi Valley. Simi Valley. You know what Simi Valley is? No, I don't. Simi Valley is where they made the decision on Rodney King. Rodney King.

Oh, wow. This is the night the decision came in, my nigga. We in Simi Valley. Yeah, Simi Valley. You in Park? No, no, no. I just gave you a little precursor. Oh, okay.

To how, you know. Into my penny. No, no, no. I just gave you a little precursor. Oh, okay. To how, you know. You're talking about Penny. Me and Penny and John Singleton and all the extras and the gaffers. And everybody's in motherfucking Simi Valley. Right? So we shooting the joint. So we go through the kids' shit. We do that shit 10, 11 times.

The shit is cold outside. Keep us on hold out there. Because now niggas are starting to riot back in the city. Because the decision came fuck out of here. Because the decision came. You're here. And we're in Simi Valley. The courthouse was like two miles up from where we were shooting.

Get the fuck out of here. So they didn't want us to move. They wanted to keep the set kind of, you know, static until they got a read on what was happening around, because the riots started popping up, whatever. So we out there, we keep just doing a scene. Keep kissing and shit, right? Is y'all tongues touching? Let me shake your hand again.

Let me shake your hand. Damn it. Redux! Redux! Y'all think your kiss pretty. Make some noise for tongue kissing. He went to first base with Benny. We both get the sniffles and all that shit.

Poor thing. I'm about to actually be smashed. So here we go. I mean, that was my girl. That was my girl. Man. I mean, after a while. I mean, everybody know that. God damn it

I'm getting another five You know that Yo you were smashing A lot of Hollywood Things out there Come on It's getting weird I gotta get away and go

Fuck you But that was my girl But anyway But let me Let me Cause I wanna get To the pop shit So we caught

A fucking cold And shit Or everybody Damn it But I definitely She was sick I was sick Whatever Because I want to get to the pot shit. So we caught a fucking cold. Everybody, damn it. But I definitely, she was sick. I was sick, whatever. So I don't know what that decision was on her part to be like, he has to get an AIDS test. But she definitely was like, well, if I'm going to kiss him,

I got to make sure that da-da-da-da-da-da. And me and the nigga was talking about it. I went to his chair and he was like, yo, don't you know they asked me to take a motherfucking eight? Nigga was hot. He was hot.

I was like, what? He was like, I can see if I was fucking a bitch then I understand. But the scene ain't even nothing. You know how Pac was,

you know what I'm saying? Man animated. Yeah, that's how he was. I've never met Pac. Oh, you've never met him? No. Yeah, that never met him? No. Yeah, that's how the nigga was. Buster used to rock with him.

Was this after the Source Awards? The incident? That was before. This was before the Source Awards? Yeah, yeah. And the Source Awards incident was just like... You would have to break that down. It was a miscommunication in the backstage shit.

Tell us about it. Oh, that's right. So we won an award Or whatever And we going on An accepted award And they gave the nigga The green light

To go on and perform So he comes on And performs Now Nas Had just put out The Illmatic shit And You know

People looked at Pac at the time In New York As like Kind of a west coast nigga But the nigga was He was was an East Coast nigga. He's from the East Coast. He was born in Maryland.

His mother used to rock around all the way. So he had deep ties around all the way. Like deep, deep, deep ties. Like his mother was, you know, Black Panther. They had a Black Panther set up around all the way. Joanne Chestermart, all that. You know what I'm saying? So he Panther set up around our way. Joanne Chestermart, all that. You know what I'm saying? So he had deep ties around the way.

So anyway, the nigga ran on stage. You know, the niggas was hot. The niggas looking. The niggas was booing him. He was like, fuck it. You know, he was with niggas from around our way on stage. On stage. Yeah.

Stretching them niggas. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I'm with them. So then it got a little ugly Right So The funny part though But when

But here's the thing Pac saw Ali Ali was tight Ali saw you And shout out to What's her name Who Does the sauce

Benzino Benzino Yeah shout out to Benzino He's always treated me with respect. I saw some shit floating online. He was talking about, oh, this nigga Q-Tip was crying. Ali was crying. I didn't even see this nigga back.

Nobody was crying. That was off of our show. That was off of our show. That was on our show. Okay, yeah. Come on, B. Wait, Benzino said what? No, no, I don't know.

It wasn't nothing. He didn't say nothing. It wasn't crazy. It wasn't crazy. No, I just wanted to be clear crazy It wasn't crazy He was just saying The niggas was crying He told the They told the story on our show

This story The stage And niggas was like In teary eye Whatever It was God No no no No cause I gotta go

Let me And when I leave Y'all niggas can chop it up But let me just have my piece Thank you Thank you So Cause I rarely do these shits

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, we on stage or whatever, and niggas was hot. Right. Straight up. And we was,

we was mid- And you had New Park at the time. We was mid-harbed up out there. You had New Park at the time? Yeah. Okay. There's a whole club. Okay,

continue. I'm sorry. So, we trying to get to the, trying to get to this nigga to see what it was. You know what I'm saying? So, Ali is with his Brooklyn niggas

or whatever. He would've... I mean, Ali was with Brooklyn. We was with our whole fucking crew. Everybody was trying to see what that was. And, um, we had a little incident. Me and a couple of my niggas.

I had to go sit down. You know what I'm saying? At the fucking tombs for a couple nights. Whatever. That's what it is. My Q-tip being locked up? I mean, nigga. I mean, my nigga, look. Anyway, let's continue.

So we sit there or whatever. Ali saw Pac. Pac was like, yo, I never met no disrespect to you. I love y'all niggas. Are you crazy? That was just da-da-da-da-da. Buster hit me. And Buster was like, yo, you coming to L.A., right?

Because you told me he was coming to L.A. And I was like, yeah. He was like, yo, I spoke to the nigga Pac. When you get out of here, let's coming to LA And I was like yeah He was like yo I spoke to the nigga Pac When you get out of here When you get out of here This whole shit I was like cool They was at the St. James Apartments

I hit bus Bus was like We over here now Smoking whatever Drinking whatever Nigga Pac I was like of course So we went over there

We all fucked up And Pac was like Come on nigga You know Come on It's me and you I love you my nigga Is this pre-death

Robo girl pose Yeah this is pre-death Robo girl pose It's me and you. I love you, my nigga. Is this pre-Death Row Pugger post? Yeah, this is pre-Death Row Pugger. This is when I was shooting High Learning at the time. Okay. And Omar, I was up here. This is before. This is before. This is during the Super Bowl.

This is before everything. No, no, no. This is during the same time frame when he went and popped the two off-duty police in Atlanta. Right, right. in the same time frame when he went and popped the two off-duty police in Atlanta. So me, Omar, Epps, Little Daddy, Shane were staying in the fully rented apartments because we were shooting a movie.

And at the time, what's the light brown eye dude that used to be on BET, son? Johnny Simpson. There you go. When Pop got with Kamal He told me he wanted to speak to him Because he knew that I was the closest thing

To Q-Tip at the time So when he talked to me He was just explaining to me Because back then, niggas was performing Off of dad tapes So when you perform off of dad tape It ain't like the fucking instant replay. It ain't like the Serato.

It ain't like none of these other new shit. You got to rewind it. Literally. If a nigga press play, it's gold. You have to grab it. Because you're going to lose your placement. Exactly.

So he was saying the person that was assigned to trigger his dat tape pressed play while they was dealing with their acceptance speech. Right. And he had to go. He had to go. So it looked like he just was going to say, fuck, they accept the speech.

I'm just going to come out here and rhyme over these niggas. And he said to me personally, that had nothing to do with me. He was like, I would never dis Tribe. As a matter of fact, I want to do a public truce on BET. Yeah, he wanted to do that. So they came together to

clarify and organize the public truce on BET. And unfortunately, he passed before that got to happen. Yeah, a lot of shit passed on before we actually got to get that right. But it was never nothing. Because we know you got to go.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Come on. Now, how did you feel when these two little Queens dudes come to you? Mm. Prodigy and happy. Mm, mm. And then they come to you. Prodigy and Happy. And then they come to you. And then you say,

y'all niggas is great. But let me shape and mold it a little better. We had Habic on Drink Champ. He said that personally. He said, we had the album. We had it almost done. But we wanted to see the legend. And you tweaked the album we had it almost done but we wanted to see the legend and you

tweaked the album. And they made a Drink Champs classic on the song the Henny Joint Oh the Henny Joint. Yeah, that's a classic. That was crazy because the first time we met there was me and Ali right we was Rush. Ali Shaheed, Rush Man. You took on 160 Barrett? No, 298 Elizabeth. Oh, I've never been there. I still live there. That's the old original. That's when Chris Lighty was

a management rep for Rush Management. Oh, wow. I wasn't around. I wasn't around. So we in there and shit. Me and Ali doing whatever. So we see the two little kings in there and shit, whatever.

And there was a brother that worked in there. You know, real diligent brother, whatever, whatever. And P must have been about... How old was he when he put out the first Hit It From The Back? No, no, no. Hit It From The Back. That album? 17? They must have been about 15.

They was mad young. The very first one. They was like 15. So it was right there, right? Yeah, when I was fucking with them. So it was right there. So they young as shit. Now, is Nas already out? No.

Project Hall? They No Project Hall What? And executive producer They all about to sprout up So We at Rush I think it's Eric Your name is Guru You the guru

Eric Blam That's Trey Wap Trey Wap It was Eric, right? You're the guru. Huh? Eric Blamaville? Yeah, there you go. Eric Blam. That's Trey Wap right there. Trey Wap. So we in there. We go. We see them niggas.

And P had the joint. He was fucking with it in the office. He wasn't shooting nobody. But he hit them. It was, you know, it let off. Yeah, no doubt. It let off by accident in the niggas' office. In the office?

Oh, wow. I mean. Yo, he over there going off. He gave me the alley-oop. Yo, my nigga's so bad. I'm just telling you, I'm not. I'm just saying what is so bull. He's like, uh-huh.

He's stupid, nigga. I'm just saying what is. He's like, uh-huh. He's stupid, nigga. My bad. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So, boom. So, that's what it was. That's how we first met the nigga. That's when we first met them, though, honestly.

So, after that, like a year or two transpired or whatever, and then they reached out. Scott Free and Matty C and Loud reached out and was like, yo, they really want to sit with you. And then I heard a lot of this shit, and I was like, yeah, I could fix this here and do this, and they wanted more beats. So we just sat in and we went over the whole album

and we just pieced it together. We cut some of the fat off, we linked it down, we shaped it up, got the sound right and shit, which didn't really need much because Havoc is a motherfucker. Havoc's a fucking monster. He's big up Havoc. Let's get it clear. I don't want niggas to think that I came in and fucking did that.

No, no, no. Be clear. Let me tell you what he said. That nigga Havoc? He's a monster. Havoc said he had the whole album down pat, but he said I needed to holler at Q-Tip to make sure. Because, you know, I don't know if you realize this,

and I'm going to say it to your face. You are the East Coast Dr. Dre. Wow. And if you don't realize that I'm gonna just tell you I've been said that about you But when I heard that new album I reiterated

See why I'm looking at you nigga I reiterated And I don't use big words like that Excuse me The prophet needs to just Let the manifestation of the prophecy transpire in my absence. Yes. I shall return.

All right. All right. Listen, listen. Tip. I don't know if you know, but you are the East Coast Dr. Dre. And you got to claim. And we didn't even talk about Jay Dillon. Exactly.

It's all good. I mean. You got to go. And we didn't even talk about Jay Dillon. It's all good. I mean. You got to go. Dre is a nigga that. No, you already. I'll say I said it before. No, sit down. Just say it.

Say it while you sit down. But the nigga Dre. And then I got to really make it. So the nigga Dre did the straight out of Compton shit. So me and Ali. Shout out to DJ Scratch, big bro right here. DJ Scratch. Legend.

EMP, PMD and all that. You know what I'm saying? It's gone? Busta took the bottle? No, no, no. This is the bottle. What bottle are you looking for? Tiger Ball.

You're looking for Tiger Ball right there. Before I go, you're not going to send me one? No, I'll take another one. You're not going to send me one? Yes. So, Dre... Go ahead. Dre, when Dre did Straight Outta Compton, me and Ali used to ride around listening to that shit crazy.

Like you'll know, you know what I'm saying? We was New York niggas. We would be listening to Ghetto Boys, Willie D's Scarface, Early, and N.W.A. Early. We'd be... No, we'd be around. Niggas would be like, what's that you're niggas listening to? Straight Outta Compton. We on, no, we be around, niggas be like, what's that your niggas listening to?

Shut up, we on fucking I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm cutting you off. So, wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait, I just gotta say this, because the nigga's shit made me think about low end theory, and then the nigga

would be like, yo, when you did that shit, that shit made me think about the climate. So I'm always, that shit made me think about the climate. The NWA? That's like my... I just want you to know, to us, you're the East Coast Dr. Dre.

And the thing about it is, what we want you to do as a fan, I want you to do a track for A Boogie. I want you to do a track for A Boogie. I want you to do a track for Young M.A. I want you to do a track for the young generation. And you bring them and you teach them how to get with Ferg. You don't even have to guide them.

I want to fuck with a nigga Don Q. Where you at? You're done. Get at me, young nigga. Let's go. I don't want to rhyme no more, but I'm going to get a Q-tip beat. I'm going to fucking get the fuck up. Well, let's go. I'm going to get the fuck up.

You're going to give me a beat. You gave me a half-ass joint. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It was dope, but I felt like you wanted my vocals first, but I was like, nah, nigga. You're going to give me a Benita Apple Bowl. Apple Bowl? Benita Apple Bowl? I'm dyslexic.

You ain't got to let me get away with it. Listen, my brother. That's how he do it. You got to let him cook. You should have did it. That's how he cook. I know. That's what Pharrell used to do to me.

So that's how I knew. That's how them niggas cook. That's how they cook. Pharrell got it from me. But listen, it's nothing more. I want to respect you brothers. I love the album you brothers put together. I love how you stuck together through thick and thin.

I know there's fucking buffottos and buffooderies that came along with that. But guess what? We ain't going to talk about that because that's not what we do here at Drink Champs. At Drink Champs, we celebrate our niggas. Consequence, I don't know what kind of glasses those are, but I need to borrow them at some point. Those is fly. Let me see.

Let me check you out. Let me check you out. Yo, come on. Let me see you. Let me see you. What you got? Come here. What time is it?

Give me a time. These are nice. I don't know what those are. But those are nice. All right, but Ted, listen. I love you, man. Thank you so much, my brother. Hey, we're going to say goodbye to your fans.

Your fans. Okay, okay, okay. You can't just walk away. Try to go quest me up here. Oh, word. Yeah. All I P5'd up. All I P5'd up.

Don Jules. Don Jules. Don Jules. Malik Taylor. Yeah. We love you. We love you. I got to shout out Roots, too.

Fife's mad at me. Shout out to Roots. Watch the Roots in here. T.I. You know what I'm saying? He held my nigga down. Yeahife's mad at me. Shout out to Roots. Watch the Roots in here. T.I. You know what I'm saying? He held my nigga down. Yeah, he held me down. Crazy.

He held me down crazy. And you just did Jimmy Kimmel. Big Mood. We did Jimmy Kimmel. You just did Saturday Night Live. Yep. No doubt. No doubt.

No doubt. That shit. No doubt. Tell them niggas, man. Yeah. We got five million niggas. Listen, I'm making five people. No, no, no, nigga.

Don't be modest. Don't be modest. Don't be modest. Fight dog. Rest in peace. Yo, thank y'all so much. I apologize. I kept y'all. No, no, no, no.

We celebrate hip hop here. This is what we do. Chill, man. We will. We will keep it going. Don't worry about it. It's just me, man. But you definitely smashed Janet Jackson.

I got to shake your hand again. I got to shake your hand again. I got to shake your hand again. Was it wonderful like I thought it would be? Was it? Was it wonderful? Come on. Look at Mike Booth. He violated.

He violated Mike Booth. All right. I have to go now. It was wonderful, right? It was wonderful. That was my girl. Penny. Penny.

You had a lot of good girls. You had a lot. Yo, I want one wife. Do you miss Penny? Huh? Do you miss Penny? No, she's good. She's good.

She got a life. Don't keep her as Penny, though, man. That was weird. I don't even know that. I ain't even on the count of that. I ain't even. All right, peace, y'all. I love you.

One love. Two encore quests. Yeah. I love you. that. I ain't even... All right, peace, yo. I'm not a fan. Love you. One love. Two encore quests. Yeah! I love you. Yeah! I love you. I love you. We got to take one picture.

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