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• Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Yeah, yeah, the time is actually here. This your boy Smokey the Bandit, hey this can't stand it and I'm here with yes, another podcast for your ass. But the difference is this is a blast from the past. So we gonna call this episode here, Back to the Future. And the reason why I'm calling this episode Back to the Future is because we in this era where everybody's doing a podcast, right? Hence, this is the very first episode Tha Smoking Section of this era. And I say that because before podcasts was a thing, We was doing podcasting before podcasting was a thing. And the smoking section was originally created back in 2008. Yeah, 2008. Me and my homeboy, he go by the name, well, back then he was going by the name The Preacher. Me and him came together. and we created an online radio show that was like the beginning stages of podcasting before anybody was doing podcasting. We had an online radio show called Tha Smoking Section on Blog Talk Radio. Blog Talk Radio. was a web-based platform operating from August 2006 to January 2025. It allowed podcasters and radio sites and talk show hosts to create live and on-demand talk format content for distribution on the web and podcast distribution channels. So this shit. ⁓ podcasting started in like August 2006 from Blog Talk Radio and me and my homeboy who was also actually my neighbor slash roommate ⁓ created Tha smoking section. So since this is the first episode of Tha smoking section, I didn't want to create something without giving an explanation of why I was doing it. This is something that we did before and we just bringing it back on a bigger stage basically, you know, cause everybody doing podcasts and I couldn't start the podcast without giving history of where it came from. Cause everybody gonna be looking at it like, ⁓ it's another new podcast, another rapper doing a podcast. But now really we been doing this shit. You feel me? So we just bringing it back. That's why this episode is called Back to the Future. And my first guess will be the person I started this with because I wanted somebody else other than myself to give ⁓ more in-depth ⁓ insight of how we started this shit. So. ⁓ First off, happy 420. This is the first episode of the Smokest section on 420. Give me a minute. And We gonna kick this shit off the right way. Now, with the smoking section, I am gonna be your main host. I might bring on a co-host later on down the line, but we're gonna grow this channel. We're gonna grow this podcast all over again in this new era of 2026, for 2026. But I didn't wanna start my podcast without having somebody who helped me come up with this idea before everybody else fell in line with creating podcasts. We should have kept it going. But let me stop jibber jabbing and bring on my very first guest for the Smokers section 2026, one of the originators, my homeboy, The Preacher. Urban: You! Smokey Da Bandit: You. Yo. What it do? What it do? So welcome. What up? What up? What up? This is my homie, the preacher, AKA Corey, Corey Graham. Urban: What's good? What up, what up, what up. He gonna put the whole government name out there. Smokey Da Bandit: He gonna put the whole government name out there. My bad, my bad. Hey, we got, hey, hey. You know, my bad. But what's your name say on the screen? Urban? Yep, Urban. Urban Roots. Urban Roots, and what is that? That's your new name? That's Clothing Brand, started. Clothing Brand, okay. Well, let me put a note in there, because we're gonna come back today. How you feeling today, man? Feeling good, feeling good. Well, today is 420. Urban: Yep, roots. That's Clovenbriand, I started. Mm-hmm. Feeling good, feeling good. Smokey Da Bandit: So we gonna celebrate. I don't know if you could partake, but I know how we used to get down back in the day. And I got some footage. I got some footage. Urban: Yeah... Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, this episode, this first episode that we recording right now is gonna be called Back to the Future. Urban: Oh man, you about to see that. I'm gonna teach it now, man. I'm gonna teach it. I want it straight and narrow. Smokey Da Bandit: Oh man, you about to see that. I'm a teacher now, man, I'm a teacher. I'm one to straighten and narrow. I done lost my lighter, all right. You a teacher now? Well, make sure they don't see this episode, because we celebrate 420 today. So, out to all stoners. They ain't gonna see it. Shout out to all the stoners. This is the smoking section, so sit back, get you a glass, get you something to drink on. You know, I got my little... Urban: You Yeah Nah, they ain't gonna see it. They ain't gonna see it. I drink light now after my 50th birthday. Smokey Da Bandit: I drink light now after my 50th birthday. Eee happy early birth, I mean happy belated birthday. Urban: I'm 53 now, Smokey Da Bandit: I'm 53 now man. don't drink liquor no more so that's the difference between then and now yeah I don't drink no more. Oh so we on the same boat because I'm just drinking a what's this? Hey like you said back in the day I wonder if the mic could pick up the crack. Urban: What? ⁓ so we on the same boat? I'm just drinking a, ⁓ what's this? A down home punch. Smokey Da Bandit: No, it ain't. I don't think you picked that one up. So how you feeling? You feeling good? Feeling great? Let's kick this show off, man. I got some questions for you, man. So thank you for being my first guest, man. I wanted you to be my first guest because I wanted people to have a. Urban: I don't think you picked that one up. man feeling good always I don't Smokey Da Bandit: a history lesson of where this all came from. Because like I said, this episode is called Back to the Future because we're in the future, but we did this in the past. And I was telling people, I was telling our viewers that before a podcast was a thing, we was doing podcasts. So I want, you know, and I smoke a lot of weed, so my memory ain't as good as yours, you know. Urban: Head of time. Smokey Da Bandit: You was the OG when we was coming up. So we just gonna kick it off like this. I was the research guy. Urban: well i was i was the research guy Smokey Da Bandit: We gonna call you Preach, the Preacher. Where are you from? Urban: Yeah. from Jersey City, New Jersey. Smokey Da Bandit: Where are you from? Jersey City, New Jersey. New Jersey. All right. Where do you currently reside? Urban: Jacksonville, Florida. Duval. Smokey Da Bandit: Jacksonville, Duval. Eee, shout out to Jacksonville, Florida. I got a brother named Tron living down there, Tron and ⁓ Jay from Empty Souls Entertainment, Lil Jay. I thought you brought ESC to Florida at one point. Yeah, yeah, we all over. We take control of the globe. So what do you currently do as a career? Urban: I about to say that I thought you brought ESC to Florida at one point. I am a HBAC teacher at a technical college. Smokey Da Bandit: If you want to disclose that. a HVAC teacher at a technical college. Okay, how's that going? Urban: I started out rough but it's good now. Smokey Da Bandit: I started out rough but it's good now. Urban: Yeah, now that I know what I'm talking about. Smokey Da Bandit: Now that I know what I'm talking about. How did we meet? Me and you. Let's get a history lesson. How did we meet? Urban: Through the week, through the week man. Smokey Da Bandit: Per your memory. the weed man. Through the weed man? With the weed man in your belly. Oh, that weed man. Shout out to Big. Shout out to Big. out to Big. Hey, matter of fact, happy birthday to Big. His birthday just passed a couple days ago. So happy birthday to Big. Urban: What a weed man and your brother. Shout out to Big. Nah, so the way we met was I was cool with Jimmy Bones. Smokey Da Bandit: So the way we met was I was cool with Jimmy Bones. My brother. ⁓ Yep. And he was looking at an apartment. Hey. And so after that point, me and him kind of started talking. I needed to know where the connect was. Urban: ⁓ yep. And he was looking at an apartment. And so after that point, me and him kind of started talking. I needed to know where the connect was. He introduced me to big. Smokey Da Bandit: He introduced me to Big. And then he always kept talking about his brother who did music, but I think he was in Louisiana or New Orleans. were somewhere. I was in Louisiana. And I just remember he came saying he had a brother that did music. Shout out to Lake Charles, Louisiana. Bottom of the boot. But yeah, go ahead, go ahead. bad. So I just remember he said he had a brother that did music. And it just so happened that I had a studio. Urban: And then he always kept talking about his brother who did music but I think he was in Louisiana or New Orleans you were somewhere And I just remember he kept saying he had a brother that did music So I just remember he said he had a brother that did music and it just so happened that I had a studio Smokey Da Bandit: And so then what, Josh? After that, man, we just all started networking. So you had, so you were living. So where was you living at that time? Urban: And after that, man, we just all started networking. ⁓ I remember. 1722 Sheridan Road. Smokey Da Bandit: 1722 Sheridan Road. Shout out to the no-go. Still remember the address too. Yeah, I don't. I remember the landlord, believe. Because PC put his name. Mr. Northcott. Northcott. But yeah, so we was living on Sheridan Road in North Chicago. Well, before I say we, that was your crib. You had an apartment in the front. Urban: Still remember the address too. Mr. North, Mr. North Cat? Smokey Da Bandit: Above Mr. Lee's liquor store, right? In the back was another apartment. was living in that apartment in the back? Urban: You owe the glass up. That became you big. Whoa. Smokey Da Bandit: That became you, Big? No, first who was it? It was Jimmy Bones, right? Who was it? Jimmy Bones and yeah, he moved in first. Bones and Big, right? And then I was coming back and forth from Louisiana up here to get weed and to go record at the studio, because I ain't had them resources down there. And then I got in trouble, got locked up and shit. And that's a whole another episode. And then, uh. Urban: Who was it Jimmy Bones? Yeah. Yeah, he moved in first. Yeah Yeah, yeah The PPU charge. Smokey Da Bandit: We got hit with Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav. So then I came back and ended up moving in with my brother, right? And found out that you did music, or did more than music. You're like a computer genius, computer tech. Had a whole bunch of computers, had a studio, everything. Cameras, all of that. Yeah. So how long was you, because you were MC, correct? Urban: Cameras, all of it. Well, the last time I picked up a mic was 2011. Smokey Da Bandit: Well, the last time I picked up a mic was 2011. Damn. Why is that? Urban: ⁓ Just life. Just life. Things started changing and all of that so... Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Just life. Life be life. I feel you. Just life. Yeah. Things started changing and all of that. So. I feel that. I feel that. ⁓ So then we met. You showed me that you was doing music. That's what you was doing. Music. You was rapping the preacher. But I don't think you was like. Rapping and opening up studio town too. Right, right, right, right. So it was like boom. Urban: Wrapping and opening up Studio Town too. Smokey Da Bandit: We all ended up living there. was live on Facebook the other day. I don't remember how we all like, cause it was like, nigga, it was me, Big Bones, PC, you, Korn, in two fucking apartments. How? then, I don't need that, your cousin that started, they used to always come over. Mopi? Urban: So And then not only that, your cousin that started on, they used to always come over. who went to California and started doing acting. So, good, yeah, get it, yeah, yeah, yep. Yep, so. Smokey Da Bandit: who went to started doing acting. So good, yeah, good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's That's crazy. So how did the smoking section come about according to your memory? Urban: ⁓ well, I will say, ⁓ well, first off, prior to that, because what kind of really pushed the whole thing was I think at some point, I think me and you started being around each other playing 2K. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ well, I will say, ⁓ well, first off, prior to that, cause what kind of really pushed the whole thing was I think at some point, I think me and you started being around each other playing 2k. I was whooping that ass. We use next door sometimes. ⁓ so after that though, I remember, ⁓ Urban: we use next door sometimes. So after that though I remember I was doing my thing, Poetic Mimes Productions, you were doing your thing with Empty Souls and then you made the offer to me at some point down the line, asked me to be the VP. Smokey Da Bandit: I was doing my thing, Poetic Mimes Productions. You was doing your thing with empty souls. And then you made the offer to me at some point down the line, asked me to be the VP. Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I started branching that out. So then I started trying to do things to help with the music. Do you remember what was all going on down that era? from? Do I remember which one? You said, I was doing Empty Soul. What was we doing at that time when I brought you in as vice president? Urban: and then I started branching that out so then I started trying to do things to help with the music so and then ⁓ Do I remember which word? Well I think everybody was kind of ⁓ he was adding everybody to the scene and then I just became like the last piece of the puzzle because I remember Big and then we started shooting his video. Smokey Da Bandit: Well, I think everybody was kind of, you was adding everybody to the scene. then I just became like the last piece of the puzzle. Cause I remember Big and then we started shooting his video. ⁓ And then, like I said, and then we started doing stuff. Corn started doing stuff, little skits. Then after that, me, Jimmy Bones and Big decided to have a group. Urban: ⁓ And then like I said, and then we started doing stuff, Korn started doing stuff, little skits. Then after that, me, Jimmy Bones and Big decided to have a group. You remember the name? Smokey Da Bandit: You remember the name? Lost Souls. Or is that the song? Is that just the name of the song? No, that was the song. That was the song. What was the name of the group? No, what was the name of the group? I forgot. Oh, no. See, I ain't... Urban: No, that was the song. That was the song. Yeah, but what was the name of the group? I forgot. Hold on, what was the name of that group? Smokey Da Bandit: Hold on, was the name of that? Urban: we call ourselves indecipherable speech. Smokey Da Bandit: Do we call ourselves indecipherable speech? Urban: trying to think, what do we call ourselves? No. Smokey Da Bandit: That don't sound familiar. do we call ourselves? See, you gonna ask me a question you don't even know the answer to. Now I gotta go on YouTube, look at the video. Right. So, Because the name of the group is on video, so. You became VP. I was doing the open mic at the time. The writers block. We also had a TV show with Korn. Was good. Was good. And then. Urban: Now I gotta go on YouTube, look at the video. the name of the group is on the video so so yeah What's good? Smokey Da Bandit: which came on Channel 17 every Thursday? What you call it? The blog talk came first. The podcast came first. Before What's We started taking that on the road doing the writer's block. Nah, not before What's Good. What's Good was before all of that. Oh, so it was What's Good, then it was the smoking section. did the smoking section. Urban: When not, ⁓ what you call it, the blog talk came first, the podcast came first. Cause we started taking that on the road, doing the writer's block. Nah, not before it was good. What's good was before all of that. and then we did the smoking section and then we started figuring out how to go to other places. Had the little cricket Wi-Fi adapter. Smokey Da Bandit: And then we started figuring out how to go to other places. Yeah, OK. See, that's why I had the little cricket Wi-Fi adapter. Yeah, because, ⁓ yeah, we was bringing the smoking section to the writer's Yeah, we took it to the writer's block. For those that don't know, I used to have a, you know, I'm a CEO of Empty Souls Entertainment. Urban: Good. Yeah, we took it to the writer's block. Smokey Da Bandit: the CEO, ⁓ the CEO of Empty Souls Entertainment and I will find different ways, know, I'm a state productive and shit. ⁓ and I had the opportunity to have my own open mic in Waukegan on, damn, what's that street? North? Urban: Ooh boy don't get me trying to name streets. can't, ooh. It's been a minute for me. Smokey Da Bandit: Ooh, don't get me to try on the damn streets. can't. It was on the corner. It was called the Bohemian Bar and Grill. Shout out to J. Hood. And at that same time, was, was, the open mic was for entertainers, artists who wanted to, you know, needed the platform to perform, to showcase their talent. So we had that. And then out of nowhere, you said, no, no, you said the podcast came first. Urban: You'll remember that part. Smokey Da Bandit: So where did that come from? How did that start? Urban: Yeah. I think, too, we was just trying to figure a way to do music. Like, we were still caught up in that MySpace era. And yeah, remember, we were still caught up in the MySpace era. Smokey Da Bandit: think we were just trying to figure a way to do music. Like we were still caught up in that MySpace era. Ooh! Yeah, remember, we were still caught up in the MySpace Yeah, this is back in MySpace era with the flip phones. With the top friends. Urban: Yeah. Yeah, well you had to design your own template. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah. Design your own template. Shout out to Cotto, man. Shout out to Cotto. He had ⁓ all our pages looking dope. Yeah. Yeah. So I just remember that. then MySpace. So that's how far back this shit go. We've been doing podcasts before podcasts was a thing when MySpace was around. We got the footage. We going to roll the footage. We got receipts. That's what they say. Urban: So I just remember that and then ⁓ Smokey Da Bandit: That's what they say, right? We got the receipts. We got the receipts. We did the podcast. this old nine. And then we took it on the road, just like they do podcasts. That's crazy. Urban: Because if you think about it, we did the podcast. And then we took it on the road just like they do podcasts. Smokey Da Bandit: That's crazy. Told you a little bit ahead of the time. A little ahead We was way ahead of our time. Do you remember that first episode? ⁓ no. Yes. ⁓ go ahead. Go ahead. And don't forget, we got to remember all the other people. So we had Big, Bones, Gitta, PC. Had Soul Tempest around us. Mo P, Ronday. Security. had T.O., Pac-Man. Pac-Man. Urban: Told you a little bit ahead of the time, little ahead of the time. ⁓ and ⁓ yes, and don't forget we gotta remember all the other people so we have Big, Bones, ⁓ Gitta, PC, we Soul Tempest around us. We had TGO, Pac-Man. Smokey Da Bandit: Lil J, Jazzy. ⁓ The squad was big. We had ⁓ soul mates. Remember the soul mates, nigga? Yep. Lil models. We had models. We had empty soul shirts. We had empty soul pinkie. The sticks with the posters on it. Selling CDs at the gas station. Urban: I mean, hey, the squad, the squad was big. Yep. and then you had and then I had to see I had to see the duplicator Smokey Da Bandit: Selling CDs out the trunk. All with a... And then I had to see, I had the CD duplicator. Right. We selling in front of... We got flyers and all that in front of Mr. Lee's. We was trapping. We was trapping. We was getting... We had everything you need. the shows, putting them on DVD. We had the DVD... Urban: Just think about it though, doing the shows, putting them on DVD. with all the different episodes and all of that stuff on one DVD? Smokey Da Bandit: with all the different episodes and all of that stuff on one DVD? ⁓ I still got them. Yeah, I still got them. I still got them. Yeah. We taking it back. had DVDs, CDs, posters at every liquor store. We really been getting it out the money. the other day. Huh? And guess what CD I came across in the garage? What? Urban: Yo, and check it, you know I was going through my garage the other day and guess what CD I came across in the garage? What was the last dudes that did the first ones that did the thirsty? We did thirsty too. The ones that did the first one, what they used to call they self, G fam or something like that. Smokey Da Bandit: What was the last dudes that did the first ones that did the thirsty? We did thirsty too. The ones that did the first one, what they used to call they self, G fam or something like that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that right here. Urban: I found they old CD Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, I found their old CD. JG, Phenom, shout out to GFM. ⁓ No, they changed their name. What was it? Cassidy? Yeah, they changed it Cassidy, Yeah. Yeah, we going back down. Hey, back to the future right here. So do you remember, so we ended up doing it. We was roommates slash neighbors. Urban: Yep. Yeah, they changed the cast, yeah. Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: had a whole gang of niggas. Niggas trapping, niggas in and out. And not only that, look what's behind your head. Urban: just a... what? and not only that, look what's behind your head And I recall seeing that showing up on the time clock when we shot the music video. Smokey Da Bandit: And I recall seeing that showing up on the time clock when we shot the music video. ⁓ but I get high? I mean, all the time I get high? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We gonna get into all That was an all-day event. Man, I got them tapes. We finished. So this is a blast from the past, y'all. This is why I wanted this first episode to happen like this, because I got somebody else that could tell the story. Urban: That was an all day event. Smokey Da Bandit: aside from myself, me, I'm gonna be doing this shit until it's over, until I quit, until I get tired, but we gonna keep it going. But I'm gonna tell y'all more of the story. We gonna get different angles from different people. It's a lot that's gonna happen in this new podcast. So how was the format of the smoking section? Urban: Whoo! How was the format? Smokey Da Bandit: Woo, how was the format? How did we go about doing our show? I say we was a mixture of everything, talking about topics, music, new artists, prank phone calls. Urban: I say we was a mixture of everything talking about topics, music, new artists, prank phone calls. Pocket pussy. Smokey Da Bandit: Yep. Pocket pussy. So I just looked at the Urban: So... Smokey Da Bandit: I got some of this footage, right? We gonna play it. And it show how we was really like, we was niggas grunt. We come from the mud. Like niggas was trapping, crammed every, I don't know how we did it, but it was niggas came together, paid the rent, pay whatever we needed to do. Made movies, made videos. We writing and directing our own videos, movies. Shout out to Cornell Ford, AKA TGO. Urban: Mm-hmm. was this, Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Jerry was part of that shit. We made movies. Can't forget JB. Yeah, shout out to Jerry. Ain't seen him in a minute. ⁓ yeah, so we've been doing this for a long time, And we just, for this first episode, I wanted to give a history lesson of that. And when I was looking at this tape, I'm going show some of the footage. When I was looking at the tape, Joe, you had these. Urban: I just can't, I can't forget JB. Smokey Da Bandit: these computers on top of the computers in this little shelf area had the big leather couch, big laid out on the couch rolling up woods. This one woods had eight in the pack, big rolling all eight. Yeah, I got that picture too. Niggas, niggas. got that picture too. You had all the technology nigga, you had cameras. I had a camcorder. We, I don't know what. We was getting the cameras from ⁓ Urban: Yeah, I got that picture too. I got that picture too. we was getting the cameras from ⁓ Comcast. Smokey Da Bandit: From Comcast. cameras from Comcast. We was recording the footage, we was recording the shows while it was going on as if it was live, but it wasn't even alive back then. There was no live. Because think about it. But we was talking about, we recorded live, y'all. As if they could see the shit. But if you really think about it though, look at it like this. Everybody, they do podcasts, right? They want to be on TV. They want to do stuff like that, right? Yeah. Urban: And that's funny because people... Because think about it... We... Look, but if you really think about it though, look at it like this. Everybody, when they do podcasts, right, they want to be on TV. They want to do stuff like that, right? We did all that. Plus, we had a TV show to broadcast on. What's good? Smokey Da Bandit: We did all that. Plus we had a TV show to broadcast on. And we had a TV show. What's Good. Because niggas weren't- We played our movies on What's Good. Niggas weren't using YouTube how they're using it now like that back then. But for some reason we was recording our episode. Our movies dropped right on What's Good. Everything was on What's Music videos was on What's Good. Shout out to Korn. Shout out to Korn, Urban: We played our movies on what's good. Mm-mm. Nah. Our movies, yo, our movies drop right on what's good. Yep. Yep. Smokey Da Bandit: Toast the corn, Happy 420. So when I was asking you what the format was, I was trying to see what you remember, like how we ran that bitch. Because I saw it already. Man, like, man, look, the best thing I can remember is, every episode we had was fun, funny. I remember the moments of trying to go get the blunts at the last minute before the show started because we had it set on a timer when we had to start at the exact time. Urban: Man, the best thing I can remember is man, every episode we had was fun, funny. I remember the moments of trying to go get the blunts at the last minute before the show start, because we haven't set on a timer when we had to start at the exact time. Smokey Da Bandit: Do you know, you, look, so we on a mic right now. Do you remember how we was doing the smoking section back then? Urban: I had that one mic. Smokey Da Bandit: I had that one mic. Nope. Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. Urban: Wait wait wait wait no no no We're using the camera. Smokey Da Bandit: We using the camera? Nope. We was using the flip phone. We was passing the phone back and forth. We was talking on the phone, recording our shit until we had like a guest, then we used the mic. Mm-hmm. Because we had that many We didn't have that many in-studio guests, but we did get them a mic for what we did. But other than that, our episode out. And then here's the kicker. Urban: channel. Mm-hmm. When it was just me and you sitting there doing it. And then the... Check this out. And then here's the kicker. Smokey Da Bandit: On a flip phone, not even a... Urban: You ready for this one? Because I know you don't remember this. Smokey Da Bandit: You ready for this one? Because I know you don't remember this. We was doing it all on stolen Wi-Fi. Hell no, no. I don't remember that. What? Who? Mr. Uh. Remember. Who's Mr. Hahn. Mr. Hahn. We're not really stolen because he knew. Tomorrow. It was like both of us. I had the Wi-Fi thing to the window. Yeah. Urban: We was doing it all on stolen wifi. Remember, I was Mr. Han. Well, not really stolen, he knew. But remember, I had the I had the Wi-Fi thing to the window. And on the days that it snowed real bad, we couldn't do the show. Smokey Da Bandit: And on the days that it snowed real bad, we couldn't do the show. ⁓ and we would get mad. It was sometimes like I got an episode where we was mad. I was getting mad at the end. We also used to get drunk as fuck. We used to get super drunk. But we was getting mad because we started running into the malfunctions. Running into malfunctions. So another- the show and didn't realize we clicked off. So. Urban: But we was getting mad because we started running into the malfunctions. Yeah, I be doing the show and didn't realize we clicked off. Smokey Da Bandit: What else did we do on the show? What do you remember? Like what was the show about? Cause I know I don't want to say too much cause I could keep going on and on, but I want to get another person's perspective. know cause it's like, I can say so much. Say it all. So it's kind of like we gave upcoming artists a shot. Bam. Swav was one of our firsts. Who? Who? Urban: I know, because it's like, I can say so much. So it's kind of like, we gave upcoming artists a shot. ⁓ Suave was one of our first. I the lyricist. I swallowed the lyricist. I remember when we got him up there. Smokey Da Bandit: I swore the lyricists. Yeah. I swore the lyricists. remember when we got him up there. He was the first guest. Yeah. So I was going to ask you that. So I mean, I just remember, like, we were trying to create opportunities for everybody. It wasn't like, you know, just everybody just only people that was empty souls. We, like, tried to branch it out to other people. Yes, we did. Yes, we did. But, so yeah, that's gave a lot of people a shot to be on there. Urban: Yeah, I mean, I just remember like, we were trying to create opportunities for everybody. wasn't like, know, just everybody just only people that was empty souls. We like tried to branch it out to other people. Yeah, we gave a lot of people a shot to be on there. Smokey Da Bandit: So do you know like what was the show about? But in your mind, what was our show I want to say, in my mind, it was just like a radical podcast would be. We talked about current stuff. talked about, ⁓ like I said, we talked about music. We gave opinions on people's songs. Yep. we played, we had like playlists. We would play local artists. I got a tape showing all of And started mixing it up, local artists, mainstream. Mixing it up, yep, yep. ⁓ Urban: I wanna say in my mind it was just like a radical podcast would be. We talked about current stuff. We talked about, ⁓ like I said, we talked about music. We gave opinions on people's songs. I'll say Mm-hmm, then we started mixing it up local artists mainstream Then we had theme, we had theme episodes. Smokey Da Bandit: Then we had theme, we had theme episodes. Theme episodes. And we had people calling in. And she's... We had people calling in. Well, I was about to say the calling in because we had an open line. We had an open line. Yeah, yeah. I got the numbers on. Man, why aren't you going to see? You're going to see. So, what was your favorite episode? Since we talking about episodes, what was your favorite episode? Urban: And see you. Well, I was about to say the call in there because we had an open line. We had an open line. ⁓ man, my favorite episode. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ man, my favorite episode. Urban: Swav is one of my favorite because that's the first guess but one of my favorite man has got to be a cousin the one that was like man yeah the one that was like don't tell me I can't eat a pork chop sandwich and I'll be eat a pork chop sandwich while you pork chop sandwich and he was like yo he was like GD's or vicelords walking down the street holding hands and stuff Smokey Da Bandit: Swav is one of my favorite, that's the first guess. one of my favorite, man, has got to be a cousin. My cousin? The one that was like, yeah, the one that was like, don't tell me I can't eat a pork chop sandwich. ⁓ amen. I can't eat a pork chop sandwich. And he was like, yo, was like, GDs and Viceroy walking down the street holding hands. With all these GDs and Viceroy walking down the street holding hands. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Urban: I think I like that one the most man because it was him kind of taking the stance that what people see in this gang life and stuff like that like it's really not like that when you get inside the prison you know I'm saying you just black white Mexican you all one when you get behind them all Smokey Da Bandit: E-Man, shout out to E-Man, I think I like that one the most, man, because it was him kind of taking the stance that what people see in this gang life and stuff like that, like, it's really not like that when you get inside the prison. You know what saying? You just black, white, Mexican. You all one when you get behind them all. Yeah. Yeah. True. So that's the biggest thing I took out of that. But yeah, that's probably my favorite. So. Urban: So that's the biggest thing I took out of that. But yeah, that's probably my favorite. Smokey Da Bandit: But that, I was gonna ask who was your favorite? Rick Jilla. Yeah, shout out to Rick Jilla. Urban: But I ain't gonna forget Rick Jilla. What was it? Was it Rick Jilla? My favorite though? ⁓ His name is not coming to me but... What is his name? Who the One Doing Time? Smokey Da Bandit: favorite though? ⁓ His name is not coming to me but... ⁓ What is his name? Who do I want to in time? Lair rock? Lair rock. Lair down there. Lair rock Smith? That man was a beast. Shout out to Fiasco. AKA Lair Rock. Flames to this. OK, OK. What is your fondest memories of that time? Urban: That man was a beast. ⁓ Yeah. Flamespitters. fondest memories of that time man just Smokey Da Bandit: fondest memories of that time man just Urban: I said the way we come together, we came together for anything. If we wanted to do something, we found a way, we pulled our resources, we made it happen. You know what saying? Hey, I need to press CDs. Guess what? I got a CD press thing or whatever. Well, we gonna go buy some CDs and we gonna press them up. Smokey Da Bandit: I said the way we come together, like we came together for anything. If we wanted to do something, we found a way, we pulled our resources, we made it happen. Yeah, we did do that. You know what saying? Hey, I need to press CDs. Guess what? I got a CD press thing or whatever. Well, we going to go buy some CDs and we going to press them up. We had a nice little team, man. Nice little teamwork, nice operation going on, empty souls entertainment. Take control of the globe. Urban: Yeah, I can say that. and course I'm gonna always love the mixtape. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ and course I'm gonna always love the mixtape. Which one? Urban: ⁓ what's the one you did that came out? it went all the way like, I want to say maybe volume three. Smokey Da Bandit: What's the one you did that came out? I it went all the way like I want to say maybe volume three. ⁓ with a smoke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, all that was on thatpiff.com. All that shit gone. I mean, I got copies. ⁓ yeah, one person we forgot, man. I forget about my man, ⁓ the captain. Who? Mr. T. Chris J? Flight 420. Urban: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. ⁓ shoot my light not clicked. ⁓ yeah one person we forgot man. Don't forget about my man, ⁓ the captain. Mr. Flight 420. off. You We forgot we forgot about all of that man Bye bye. Yeah, that was a lot of people that came through that, them apartments. Smokey Da Bandit: That was a lot of people that came through that It was rough. But see, that was another thing I liked too, man. I had to worry about my neighbors. Right. Urban: But see that was another thing I liked too man, I didn't have to worry about my neighbors. Smokey Da Bandit: Because we were playing that. ⁓ Urban: Like, we was good. Smokey Da Bandit: Why did the smoking section end and do you know what year it was? Urban: The smoking section ended. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ the smoking section ended. Urban: 2009. Smokey Da Bandit: 2009. So it started right, it started in 2008. So we did it only for a year. Yeah, 2009 is when I got up out of there. And not only that, we did an episode even though I was in Georgia. Urban: Yeah, 2009 is when I got up out of there. And not only that, we did an episode even though I in Georgia. Smokey Da Bandit: did one last episode. I don't know if you, I don't know if you remember cause I was staying with a partner of mine and the ex would come down and get me a hotel room so I can have wifi to do the show. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Hot spot. I remember that shit. But I ain't have all the resources. know that. I had just the phone, just flip phone. Had to get up out of there. Get on the flip phone on time. Urban: Cause I don't know if you remember cause I was staying with a partner of mine and the ex would come down and get me a hotel room so I can have wifi to do the show. Yep yep Now mine was just had to get up out of there. Yeah, well look y'all see what I was talking about because before I left I made it known I was like this is I gotta leave because This is good. What's gonna happen? Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, well look y'all see what I was talking about because before I left I made it known I was like this is I gotta leave because This is good. What's gonna happen? Basically rain is course, but we was ahead of time ahead of our time It was fun. We got drunk. got high we would talk about everything and That's why I wanted to this episode like that's why I wanted to have this episode like that cuz that's basically we gonna continue the mission you know saying Urban: Well, basketball tournaments and all. Smokey Da Bandit: I'm gonna bring you on some more. But me, ain't gonna, I'm gonna be talking about everything that I feel like talking about. Everything that's gonna be, everything that we did, that we was doing before, I'm basically gonna keep it going. And speak my mind, my opinion on everything, how I see shit, except for I ain't fucking with the politics. I ain't fucking with it. I ain't fucking with it. I don't got the patience to be arguing with people. Urban: You Smokey Da Bandit: and being misinformed as well. I'll be misinformed, so I ain't doing it. Don't expect none of that politic arguing with me on, if I might say fuck a motherfucker, I might say fuck a motherfucker. If they fucking up, I might say you fucking up, but other than that. Urban: And I will say this. Smokey Da Bandit: Shooting down politics. Everything else we free to talk about. Urban: Hey, you know what though? Another thing about back then was it was one for all. Smokey Da Bandit: Another thing about back then was it was one for all. The world was so sensitive back then. We didn't have to, I probably gotta bleep I if you had a problem with one. Oh yeah. You had a problem with everybody. Oh yeah, oh yeah. We was an army. Oh yeah. Urban: like. Nah, but I mean if you had a problem with one, you had a problem with everybody. Smokey Da Bandit: That's why I asked you. What's your favorite? I remember the writer's block. Okay, what happened at the writer's block? When that whole jump off took place, bottles was thrown. Say what? People got scarred, you know. Do you recall what happened? Urban: Yeah, cause I remember the writer's block. And when that whole jump off took place, Bottles was thrown. People got scared, you know. It was Nah, I don't even know how it all jumped off. was just, it was one for all, yo. If you don't rock with them, I don't rock with them. Smokey Da Bandit: Nah, I don't even know how it all jumped off. It was just, it was one for all, yo. If you don't rock with them, I don't rock with them. Man, empty souls taking control of the globe. We ain't gonna bring up the past. Niggas might still feel a certain way. If they remember, if they remember. Hey, but you gotta protect yo, you gotta stand your own on yo, when you got, that was my place of business. Urban: Nah, nah, I ain't gotta do that, but... If they remember, if they remember. Smokey Da Bandit: I was doing something for the Here's another one. Here's another one. Here's another one. Favorite time I remember it. Urban: here's another one. Here's another one. Here's another one. Favorite time I remember it. You were the first person to take me to Jewtown to go get me Italian beef sandwich. Well, we all jumped in the whipping road out there. Smokey Da Bandit: You were the first person to take me to Jewtown to go get me Italian beef sandwich. Urban: I remember that for sure. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, I love that. That's sure. Shout out to ThuTan. All right, so since you're my first guest, I plan on letting the people know who you is, you know, and how far back we go and see, see, see, you know. more about the preacher. ⁓ You said you, so you a hip hop head? like? Of course. Yeah. ⁓ Who's your favorite artist? Urban: Of course. Woo! ⁓ man. Smokey Da Bandit: Whoo! ⁓ man. Who's a goat? Urban: Who is my goat? Smokey Da Bandit: Who is my goat? Urban: know because I'm listening to so many people but I gotta go with somebody that I want to rock to Smokey Da Bandit: know because I listed so many people but I gotta go with somebody that I want to rock to Urban: you Smokey Da Bandit: you Urban: If I'm digging in the crates, I still bump tight lip. Smokey Da Bandit: If I'm digging in the craze, I'll still bump Tileb. Okay. Alright, alright, hip hop head. That whole unit, you know. Urban: Or that whole unit, you know. You know him, Farrell Munch. I mean I like the punchline Kings. Smokey Da Bandit: You know, him, Pharoah I mean, I like the punchline kings. Okay, the true element MCs. Well, these up north, that is. Who's your top 10 artist? Urban: Well, these are up that is. Ooh. Smokey Da Bandit: OOF Urban: Alright, I gotta get the hands out for this one. Smokey Da Bandit: All right, I gotta get the hands off of this five or ten. Urban: Nah, I'mma call out the first 10 that come to mind. Smokey Da Bandit: Nah, say ten because people feel like ten. five dang! So many! Urban: I'm with the first ten that come to mind for me, so I'm gonna call them out. Smokey Da Bandit: I'm with the first 10 that come to mind for me, so I'm calling out. Urban: T'alei a'kwalei. Smokey Da Bandit: All right, tallil qaali. Urban: Big crit. Smokey Da Bandit: Big crit. Crit? Urban: Yeah, of course. ⁓ Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, of course. ⁓ Urban: Gotta put Kendrick Cole, Nas. Smokey Da Bandit: Gotta put Kendrick, Cole, Kendrick, Cole, Nas. 50 and six right there. That's five. ⁓ that's five. All right. Gotta put KRS in there. Red man. Urban: Put me at six right there. ⁓ that's five? Alright, ⁓ Gotta put KRS in there. Red man. I'ma pull this one off and go for the whole squad so I'ma say the lax. Smokey Da Bandit: I'ma pull this one off and go for the whole squad. So I'ma say the locks. Well, I was gonna ask your groups, but you know, okay. Oh yeah, I'm the head of the game. Yeah. See, that's what we do. But there you go. All right, well, I'm just gonna say Jada. I'll take Jada out of that. All right, Jada. I got two more. I'ma go with Toby and Wigway. Urban: ⁓ yeah, I'm ahead of the game. See, that's what we do. Alright well, I'm just gonna say Jada. I'll take Jada out of that. ⁓ I got two more. I'm gonna go with Toby and Wigway. Smokey Da Bandit: Oh yeah, that boy cold. And, and uh, last... Urban: And last. Somebody that I don't hear too much from, but I always like when he was out. King Loaf. Smokey Da Bandit: Somebody that I don't hear too much from, but I always like when he was out. King Loaf. Urban: There, and there's 10 right off the head. Smokey Da Bandit: Dope MCs, dope MCs. What do you think of the current state of hip hop? Urban: I think it's evolving back to what it used to be. You know, so I'm hearing more. Smokey Da Bandit: I think it's evolving back to what it used to be. You don't say why? Why do you say that? Urban: because I'm hearing more content now. not saying that the people wasn't... didn't have talent, but I think it's back to showing talent and skills again. Smokey Da Bandit: Because I'm hearing more content now. Like, not saying that the people didn't have talent, but I think it's back to showing talent and skills again. I agree. I agree. They also bring the CDs back. Urban: So I hear. Smokey Da Bandit: So I hear. What do you feel about? I haven't touched the CD since. Urban: I haven't touched the CD since. Probably 2000 Smokey Da Bandit: Probably two thousand You said what you ain't touch the CD since what I haven't used the CD since Urban: I haven't used the CD since. Yeah, I haven't used the CD probably since Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, I haven't used this CD probably since Urban: 2016-2017. Smokey Da Bandit: 2016, 2017. Urban: Once they came out with Bluetooth, it was a wrap. Smokey Da Bandit: And once they came out with Bluetooth, it was a wrap. So that's what you prefer? Urban: I don't prefer it but it's more convenient. I can take it everywhere I go instead of carrying CD cases. Smokey Da Bandit: I don't prefer it, but it's more convenient. I can take it everywhere I go instead of carrying CD cases. Urban: I think I'm more so the point of being able to just put it in the cloud or put it somewhere where I can access it. Smokey Da Bandit: I think I'm more so the point of being able to just put it in the cloud or put it somewhere where I can access it. into a habit. We getting spoiled out here. Everything on the phone. Urban: you Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ got a lot of questions. go with the changing times. I got a lot of questions, man. I was prepared for this, man. We gonna have a good show, ⁓ Urban: Gotta go with the change of times. Smokey Da Bandit: Let me see what I can ask. Urban: You still gotta give me my group choice now. Smokey Da Bandit: Okay, who still gotta give me my group choice now. Right, that's what I was just about to ask. See, we right there. I'm only going five on that one now. Going five, all right. Give me your top five, top ten, you know, six men on a bench. You got I give you six men, so my five is the Lox. Favorite groups, the Lox. Coast Contra. Coast Contra, shout out to them. I don't know who that is. Urban: I'm only going to fire up on that one now. Yeah. Alright, I gave six man, so my five is the locks. Yeah, Coast Contra. ⁓ wha- Whaaat? Yeah, you gotta check them out. ⁓ I wanna say some of them from Philly. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ whoop. Coast Contra. Were they from New York? Yeah, you gotta check them out. They from New York ain't ⁓ I wanna say some of them from Philly. Urban: and somehow another day tied into Roscos. Smokey Da Bandit: And somehow or another they tied into Roskos. I know Roskos. I want to say somebody is his kid. ⁓ OK, what did you say? What's the name of them? Coast Contra. Coast Contra, OK. Two. All right. Let's see. Urban: I want to say that somebody is his kid. there. Yep, so... Coast Contra. Yep. All right. Let's see. I'm gonna go... Smokey Da Bandit: I'm gonna go... Urban: Lords of the Underground. Gotta put somebody from Jersey in there. Smokey Da Bandit: Lords of the Underground. Gotta put somebody from Jersey in here. Oh, he represent. He represent. I know about Lords of the Underground. OK, that's three. So, all right, so I need two more. Urban: Yeah, so I got a hat off. So I need two more ⁓ How they ever listen to groups nowadays? Smokey Da Bandit: ever listen to groups nowadays. Urban: I'm coming up. ⁓ no, no, because I do want to go to a concert in Jersey August 7th. And so I got to add these in there. Nice and smooth. Smokey Da Bandit: So would you say that's something that's missing from hip hop ⁓ no, no. Because I do want to go to a concert in Jersey August 7. And so I got to add these in there. Nice and smooth. OK. Naughty by nature. just to give it a shout out, Third Bass. Who? Third Bass. OK. Urban: Naughty by nature. and just to give them a shout third bass. third base. Yeah, y'all remember the gas race? Smokey Da Bandit: You're taking it all away. Yeah, you're it all. Third bass and who else did you say before? I'm a hip hop hit. Naughty By Nature, said, ⁓ who did you say before Naughty By Nature? Before Naughty By Nature, Nice and Smooth. Nice and Smooth, right. I'm like, damn. Okay. Welcome to your list. See? and then here you go. You said Six Man, right? Okay. Urban: I'm a hip hop head. for a Nordic by nature nice and smooth. Rare. ⁓ and then here you go, you said six man, right? I'm gonna take this one that's still gonna be old school, cause I got a red jersey. Poor Righteous Teachers. Smokey Da Bandit: I'm take this one, it's still gonna be old school, cause I got a red jersey. Poor righteous teachers. Okay. I'll off the dam. Urban: Ooh, I got so many I can still keep going. Had you listened to the new De La Soul? Smokey Da Bandit: I got somebody I can still keep going. Had you listened to the new De La Soul? No. Urban: Bye. Smokey Da Bandit: They legends. They legends. And they see his fire. Cabin in the sky. Urban: And they see the asphalia. Cabin in the sky. Smokey Da Bandit: They legends, that's all I'mma say. Urban: Hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: Never really listen to Daylight Slower. Urban: Well, I mean, you know, come on, look at the age difference. Smokey Da Bandit: I mean, you know what they Look at the age difference. Yeah. But, you know, I gave salute to them, respect. They pioneers. Can't take away what they did, you know. And they still around and they still doing it. That's what I Right. That's what I want. Longevity like that. You know? But you know what they say. No money likes your money. Urban: and they still around and they still doing it. That's what I like. But you know what they say, no money like show money. Smokey Da Bandit: So we talk about that. Let's talk about ⁓ since we talk about it. ⁓ you said ⁓ you didn't really know too many groups. You was kind of pondering. So you took it all the way back to them groups back in the day. Why did you have to dig back so far for them groups? Urban: because they're the ones that I still can put on and catch a vibe to. Smokey Da Bandit: because they're the ones that I still can put on and catch a vibe to. Do you notice any really groups in this era? Can you name any groups in this era? Urban: I mean, hey. Coast country this era. Smokey Da Bandit: Coast country this era. Okay, name another one. Urban: Ummm, that's in this era. Daylight Soldiers dropped a new one, so they still in this era. Smokey Da Bandit: Mmm, that's in this area. De La Soul just dropped a new one, so they still in this area. No, no, no. I'm talking about like a new group. Urban: A new group? Smokey Da Bandit: A new group? Yeah. Urban: And the locks in the new group either, right? Smokey Da Bandit: And the Locks ain't a new group either, They been around. I'm like, like, are there any groups anymore? The newest one I can say I've been listening to is Coast Country. But of course they still have that hip hop vibe. You know, I do know there is one group out right now that's going hard. That's 6WA. You heard of them? Yeah, I don't know what it That's Big X the Plug and his homies. Urban: Nah, the newest one I can say I've been listening to is Coast Country. but of course they still have that hip hop vibe. Yeah, I don't know. Smokey Da Bandit: They see hard they represent. They're down here in Florida. They're from ⁓ Urban: He down here in Florida. Where is he from? Smokey Da Bandit: I Dallas. ⁓ Okay. Well, I do hear some of his songs though. Urban: ⁓ okay, okay. Well, I do hear some of his songs, though. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, that's a group, but other than that it was like the Migos, that was really, who else a group? Who else a group? Everything I can say, it'll be old school. Slaughterhouse, when they was all together. Matthew Mander, Redman, Wu-Tang Clan. Yeah. I ain't really listen to, I mean, I listen to Wu-Tang, but I kind of listen to him more individually. Urban: Everything I can say, it'll be old school. Slaughterhouse, when they was all together. Yeah... I ain't really listen to... I mean I listen to Wu-Tang but I kind of listen to him more individually. Smokey Da Bandit: What about, ⁓ hold on. What about, ⁓ ⁓ What about ⁓ Urban: You said it couldn't be I couldn't go back that's still bad now they always gonna be legends, but you said I couldn't go back Smokey Da Bandit: You said it couldn't be, I couldn't go back. That's still bad. Now they always gonna be legends, but you said I couldn't go You had 10, but you said I only won five. that's No, I didn't name 10 though. But of course I got, of course I, you know, yeah. All right, let me ask you a question, man. Urban: No, I didn't name 10 though, but of course I got, of course I, you know, yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: in the current state of hip hop. This is current news. Let's get into some stuff. What do you think about the Gucci Mane and Poo Siesty situation? Urban: What do I really think about it? Smokey Da Bandit: What do I really think about it? Yeah, we keeping it. Do you think ⁓ we keeping it real? Do you think? ⁓ Urban: All right, so me keeping it real. Smokey Da Bandit: Gucci is a snitch or what do you think? What is your scenario on the whole situation? All right, so this is my scenario on the whole situation. Urban: Alright, so this is my scenario on the whole situation. I think someone signed the contract. Smokey Da Bandit: I think someone signed the contract. Urban: Got an advance. Smokey Da Bandit: Got an advance. Urban: Blutie Advanced. Smokey Da Bandit: Lootie advance. Urban: and now can't get out of the contract because you still owe money to the label. Smokey Da Bandit: and now can't get out of the contract because you still owe money to the label. Urban: That's it. Now what he did after the fact, mean... Smokey Da Bandit: That's it. Now what he did after the fact, mean... Urban: I don't know, it's kind of slippery slope man because the thing is... Smokey Da Bandit: I don't know. It's kind of slippery slope, Because the thing is... slippery slope? Do you think he actually did... Okay, because allegedly, for those who don't know, who's living under a rock somewhere, allegedly, Gucci Mane signed an artist... No, this is a fact. Gucci Mane had an artist named Poo Shiesty, who got locked up, what, like seven years ago for... ⁓ Urban: because it's all about. Mm-hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: Robbing somebody. He was on fire. Well, he was getting in trouble from the jump. But yeah, but he get out and now allegedly he done robbed Gucci Mane, forced Gucci Mane to sign him out of his contract. Urban: Well, he was getting in trouble from the jump. Mm-hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: Mm-hmm at gunpoint Urban: which makes the contract null and void because that's under duress. Smokey Da Bandit: Kidnap which makes the contract null and void because that's under the rest right which Gucci said in this song did you hear the song? That I cut off that I didn't even want to hear that that was that was trash to me Wow it was was was trash the song was trash Yeah, why that was just that was I think that was something just to try to save face So Urban: That I cut off. I didn't even want to hear that. That was trash to me. I'm sorry, it was trash. There. Yeah, right there. That was just, that was, I think that was something just to try to save face. Smokey Da Bandit: Alright, so how do you feel about the song? you said you turned it off. What do you mean by saving face? Urban: because right now you know you gotta try to keep the name because the name is a brand and the brand is money so you gotta you trying to keep keep the face so you don't want to go down as a rat you don't want to go down as like Smokey Da Bandit: Because right now, know, gotta try to keep the name because the name is a brand and the brand is money. So you gotta, you trying to keep the face. So you don't want to go down as a rat. You don't want to go down as like. Is he a rat? You know how it is when a bully get beat up. Urban: You know how it is when a bully get beat up. He got to fight again to prove he, you know, he still got it. Smokey Da Bandit: He got to fight again to prove he, you know, he still got it. Who, Gooty? No, just in any situation. I think that... Urban: No, just in any situation. I think that he's just trying to save face. Smokey Da Bandit: He's just trying to save face. So do you feel like he's a rat? Do you care? Urban: Not really, Nah, but I don't look at stuff in that sense no more, man. Like to me, it's no benefit in like street code. Like the street code been dead. Smokey Da Bandit: Not really, Nah, but I don't look at stuff in that sense no more, man. Like to me, it's no benefit in like street code. Like the street code been dead. Urban: like nobody like follows that no more man this is live by the sword die by the sword that's where it used to be but you know I'm saying nowadays is Smokey Da Bandit: Like nobody like follows that no more man. Live by the sword, die by the sword. That's where it used to be. Right. But then they there's no rules in the streets. But then No, but see that's the thing. were rules. No, that's what I'm saying. know what I'm saying? So, know, everybody pick and choose to what the situation is. You know what saying? Move the goalposts for certain people. Urban: Nah, but see that's the thing, there were rules. There were rules, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, everybody pick and choose to what the situation is, you know what I'm saying? death because I mean you know you look at it like this you can and you can take the hardest person that that live by street code Smokey Da Bandit: So because I mean, you know, you look at it like this you can and you can take the hardest person that that lived by street code Let his loved one get killed you want somebody to talk Urban: Let his loved one get killed. You want somebody to talk. You know what saying? So it's like, it goes both ways. Like if something happens to one of your people, you want to know who did it. Smokey Da Bandit: You know what saying? So it's like, it goes both ways. Like if something happens to one of your people, you want to know who did it. Urban: but that requires somebody to snitch and be a rat to make it known. Smokey Da Bandit: but that requires somebody to snitch and be a rat to make it known. To the police or to just somebody else? Because they could just be running their mouth. anybody. mean, because in some situations, if you're not a part of it, stay out of it. Urban: to mean, because in some situations, if you're not a part of it, stay out of it. You know, if the police do their job and it takes them to where it needs to go, then that's fine. But I just don't think that applies, especially if it happens to somebody who's not even thinking about street code. Smokey Da Bandit: You know, if the police do their job and it take them to where it needs to go, then that's fine. But I just don't think that applies, especially if it happens to somebody who's not even thinking about street code. So do you feel like... his situation, Gucci, right? With them saying that he spoke to... Urban: Mm-hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: police or whatever right would you consider that snitching or is he is he a civilian Urban: Well, look at it like this. You got something stolen from you. How much is what you got stolen from you worth? Smokey Da Bandit: Well, look at it like this. You got something stolen from you. How much is what you got stolen from you worth? He got tickets on. Urban: Right? So I mean, but how much he said he lost or that they took from him. Smokey Da Bandit: So I mean, but how much he said he lost or that they took from him? I don't want to misinform, but it was, I think it was like a half million. We got to say allegedly every time now. Allegedly half a million. All right, so here's another reason. Urban: But it was a good bit of money, right? Okay, allegedly half a million. All right, so here's another reason. The insurance companies will not claim that or let you claim it if you don't file a police report. Smokey Da Bandit: The insurance companies will not claim that or let you claim it if you don't file a police report. Bingo. How you gonna get your money back? You know, if you don't file a police report, you taking a loss of $500,000, allegedly. So you think he did that? I think he I think he did what he wanted to do to keep his money, or to get his money back. I feel like, because I don't really care about Because if you're to take a loss of, allegedly, half a mil, why not just give it to him? Urban: You if you don't file a police report, you taking a loss of $500,000, allegedly. Yeah, I think he did what he wanted to do to keep his money or to get his money back. Because if you're take a loss of a legit half a mil, why not just give it to him? if you're prepared to just take the loss on it anyway. Smokey Da Bandit: if you're prepared to just take the loss on it anyway. But like Gucci... That situation. Because allegedly what was he told in the altercation? How about get in there and cut me them two out three albums that you owe me? Who said that? Gucci? That's what allegedly that Gucci said to him during the altercation when he was asking about the money. Damn. Urban: because allegedly what was he told in the altercation? How about get in there and cut me them two out three albums that you owe me. That's what allegedly that Gucci said to him during the altercation when he was asking about the money. It was like, well, you know, if you want the money, how about you go in there and cut me them albums or whatever that you owe me? Because think about it, contracts are signed to how many albums? And if you only gave him, so if you only gave him one or two albums, did you sign for five? Smokey Da Bandit: It was like, well, you know, if you want the money, how about you go in there and cut me them albums or whatever that you owe me? Because think about it, contracts are signed to how many albums? However many you signed And if you only gave him, so if you only gave him one or two albums, you signed for five. They'll owe me nigga. They still owe me. And it don't even gotta be Gucci man. The big labels do people like this too. Urban: still owe me and it don't even got to be Gucci man the big labels do people like this too They will blacklist you, will pause you, and you won't even be able to drop an album. Smokey Da Bandit: They will blacklist you, they will pause you, and you won't even be able to drop an album. I think that situation shouldn't have happened at all. He went at Gucci on some street shit, and I feel like Gucci not in that street shit no more. He been out of that street shit, that street mind. He said that in the so-called song. I'm a businessman. I'm a businessman. Urban: No. He said that in the so-called song. I'm a business man. I'm a business man. I'm a... Smokey Da Bandit: I mean, you've been saying that, but at the same time, you still was Gucci though. And he still gonna be Gucci, but you know. But I mean, honestly. ⁓ didn't see where he shifted from Gucci the businessman? I think when he came out seen when the shift took place. was a whole shift. It was a whole shift. When that juggler went and got this teeth fixed, that was phase one. Working out. Urban: But I mean, I mean honestly, honestly, you didn't see where he shifted from Gucci the businessman? There was, like you seen when the shift took place. When that juggling got this T fixed, that was phase one. Smokey Da Bandit: got his kids, you know, writing books. You know, he, you know, got his wife, wife to flip the money, you know, got him on point. He like, you You got it. It gotta be gross somewhere. Yeah. So I just think like that's fucked up. Like nigga, you still had an ankle monitor on and Urban: Mm-hmm. Not only that, mean, you got it. It got to be gross somewhere. Smokey Da Bandit: You went to go rob Gucci, allegedly. But not only that, man. I blame the Pops, too. Because this ain't all her. It It did. You got your daddy there. Your daddy, your one throwing the gas on the fire. And then you got niggas like, this is just like the dumbest shit ever. You got niggas, that one that's trying to get motion, and niggas that's trying to get a name. Urban: But not only that, man, I blame the Pops too, because this ain't all him. Your pops is the one throwing the gas on the fire. Smokey Da Bandit: They with you, they like, yeah, first off I'm with Poo Shiesty. Finna rob some niggas. I got this chain, I'm finna put it on Snapchat. Urban: Mm-mm. Smokey Da Bandit: I got this watch, I'm finna put it on Instagram. Niggas self snitching. Not only self snitching, you just fail to realize even if you cut off your location, it can still be given. Right, got the monitor on, phones. Phones be tracked. Like I be watching all them crime. Urban: not only self snitching, you just fail to realize even if you cut off your location it can still be given. Smokey Da Bandit: Prime shiz, man, be my little. some of them will get up there and tell you exactly, yo, we out here on Sheridan and with my Luther King, yo, pop up, the videos disappear on Snapchat, they recording theyself with everything they just rob niggas for. And then everybody go down. Motherfuckers telling, I heard, allegedly, that's crazy that we gotta say allegedly so many times these days. Before, I ain't never heard that word so much. Urban: Look, some of them will get up there tell you exactly. Yo, we out here on Sheridan and Martin Luther King, yo. Pop up, pull up. Well, you know. Smokey Da Bandit: to these days, you can't even say, you gotta say I'm alive and all that type, like we living in a different era, man. Back then we could just say whatever. I understand the allegedly, because allegedly is innocent to prove him guilty. Right, and plus, you know, people, people sue people now. Yeah, so until that gavel hit and the judgment goes through. I just think the situation. say whatever it is. Is unfortunate. Urban: Well, I understand the allegedly, because allegedly is innocent till proven guilty. So... Yeah, so until that gavel hit and the judgment goes through then you can say whatever it is. Smokey Da Bandit: Why would you go get this? You still was on what probation parole or whatever. And man, why else are you going after money? Why else would you go after money? Because you ain't got nothing. Urban: man why why else are you going after money why else would you go after money cuz you ain't got nothing Smokey Da Bandit: Nah man, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. He shouldn't have did that. Like, I don't know what they was thinking. And you got the wrong, he had the wrong niggas in this corner. You got your, your daddy couldn't even tell you, this ain't a, don't, like what is y'all? Cause your daddy is just as hungry for the money as you are. It's just, it's just like, what the fuck was y'all thinking? Really? Like you robbing one of the most, Urban: Cause your daddy is just as hungry for the money as you are. Smokey Da Bandit: famous trappers in the world. Urban: in a place they got cameras security Smokey Da Bandit: In a place that got cameras. That's not gonna hit the headlines? I heard about the story months ago too. I heard about it months ago. Until it hit the news like it hit the news. It really wasn't even out there like that. I'm like, why nobody really talking about that? They saying it was a rumored or whatever. So I guess then it finally came out like boom. I'm like dang. Cause you can't say nothing to the police actually. Urban: then because you can't say nothing until the police actually take the action. Smokey Da Bandit: take the action so well you said you didn't like the song huh no okay what do you think about Urban: Nah. Mm-mm. Smokey Da Bandit: What do you think about ⁓ Urban: Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: What do you think about the mystical situation? Urban: UGH Smokey Da Bandit: You talk about current events. This is the smokin' section. Alright, so what I feel about the mystical situation is... Urban: Yeah. Alright, so what I feel about the mystical situation is... After the first go around, should have locked yourself in the studio until everybody stayed away. Smokey Da Bandit: After the first go around, should have locked yourself in the studio until everybody stayed away. Urban: Like, don't keep putting yourself around that same situation because it becomes too easy to be the go-to. Smokey Da Bandit: Like, don't keep putting yourself around that same situation because it becomes too easy to be the go-to. Urban: You what saying? Like whether you did it or not, whether you took a plea, like... You shouldn't run into the same thing twice. Smokey Da Bandit: You know what saying? Like whether you did it or not, whether you took a plea, like, you shouldn't run into the same thing twice. Real. But I feel like- should know the first time. Urban: like you should know the first time. Smokey Da Bandit: Now his son on the other hand? His son? son? Which one? His real son? The one that's rapping, the one that raps just like him. Urban: Now his son on the other hand... FIRE. The one that's rapid the one that raps just like him Smokey Da Bandit: I'm a fan bro. Me personally, I don't believe that's his real son. I think that's somebody. You don't think so? You know, I'm nosy and I'll be paying attention to everything. I'll be trying to keep up You know he got the phone call, all of them talking. I seen that. I seen that. To me, I watched that though, when I watched it, looked like Mystical was just like cosigning like, yeah, keep my name alive. Urban: Pretty dope, You don't think so? Well, you know they got him, you know he got the phone call of them talking while he locked up. Smokey Da Bandit: you know, you know, he just going along with the program. Like, you know, he co-signing them. That's how I looked at it, like he co-signing them. claiming them. He claiming them, but he got real sons that feel the way that I seen personally. I seen, like, I paid attention to the little drama that's going on with that situation. It's a lot. Urban: He claiming that... He claiming them. Smokey Da Bandit: So, Dool Koe, I ain't gonna take away. He probably just the outside baby, I don't know, man. Me, I feel like ⁓ it's a play and I ain't mad at it. I seen shit, but I'm on the outside looking in, but I seen some drama he had with his BM hat. Urban: He probably just the outside baby, man. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ is BM had Mystical Real Son on live, on Instagram live. They was blasting him, him on blast. Like that ain't, that ain't his real son. that's, if you my brother, why you ain't, why you block me? If you my brother. So it's a whole, that whole situation. I know about that situation. I'm a fan, like Mystical was one of my favorite artists. So I'm disappointed. Like, he got this stain on his name, you know what I'm saying? It's like, damn, though, especially when... But, he put it there. Urban: but he put it there. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, it's permanent. That first go-round was the time that he had where some people still felt he was innocent and you know what saying? he did what he had to do and he got out. Urban: He put it there. first go-round was the time that he had where some people still felt he was innocent and you know what saying? So he did what he had to do and he got out. so you still have fans on your side but to turn around and do it a second time you just you took the drain out the sink now Smokey Da Bandit: So you still have fans on your side, but to turn around and do it a second time you you you just And I know I know some females be lying, especially when you already got the stain on your name Some females are like, ⁓ I just say that so we don't know did like like like everything is alleged Look it could have been consensual but Urban: That's why I said, you already know it's just that easy to believe. it could have been consensual to the end. Smokey Da Bandit: The fact is he took a plea and asked, I saw that and I was like, damn, nah. ⁓ man. Urban: When you're already gone for the first time, it's very easy to think you'll do it again. Smokey Da Bandit: When you're already gone for the first time, it's very easy to think you'll do it again. Cause they had him locked up for a long ass time. He wasn't charged. But you just gotta wear out your odds, I'ma have me some cute cards next. Urban: But you just gotta wear out your odds, You know how it is for some people, man? It's... It's... You either take the plea or... Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, man. So, ⁓ More current, more current topic. What do you think about the offset and Lil Teejay situation? Know about that? I know he got shot. ⁓ huh. And that's about as much as I know if he got shot. That's it? Urban: I know he got shot. And that's about as much as I know if he got shot. Smokey Da Bandit: I mean I put it like this when it it pertains to music I'm more in tune to what you got going on in your life than what they got going on with this like if it ain't something I really care about or concern like I don't like it just goes in one hand out the other Urban: I mean I put it like this when it pertains to music I'm more in tune to what you got going on in your life than what they got going on with theirs. Like if it ain't something I really care about or concern like I don't like it just goes in one hand out the other Smokey Da Bandit: should be all up and down my motherfuckin timeline. Maybe because I'm in that think about it. Anything you post or any achievement you do, you see at some point I'm like, yo, congratulations, keep grinding, pop into a stream or whatever. Like, I don't interact with people like that. So, I mean, if I don't really know you, you got shot. Hey, how my man say, yo, niggas get shot every day, Damn. Damn. Urban: I mean think about it, anything you post or any achievement you do you see at some point I'm like, yo congratulations keep grinding pop into a stream or whatever like I don't interact with people like that so I mean if I don't really know you you got shot, how my man say, niggas get shot everyday B Smokey Da Bandit: But prayers up for him. He's doing good. It looks like he popped back out. He got shot. From what I heard, it was some dumb ass shit. From what I saw online, you know, I'll be having my little podcast that I'll be tapped into that be giving me my daily news, man. Shout out to everybody that's out there doing their podcast thing. I really be tapped in with, you know, like. Urban: ⁓ I'm glad he okay, I'm glad he okay. Smokey Da Bandit: I keep my I stay updated with the current events man on like poetic flaco. He's doing this thing, you know breakfast club. Well, that's it on YouTube. That's it over with. They focus for that. Yeah, they focus for that. But that was that was my that was my news every daily news, you know. But yes, a whole bunch of Vlad TV, all that shit. So I can't stand that. You can't stand them. You know, you can't stand Vlad. Urban: Hmmmm I can't stand that joker. Hell no. Culture, Vulture, Fish, Loo. Smokey Da Bandit: Culture Vulture for sure. Damn, that's how you feel? That's how you feel about Vlad? You finna get me kicked off the air already? I ain't even heard no podcast! And for us that go on there, I feel some kind of way about us too. fired at DJ Vlad. Not shots fired. Not shots fired. But you said you're Culture Vulture. Why do you feel like that? Urban: Yo, and for us that go on there, look, I feel some kind of way about us too. Mm-hmm. Nah, not shats fried. Not just not shats fried, this. I just think that like he put out more negative to me than positive. It's like you always got somebody on there and you want to talk about somebody else, what somebody else said. It's like you always trying to stir the beef. Smokey Da Bandit: I just think that like he put out more negative to me than positive. It's like you always got somebody on there and you want to talk about somebody else, what somebody else said. It's like you always trying to stir the beef. Urban: when you have nothing to do with it whatsoever. Smokey Da Bandit: when you have nothing to do with it whatsoever. Urban: Mm-hmm and then like I said, and then God forbid that they got something that goes against what he believed Like sometimes he tried to defend some stuff. That's kind of on borderline Offensive and it's like really Smokey Da Bandit: Mm-hmm. And then, like I said, and then God forbid that they got something that goes against what he believed. Like, sometimes he try to defend some stuff that's kind of on borderline offensive. it's like, really? He'd be passionate about certain things, but I just look at him as like... Nah, but then when we get passionate about it, then it's a problem. Urban: Mm-mm. Nah, but then when we get passionate about it, then it's a problem. Smokey Da Bandit: We gonna have a lot of there's been some people that checked him. ⁓ yeah, man, then my desk it be going down Mm-hmm. And you won't hear much either. Come on, man. I mean really? ⁓ yeah, you talking tough sometimes you talking to him with the wolf tickets ⁓ Urban: because there's been some people that checked him. Mm-hmm, and you won't hear much either. Come on, man. I mean really? yeah it was the wolf tickets. Mm-mm. Yo to me, he like that dog that's behind a gate barkin' and then when you open the gate he stop barkin' and don't even come out and do nothin'. Smokey Da Bandit: He like that dog that's behind a gate barking. And then when you open the gate, he stopped barking and don't even come out and do nothing. So what you think about him and the boost, you know about the boost situation, him and Vlad? Urban: Nah. Smokey Da Bandit: Nah. Yeah, that's what the topic of the day was today. What they beefing to? Yeah, because I guess Boosie asked for a raise basically. He's like, man, I guess I ain't been doing no interviews. He ain't been doing no interviews with him. it's like, we finish this. No, because you don't want to pay. ⁓ and allegedly, because allegedly. Urban: What they beefin' to? Nah, cause you don't want to pay. Smokey Da Bandit: I'ma say that because I fuck with Boosie hard. He was upset that he found out that 6ix9ine was getting paid a certain price, way more than him. So he like, well, hey, nigga, let me get it. And Vlad didn't want to give him 5,000 more, because that was exactly what he said. The price wasn't out there until Vlad went and put up, Vlad. Urban: I See, but... But... But see, to me... Smokey Da Bandit: Then Vlad came out, Bussi was like, man, Vlad don't want to give me 5,000 more than what I asked for. So we came, you know, I ain't going on Vlad no more. I'm gonna do my own thing. I'm gonna get paid more. And then Vlad was like, you know, Vlad went on his show and put the whole info out here. Like, yeah, I was only giving him 25,000. Then he asked me for 40,000. I'm like, I can't give you 40,000, Bussi. So pussy when it's funny and it's funny that you couldn't get them the same amount that Marlon Wayans asked for and and and you wouldn't give it to him either Mmm, that's it. That's kind of like like you got a salary cap on what you could pay a nigga But you guys six nine. ⁓ But you guys six nine Urban: And it's funny that you couldn't get him the same amount that Marlon Wayans asked for and you wouldn't give it to him either. Like you got a salary cap on what you could pay a nigga. Smokey Da Bandit: Way more than both of them. just saying. I ain't even think about that. I'm just saying. Because he so said I gave him way more than Marlon Waynes was asking for. Glad I said that. Yeah, Marlon Waynes asked for 40. And he said no. He act like he was offended by that. How could you ask me, how could you charge me that much or whatever? Urban: Just sayin'. I'm just sayin'. Yeah, Marlin Wayne Axle 40. He act like he was offended by that. How could you ask me, how could you charge me that much or whatever? Smokey Da Bandit: Damn. But see, it was already stemming into that because it was already in the talks of what people was getting paid to be on there. Because some people went on there for little or nothing. Yeah, some started off with people not getting paid from what I heard. Godfrey and all that shit. I fuck with Godfrey. And then how much he made because they were supposed to go tick for tack, you know. I'm gonna do yours, you do mine. Urban: But see it was already stemming to that because it was already in the talks of what people was getting paid to be on there. Because some people went on there for little or nothing. Mm-hmm. And then how much he made because they were supposed to go tick for tack, you know, I'm gonna do yours. You do mine. that when they got into the beef, only can resolve the issue on his show. Smokey Da Bandit: Then when they got into the beef, they only can they only can resolve the issue on his show. Urban: Mm-mm. Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Vlad. Right, right, right, right. Yeah. Godfrey doing his thing though. Man, I'm a big fan of Godfrey. You said what? I'm a big fan of Godfrey. ⁓ okay. I can tell. I can tell. This is my, this is another episode of Leave Black People Alone. Urban: Man, I'm a big fan of golf. I'm a big fan of Godfrey. This is another episode of Leave Black People Alone. ⁓ Smokey Da Bandit: Let's see, let's see, let's see. Let's get some more, let's get some more out of you. I got so much. This is the smoking section, right? Let's do some smoking section activities. So I got some fun shit we Urban: Mm-hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: Let's turn it up a little. I think I'm call this dude, I'm Stone Gang. I don't know why it's gonna be a gang. It's something, it's a segment. Blunts, papers, bowls or bongs? pens? Blunts. Blunts. What's your favorite blunt? Hell yeah. The rum. Al Capone. ⁓ I fuck with them Al Capones. I fuck with them Al Capones. rock-on tip. All right, what's your favorite stoner movie? Urban: lights. Hell yeah. the rum... Al Capone. with a raw content. Hmm. Smokey Da Bandit: Hmm. Urban: Half baked. Smokey Da Bandit: Half baked. Hey Dave Chappelle. Half baked. You got a favorite scene? Urban: Yeah, epic. Squirrel Master. Smokey Da Bandit: I'm ⁓ I ⁓ want to talk to Samson. ⁓ yeah. Yeah. ⁓ no. And you know the other part where my man say, where you from? I'm from the beach, boy. Boy. A favorite stone yet, half-baked. Half-baked. OK. ⁓ Urban: Oh yeah, yeah. Oh no, and you know the other part where my man said, where you from? I'm from the beach, boy. I favor stone you half-baked. Smokey Da Bandit: You gotta run her up. But damn, how high is up there with me too? How high? There. OK, well who is your favorite top five celebrity stoners? Mm. Urban: Damn, how high is up there with me too? There. Mmm. Dave Chappelle. Smokey Da Bandit: Dave Chappelle. Urban: Woody Harrelson. Smokey Da Bandit: Woody Harrelson. ⁓ Urban: What's my man name that was on? ⁓ Smokey Da Bandit: What's my man name that was on, ⁓ you ever seen the back of a $10 bill? On weed. What's his name? ⁓ Urban: You ever seen the back of a $10 bill? On weed! What's his name? ⁓ I know you do the Daily Show. Smokey Da Bandit: I know he do the Daily Show. I don't know him. Look at that half baked. Urban: He was the one talking about you ever see this that he asked you ever seen it on weed Smokey Da Bandit: He was the one took about you ever see this that yes, you ever seen it on weed ⁓ Urban: Ummm, who else? Two more? Bob Marley of course. Smokey Da Bandit: Ummm, who else? Two more? Bob Marley, of course. Urban: And. Smokey Da Bandit: And. Urban: Gotta go with Redman. Smokey Da Bandit: Gotta go with Redman. Are you talking about Jon Stewart? Yeah, yeah, Jon Stewart. Urban: Yeah, yeah, John Stewart. Smokey Da Bandit: We now Bob Dylan Bob Dylan was a Bob Dylan was a big stoner too though. That's my sixth man right there Urban: Now Bob Dylan was a big stoner too though. That's my sixth man right there. Smokey Da Bandit: grinders or fingers. Urban: fingers. Smokey Da Bandit: fingers. Urban: Sometimes I don't like having to dig it out of the grinder anyway. Smokey Da Bandit: Sometimes I don't like having to dig it out of the grinder anyway. backwards or switch the suites. Urban: Ooh, backwoods. Smokey Da Bandit: Oooooh, backwoods. Urban: Banana. Smokey Da Bandit: Banana? This is... Irish cream. Irish, okay. I left the pack upstairs. What's your favorite string? Urban: That was okay. Hmm don't see it too more. I don't really see it no more but my favorite Sour Diesel. Smokey Da Bandit: Hmm don't see it too more. No, no, I don't really see it no more. But my favorite sour diesel. Hey, I remember sour D. Hmm. Dispensaries or the streets. Urban: Mm-hmm. fan series. Smokey Da Bandit: Why? Urban: Joker's giving out them Fini packs now. Smokey Da Bandit: Chokers giving out them Fini packs now. What? Mm-mm. ⁓ Fini packs. Some of them cats be doing them for the, mm-hmm. So you don't get nothing from JoJo, little power shooter? Not since I got mobbed with my ID. Urban: Mm-mm. Some of them cats be doing them for me. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Not since I got mobbed up my ID. Mm-mm. Smokey Da Bandit: Okay. Do you think you can out smoke Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne or Wiz Khalifa? Urban: Nah. Smokey Da Bandit: Nah. None of them? Not even one? Not even one. Urban: Not anymore. I wouldn't even want to. Smokey Da Bandit: I wouldn't even want to. Urban: You Smokey Da Bandit: You don't think you can? I think I can hang with... I know I can, I smoke only can get... You only can get so that nigga, he... That nigga, he don't got no lungs. You only can get so lifted. There's a cap there. And we should know that just from our encounters. What? What you know what? Of just... Urban: Mm-mm. You only can get so lifted. You only can get so lifted like there's a cap there and we should know that just from our encounters. of just blunt after blunt after blunt and then to the point it's like it's not doing nothing. Smokey Da Bandit: blood after blood after blood and then to the point it's like it's not doing nothing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't grow up. I didn't know how to, you know, monetize. Well, not monetize, but I get high. You see, on the show, I got a whole nother one rolled up. But I'm just putting this out, lighten it back up, putting it, because I get high. If my shit coming down, I'm, hold on. Urban: Like it's a cat Smokey Da Bandit: Look, the main reason to smoke a leaf. At you know to go out. remember walking away on a blunt and that joke of burnout. Urban: Look, that's the main reason to smoke a leaf. least you know where to go out. I remember walking away on a blunt and that joke of burnout. Smokey Da Bandit: What burns faster? Swishy-Sweez or Backwoods? Swishy-S. Urban: wishes. Smokey Da Bandit: If animals could talk, which would be the most annoying? Urban: up. Smokey Da Bandit: Why? This nigga had an answer? Yeah, cause if you got one he's always be asking to go where you go. can I go you, can I go you man? Don't leave me, don't leave me, can I go with you? Where you been, where you been? Where you been going all day? Like it's gonna bother you all god damn day. Damn, I feel that, I feel that. I ain't got no water, I ain't got no water. You can put more food in my bowl, you can put more food in my bowl. Take me outside, take me outside. Like come on. Urban: Yeah, because if you got one he gonna always be asking to go where you go Hey, can I go with you? Can I go to man? Don't leave me don't leave me Can I go to where you been where you been we been going all day long? You know like it's gonna bother you all got that day I ain't got no water, I ain't got no water. You gonna put more food in my bowl? You gonna put more food in my bowl? Take me outside, take me outside. Like, come on. Like, mm-mm. Smokey Da Bandit: Do fish ever get thirsty? Urban: I'ma say hell nah. Smokey Da Bandit: I'm gonna say hell nah Can fish see water or is it invisible to them? Urban: Invisible. I think invisible. Smokey Da Bandit: Invisible. I think invisible. Well, we breathe air, we can't see it. So yeah, it's invisible, That's a hot dick shit. Is a hot dog a sandwich? Urban: Yeah, there you go. What? Smokey Da Bandit: Is a hot dog a sandwich or a taco? Urban: Taco. Smokey Da Bandit: suck All right, that was funny. I got a whole bunch of shit. Is the S or the C silent in the word sense? Sit. the S or the C silent? Neither is. Urban: Neither is. Well, the sea would be silent if you go that way. Smokey Da Bandit: Well, the seal would be silent if you go that way. Hey, below. Comment below if y'all can answer these questions. I gotta start saying that. gotta start saying that. And how do y'all feel about, ⁓ know, let me get some feedback on them questions I asked him if y'all wanna chime in on how y'all feel about that. Make sure y'all hit the ⁓ like button, subscribe, ⁓ follow the smoking section on all of... social media platforms, got Instagram, YouTube. everything Spotify everything to say on all streaming platforms what else did I ask you that I didn't ask you I asked you a couple more questions Urban: They on all streaming platforms. Smokey Da Bandit: I ain't gonna ask you no more high questions. Go ahead, man. Go ahead. I don't care. You want some more high questions? All right, dude, I'm stoned. Go right ahead. If a Smurf chokes, what color does it turn? White. He go pale. Urban: Go ahead, go ahead, I don't care. Let's go right ahead. white he go he go pale Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Can you cry underwater? Urban: if you drown. Smokey Da Bandit: If you drown it. What? You know your ass gonna die. But is you crying or you just making the faces? Yeah, you can cry underwater. I got on goggles. If you're waiting for the waiter, does that make you the waiter? Urban: You know your ass gonna die. Yeah, you can cry underwater. I got on goggles. Hell yeah! Smokey Da Bandit: Hell yeah! I never think about it like that Yeah, I came with some shit for you, man I don't want to make it make the first episode boring but I really the whole purpose of this episode was to bring you on and You know talk about Where this originated from and how ahead of time we was with this show and now I'm bringing it back and I would love to have you Urban: I ain't never think about it like that. Smokey Da Bandit: back as a guest, maybe we could talk about some more current topics or you know, do you have anything? Call it my honest opinion. Have a segment? Just call it my honest opinion. We gon, we gon, we gon, okay, a segment, your honest opinion on certain shit. ⁓ Urban: You already know it, call it my honest opinion. Let's call it my honest opinion. the end Smokey Da Bandit: Do you have anything that you wanna promote or do you got you got going on? Urban: Ugh, nah, just schoolin' Gettin' my part 107 license, duh, fly drones Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ No, just schooling. Getting my part 107 license to fly drones. you, so you, you, you, you, you, you, in the cut now. You let you out the way, making the way the best way you know how you, you ain't even, you ain't preaching no more. to that independent money. Okay. All right. So wait, didn't you say you had a close around on Urban? Urban: and trying to find that independent money. I see it. Yeah, you will. It's still around, but I haven't relaunched it yet. But it was called Urban Root Society. And Urban stands for unifying regions beyond the nation. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, you will. It's still around, but I haven't relaunched it yet. But it was called Urban Root Society. And urban stands for unifying regions beyond the nation. Remember this? you Urban: but I remember being very stoned when we were sitting in this booth doing this. Smokey Da Bandit: Don't lose, and this the booth doin' I'm sittin' here rollin' The herb keeps chokin' It got my body Urban: Hey, shout out to DOWE, ain't it? Smokey Da Bandit: Wait, wait, on. hold on? Yeah, cause, okay, so that's the version you have. Yeah. That's why I said shout out to Daway because remember we redid it and we him singing. the one I said, that's the one I wanted. Urban: Wait wait wait, hold on. Yeah, cause okay, so that's the version you have. That's why I said shout out to Daway because remember we redid it and we had him singing. Smokey Da Bandit: That's that version is on YouTube. That's on YouTube, man. Y'all go check that out. I don't know if they gonna flag me as playing my own music, that's well, that's the preacher. I put it on the mixtape of with the smoke mixtape, but that song is called Herbal Confessions Part Two. Do you know what album that was on? Urban: Yeah, we had him in the background singing. You I it was volume 3. Smokey Da Bandit: I know it was volume three. was that was the only album it was on? Nope. Did you have an album, Well, that was on mine, From the Poo-Pit to the Corner. From the Poo-Pit to the Corner! Urban: Well that was on mine from the poop to the corner. Shout out to Kodo for that fabulous album cover. Smokey Da Bandit: Shout out to Kodo for that fabulous album cover. Yeah, that shit was raw. Man, how many tracks It was me looking right out of my apartment window. Is that online the burning church out there. Is that online anywhere? Hold on a second. Uh-oh. You ain't the only one. Hey! Hold on, hold on. me, let me. Urban: because it was me looking right out of my apartment window and he put the burning church out there. Hold on a second. You ain't the only one. Hold on, hold on, me... Smokey Da Bandit: Hey! Shout out to Flamie Spitters, called out Distorted Views Graphics, rather. production. Still got it. And look, the one thing that happened when I came to Florida, you see who tried to get me, right? Hey! That's what's up! That's what's up! Urban: Still got it. And look, the one thing that happened when I came to Florida, you see who tried to get me, Smokey Da Bandit: He got them bars Urban: Look, look, hold on, hold on. I told you I'm take you back. Smokey Da Bandit: Look, look, hold on, hold on. I told you I'ma take you back. Hey, that's the area we come from. Yo, these were the books from when I had. For real? Spit a bar. Yeah, I still got one open up a verse. Let's get it. Urban: Yo, these were the books that I had. Yeah, I still got wonderful in here. Well, let's see... Smokey Da Bandit: Sauce fired. Urban: Wait a minute, where is it at? I'm see if I got it. Smokey Da Bandit: Where is it that he got the notebooks? ⁓ I got some notebooks, Urban: I bet you ain't got more than I got. Well, yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. Smokey Da Bandit: I bet you ain't got more than I got. These ain't got no rhyme. Well, yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. But this was a Yeah. Hold on, it's so dark in here. ⁓ You found some bars? Did the bars just fall out your pocket? Urban: Hold on, it's so dark in here. Let's see, let's see. Here's one that says, I'm everything that you need. I'm the ointment when you bleed. I'm the shade in the sun that's provided by the trees. I'm the pro bon attorney when your money kind of funny. I'm the food on the table when you're feeling kind of hungry. I'm the flash of the light when you seen in the dark. I'm the shock in your heart when you ready to depart. Yeah, it's, yeah, you know, just. Yep. Smokey Da Bandit: Here's one that says, I'm everything that you need. I'm the ointment when you bleed. I'm the shade in the sun that's provided by the trees. I'm the pro bonterney when your money kind of funny. I'm the food on the table when you're feeling kind of hungry. I'm the flash of the light when you're seen in the dark. I'm the shock in your heart when you're ready to depart. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, he done just... Hey, you recorded that! Yup! At the house I told you I still had all old stuff. that song. I think I was on that song. Urban: At the house I told you I still had all the old stuff. Yeah. Nah, that was the one me and Dave did for the balance. Smokey Da Bandit: Nah, that was the one me and Dave did for the balance. ⁓ OK, OK, OK. But I remember that. My hero. Look, still got more. All from 1722 Sheridan Road. Wow. See, we go way back, y'all. was... Look, still... Shout out to Nogo, man. Urban: My hero, look, still got more. All from 1722 Sheridan Road. Yep. but still Smokey Da Bandit: If it ain't rhymes, it's poetry. Mr. Hyne. Hey, we shot a movie out there called, it's on YouTube. got a that we shot. It's a short film called City of Lost Souls. It started off as a music video. It was just the music video for You Big and Jimmy Bones. ⁓ Urban: If it ain't rhymes, it's poetry. Thirsty to the city of lost souls. Yeah. Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: What was that song called? Urban: The City of Lost Souls? Smokey Da Bandit: The City of Lost Souls? Nah. Urban: It was called the city of lost souls. Smokey Da Bandit: I you it was called the city of lost souls. ⁓ yeah. Yeah. Urban: and the funny thing is, like you said, we had so much video footage Smokey Da Bandit: And the funny thing is, like you said, we had so much video footage. Urban: Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: decipherable speech. ⁓ Urban: ⁓ I was right, I was right. Smokey Da Bandit: Every day seems to be harder to hold I'm trapped in hell back in the city of lost souls A mother's in pain, a son's been slain Shot by the cops for not doing a thing Life is hard to regain but harder to live For us to try to live we gotta stay in the crib We just in house prisons with nothing to give Day walkers, night walkers, midnight stalkers Police hawkers and them lady sweet talkers Zombies on the block shoot the white light chalk dust Then the blood rush, then the heart bust It seems life for us Urban: Man. Smokey Da Bandit: is just unjust trust the law really what for when death is the option and they are the cure money and drugs to us that's the law some are infected but mainly the poor lost to the streets of heat and big jeeps when niggas get shot before they can speak doors kicked in before they can leave Nah, hey, let me ask you this. Let me ask you this. Urban: Nah, hey, let me ask you this. Let me ask you this. Do you remember where that lyric came from? Smokey Da Bandit: Do you remember where that lyric came from? lyric? Urban: the verse that I spit why did I spit that verse do you remember Smokey Da Bandit: The verse that I spit. Why did I spit that verse? Do you remember? Urban: Remember when that kid got shot up by them cops around the ⁓ by where that barbecue restaurant on that street where the liquor store was on the corner? Smokey Da Bandit: Remember when that kid got shot up by them cops around the ⁓ By where that barbecue restaurant on that street with the liquor store was on the corner? ⁓ yeah. And that dude got shot up by the police? Urban: and that dude got shot up by the police. That's what I was talking about when I wrote that. Yeah, yep. Cause he didn't do nothing. Smokey Da Bandit: That's what I was talking about when I wrote that. was kinda upset around that time too. Yeah, yep. Damn. Because he didn't do nothing. Wow. R.I.P., yeah. Yep. That's why y'all made can't remember who it was, but I remember there was a little uproar behind that. Yeah, yeah. Sippy Bones on that joint, that song is called City of Lost Souls. Y'all can look that up on YouTube. It's a video, the City of Lost Souls. Urban: Yeah, I can't remember who it was, but I remember there was a little uproar behind that. Yeah. Smokey Da Bandit: The preacher by indecipherable speech Jimmy bones. That's what we knew that I didn't I need to go back in there and edit the title. That's it was how many years ago? 17 years ago. 17 years ago. Urban: indecipherable speech. I knew that was the name. Woo, 2,000. Mmm. Smokey Da Bandit: And then... Urban: That was a long time. Smokey Da Bandit: Forget we got this too. a time. We got this too though. ⁓ Urban: the stepless joint. Smokey Da Bandit: stepless joint Don't you know you're so wonderful? This what Don't you know I think it works You stay on my mind. My Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. You sound like a of fireworks. I remember you did that one. That was a dedication for Mother's Day. Yeah. Yeah. Shout out to my mama, my grandmama, you know, all the mamas out there. Yeah, remember that one. Yeah. We had some hits. Wonderful. That song is called Wonderful by Smokey the Bandit featuring the preacher and Dawe. Urban: And I remember you did that one. That was a dedication for Mother's Day. Yeah, I remember that one. We had some hits. I don't know where he at now man, he just disappeared. Smokey Da Bandit: And I don't know where he at now, man. He just disappeared. Nigga, you know, like a couple years ago... Nigga, don't know how many probably like Eight nine nine nine, years ago. I ain't never gonna forget this nigga. I was headlining a show in Was it Indiana Gotta be someone cuz he's in Indianapolis. I got booked in I got booked and I Performed Urban: Gotta be somewhere, cause he's in Indianapolis. Smokey Da Bandit: No, before I performed, it was some other artists performing. I was the headliner. And one of the artists went up there nigga and that beat came on nigga. I was like what the fuck? That's my shit nigga. The beat they was rapping some whole other shit. I'm like hold on. I'm like hold on, wait a minute. That's wonderful. Yo, you called me when that happened. You see it so you remember. Urban: Hey listen. Yo, you called me when that happened. Smokey Da Bandit: Yeah, you called me. You was like, yo, listen to this. Urban: Yeah, you called me. You was like, yo, listen to this. Smokey Da Bandit: I remember you called me when that happened. Sound click man. Everybody was getting them. Yeah man. This my boy man. Shout out to man. want to thank you for coming on for the first episode and giving some backstory to something that we created together. I couldn't start the first episode without you man because we did it together. Urban: Yeah, I remember you called me when that happened. Soundclick, everybody was getting them. Smokey Da Bandit: ⁓ Yeah, from the title to everything else, Yeah. I remember sitting down thinking about it, we got to come up with a name. And then the shocker was Coto flipped the logo so fast. And that shit was beautiful, simple. I'ma post that too. Yeah. Post that. Yo, I even had them on a couple of T-shirts. Yeah, I still got them. Established in 2008. Urban: Yeah, from the title to everything else, man. I remember sitting down thinking about it, like, we gotta come up with a name. And then the shocker was Kodo flipped the logo so fast. Yeah, I even had them on a couple of t-shirts. Smokey Da Bandit: Right? 2008. All right, Will, thank you for coming on the show. I wanna keep it dragging forever. It's the first episode. It's gonna get broke down and shit. Any shout outs you wanna, any shout outs or anything you wanna say, leave off with? No, I'ma leave off with, first off, shouty to the Mrs. and the kids. Shout out to them. Urban: Yeah, you know anniversary weekend, so you know wifey. I'ma leave off with first off shouty to the missus and the kids Smokey Da Bandit: to everybody I encountered in Nogo, Waukegan, Gurney, Zion, Chicago, everybody I encountered. Like I said, ⁓ Urban: And y'all to To everybody I encountered in no go walk Higgins gurney Zion Chicago Everybody I encountered man like I said ⁓ Like I said, it all played a part of who I am right now, so. Smokey Da Bandit: Like I said, it all played a part of who I am right now, so. Urban: I it. Like I said, man, it's not too many people I stay in contact with or you know, but through all of this, like I said, we all still rock you, me, big, coin, we all can still reach out to each other. So I mean, ⁓ I just appreciate the friendship, man. Brotherhood exactly. Smokey Da Bandit: I appreciate it. I said, man, it's not too many people I stay in contact with or, you but through all of this, like I said, we all still rock you, me, Big Korn, we all can still reach out to each other. Brotherhood. I just appreciate the friendship, Brotherhood, exactly. Yeah, I appreciate you. Thank you for being my first guest. I got, I had way more questions, but you know, this the first episode. We don't want to run them away right away. Save it for next time. Save it for the next time. So on that note, thank y'all for tuning in. Make sure y'all subscribe, comment, tell me how y'all feel for the first episode. Happy 420. know, empty souls taking control of the globe, Bone Thugs and Harmony Records. Matter of fact, I got a single dropping ⁓ May 15th, my first debut single on Bone Thugs and Harmony Records called Self Made featuring Urban: Save for next time. You Smokey Da Bandit: Teddy Bear the Prince. My cousin came on there, gave me some ghetto gospel soul on that track. It's a track that's like, know, motivational, inspirational, you know what saying? And it just give a little quick insight of, you know, what we got coming on. It's you know, Bone Thugs and Harmony Records is a new label that I just signed my very first deal with on February 1st. It was the first of the month. And it was the first of the month too, wasn't it? Of Black History Month at that. Signed my first deal. I've been independent this whole time. And it's still ESE till the day I D.I.E. But right now, you know, we got a motherfucking militia over here at Bone Thugs and Harmony Records. A couple of the artists that have dropped so far is Miss China, artist from Detroit. She got a single out right now called Urban: It was the first of them, wasn't it? Smokey Da Bandit: And then there was one, and then, and she from Detroit. She the first lady of Bone Thugs and Harmony Records. So shout out to China. China artist. And you know the biggest thing I remember about Bone Thugs N Harmony? What? Was being up north ⁓ them coming out. And then I moved to the south ⁓ I kind of knew who they was, but I just remember. Urban: Yeah, and you know the biggest thing I remember about Bone Thugs and Harmony? was being up north and them coming out and then I moved to the south and I kinda knew who they was but I just remember putting that CD in and boy I thought it was about to be a demonic awakening boy. Ouija are you with me? murder, mo murder, mo murder, Me Now I was like, man what am I listening to? I've been rocking with it ever since. Smokey Da Bandit: putting that CD in and boy I thought it was about to be a demonic awakening. Weegee are you with me? Mo murder, mo murder, mo murder. I was like, man what have I listened to? I've been rocking with it ever since. It caught us. But see you know another, but they kept it true too because there was a time like every artist always gave you something positive. Urban: But see, you know another, but they kept it true too because there was a time like every artist always gave you something positive. Smokey Da Bandit: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They give you the good and you can go back to every one of their albums and you can find a message at every last one of them. Shout out to them thugs, the Five True Thugs from the Double Glock. ⁓ they need a documentary. Urban: and you can go back to every one of their albums and you can find a message at every last one of them. Yeah, when they need a documentary. Smokey Da Bandit: Also shout out to Sleepy the Hitman. He just dropped his first single, his debut single. He signed to Bone Thugs and Harmony Records too. His is called They Tried. So that's how, make sure y'all go check them out. They're my label mates. I'm dropping May 15th. ⁓ Smoke Bone got something coming up. We got a lot of artists, know, Mo Thugs and Bone Thugs and Harmony Records, know, Harmony House, FBG. the life, the whole family is coming. So y'all stay tuned. Make sure y'all like, subscribe, ⁓ comment, share. And thank you for watching the very first episode. And I'll try to make sure they're shorter. No, fuck that, man. We gonna talk as long as we want to talk. This is what- Yo, Drink Chance be on for three hours. Right, right. So shake, club, shake, shake. But nah. Urban: Yo, Drink Chance be on for three hours. Smokey Da Bandit: This is the first episode. Happy 420. We got other things to do. It's, you know, yeah. Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit. Everybody love everybody. Eee! We out this bitch. Eee! Urban: Eeeey!