Iceman Season Is In Full Effect

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IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:

0:00 - Intro

5:11 - Graduations for babies

8:08 - Aesthetics Segment

19:40 - New Music

36:45 - NBA Finals reactions

42:48 - Kevin Hart Roast backlash

54:00 - Top 5 best things created

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:06

Welcome to another episode of These Are the Aesthetics. I go by the name of Cheech, aka the ladies' favorite broadcaster. AKA Mr. Workalot. AKA the summer is mine, man. The summer is mine. It feels very exciting outside. These are good times.

SPEAKER_00 0:29

I see. You've been outside.

SPEAKER_01 0:31

Yeah, a little bit here.

SPEAKER_00 0:35

You've been outside so much. I'm trying to think you're homeless. I start like a stoop, big. Well, I go by the name of Gary, aka in Gary. Trust aka Mr. Sneaker Combo, aka Mr. Inside. AKA I'm always home because that's where all my money goes, too. I'll tell you that.

SPEAKER_01 0:56

That's where my wife is. Don't forget that.

SPEAKER_00 1:03

How are you doing today?

SPEAKER_01 1:04

I'm good, man. I'm alright. Y'all know my model. As long as I have a job, a place to lay my head, a car to drive, some food in my stomach. Um, I'm fine, man. My parents are okay. They're doing better. Um, minus, you know, the natural illnesses that they face at an older age. Every everyone's fine. Everyone's fine for the most part. I could use some more sleep. I could use a day off. It's been three weeks, but we're not here to bitch a complaint. We're here to just let it all out. How do you feel? How has how's your uh mental health? How's your life experience been on a scale of one to ten? By the way, mine was about, I'll say mine is about an eight out of ten.

SPEAKER_00 1:49

Okay, I'm gonna match that. I'll say I'm an eight out of ten as well. Um, my mental health has been like, it comes and goes because like um I kind of went cold turkey on a lot of stuff, a lot of the hobbies I would go to or do. Like, like have you guys realized? I haven't posted like a sneaker combo episode in a little while.

SPEAKER_01 2:05

I've been noticing that. I I didn't mean to it one of the things, not to cut you off. Uh, I noticed that, but I'm like, yo, this guy just spent a shit ton of money to get married, just came from a fucking honeymoon. Like, I'm gonna look like a dickhead and be like, why haven't you been spending money on yourself when he's been spending money on his uh union? Not gonna tell your wife, because whatever you spend is beneficial for all of y'all.

SPEAKER_00 2:34

The air quote is crazy. I'm gonna get a call about that. But um, but yes, like um, I haven't posted like a sneaker convo episode or while I haven't made content for myself. As you guys see, we even though like um we took a little break from like recording episodes, but you guys will have noticed there's been clips coming out the wazoo.

SPEAKER_01 2:52

Um and then shout-outs to you. Thank you. Uh Gary's been keeping us afloat while um we all been trying to get our lives together.

SPEAKER_00 2:59

So scheduling and everything, yes.

SPEAKER_01 3:01

I'm gonna make sure you get your flowers so you feel appreciated.

SPEAKER_00 3:04

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Um, but yeah, but family's good. Um my wife is my wife is great. She's getting back into her routines or her mental health. Yeah, obviously, yes. Like, honestly, man, I've been very thankful um because like I'm 29 years old, I'm literally entering my 30s. And this when you like 29 is that weird age where it's like you kind of look around like your peers and be like, damn, there's like where other people are. Not saying, not saying I'm comparing myself to other people, but it's like it could always be worse, it could always be better. For sure. But I'm literally happy where I'm at. Like, I literally come home, I live in the suburbs. Every time I open my fridge, there's food in it, there's home cooked food. So like I honestly can't complain. There's AC in my house.

SPEAKER_01 3:46

For sure.

SPEAKER_00 3:47

So like I'm I'm a solid eight out of 10 as well.

SPEAKER_01 3:49

That's good, it's good, man. Uh it's been a whole lot going on. Uh by the way, I just want to address this. My sister just sent me a message last week. She sent me some sneakers that she wants, right? And I'm looking at the message. Of course I said yes, I got you. But I'm looking at it like, yo, I'm like, your career as my sister is done. It's all about my nephew now. Like, I don't give a fuck about you. What does my nephew want for Christmas? Talk to me about my nephew. He's the guy that I care about now. Like, I love my sister to death, but it's like, how's Jeremiah? How's my how's my road dog doing? He's into Spider-Man now. Oh. Uh, not like he's ditching Paw Patrol now. He's he he wants to, he thinks he could crawl the walls and he's he's giving my sister. But yeah, I just wanted to address that because your sister thinks at a certain age that sibling rules apply. Like, no, fam, you just take a backseat. It's about the kids.

SPEAKER_00 4:51

Can I can I have like a mini rant real quick? This is this wasn't one of the topics, but I am sick and tired of these new parents. Yes. And I say that because they're entitled. There's like that, they're entitled, and it's like they feel like any event that happens for their child we have to be a part of. Like, I want to ask a genuine question. I'm not trying to come off as a hater. We had the conversation earlier this week. Why should we care about these little pre-K graduations?

SPEAKER_01 5:16

Well, I think I think parents are proud. It's not for the kids. This is for the parents. Of course. Of course. And the ain't shit dad always pop out out of nowhere with a fucking little cardboard box.

SPEAKER_02 5:32

Hey, little Timmy, congratulations.

SPEAKER_01 5:34

But anyway, I think this is what I've been seeing. And this is no diss at all. I think, especially the single mothers that have been raising the kids on their own, it's like a notch on their belt. It's like a proud moment to say, yo, despite everything that's going on, I still manage to be a good mom and to raise a successful person that's gonna contribute to society one day. Um, I rarely see the people from the two-parent household celebrating it, even though it does happen.

SPEAKER_00 6:05

That's a good analyst.

SPEAKER_01 6:08

But I mean, like I said, I remember the times where, okay, you like you you going to school and you're graduating. That's what you're supposed to do. I don't ever want to get my kids comfortable rewarding them for things that they're only responsible for at that age. But again, I'm I'm happy that the parents are happy. And it's one of those things. The last thing I'm gonna say is the get out of jail free card from the parents is they always say, Oh, you won't get it until you become a parent. So I try to shut the fuck up. Yeah, I they love that. They love a little line. You won't get it until you become a mother. You won't get it until you you hold your firstborn. I'm like, I do. You push a child out of you. So out of respect for the process of bringing a child into this world, I try not to engage online in some of the discussions out of respect also for the hardworking moms out there. Um, but but yeah, man, I I think all the celebration is predominantly for the parent to show society that they're doing a good job.

SPEAKER_00 7:12

All I'm saying is that, like, yeah, shouts out to the new parents, shout outs to the kids. But let's be honest, I'm not driving an hour to go to your little kid's graduation just because he can tell what's blue and what's red. Fuck out of here, little nigga, and take that dub shit with you.

SPEAKER_01 7:28

Uh, I but again, uh on the flip side, I think it's a good precedent to show the kids that hey, with each milestone we get to celebrate you.

SPEAKER_00 7:37

Okay, let's revisit this conversation around that first FCAP.

SPEAKER_01 7:42

Yo, since you've been married, you've been on some bullish. But I I I understand. I see both sides of it.

SPEAKER_02 7:53

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 7:53

But what are we doing? As a connoisseur and baby mothers, I I I do understand the other side of that.

SPEAKER_00 8:00

Of course, of course. But let's get into the aesthetics.

SPEAKER_01 8:02

Yes, sir.

SPEAKER_00 8:03

Uh, it's been a lot going on. Um but let's address what this segment is. Yes. Um, if you guys didn't know, we are these are the aesthetics. Um, in this segment, we like to talk about the aesthetics that we like, some aesthetics that we don't like, the stuff that we think is fly, what's not fly. Just general, like aesthetics that we just generally enjoy.

SPEAKER_01 8:20

Yeah, it's we we're we're talking about our way of life, how we view the world, and we're talking about not necessarily items, behaviors that we think so we think is fly, and behaviors that we think is is is is is a little corny. Like some weeks we might talk about a piece of clothing, some other weeks we might talk about the places people go to vacation, or uh how people dress certain holidays on Instagram, how you carry yourself outside it outside of work out or at work. Uh but yeah, well, let's let's start by asking each other what we're wearing. Like our favorite aesthetics. Yeah, of course.

SPEAKER_00 8:57

Oh, yeah. So obviously.

SPEAKER_01 8:58

You look pretty dapper today, like your old street wear. Yes, I'm in back in time.

SPEAKER_00 9:04

Yes, my little skater bag. I'm in. Uh so obviously I got the um Supreme T box logo. Uh yes, even though box logos are not quote unquote cool as much anymore, but I still enjoy a good box logo. It's like a little nostalgia. Got on Supreme Cargo shorts. Uh, what's it called? I got um sample industry scrunch socks, and I got the regular, regular, dagular, old school Vans are not paralyzed, they're not a collab, just regular old school vans. They're not Ricks, they're not Ricks, everybody. Getting confused. Exactly. So instead of Tony Hawk, you Gary Hawk with the skate with the skater gear. All I'm saying is if you wear Vans, if we were Rick Owens, the same girl's gonna be the same hawk too.

SPEAKER_01 9:47

You're right, correct. Uh for me, I'm not doing anything too crazy. I got a little Zara sweater, gap, cargo, camel cargo pants, and you know, some Jordan 1s, some Jordan 1 highs. I ain't doing nothing too.

SPEAKER_00 10:03

This is a fit that will never go out of style.

SPEAKER_01 10:04

Oh, yeah. This is uh, those are classic colorways. This is a OG, this is an OG fit. Like this is a lazy fit to go to school with, to go to the club. And this is like me embracing what's to come, which is like my 30s and the laid-back style, the dad style, if you will. Exactly. Yeah, you you you you want to embrace being comfortable more than being cool or fly.

SPEAKER_00 10:31

Exactly. And you can do both. So, what are some aesthetics that we like or don't like? You want to get into?

SPEAKER_01 10:36

All right. Uh so there's been this trend that has bothered me for a long time.

SPEAKER_00 10:43

A long time.

SPEAKER_01 10:44

But I never talked about it until the ladies got tired of it. Because once once it floods my timeline, it kind of gives me the confirmation. Once the women think something is corny, it takes a lot for women to call something corny. Because women typically, their taste is all over the place. They like all type of niggas that look all type, you know, all type of ways. And and and style over the year has changed. It used to be the big t-shirt, then it got into the skinny jeans. Now, predominantly I used to see the younger kids wear the bedazzled clothing.

SPEAKER_00 11:15

Mm-hmm. Rhinestones.

SPEAKER_01 11:17

Rhinestones. Um, at first I used to see it in the in the in the Scullies.

SPEAKER_00 11:22

Yes, hate them shit.

SPEAKER_01 11:24

You know, uh, and then you know, I started seeing the shirts bedazzled out. Then the jeans are now a thing. Yeah. A piece of jewelry, I call it. Uh and there's been going, there's an ongoing joke that the women are going with on TikTok saying you can't even twerk on a nigga because your butt cheeks will be shredded up by the time you get off of him. And once the ladies start to get frustrated, you know, as the ladies' favorite broadcaster, I gotta come here and talk about it. Now, I don't want to be a hypocrite, Gary. I never would have come off as a hypocrite. Yes, we had that in the 90s, in the early 2000s. Yes. You get what I'm saying? Like Ed Hardy tried to do it. You know? Yes. We had BB Simon that had that went crazy with the chain wallets in the belt.

SPEAKER_00 12:12

And all the niggas that was too bougie for Ed Hardy, they went to Christian Audeger.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

Correct. So, and we had different brands that that, and again, once the streets get a hold of something higher fashion, Marc Jacobs hopped on the trend at some point. You know, Chrome Hearts, Tommy Hill figure even did, you know, some tops with it. So we understand the thing. But my my problem is with the kids nowadays is if something is trendy, first of all, something could be trendy and not fashionable. But when something is deemed trendy, I can understand one pair of jeans. Y'all niggas is buying five, six, ten pairs of jeans the same way with the same pattern, with the same rhinestones. And it's like, bro, I, you know, do you want to look like furniture and a piece of art, or do you want to wear clothing that fits comfortable and that you're gonna have for for a while?

SPEAKER_00 13:10

Like I would say it's definitely nasty fashion to me because I'm seeing a lot of it's a lot of these Yins, a lot of high school kids, they're literally walking and they looking like the slowdown sign in the school zone. Yeah, just flashing all over the place. And it's like, at first, I saw when like um, I know I think Marnie, I think, tapped into it first. Yes, and then obviously when a big brand does it, the DIY brands start to do it themselves, and then obviously you'll start seeing like um these, you know, those little like those old websites like Census or of course Carmel Loop. If you still use Carmel Loop, I know I'm probably just addressing my age just now, just by saying that site. But like I'm I'm a I'm a little over it. Like, I know there's some people that do it right. I know, like um, the only time I saw someone wear like a rhinestone like shorts or denim or anything, Stefan Diggs pulled it off decent and like um one little fit. But other than that, it's like I'm a little over it.

SPEAKER_01 13:58

Yeah, Capitol does a good job keeping it minimal.

SPEAKER_00 14:01

Yes, they got some jeans with the jewels on the side, acne jeans, they have that little print where it's like it looks like there's stuff like keychains hanging, but it's actually printed on the jeans.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

And chrome hearts, you know. We don't have to, you know, that goes without saying. And vertebrae also have some pieces of clothing that are like that. And again, we're not here to shit on it, it's just keep it at a minimum because in six more months, something else will be in style. Because y'all try to go crazy with jean shorts, and a lot of y'all, it wasn't working for y'all. Like, I was going to parties and I miss seeing a woman in a dress. And it's like every every woman would had the fucking baggy jeans and a sweater and an oversized clothing. Like, I get it. If you buy one piece of something and you want to keep up with with the trends of today and you want to try something new, I get it. But filling up your closet and that becoming your identity for the next six months is a little too extreme.

SPEAKER_00 15:04

Yeah, and I'm gonna say right now, it's like you guys can kill me for saying this, but there's an age limit on all that shit. All you all you old niggas need to stop it. I'm saying it right now. Like, I understand you niggas follow Fab, you follow Jim Jones, you follow Maino. I understand that they do it, they are celebrities.

SPEAKER_01 15:23

Correct. And they're also wearing these things once and they're not wearing it again.

SPEAKER_00 15:27

Yes, and it's wearing they're wearing like the upper class brands. I understand if you want to mimic that look, but sir, you are 50 years old in the club. That already is a problem in my book. But the fact that you want to look like a freaking a slow down sign in a club at 50 years old, you need to you need to stop it. If you it's bad if your freaking, if your 16-year-old freaking nephews are asking where you get that from. Yeah, because when I'm I tell everybody this. I'm at the age, I'm getting to the age. Well, I'm not wanna age myself, but like when I'm 40, when I'm 50 years old, I want people to be like, you know what, that shit is lame, that shit's corny. Because people like my sister would always see something like, Gary, that's corny. Why you look like that? I don't like that. She always wears two years later. Of course. So it's like, all I'm saying is it's like you gotta like dress your age just a little bit.

SPEAKER_01 16:09

Just a little bit. And bring back jewelry. You know, if you want to shine. Yeah, if you want to shine, buy a Cuban, buy a chain, a little tennis chain. You get what I'm saying? Like, buy the Morsenite shit that you niggas are uh buying at the flea market. Yeah, do it. I mean, I'm I'm not against the waves, you feel me? I'm I mean, I'm not trying to age myself or shit on it because again, the kids are the future. Like, the kids make the cool. I'm I'm never gonna shit on it. It's just just do it to a certain limit. And and for the niggas over 40 in the club doing it, it's like, and I know where they get that from. You know who I'm blaming for all of this? Atlanta niggas. But I'm blaming us in Florida for copying a lot of this shit because we know the rumor about Atlanta niggas. So when you copying what Atlanta niggas do in their look, just know the type of attention that comes with that. That's all.

SPEAKER_00 17:04

Exactly. And like I wanted like the last aesthetic um conversation I wanted to have is just like um I recently went to a graduation. So um, and I've been seeing a lot of people graduate. Shout outs out to all the graduates. But I have to call, when I see bullshit, I have to call it out. Of course. All you niggas that's wearing mall outfits to these graduations. Why? All I'm saying is not saying you gotta wear a three-piece suit, but my niggas. If you have to wear jeans to the club, I'm pretty sure you can find at least a pair of jeans just to wear to a graduation. Fam, if your kids, if your nephew is graduating, I'm just saying it's not a good time to wear a box law. Whatever happened to trousers and like a long-sleeve shirt. You wouldn't even gotta wear trousers. Wear jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt, minimum. Yeah, bro. I went to my sister's graduation and my nigga, when I tell you I saw a nigga wear a tech fleece to the graduation. My nigga, this is a graduation for a law school law school. Yeah. Has some in the words of cheech, has some koof. Yeah, please.

SPEAKER_01 18:08

And there's a time and a place. The after party, wear all the tech fleece you want. Ma'am, can we get a glimpse of glimpse of what you're gonna look like in the future? You graduating law school, can we see what you look like in a button-down shirt? I'm not asking for too much.

SPEAKER_00 18:24

All I'm saying is, bro, it's like, and I I I I get it. Like, I know like as you people say, come as you please, but it's like, yo, fam, just have a little bit of respect. Like, I don't want like my goal for going anywhere, I like to dress for the occasion. Yeah, for sure. Like, I don't wanna like when I'm a like when I'm a parent, I don't want to go to my like child's graduation and they want they kind of be like, yeah, that's that's my that's my dad over there.

SPEAKER_01 18:44

Yeah, I mean again to close this topic down, like we only we we're talking shit, but we only bringing this up because if you enter this shit called fashion, it's an extension of your personality. And and and your sense of style says a lot about you, uh uh and and it speaks before somebody gets a chance to introduce themselves. And part of that is how you were raised. If you were in tech fleece to graduation, they can tell what kind of household you come from. And you don't want to come off as that way because first impression is a big thing. And again, I'm not judging you. If you a kid, that's the only piece of clothing you got, you got it. But that's in the minority. But if you guys know better, just do better, especially black people. We look a certain way. That's all.

SPEAKER_00 19:33

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 19:33

That's all that's that's it, and that's all. All right, let's uh transition into new music. Yes, there's been a lot of music that has dropped. Uh, the big dog, some of the big dogs came out. Um, the female Drake drop, aka Lotto. I love Lotto, by the way. Uh Lotto drop, solid project. Um, she she mastered the the Drake formula, making catchy hooks, making caption-worthy stuff for the girls to pop their shit. And one of the things I appreciate about Lotto, and I've been vocal about this, is she practice what she preach. She wanna, she, she embodies that braggadocious Atlanta girl lifestyle. I'm getting money, fuck a nigga. If I have a nigga, cool. If I don't, I'm still my life is okay. The album embodies that. She's a lover girl with some money that is cool with having a dude by her side. But if she doesn't, she'll still be outside with her homegirls. That don't stop shit. Um, so yeah, that her album. I don't know if you had a chance to listen to it. Did you listen to it before? Yes. I gave it one listen. I already know the songs that I'm interested in and where I want to hear them. So I already made my little playlist. Um, but yeah, solid project, nothing spectacular, just uh a southern girl talking her shit. I understand realistically.

SPEAKER_00 21:01

Yeah, um, I didn't get to it because I forgot, like, while I was like, I think I saw it advertised. I think I was about to click on it. I'm like, oh wait, I have a dick.

SPEAKER_01 21:09

See, I hate when you say that because there's some girls out there that you'd be surprised, they're spitters, and she's one of them. She's actually good.

SPEAKER_00 21:17

All I'm saying is that like I like I respect Lotto. Like, um, I understand like everyone loves Big Mama. I I I get it, but it's like if it's in the club or it's at a party, if I'm with my wife and like it literally comes on a playlist, cool, but it's like I'm a grown-ass man, bro. Like, I don't, I'm not gonna be able to do that. She's not how about this? I'm gonna say it the more appropriate way. I'm not the target audience. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 21:41

But I mean, just just to shoot us some bail, she don't make oh, my pussy, my pussy, my pussy music. She don't make that. She makes shit for for the lit girlies, the working class girls. She she makes fun, get money music for women.

SPEAKER_00 21:56

Hey, when I hear her on the feature, I don't delete, I don't delete the track. I she do be rapping. But it's like me going out my way to listen to a whole lotto album. No disrespect, but I'm not the target audience.

SPEAKER_01 22:05

But I mean, the main the main person that we really here to highlight is Drake. I don't know why we didn't start off with this. No, I mean you gotta save the best for last. Uh, I'm sure you heard that expression before. Uh, Drake, um, during I actually caught the live stream walking out of work. He previewed all the music videos he later ended up dropping on his page. Uh, but he he surprised us with three new albums. Yes. Um, and and honestly, it's it's that release for me was chaotic, it was historic, uh, it was calculated. Yeah. Um it's all the good things. Like uh you, you know, listening to this project from top to bottom, and I've ran Iceman back at least 20 times at this point. Um, yeah, man, he's he's he's talking on there. He addressed a whole lot. He addressed the beef, he addressed where he is mentally, he addressed what's to come, he addressed his status, uh, as far as whether or not he cares to be independent or not. Uh we we got a lot of content. We got a lot of music for the women, we got a lot of music for the niggas that enjoy rapping Drake. Uh we got the simp music of him, you know, popping fly and tricking on bitches. We we got we got all the Drake that we want during these three projects. Yes. Uh how how how was your uh perception of everything once he dropped everything? Um I and which project did you run into first? Run to first?

SPEAKER_00 23:38

Iceman, of course, like for sure. I was actually kind of confused, like when I like um like around midnight, uh when everything was dropping, and like when I typed up Drake, I saw I think Maid of Honor first, and like, the fuck? Okay, and then I'm like, I just refreshed it, then Iceman came, and then like so. I was uh I was just generally confused until I went into like my group chat, like and then I'm like, oh shoot, he dropped more albums. I'm like, all right, cool. Um, I enjoyed all three albums. Um, I had a really good listening experience because I was kind of out of town, so I always get to like take a long drive listening to all the albums. No, um, for sure. I ran Iceman back countless times. Um, actually, this the second album I started to listen to a lot more after Iceman was actually um Made of Honor. Okay. Uh I actually really do love the vibe because if you guys don't know, like I'm a really big fan of Honestly Nevermind. I still will never forgive y'all that disrespected that album. For sure. And and it did the numbers. I don't know. Like somebody love it somewhere. Oh man, like I when I heard, um, when I heard like Made of Honor, I'm like, oh, I know which audience this is for. Of course.

SPEAKER_01 24:38

And if you don't have a passport, there's certain Drake lyrics and music that you won't understand.

SPEAKER_00 24:44

Exactly. No, no disrespect. I'm disrespecting it because it's like, because the reason why I gotta say that is like, yes, if you a nigga in the trenches and you don't if you play Made of Honor and you already like uh let's say like a Kendrick stan or anything, and it's like and there's no disrespect to Kendrick because I love Kendrick's music as well. But it's like if you like live in a place where it's nothing but trenches, there's no beach by you, mate of honor is not for you, and that's okay. Of course, and um, but like yeah, like there's countless songs. Like I love all the intros on Iceman. Um, I love like uh I love the the outro, I love um shebang. Of course. Um, there's another one. Um Bees on the Table has been Bees on the Table, and like uh there's like there's a countless tracks, but ones I the album that I started to listen to a lot more often now, which I kind of saved for last because I knew I was gonna listen to it the most, was Habibti. Because I love that one. I love B Side Drake, I call it B-side Drake, the RB slower records. Bro, when I tell you that like there's some songs on it, like the one with Lushimi. Oh, yeah, I'm spent. Spent. Oh, by the way, shout out to Drake for giving like Brawer County a little bit more like of course recognition. Like, like um, you have the um Lil Birdie. Oh, Lil Birdie been smapping it though. And what I love about that is that kind of distorted, kind of like it kind of sounds like you got it off SoundCloud. It's a rough, but he should have had he should have had yak on that. 1000%. I think there's something there.

SPEAKER_01 26:07

I I don't know what the business dealing is because I know Kodak is no longer at Atlantic. I don't know if he had the proper representation at the time to make this happen. And also, Drake been through a lot. He probably was not in the mood to collaborate with anybody since a lot of the industry kind of turned on him in the last few years. Exactly. But what a way as a big dog to come back to assert dominance, to take control, and to re reinsert yourself in the conversation.

SPEAKER_00 26:35

Can I say my my favorite song out of all three albums, surprisingly? Um, White Bone. Okay. When I tell you, y'all don't understand now, but I think white bone, white bone is gonna be like literally S tier version of Drake of his RB records. I know it's early to say now, but the reason why I love White Bone because that reminded me of um of a freaking Marvin's room type, like um uh type of feeling. Because when Drake is vulnerable, when he's sad, when he's lusting over bitches, like when he's like literally, ah, take my phone, please. It's like when he's literally just kind of like helpless talking about women, that's what I generally feel like that's where he's at his peak. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 27:14

And he's he's honest about that. He's like all the NBA players, all the rappers be hiding the fact that y'all trick, y'all pay for these flights, y'all buy these G-Wagons, y'all buy these Maybach trucks, you know, y'all be paying for these penthouses, all these trips, y'all be paying for them, but y'all be acting, y'all be so cool and so pee to not claim the girl or act like she's being delusional. Like when we see a a bottle girl from Houston traveling all over the globe, and we know how much no disrespect some professions pay, it's like somebody is funding that lifestyle.

SPEAKER_00 27:48

I have to ask you, like, what's your favorite diss on the album?

SPEAKER_01 27:52

Man, I I would have to say, if I'm being honest, I I gotta say, uh, what's my joint? The one where he uh not whisper my name, uh the joint after that when he addressed uh Jay-Z multiple times.

SPEAKER_00 28:11

He mentioned that, but like even like the like shut the fuck up, Janice. He mentioned that.

SPEAKER_01 28:15

Yeah, that I think that that's probably one of my favorite because I think he gave Joe Budd some bars, he gave Jay-Z some bars. Apparently, Sauce Walker was this throughout this whole album. I let you no disrespect, Sauce Walker, and I fuck with you, fam. When big dogs are talking, it's not your time, bro. It's not your time, even if you feel that way, save it for week. Like, my album is about to be number one three weeks in a row. Multiple songs from multiple albums that I drop are charting. I passed Michael Jackson for the like I passed Hove. Like, I do not respectfully Sauce Walker. Not right now.

SPEAKER_00 28:57

And the sad part is he can actually rap. Like, he slid on his verse on Acep Rocket.

SPEAKER_01 29:01

No, he's dope. He's dope. It's just not right now. We're not addressing regional rap. We're addressing, we're talking about a global superstar, a phenom.

SPEAKER_00 29:10

You know what the sad part is about sauce walker, real quick, is that I've kind of put him in the same lane as like a Freddie Gibbs, where it's like, y'all both are really good rappers, it's just your antics outside of music hinders your freaking.

SPEAKER_01 29:21

I think that's kind of what hurt plies as well. When you got carried away with a little Duval, too, as a comedian. I think when the antics Fred Lane's clearly once the antics and and the goofy shit and the comedy and all the trolling takes over and and it speaks more than the talent, or that's what the blogs are picking up more. It kind of serves as an endurance.

SPEAKER_00 29:43

My favorite disc was um hands down, probably one of my favorite bars was um I've been aiding Ross's streams before Aiden Ross has been.

SPEAKER_01 29:49

Oh, yeah, for sure. For sure. Um I think I think Drake is booted up. He he he he got his confidence back. And I don't care how like the world views him, I think Drake, he said it on the album. I'm I'm I'm settled in my evil ways. Like I think you're kind enough until you feel like you all alone. And and Drake has rapped. Funny how he realized something he's been rapping about for years. It's lonely at the top. They they they they root for you to get up there, then oh you you you you too rich, you too powerful, you control everything, you don't want to give me a feature. For whatever reason, and and Jay-Z knows about this more than anybody, you get a lot of hate being the guy. And and and I'm finally happy that Drake is settling into all right, hate it or love it, I've been blessed to be in this position.

SPEAKER_00 30:46

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 30:46

Fuck y'all, y'all wanna work with me? Cool. Y'all wanna be my enemies? I'm gonna step on all of y'all and still do the numbers and still do that.

SPEAKER_00 30:54

Yeah, he's in his villains arc. And like honestly, this album, like, last thing I'll say about this album is that this album just it was another reminder, the internet is fake.

SPEAKER_02 31:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 31:02

Like, this album really reminded me that people really need to touch grass because people say, Oh, Drake is canceled, we can't listen to him anymore. He's done.

SPEAKER_01 31:08

And it's like, bro, he's like, The label is gonna play games, he's not gonna he's gonna do max 200,000 first week.

SPEAKER_00 31:14

Like, fam, he dropped three albums, and literally all three albums are top three on Billboard.

SPEAKER_01 31:19

And not to bring analytics in this, but it's like, yo, fam, it's like the numbers don't lie, and and and and salute hard work. Like listening to this project, the last thing I'm gonna say is you cannot you cannot argue that he can't rap. You you hear the RB influence, you hear the soul influence, you hear the house music influence, you hear the South African influence, you hear the Jamaican influence. It's like, yo, this guy is a cultured uh uh uh a machine that's given us vibes. Like Drake has been on top for the last 16 years. He's been that guy for almost two decades, summer after summer, writing the story of a love's life of a love live and all lust lives. Give that man his just due, man. Same niggas that's popping fly about Kendrick behind the scenes, you in the car listening to Drake with your bitch. I do not want to hear it. Y'all do not play Kendrick more than Drake, unfortunately. And I love Kendrick, I love Cole, but to set the vibes in any room, you can't go wrong with Drake. Point blank period.

SPEAKER_00 32:31

Exactly. And I gotta ask you another question, too. Like, if I I doubt it will happen, but would you like to see a Drake and Hove battle?

SPEAKER_01 32:40

Uh, I don't care to see it because it's gonna be the same thing as the argument about LeBron and Kobe uh and um Jordan. It's gonna be the same.

SPEAKER_00 32:50

Same thing.

SPEAKER_01 32:50

Because they're gonna talk about the different eras, they're gonna, they're gonna hang their hat on the fact that Hove did it when pure sales matter, he did it when New York was at the hem of hip hop, he did it in the 90s against DMX, Jada Kiss, and against Bad Boy and all. And I I get it. The the truth of the matter is there's competition in different eras, uh huh. And the truth of the matter is the cream always rise to the top. Yeah, so if y'all niggas could do what Drake do, y'all would have done it. If the industry had 10% success that Drake achieved, everybody would sleep better at night. Uh-huh. And the lineage of your family would be different. So I don't care to see it because here's the parallel I came up with. If Drake wins the beef against Hove, hypothetically speaking, you know what the naysayers are gonna say? Oh my god, Jay-Z is 56, he's not an active rapper. He has to balance being with Beyonce, being a father, being a husband, being a billionaire, you know, uh uh, you know, running the Super Bowl halftime show. He doesn't have the time to concentrate into rap, and he's more than a rapper. He's a bit he's a mogul. If Jay wins, oh my god, oh my god, this guy's running rap, and and this 56-year-old nigga came out of nowhere uh and and whooped his ass and gave him a spanking. Hove is hove, New York is back. You're not gonna win. You're not gonna win. I respect them for their contribution in hip-hop. I love them for different reasons. That roots picnic freestyle. That's how that's the hove I love because that's how I like to pop fly. Hove like to come out, remind you, we're not chasing the same thing, we're not on the same league, we don't make the same type of money, we don't have the same priorities, and I'm fighting bigger battles than you. You still the little guy, I'm still top dog. And another reason why I love Hove from day one, he's done it independently. Has he worked with people? Has he had collaborators and partnerships? Yes, but it's commendable to do it independently and have all your albums sell more than a million units. But we can't disagree that Drake is the golden goose.

SPEAKER_00 35:12

We can't.

SPEAKER_01 35:13

We can't, I agree, but yeah, I love bro that that that freestyle. My favorite bar from that freestyle is when he said, Wrong chart, champ. Look up again. That whole talk different.

SPEAKER_00 35:32

Yeah, Jay-Z, like the reason why like um but Jay-Z and like and and Drake, like, if there's I'm there's not an actual beef, but it's like I call it cute bars. I know that the whole vengers are gonna call it Battle of the Eagles. There, I know the whole vengers are gonna kill me, but it's like I saw like like um Jay's like um freestyle, and it's like I admired it. The bars were dope, but it's like him and Drake, it's like I call it cute bars is because like these niggas could all possibly freaking take a picture or do a song together in two to three years. Of course. That's why it's like they fighting different battles. Like Drake is literally fighting with his label. Like you said, Jay Z is literally having a partnership with the NFL.

SPEAKER_01 36:08

So it's like there's too much money, there's too much money at stake. These niggas are too big of brands. Violence is not gonna be included because niggas enjoy their lives. They're both billionaires in their own rights.

SPEAKER_00 36:21

No, I don't I would say it was like, but if that beef actually happened, there's more to lose than more to gain.

SPEAKER_01 36:26

Correct.

SPEAKER_00 36:26

Yeah. So what's next on the on the docket?

SPEAKER_01 36:28

And it would divide the rap industry. I know, like, bro, Jay-Z has a monopoly and a thumb on hip-hop and on culture.

SPEAKER_00 36:36

What's next on the docket?

SPEAKER_01 36:38

Um, next thing we're gonna talk about uh sports. Let's briefly uh cover sports. Uh, right now the NBA finals are ongoing. Uh the New York Knicks are my favorite to win. They're the underdog. Uh Jalen Jalen Brunson is balling the fuck out. Yeah. Uh I love the New York energy. I know if y'all niggas win, you're not gonna shut the fuck up for 40 years, but exactly. Oh, the summer is there. But the you cannot deny the energy that anybody from New York brings. Like, I'm I'm enjoying it, it feels competitive. I I'm watching I watched the game last night. I caught it by the fourth quarter, and I went to sleep by the fourth quarter. That's basketball.

SPEAKER_00 37:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 37:21

That's basketball. Like, I I really I'm enjoying every minute of this slug fest.

SPEAKER_00 37:27

I love it. I would say that like um I would like the Knicks to I would say this. Like, um I want the Knicks to win, but I do think the Spurs are gonna take it, take it, take it all the way. Because I really like I'm a Wemby believer. If you love him or hate him, some people just say, oh, he's an anomaly.

SPEAKER_01 37:43

Like, he's he's no, he's a talent.

SPEAKER_00 37:45

He's he's he's literally talent. Like, I would say it's like um it's definitely gonna go seven games. Um, I personally don't know who's gonna win. I hope the Knicks win because that's just I feel like the summer and just like when the Knicks are good at basketball, it's just better for not even just basketball, it's just better for the sport for all the sports, in my personal opinion. But if the one quick nerdy rant I want to get I want to get off real quick is De'Aaron Fox. I am personally asking you this question what the fuck are you doing? You have a 200 million, damn your 200 million dollar contract, and you're it's it's rare to see you score over 10 points. It was pissing me off me even more is that I'm seeing freaking Castle have the ball more than you. That's just my little rant. I want to say I have a problem with Kat.

SPEAKER_01 38:30

He he got a body blow from Wendy last night and fell down like a little bitch. And and my thing is this you don't help your case when you doing this. My nigga, you making 40 to 50 million plus a year. You have the best nutritionalist, uh, you you have the best uh uh uh uh uh uh specialists, people to feed you right. Uh uh, you you have trainers. Nigga, fucking work out. Have some up to you. Wimby fucking gave you a body blow and you fall down to the floor pressing your chest. Nigga, what the fuck? Get the fuck up.

SPEAKER_00 39:08

I think Kat forgets, even though Wimby's seven foot. Nigga, you seven foot too.

SPEAKER_01 39:12

It's just, bro, it's just I hate the soft shit. But we are in the finals.

SPEAKER_00 39:18

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 39:19

Expect everything, expect to be hurt, expect to break a leg, expect to give it all you got on the floor because that's the highest honor of this sport.

SPEAKER_00 39:27

Jalen Brunson damn your almost disloc dislocated his knee, rolled his ankle, went right back on that court and dropped 30.

SPEAKER_01 39:33

Nah, he he he he got that Kobe shit in him, bro. I ain't gonna lie to you. I he might, if he if they win, I'm getting a jersey. Now, the sad part is Nick's tickets will never be affordable ever again if they win.

SPEAKER_00 39:47

Never. Bro, the I think the cheapest ticket at Madison Square Gardens, I think, is like 3,000. And that's at the freaking nosebleeds, at the rafters, touching the jerseys hanged up.

SPEAKER_01 39:55

Yeah, but New York get a lot of uh bad rap, but it would do a lot for the economy of the city, it would do a lot for the morale of the city. Um might cost some money for some damage. If they win and Jada Kiss fucking get on there, Ja Rule and Fat Joe and do that New York song they got. Oh, bro. Nigga, the internet that's on my chart back up.

SPEAKER_00 40:20

Bro, the funniest comment I've seen is like, yo, if the Knicks win the championship, they're gonna freaking pass and parade the freaking Statue of Liberty.

SPEAKER_01 40:27

Nigga, they will New York niggas are so arrogant, they would come celebrate in every state. They will go to Atlanta and celebrate, they'll come to Miami and celebrate.

SPEAKER_00 40:37

We can't go to Twin Peaks without seeing freaking Nick Gear. Because we won't forget, all you New Yorkers love moving to Florida.

SPEAKER_01 40:42

1000%. Stealing all our women. That's the story for another day.

SPEAKER_02 40:47

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 40:48

Uh, but the World Cup. The World Cup is happening soon. There's a lot of the friendly matches that started already. Shout out to Haiti. Shout out to Haiti. We uh we done we we just got done whooping New Zealand for nil the other day. Uh, as a person that has played soccer in the past, uh as a proud Haitian. Um, I'm I'm happy. I'm happy. Uh Haiti got a lot of flack because some reporter went on Telemundo and talked hella shit saying, uh, you know, none of the players are in the Premier League, none of the players play, you know, in La Liga where the competition is top tier and they don't think Haitian, you know, the Haitian national team will fare good. But I think it's just an accomplishment if your country is considered and makes it. Um Jamaica ain't there.

SPEAKER_00 41:35

I'll praise it.

SPEAKER_01 41:36

I can't wait to watch quality soccer. You feel me? And and all Haitians, though, we're gonna be rooting for Haiti, but we're also gonna be rooting for Brazil. So that is one team y'all will never let. So I I you know, and when Brazil goes down, we're gonna be rooting for France. So Haiti is gonna have a team in the in the you know, in the in the competition. Exactly. Believe it or not.

SPEAKER_00 41:58

And that's Jamaican since like we didn't qualify. Did you qualif did you guys qualify? No, nigga, you know your bitch ass. We didn't I'm not talking shit. Your bitch ass knows we didn't qualify, nigga. Okay, y'all didn't qualify. All right. It's a touchy subject.

SPEAKER_01 42:12

It is?

SPEAKER_00 42:13

Yes. It's a touchy subject. So we all know like our friggin' colonizer apps is gonna be rooting for England. Hey man. Damn, the Chinese players couldn't get it done. All right, as long as they wouldn't.

SPEAKER_01 42:24

There's a lot of Chinese root in Jamaica.

SPEAKER_00 42:27

I know. I know. Watch your fucking mouth. All right.

SPEAKER_01 42:33

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 42:35

I seen a couple of Dominicans sneak on that team.

SPEAKER_01 42:37

Okay, all right. Now you're going too far. Alright, uh, leaving sports. Um, somebody that's been under scrutiny. Um it's Kevin Hart. Yes. Uh Kevin Hart. It's it's kind of been, he's at a point of his career where he's approaching billionaire status and more eyes are on him, especially with his uh partnership with this uh with this group that that that he kind of uh is collaborating with that bought some of his likeness. And some of the likes of fucking money. He's making a lot of money. Once you're making a lot of money, um all eyes are on you. Every little thing you say get judged, gets analyzed. And he had the privilege, like a lot of celebrities do, uh, to get his own roast, which he helped produce for Netflix. Yes. Um, obviously, when there's a roast, you can't really police the jokes. You can't really hear the jokes ahead of time.

SPEAKER_00 43:38

That's the only time I would say that like people really get to get their shit off.

SPEAKER_01 43:42

Yeah, that's yeah, anything that's the back of your head, you get to get it off for that night. People get to uh uh uh uh, you know, cover racism with just the joke label, and people people really get their shit off.

SPEAKER_00 43:54

You can drop your F bombs, correct, your Wii tie bars and

SPEAKER_01 44:00

Your MAGA propaganda. You could do it.

SPEAKER_00 44:03

After religion, it's freaking up in smoke for everybody.

SPEAKER_01 44:06

But Kevin Hart is in trouble, which I kind of don't understand why he's in trouble, but I kind of do. That's gonna be a long segment. He's in trouble because there was an insensitive joke that was made about George Floyd passing. Now, before that joke was made, his wife was talked about, his dead parents were talked about. There's a lot of on the nose, crungy joke that were made that were that should have been a focus as well.

SPEAKER_02 44:41

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 44:42

But that one got a lot of attention to the point where he had to stop at the Breakfast Club to clarify or make or make matters worse.

SPEAKER_00 44:50

Which one are we talking about? Which joke? I went to the city. Or teeter the lines.

SPEAKER_01 44:55

The joke that people have been on his ass for is the Joyce Floyd joke that he did not make, but because somebody on the roast did it, kill Tony, yes. Yeah, it's his roast. Which he helped produce. So he's he's been under a lot of scrutiny for that joke. Um, and I don't think there's nothing that he could have done because the event was live and it was recorded. Um comedians kind of have that code where a lot of shit, they let a lot of shit fly within each within themselves under the namesake of content. Um, how'd you feel about it? To me, I feel like if Kevin Hart policed that roast, he would a lot, he would have lost a lot more respect as a comedian. Because let's not let's not pretend. The biggest critic, the biggest critique that Kevin Hart faced is that they say he does polished comedy. He does family-friendly comedy. They already think he's a sellout. They already think he's he's he's he's paying attention to what he says during his specials because he's not trying to lose his brand partnerships. Um and he's not a loose canon as a cat williams and uh and a Dave Chappelle. Uh, I think if if if he policed that roast, they would have they they would have called him soft.

SPEAKER_00 46:18

1000%.

SPEAKER_01 46:19

Uh and and they also would have that would have reinforced the gatekeeper tag that he's been labeled with in Hollywood, especially in the comedic circle. So it was a situation for me. It was a damned if you do, damned if you don't. And and I think unfortunately, as the biggest, as one of the biggest names in the in the room, he has to bear that. Heavy is the head.

SPEAKER_00 46:42

Exactly. Um, so yeah, like um my thoughts on it is that like so one, I would say the roast was absolutely funny. Um, I would say is like I thought the roast was hilarious. I didn't think that specific joke was all the way hilarious, but I would say that like I understand why people are upset as well.

SPEAKER_01 46:59

Of course. I'm not being insensitive, exactly.

SPEAKER_00 47:02

And like I watched the roast. Um, I didn't watch the live, but I actually like watched the recap of it. Um, there was a lot of funny jokes. Um, I would say that um uh Kevin Hart got his shit off. Um, there's a couple people, like um Jeff Ross is which is like the king of roasting. He's been part of a lot of them. Exactly. Uh Regina Hall was hilarious, even Draymond got his shit off there. Still fine too. Um, I actually even think that um he got a lot of flack, but um, what's the freaking the white comedian that hosted it? I'm really mad I'm forgetting his name right now. Shane Gillis? Shane Gillis. I thought Shane. He's hilarious. I think he's funny. Shane Gillis was dropped in hilarious. I think that like I'm gonna repeat the joke. I'm sorry, but it was just flat out hilarious. He was talking about Kevin Hart's friend Naem. I thought that was the funniest joke. He's like, yo, Naeem just sounds like a name where it's like it's like a it's like a phrase that we're like a blind, like a that a blind person or a deaf person is putting on a turtleneck, and that just sounds like the name they say naive. I don't even want to repeat how he did it. No, I saw it. I saw it. But um what I would say about Tony Hitchcliffe. The sad part is that Tony Hitchcliffe is funny as shit, but the but the sad part is is that like his comedy, if you don't watch his comedy, they're more racist. It's like rage bait comedy, pretty much. For sure. And I will say is that like I think the um the George Floyd joke was definitely insensitive. I don't think it had to be said because he was already killing his set before that. He kind of ended on that note. And um, the reason why I say it's considered a problem as well, because there were some like um people who were like doing stuff like doing like reading out the lines, because all this is scripted, and all this is actually um written by writers, and that's another reason why people are upset because found out people found out that all the writers were white for that roast.

SPEAKER_01 48:48

So it's like But Kevin Hart had no say in hiring the writers and prepping this, he was not in a fucking green room reading all the jokes.

SPEAKER_00 48:57

Exactly. He wasn't the party planner for the for sure. But like I would say it's just like with Tony Hitchcliffe is that like he knew that joke was gonna like teeter the lines, and that's what the roast is for. And like um, I didn't really approve of it. Um, I did think a lot of his set was funny, but people gotta understand though, like, I know there's white people and people not who are not black are like, oh y'all overreacting, it's just a joke, but it's like you gotta understand this is like what happened to George Floyd, people not even in this country, people all over the world were protesting against it. For sure. His family is still here, by the way.

SPEAKER_01 49:28

Um, the the last thing I want to say is um the joke was insensitive, and I I don't as as as a person that loves comedy, as a person that fucking love battle rap, um, as a person that love raw comedy and and and and uh dark humor, what I want to say is a few comedians break the mold and become a household name. And unfortunately, to do that, you have to develop a style. I'm not saying Tony fucking took that opportunity to do that, but that's the purpose of shows like Saturday Night Live. Like most of the people that shine on that show end up having a name and a career in entertainment. So, yes, to us is a casual roast, but to the up-and-coming comedian that wants to make himself a household name that wants to be trending, because that's the thing now, that wants to be talked about after the roast and promote a special after the roast, like that's their opportunity to get their shit off and to audition for that wide audience. That roast was televised and and shown to millions of people. Again, it's insensitive, bad timing. There's a time and a place. I'm a big believer in that. But guys, that's if you've ever watched any of the roasts, that's kind of the purpose.

SPEAKER_00 51:00

But I have to say, if I had to give, I have to like literally like uh like uh give some flack to Kevin Hart, I did think he deflected a little too much because he literally took zero accountability for the joke. And I understand you didn't write the joke, you didn't say the joke, but we have this discussion all the time. If we throw a party something after that party, our name is gonna be on it. Oh, these are the aesthetics, is in is in a lawsuit because it's our party. Yes, and like Kevin Hart got has to understand too, is like, um, and people have to understand this as well. Kevin Hart, like you said, is making a different type of money, so he's a little tone-deaf on certain shit. But I think Kevin Hart, like even when the Breakfast Club interview, he was kind of like a little bit too dismissive and he was kind of playing down a lot of the shit, which I understand, but it's like, bro, you have to be a little bit more sensitive because majority of your fan base that literally buys tickets at your shows are black people, are literally ethnic people.

SPEAKER_01 51:52

I I disagree. I disagree because if you if you start apologizing for jokes, then it doesn't stop. Then they're gonna pull jokes that you made 10 years ago and make because I think Kevin Hart went through that Oscar shit and that left that left a bit like the same thing with that Drake went through. Y'all try to kill me, y'all try to destroy me, and I overcame it. All right, fuck what y'all think, because the world is bigger than this group that's this small group that's hating on me. Like Kevin Hart is a global brand, bro. This man got commercials with Chase Bank.

SPEAKER_00 52:26

I understand.

SPEAKER_01 52:27

This man, you get what I'm saying? And again, I'm not saying like, because let's say he takes accountability for the joke, right? Now, it's gonna make him hyper aware of who gets around him. And I can't put the onus on Kevin Hart with his busy schedule if he's gonna be somewhere with a comedian for him to do research on all the specials the comedian did. Everything like it's show business. There's gonna be shitty people, there's gonna be racist people. You kind of have to roll with the punches. I think next time he'll do he'll do better with the vetting process, but yo, if you choose what you want to consume.

SPEAKER_02 53:08

I get it.

SPEAKER_01 53:09

If roast is not your thing and you are tender that way, don't watch it.

SPEAKER_00 53:14

No, I understand. Like, even like when I was watching the roast with Gail, like Guile was getting offended at a lot of the jokes. There's a lot of like slave and like racist jokes, even though I thought it was still hilarious, but I literally told her, no, we can't watch this because it's this roast is not for you. Because like you have to have a certain thick thick layer of skin to even watch a roast, let alone be in a roast.

SPEAKER_01 53:34

Yeah, so and it's fine, just watch a documentary, turn on the Disney channel, go to HBO Max, there's mad content out there. Exactly. Uh, I've been meaning to talk about this uh topic for weeks now, uh, and it's not really something huge, but I was just thinking, like when I'm bored, I think about some of the dumbest shit, and I promise you guys I'm not a smoker, so those are not high thoughts. So I was thinking about the top five to ten things that were created by man or God that we're just grateful for, or that we're just grateful for uh uh living on earth. I I'll let you go first. What are some things that you feel like uh existence and life on earth would be kind of impossible and hard without? Um I would say a double-edged sword, the police. Okay, okay. Protect and serve. That's that that's that's the goal, but maybe while and out.

SPEAKER_00 54:34

I understand. Like the the police is the reason why I live in the suburbs. People need to be reminded you can't sell crack and you can't sell ass on this block. What else? Uh what else are you grateful for? Like maybe a car? What do you what do you think? Uh I'm grateful for footwear. I'm grateful for sneakers. Um, I'm grateful for women. Oh now you're talking my language. Of course it's your language. You never beat your legation. Uh what's the other thing I'm grateful for? Um, I'm grateful for, I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for dessert. Okay. I like that. I'm grateful for dessert. Food in general, obviously, we're grateful for, but I'm just generally grateful for dessert. A good dessert, if you're having a bad day, a good dessert can serve it, can like ease your mind very quickly. Your house burned down. Ah, but look at the Cinnabon. Dessert on top of the women. I'll just joke.

SPEAKER_01 55:27

Um I'll say top five to to to ten things that were created by God or men that I'm grateful for and I'm happy that were created. Uh number one, I'll start with women. I'll start with women. Uh number two, electricity. Uh uh, including AC. Can't live without that. Um cars. Um, I can't imagine leaving New York on a horse to come to Florida. Uh, so shoutouts to that. Oh, I'm thankful for Zell.

SPEAKER_00 56:01

I don't have to wait to see the nigga to get my money.

SPEAKER_01 56:04

Uh food. Uh I'm grateful for food. Um, yeah, I think I think some of the best things that were created is if I have to give my top five, women, food, transportation, um, electricity.

SPEAKER_00 56:26

Yeah. I would say a double-edged sword is definitely the police because the police definitely do keep our community safe. But if you look like us, you can get killed just for looking like us.

SPEAKER_01 56:36

Yeah, you're right. You're right. But yeah, that was just some playful thing I was I was thinking about. Um thankful for condoms.

SPEAKER_02 56:44

Ha ha.

SPEAKER_01 56:46

Yep. Some of y'all do not deserve to be. We might have to bleed that out. Uh it wasn't for condoms, a lot of niggas would die after them DR trips. Yeah, that's a fact. Uh, yeah. Protect yourselves out there. Um, yeah, that that's that's about it, man. Um the last thing to wrap this all up. I was having a conversation with Michael, and um, I was telling them like the two different approaches that me and you have when it comes to content creation and just approaching an idea. And I was telling them, like, I'm the type to just, you know, let's explore everything. And something is bound to work, you know, we're only young once, and wow, niggas don't have too much crazy responsibilities, wives, kids, just a lot of drama. Like, let's just reach our full potential. Like, if you have an idea in your head, just get up and do it. And I'm like, a different, that's that's that's my idea of that. I'm like, Gary is a little bit more, let's focus on one thing at a time and perfect it to the highest extent. And he uh he suggested and advised me to come out here and talk about it a little bit because there's a lot of creators that struggle with both uh concepts on how to approach uh just new ideas and just starting out something. How do you feel?

SPEAKER_00 58:06

Like, um, I definitely understand it. It's an important conversation because it's like we kind of had that niche discussion not too long ago. Because like my way of thinking about like content creating is like I consider like a niche like the seed, and like that seed obviously grows like the stem, which is like a lane, and then it grows into different branches because like I always tell Cheech, it's like there's certain ways, like certain podcasts they start off doing this music, sports, but it's like their platform gets so big you have to literally venture off in like uh different branches just so you can please a wider spread audience. That's why people like Joe Budden get like a Mark Lamont Hill or like um Mona even that joined the show. Exactly, and like other and like other like podcasts too, like even like one of my favorite podcasts, Club 520. They're dominantly a basketball podcast, but they got Zaire Franklin on their podcast at the time because it was football season and basketball season wasn't like correct on. So it's like that's all I'm saying is like I I'm not mad at people who want to do a bunch of different things, but it's like you could also And that's one of the things that make us work because I feel like sometimes I go too far off script, you have to kind of pull me back.

SPEAKER_01 59:12

And it that's that's the relationship that we have when it comes to creating this because we could try one thing in multiple ways, as long as we chasing the same thing.

SPEAKER_00 59:22

But you could also tell like a nigga that's like um that's like a hustler as well, and a nigga that's just like, all right, you got so many hustlers like nigga, I know you ain't got no bread. Like, I'm sorry, you can't be a freaking um a parlay dude, you can't freaking um have a lawnscaping company, you can't do Ubers, like all those things that once like are you um master of something or you jack of all trades? It's like you understand what I'm saying? Yeah, it's like again, you just have to like literally find a lane, not saying you have to just stick to it. All I'm saying is be really good or be the best at something. I just wish that was more focused on in content creation.

SPEAKER_01 59:55

When we have conversations, lastly, I think one of my biggest things is one, I want to reach my fullest potential, and also it's the fear of having any regret. I don't ever want to look back and be like, damn, I should have just took that meeting. Damn, I should have just you get what I'm saying? Like, and I don't ever want to become that parent that's like, well, as soon as I had you, I had to put all my dreams and goals away to raise you. Like, so I just wanted to lightly touch on that to really like reassure the people that it's not a perfect art. The no the number one thing is to start. And if you enjoy what you do, and if you want it, if you want it bad enough, you're gonna get better as you go along. And there's not a right or wrong way to do things as long as you start, keep at it, get better with time, exactly, and try the same thing multiple ways. Hopefully, something clicks and get a partner that supports your shenanigans and that understands how you think and how you see the world. I agree.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:56

Uh, what do you go by? Man, I go by the name of Gary, aka in Gary Trust, aka Mr. Sneaker Combo, aka be the best at something.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:07

I like that. Uh, I go by the name of Cheech, aka the lady's favorite broadcaster, aka, we gonna get killed for this episode. They're gonna call us Drake Glazers. Uh aka, uh, we're back and we better. Um, we have a lot in store for y'all, and I'm so relieved, I'm so happy to be here. Of course, like we really enjoy doing this.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:30

Exactly. Yeah, it's like uh it's like a I feel like we're going into like a different gear. Yes. Like, I can definitely it's exciting, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:37

Yeah, it's refreshing, it's a new start, exactly. Um, yeah, and we are these are the aesthetics. See you next time.