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Cody Luther King Rhodes, Kendrick Lamar's Euphoria & NBA Playoffs - #91 · The Grounded Show

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Do y'all have any backstory on this Cody Luther thing, Luther King thing I've
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wrote about the child not at all. Bro y'all haven't heard about Cody Luther
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King. No, No, not really, but Cody Rhodes, right,
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yeah, So, like as I understand it, how I've kind of loosely
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followed it throughout the years, Cody Rhodes is like a very you know,
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forward guy. He's like a big like you know, in wrestling, you
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got the baby faces, got the heels, Like Cody's like a baby face
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in real life. You know what I'm saying. He's always wearing the suits.
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He's like John Cena and a suit, you know what I'm saying.
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And he's real conscious of like a lot of different things. He has a
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black wife, you know what I'm saying. They have a kid, So
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he has a black kid. So his dad is known for like being like
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real tapped in with like all different like you know, just you know,
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immigrants and black people, marginal people because he came from that kind of circuit
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in wrestling back in the day, Rose was the American dream, you know,
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the son of a plumber was this thing, you know, like he
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used to go around the South and be basically telling people like, yo,
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I'm the son of a plumber, Like I come from humble beginnings. You
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know, I've been through hard times. Like that's one of the big like
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quotes that he did, one of his big promos, like him talking about
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hard times. You know, he was talking about Rick Flair, you know,
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and he was like a perfect nemesis for Rick Flair because Rick Flair was
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super flashy. He was flashing money on people. You know, he ain't
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had time for broke or poor people, you know what I'm saying. And
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then you got Dusty Rose. He's like the man of the people, you
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know, So Cody already comes from that. Cody's himself is real aware and
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real active. You know, he's always trying for like you know, with
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AW when they started AW, they were real conscious to do like sensory rooms
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and you know the kids for like autistic kids, you know, with like
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the headphones and different things to kind of stimulate them through the show and everything.
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So you know, he's just from every level. You know, he's
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just tapped in and real aware and roll like just a good guy, you
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know what I'm saying. Yeah, So like a lot of people on Twitter,
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like and especially like black Wrestling Twitter, they started like gravitating to this
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Cody Luther King thing where they started photoshopping him into like you know, you
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got like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X meeting and Cody Rhodes is there,
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like Rose of Parks. He's like, you know what I'm saying, Like
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they're just like putting him like like just like random like pictures of like important
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moments in black history, and it's like Cody Rose is there. You know
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what? They dropped the interview of him on a podcast called Cheap Heat That
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is Peter ro ninety seven. He has a podcast and he actually like asked
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him like, Yo, are you aware that this is going on? And
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like this whole situation, and Cody was just he was a good sport about
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it. He's like, yeah, you know, I haven't really touched it
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publicly because I don't want to like react in any kind of way and people,
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you know, try to say something, you know what I mean,
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Like he don't want to touch it because like pictures of him, you know,
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in famous black scenes with like these black figures, and they're calling him
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like Cody Luther King, you know, you know, basically like he's flattered
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that they've like embraced him. You know what I'm saying. He acknowledged like
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you know, I have a black wife, a black daughter, so you
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know, I'm like really in that community just from them, you know what
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I'm saying. And the fact that they accepted me is super dope, you
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know what I'm saying. But it's just hilarious like that they actually like it
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actually made it to him and him actually like reacting to it. They got
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to be crazy. He's just scrolling through your timeline and you see like loads
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of parks or something. They got a picture with him next to Nelson Mandela
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bro and then that picks something up. Bro, they roll with that.
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This is hilarious, Yo, It's so random too. Dog Like, I
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wasn't aware so much of like the fact that there was memes and stuff,
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but I knew, like it was always a thing that they talked about,
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like on Twitter and just like on the different wrestling stuff, like they always
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mentioned like how like how much of a good guy Cody is, and like
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you know what I'm saying, like to the point where they just kind of
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like perody him of it. But I didn't know that they took it to
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this level. Dog, those means I was going crazy. Bro, I'm
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on a redd it thread right now. That just got me rolling Dogs said
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Cody. In fact, drove the bus backwards just so Rosa Parks will technically
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be in the front, unlike set. He truly is a revolutionary Broa.
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Yo, people are you know? People are hilarious, Dog, people are
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hilarious. The Internet, Bro, dog so funny, Man, I don't
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even know. I don't even know how you get to that, like,
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to that conclusion and just goes so hard with it. Bro. Man,
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the Internet is, you know, undefeated. Everybody tries to go against it
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and they just don't understand. Bro. Like if the Internet says it and
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it's true. Mm hmmm. Bro, speaking of the Internet and speaking of
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being the the Dusty Roads and the Rick Flair, Bro Drake Man is the
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day after Kendrick drop you for you? M h The discussion around it has
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been super interesting, very split to my to my surprise, but not to
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my surprise that you know what I mean. I don't know if Joe checked
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it out yet. He's he's in, He's he's Goldie Luther kinging against yea,
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all the music beefs in general, but so me and Quincy heard it.
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Bro. I thought it was crazy because there's three beats, so it
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switches, you know, a couple of times. I was I was super
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into it and like, wow, he's telling him and then the third beat
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came in and he still had another two minutes for him. I was like,
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nah, bro, Nah, this was like the disc that I was
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waiting for. Bro. I couldn't believe. Like I honestly thought like this
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thing was done. You know, time had passed. I thought maybe he
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would like drop something and give him like, you know, eight bars or
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I don't know, Bro, I just you know, I fell into the
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the microwave mentality of like that. Kendrick got to respond right away, and
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I just kind of got bored with it and was like whatever, Yeah the
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way this song came out, bro, wow man heads off to Kendrick dog
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because that was I've seen the memes going around too that this is why j
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coleb backed out of the battle. He thought about it and he was like,
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you know what, I don't want to be on the other end of
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that. Yeah, I saw somebody it said. Ja cole was like,
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did he mention me, but he was like actually, nah, was like
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yes, yes. It's kind of crazy though, because he threw like a
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like I would say, like maybe four to six bars in there where he
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kind of reiterated that it was like a friendly thing. Yeah, you know,
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he mentioned he like he mentioned that it is a three goat thing and
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that he considers them the other two goats. Like, so it was kind
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of like dope in that sense from the point of view where they're like,
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you know, he's acknowledging it and leaving it as rap. You know what
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I'm saying. Yea, like he's killing them, but he's also letting them
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know like you know, just rap. Yeah, this is what we're doing,
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you know what I mean. Yeah, And then on top of that,
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you know, he also like knowledge that like yeah, bro, I
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just don't like you, bro, like you know what I mean, Like,
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it is what it is. I don't have to you know, it
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don't hurt to me. It's kind of like because it goes back to the
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bars that I said where he kind of like showed him love like and let
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him know that it was lighthearted. But then at the same time, you
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talking about you hate this dude. Like and just like sporting up to the
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point where I'm like, like, you gotta there ain't no way you're cool
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after this. Yeah, no, no, no, there's just no way.
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Like so it was it was super like interested to me from that aspect
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to where it's like he's acknowledging that, like, oh, this is just
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rap. You know, you guys are great, you know whatever, whatever,
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But then on top of that, you're gonna kill him like that man
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this and also acknowledged that. It was like, you know, it's it's
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I think one of the lines he said it was like, you know,
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it's still love when you see success or something like that, like like,
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so he's saying, like, bro, I acknowledge your success, you know
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what I'm saying, But that don't mean that I got to rock with you.
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I don't like the way you are as a person. And that's basically
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he picked you apart as a person, you know what I mean, Like
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he literally from every angle that you can basically he really did. Though.
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He picked you apart as a person and then let you know that you know,
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I don't like you, you know what I mean. But at the
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same time, this is just rap. I acknowledge your success, but I
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don't like you crazy man. That kind of led to like because me and
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my brother was talking about it, and me and him got like into a
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discussion. Really like what what Kendrick was really talking about was like the the
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mean version of Drake at people that don't like Drake. That's what they point
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to, you know what I'm saying, Like he really just took like every
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piece of what somebody that's not a Drake fan, which is me, like
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he take. He took all them pieces and put it in the song.
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So like, for me, it was kind of dope hearing just somebody on
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that level say a few things that I felt as well, you know what
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I mean the line and this is something that we've talked about probably on the
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podcast as well, But just the fact that of that line in the song
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where Kendrick's like, I like Drake with the melodies, I don't like Drake
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when he acting tough like that literally is me to a t As far as
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being a Drake fan, yeah, a huge fan of Drake when he's just
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making good music and it's a vibe or whatever. But I always say dog.
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And it's funny because Rick Ross kind of acknowledged it a little bit when
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he did his disc. It kind of like went on his rant on Drake
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when the whole beef thing went down, But he went and did stay scheming
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with Ross and he changed after that. Bro, you see a stark change
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in Drake his sound, the direction of his lyrics, this vibe after he
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did scheming, and I'm not saying a specifically that song, but whatever possibly
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led him to do that song, whatever vibe he was on at that time,
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something changed in his presentation and from then on it's pretty much when like,
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I never really liked Drake like that, Like musically before that, I
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liked a lot of his stuff, but after that point it kind of felt
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like it went in a different direction. And that line exactly was how I
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feel like. I like Drake with the melodies. I like when he's doing
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these like relationship type joints. I like when he's rapping about some like heartfelt
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stuff. I like when he sings. A lot of people don't like when
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Drake sings. I like when Drake sings. Bro. His R and B
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songs are classic, Bro. His joints where he's just straight R and B,
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he'd be going crazy, bro, like he has a good ear,
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bro, and he has a good voice. He's a great artist, and
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he knows how to put these joints together. And I feel like that's something
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that Kendrick kind of attack too. It's like, Bro, you're dope.
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You're just choosing to take this route, and I don't respect it. Yeah,
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you know what I mean? Yeah, I agree with that. Did
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you get a chance to listen to that, Joe or you just opted not
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to? I haven't listened to any of them, Okay, gotcha? Yeah,
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I just I said that. We said the last episode where we discussed
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the Beefs, I said, I'm already I'm turned off by them. I
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don't care to listen to them. They're not contributing to a project. That
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contributing to some thirty five year old rapper beefing talking about. I didn't listen
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to Drakes. I didn't listen to Rosses. I am not listening out.
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I didn't listen to Chris Brown, I didn't listen to Quelos. Yeah,
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but I will say that, go ahead, I was gonna say. I
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will say this. I made a point. I don't know if it was
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a couple episodes ago or just in the chat I think it might have been
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in our chat, but I basically was saying that, Like, you know,
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the thing about Drake though, when he makes this record, he makes
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records that whether you're into the beefs or not, if you listen to them,
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you can enjoy them from a standpoint of Like I said at the Back
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to Back joint, the Pushups joint, like they're like records that if we
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went our vibes, their vibes, you know what I'm saying. He's saying
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like little he's taking little shots in them, but they're a vibe, you
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know. And I feel like a lot of the hip hop, the core
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of hip hop, when you listen to lyrics and you listen to antandras and
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similes and and and the way people twist words and all of that stuff,
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that that's where the hip hop fans are like, Yo, Kendrick went crazy.
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But then when you look at the surface level fans of of of hip
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hop, where they're probably just you know, pop hop. I wouldn't call
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it fans. They're looking at it from a standpoint but no, like the
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Drake one sounds better, you know what I mean. It's like that.
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That was the point that I was making when I mentioned that, where it's
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like Drake has that part figured out where it's like I can diss you,
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but also make the girl in the club that has no idea what I'm talking
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about. You know, shake shake, shake as to it, you know
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what I mean. Like, it's just that's the part that I always give
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Drake credit for, because that is not easy, you know what I mean,
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It's not He definitely tries to tie it into the type of audience he
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has, you know what I mean, because at the end of the day,
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people that are tapped into Drake, they don't care about you know,
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hip. If you're listening to Drake, you're not trying to hear the best
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lyricism and hippity hop hip hip hip, you know what I mean. Like,
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ain't nobody trying to hear that when they listened to Drake so him involved
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in some kind of lyrical battle. It's just like Joe like he don't care
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for it because it's not what he's listening to the music for. You know
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what I'm saying, No, no, no, because I won't lie.
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I did listen to Kendrick Gonna like that. Then I listen to Cole's response
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and then the drama happened all that cole rescinding it and then like just a
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bunch of fake ais. Like the way it all went down, I stopped
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following it. So I'm not following it no more, gotcha. So it's
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specifically this beef or or like yeah, you know what I mean, like
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the Baby coming out saying that someone tried to create a fake a lyricists try
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to create a fake beef with him. I just feel like beef is starting
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a trend right now, and that's why everybody's doing it. I don't think
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it's like the beef how it used to be we spoke about when it actually
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was a beef, and these dudes was actually just coming out with shit back
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to back, talking about each other, and I think it's like that no
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more. So I'm not It's nothing I'm following. It's funny because that's something
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that I think. It was. DJ Envy and Charlemagne was talking about that
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on the Breakfast Club like it's it's such a different time and it's such a
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different way. Like I think they were saying that NAS dropped ether like nine
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months after jay Z dropped his disk. You know, it was like it
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was like for it, but still it was a lot of time, okay,
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and then just the vibe and they were kind of saying the same thing,
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Joe saying where it's like, you know, they they were talking about
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it, but you could tell it was a kind of thing where like they
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were talking about it because they're on the radio, you know what I'm saying.
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They were not talking about it with the same kind of umph as like
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a NAS and jay Z thing or something like that, you know what I
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mean. Mm hmm, Yeah, I definitely will say. You know,
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I think one of the points that they made in that in that statement of
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the show was that you know, people want this immediate response microwavable digestion,
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you know what I mean when it comes to just all forms of entertainment,
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and you know, like when I heard it, I was like, man,
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that was two weeks. That was worth the wait, you know what
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I mean? Yeah, But if this just been building up as it because
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it's been talking about they've been hitting each other for years, why do they
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take that long? You know, you got something feel dumb for somebody and
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you already know it. Mm hmm. Yeah. Up. Man. What
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I enjoyed about the record I feel like it was a super dope dis It
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was a super dope joint period like the production the man. I just I
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was really really feeling that joint. I listened to it all day today,
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like and just as a song like that, cause it's kind of like what
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we've talked about before with hip hop that you know. It's funny because I
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felt like I was souring on Wrap for like a good little while, and
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I was kind of just to that, kind of like how Joe was feeling
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about this beef. I was feeling like that about just rap in general,
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you know what I mean. I was just kind of like whatever, I
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could really carry the way about it. But the beef actually did the opposite
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thing for me, Like I'm hearing like what not until not until you hear
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Kendrick's response, No, because I I what I didn't like about the back
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and forth was the AI shit that that That's the part that to me was
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like, but y'all didn't react like this one on the Future on the Future
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because it wasn't like this. It wasn't like this. The Future one was
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just more like a bop and he just threw a couple of lines in there
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where like you know, it's not really anything like too deep, you know
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what I'm saying. This one was just like surgical, bro, Like it
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was like direct direct, every damn near every bar was you know, related
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to you know what I mean. It was like no waste of motion type
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thing. Like as as far as hip hop goes, bro, it was
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a masterpiece, you know what I'm saying, And that that part of it
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is what excites me because it's like, dang, bro, I can't believe
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like I'm hearing like a hip hop masterpiece now, Like I didn't think that
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would happen again, you know what I'm saying. I didn't think twenty twenty
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four and on I was gonna hear a song that I'm repeating over and like
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a rap song, bro, the way I repeated this Kendrick song, I
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haven't repeated a rap song like that. I can't even remember, Like I
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literally can't remember, yeah saying, So it's definitely like it's funny because it's
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doing the opposite effect for me. Like it's definitely had its ups and downs,
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and there's been moments that were weak. I like to push up joint
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that Drake dropped. I didn't I didn't even listen to the AI one because
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as soon as I heard like Tupac's voice on it, it just took me
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out because it's like that to me, Bro, that's no place for that
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and this kind of thing, you know what I mean, Like I don't
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even understand what I mean. I understand what they were trying to do with
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it, you know, as far as concept and telling the story and stuff,
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but it was like too cute, you know what I'm saying, Keep
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it hip hop. That's how I look at it as far as like when
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it comes to a battle like that, you know what I mean. Yeah,
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that's that's what I feel like Kendrick did. Bro. It was it
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was dope, man. I really I'm really excited to see what happens,
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and I'm really excited to see what kind of music comes out of because they're
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they've all kind of attacked each other as far as like bodies of work go.
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Even even j Cole that one day he you know, deleted he even
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you know, when at Kendrick saying like your album's is weak? You know
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what I'm saying, Uh, Drake when I nd Yeah, Drake, Drake
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went at Kendrick as far as his like output, and and you know,
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just the songs in general. Kendrick went out Drake's music as well, and
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I'm hoping that this just puts them in that mode whenever like that next body
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of work is coming out, that they all feel that mosity and they're like,
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nah, I'm gonna do something on this because nobody's gonna say I don't
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drop classics, or nobody's gonna say I can't spit, especially with those three,
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because you know, like I always say Dre ain't my cup of tea,
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but he I can't say he ain't dope, you know what I'm saying.
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Like he's a dope rapper, He's a dope singer. He's a dope
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artist. It's just the stuff he chooses to make is not the type of
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stuff that I like to listen to, So it don't overlap. But it
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doesn't mean that I can't acknowledge that he's a dope artist. And who knows
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if this will lead him to make some of the best music that he makes
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that I enjoy, you know what I'm saying. Because funny enough, with
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jay Z, I was a big NAS fan, so I didn't listen to
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jay Z mostly just because of that, you know, because I was really
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young at the time and I was like, nah, it's nas you know
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what I'm saying. But jay Z, as he got later in his career,
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his later albums really made me like kind of check him out and they
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kind of go back, and even like when I went back, I wasn't
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really digging the earlier stuff as much as I was the later stuff, you
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know what I mean. And the stuff that I don't like from jay Z
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is the stuff that people that are like diehard jay Z fans are like,
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you're crazy. These are the joints, you know what I'm saying. Like
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to me, it's like, my favorite jay Z album is the Black Album,
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you know what I mean. And a lot of people are like,
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what, like, are you crazy? Like, but to me, dog,
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that thing is a masterpiece. But you know, for jay Z fans,
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they they some of them will have it like in the top five,
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but they won't say it's their number one. You know, I got a
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black album up there up there. Yeah, what would be your favorite jay
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Z album all time? Yeah, Hard Knock Life all in two? Is
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that? Is that the one after the first album? No, that's his
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third one. That's the one where money Cash shows. That's the one We're
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Big Pimp band. That's the one with jig Wai. Yeah. So man,
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I'm curious because I was gonna ask Quincy because I'm curious because we're like
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literally three rows of jay Z fans just from with the age group that we
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fall into, like we kind of were aware of what jay Z was saying
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at different times. So I was gonna ask you, Quincy, I'm curious
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to hear, what's your favorite jay Z album? Probably four forty four.
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See, it's funny, man, because it's kind of like all our favorite
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jay Z albums are like when we were all very aware that we heard at
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that time, you know what I mean. So it's funny. That's probably
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just really what it boils down to, not even like the music itself,
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Like that's probably what they even be saying about, Like it don't even really
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matter about the music as far as it goes with the artists. It's just
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what you're doing as far as your output and putting together good bodies of work
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and stuff. Because it's like we like three whole different things from jay Z
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as far as music goes. And another person will tell us like we're crazy
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for picking that one, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah,
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I will say for Black Album probably number two, though I love the Black
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Album. Would you say about four for four? I wouldn't put that in
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my top five? Which one? And I love what? I love that
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it's a good album. I was starting my top five for jay Z for
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sure. That's crazy. And then just to have that much music and that
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deep of a catalog where people could just argue over what of your music is
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the best or if you know what I'm saying, like you're hitting you against
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yourself type stuff like yeah, that's like another level bro. Yeah no facts,
23:37
Well yeah man. The last thing that I wanted to talk about today
23:41
was these NBA playoffs kind of like kind of like what with the beef has
23:48
ignited and hip hop? This playoffs, you know, it always brings another
23:52
element. So you know, every year turned up for the playoffs and this
23:56
first round has not disappointed. This year, it's been crazy. I know,
24:00
my dog Joe has been having a heavy heart and this last day because
24:06
we're fresh off of that game five loss Knicks sixers. Yeah wow, man,
24:11
dog Lebrown feel bad for him too. Oh yeah, that that denver
24:18
La series. Man that it's it's never gonna be done justice, Like how
24:26
crazy that series was because it was first round, it was so quick for
24:30
the one doesn't like the series itself, and the box score and and the
24:34
situation does not really explain how crazy that series really was. And just the
24:41
building up from last year and just considering, Bro, like really really considering
24:48
who could beat the Lakers in the playoffs besides the Nuggets, right, yeah,
24:55
Like, honestly, if we're really gonna stay here and put them against
24:57
any other team that's in these playoffs, any team, which one can you
25:03
say, oh, no, the Lakers can't beat them. And I'm not
25:06
a Lakers fan, you know what I'm saying. I'm a Lebron fan.
25:11
You know, I'm not a Lebron stand but I'm definitely a Lebron fan.
25:15
I'm not an ad fans. He's a very good first three quarters player,
25:18
and then the fourth quarter he just always disappears. I can't stand it.
25:22
He's like James Harden in the fourth quarter of playoffs, which he surprised me
25:26
this year because he's just been going in against these Mavericks. Bro. That
25:30
Mavericks Clipper series is crazy too, because they're playing some elite, elite basketball,
25:37
particularly on offense and the way these guys are matching each other's shots and
25:41
all of them are stepping up like bro. And it's crazy because some of
25:48
the one of the games of Mavericks one, I think they didn't even score
25:52
ninety bro. Like it's there have been some crazy defensive games, but it's
25:56
just the offense is just on such a level. Bro. It's like,
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you're not stopping these guys from getting these shots off. You're not stopping these
26:03
guys from stop from scoring. You know what I'm saying. It's like,
26:07
these guys are gonna get to it. Yeah, They're gonna get to their
26:10
spot and they're gonna make the shot. Like it's you see an NBA player.
26:15
Now, you don't expect them to miss two in a row. You
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know, they miss one and they get the ball back, you expect them
26:18
to miss that one because everybody's hovering around that fifty clip. Now it's not
26:26
like the Yeah, and it's not like the Warriors where it was four players
26:30
that were always hot every single game. Now it's like one of the players.
26:34
As far as these teams, like the Lakers teams like that. Now
26:38
it's just like one player shines every single game sometimes too, But back then,
26:42
you'd have a group of players that shine every single game. Like the
26:48
MAVs don't play like that anymore. See the Kyrie or Luca once in a
26:51
while, it's both of them. And when teams are stats like you got
26:55
Booker and KD, but you never have a whole series where every single night
27:00
they all put up numbers. But that's what is happening in that Clippers mav
27:07
series because they're Luca's going crazy, Kyrie's going crazy, Harden's going crazy,
27:11
and what's his name, Paul George is going crazy. Like they're all stepping
27:17
up and having amazing games every game. And what you were saying about the
27:22
Sun's Joe was completely true as well, because they completely folded. They did
27:26
the opposite of what's going on in that Clippers mav series. They just did
27:30
not jel. They were not cohesive at all out there. None of them
27:36
really stepped up to the plate as far as like asserting themselves and really like
27:40
putting up a fight. Because man, that team to not even win a
27:42
game against the Timberwolves, I mean, I understand the Timberwolves are real hot,
27:47
and they got a great squad. I mean people are forgetting that they
27:49
gave five first round picks for Rudy Gobert for a reason. You know,
27:53
they felt like he was in the peace. He's like, statistically, I
27:56
believe like as far as like plus minus goes when he's on the floor,
28:00
he's the guy that affects him. Anthony Edwards, did you watch the game
28:06
where he got miked up? Yeah? Bro, he's telling the veterans,
28:10
like Rudy Gobert where to be, where to do. He's like he's like
28:12
running the floor. Yeah. And then one of the keys that they've said
28:17
about this year and just the last couple of years, I mean the last
28:21
year, last two years. I was say in particular, but Karl Anthony
28:25
Town's basically just saying like realizing like this guy is a stud. I'm his
28:29
sidekick. You know, we ride with you know what I'm saying. And
28:32
once they kind of took that approach and understood like, Yo, we got
28:33
crazy talent in this team, but this guy is the guy. Now they're
28:38
taking that leap and you know something they started talking about I think on first
28:44
take, but I was thinking about it just watching that Sun series is like
28:48
hold on the road for the for the Nuggets might not be as clear,
28:52
you know, because they talk a lot about how Rudy Gobert plays as far
28:56
as you know, on the floor when Jokic is on the floor. But
29:00
man, the way he's been locked in and the way Town's been playing,
29:04
I don't know if it's going to be that same story. Did y'all see
29:07
that press conference when you can kind of see that Carl Anthony Towns is like
29:12
really taking the back seat where he was like, you know, basically like
29:15
bruh, we just need you to stop filing. Dog Like, if you
29:18
don't file, we're good. Just played and he was like, but I'm
29:22
playing defense. He was like, Anthony, Anthony, it was like,
29:26
just don't file, Like you know what I'm saying. He's like telling him
29:27
like, brouh, do what you gotta do, but don't file because we
29:32
need you on the floor, you know what I'm saying. And it's like,
29:33
that's dope to see, you know what I mean, that's real dope
29:36
to see. Yeah. I like that. There's a lot of good teams
29:37
right now in the NBA. Will watch like there's a good energy he's been
29:41
helping down like these last ten years. I will say that the league has
29:45
been good. Then certain injuries and player movement kind of like throws the league
29:48
in a funk, like it's always like a couple of years here, a
29:52
couple of years there. But I feel like they're in a nice little groove
29:55
and it's going to hit like a good stride, especially with like all the
29:56
young players and the way like teams are forming. I think he's gonna I
30:00
think he's gonna look good man. Yeah, I'm asking to see. I'm
30:06
hoping the Knicks don't have a meltdown that game last night. Like someone in
30:11
the chat said, Yo, it's some Regi Miller choke. I'm not even
30:17
gonna look at the camera while saying this. It reminded me way too much
30:21
of that, and I do not want that to happen again. Oh my
30:26
god, that's just rough. Yo. So I haven't looked this up because
30:30
I was waiting to ask you, Joe, if you know even is Julius
30:33
Randall expected back anytime soon at all? Like do they this round? Oh?
30:38
Yeah, yeah, but not this round? Man, But this playoffs?
30:41
Shit, there's hopefully he has a chance. Yeah, I think if
30:44
they make it to the conference finals will definitely bring him back. Yeah,
30:48
man, because if he comes back, depending on how the West shapes up,
30:52
I honestly could see them doing something like. I could see them sneaking
30:56
one out, bro, like, because you never know what happens with these
30:57
playoffs and the way they look. I know, I know the last couple
31:03
of games haven't showed it with the loss, and you know, just the
31:08
way it's weird, man, because the beat is hurt. But he's just
31:12
so good that he's figuring out a way to still be effective even though he
31:15
hasn't been as effective as always. And you know the way him and Maxie
31:21
are playing, they're just playing like out of their mind, especially considering the
31:25
situation and even the fact that the Knicks are up three too. Like,
31:29
I feel like that's a good spot to be in. You're playing Philadelphia,
31:32
that they're like perennially in the freaking conference game or the semi conference game.
31:38
They're desperate to win. You know what I'm saying, They're not going to
31:41
roll over, bro. So you know, I'm not too worried about the
31:45
series here. You know, I feel like if they can get past Philly
31:48
here, they can get past the Bucks or the Pacers. You know what
31:52
I'm saying, I don't think. I don't think that's something too crazy for
31:55
them to overcome for sure. So I could definitely see the Nigs doing something,
32:00
but they definitely need Randall back. Same same as Boston. Like if
32:04
Porzingis goes down, they could they might could make it, but they're not
32:07
gonna win without Prezingis come back, come back, Yeah, that's bad.
32:13
My injury injury watch right now is Jamal Murray. He's been hobbling a lot.
32:17
I think that I think they're capping with that. I think that's what
32:21
they did last night. They're capping with that with the injury. Yeah,
32:24
man, I think that's just to mess with the teams. I don't know.
32:29
I think I think it's I think it's real, and I think that's
32:30
why they've been playing desperate because they they've been wanting the rest, you know
32:36
what I'm saying, Like they don't want to limp into the next couple of
32:39
rounds or limp into the finals or something. But I don't know, he
32:43
looks a little he's been he's been playing good, but he's been real stagnant
32:49
like you see, you don't he's not moving a lot. He's playing kind
32:51
of like MB where he's not really like moving around too much and he's speaking
32:54
his spots and and that's never good, especially like you know, going deeper
32:59
into the player. Mhm. It is really one of some of the best
33:02
playoff games that it's been on the while definitely excited about it. Yeah,
33:07
I actually watching, Bro, HBO Max has been super clutch dog HBO Max.
33:13
They play all the teams. Yeah, last night I saw that I
33:15
had it. I was surprised. Yeah, Bro, That's that's how I've
33:17
been watching. I've just been watching all the TNT games and then I'll just
33:22
catch the full game highlights on the NBA TV on YouTube for the games that
33:28
are like on ESPN or on NBA TV that I don't see. And Bro,
33:30
it's just been I've been I've been tapped into every single game, bro,
33:35
like of every series. Like I was even watching that Buck Spacers game,
33:38
which wasn't even supposed to be that good of a game, but you
33:42
know, Patrick Beverly stepped up, Chris Middleton stepped up, Bobby Porter stepped
33:46
up, and they ended up winning that game. Dog, Like, how
33:50
did you know what I'm saying? They got Dame out, they got Yannis
33:52
out, and they still managed to be the Pacers again. Like Bro,
33:57
this like, like I said, this has been a great player house man.
34:00
I'm excited to see how it shapes up. Yeah. Facts and the
34:04
draft just passed, so we about to be back on that football mode to
34:07
Dog's excited for time. Bro, when kool aid you you fear me?
34:15
What team is he on? He on? The same to your mother on
34:19
bro eight Sappington. That's so you need me? You've been scouting that dude
34:25
since since high school? Then that's crazy. That's really his name. That's
34:30
not his nickname, No, that's his name. Do I dropped that in
34:34
the chat a while man, And when they picked him, I was like,
34:37
that's crazy. Yeah, that's wild. I need me a kool Aid
34:40
Jersey. College kids were having some crazy names. Bro, It's like you
34:47
don't encounter them in the wild. Bro, it's just in college. Like
34:51
anybody that goes to college, it's like you got to have a crazy name
34:53
to play college football, bro, random names, Like you haven't many crazy
34:59
names like that in your life, right? You just always hear about him
35:01
like from some college campus or something. But yeah, man, we're gonna
35:07
try this little shorter episode thing, see how it goes. Because the clips
35:10
have been doing real well, you know, since we've been like breaking them
35:13
down. Those clips is gonna go hard right now. Pauls oh, yeah,
35:17
man, Yeah, So I didn't want to ruin any of them with
35:21
me not caring. I'm gonna listen. I'm gonna listen. I'm going to
35:28
the beach Sunday and I'm gonna let him all right. I'm gonna let him
35:32
all right. I mean, I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Kendrick
35:37
for sure, because I know I kind of know your taste. But then
35:40
I kind of also know how you feel about Kendrick, especially when he goes
35:44
a little wacky with stuff. So I'm definitely curious to hear how you feel
35:47
about this one. Yeah, that's what I'm hoping it's not. I think
35:53
I think you're gonna rock with it. I'll be honestand I ain't gonna cap
35:58
but I got a session to night dropping a couple of songs very soon.
36:01
I'm excited to get back in the groom. In the groom, Hey,
36:05
yo, get back in the groom. I'm happy to get back in the
36:09
groove and start dropping stuff again. So it's timing to get active. Man.
36:15
It's crazy. As soon as it stops being cold, Bro, I'm
36:16
just like energized to do stuff. Bro, it's crazy. I hate when
36:20
it's cold, Dog, I can't stand it. Hey, hold on,
36:22
I want to give I want to give a shout out to let Oh no,
36:28
did we talk about that last week in your softball game? You're ready
36:31
for game two? Oh? Yeah, yeah, the softball game. Dog,
36:36
I'm ready, Man, I'm excited. Dog. That that yo,
36:39
me and Joe playing on the softball team. He's out for a couple of
36:43
weeks. He's getting a minor hand surgery. So good luck to you.
36:46
We knowing that everything's gonna be alright and you're gonna be back in and out.
36:52
But man, you know, I never really played baseball like that,
36:55
dog, But we went out there and I had a Yo. I felt
37:00
so good out there and I had such a good time that I've been just
37:02
like taking my son into the park. We've been playing catch, we've been
37:07
hitting balls. Dog, I'm turning into baseball Johnson out here, Dog,
37:12
I'm ready to take over the world, all the all the dash offball leagues.
37:15
I'm about to be the most valuable man. You heard me. You
37:17
know you balled out. I'm telling you right now, you are the Rookie
37:21
of the Year m VP for that game. Sky balled out. You certified
37:24
your position, you a starter after your first game. I wouldn't be there
37:28
tomorrow, but good luck. I know y'all. Y'all got to win that
37:31
first game of the season, right there. Man, Yeah, yeah,
37:34
guy that's been playing all his life for Leicester to come and take a spot.
37:38
You know, don't put this clip up the yeah bench City. We
37:45
had to make some adjustments, hopefully, but act act apt apter Pudy not
39:28
not pusty, not not pusty a pusy, not not pusty, not not a