Drink Champs - Episode 75 w/ DJ Pooh and Lil Duval

Episode Date: April 21, 2017

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys drink it up with West Coast legend DJ Pooh and comedian Lil Duval. The guys talk about Pooh's legacy and career which spans working with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, the Friday films, Grand Theft auto and a lot more. They also talk about the comedy world and Pooh's and Lil Duval's new film 'Grow House'. --- 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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Let's go! What a good beat, hopefully it's what it should be. It's your! What a good beat, I've been excited to see a movie because I feel like you got to get high to see the movie And then you just had a premiere last night. Yes where It felt like soon as it started Everybody lit up. Yeah, they did. We had a green carpet man Everybody came like we can all entice it and was the green carpet made out of weed the man i wish you would you would have sworn it would there was so much weed inside like somebody came out there and cut it first right right so now let's talk about this bro by the way we got yeah you got to announce who's right we got we got dj pool in the building so now is this your first time you wrote and directed? Because I know you wrote movies before.

No, no, no. Just the third time I wrote and directed. And directed. Yeah, yeah. I wrote and directed a film called Three Strikes. Oh, Three Strikes. Come on, Shane. Yeah, yeah.

And then I wrote and directed a film called The Wash starring Snoop and Drake. And then this filming. Oh, damn. You wrote and directed The Wash. That's right. Damn. And Snoop is in this during too as well, right? Yeah, Snoop is in here too.

Oh, wow, man. So now how did you guys come together for this project? How did this work? How did this meet for real? Nigga, I met this

nigga on MySpace. What? I swear to God. So it goes back. Yeah, it goes back. I thought you met recently. Like, you on

MySpace now. No, no. That would be creepy as fuck. That would be weird. Y'all going to steal it. That would be weird. That would be creepy as fuck. That would be weird. Y'all going to steal it on MySpace. Tom, Tom.

Tom don't even be on MySpace no more. Tom chilling on Instagram. So how y'all been on MySpace? He hit me up on MySpace. He's like, hey man, I fuck with you. You funny as hell. I want to do something with you. And I mean, he's a legend.

You know what I'm saying? Like, I always tell people, he's like the Martin Scorsese of hip-hop. Martin Scorsese. Did I say it right? Martin Scorsese. You know I can't talk. Well, that would be the hip-hop version. Martin Scorsese.

No, Martin Poosquase. That's what I'm talking about. Martin Poosquase. You know what I'm saying? So when he called me, I was like, man, I'm down with it. And 10 years later, he ain't been here today. Let's make some noise for that, goddammit. Woo!

Make some noise for Myspace doing something positive. No, no, no. I got to do this. I got to do this. Let me see that. Let me see that. This? No, this.

Oh, this? OK. Because this is a good thing. You can put it in here. What the? What kind of contraptions y'all have Because this is a good thing. You can put it in here. What the? What kind of contraptions y'all have for this stuff? This nigga.

Yeah, I noticed that. This nigga's a real weed dude. Yeah, I am. I did. It was crazy because that just happened. He didn't smoke when we made the film. I didn't. What?

What? I did. So I feel ripped off. Like he said, let's start smoking after, but it's cool. It's cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the part too. But you ain't used to smoke weed before?

No, I never smoked a drink. I never smoked. I smoked fake weed during the movie. During the movie, I smoked fake. That's the part, too. You used to smoke weed? No, I never smoked a drink. I never smoked fake weed during the movie. During the movie, I smoked fake. I was the only one smoking fake weed. So how long have you been smoking weed officially? Like a year and a half. So I call him Lil OG Baby Young Love. Yes, because I smoke like a motherfucker now.

Because you got young love. What happened? What? I don't know. What the fuck just happened? Ali, thanks don't know What the fuck just happened? Ali, thanks Ali What the fuck just happened? Why you fucking up my vibe?

I don't know I gotta push it in there With his tight Wait, so he went Zero to a hundred In a year Yeah, cause you just You

I thought you said My daddy used to do crack So I got a high tolerance I got a real high tolerance I wasn't ready I wasn't ready For real My tolerance is really high.

Like, I haven't met my match yet. They tried to get me. He got this man that used to smoke a pop. And he tried to get me on that dab. I did that, too. I was still up like this here. And you had never got high before. I never got high before.

What the fuck? Never got high. That's crazy. That's why I can't do nothing else, because I take stuff to the extreme. So if I did anything else, I'd be dead. You're smoking all the weed. If I had some coke,

I'd be looking at my key and just snorting about myself. Some Tony Montana shit. Yeah, for real. All right. So now you guys meet on MySpace. Yeah. And then from there,

y'all start talking about this movie or it just formed a relationship? From there, he just formed a relationship. I was just like, I want to work with you one day. I was just like, man, you funny as hell, man. I was just like, you just seem like a cool cat.

Right. And I want to work with you and shit. And I just thought he was cool, you know? I didn't know he wasn't. Right. And did... All right. Just saying.

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All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. seeing you, like, in T.I. videos. Was that like your introduction to hip-hop? No, not really, because I thought, well, I was doing stand-up and everything. How me and Tip met, he used to come to the comedy club, because I did.

I used to have this comedy night in Atlanta, and it used to be popping all the time. And Tip was just coming up, but he used to always come to the comedy club. And then he had already had an album out, but it wasn't getting that much buzz as the second one. So when the second one came out, he was like, I want you to do

the videos and stuff. And it was everybody. That's when Atlanta was popping, like the crunk era. Like Lil Jon and everybody like that. So anytime they had a video,

they hit me up. And what people don't realize about that time, why Nicky used to do a lot of videos, TV wasn't popping at that time. For black people. Like, yeah, after Martin and all that stuff there videos, TV wasn't popular at that time for black people.

Like, after Martin and all that stuff there, there really wasn't no outlet to be on TV. So the only way you could go on TV was fucking with hip hop.

Right. A lot of comedians came out on videos. Yeah, so that's what I used to do and I used to kill it. And so from there, it's been,

and then when the internet came in, that's when it went to a whole other thing. But even before that, I had Comic View and Second Comic View. So you from Atlanta? I'm from Florida.

From Florida. Jacksonville. Right, okay. I'm from Jacksonville. So Floridian. Yeah, yeah. Where you from? Miami.

Born here, but raised in Miami. Oh, okay, okay. Now, but you live in Atlanta? I live in Atlanta. I've been living there for a minute, too. And Atlanta's like black Hollywood. You say that? I mean, some people do. Is it fair to say that? I would in Atlanta. I've been living there for a minute, too. And Atlanta is like black Hollywood. You say that? I mean, is it fair to say that?

I would say, yeah. I say, yeah. But I mean, to me, it's probably like how you feel about New York. Like, nah, I know what it is. You know what I'm saying? So for somebody else, like it is the great, it is like the great white hope where people go like the underground railroad for black niggas who think you can make it. That still is it. But for me, I see it for what it is.

Right. Now, you're 100% from California, right? Well, I'm originally from Kansas City, Missouri, but I've been here since I've been young. Now, your career is very interesting because you got the California ties. You could have very easily wrote gang movies,

but you kind of like went towards the weed culture. It's just been, you know what, mostly what I've done has been comedy shit, because I've just been that dude who's always cracking jokes, clowning around. But I'm always

taking a lot of pride in servicing, in trying to service good quality content to the hood. Right, right. Because Friday was the first film you wrote. And then how did that take place? Because, you know, we see in the movie, you see Cube straight out of Compton. He's sitting there, and I think his girl says,

How's Friday coming along, babe? Did it go down like that? Well, you know what? And to him, it did. And then when he said that, I ain't saying that. Like, I don't know. And I said. Well, put it this way.

Chris Tucker, Chris Tucker character, it was about him. It was you. You smoking. Yeah. Oh, shit. He smoking. So, I mean, that tells you right there. But Q, but Q, yeah's smoky. He's smoky. So, I mean, that tells you right there. But Q, yeah, Q wrote.

Like, to him, that was his experience writing it, because we wrote on our own in places and collabbed together. So I can't take nothing away from Q. I mean, Q co-wrote that movie. You know what I'm saying? I think, you know, it couldn't have been that way if me or him wrote it alone. I think it was the fact that we wrote it together. It was so dope.

It was something that we really, you know, put work in on and people love, you know. When you was doing it, did you know you was making a classic? We felt like we was doing some shit because we was just having fun with music videos and shit like that. They were new. And you did something with Boys in the Hood, too. Like, you wrote something for it? No, no. I did a lot of the music stuff

And the score stuff And like the drive by scene that you hear But don't see Like pulls up to the stop sign Everything that you hear And that kind of stuff and a lot of the music under the movie Came from just tracks and beats And shit I did because you know I produce

But honestly With With Friday you know it was more of a music shit I did because I produce. But honestly, with Friday, it was more the music videos that we were doing. Stuff like you had me play the Mack in the video he got. The Mack song. We were just having fun

clowning. It was like, man, let's make a comedy. Let's make some funny shit. At the time, it was like Boys in the Hood, Menace, everything. Everything was serious. It was like n was like Boys in the hood Menace everything Everything was serious Yeah and it was like Niggas laughing in the hood Was Deebo based on A real character

Yeah it's a Deebo I knew it I knew it But the cool part about it It's not Just this specific one It's that one That everybody knows

Yeah Yeah exactly They'll eat you You're having a drink man What's going on You don't got no Salsa water No we got salsa water

Alright cool Let's go on. Go on. I feel like, look at that. Look at that. Look at that. We almost had sober champs, though. We almost had sober champs.

I'm sitting up here just soaking in all this. Because all this is hip hop history. Hip hop history. You know what else funny? Because we was talking before this thing, and I want to bring this up. Yeah, please. I want to bring this up.

I don't know if a lot of the viewers know this, and they're probably younger. But this was a beat like about 10, 15, 20 years ago. The biggest misunderstanding in hip-hop. The biggest misunderstanding in hip-hop. It might be in black history. Do you know what I'm talking about?

I'm a DJ. I know a good little song. And we sit here drinking. They was stomping on the building. We sit here drinking. Because I always heard his side of the story. You got to tell your side, man. Because he told me, what did y'all both tell me?

Ali. Oh, we need more glasses. Yeah, well, pretty much, we just made the record to get on. Like, we didn't have no, you know what I mean? We made LA LA just to get on. We had no, like. And the original one, you did it over there, B. So that was your first song before?

That's my first song that ever took off. With my beat, yeah. You did it on the New York, New York show? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The day that it does play, basically. Oh, so that was... It went clear. It was a white label.

It went clear. It was my beat. Yeah, that was clear. The listeners don't know. Tell the whole story from the beginning. From the beginning. I think when we went back and did it, we did the Sugar Hill version over.

I don't think we did yours over. One, one, one. Yeah, that's the beginning. I think when we went back and did it, we did the Sugar Hill version over. I don't think we did yours over. Run, run, run. Yeah, that's the original. Isn't the original Sugar Hill? No. No, that's the original. The one he just did. I'm mad at you for it.

Somebody sued us for Sugar Hill. And it was a commercial for Biggie. Yeah. That's tight to say. Yeah. He was talking about that earlier. I heard it. He was like, oh, I want to make this show.

I forgot that. Yes. That was on a big commercial. Everybody always thought that was the dopest beat for that commercial. So tell me how to hold misunderstanding. That was you?

For the commercial too? Yeah. Woo! You can tell how to hold, because I want to know. But basically, like... I mean, most of the music on all the commercials

are bad music, mostly, yeah. Well, basically, to answer a little of the wall, what happened was they had a record called New York, New York. We had not known what happened was they had a record called New York, New York we had not known if it was actually

a diss record because we just know that it was funny to say New York, New York so we had did the record LA, LA if you notice

none of us saying anything bad about LA or anything and in fact the only one who did say anything slightly remote he said JFK

on our way to LA was Prodigy. And if you look at the video, Prodigy took his verse off because he was a little nervous. So what happened was they came to New York and I believe they shot the video. Some shit happened in the video. And then they changed the whole video to like it was like now kick down the buildings and now do that. But that's my side. That's what I said. That is what happened though because the song wasn't meant to be a diss song. It was a song where it was like paying homage to New Yorkers. You know hip-hop arrived to us second. And when Kuro said that we didn't believe him. But why did they shoot up the spot?

This is the first time in, from my point of view, I ever heard Biggie even really speak on the drama. We were there. I was shooting the video. That was my whole production crew and everything. I was shooting the video in Red Hook, Brooklyn. And we heard on the radio, they were saying, oh, yeah, they over-shooting the video.

How are y'all going to let them come in? That was Biggie. We heard about that in Miami. That was the only time. Because to tell you the truth, if I gave you my side of any Biggie story Biggie really wasn't with the drama He didn't really want to be a part of that He was a cool nigga

He was just a cool dude A very cool dude So that's a fucking hip hop history That's what you're doing I gotta tell I gotta tell one side story There's one where we were shooting the video, and then the shit went down in the video shoot,

and everybody went back to L.A., packed up, and that's when I shot the buildings to use in the video to be chickened out. So I had to stay another two days. Oh, my God. So I'm in the hotel, and I look at my phone, the light's blinking, I got messages. I get the phone, yo, yo, you better take your fucking ass

back to L.A. Yo, we gonna fucking get you. Oh, shit, move my room. Give me the alias name. I made up some alias names and moved all my shit to another room. You by yourself? The first time I was.

Second time, I'm in there, all the homies in the room now. And the lights start blinking again. I'm like what the fuck Yo, you better go That's crazy. That's crazy. I was trying to think where you was going. I'm about to move again. These niggas ain't bullshit. But you seem like, and both of you brothers, I feel like y'all gonna

have a great relationship and continue to continue, because y'all seem like y'all people that's always in good spirits. Yeah. Is that true? For me personally, I don't try to get engulfed in the industry shit. You know what I'm saying? I work within the industry but I work in it when I want to.

You know what I'm saying? I feel like it's the best thing you can do. Like, if I don't want to do something, I don't do it. If I want to do it, I do it. That's pretty much how I work with me, too. I have to say I've been blessed to have had an opportunity to be in the front seat of hip-hop. Great way to put that.

And, you know, in the long run, most of what I do is behind the scenes. Yep. You know, I play the character Red in Friday and stuff. Most people, they'll seem to be like, oh, that's Red. And they don't know the music I did. They don't know the writing I do. But they know that. Because most of what I do is behind the scene. At one point, was you ever wanted to be an actor? Or it was always like... No, not really. I just loved to have fun.

I guess in a way, I just love creating and having fun. And shit more than anything, but I just love writing and some of that acting, having fun, just doing whatever. Being creative. So now, Grow House, let's tell these people, obviously, you're growing weed in there, obviously, right? Oh yeah. But tell the people, tell the people who are the,

who else is in there, D-Ray Davis is in there too? D-Ray Davis is in there. So tell the people, for people that don't know. Martin Starr from Silicon Valley. We got Malcolm McDowell in there. We got Raquel Lee. Zulai. Yeah, yeah.

Zulai George Wallace. Faison Love. George Wallace. Faison Love. You know, Smith Dogg, of course, we mentioned already. Yeah. And man, we got a lot of good people. A lot of good people.

Is it independent? We got a little Shay also. It's independent. Definitely independent. It's independent. Yeah, so break that down. What's the business? Why would you go independent?

Because, you know, you could probably go to these big guys. You know what? You would think it's always easier to go to the big guys when, because we have made film, I mean, you know, I'm betting 100%. Right. I've never made a film that has not made money. Right. You know, and so you can look at a lot of films that a lot of big time Hollywood stars

have made that have straight lost $100 million and shit. Right. That have flopped like, you know, flopped a hundred times. But when they fall, a lot of times they fall up. They just go right into the next shit like it's nothing. But us, we can have a film that just makes you know,

maybe a 20% profit and it's like, oh yeah, I don't know. You know, so that's kind of, you have to be a thousand times better, a hundred times's kind of you have to be a thousand times better a hundred times better kind of mentality I feel that we've always been told growing up you gotta be better at what you do

just to get recognized or just to get on and I feel like that applies everywhere even in the film industry would you rather be independent or you know what in some ways hell motherfucking yeah. And in some ways, it's like, damn, this shit hard.

I wish I was a motherfucker helping me. Yeah, like how's the distribution on the film when it's independent? How much harder is it to get it in theaters across the country? It's like slim and none. Some distribution shit. I think that's the hardest part right there, which is the reason why so many films don't get that theatrical distribution.

They'll get Netflix and Amazon, Redbox. Those things are real cool, too. I can't wait to get there, too. We're here, too. Netflix is giving up that check. That's like the equivalent of streaming for film.

Did people see it on, too? You know what I mean? And so you have to look at it and say, shit, it's going to go down the chain either way, but when you can get an opportunity to do a theatrical release, ain't nothing like that shit. You're looking at me like, this nigga ain't like that shit. Ain't nothing like that shit.

When you can get a film in the theater, because that's a different experience when people have to go purchase a ticket. It's an event. It was black cinema. Like, you know, back then, we had the Boys in the Hoods and we had the Fridays.

And it seems like black cinema is like... And that's what we're trying to bring back. The renaissance is coming. And it's comedy because, like, what I try to tell a lot of people with this movie and what made... You know what made Friday so funny? Because it was a real story and it just had funny people in it.

It wasn't like they were trying to erode it to try to be funny. It was just a real story. You put funny people in there and funny scenarios. And that's what this movie is. You know what I'm saying? Pretty much. It's a real story. And it represents the culture of the right. Well, you know that something like Breaking,

the difference between Breaking and the Hollywood Breaking movie? The people that really break didn't like it. Yeah, it was horrible. But that's the same thing with this. Like Breaking 1 and 2? Yeah, you're like, man, that shit ain't real. It ain't like Beach Street. You know what I'm saying?

Because that was more like the culture. That was like Hollywood shit. So that's why I made sure I went to the Bay and did a screening. I was like, you got to go to the Bay if you're on the weed movie. And I wanted to get what they thought. And after the show, too, I ain't even tell you this, Pooh. After the show, the dude came to me and was like, man, this shit was so funny. Because I was looking at him.

My old lady was laughing because everything. He was showing me everything his phone would happen in the movie. It happened to him while he was doing his girl house. Wow. So it's kind of like telling a real story. It's relatable, and it speaks for a culture that they don't make it look like it's some bullshit. Right.

You know what I'm saying? And honestly, if you really wanted to open up a girl house, if you watch this, you might It's the blueprint. It's the blueprint. For real. You should definitely know how to grow. Perfect timing in the country. You should know how to grow When you need to move

Cause this shit ain't just as easy As some people do And you grow too What's your man name That was Montana's big him up Earlier Yeah yeah

You grow too I have You have Cause you gave me Some abracadabra shit Oh those are some Girls I work with Those are the best

Yeah That's the best I smoke the blood I roll this up Smoke the blood What you said No that's the best. Yeah. That's the best growing up. I rolled this up and smoked a blunt. What you said? No, that's the best. Abracadabra?

Abracadabra. These niggas, it is magical. That's the best shit in the world. That shit put me to sleep. I smoked a blunt and I had it on my throat.

I took a nap. I ain't taken a nap since 1998, nigga. What? So what you like better? Stand up or actually acting in a film? I like both, but honestly, I got into stand-up to get into acting. I mean, to get into movies, because I figured that's how you do it.

You know what I'm saying? Like I said, I mean, Friday was the reason why I got into this shit. It's a coincidence that I'm doing the movie with him. But what happened was I saw Chris Tucker go from stand-up and did the movie. So I was like, oh, that's how you do it. Do stand-up. I feel like Chris Tucker fucked up and not do it on the next Friday.

He should have did it. I never say that, man, because a lot of people was just like, oh, why didn't he do it? Did you feel like he got Hollywood? This is Drink Champs. We need the real story. He got Hollywood on you. You know what? His number changed. I think Chris always had a plan just to do all kinds of shit. And I think it would be unfair to Chris to make it feel like he didn't.

To make it feel like he didn't have ideas to do much more than that. Because Smokey is not the character or the person he is in no way. You know how some people say there's a base of that character or that person. That's really not who he is. Because you're afraid to get typecast into that?

He was a great actor. Yeah, he was a great actor. Yeah. Because he had a good dude in him. I thought he was smoking like a motherfucker. Word.

I thought he was smoking. That lets you know he killed the character. Yeah, but one thing for sure is unlike Duvall, he was smoking real weed. He came at you. That was another one. Yeah, but one thing for sure is, unlike Duvall, he was smoking real weed. He came at you. That was another one.

Yeah, he came at you. That was another one. Stunk weed. He must have been mad as shit. I was going to tell you, this is OG. Whatever he say. He must have been mad as shit that you actually started smoking after. Yeah, he was.

I'm mad, too. Never let him forget that shit. I'm mad, too. I'm mad, too, because I'm like, damn, boy. Yeah, that's out. Yes. I'm like, dog, I could have really killed it for real. Right.

Because all this shit I've been learning since I've been smoking. But no, like I said, man, the movie. And is it a California movie? Is it taking place in Los Angeles? Yeah. Okay, cool. And I don't like to toot the horn of the movie, but I wouldn't be promoting this movie this hard if I didn't think it was funny. You know, because I done a lot of movies that I ain't like to toot the horn of the movie, but I wouldn't be promoting this movie this hard if I didn't think it was funny.

Because I've done a lot of movies that I ain't promoting. Because I know how garbage this is. But this one here, plus you can't be talking too much shit. If it ain't, they're going to troll your ass on the internet. That's funny you say that, because as a comedian, do you always want to be funny on camera or does it come to a part where you're like, let me get my acting on? I think the best actors are comedians. Yeah. Because we have to do it all the time.

Look at Jamie Foxx. I was about to say that. As soon as you said that, that's what I thought of. Jamie Foxx, I really thought it was Ray Charles. We were going to say that. We were going to say that. I think Robin Williams is one of the best actors ever. Robin Williams, Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks a comedian? What's that movie he did, Punchline? Tom Hanks. And he was in Bosom Buddies back in the day. We gotta stop you there. Tom Hanks ain't no comedian. Nah, he was a comedian. Yeah, he started out as a comedian.

He acted in Saturday Night Live. Yeah, he was a comedian. Where the fuck were I in that? He did a movie about his biggest day as a comedian. He's so versatile that you don't see him As that But he has that Did he do stand-up though

I don't think I think he did a movie About being a stand-up comedian But he was a comedian Like that's the way He came in Yeah so I mean Those be the

Because you have to Act certain things Because you're reenacting What you've seen As far as in life So that makes a great comedian That makes a great actor You know So I guess

they're the best ones. Is stand-up hard when you're unknown? Stand-up is the hardest form of entertainment. Ain't nothing harder than this. Only thing maybe is preaching. Because you got to come up with something every week and bullshit. You got to have new balls.

That's what I say about comedy all together Like even in film Doing comedy Is more difficult Because it's not like You're just telling a story You're doing something

To get a reaction To get something And they're expecting it From the audience And if you ain't getting that Then it's like Aw nigga That was some bullshit

It's like a scary movie Like after a while It's hard to scare people And the same thing With comedy Like after they done heard Every joke It's getting a scary movie Like after a while It's hard to scare people And the same thing With comedy Like after they done heard Every joke It's getting harder

Especially now When people Teaching Spanish Because it takes time To build stand-up special That's why you see Somebody like Chris Rock Do something every five years

Because you got to live life Right You know what I'm saying And it takes time But in this day and age People ain't got time Right So you got to work

Within what it is And it's transitioning to social media technology as far as fun. So same question to you Pooh. What do you enjoy more? Music or making movies? You know what?

Ah man. You know what I enjoy more than anything and I have to be honest because I can't say between one and the other, but I would say I enjoy hip-hop. And I mean that, you know, and that's back to what I said earlier, being in the front seat of hip-hop. I've been involved in hip-hop from music to film to video games. I've been involved in business that has culture changed the culture hip-hop be a part of it and I've been there and I'm in deserving we so I

think we should be in in any form of entertainment day because it's crazy because even before the movies in my opinion you already a legend within the music culture of hip-hop. But you know he did great at that. Follow him, too, now. No, I didn't know that. Like, this man has been doing this shit, man. The soundtrack? No, no, no. I write the stories.

Come on, now. Yo, that's insane. Do you understand who you're writing about, man? He's a legend in all different facets. This is why I be hating. Like, I've been telling him. He humble. Yeah, I be like, dog, you can't be humble in 2017. That is what I be hating. Like, I've been telling him... He humble. Yeah, I be like,

dog, you can't be humble in 2017. That's why I say, nigga, you ain't gonna be humble. I'm gonna hype you up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You gotta be his... I gotta be his... His spokesperson.

Yeah, his spokesperson. His publicist. Yeah, his publicist. This is what you gotta do. This is what you gotta do. Pooh gotta be like, you know, everything is cool. And then you gotta come out

and say, translation! We ready to shit, bitch! Ready to shit! We'll go. The biggest depose of this shit. That's crazy. A lot of the culture that we get is that confirmation. But no, we got to go back.

Before, like, going back more in the music part of it. Okay. Going back to early West Coast stuff. Ooh. King T was messing with. LL Cool J. LL Cool J. America's Most Wanted Ice Cube.

Lynch Mob, all that. NWA Days 2? Oh, yeah. I was definitely. I started out back when Drake showed me how to work a drum machine. And me and Drake started out. Dr. Drake told you.

See how he said that so humble? Now you got to say it. Because it's normal to him, man. You see how he said it humble? Now you got to say it in a nigger way. Yeah, that's right. You got to be an all nigger. You got to be living with Drake

And all that Put people together Y'all just doing this shit Y'all been doing this shit Fuck you mean Fuck you mean You can step up You ain't getting shit compared to what I've done

What the hell you talking about Been rich Fuck you mean You can't make as many platinum hits as I've made Alright go ahead Without a friend though man Been rich. Fuck you mean. You can't make as many platinum hits as I made. All right, go ahead. That's good. Without a friend, though, man.

This man's a legend. No, he is. He truly is. He sculpted the culture where people don't even realize it. You know what I'm saying? So I just hate to see, like, I don't want to even be going to people that know it. Right. You know what I'm saying? That's true.

At the end of the day, people don't be knowing. So it takes people like us to let people know. And just so you know, this show is all about giving our legends their flowers when they can smell them and giving them their weed when they can inhale them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So many people want to praise you after you're gone, and I just feel like it's stupid.

Why don't we praise our legends now? Hip-hop, we got to keep our people alive. I praise this nigga too. I do it all the time too, man got to keep our people alive. I praise this nigga, too. I do it all the time, too, man. I do it all the time, man. And I humbly say that Dre definitely taught me how to work a drum machine. Gave me the first drum machine to borrow and use. That's the kind of guy Dre is.

Man, being around these niggas like him, even Snoop, though. Even Snoop, because y'all hung out with Snoop yesterday, right? Snoop is one of the most, like, honestly, he's the biggest name in hip-hop, period. Everybody,

he's an icon. There's nobody that don't know Snoop. But for him to be that big, that popular, and just to be so regular, it's so, like,

it makes me realize you ain't gotta be a big asshole. If you really didn't know that was Snoop, you'll forget who he is because he's so cool. But you know what I know about that? Nigga's so real, man. Most big stars that smoke weed are the coolest shits. But if they stars and they don't smoke weed, they take life too fucking serious.

I don't know. Most people. It's like I get high. I don't give a fuck. But what I do know is the people that really got it are real humble. It's the one that ain't got it. It's like real gangsters don't even talk that shit. They don't have to trip and all that shit.

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Play it at play.it. We're back to Drink Champs Radio with rapper N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. Now, what's your favorite era in hip-hop? 90s? I grew up writing in the 90s. I grew up on you. I grew up definitely on them. Honestly, I was a West Coast nigga just off of all they shit.

I hated New York. In my mind, I was a West Coast nigga at one point, too. I was a West Coast nigga. Don't get this shit stolen. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Don't get this shit stolen. It's stuck right here.

I got him, though. Yeah, I got him. What the shit? Now, for real, what happened was, I'm telling you my whole story. Don't need so much. It's stuck right here. I got him. No, it's not. No, but really, what happened was, I'm telling you my whole story of why I got on the New York shit. When I heard Life's a Bitch and You Die

with A.T. And I started hearing that. Then it went from Nick. Then it went from everybody. I used to fuck with everybody in Queens. That's how I got on Capone and Dorie Egg and all that.

Then I got on DJ Kool. DJ Kool got me on. So that's how all my circle. So I knew everything in that little clique. I was a Queens motherfucker. Every I got a DJ Clue. DJ Clue got me on. So that's how all my circle. So I knew everything in that little clique. I was a queen, mother. Every rapper's a queen.

I knew who they was. So is DJ Clue and Lil Duval listening to the Migos? Yeah, I am. I am. I am. I am.

I am. I am. I am. I am. But I can't say I listen to everything. Right. You know what I'm saying?

I can't. Right listen to everything Right now I'm not talking about Migos specifically I'm talking about everything in general now But I do keep up on what's going on When I say Migos I mean them But I mean this new generation I like music When you like music

Good music though Sometimes it's just like When you hear something new I always like new Like when it come to me So when I hear something It's like refreshing Even if I don't

Like because I've learned A lot of times We just stuck in our ways The older we get You know what I'm saying Because the same way We think this ain't some shit But there was some bullshit

When we came up That's a lot of bullshit There was a lot of bullshit In the 90s too But the flip is saying Because it's new And it's young It was a lot of bullshit in the 90s too. But the flip is saying because it's new and it's young, it's automatically you should be into it. I don't think that either. There's good shit and there's bad shit.

You shouldn't relate to a lot of that shit because we old. We shouldn't relate to it. I'm not going to lie. There'll be certain times I want to hear Drake. I feel soft. I want to feel soft. Homie makes great music, man. He makes great music.

I be in that mood. What I mean is, sometimes I don't want to hear no hardcore shit. I don't want to hear about niggas talking about selling drugs that they never sold. Sometimes I just want to... I'm in the mood where I want to be. Yeah, I just want to hear some Drake. I'm going to be honest. I throw on some hardcore shit and I listen to some soft shit.

I like him singing. I just like hip-hop as a whole, so no matter where it go, it's going to go somewhere. I think it's getting more to, like, we keep saying it's mumble, but James Brown screamed through all his songs. I never heard that compared. That's actually a good analogy. So it's not really. He the father of hip-hop.

Exactly. The godfather. The godfather. The godfather The godfather Godfather Some of your analogies suck But that I like that That's a real good one I never thought of it that way

James Brown You just shut me down The way I think about mumble rap You know what I'm saying So it's really just like We just don't want Cause we like They ain't saying nothing

But like It all comes back to jazz And all that It goes to beats You don't listen to me Like who knows what But all the stuff That James Brown did Outside and all that. It goes to beats. You don't listen to music. Who knows what. But all the stuff that James Brown did outside of all that screaming him up, he danced. He did so much more.

But there's jazz. So much more showmanship. There's jazz that has no lyrics or nothing. But we said it's just the beat and the vibe of it. So sometimes you take things in vibe or a wave. Like, when you're in that wave of it, you feel it. Just like when we, you know what you're saying like now, like.

You heard what he said though? He said, there's jazz with no lyrics. I had to think about that. There is. That is true. No, there's a lot of jazz that don't have a lyric.

But the shit, he's like, but it's a vibe. It's like a wave. It's like when you in that wave, you're not searching your kids. You're not searching

your mom never got. You know what I'm saying? You're like, y'all listen to all this dumbass rap. They ain't talking about nothing. Now that's what we say on that. Yeah, for got? You know what I'm saying? Y'all listen to all this dumbass rap. They ain't talking about nothing. Now that's what we say on that. Yeah, for sure. You see what I'm saying?

We're from the young empire. So we got to look at it like that. We just forget because you get older. You're like, that ain't him. You don't want to become that old hater. That's what, you know what the crazy thing was? I started to notice when I didn't like the new music, that was the time of my life when I wasn't going to clubs.

Because just like how you said, at one point, I've been going to Atlanta so long. At one point, I used to go to Atlanta and say, yo, is Brooklyn in the house? And everybody be like, ah! And I'm like, oh, these niggas ain't from Brooklyn. But the music that I didn't like, when I didn't go to that town, once I went to that town, it's like you gotta hit the first time you hit Trick Daddy, if you in Miami

you get it that is Miami that is the pulse of Miami so when you hit Amigos and you went motherfucking, what's that players club out in Atlanta or you went motherfucking one of them good clubs, you will appreciate it, so sometimes when you're older

and you ain't moving and you ain't hanging out with the young guys, you will appreciate it. So sometimes when you're older and you ain't moving, and you ain't hanging out with the young dudes, you don't know what you're doing. I used to hate going to the club. I see everybody singing a song and I don't know. I hated that.

I'd be like, oh shit, what the fuck, I am losing it. That is a sign you're old. That is a sign you're old. You better know one word. You better know one word. I'm playing off of them with my mom thing.

Yeah, they're bougie. You better know that. At least one word in the song. One word in the song. That's one word. You better know one word. All playing off in there. But it's my mom thing. Yeah, it's bougie. You better know that. You should know at least one word in the song. One word in the song. That's one word. That's how you keep your youth. I ain't trying to even keep my youth. I just like music.

And I just understand it. And plus, I'm like in the bridge between old school and the young school. You know what I'm saying? That's where I'm at. And I'm like that bridge in between. He didn't say new school. He said young school. Yeah, what I'm saying? Like, that's where I'm at. And I'm like that bridge in between. He didn't say new school. He said young school. Yeah, I mean,

whatever they call them. It's because I'm being the new nigga. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not them niggas. I'm not y'all niggas. You know what I'm saying? I'm in between.

I'm fucking staying both sides. Now, what's your favorite era of music? I have to say 90s. 90s too. I don't think y'all realized how golden it was at that time. Like, y'all were What was your favorite era of music? I have to say 90s. 90s too.

I don't think y'all realized how golden it was at that time. That was a lot of individualism. Like you mean uniqueness. Nobody wanted to sound like the next person. You couldn't do it. And I think I was one of the first generation to grow up on it because I was absorbing it all. And just to think the person from Jacksonville. This was before the internet or nothing

So you had to really find music back then Digging the crates You had to really find You might have one radio station And the fact that I knew every I knew every song, every album That came out on them or DJ Quick And all that from all over there

That says a lot We had to absorb a lot And it made us who we was It made says a lot We had to absorb it And it made us who we was It made us a lot bad too Y'all fucked our minds up too You know what I noticed about the 90's music We thought y'all was really doing that shit We really

It was about making a whole body of work The only difference right now is Most of these guys They they get a single. It's a single driven. You know what I'm saying? That's because their higher minds work in that kitchen. These young kids are getting too high out here.

Percocet, they got to stop. That's changing also. They got to stop. They are dope fiends. Do you know what the fuck y'all are taking? That is a form of heroin. We got to teach our babies Better than this Our generation failed

Cause we It's our fault Like it's my generation's fault It's our fault Like anything you mad at them about It's our fault No it is It is

We dropped the ball Cause we're too busy Having a good fucking time Yeah That's what I think We stopped being OG's We stopped being OG's Yeah yeah

We stopped being OG's But that comes from hip hop Cause hip hop makes you forget How old you is You know what I'm saying? You don't realize. Because think about it. When my mama was like 30 or something,

I never thought that she'd be out here thotting and in the club still. But these mamas... Where did we go? Where did we go? I know what he's saying. When you want 40 to be the new 30, 40 can't just be 40.

But you're not proud to be your age. That's the problem then now. The idea is that age comes with a certain amount of respect and a certain amount of stripes because everybody ain't going to make it. Very true. Where I'm at, where you're at

and nothing guarantees it. Because at the end of the day you think about the hip hop. So put stripes on that and put respect on that. You have to. You have to. You have to put some stripes because at the end of the day, you think about the hip hop. So put stripes on that and put respect on that. You have to. You have to. You have to put some stripes because, I mean, at the end of the day, it is hard to get here. Especially when you talk about where all the environment we all come from. I never even thought about being this age when you're young.

Right. Yeah, you're right. You're right, bro. My goal was 21. I'm 39. I'll be 40 this year. My goal was to hit 21. 18, I think I was going to celebrate.

But 21, I was like, yo, that's it. That's all I want. I just want to be old enough to drink. That's it. I never even thought about it. You never thought about it. One thing you thought about, like, I get sane when I get old. I get so I can go to heaven.

That's what I thought about. I get sane, but I'm going to have a good time right now. Hip-hop did that because hip-hop is about being cool. As you're growing, you're still cool. You done cooled your way to 50. That's dope. 50 years old.

They do it in other generations. That's one of the reasons, like I said, the hip-hop has grown up. The hip-hop has grown up. We're not going to be our parents at 50, at 40. We're going to be us at 40. But we do have

to be 40 and 50. Because the fact that it's promoting being drug addicts is terrible. Like, it's like, I mean, weed is, that's great. That's a herb. But these guys are actually Promoting drinking

Permitazine That's fucking heroin That's our fault I'm not smoking this shit You smoke adjacent baby God damn it What the fuck did you give me DJ Poo Please tell the people

That's an abracadabra cigar That sounds scary. So the cigar was almost like a whole ounce rolled into one cigar. You're smoking, you disappeared. It's like a thousand dollar cigar. A thousand dollar cigar. I'm very rich.

That's why I had to get my roll. I was like, let me get my roll. Let me feel like a mafia. That's like an ounce compressed in. Compressed in. It's like an ounce. Yeah, it's just compressed all into one. What's your favorite record you ever

produced? My favorite record I ever produced? I don't know. I'd probably say a record I did called No Idea. It features Cam, West Coast Cam. And then everybody else

that was on the song Computer Love. Roger Traubman, Billy Murdoch, and Charlie Wilson. And it was on my album, Bad News Travels Fast, my favorite record I ever made in the world. And you never fucking heard it, so fuck off. I gotta go. I'm going to start

staring at that. What year is that coming out? Before Cam came out with Peace Treaty? I was in jail. I got an excuse. I'm going to search that right now What year did that come out? Google it now Before Cam came out with Peace Treaty? I got an excuse It was after that And you could do edibles and all that? I do it all

How long have you been smoking for? I'm amazed I can't even believe that story That's what I was real. That's crazy to me. Everybody think it's publicity style. So what made you start smoking then? I don't know.

I always liked the way it smelled. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? But I just was one of them niggas. Because everybody in my hood did it. And I'm like, I'm not going to do it. You know what I'm saying? When everybody had a gold grip, I didn't get it.

Because I didn't want to be like these niggas. You know what I'm saying? Do it on your own time. Yeah, I want to do it on my own time. And then on top of that, it's almost like I was supposed to do it because they always embraced me, that coach. The marijuana coach. They thought I

smoked weed. I never smoked weed. Yeah, you're just fucking fooling us. We all reached out to him on MySpace because I thought he smoked weed. Your MySpace is still fucking me. I never told nobody. I never said if I did or didn't because I didn't smoked weed. Yo, MySpace is still fucking me. I never told nobody. I never said if I did or didn't because I didn't want to push them people away.

You know what I'm saying? He just held the phone like, hey, you think what you want is back. He's celebrating 420 and for no reason. It's almost time, y'all. But then after a while, I was like, man, you know what? Because after that move, I was like, man You know what?

Because after that move I was like, dog I'm not supposed to be Smoking weed, man Everything I didn't get another Weed move with Devin the Dude You know, shout out Devin the Dude That's a hella smoker right there

Devin the Dude The coolest Coolest motherfucker ever, man He lives the perfect life Like, he's the Willie Nelson Of Empire Shout out to Odd Squad Wow

That motherfucker's cool as fuck. So tell the kid that, you know, is probably from Jacksonville or they're from Atlanta or they're from, you know, Compton

or they're from, how does a person start his comedic career? If there's somebody right now that is funny, he don't know how to structure his funniness to make it a business.

It's a different game right now. I think it's a new genre. Before the way we had to do it, you had to do stand-up to get in the movie. Now you don't really have to do that. Now you can go get on the internet. Instagram started it. Make them skits and build up a buzz. I've seen a couple dudes that they might not be

stand-up funny, but I'd be like, man, I'm going to be good in the movie. Sometimes you run across them dudes and it ain't a couple dudes that they might be stand up funny but I'd be like man I'm gonna be good in the movie you know what I'm saying sometimes you run across them dudes and it ain't they're not as funny another thing

about that internet though you can fool people too you can edit but I can read through motherfuckers too

you gotta be able to be a good reader yeah I can read because believe it or not I was one of the first to start doing all that shit on internet you can do that I ain't gonna lie about it because I don't able to be a good reader. Yeah, I can read. Believe it or not, I was one of the first to start doing all that shit on internet. You can Google that. I ain't gonna lie about that because I don't like to be wrong.

You can Google that. You'll see I was one of the motherfuckers that do shit. You know what I'm saying? I understand what they're doing. I kind of created the mold of it, the blueprint of it. I can read through like, nah, this nigga kind of funny. This nigga naturally funny.

He might not know how to do stand-up, but he naturally funny. I know how to get what I can read Like nah this nigga Kind of funny This nigga naturally funny He might not know How to do stand up But he naturally funny And I know how to get What I can out of him Right To produce what he did Right

Kind of like what he did With me Like that's really All I Even from day one All I want to do Is these type of movies Right

Funny Weed type of movies Cool movies And then over time They start doing Other shit And that shit fell off and I was just out here Do a rap video But that's what I was asking you earlier like are you ever that's what makes you so good at rap video

That's it come from the e-rap shit Are you gonna go to a point in your career you think that you're gonna It's good the acting is gonna mean more than being funny like like I can take me box. I think it's gonna be I think I think all of going to be a... What? I think all of this is part of the... I know what you're saying. To me, it's all a part of expression. Like, I like to entertain people.

I like to get my point across. Sometimes I might make a song. Sometimes I might make a joke. Sometimes I might do a skit. Sometimes I might sing. All right. I might perform. You know what I'm saying?

I just like to get my shit off. And sometimes comedy is the easy way to get it on. And if I can do it in a story, in a real movie, I mean not a real movie, but a movie that's not about coming, I do. That's what I'm asking you.

That's my point, is like, will you try that? Hell yeah. Oh, okay. I'll try it with him too because I know I can trust that he can guide me

in the right way. Right. Smart. That's the smartest thing too. That's what makes like, people like Dre and Snoop or Timberland and who he with,

or Missy, because you need somebody that can coach you. That's what wins games, because I know he's a good coach. I definitely want to work with you, DJ Poop, because I'm definitely a fan of everything you do

and everything you did. And besides you being the coolest, he's like the coolest nigga in the world. He's sick back, calm. You are what if marijuana was a person. That's who you are. If marijuana came alive as DJ Pooh, if marijuana could talk back to you and shit,

that's exactly who DJ Boombl4 is. Let's make some noise for that goddamn... What time we at? 45. 45? So, yeah. We've got 45 minutes? Yeah, that's only, but I had y'all kidnapped. Look, let me just describe how this just happened.

I landed, got in front of the hotel. I said, oh, look at this. Look at the bar right there. I walked over to give him a five, and it's motherfucking DJ Pooh right there. In front of the hotel, and I'm like, yo, I need y'all on the podcast today. And they did it. This is real nigga shit. We want the fans to know that.

We locked in. So we wanted the fans to go out there. But that's hip-hop, right? This is hip-hop. This is how hip-hop. Nope. We make it up on the spot Cause it's not hip hop When it's like Well you know what Holler at my manager

And then today You know what I'm saying Like as if we always Fucking run into each other Nah nah We did it right And we don't like Getting people on publicity

Runs like specific That's how I do shit I do shit on Headshake Even with him When he talk We talk to each other Before we go through All that shit there

Right right You know what I'm saying Very good Cause that's how If I met you like that on a handshake even with him when he talked we talked to each other before we go through all that shit there right you know what I'm saying very good that's how if I met you like that then that's how I'm going to keep it like that that's right

if I would have met him through the other people then it would have been like that but I met him like this he came to me first so if I got any problem or anything I'm going to go to him

I'm going to say we ain't got to talk to them we can talk to him I can talk to him and it's It's a yes That's how business Should always be conducted

It's not easy It's not You're like each other You're being They let the other people Cross the T's And dot the I's Yeah

But don't let them dictate How we can get down And what we do Shit really be simple Right Yeah it does The shit really be simple People just make shit

How did you meet Charlamagne? Me and Charlamagne Felt on MySpace too Charlamagne fell on MySpace too. Yo. That's what's happening. You killing it on MySpace. I've been popping on Let me find out.

You still got your profile on MySpace. I do. I go to the throwback Thursday. Get my throwback Thursday from over there. Let me see.

Duval, when you go back to town probably be like, where the fuck you at? Yeah, where you at? Ever since you left this shit's been fun. But no, like, no, when you go back to town, probably be like, where the fuck you at? Yeah, where you at, nigga? Ever since you left, this shit done fell off. But no, like, no, but I've got to ask you. You didn't meet your girl on MySpace.

No, no, no, no, no. I met her on Instagram. This nigga's a social media crazy. Nigga, I've been on this shit. Y'all are new to this shit. I've been through about all this shit. It's crazy to see How this

Social media Grew to this You know what I'm saying Just to see what it is Cause I always knew Like nigga This is what's going on That's why I jumped on it

So early I'm married right So I I don't be seeing But I seen a dude The other day I seen a dude The other day

Go to a chick And say He didn't even ask For her number He said what's your Instagram? I said, oh, shit. That's all they bagging business. But it's actually smaller than that. Break it down. You can actually go in the timeline

and see what you're dealing with. In the club, you don't really... Whenever I tell you, I'll let somebody in the club. I'm married. People don't... Oh, yeah. That's what I understand. Try to slip me up.. Try to slip me up. He try to slip me up.

Did you hear the man? He's a disclaimer. You got to relax, though. Cut that out. You got to be dealing with old niggas. You got to be dealing with old niggas. It's over. Move on.

Go ahead. No, but I'm just saying at the end of the day,. Hey, it's over. Move on. No, but I'm just saying, like, at the end of the day, I just think it's, like, easier to meet people online. Because people. That do make sense. That's a tool. But that's a tool that we didn't have. That's impersonal. You don't got to worry about it. You can talk to people after this.

That's true. I still talk. Yeah, yeah. We, the motherfucker, I went in a restaurant the other day. Nobody was doing, everybody was like this. The whole fucking restaurant. I walked in,

I was like, damn. I'm like, we in Maui. Did you get on your phone? I'm like, goddamn, I took a picture of it.

Look at all these dumb motherfuckers. Look, we don't even communicate no more. You go to a restaurant, y'all both on the phone. It's crazy.

That's what technology going through. I mean, we're not pretty much going to need to talk no more. But as they said, one of the memes was funny. They had all the emojis talking about we was going back to, like, hieroglyphics.

Yeah, straight up. Yeah, yeah. We really are. We don't really need to talk. We're losing some people skills there, you know? Actually, I've seen some technology not to go to this whole another deep shit when I'm high. Oh, shit.

But, like, I've seen something on this show where it can read your body language. It can read your thing, certain muscles in your body, and it'll make this thing do it on the screen. Like, it opened up. Like, you can think, I want to open up that flower. It'll open up. This is some hot nigga shit right here. Nah, for real. This is some hot nigga shit.

So, I'm saying, like, you don't even have to talk to somebody. Oh, no. Yeah, they do. This is some hot nigga shit right here. Nah, for real. So I'm saying like, you don't even have to talk to somebody. Well, no, yeah, they do got the shit that's connected to the brain that people are using when they're losing love. Honestly, if you think about it,

you don't talk to nobody now because you can get full feelings through text. So you ain't talking the damn time, but y'all have been communicating through text. You feel like,

damn, I know this motherfucker. So it's kind of the same thing. You see where I'm going there? I'm hot, but i know what i'm talking about now come on definitely some hot nigga shit though that's why he don't nigga in here that i know oh yeah catching contact so what's next what's next for dj what's next is it uh man i never know. I always keep a few in the chamber. A few loaded up. And then we just kind of let it happen.

And you were part of all Fridays, right? I get credit on next Friday and Friday after next. But I didn't have anything to do with writing on them. Because I see it still says characters based on... Because if you write something, then you always...

And when's the last time you and Cube worked together? Me and Cube haven't worked together in a while, but we were working on last Friday. Did we just let the hat out the bag? No, Cube kind of put it out there. I think he mentioned it in our podcast. But let's just still act like we breaking news. I don't think Q said nothing about that. Last Friday.

Now it's Chris Tucker. You know what? I don't know. I think it's going to boil down to once we have a script. Y'all could definitely holler at me. Y'all ain't got to pay me nothing. I just want to be a part of the movie. I might pay for my own flight.

Smoke got to be the great daddy by that time. Nah, Smokey got to come back. Be with that big, great daddy. Nah. I'm trying to get the part. And you know what the greatest shit is?

Friday is really one day. So he don't got to come back and be all, he just come back, he got in shape. He went to the gym, he looking young. That's the best part about it

and the hardest part about it. Man, the nigga old, man. He old, right? What was it? Rancho Cucamonga? Yeah. I never knew that was a real place. I didn't need to tell you to do a show out there. I thought y'all made that shit up.

Yeah, I got booked at Rancho Cucamonga. I was like, what? I was like, somebody's playing with me. Somebody's playing with me. For real. So, man, listen, man. Both of you brothers, man. We thank y'all for with me. Somebody's playing with me. For real. So, man, listen, man, both of you brothers, man, we thank y'all for your time. Thank y'all for the theater. If there's anything y'all want to tell y'all fans, y'all peoples, you know, our fans, you know what I mean?

You just, you know, talk. Where to catch the film at, like when, what. This is in theaters everywhere. If you want to find out which theater in your city, go to fandango.com and you can see it. I mean, it's a funny movie. Wait, wait, but that's very interesting. I was thinking y'all was going straight to DVD. You saying this is in theaters. Yeah. And it's independent.

Yeah. You got to break that down for the people that's listening. Tell them. You just broke it down. Man, we're going to a theater. How far you want to break it down? You know why? You got to make a phone call. You got to realize How the fuck you want to break with me? You made the phone call. You timed this number.

What the fuck? No, but listen. You got to realize, when people hear independent, they think it is just you. Right. Like, there's nobody else. So, like, you're actually on the distribution. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the hard part about it.

The hardest part is to get theatrical distribution. That's where the money at, right? Yeah, we're working with a company, Rocky Mountain High, along with Hollywood Films. Oh my God. Hollywood Films. And we're pushing it forward, man. And we want people to not frown upon

weed, you know what I'm saying? Like it's crack. Don't frown upon it because you're going to be used to it in a couple years. Like the West Coast is pretty much like 10 years, especially Cali. I think it's 8 to 10 years ahead of the East Coast. Have you been to Amsterdam before?

Yeah, I've been there. Cali just got the best weed. There ain't no good weed outside the country to me. Oh, no. Amsterdam is good. You got to go to Timberley Gardens to get a good weed in Jamaica. Orange Hill. I ain't never been there.ley Gardens to get a good weed in Jamaica. Orange Hill.

I ain't never been there. I've been to Mountain View and Seaview. I'm on point, sis. Mountain View and Seaview. Every time I say Jamaica, my little accent come out. Fake Jamaica for that second. It's mad illegal there in Jamaica. No, it's good.

I know before. No, it cleared. Before, as soon as you get off the plane, still. Oh, it's clear. That's the reason. Oh, it's clear. Oh, yeah, because I know before. No, it clear. It clear, man. No, but before, as soon as you get off the plane, still, it was. Oh, no, yeah. It was, yeah. At the end of the day, it's the bad shit. Always, right? That was the bad shit.

They had, like, a sack you put your hand in, and you just pull out. Right. I did that before, too, when I got back to my room, opened it up, and some ants and shit was crawling around. I was like, wow, who the fuck would smoke this? What? But at the end of the day, man, weed is good because it's no what, like, liquor

can kill more people than weed. Straight up. You know what I'm saying? Cigarettes can kill more people. This is way more dangerous than that. So, why the hell, and it's proven that it's brought crime rate down in Denver. That's real. You know, I ain't been in Denver since it's been legal again.

I've been in Denver when it was illegal. And I get booked. Yeah, you niggas in Denver. Fuck me, man. You know, it's you know, it's always so funny when the fans just get you insane. Yeah, Vegas now, too. I just came in Vegas. You would go to jail for a seat in Vegas. For real? Yeah. And Florida made it medical and decriminalized it, too. But Vegas got ass, though. Remember how they used have the foot ass for the like the strip clubs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they got ass for weed. I was in Vegas

and witnessed Too Short getting booked for something like this. I was standing next to him and he's like police rode up on him and he had something like this in his hand.

And they just locked him up for that? And they took him to jail. You know who I seen with Ice Cube the other day? Stanley. Oh man. I told him I'm going to keep him off the grass.

Yo, man, I just want y'all to know Friday, that was really, really, really a classic movie. That was something, I'm going to tell you, music introduced us to what the West Coast was. We got to know that.

And then we had Boys in the Hood and Colors and all this. But we needed to understand that it was California and the West Coast was regular niggas just like us. And Friday identified with every person

in the world. I've never seen a movie that's more like... Relatable. Relatable. Relatable. I think that's why people, you know, really did take to it, man. Because everybody know like the crackhead, everybody. Everybody knows B-Ball. Everybody always borrowing shit. What was your character? The mean neighbor don't walk

on my grass. You said, it's going to be both of ours. You know that nigga. You know him yeah my father trippin' non-confrontational all the way

my father trippin' you know what I'm saying we gotta take a shot we ain't take a shot with DJ Poo what are we doing come on come on

you gotta take a shot of Patron let's do it I'm gonna be honest I don't think I'm gonna take a shot what the fuck you talking about

I'm lying I'm lying I'm sorry gonna take a shot. What the fuck you talking about? You can't just hit. I'm lying, I'm lying. I'm sorry. Well, you got a clean cup for me? You hit that cup and then I hit another. I hit it right now. Play your cups right here. Oh shit, this shit breaking again. That shit be breaking like a motherfucker.

I ain't gonna lie. Let me tell you what I'm gonna do. You don't have to fit far. You know? I'm gonna tell you what I'm going to do. You don't have to fit far. You know? I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. This shit going to be a blunt in a second. Oh, yeah, he don't drink. I don't drink.

But you're going to easily break that shit. How is that? Because everybody had wild years in their life. Like, you know, when you was out of control. You was out of control sober? Yeah. If I wasn't really bad I was just hustling

You know I wasn't the shooter I was doing The other guy Salute DJ motherfucking No no there's your shot right there buddy Oh my bad They done caught me

My bad Salute Salute Listen man Give your legends the flowers Where they can smell them And then And this Patron

Is going to the dome ah to kill you you know what would wrong makes me want to pop and lock it I'm gonna tell you tell you why patron is dangerous well you can soap up The next day It stays in your In your saliva In your fucking New birth buds Mexicans hate that shit

They said They wouldn't give that shit To their dog Patron's not Your Don Julio's The better to kill By the way That's what that motherfucker

Told me By the way We just took a We taking a sip Of Deleon Deleon is the best The best Oh yeah

Deleon is the best The best to kill In the world By the way. I don't want to throw that out there. Zach agrees. Motherfucker ain't been open. Come on, relax a little while.

Come on, my man. We family. We family. Okay, okay. Hi. Joking. Now, what's your next show that you're doing? Because I know you was part of Guy Cord and all that.

Doing that hip-hop quiz thing. Doing like Hip Hop Squares. Oh, Hip Hop Squares. You're an actual... Yeah, they always show me love on there. I guess I'm like one of them residents in the Hip Hop Square. But I mean, I'm just doing what I'm supposed to. That's Cubes, right? Yeah, Hip Hop Squares is dope.

Yeah, I didn't get a chance to see it, actually. I haven't seen it either. And I'm a little disappointed in myself because I've seen every episode of Love & Hip Hop, and that shit come on right after that. Cube stepped into that and made that motherfucker fly. Not to mention, he's on the show. Because we did it before that. Not to mention, he wasn't involved.

Yeah, I had heard of him. It wasn't Peter Rosenberg? Rosenberg, yeah. You could see Cube's handprint on that. And then when you look at it, Cube doing some big shit like Big 3. The Big 3. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can see Cube's handprint on that. Right. And then when you look at it, Cube doing some big shit like Big 3. The Big 3. A basketball game. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know what I'm saying? That's amazing. He's stepping up on some way other shit. This is why hip-hop is dope. You know what I'm saying? This is why hip-hop is dope. You got people that transition from... From fuck the police to the know straight out of Compton

back into the rock and roll hall of fame basketball league and all that how did you like that movie straight out of Compton I loved it

I loved it I thought it was incredible man you know and I know and I understand you know I was there

that's what I was about to say that's why your opinion is different from all this it was some of everybody's story. Right. You know, into a movie.

Because you understand the movie process. That didn't, you know, this wasn't in there. It's like you can't put everything in a movie. Right. You just can't. And you got to take it from people's point of view because we always think, like, because everybody got a different story on something. Yes, you do. You might tell your story,

and you might tell your story. And, of course, ain't nobody going to tell you, all right, what my ass. At the end of the day, Gary Gray taking all these stories and making a brilliant film was exactly what happened. Yeah, because I know that Gary Gray actually went and interviewed people for all, like, you know,

all the people, and I heard that he actually going to turn this into a documentary. Like, of the actual real footage. What story would you want to hear about? Like, if you could hear your own hip-hop story. Your own story? My own? My choice? I would like to do

a movie on Clarence 13X. He was the leader of the 5% Nation of Islam. His story to me is like an outpost story without the drugs. But he was on drugs. He wasn't selling the drugs. You know what I'm saying? But he changed the culture. So I'm actually going to try

to do that right now. That sounds kind of like what they're going through now because these kids on drugs. No, no. Here's the problem. When we grew up, we were God bodies. We were 5%. So you had a certain type of righteousness that you had to have about you

in that era. Right now we don't have that. We got gang culture. Gang culture is controlling even the East Coast. You understand what I'm saying? So where's the balance? Levels fell back with his level. You've got I'm saying? So where's the balance? Levels fell back with his level. You've got to balance it. So where's the balance?

So I want to make a movie about what I saw because when I saw Growing Up, the OGs made me go to school. The niggas would be like, yo, what are you doing? You cutting school? Get the fuck out of here. The niggas would put me in a car

and take me to school. Right now, the niggas getting high with them niggas. Niggas cut school. Come here, shorty. Don't get high with them. You know what I'm saying? I'm scared of them. Yeah, they help me.

But what I'm saying is it was organization. It takes a village, what they say. I actually felt that growing up. I know personally I didn't do that for a lot of the young niggas. I was like, fuck it. What are you doing? I was famous. But Iiggas. I was like, fuck it. What are you doing?

But it's because I was famous. But I got to say, because I was famous, I didn't want to seem like I'm the guy that was empowering you because I'm famous. You know what I'm saying? So it was different for me. But I personally definitely dropped the ball. Yeah. We all did.

The whole generation dropped the ball. Yeah. That's part of growing up, man. So us dropping the ball comes from somewhere from the generation before us. Mm-hmm. To win a way. And there's just a constant. Like a domino effect. Yeah, and it's not like, you know, we didn't have help with hands in that.

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Pop's on All Eyes on Me. What did you think about that movie? You know that was my next question, right? It's gonna be super do super super. Did you see? What I saw was dope did you did you see with no one out? Oh, hey, what about LT Hutton as a movie or as facts? So you don't like the same as facts? What I saw as a movie I think is going to be dope. I can't say factually

give you all that. I've seen it in a whole wall together. But from what I saw wow. I can't wait. June 16th. So up there with the Straight Outta Compton You know what I ain't gonna predict nothing

But I'm gonna say it's definitely It's not I've seen people hate on it They haven't even seen it And I saw a part of it And ain't a way I can hate on what I saw So I don't know what the hell they saw But it was the one dude from that

Not the outlaw What's his name Noble He had just wrote a letter An open letter to But I can't What was the one dude from that Not the outlaw Okay What's his name Noble Noble Oh it was Noble Yeah He had just wrote a letter An open letter to Yeah To all hip hop

Do you remember it more than me Because I remember it But I was a little distressed What was it I mean I don't think he had beef With the movie I don't think he had beef With the movie

He was just explaining that A lot of He feels like some of the things That they're doing Is entertainment purposes As opposed to Because he feels like But every movie has that Yes're doing is entertainment purposes as opposed to, because he feels like he has that. That's why it is a movie.

And that's the hardest part about telling somebody's story. It's like, when it's like, yeah, we want to have it to where when you had this party, you know, the people were like, you know, there was a lot more women there. They were a lot better looking. It's like, no, it was the whole girls.

You know, no, I had on blue shoes. It wasn't red shoes. The fine detail. The fine detail is real important to some people, and that's why they usually, they don't even let those people come onto the set. But that's, if you want the real thing, that's a documentary.

Well, this is going to be, no, you're right, you're right. This is going to be great. It's like whoever's story it is, sometimes they don't even get a chance But he went deeper than that The person that wrote the movie He was saying that they weren't allowing them

Yeah, yeah Like their involvement in the film Their involvement The estate, the mother Like all this different stuff That he was throwing in the mix Yeah, it was like John Singleton

It was like Dan John Singleton as well, yeah Like if you read the letter It's like Dan There are differences in opinion And disagreements on every project Right And sometimes when it's just

Put out there in public You know what I'm saying Everybody can weigh in on it You know why this is going to be More controversial Is because The reason why this is going to be More controversial

Is because Pac is not here To actually say No or yes This is exactly how it happened. The great thing about Straight Outta Compton is MC Ren is here. Whose story is the All Lives? Who's perspective is coming out? I believe it's a Feeney.

I'm not sure. No, I don't think so. No? It's from Pac's point of view? I mean, you saw parts of it. I mean, I believe it's just a story being told from a writer's perspective that was given this from a collection of people

and information and research, which I think is usually the best way to do it. When you hear, you know, it's usually not just speaking of Pox case, but any movie like, oh man, you know, no, I had a billion dollars. No, I had a million. No, I had a billion. You know, that kind of. No, I had a million

And bigger than the Benny boom cuz he had a very tough job right now He has to pick up the phone. She started the Tupac project, but that's in the story I was calling for a roll This was the film it was That it was to be made for all the time. It has to be made, yes. And so now the fact that Straight Outta Company came out and then everybody suddenly is like, oh, well, this is happening just because of this and that. And it's like people, for all the wrong reasons, are judging it.

I think we just got to kind of let it happen. We just got to let it happen. And to go back, and I want to go right back there, but to go back to what you asked me earlier, that was like my passion project. But if I feel like you was asking hip-hop. Either one. Big Pun. I would make the Big Pun movie.

That would be amazing. Yeah, I would make the Big Pun movie. Big Pun, I love it. His story got to be told. You know what I'm saying? But see, that's the thing about it. It's like, how do you do that? How do you even start that project?

I know you got to go through the state. You know you got to gotta go through that but what if i'm telling a pun story from my perspective that's why because yeah because because i don't i don't well that's the mess that he's talking about is because i don't perspectives yeah i don't feel it's necessary to go and ask somebody else a perspective on somebody i consider my best friend in hip-hop. You know what I'm saying? Legally and technically, you don't have to go to a public figure and say, I'm going to tell this life story. Nobody wanted Lifetime Channel to tell the Jackson story.

Yeah, and TLC shit. So you can't stop people from doing it, but when you don't have people's blessings I think that's It makes it unauthentic What does it make it unauthentic? It just makes it rougher for them

It's just always messy And it's like who's making the money from this And who isn't Because just because it doesn't have that blessing Doesn't mean it's not even more Factual Right Some people may not have doesn't have that blessing doesn't mean it's not even more factual. Right. Doesn't mean...

You know, some people may not have wanted certain things to be seen or didn't want it to be money made off of it. It could be a million different reasons why people have their beefs over something being made or whether the actual people or the family or whatever

estate side or not. Are we doing it? I can tell you who I want, like, why I ask that because you know who I want to play when you say see this road I won't play J J Prince I want to do his story J Prince story beat you rap a lot you mad smart like I want to do that type of shit but but yeah you can't be funny though he's super dicks and shit no I mean but that was for why he's kind of a little funny, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? I've met him a couple times.

But not on camera. There's nothing... No, I'm just saying as far as you don't have to be like... He is funny. He is funny. But it's not... You don't have to be like... Oh, the Jake Brant story, that is.

Jake Brant's... I'll play... I want to do the freeway. Ricky Ross? I thought you was talking about freeway. I was about to say... No, no, no. His story

He needs it That movie needs to be made too Those two Those two there I wanna do those two stories Like if I had to do somebody I'd do those two Rick Ross

Freeway Rick Ross Yeah Freeway Rick Ross Cause you can't You can't do Freeway No no no I can't do that I'm your friend I'm talking about

I'm not like your friend I'm not gonna tell you No No no I'm talking about The real Rick Ross friend I'm not going to tell you No No no I'm talking about The real This is where we gotta stop We gotta stop

You can't do this I don't But we definitely Even if it ain't for me Doing J Prince J Prince That is dope That is dope

The South Like he's pretty much The king That is dope That is dope He like Russell Simmons Of the South. So him and Luke.

I'm about to say Luke. Come on. I hear his story, too, because really, he brought all the freaky shit to hip-hop. Right. You know what I'm saying? Who could play Luke? That's funny. Who could play Luke?

But it'll be fun for them. Kevin Hart? Play Luke? Who? I went too far? Who's that? Kevin Who? I went too far? Who's that? Kevin Hart. I went too far?

I just don't see it. I don't know. I can't see it. You can't see it? Now, how does comedians feel about Kevin Hart? Being that Kevin Hart is like the forefront of comedy right now. I always hear like Aries Spears and we've seen what just happened. God bless him.

We didn't. I thought all comedians have a past. I always felt like you could tell me anything and offend me, but the fact that you're a comedian, I'm going to give you the past. But how does comedians feel about Kevin Hart? Because, like I said, I hear people

like Eric Spears say this and that about him. I can't speak about it. I can just speak about how I feel about him. Okay, that's even better then. I feel he speak about Camille. I can just speak about how I feel about him. Okay, that's even better than that. I feel he deserves everything he gets because he's a real guard. He was way smarter than me.

You know his first movie he ever made was called Paper Soldiers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The first time you ever seen him on film was with me. It wasn't because of you.

I feel like I got something to do with it. He had nothing to do with it. I thought we bonded. No, we didn't. Just act like it. A little bit. A little bit. Nah, but he deserved it. He had nothing to do with it. I thought we bonded. No, we didn't. Just act like it. A little bit. A little bit.

Yeah, he bonded. Listen. Nah, but he deserved it. Because he did all that on his own. Nah, he worked hard. Hollywood had pretty much said fuck him

because he was already popular. He had his own sitcom. Soul Train put a little... No, before Soul Train, he had a sitcom and all that. He had a sitcom?

But it flopped. Yeah. Not the husbands of Hollywood. No, way before all this. He said before sitcom? But it flopped. Yeah. Not The Husbands or Hollywood. No, it was way before all this. No, no. I need to... I'm... What was his name, brother?

I forgot the name of it, but X, he had his own sitcom. Get the fuck out of here. And it flopped. Like, a lot of people have their sitcoms and them bitches go away and you forget. And you forget. You know what I'm saying?

So he's been in the record thing. He's done the run as far as in the Hollywood thing. And then he still... When he started doing his own thing, You know what I'm saying? So he's been in the record thing. He's done the run as far as in the Hollywood thing. And then he still, when he started doing his own thing, like when Social Media came out, the game between me and him, he monetized on this shit. I was just having fun. I'm still having fun with all this shit. But he actually took it and said boom and created his buzz.

And he did all this shit. He deserved all this shit he did. I want the fans to listen. That is the new hottest word for 2017. Monetize. He did. I hear that shit all the time. How you monetize? I think it's always been a hot word.

I just restarted and realized hold up. Okay, we need to start monetizing. Kevin Hart is funny to me. So when I hear another comedian. But comedy is subjective. What's funny to you might not be funny to me. What's funny to him, that's why you can't compare it to any... It's like rap. In rap, you don't ever say

who the best... It's only one rapper can pop. You got a thousand rappers pop. You got new rappers. It's the same in comedians. You don't have to have just one favorite comedian. People think you do. Niggas think you do. Niggas think only one comedian would be at top. But shit.

Is there one? I mean, you have a rapper. You got all types of rappers out here. So it's just whatever your vice is. There can only be one great country singer. Yeah. One great rock singer. Carl Brooks.

That's my nigga. You don't hear that shit. In my mind, I smoke weed. You don't hear that shit. But in comedy, as far as black comedy, you only can let one win. There should be a wide range of choices and I think that's what makes people even better because it makes it a little

bit more competitive in a good way. Because when there is a little competition, the fans always benefit. Why do we not have records like Self Destruction and All in the Same Gang? Because that's the I don't give a shit

era. This is the have fun, think about the consequences later. That's one thing I would say about these kids. They ain't scared of shit. These kids ain't scared of nothing, but they don't realize what comes with that

Because they wasn't talking They just look at Like if you look on social media You want to have fun Everything look fun And they don't look like There's no consequences Yeah

And even the foul shit Like the world star era The foul shit is fun Like yo Let's fuck up shit For likes They got a bitch called Meet me outside

Catch me outside And she pop it in How about that And she pop it in We are making bozos famous This is a fact We gotta stop But I mean

It ain't them that's making It's the people making The people doing it You can't blame the person You can't blame the person No I You can't blame the audience Yeah you

Catch me outside I was gonna say Catch you outside I mean bitch I mean you can't It's the people It's the whole She's supposed to chase it

No Is this Is that Is that Is that It's the people who... She's supposed to chase it. No, because is this... Is that... It's all a reflection of the culture as itself. We all as humans as well. As we get better in technology... We'll get dumb as we all have all

of emotions. So we're all emotions. So we all have to react first. That's why I always say fake caring. We always fake care of ourselves. There was always that filter too. I like that. It wasn't where everything that everybody does can be seen by so many, so fast,

so much. We got so much retention. People ain't living for themselves no more. They're living for the public. They want to show. They're not enjoying their lives. There were days when you shared a video, you had people come over to your house and you popped it in the thing and showed it to them. And there was only one, like,

say Finn Martin only came on once a week. And I remember when the cable box only had 30 channels. How old are you? You got old on us. Come on, MySpace gave it away. I'm on MySpace. I'm on MySpace. I'm on MySpace.

But in all respect The shit on him Still got 30 channels Yeah but I mean But you got a variety Of stuff It's just like Social media Music

Like it's so much Music out here It's too much And it's It's saturated That's why You know It's over saturated

That's why I always say I say a nigga that Don't follow nobody On social media Is out of his mind. He's crazy because if you're just looking at your own shit, you don't understand that there's other people

in the world doing some great shit. You should just look. I've always said that social media is only as good as the people you follow. Yeah. That's in everything. It's just like everything in life. I follow people I got nothing in common with because I know all these others. I know y'all niggas. I know y'all life. I's just like everything in life. I follow people that I got nothing to come with.

Because I know all these. I know y'all niggas. I know y'all life. I'm trying to learn other stuff. I'm smoking. I'm drinking. That's it. That's all I'm up to.

We know certain things. But I try to learn. That's how I learn through social media. Like follow Bruce Jenner. Yeah. No. I didn't see that. I don't know where he went.

Yeah. Like y'all would slip that in. I like that. That's nice, man. You know I like that. You follow Bruce Jenner? Fuck no. They were my space friends. That's where? Fuck them. They were my space friends.

That's where they were from. They were my space friends. You've been following them since my time. No. That's his second friend. Tom, there's Bruce. No, but I mean, it's all how you use it. It's just like a gun.

It's who you use it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Social media is my social media. It's about who you use. It's how who use it. I mean, how you use it. I mean, you can use it like a gun. It's anti-social media. Yeah. It's about who uses, how who uses. I mean, how you use it. I mean, you can use it for protection.

You can use it to kill somebody. It's not the gun. We just seen it. It's the same thing with the internet. It's some people learn from it. You got people that learn more out of YouTube than they do in school. Yeah, real talk.

You get YouTube University. You can learn how to build a plane through the thing. So it's something that for people that need to use the YouTube University. You can learn how to build a plane through the thing. So it's something that for people like me, I can use it right. Or you can learn how to build a bomb.

So it's all in the person. They got shit like that. Now, is there a person that's off limits as a comedian? Like, there's a rumor. Like, don't say nothing about him.

Old people don't really fuck with his kids. Okay. Everybody else, they all free. They all free. If I feel a certain type of way, I'm never going to be,

whether you're with me, I'm not a disrespectful nigga. But if I see something, you fuck up, I'm going to catch you. You know what I'm saying? That's how it is. So we see just now,

Airy Spears, I said his name right? Yeah. Airy Spears. We see just now that he did a podcast, and he was talking tough. They were talking tough to each other, and then the guy actually swung on Harry Spears. The dude doing the interview?

Yeah, right? Yeah, yeah, he swung on him. He swung on him. I mean, but you asked for it. If you said I can do this, do it. I'm not going to tell you I can beat your motherfucking ass and be surprised when you beat my motherfucking ass. I'm going to fight back if I think that. I mean, that's how I would think.

I would expect that. Yeah, this nigga folded up. So, I mean, I don't know. Maybe, I don't know. I would have hugged him or something. Hey, you see the camera right there? We've been tussling until that camera falls. And I'm tussling towards that camera.

I need that bitch to follow me camera. I need a Mr. Follower or the Maymakers to come out if I know I can't beat you. But, I mean, I don't know. I just, maybe he asked for it. But I gotta say with that, I gotta say with that, that Aries didn't attack, dude.

And I just have to say that some of us, I feel like Aries is going to sue. some of us can't handle a conversation and no matter what somebody says that's just what somebody says there's a line you can't push I understand that but at the same time if I can get anybody

in here to react then I'm pretty strong but this is why I don't like to talk religion or politics because I'm hearing this was over Obama. He said something about, he shitted on Obama, Aries Spish. I don't even know exactly what it was about Obama, but it was something about Aries Spish, something crazy about Obama. So that's the only thing I knew.

Because I only saw that, you know, niggas ain't going to watch the whole thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When it was going like that. What was it? All right, you know what I mean? And that's all I call it. Are there other niggas

like that in the world? There's everybody like that. I always feel that I'm speaking to me. Look for the comment that says, man, two points. Take me to the market.

818, I'm going right there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all. Let me watch that. That's all we always do. One of Harry's is baiting this dude into it and then now

suing him or whatever. I'm not saying that's the case or nothing, but I'm not saying One of Harry's is Baiting this dude Into it And then now Suing him or whatever I'm not saying That's the case or nothing But But I'm just But I'm just saying No because for years Who wasn't in

For years It was like an unwritten rule Like if a comedian Goes too far Says something He has the ultimate Golden pass That he's a comedian

He's trying So you're thinking That most young people Don't even know What a comedian is For real Because they're taught Off what they think Comedians Them dudes On the internet So they ain't never know what a comedian is for real. Because they're taught off what they think comedians are going to do on the internet.

So they ain't never been to a stand-up show. So they don't really know what comedians is. So in their minds, like you said, in y'all mind, you're like, oh, he's funny. He's just talking crazy. You ain't taking offense. Now, it got to a point, if I say something about a rapper, they'll call me. I'll be like, is you for real? Cal called me one time. I was like, man, you tripping, if I say something about a rapper, they'll call me. I'm like, is you for real? Khaled called me one time.

I was like, man, he tripping, man. What happened? What happened? Walk us through the Khaled call. One time, you know on Twitter, I always fuck with people. A couple people call me. Sean, I mean, what's the dude, Sean Jarrett. This nigga got mad at me because I called him.

Oh, that's the R&B nigga. He got mad because I called him ugly. This is another guy. And so he called, I was like, nigga, you make, I called you ugly, bro. to God. I was like, nigga, I called you ugly, bro. Nigga, you a man. I didn't realize how soft a lot of people were to the internet.

Or how powerful you are. Maybe that's what it is. You can shift the whole audience to think like that. That's like in the school room. I treat a school boy. I guess it's just people can't take that. Or you don't know how powerful you are because you know what it is?

A lot of us got followers that go harder than we go. So you can say. Yeah, they'll push the buttons for you. But it happened to me all the time. You know how many times the Beehive came to me? Oh, yeah. And it don't bother me. But you got to tell us the Callis story.

We ain't get the Callis story. You got to tell us the Callis story. Oh, the Callis story was, you get the Khaled story You gotta tell us the Khaled story Oh the Khaled story was You know he had Ace Hood And he was promoting him And Ace Hood came out And so And Ace Hood came out the same day Jay-Z came out

So I tweeted something like I don't know who the fuck would put this shit out While Jay-Z out That was stupid So Khaled called me Man why don't you say that man You know man Man he That was stupid. So, Khaled Cobb, man, why don't you say that, man? You know, man,

he works out of this. I said, Khaled, it's the truth for one. Man, you know I ain't being serious. I'm not, I'm not trying to

hurt his heart. He's like, yo, because the funny thing about it, Ace was laughing too. It's just, Khaled was passionate about it. He's super passionate.

Ace got his advance already. That's why. But Khaled was like, he need to make that back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You fucked it up. I guess that's what it was, but I'm thinking

because at the end of the day, I'm a standard comedian. I've been in the room, like they used to do Miami Improv and Coconut Grove. Yeah, yeah. They all came to see me perform

and I'd rank on them all day in there. That's all that happens there. You get ranked on. Only thing that, all the people that rank back was Trick Daddy. Trick Daddy You get ranked on. Only thing that, Oprah that ranked back was Trick Daddy. And Trick Daddy used to

come back and forth with people, but everybody else, they knew what it was. So I'm thinking, we can do that now, but on the internet, they wasn't with that shit. I'm like,

what the fuck? Yeah, no, no, no. You niggas, it's really. that's,

that's, you gotta realize, when an artist makes an album, I don't, we ain't never looking at it like this is a throwaway. We're always looking at it like this is that one. So probably album I don't We ain't never looking at it Like this is a throw away We're always looking at it Like This is that one

This is that one So probably You don't know You might have shifted energy You ain't mean it Yeah yeah yeah You ain't mean it I understand what you're saying

But I'm a comedian Yeah but This is like you Yeah but What did you say earlier Some niggas don't even know What a comedian is Yeah yeah

He don't know But you do know He do But he's coming come To the comic clubs The problem is You got a million followers You got You know these people

Following you And there's certain people That wake up in the morning That just Gonna do what you do They look at you And they say Oh this nigga

Went to Starbucks I'm going to Starbucks Right now I remember all the time On Def Comment Jam Like when Anthony Mason Was in the crowd And somebody on stage

Shitted on him so bad and it wasn't no big deal. Like we had roasts. It wasn't no big deal. You know how bad Snoop is? We're in the Ferguson era. Snoop is a perfect example.

It's a public stage. Social media is a public stage. But Snoop is a perfect example. You can say anything about Snoop and he'd probably laugh harder than you would. Right. Yeah.

That's how I would thank all rappers for that. And repost it. And repost it. And repost it. Because they don't take it serious because it ain't personal. It's not like I'm talking to Snoop. I can tell you something. Snoop will have fun.

He'll post something. He'll just be hurt. Yeah, he'll be hurt. He'll just be hurt. I've seen Snoop. No, he's talking about how people, Snoop might talk about somebody and they get mad. And it's joking. Come on, man.

People just can't take jokes. That's the problem with social media because remember on Fabulous and Ray J got into it over a tweet. You know what I'm saying? It's very dangerous out there, but at the end of the day I understand why because it's like unless

we had just talked about what we had did earlier, that's the part of the game the fans will never see. Just us just sitting around smoking. It's the same thing we're doing now, but now we know the cameras is on. But earlier, we did the same exact thing. We sat around smoking, but people don't know that side of the story. So when Lil Duval goes, man, your friend's beard is white as shit.

Your friend knows you're playing, but then it's all your friends. Yo, your white beard motherfucker. but then it's all your friends. Yo, you fucking white-bearded motherfucker. That you don't know. I know, but... But he's saying that some other people, the way they make a thing...

That's why I said people ain't like me. Because people come to me all the time and say... That's why you enjoy life. You know how many people, they don't take stuff to heart Because people come to me all the time And say That's why you enjoy life You know how many people They don't post a picture saying I'm sucking some big Fat lady toe

I thought you were going somewhere else That's what I'm saying They say I'm sucking some big Don't post that one Put girl ass in there I don't feel funny I don't feel funny That's what I'm saying Don't post that one. Yeah, put girl house in here. Don't do that. I'm about to get everybody to see this.

That's what I'm saying. Stuff like that. I'll be laughing and everything. Y'all think this is... You can take a joke. I can take a joke. Not everybody can take a joke. That's the problem. Everybody can take a joke.

Everybody can take a joke. Everybody can take a joke. Everybody can take a joke. People are insecure. Especially artists. They're really insecure. And you know what it is? It's like, like I said,

like the Beehive and all that. It's people who really think they're talking to you. They don't really think that we just look at it and say, oh, look at this me. And they don't think they were doing that. They're thinking that we're basing our whole life

off of this comment that he just said. And that's why life is hard. The B.I.B. have come at me all the time. Yeah, yeah. You gotta watch out. You gotta watch. But that don't bother me. That's why I never understood cyberbullying. But the B.I.B. is very dangerous. Beyonce's fans, leave them alone. They don't bother. What did they do to you?

No, no, no. I don't want to talk about what the B.I.B. did to me. I respect them. They came to me, but they ain't never done nothing. What did you say for them to come at you? I don't know, problem. What the baby said to me. I respect them. They came to me, but they ain't never did nothing. What did you say for them to come at you? I don't know, but everything I say is never disrespectful. So I can always defend. Every time they come, I'll repost it and be like, boom, kill the head. Because they be kids. Most of the time, most of them are going to be talking crazy.

Be kids. Bored ass motherfuckers. Yeah, they. They want to be emotional. And Rihanna's people. You can't fuck Rihanna people. I don't have every ass. What's up with the R&B The R&B fans are thugged out online

Every high you can think of They cyber thugs That shit don't bother me Snoop got a whole army of people You fuck with Snoop Our drink champs army goes in But they go in on us as well Cause they think they know us

The model hoes got to have too. The model hoes we have in hops. Like all the model hoes got to have. Everybody got to have. I done had all of them. None of them bothered me. Futures hop is very disrespectful. You see what they be doing to Russell Wilson?

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. They be at Russell Wilson comments. I'm going to tell you who got the illest comments. Birdman. Mary J. Blige's husband. Are you talking about as people or their fans? No, their comments.

And Russell Wilson. Listen, anytime I'm having a bad day, I just go look at them niggas' comments. I'm like, that's like Jerry Springer. You got to read my comments. I'll be looking And look They all rich It's the motherfuckers

So they ain't nobody But I just I have a bad day But like look I'm gonna go to Birdman Shit Yo pay little way Nigga

Like yo You Rick Ross I'm like Alright cool That's cool But Mary Mary's friends Be careful

In this nigga Yo Oh my Yo You gotta Yo have a bad day Have a good day And look at this nigga's comments

I don't follow him nothing I just I just be like yo Shit Are you the only one That knows you I don't like nothing Well he's about to find out

You're not here I was near him I go Yo there's the ladies I don't like nothing. Well, he's about to find out. He's not here. I was near him. I go with the old ladies and be like, you scumbag. You trolled him. You see, Liz got some trolling. Oh, they trolled the shit out of him. You better leave Mary alone. Give her her money.

I be like. Now, I'm going to say something that I not love Mary But I feel like she should pay him All the relationships That God's been through And they have to pay Mary is up I love you Mary I'm so sorry But I feel like Not pay him what he asking for

But you got to pay him something He went through turmoil too In my mind I don't know. But listen. He really know him. I don't know. He gave me that look.

And I'm like, that Mary may have my phone number somewhere. But what I'm saying is, as many guys broke up and they had to pay alimony, what's it called? Alimony, alimony. That shit. You know who called this? As many, but this nigga deserve a little something.

I don't think he deserve everything he asking for, but he been with married for 10 years. It's supposed to be the spouse that makes the more money. What do you think about the Janet Jackson thing? No, Janet got up. She got up. She got up. She got up. That was a move.

$500 million. That was fucked up, though, man. Come on, man. That's what I'm saying. Wait, wait, wait. What happened? What happened? Oh, you didn't hear about that?

Their prenuptial says she have a baby. She gets $500 million. From whom? You know this is drunk facts, by the way. Right, right, right. So she had the baby. Once she had the baby, she broke up. You know this is drunk facts, by the way. Right, right, right. Yeah. So, she had the baby. Once she had the baby, she broke up.

500 million is hers. Let's make some noise for Janet being the best hot slut of the year. Couple months after this, Janet. Yeah. Give me your dick, nigga. That's it. Boom. Get me pregnant.

I'm out. I got the 500. How old is she? 500. I don't know. She got pregnant? Close to 60. Yeah. Damn. Her ovaries off the chain. Shut the $500. How old is she? $500. I don't know. She got pregnant? Close to 60. Yeah. Damn.

Her ovaries off the chain. I don't think she did it like the normal way, though. Nah. Yeah, I think somebody else had it or she had the eggs coming in or something. Listen, there's no way. You are penny from good times. I am. You are penetrating.

We ain't doing no traditional. What is that? Squeeze that shit up in there? Nah. Artificial insemination. If that nigga ain't fucking with Janet,

he gotta be the Janet might not mean as much to him as he mean to us. Nah, man. Because he's from a whole other country. Nah, but.

That's just like a toy to him. Everybody had good times. Nah, that's what he's saying. Nah. That dude ain't looking at it the same way. Nah, Janet.

They Islam too. Ain't they Muslim? Wait, what do you mean everybody had good times? Janet ain't looking at the same way there is one too ain't they Muslim what do you mean everybody had good times Jen ain't no oh you talking about the show the show they didn't have good times over there look at that yo listen man once again go see Grow House dropping 420 on 420

all across America they hung out I smoked a thousand dollar blunt I smoked a thousand Out of blunt This shit got me Fucked up I drank a whole bottle Of um Ciroc

And Deleon To the self And you know It's not really well But I did that Man we having fun Thank you guys For coming through

Thank you High five Man And yo yo And this is real Because there was No publicist involved There wasn't

We just seen each other Said how you doing When I saw your snap I told Haz on the plane I hope he told him To do the podcast I did that real because there was no publicist involved. There wasn't. We just seen each other. When I saw your snap, I told Haz on the plane, I hope he told him to do the podcast. I did that. We over here at the podcast. Drink Champs, god damn it. Drink Champs. Look at my robe. It's mad expensive. Expensive.

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