The Breakfast Club - Gunplay Interview

Episode Date: August 18, 2015

Gunplay Celebrates Release of Album, How He Is Handling Probation and Being A Real Street Guy Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for p...rivacy information.

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Starting point is 00:03:12 listen to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Friend to the room, family member. Yes, sir. You know I'm the fourth member. The fourth member of The Breakfast Club? Yeah, I know what I'm saying. Gun Play!
Starting point is 00:03:35 Hey, man! What's up? Congratulations to Alice in Stores. Living legend. Right now. Hey, man, you got a copy, man. Hey, man, did you steal it or did you buy it? No, I bought mine.
Starting point is 00:03:43 I don't know why Def Jam give out hard copies. I got mine on my phone. Oh, okay, you got a copy, man. Hey, man, did you steal it or did you buy it? No, I bought mine. I don't know why Def Jam give out hard copies. I got mine on my phone. Oh, okay, okay. That's what it is. So we can stop having Gunplay come up here and asking him, so when is the album going to come out? Yeah, finally. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:03:53 It feels real good. Focused long enough and stayed out of jail long enough. Thank God. Is that all it really took? Yeah. Stay out of jail. I swear. Did they give you like a, say, hey, if you just stay out for a year like a say hey if you just stay out for a year
Starting point is 00:04:07 if you show us you can stay out for a year we got you something like that yeah but you got signed while you were on the run yeah yeah that's normal people get dropped then yeah yeah you know what i'm saying um i think everything happens for a reason and um you know i didn't get a chance to bask in my glory of having a getting getting you advanced and going shopping and shit. Man, here, man. Lawyer, bail, mama, take the rest. I'm out. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:04:32 I heard you say that on the album. You said you took your advance and bail a lawyer and you bought a gun. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Expensive gun. Now, you kept it short, 11 songs. That's honestly how I like my album. What made you go that route?
Starting point is 00:04:46 Especially being that it took a while to do. Yeah, because nowadays people's attention span is like a five-year-old. You know what I'm saying? So it's like you don't want to have 17 songs, and they might not even get to the 10th one. You know what I'm saying? So it's in and out like a robbery, man. And you put the 11 best songs
Starting point is 00:05:06 because sometimes people just try to fill it up. Yeah, nah, yeah. I just, you know, I just took a few songs that I had already, recorded some new ones, and just wanted to paint
Starting point is 00:05:16 the picture of a living legend. Now, Dark Days, you know, and Mouse Pike Miles, that's one of my favorite records on there. Is that an old record or was that new?
Starting point is 00:05:24 That was a new one. Okay. Produced by the Morris Brothers on Ashes. And I just had to dig deep right quick and pull out a pop me, you know what I'm saying, to put that on that record, you know what I'm saying? So I sounded upset and a little upset, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:05:39 I felt like, yo, your best days are ahead of you, Gunplay. Yeah, yeah. We're going to leave that right there, though. You know, we think about the future on the next album. I'm already working on the next album. I don't even know what it's called yet, but I know I'm working on it. What was Rick Ross' involvement with this album? He just gave me the okay.
Starting point is 00:05:55 You know what I'm saying? So he wasn't in the studio. And the reason I ask is because when we first seen Ross, when he first came out, we just always seen the crazy, dread, light-skinned guy on the side. So you was always with him. So now it's kind of stepping out, branching out on your own. Yeah. Was he involved? Because now you're moving on your own. It's no
Starting point is 00:06:10 longer moving with Ross. Yeah, exactly. You know, I followed his blueprint. His blueprint. And I seen, you know, the keys to success. And, you know, he's confident that I know what I'm doing. You know what I'm saying? So he, you know, of course I run things by him.
Starting point is 00:06:25 Like, what you think about this? What you think about that? And, you know, he don't want to actually name the album Living Legend. He called me up. I was taking a shit. He called me up. Just beat the case. I'm like, what's up?
Starting point is 00:06:36 What's happening? He's like, man, I hear all these screams, man. You know what I'm saying? They looking at you like a pot, man. For real, man. You done came back for some wild shit. You know what I'm saying? So, at you like a pot, man, for real, man. You done came back for some wild shit. You know what I'm saying? So, man, you know, you name your album, Living Legend.
Starting point is 00:06:48 I'm like, bingo, got you. Living Legend, you damn right. And that goes for anybody that's been through similar or worse and rise above it and still shine. They a living legend. Single Moms is living legends. You know what I'm saying? So if you ever taking an itch, make sure you answer the phone
Starting point is 00:07:04 because it could be some good. Yeah, yeah, you know what I'm saying? So if you ever take an itch, make sure you answer the phone because it could be some good. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Now, Stally's also on the album. He produced that song also? No, no. Mighty Joe. Mighty Joe something.
Starting point is 00:07:15 Yeah, Mighty Joe. Shout out Mighty Joe, man. He produced that track. I laid the hook to that. Like, when I heard the song, he was playing some beats for me. I heard the song. I just said,
Starting point is 00:07:24 let me drop that hook right quick. Went in booth dropped the hook and i just i just kept it in the tuck you know what i'm saying and then i figured it was time to um it was time to put it out anytime any song about smoking is great with currency on it too yeah yeah you know what i'm saying smoke one uh lead a game you got a phone call from your mom dukes yeah right before that record was that a real call? Yeah, okay Yeah, you know I'm saying I just say my just call me in and I'm gonna be in the booth just You know, I mean the song is called leave the game, right? She was like, okay, I could do that. I can handle that. You know I'm saying she just gave me some no
Starting point is 00:07:58 She knows I'm tough. I'm strong. I'm strong-minded. You know what I'm saying? And um, I don't put my mama on every album You know what I'm saying And I'm gonna put my mom On every album You know what I'm saying Cause I took her through hell You know what I'm saying I think she deserves Some recognition You know what I'm saying Not just rapping about it
Starting point is 00:08:12 But I have her Really on my album How often do you get Those G calls from moms And G checks Oh man Not anymore like that She just wanted
Starting point is 00:08:20 You know make sure I'm alive And I ain't in jail now She just you know Called me I'm just checking on you You know what I'm saying Them calls stopped A long time ago man Since I've been focused You make sure I'm alive and I ain't in jail now. She just called me, I'm just checking on you. You know what I'm saying? Them calls stopped a long time ago, man, since I've been focused.
Starting point is 00:08:29 You know what I'm saying? Word. Now I was watching your Live and Legend series that you did, and you were talking about getting paid $250 for shows when you first started and how hard it was for you to leave the streets because you wasn't making no money doing music. Right. So what was the biggest check you got after that
Starting point is 00:08:45 that made you be like, okay, I can finally leave the street stuff alone? Was when I got my triple C advance. It was a nice little piece of change. I ran through it. It was gone like two months. Where'd you find that? I don't even remember.
Starting point is 00:09:01 I don't know what happened. I don't know. I was just out there just throwing it up, doing what I do best, man. You know what I'm saying? I wasn't focused on the future. There's so many mistakes, so many poor decisions that I made that, you know what I'm saying, it's coming back to haunt me now. But it's also, you know, a stepping stone and a learning,
Starting point is 00:09:19 something I could learn from so I know not to make that mistake again, like invest in yourself. You know what I'm saying? I made that mistake with Roland you know the record you know got on tour and I effed off
Starting point is 00:09:30 that money too he was Roland I f***ed up some money man I could f*** a check up I'm telling you I would yo commas so what's different now
Starting point is 00:09:40 when you said invest in yourself what's different now so you mean like you wish you had took your own money and put it in the Roland instead of waiting on the label to put money in? Definitely should have put the money in.
Starting point is 00:09:47 I told him that. Yeah, yeah. That was a huge song. I told him that two times. I didn't care. I just, man, I'm buying a new car. I'm going to fly this bitch in. I'm going to do this.
Starting point is 00:09:55 I'm going to do that. You know what I'm saying? It's just too much, man. Flying a girl in is kind of investing in yourself, though. Hey, you know what I'm saying? No, it's not. Not when it's local girls and you don't got to fly nobody in. That's an investment for my nuts. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Yeah, you know, that's cool. I just want, you know, when I put out this album, I wasn't going for the commercial notoriety like that.
Starting point is 00:10:30 You know what I'm saying? I just wanted to make sure I fed the streets. They've been waiting for this album forever. You know, I just wanted to make sure I gave them a solid body of work. And, you know, next album, I think I'm really going to think about the commercial side of the business. You want to do a record with Chris with Chris Brown man? Yeah I'll do a record with Chris Breezy and you know while he's skating on the thing, on the hoverboard thing, you know what I'm saying? But yeah man you know I'm just glad to put out the record man you know what I'm saying and the streets been
Starting point is 00:11:00 loving it you know I mean getting a lot of good feedback on the screech that's all that mattered to me man. As long as the screech effing loving it, you know what I mean? Getting a lot of good feedback on the Screech's. That's all that mattered to me, man. As long as the Screech's effing with it, you already know. Now, Blood on the Dope. Just don't get no blood on the motherfucking dope. What exactly does that mean for those who haven't heard the record? Well, you know what I mean? The record is called Blood on the Dope, featuring me, Yo Gotti, and my artist, PJK. I basically put him up on a lick.
Starting point is 00:11:26 You know what I'm saying? I'm like, hey, man, he got two workers in there. He got some cocaine, got $100,000. He fell. Go grab that. You know what I'm saying? He down bad. He need to lick.
Starting point is 00:11:34 You know what I'm saying? Put him up on it. I set it up. He executed it. And whatchamacallit, Yo Gotti came and mopped it up. You know what I'm saying? And it's a dope record. The video's crazy, too.
Starting point is 00:11:46 So just don't get no blood on the dope, meaning when you shoot him, don't shoot him near the dope. Yeah, exactly, exactly. You know what I'm saying? Just take what you want, tie the ass up. Yeah. Just don't get no blood on that motherfucker.
Starting point is 00:11:57 You think it's a lane for street rap still? No. You said no? No. why you say that um look at the climate of the industry right now you know what i'm saying it's they're pushing us out more and more and more pushing us away from in the streets you know what i'm saying but um i don't care i'm gonna be screwed for life you know what i'm saying I'm gonna cater to those That That can relate to me
Starting point is 00:12:27 And You know Shout out to Meek Mill Two number one spots I mean You know what I mean Two weeks in a row You know what I'm saying
Starting point is 00:12:34 That's a Screed rapper So that gives us hope That gives me hope That gives You know what I mean Anybody out there Doing their thing In the Screeds
Starting point is 00:12:39 And you ain't got to Wear funny clothes You ain't got to You know what I'm saying Be talking funny You ain't got to Rap like the next man just to, you know what I'm saying, get a spin or two, you know what I'm saying. So, you know, I rock with it, man.
Starting point is 00:12:52 Screech back. I asked that question because some little kid was on Twitter, and he was saying, I can't, I think it was Troy Ave he was talking about, I can't relate to Troy Ave because he talk about all that drug dealing and yada, yada, yada. So it's like a lot of these kids didn't grow up around that. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? They squaying.
Starting point is 00:13:08 They square lane, you know what I'm saying? And we're not doubting them for that. Go listen to the squaying. When you want to get into some street, you start smoking your first blunt, you come listen to Gunplay. But it's good though. Snort your first line, you come listen to Gunplay.
Starting point is 00:13:24 We're not starting a snort you, man. We're not snorting over here. It is good, though, that a lot of kids aren't going towards the street life, though. Yeah, it is. And they better pay homage because we paved the motherfucking way. You don't have to go through the streets. You could be a square. What did you think of the little skirmish between Meek and Drake?
Starting point is 00:13:43 It's none of my business. Ain't none of my business, my brother. I'm just glad that ain't nobody die. You know what I'm saying? Because I'm tired of going to funerals. I'm tired of RIPing, man. So, you know, it's good for hip-hop. Just don't want anybody to get hurt.
Starting point is 00:14:00 And it's none of my business. We had Uncle Luke up here yesterday, and he was saying the whole MMG should be responding. That's how it was back in the day. You just one member of the crew, the whole crew ride. Yeah, I think he was saying when Jay-Z was beefing with Nas, the whole Rockefeller crew. But see, we a different kind of breed.
Starting point is 00:14:17 We a different kind of label. We not going to rap that shit. We going to concede. You know what I'm saying? That's it. So I don't, that's fine. You know what? Come on, y'all know me. You know what I'm saying? That's it. So I don't, that's fine. You know, come on, y'all know me. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:14:28 I ain't finna sit there and tongue wrestle with no mother man. Man, I'm finna concede about you. I'm gonna do my homework. I'm gonna lay and that's it. But battles are good for hip hop though. Yeah, cool. Yeah, cool.
Starting point is 00:14:41 Just don't call my name. Just say my name. I won't come back with a diss record. Yeah, cool. Yeah, cool. Just don't call my name. Just say my name. I won't come back with a diss record. Shots fired. You can rap, though. I don't give a fuck. Fuck that shit.
Starting point is 00:14:54 You're not gonna try to slander me or pick my character apart on a record for these motherfucking lames out here listening to it back and forth and make memes on it.
Starting point is 00:15:06 Hey, man, look. You can see. Oh, fuck that. You're going to see. Hey, man, shots fired. Motherfuckers is down. Holy shit. That's on everything, man, for real.
Starting point is 00:15:17 Now, how important is writing your rhymes? Because that's how the whole situation started. Because you used to ghostwrite for people. Yeah. Did you? Hell yeah. I know that. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:26 I don't know if I want... That's what a ghostwriter does. You know, but I, you know, hip-hop is in a whole nother chamber right now. This is not about that no more. It's pop now. Hip-hop. That's what it is.
Starting point is 00:15:43 And you know what I'm saying? If somebody don't write their raps, nobody cares. When it comes out at the end of the day, you don't go to McDonald's and be like, yo, who cooked that? You just buy the sandwich. You eat the Big Mac. Y'all like the Big Mac, man. It tastes great.
Starting point is 00:16:00 I'm going to go back again. Nobody cares. Hey, man, you the one cooked this? Hey, man. Hey, you didn't wanna cook this hey man hey you didn't wash your hands no they don't nobody gonna give no man these kids man they don't even they just found out what a ghost rider was just not so what made you want to come to the forefront why did you say ghost riding get paid you ain't got to worry about the fame they called me you know what i'm saying but at the same time you know know, I live for entertaining people, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:16:28 I like, on my shows, I entertain, you know what I'm saying? I just don't hold a mic. I like to entertain people. I like people to be, you know what I mean? Just the energy and shit like that. So, you know, that's why I did my thing. You planning to do a tour for this album? Yeah, I was supposed to be on the Lil Durk tour.
Starting point is 00:16:51 But a few things going on with whatever, whatever. But you know what I mean? We're working it out. You still having legal trouble? I'm on probation. Okay. For a dope charge in Atlanta. Like after I beat the case, what a donkey.
Starting point is 00:17:04 Oh, you had caught another charge? Yeah, dog. Yeah, dog. That's what I'm saying, man. I'm saying, yeah. I thought you said you left all that behind you. I did. I mean, I got comfortable. Beat the case.
Starting point is 00:17:13 Yeah. Fuck that. Teflon Don. Why they going to the airport? Why got some motherfucking Miley in my bag of shit? Hey, excuse me, sir. Can you step to the side? Search your bag.
Starting point is 00:17:23 I'm like, today? Why? Why today? And I had some Miley in there. Can you step to the side? Search your bag. I'm like, today? Why? Why today? And I had Shemali in there. You forgot it was in there? Yeah. Yeah, it was in there. I had like 1,600 in ones.
Starting point is 00:17:34 And I tucked it in there somewhere. And they went through all the ones. And what was this? Man, I'd probably get thrown out. It's ice. I'm like, ice? What the fuck is ice? It's Molly.
Starting point is 00:17:43 No, nigga, that's meth. I got charged with f***ing methamphetamine man goodness gracious so everybody talk about this molly s*** boy y'all snorting
Starting point is 00:17:51 meth man y'all popping meth don't get it twisted that's how ecstasy was ecstasy was just all a bunch
Starting point is 00:17:58 of different stuff put together but they lied us and said molly was the purest form of MDMA that s*** is methamphetamines.
Starting point is 00:18:07 Get the fuck out of here. Did the case got dropped? Was it over or no? No, I got three years probation by this shit. It was a three years prison or three years papers. You're like, I'll take the probation. $15,000 later. Yeesh.
Starting point is 00:18:19 Now, you've always had no problem expressing your love for drugs. You know what I'm saying? On the new album, you got the white bitch. White bitch, yeah. You even got the skit where you snorting how much of that right no I did I was cooking man I was cooking man I was cooking up you know what I'm saying you know what I'm saying I was doing it like like the fast trap way where you just dump it in the cup woo woo put it in the microwave heat it up hit the fork with
Starting point is 00:18:43 that mother make sure that*** stick to the fork, and then you know what you're working with. You know what I'm saying? That's that real, real, real, real, real, real, real trap s***. How much of that is for entertainment now? And how much, like, are you still dabble? I don't do s***. I'm boring as hell.
Starting point is 00:18:58 It's all entertainment. I don't do s***. I play fight night. I go fishing. I go boar hunting. Yeah, I go on boar hunting too. fight night. I go fishing. I go boar hunting. I seen you fishing the other day. Yeah, I go on boar hunting, too. I kill pigs. Okay. Pigs. I kill pigs.
Starting point is 00:19:11 You like the big game hunting. Yeah, man, I like it. You and that Dennis would have been out there killing them lions in Zimbabwe. Oh, man, that's crazy. Yeah, I would. King of the jungle, king. Nah, but I like big game hunting, big game fishing. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:19:27 Just sh** that's different. You know what I mean? Nobody in hip-hop is doing that. I'm trying to go for a pilot for my show, My Wild Life. Doing all that. So like on some Discovery. Stabbing alligators. Might get bit.
Starting point is 00:19:41 I might let myself get bit for ratings one time. Nah, I'm bullsh**. That actually would be a dope idea. You could be like the newest that dude who got killed. Alligators. Might get bit. I might let myself get bit for ratings one time. Nah, I'm bullsh**. That actually would be a dope idea. You could be like the newest dude who got killed. Steve Irwin. Crocodile. No.
Starting point is 00:19:52 Was that him? He gonna compare me to a dead motherf**ker. No. You got hit with the stinger in his chest. That was Crocodile Dundee. That was Crocodile Dundee. Crocodile Dundee. That's a movie. That is a movie, man.
Starting point is 00:20:03 Oh, my gosh. God bless the dead for the homeboy. I thought Crocodile Dundee was real. F***ing dog legacy up, man. Damn. I told you Uncle Luke was here. He also said that he wishes the Miami artists that are on would put more artists from Miami on. I'm the first artist from Miami that's signed a record deal and put out an album from another artist from Miami
Starting point is 00:20:28 first time in history so this is a very important album don't get it twisted everybody paved the way but nobody reached back you know what I'm saying and um and Rosé is the first Miami rapper to put on another Miami rapper and get a record deal and put out an album. So this is a very big day for Miami. Miami, let's chuch up. Let's get this money. Do you think Miami has a sound?
Starting point is 00:20:54 Because that was another thing he was talking about, that Miami used to have a sound, but there's no distinct Miami sound. There is. You know what I'm saying? It's called that juke music. You know what I'm saying? You know, like, oh no. Shout out to De like juke music you know what i'm saying you know oh no shout out shout out to des lock you know i'm saying piccolo oh no you can't stop my vibe
Starting point is 00:21:11 oh no no no no it's we got vibes down there but it's not commercial it's just for miami it's you know i'm saying hoes wu-tang with it it's called wu-tang they do their wu-tang dance and shit like that and you know what i'm saying it It's a whole other culture of music, but it don't get commercialized. You know what I'm saying? So it's there. It's there, but it ain't getting the light. You know what I'm saying? You feel like the real Miami's being represented?
Starting point is 00:21:38 Yeah, with Ross. Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? Especially my favorite album that Ross did was this last one, Hood Billionaire. When he really went in depth about Miami, you know what I'm saying? Like, especially, like, my favorite album that Ross did was this last one, Hood Billionaire. When he really went in depth about Miami, you know what I'm saying? Like, Wayne Parker, you know what I'm saying? Bo Dilly, you know what I'm saying? Like, Boobie, Black Boy, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:21:54 It's just, he went in. He wasn't just rapping. Like, I could relate to him. I know who he talking about. I met these people. And you know what I'm saying? And he really held it down for Miami with this one. With Hood Billionaire.
Starting point is 00:22:07 But Living Legend is in stores right now. I'll admit that. Living Legend is in stores right now. We appreciate you joining us. Hey, I stole a copy. You stole? Yeah, I took a razor blade. You don't say that for probation right now,
Starting point is 00:22:16 so you ain't stealing a copy. You borrowed a copy. You borrowed a copy from the store. It's yours, technically. So you can walk away with it. I got a razor blade, right? And I did like this. I went to the barcode.
Starting point is 00:22:28 I cut the barcode out. Just like he did. Look, see? Right. How much of yourself are you policing nowadays or making sure you don't go too crazy? Well, every time I step out the house, I step out the door, man.
Starting point is 00:22:43 I don't know if I have anything on me. In my little pocket. Oh, shit. Uh-oh. What that is? A Quaalude. You just said a Quaalude. He's playing.
Starting point is 00:22:58 That ain't nothing. He's playing too much, man. It's BC powder. Okay, you have a headache. You know that BC powder? When you have a headache. When you have BC powder? When you have a headache. When you have a headache? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:07 That's what that is. Who do you... You got excuses for days, man. I got a headache, man. Early in the morning, this guy's getting me drunk over here. We just drinking a little cognac, man. You know what I'm saying? He got you drunk, or you came in here and poured that yourself?
Starting point is 00:23:19 He poured it himself after a while. Nah, I pour my own problem. Right. I'm just happy my dog... You can pour it for me, too. Yeah, I'm just happy my dog got his album out. Hey! Got a f***ing album out!
Starting point is 00:23:27 Oh my God, I love it so, so much! Do you care about sales and all that? Nah, man, I don't give a f*** about no goddamn sales, man. You know what I'm saying? You know me, come on, man. I would've wore some funny jeans. Some funny jeans? Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:23:44 Spandex and s***, man. I would've been talking funny. If I wanted sales, you know what I'm saying? Spandex and shit, man. I would have been talking funny. I would have been, if I wanted shells. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's all good, though. I don't care. I ain't here to change the world.
Starting point is 00:23:52 I'm here to feed the streets, my brother. You know what I'm saying? The streets is hungry. It's a lot of hollow music out there. Shit that don't stick to your ribs. You know what I'm saying? And it's no substance. And even though that's dinosaur nowadays,
Starting point is 00:24:03 I don't give a fuck. I'll be a fucking dinosaur then, goddamn. Because I know I got a fan base. I got, you know what I mean, that support me in whatever I do. So I'm doing this for them. Next go round, I might win. No, I'm bullshitting. I don't think that's your lane.
Starting point is 00:24:17 I think you should continue to give us those real street stories. I am. I am. You know what I'm saying? I'm making a living, a decent living. You know what I'm saying? I'm making a living, decent living, you know what I'm saying? A nice living off of being me. I don't have to
Starting point is 00:24:29 fake in front and you know what I'm saying? I let the world know my mistakes, my shortcomings, and you know what I mean? I'm high and mighty. I never took an L. Nah, dog. We all take L's, man. You know what I'm saying? So I embrace my
Starting point is 00:24:46 fuck-ups. I embrace my mistakes. You know what I mean? And I learn from them, and I move forward. And that's my core fan base. They can relate to it. You know what I'm saying? Hey, fuck up too. Go ahead. Go fuck up. It's okay. Learn from it. Come back. Holler at me. You know what I'm saying? Have you found that balance yet between the industry and the streets? Because we still see you from time to time bug out on some industry folk. I remember in particular when you went at Timberland
Starting point is 00:25:11 after that little situation. Hey, man, they just put the battery in my back. I just go. I'm a soldier. You know what I'm saying? I don't know dog from a can of motherf***er piss. But you know what I'm saying? Hey, you know, hey, man, somebody got a problem. Hey, who?
Starting point is 00:25:25 What? Hey, Twitter. I don't Twitter. Why don't you see me go bad on Twitter? No Twitter beat you. I'm just following orders. You know what I'm saying? I'm a soldier like that.
Starting point is 00:25:36 But don't people feel like, okay, let me just make sure I gunplay. Nothing happens because he is on probation. He's had some legal problems, so we don't even want you to have to go. Yeah, what you saying? Who's saying that? I'm just saying in general, I would think people around you would be like we don't want you to have no issues if something goes wrong. Let's make sure Gunplay don't
Starting point is 00:25:53 get involved and don't get mad. I'm a grown ass man. I do what I want. I don't care. Even if they're looking out for you like Gunplay, no. No. This is something I have to do, then I will do it. You know what I is. Even if they're looking out for you like gunplay, no. No. Put the gun away. If there's something I have to do, then I will do it. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:26:08 But for the most part, I'm super focused. I stay away from anything that can bring me to jail. You know what I'm saying? So, like, the best cure for anything is prevention. So I prevent everything from happening, you know what I'm saying, before I even start. You know what I mean? And I got a great team behind me.
Starting point is 00:26:28 Shout out to Cook the Cook. Hey, Cook the Cook, man. Hey, man. Rocking the D.C. shirt, you know what I'm saying? You're like, man, please don't shout me out. That's my partner right there, you know what I'm saying, out of Care City, man, you know what I'm saying? And we've been on this road the last three months,
Starting point is 00:26:43 tired as a motherfucker, but it's all going to pay off, man. Who inspires Gunplay at this moment? At this moment, my hunger, hunger inspires me. So no other artist, musician? No. No. You know what I'm saying? I don't really listen to nobody.
Starting point is 00:27:01 You know what I mean? I march to the beat of my own drum. I motherfucking do what the fuck I want to do when the fuck I want to do it. And that's my motivation. I still want to put out another album. Oh, the Triple C album coming on the way.
Starting point is 00:27:18 You know what I'm saying? Shout out to us, Breed. We doing that. And I just want to work, man. I just want to perfect my craft. I like you because you never put yourself in a box you do pop records when you want to Hey man, hey, I got this record man, it's like EDM ish, but it's you know, I never make these calls The videos crazy though, I swear I was in the Mojave Desert in boxes and a mink. And with boots. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:27:50 It was crazy. You know what I'm saying? But yeah, I get bored with music sometimes. Get bored. Just want to do something different, whatever. And that's when you go big game hunting. Yeah, that's when I stab a boar. I kill a pig.
Starting point is 00:28:01 That's when we kill pigs. You did that with a gun? Nah, we got to run up on them with a knife and cut their heart. Gotta stab them in the heart between their red pigs. Look at Abby's face. Does stuff like that keep you from stabbing somebody? Somebody, yeah. I'm basically taking out on the pig.
Starting point is 00:28:17 Yeah, just kill pigs. Yeah, just kill pigs. Pig killer. Did you eat it? Yeah. The back strap. You know what I'm saying? You gotta cut. Pig killer folive. Did you eat it? Yeah. The back strap. The back strap. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Like, you got to cut.
Starting point is 00:28:32 They cut, like, right on both sides of the spine. Yeah. They cut the fat off, the meat. You know what I'm saying? Then you chop that up, and you boil it up, and you make sure that it's nice and tender. And you throw some motherfucking seasoning on that motherfucker. Throw that motherfucker on the grill, and man, we working. What about gator?
Starting point is 00:28:46 You ever killed a gator in Florida? That's my next thing. Oh, God. I'm going to get a hunt. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to club him. Pink. Right over the head.
Starting point is 00:28:55 I can't shoot because I'm on probation, so I don't want them to be like... So you out there primitive with it. Yeah. I love you clubbing gators. Yeah. Goodness gracious. So you can't even use a gun to hunt?
Starting point is 00:29:05 Hell no. You can't touch a gun. even use a gun to hunt? Hell no. You can't touch a gun. Man, I went to, do you understand? I was on probation for a gun charge, right? It was 2000. I'm so retarded. I got,
Starting point is 00:29:13 no, I can't say that. Uh-oh. But I'm so retarded. I get a gun charge, boom. All right. Pay a bunch of money. I had got probation for like five years years some like that and
Starting point is 00:29:28 nine days before my mother probation was up i just said gunplay clean the house just clean your house up clean your house stashed everything took everything that was in there i said you only got nine days left before you know what i'm'm saying? Next thing you know, my PO doing a residence check. I'll be there in an hour. I'm like, all right, perfect, because I just, everything's not in my house. My, she come down there. I'm at the front door. Open up.
Starting point is 00:29:55 It's hot outside. I come downstairs in my boxers. I don't even look outside. Open the door. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. They, like, they wanted to fill up on it like i got boxes on man and then what am i getting arrested for it wasn't him and it was like remember that video that you did um um uh what's the um the guns at the gun range what was that i forgot what it was. Cigar fan hardware. That video when I brought all my guns and shit like that.
Starting point is 00:30:27 And it was like, you went to the gun range and they assigned my name to go. Wow. So my name, my fucking name, everything was on that shit. Like, it was retarded. And they came and got me nine days of my probation. So now I'm just, you know what I mean? See, that's why you got to watch what you do online. Yeah, man.
Starting point is 00:30:47 And fuck with you offline. Straight up, man. No guns, no nothing, man. I'm glad you're in the stores right now. Something positive. The album's in stores right now. I'm in the album, man. Oh!
Starting point is 00:30:56 I dropped the album. Oh, my God. Living legend is in stores right now. And I'm glad Gunplay wasn't in the house with Ross when Ross found that groundskeeper in there. Hey, man. Hey, man. It's none of my business, man. Living Legend in stores right now. Rosé gonna be all right just for the record.
Starting point is 00:31:15 Yes, he is. These liars, these devils, they just want to bring a black man down. A successful, rich black man with the biggest house in America. They want to bring my man down. That's it. That boy. Pick up the album my man down. That's that.
Starting point is 00:31:26 That boy. Pick up the album. Living legend in stores right now. We appreciate you every time. What happened to the positive words? Wise words from Gunplay, man. We got to get. Matter of fact, he got some on his phone.
Starting point is 00:31:37 Wise words from Gunplay. We'll be coming back to the Breakfast Club next week. Thank you, man. You got one for us right now, man? Only you got. Leave us with one. Wise words from Gunplay. After you take a piss and a little bit of dribble dribbles out and she still sucks your dick.
Starting point is 00:31:59 When she feels your boxes are wet with a little bit of piss, she's a keeper. I don't know that we can play that. Okay. God, Gunplay is broken. All right. It's the Breakfast Club gunplay! Yeah! Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own?
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