Best of Rory & Mal: Week of 8/4

Summary

Summary of "Best of Rory & MAL: Week of 8/4"

Podcast Information:

• Title: New Rory & MAL
• Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
• Description: New stories, new laughs, new random hot takes that no one asked for... New Rory & Mal
• Episode: Best of Rory & Mal: Week of 8/4
• Release Date: August 10, 2025

In the "Best of Rory & MAL: Week of 8/4" episode, hosts Ryan Reynolds and his co-host delve into a whirlwind of pop culture controversies, music industry debates, and personal anecdotes, all wrapped in their signature humor and candid discussions.

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1. Nicki Minaj vs. DEZ Bryant Controversy

The episode kicks off with a heated discussion about the unexpected clash between Nicki Minaj and former NFL star DEZ Bryant. Ryan Reynolds sets the stage by highlighting the bizarre nature of their dispute:

[02:38] Ryan Reynolds: "As I woke up today, Nicki Minaj versus DEZ Bryant happened. I don't even think they're trying to hide the simulation from us anymore."

The hosts unpack the convoluted origins of the feud, tracing it back to negotiations involving Jerry Jones and DEZ Bryant's contract, which spiraled into Minaj proposing a $10 million fight involving her husband. Reynolds humorously underscores the absurdity:

[03:32] Ryan Reynolds: "She said she would get $10 million so that Dez Bryant and her husband can fight... Don't offer me to fight DEZ Bryant. Do not do that."

2. Johnny Manziel vs. Gilly Bryant Boxing Match

Transitioning from music to sports, the conversation shifts to the potential boxing match between Johnny Manziel and Gilly Bryant. The hosts analyze the athletic capabilities and fighting skills of both individuals, debating the feasibility and entertainment value of such a bout.

[05:43] Ryan Reynolds: "No, DEZ Bryant is like, up there with Cam Newton as one of the most athletic people I've ever seen... That is a monster."

They further delve into DEZ Bryant's fitness regime and Manziel's reputation, contemplating the outcome of a hypothetical fight.

3. Producer Showdown: DJ Quick vs. Dr. Dre

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to an in-depth debate about legendary music producers DJ Quick and Dr. Dre. The co-host passionately advocates for DJ Quick's underrated contributions to the West Coast sound:

[17:57] Co-Host: "DJ Quick is a legend and the reason why the west coast sound..."

Ryan Reynolds acknowledges Dr. Dre's monumental impact but concedes that DJ Quick played a pivotal role in shaping Dre's iconic sound:

[20:05] Ryan Reynolds: "I don't think Dr. Dre is Dr. Dre without DJ Quick setting the tone of what the west coast sound was."

The hosts explore the dynamics of production credits and the collaborative nature of the music industry, emphasizing the importance of recognizing behind-the-scenes talent.

4. Rappers Debate: Black Thought vs. Jay Z

The discussion intensifies as the hosts compare the lyrical prowess of Black Thought and Jay Z. The co-host firmly asserts Jay Z's supremacy while defending Black Thought's undeniable skill:

[21:10] Ryan Reynolds: "But to say that Black Thought is a trillion times better rapper than Jay Z. That's like sounding like Jay is a dog rapper."

They navigate through their personal biases, industry standards, and the subjective nature of musical talent, providing listeners with a nuanced perspective on what defines true lyrical greatness.

5. Music Releases: Metro's Album and Bryson Tiller's Upcoming Projects

Shifting focus to current music trends, the hosts critique Metro's latest album for its excessive nostalgia, questioning the necessity of its extensive tracklist:

[43:26] Ryan Reynolds: "I think he made every one of these... I could make this beat in five seconds."

Conversely, they express excitement for Bryson Tiller's upcoming double album, discussing the potential for innovation versus relying on established melodies from his previous works.

[33:35] Co-Host: "I'm looking forward to this anytime. I think Bryson Tiller is one of the artists that his discography is incredible."

6. Listener's Question: Trust Issues in Relationships with Advice from Offset

In an interactive segment, a listener calls in seeking advice on handling a partner's deep-seated trust issues. The hosts, along with special guest Offset from Migos, provide candid and unfiltered advice:

[54:49] Offset: "She gotta be cheating. Y'all don't check phones."

[55:03] Ryan Reynolds: "If she don't work on that by herself, I would leave because that's only gonna get worse."

The consensus emphasizes personal boundaries, the futility of invasive trust measures, and the importance of mutual respect in relationships.

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Throughout the episode, Reynolds and his co-host navigate complex topics with humor and insight, offering listeners a blend of entertainment and thoughtful commentary. Their candid approach to discussing celebrity disputes, music industry intricacies, and personal relationship challenges makes for an engaging and relatable listening experience.

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Notable Quotes:

• Ryan Reynolds at [03:32]: "Don't offer me to fight DEZ Bryant. Do not do that."
• Co-Host at [17:57]: "DJ Quick is a legend and the reason why the west coast sound..."
• Ryan Reynolds at [21:10]: "But to say that Black Thought is a trillion times better rapper than Jay Z. That's like sounding like Jay is a dog rapper."
• Offset at [54:49]: "She gotta be cheating. Y'all don't check phones."

These moments encapsulate the hosts' dynamic interplay and their ability to tackle diverse subjects with both seriousness and levity.

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[Ryan Reynolds]

The volume. As I woke up today, Nicki Minaj versus DEZ Bryant happened. I don't even think they're trying to hide the simulation from us anymore.

[Co-Host 1]

What has happened?

[Ryan Reynolds]

The confusion I had in traffic of how this even begun.

[Co-Host 1]

Like, we are putting so many sentences together these days that I never thought we would hear. Putting so many people together that I thought we were nervous. Like, what is going on? What is happening? Cause y', all, you know, I get a lot of the news and the current shit from y' all when I come in here. What is happening with DEZ Bryant and Nikki?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Well, the first thing I saw, I got, like, I was in round six is when I realized anything was even happening, when I saw Nikki offer up her husband to fight an NFL player. Do you think she consulted with. With her husband before that?

[Co-Host 1]

Wait, she did what?

[Ryan Reynolds]

She said she would get $10 million so that Dez Bryant and her husband can fight. And I'm not saying, you know, Kenny is not who he is or not where he's from or not the past that he has. I'm just saying DEZ Bryant is DEZ Bryant. Don't offer. I don't care. My wife, my girl, Damaris, anybody. Never offer me to fight DEZ Bryant. Do not do that.

[Co-Host 1]

But imagine, like, now I gotta fight him. Now imagine you sleep and your wife is in the other room doing that. And then you wake up seeing that you gotta fight an NFL player. You're like, wait, what just happened? But what is all of this stemming from? Is it like.

[Ryan Reynolds]

So I had to go back.

[Co-Host 1]

I'm completely lost. Like, how did we even get to DEZ and Nikki even having a conversation?

[Ryan Reynolds]

I thought she was still talking about DEZ from Roc Nation. Desiree. Then I got really confused. I was like, wait, this is DEZ Bryant.

[Host]

It's up for everybody.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Eddie. DEZ is getting yo.

[Co-Host 1]

It's being up for any dez. Is yo. Nikki going at any DEZ is hilarious. But wait, is that part of it? Like, maybe he thought that he. She says something about him.

[Ryan Reynolds]

So. So I went back right before we started recording. So initially, there was something about Jerry Jones and DEZ Bryant's contract where hov negotiated that deal without being, like, a licensed NFL agent at the time. So it caused controversy or whatever. So then dez, like, just, I don't know, commented on it. And then Nikki, who has been on her tirade with Roc Nation, saw this and obviously wanted to take advantage of any Roc Nation slander.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay.

[Ryan Reynolds]

She says, does anyone want to Play a game. And then DEZ Bryant innocently was like, I love games. Not knowing that this was about to talk about child rape, offering $10 million bounties for fights. Okay. Like, I. I think he thought it was just going to be a game.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Nikki thought Otherwise. And then Dez said, Get to 10 million in cash. I'm ready now.

[Co-Host 1]

Well, we know. Well, it's. It's safe to say that De Ready now. He's. He probably still in. He doesn't play anymore, does he?

[Ryan Reynolds]

No.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay. So he's probably still. You know, he still has a workout regimen.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I'm sure DEZ Bryant is, like, up there with Cam Newton as, like, one of the most athletic people I've ever seen in my life. Like, I don't care if he's never thrown a punch. You're still going to have trouble with Des Bryant.

[Co-Host 1]

Absolutely. Yes.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That is a monster.

[Co-Host 1]

Yes. But this is just so. But how. Again, you explained everything, and I'm still confused as to how.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I didn't say it made sense. I was just telling you after.

[Co-Host 1]

All right, all right, all right, cool. Cause I'm still like, how did we get here, though? Like, what is going on? Why is everybody. Like, what is. Everybody's upset, everybody's mad, everybody's arguing. Like, what is going on in the world? Like, I thought everybody was supposed to be happy, healthy, and just chill.

[Host]

Why would you think that?

[Co-Host 1]

I mean, because that's just the best way to be. Everybody just mind your business.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Nirvana.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, man. I don't know, man. I don't know.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Admittedly, don't know too much about either cases. I just don't understand how a Jerry Jones and jay Z negotiation 10 years ago led to me finding out that Dez Bryant allegedly beat up his mother. And I found out even more about the alleged rapist activities of the Minaj family. I don't think I started learning things about Nikki's brother, her dad. Like, why is DEZ Bryant telling me this?

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, but I don't think. I don't think DEZ beat his mom up. I think he. His mom was abusing him.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I'm saying all alleged fans on both sides. I'm admitting I didn't even want to look further into it.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I was sitting there wondering why it was even being talked about when all we were talking about before was Jerry Jones and Juan making a deal.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. I mean, listen, man, I. Again, nothing surprises me, but this one is close. As close to being surprising as it gets. Like, I never thought I would come in here and hear that NICKI Minaj and Dez Bryant are negotiating a $10 million fight. I just never thought that would be a part of our talking points. But I don't know, man. I don't know what's going on with people. I think everybody just needs to relax, you know, just. Just. Just chill, be happy. Life is beautiful. We cause a lot of issues that don't need to be caused and we don't, you know, need to go down certain paths, but, you know, it is what it is.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But I feel like they needed to respect the audience a little bit more in this one because I was still trying to figure out how Johnny Manziel and Gilly were beefing. I wasn't even ready for Nikki, and I was still trying to figure out that one.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I didn't understand that either. Johnny just jumped in that. I think he just was like, yo, I'm gonna slap the. And I was just like, whoa. Like, Johnny, where did that. That just came out of? You came in hot because the.

[Ryan Reynolds]

The Cam Newton and Gilly, I wouldn't call it a beef, but they're war of words, back and forth. Yeah, funny. Like, I mean, it hasn't gotten, in my opinion, that serious from what I've seen. Just been kind of playful slash serious banter back and forth. Yeah, I thought Cam's response was hilarious. I just. Then when Mr. Football, fucking Mr. Ohio, just comes out of left field and is like, y' all slap the shit outta Gilly. Like, wait, that has to be a fake Johnny Manziel count. No, that's a verified account. What the fuck is going on in the world?

[Co-Host 1]

I don't know, man. He says, yo, Gilly the Kid, you may be the biggest fucking loser on the planet. Talking like you've fucking done anything on the football field. If I see you just know I'm gonna slap the fuck outta you. Trust. Shout out to 38 special. But I don't know if I'm as surprised at that. Johnny is.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I didn't look up. I thought he really said shout out to 38 special.

[Co-Host 1]

No, but he said shout out.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I was like, damn, I missed the 38.

[Co-Host 1]

No, but he said trust. So, you know, that's 38 special. Shit. So, you know, shout out to special. Yeah, this one. This one doesn't really surprise me because, you know, Johnny is a. He's a wild boy, man. So I don't, you know, he's sticking up for his, I guess his NFL counterpart in that regard, right? He's sticking up for Cam Newton, like, Yo, listen, don't disrespect Cam. Cam is a great athlete, great quarterback, you know, stop trying to talk. Stop talking shit about him. Stop shitting. You can kind of see why he came to.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Oh, no, no. I get, you know, that Heisman community. I'm sure they always look out for each other.

[Co-Host 1]

It's a fraternity. You know, a thing about that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

If one of my rap rappers was playfully going back and forth with somebody, I wouldn't then step in. I'm sure Cam and Johnny Manziel have had maybe three conversations in their entire life. Yeah, I'm not stepping in and saying I'm going to slap the shit out of you when you guys were doing playful banter.

[Co-Host 1]

Well, Gilly responded as Gilly. You know, Gilly ain't going to miss a moment to respond to anybody, but Gilly responded. And he had a face full of, let's say, substance. I don't know what it was. He had a face full of substance.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Face full of substance.

[Co-Host 1]

He had a face full of substance. And he just was like, yo, listen, you know, Johnny, I don't know what you over there doing, but I can only guess that you must be high out your mind right now thinking that you're just going to slap the shit out of me. Like, I don't know, man. I just. Again, we're putting sentences together, we're saying things, putting names together that I never thought would happen. This is what the Internet does. So I believe this brings people together even if we don't ask for it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Johnny Manziel, of course, is an incredible athlete. At one. One time I watched the doc. I don't know if he stayed in shape. I've seen Gilly box before. Gilly knows how to fight. I don't know how this one will go. And Johnny Manziel, obviously, if you go to the NFL, you're a top tier athlete. But they always said he was too small for the NFL anyways. Yeah, I mean, he's not that much bigger than Gilly.

[Co-Host 1]

Is this something that we think we'll see Logan, the Paul brothers get behind what?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Johnny was on that side. He said, let's set up the fight. Which I after, I thought it was kind of weird when he just butted in and said, I'll slap the shit out of you. But once he said, let's actually set the fight up, I was like, I respect it. I mean, you're not just tweeting.

[Co-Host 1]

I mean, listen, for the right payday, I mean, we know Gilly ain't ducking It. No, Gilly, he'll get in the ring with Johnny Manziel for the right product. That's what I'm saying.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Barstool.

[Co-Host 1]

But he can't throw his own boxing event, can he? Like, isn't that like, kind of inside trader?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Literally, every Mayweather fight was money. Money Boy Productions or whatever this was. He was paying his opponent. That's how. That's how ill Floyd Mayweather was as a businessman. Like, he was paying his opponent. They got their check, win or lose. Well, all losses because he's undefeated. But from Floyd Mayweather llc, like, all.

[Co-Host 1]

Right, see, when the documentary come out, some years they be like, some niggas took the fall for that, for that jacket. I'm just saying, you get. When you are promoting the fight and paying the fighter, you leave room for that speculation. For them to be like, yo, you was paying these fighters? Like, how we know you wasn't paying them to lose? I'm just saying, you leave room for that speculation.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But we're also talking about Floyd, probably the best defensive boxer ever.

[Co-Host 1]

Without a doubt. Without a doubt. I'm just saying, it wouldn't surprise me if 10 years from now we get a documentary where one of the fighters that he fought come out and say, yeah, no, you know, they paid me a little extra to just, you know, take it easy.

[Ryan Reynolds]

The only time Zab almost got him, I thought that was like, one of the only fights he was going to lose. But other than that, Mayweather's one pretty.

[Co-Host 1]

Zab caught him with one.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And Zab caught him, Caught him.

[Co-Host 1]

And Shane Mosley caught him with one as well. Shane caught him with one of the cleaner, cleaner punches. I think that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And Ricky hadn't in a few rounds. Kind of look like it may go the other way, but I don't know.

[Co-Host 1]

Manny. Manny caught him with some clean ones, too. Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He didn't fight Manny when Manny was Manny. Nah.

[Co-Host 1]

I mean, well, you know, that's a.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Manny had been laid out on the canvas three times before that.

[Co-Host 1]

The documentary. The documentary we'll wait to see.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Well, yeah, I can't make any sense of this. I will be ringside if Johnny Manziel and Gilly fight, though. I will definitely go to that fight.

[Co-Host 1]

That's going to be funny to watch. That's just going to be funny. Yeah. Betting money on Johnny Manziel and Gilly.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I. I would.

[Co-Host 1]

I would say Gilly without seeing what Johnny Manziel walks in the ring looking like. Like, if he's in shape, if he's.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like, how much time Two months. Oh, I'm taking Gilly.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But I mean, boxing is an art. Like, even if you're.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. If you're a world class fighter, like.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah, this is not the, the DEZ Bryant Kenneth fight. I'm like, in a boxing ring, just, you gotta know how to box or you will get chipped up. Like, no matter how strong you are. Two months. Nah, Gilly been boxing his whole life. Yeah.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, but Johnny is probably bigger than Gilly. We can assume. Yes. Yeah, yeah. So it's not, you know, he has the advantage there. Size, strength.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I don't care how tall you are. If you've never seen an angle, like.

[Co-Host 1]

You know, I get that. But I'm just saying size, strength, let.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Gilly swing his foot one time and give Johnny an angle he's never seen.

[Co-Host 1]

That's true.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I mean, I'm going Gilly.

[Co-Host 1]

I'll watch it though. I'll definitely tune in for that. I would definitely want to see that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And like I watched the doc. Johnny was getting thrown out of house parties. Just fucking civilian small names spitting in his face. Get the fuck out of our house party. And Johnny just leaving. Nah, he's Gilly from Philly. No, you couldn't do that with Tanner in Ohio.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. But back to this Jalen Hurts Cam Newton thing. Now why do people, why are people, like so upset about that? Like saying that Jalen like that Gilly said Jalen. Jalen Hurts is better than Cam. I don't know if I'm on the side of that, honestly. I don't know if Jalen Hurts is a better quarterback than Cam Newton.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I don't think he is. But I mean, if someone said it, I wouldn't want to slap the shit out of them.

[Co-Host 1]

Now, now, granted, granted, Jalen Hurts won a Super bowl, but again, that goes to. Speaks to a better team. You know, that the healthy Cam got to the super bowl, didn't win it. But y' all know how I feel about it. I think Cam Newton is the greatest college football player ever, in my opinion. I don't think I've ever seen a college football player better than Cam Newton. Again, him winning that national championship with Auburn beating Alabama, I still don't know how he pulled that off with that team he had versus Alabama. Insane. He got to the super bowl, didn't win it. Didn't, you know, didn't leave with the.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Jury, but Cam Newton had a great professional career. What are we talking about?

[Co-Host 1]

No, he can't. But this is what I'm saying. I don't Just because you want it. Now I get it. When you win the super bowl as a quarterback, you get to talk a little, you know, in the locker room with other quarterbacks, you talk slick. You show that jewelry. It's a different.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It's a different level when you show that jewelry. All right, Derek Fisher, incredible point guard. I don't think he's better than Iverson just because he has the rings.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, but that's not a fair.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I could have said Mario Chalmers. I'm trying to find, like, Derek, but a quality point guard.

[Co-Host 1]

But. But Cam Newton was. Was league mvp.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Iverson's been that.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. Jalen Hurts was. Was he league MVP as well? Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yes. League MVP Twice, right? Or just once. They're both great. I just side with Cam. I really, honestly wouldn't be mad at either side, but I don't think Jalen.

[Co-Host 1]

Hurts is a better quarterback than Cam Newton. I think that if we have Cam Newton and Jalen Hurts on the draft board at the same time, knowing what we know right now, like, who you're taking. I just seen Cam Newton do more with less, so I'm gonna have to go with Cam Newton. No warrior now.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Okay, who do you think is better, DJ Quick or Dr. Dre? Black thoughter Jay Z. This has been a wild week. Like, quiet has kept. Because we had so much fun this weekend. We didn't discuss how insane the Internet has been in the last five, six, seven days.

[Co-Host 1]

I will say this in regards to the DJ Quick Dr. Dre thing, because I did see somebody tweeted the art of dialogue page tweeted, DJ Quick reacts and agrees with a fan who says he's legendary producer. Everyone thinks Dr. Dre is. So somebody says DJ Quick is actually who everyone thinks Dr. Dre is. And Quick responded with, finally, someone had the balls to say it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I thought Quick and Dre were in a good place. Now, I know there's been some ups and downs, but I thought everything was all good now.

[Co-Host 1]

You can still be in a good place. And just when somebody says something that I think a lot of the industry, a lot of artists, a lot of other producers have known to be true.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But just like on Twitter. Yeah, that felt like Rosette. Like, you don't do that unless you, like, dislike that person. It wasn't like in an interview where some. We were having a healthy music debate, and Quick was like, yo, I don't think I get my problem. Because DJ Quick is a legend and the reason why the west coast sound.

[Co-Host 1]

Even sounds the way it sounds incredibly underrated. Yeah. Incredibly underrated. So I think engineering someone has the balls to say it part was kind of like, okay, so you've been waiting for somebody to say that. That's what it feels like. That's what it reads as. Okay. You've been waiting for somebody to finally say what a lot of people behind the scenes have been saying for years and have had conversations about when you say better, okay, Dr. Dre probably is credited with more hit records.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yes.

[Co-Host 1]

Right. More classic albums. But then you get to the conversation of how much of that is credited to Dre that he actually did versus Quick. I told you. Funny story. Hop always says about DJ Quick is he's the only guy I've ever been in the studio with who I've seen touch every knob on the soundboard. Literally touched every single. Now roaring.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And, you know, he built that equipment, too.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've been in a few studios. Do you know how many knobs Hop said, yo, I was in the studio with Quick. He touched every knob on the soundboard.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah. I have been in studios where full orchestras were playing, and every single line knob was attached to every single instrument. And they were still only using one or two.

[Co-Host 1]

Exactly.

[Ryan Reynolds]

They didn't need the other 17 above it.

[Co-Host 1]

Right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It made beautiful lights.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. But you like. But to see somebody. I mean, I think that Quick probably is alluding to, you know, people say Dr. Dre has a lot of ghost producers. A lot of things he hasn't produced but has his name on is just him having some. Some younger, hungrier guys in the studio. And then, you know, they just want to work and get paid for it. They don't care if they get credited for it. That's been the talk for some years.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I hear my thing, like, all right, yes. Dr. Dre has definitely collabed with other producers, for sure. Like, still Dre. He's one of my favorite Dre beats, but that's Scott Storch on the piano. But, like, I don't think that's a bad thing. Dre has proven that he is a legend by himself as well, 100%. So I always find that those types of stats when you're having these debates, kind of weird. Like, so what was Dre supposed to do? He shouldn't grow his sound and, like, work with other people. Dre has proven to you he can do this by himself.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Now, the rapper conversation. I'm not even having that one. This is just strictly production.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Now, would Dre's sound be the same if DJ Quick never existed? That's a conversation I think that could be had here and is should be credited to DJ Quick. I don't think we get the Dre sound without DJ Quick setting the tone of what the west coast sound was.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

At the time. Now, better not. Dre's just had a longer career with. With bigger artists. Like, unfortunately, that is also a stat to me as well.

[Co-Host 1]

Absolutely.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like global music. Absolutely. I know. I'm sorry. Dre is better, but I don't think he's Dre without Quick.

[Co-Host 1]

I think you definitely need DJ Quick in order to have a doctor dream. I think, you know, people who don't know DJ Quick don't know his work, don't know what he's done in the industry. Please go do your homework on him. You'll probably be very surprised to notice some of your favorite songs he produced. Now when you say better, I think that comes down to taste.

[Ryan Reynolds]

If we go with what you prefer.

[Co-Host 1]

Things like that, like, you know, that's for people to always argue, like, I can't tell you what you're supposed to like. But I'm just going from a, you know, just a producer standpoint, I do feel like DJ Quick is definitely underrated as a producer. Yeah, he doesn't get talked about enough. When we start talking about legendary producers in hip hop, in music, we don't talk about DJ Quick enough. So I do understand, you know, why he may feel away, because he kind of gets overlooked a lot. Not kind of. He gets overlooked a lot. When it comes to conversations in the culture about the greatest producers of all time, DJ Quick name needs to be in those conversations a lot more. Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like, I mean, do I think Premiere would say Marley Moore? Probably, like, inspired him? Sure. But I think Fre's better. Yeah, But Marley's still a legend, and Havoc's drums wouldn't sound the same if it wasn't for him. Like, he. He's just like the genesis of the whole thing. So you have to give him that credit. But, I mean, Dre took it to a way different level. From R and B to pop to hip hop. Like, it's Dr. Dre. Yeah, that guy. I don't really know what to tell you. Now in the same breath, Will I am. Was he promoted? What does Will I am doing?

[Co-Host 1]

I don't know, man. I'm just always laugh whenever people find a way to mention Jay Z's name, like jb, and this is how you know. And sometimes you just gotta step back and just look at the common fact in a lot of these Conversations and debates. There's a reason why they always go to Jay's name. I think it's because we all know that, yes, Jay Z is the greatest rapper of all time. Anytime you start talking about who's better than who, they're always gonna say, some, some, somebody's better than Jay Z. Because Jay Z is the bar. I think we all know that, whether you wanna recognize that or not. I mean, Jay Z is the greatest rapper of all time. You can have your preference of who you like, and Black Thought is amazing. But to say for Will, I am, to say that Black Thought times better rapper than Jay Z. I mean, come on, Will, I am like, I get it. Black Thought is. He's on our alien list, 100% incredible MC, incredible rapper. Jay is, I'm sure, is a huge fan of Black Thought. Has worked with him before. Like, you know, he has respect, a ton of respect for him. But when you say a trillion times, like, that's just now, you're just, you know, that's when. Cause you can say, I think Black Thought is a better rapper than Jay Z. And I don't think that that stings as much as he's a trillion times better rapper. That's like sounding like Jay is where he's a dog rapper.

[Ryan Reynolds]

The funniest part of his statement was when he was like, don't get me wrong, Jay is dope. Like, oh, thanks. Thanks, Will.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, like we needed that confirmation. Like, okay, glad you said it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I know. I think Jay Z is dope. Yeah, but he's trillion times worse than Black Thought.

[Co-Host 1]

Right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

How do you gauge then his top five rappers? Rakim, Big Daddy, Kane, Kara's 1, Nas, Black Thought, not mad at this list whatsoever. That's your preference. Jay Z is a top. All right, so we're just talking rap, rap, rap, rapperty rap. I still think Jay and Black Thought are comparable there, but are we adding in all the other factors too? Black Thought does have hits. I'm not saying he doesn't. That was callback to Will.

[Co-Host 1]

I got it. Yeah, I got what you was doing there.

[Ryan Reynolds]

What are we talking about again?

[Co-Host 1]

Preference and taste is all, you know, that's who you are. I'm not, you know, Will, I am. Is a, Is a, is a. Is a legendary musician, artist. You know what I'm saying? Like, he, he knows what he likes. He knows a lot more about music than I probably do. So I'm not arguing his taste level.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He does.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. I'm not arguing his taste level, but.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Than anyone in this room, Combined.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. I'm not arguing Will I Am's taste level. It's just the trillion times better that I'm just like that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Just.

[Co-Host 1]

You gotta understand how that just smells and feels like disrespect to Jay Z.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And let's not act like all of us haven't held a bit of resentment towards Will I Am for the last 15 years. There. There was a time he was quietly ruining music.

[Co-Host 1]

Well, I am.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And I think he's a legendary producer. I think he's an incredible musician. I think he's. He's one of the ones from our generation. But when he started doing that watered down electronic pop music with Black Eyed Peas, I mean, I resented him the same way I resented Nori for reggaeton. Like, you were so good. And like now. Now I have this. That's just spilling over into every genre of music. I don't even think we get to the Ron Brows era without Will I am making pop music sound that awfully electronic. That was like when they were doing let's Get In Here is. Is when I think music took a shift. Pop music specifically, and had to get saved around 2010. It was so bad. I'm not saying what the Black Eyed Peas was doing bad. The result of everyone trying to copy that awful sound.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Oh, my God. Pop was so fucking.

[Co-Host 1]

I mean, he gave us one of the greatest New Year songs ever, though. I got a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night. You can't bring in a new year without turning that on. It's not even a new year if you don't listen to that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I'd probably leave that party. Probably through the balcony exit.

[Co-Host 1]

I'm taking the window. Yeah, I'm taking the window.

[Ryan Reynolds]

If that were to play at midnight, that'd probably. This was my last year. I knew it. Yeah.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I'll take the window.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I mean, it's gonna sound like hater because the Black Eyed Peas are legendary and they have a great catalog.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. But Will I am. You gotta cut this shit, man.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He got. Then he had that song with him and Nikki. It was just getting to a weird place with Will I am that one. The futuristic. Anytime an artist tries to do their space, Futuristic phase is usually when I check out.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And all of our. Our favorite producers have probably tried that.

[Co-Host 1]

Well, I am. You can't say that Black Thought is a trillion times better rapper than Jay Z. You can't say that. That's just disrespectful. That's. That's definitely. That was intended with Disrespect. And he knows that. Like, you can't say a trillion times. You can't. That's just disrespectful.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Is there. Do we think there's something there or will.

[Co-Host 1]

I am Jay Z. Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It seems like everyone's guilty of holding onto things.

[Co-Host 1]

It seems like it's something there when everyone knows about Jay Z. Like, it's something there. Jay Z has ruined everybody's lives as far as everybody is concerned. Like, Jay Z is the reason why everybody either doesn't have a platinum record, either doesn't have a successful relationship, either doesn't have a successful sports franchise. Like, Jay Z is the reason behind everyone's failures. So it seems if you let people.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Tell it, there's got to be something. Did he sign Fergie or something?

[Co-Host 1]

No. No. But then again, I don't know.

[Host]

Maybe it could just be his opinion.

[Ryan Reynolds]

No, I know, but your opinion, you.

[Co-Host 1]

Can'T say a trillion times better. People tend to exaggerate. Yeah, but that's disrespect. You can't. You can't do that when it comes to Jay Z as the rapper. You can't disrespect Jay like that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

We've all been podcasting and doing media long enough to know when somebody says something, there's something that we don't know that's attached to it. Yeah, like, you don't just say that. Yeah, there's got to be some history. There's something that nobody knows. It was maybe only them to know. Maybe Jay passed on a record, that there has to be something. Yeah, he said he was going to do a feature, didn't do it.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, there's.

[Ryan Reynolds]

There's always something. I promise.

[Co-Host 1]

There's always something behind the words that people say.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And I totally get why people always say. I'm sure everything always has to do with a woman. That's usually why men beef. You're not wrong. But they're always. There are also fragile male ego shit. Like, you said you was gonna do a feature for me, and then you didn't, and I didn't even look into what was going on in your life. Like, maybe he had a death in the family, but you just holding on to resentment because you just think this person played you.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I can see that. Either way. I mean, I like Black Thought. Well, I love Black Thought as a rapper in the mc. One of my favorites, for sure. But obviously to me and to many others, I think it is clear that Jay Z is the greatest rapper of all time. No worry at night.

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[Co-Host 1]

Bryson tiller devices is out. I'm looking forward to this anytime. I think Bryson Tiller is one of the artists that his discography is incredible. I don't think Bryson Tiller has ever put out a terrible project. For the most part all of his projects are dope. Bunch of joints on there and it's always good to see artists that we like, that we've listened to over the years still be relevant, still be able to put out. Good work. I'm looking forward to the vices.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Also Gunna announce the last one that is out as well right now. A very quick announcement. Did that not throw y' all off a little bit? I mean Gunna's been putting up crazy numbers since he's been home. Like I didn't expect him to just throw something out. I felt like that would have been a longer rollout of how important, you know, Gunna is to the label music, period, right now.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Because he's. He's doing numbers. Numbers since he got out.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

To just throw some out.

[Co-Host 1]

Gun has been through a lot, man. He's been through a lot of ups. Like, you know, had his moment where it looked like he was being exiled from the culture, nobody was fucking with him. Came home, put out a dope project, hit the gym, got in shape and back with another album, sold out shows, had had Baby D crying at the Barclays, shout out to Gunner, man. He was able to overcome that, that moment.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Okay. He's got Whiz Kid, Burner Boy. Do we think there's gonna be a different type of sound?

[Host]

Are we gonna shake Ass Whiz Kid.

[Co-Host 1]

And Burner Boy, his features.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah, yeah. I can see this being a ass shaking album for sure, but that's a lot of drops tomorrow.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, this is Gunna Bryson Tiller.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Which one are you listening to first at midnight tonight? We're recording this on August 7th at midnight.

[Host]

Bryson.

[Co-Host 1]

I gotta go. Bryson. It's too late to hear rap. I'm trying to settle down for the night.

[Host]

Ma don't like rap at night. Ma don't like rap and Ma don't like rap.

[Co-Host 1]

I love rap. Rap, like real rap. Like JID is rap. I'm definitely gonna listen to JIT, but I don't know if I'm listening to JID at midnight.

[Host]

So in between the hours of 2pm.

[Co-Host 1]

And like 8pm commute, like around like 12, 1, 2, 3 dumb hours up until like 10. And then after that we gonna, we gonna, we gonna mellow down. We gonna R and b it after.

[Ryan Reynolds]

10:00Pm all right, Mo, are you saying that. But there was the rumor, which I think is. Is confirmed now, that the vices disc, one that comes out tomorrow is a full rap album. He's putting out two, and the first one comes out tomorrow. And that's supposed to be a full rap album. Boss mandelo, Rick Ross, T Pain Plows, Bumby Baby Drill. Like. Yes. I think. I think there's gonna be more of a rap album than Jids is gonna be by. By your midnight standards.

[Co-Host 1]

All right. Is it just up tempo? It's rap on it and Tiller has the hook, maybe a bridge. Or is it like Bryson rapping?

[Ryan Reynolds]

This is how I know y' all not Bryce Bryson wrapped on so much of trap soul.

[Host]

And he's very good Too.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like Rambo, he's rapping, right? Like, he. He rapped on a lot of trap soul.

[Co-Host 1]

Nobody. I'm not saying Bryce until it can't rap. But just when you tell me he has a disc, he's dropping a double disc. And one disc is him all rapping.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Co-Host 1]

With rappers. I'm a little concerned now. If it's just him and it's on a record, it's an uptempo. And he's, you know, in his melodic rap shit. Oh, we know that that's his. That's his fade away. We know that. But is it that or is he, like, trying to give us bars like Bryson? He ain't trying to metaphor you and bar you down. He got flows, he got melodies. But if he on there trying to stand toe to toe with Rick Ross, I'm gonna be a little disappointed.

[Host]

I mean, but what if he does a good job?

[Co-Host 1]

I don't.

[Host]

I don't doubt that Bryson can do that.

[Co-Host 1]

If it's the melodic Bryson, where it's like that, it's like, why do you think that he can't rap?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Rap?

[Host]

That's what I'm asking you, Rambo, he's rapping.

[Co-Host 1]

I'm not saying I don't. I just don't want that from Bryson Tiller. Why? Give us what Give us go. Don't go away from the mid range.

[Host]

He's gonna do a second diss, though. But I.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And also, wouldn't you say, like, even where Gunna has even gone is like full melodic rapping? That's kind of everybody now. So for somebody as a pen like Bryson. Yeah, I wouldn't mind him leaning more into the rap shit.

[Co-Host 1]

No melodic, just straight bar like Ross.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Everything for the most part now is melodic outside of the legacy.

[Co-Host 1]

That's what I'm saying. If he's doing that, great. I'm saying if he's on there rapping, like how Ross rap. Ross don't rap with no melodies. He giving you straight bars. If Bryson is doing that, I'm just a. You know, it's just kind of like I'm going in with a little apprehensiveness.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like, ah, did you hear his feature on Keanu Today's album Gone?

[Co-Host 1]

How long ago was that? It sounds.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That feels like it was two years ago. Two years ago. One of the best verses of the year. He's rapping on that. But yes, it is very much melodic. I wanted to use that as an example. If it's. If he's saying there's gonna be a Rap album. I think it'll be even more rap than what that feature was. That was very melodic, but he still has bars, but.

[Co-Host 1]

Scared?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Nah, I'm not.

[Host]

I'm not scared, actually.

[Co-Host 1]

If it's melodic, he in his bag. That's his. That's his bread and butter. But if it's just Bryson on there, he trying to bar you down like. Like Kiss. I'm gonna be like.

[Host]

I can't hear him be melodic with Boss Mandelo.

[Co-Host 1]

Why not? Absolutely.

[Host]

I can't hear it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I mean, with Bun B, Pimp C to me was melodic. Bun B's melodic to me.

[Co-Host 1]

No, but you know the melodic I'm talking about.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I know, but Pimpsy was.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, but I. I don't know. I. I'm a little. I thought this was Bryson Tiller going back to, you know, giving us that. That R B that, that. That bag. But, I mean, listen, man, double this.

[Ryan Reynolds]

This is just the first one.

[Co-Host 1]

One thing I will say. Bryson is game. I trust as an artist. I trust him as an artist.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah. I actually think Bryson is very much underrated with his discography. He got a lot of slack for his follow up. I think after Trap Soul and mixed reviews on one after. I think everything he's put out is great.

[Co-Host 1]

His last. His last album was crazy.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I've really fucked with Bryson and I don't know where the disconnect has been. At least I only speak to the social media world, like, where people have started to doubt Bryson. Was it because Trap Soul was just, like, the biggest thing ever that year and the only way you can go from there is down? Like.

[Host]

No.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I've never understood why people keep overlooking the quality music that Bryson keeps putting out.

[Host]

Well, I think at this point now, maybe after his second album, but I'm talking about at this point now, I don't think it's that it was because of Trap Soul. I think that the people who are really pushing music or paying attention to music right now barely remember Trap Soul. Like, they were younger. Like, I don't think the young kids. He doesn't mean as much to them.

[Ryan Reynolds]

As he does to us. But even, like, the buildup of him being the next guy going from Trap Soul to then the Khaled and Rihanna record, which I was a timeless record, like, that could play now. It'd be fine. Yeah, but there was a gap. He was set. Well, he was setting up to be the guy and then he took a break. I mean, didn't he get married or something? Something happened where he, like, took a Break when. I think he did when the premiere was going up. And then he put out an album that just didn't have a single that worked. But I thought it was a dope album. They gotta join on there with Drake. That's fire. That. I just. For some reason, I don't know if it was. If it was the label not working it, but I don't know. I'm excited for this. This price and. And I love that it's a double disc. Do you think he's mad that having Plows T Pain, is he going the route, the nostalgia route that Metro just went with features like that. I hope not from the same era. Like, we're all the same age like that. That's when I see those two combined. To me, that feels like you're trying to do a 2000s thing. If you have Plows and T Pain.

[Co-Host 1]

Together on your song Flies, why you keep saying plows?

[Ryan Reynolds]

I don't know. Why?

[Co-Host 1]

Going through something?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah, maybe.

[Host]

Okay, do you got. Speaking of Metro's album, did you guys like it?

[Ryan Reynolds]

No.

[Host]

Huh?

[Co-Host 1]

No.

[Host]

Is that out of loyalty or, like, actual adoles?

[Co-Host 1]

Like, they played, like, four records in here, and Peach told me the whole album sounds like that, and I was like, I can't listen to that. I understand what he's doing, though. They say he wants music to go back regional and keep things. Like, if you're from Atlanta, your music should sound like. I respect that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

But that sound wasn't. Well, yes, it was regional. Don't get me wrong. That's Atlanta all day. But it. It went everywhere.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. No, and I get that, and that's cool, but I just. Listen, man, I'm. I'm. Everything is just not for me. I can't hear that. I don't. I don't even know where to play that. Definitely not playing that in the crib. Not playing that on the drive. Like, I'm not. Where am I playing that? At somebody that's for somebody. Somebody's gonna love that and play that somewhere at a day party, something like, you know, they going. They're gonna have fun with it. I'm just saying. Me personally, I think Metro was dope, but I'm just saying, that album, I can't. That music is not. Is not for me.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I mean, it was. I haven't gotten through the entire thing. And without getting through the entire thing, my point is, did it need to be a double disc? Like, again, I get it. You're doing the nostalgia. This was what I was listening to in high school into freshman Year college. Like, I love Roscoe Dash. I love Travis Porter here in Gucci. They want to have fun. Like, I like that record a lot. Do we need. What is this? 2020. 25 records of this sound. Like, this could have been a really. Because, you know, Metro does really good eps, Whether it be with Sean. Like, he just throws out a. He has a high volume. Like, he puts out a lot of. Do we need this much of this sound? Like, could it be anything?

[Co-Host 1]

I don't. I don't.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I would really appreciate an EP of this type of. Based off my age and the era that this music came out, I can really appreciate it. It's nostalgic to me. Love Waka. Like, all this shit is great, but why 25 fucking songs of this?

[Co-Host 1]

Yes.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like what?

[Co-Host 1]

It's too much. There's a such thing as too much for me again. Somebody's gonna love it. Somebody's gonna be excited to hear that sound again and go back to that time. You know, I'm more on the side of, you know, give me something more current. Give me something that we probably didn't get. You know, I mean, change the sound a little bit. Like, I'm on that side of it. Like, I respect what he did, and I think it makes sense to try to get music back to a place where it's more regional. You represent where you from more. Instead of, you know, everybody being on social media and try to chase what the wave is. It's like, no, stay in your corner, Stay in your pocket. Do what you do. I respect that. I'm just saying, not to this extent. 25 tracks of that sound from. Was that like, 05? Yeah, 06. 04. Maybe around there.

[Ryan Reynolds]

04 to 06.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. Don't take me 20 years back. Don't do that. Like, give me something that we didn't get was like, this is crazy. This is innovative. This is. You know what I'm saying? Give me that before you take me back. 25 tracks of a sound from 20 years ago.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He put a spin on it a little bit. Like, I like that it was hosted by dj, too, that went back to that. That era.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I get it. But I'm very nostalgic.

[Ryan Reynolds]

This is my theory. I. I can't prove this. Why this is 25 records is because I think. And there's no disrespect to that era, because I love that era. I got pussy for the first time in that era. Like, it holds a special place, special place in my heart. This was. This sound was high school Dances part like that was our. I think Metro found out how easy it was to make those type of beats, and that's why we have 25 of them. I think he made every one of these be. He said, oh, my God, with the stuff, the technology we have now, I could make this beat in five seconds. Yeah, that's what I think happened. Because Metro, if you go back to his last album and the one with Future as well, like, how intricate Metro's beats are, are incredible. Metro can do this when he's taking a. On the toilet. That's why I think there's so much here, because he found out that sound is extremely easy to make in this era. Like, Able, they was doing that on Fruity Loops, everything like that. It took some time. Listen, you could do this in five minutes.

[Co-Host 1]

Ableton.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I'm not saying it's bad.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

And quick doesn't mean bad. But that's why I think Metro had an idea and just kept pumping out like 10 beats a day with this sound. Cause it's so easy to fucking make.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I'm cool, though. But respect to him, you know what I'm saying? He's obviously one of the most talented producers we have and things like that, but this just is. This project is just not for me. That's all. New Warrior.

[Host]

Now.

[Co-Host 1]

I had another bit of a viral moment last year when we were talking about Drake in regards to, you know, people calling him a culture vulture and things like that. And in one of my rants, I said, if it wasn't for Drake, we might not have never even known who the Migos was. That was in regards to me saying, when Drake remixed, was it Versace?

[Ryan Reynolds]

Versace, yeah.

[Offset]

I fool Drake, that my boy. He be. That's my man. What? He stabbed niggas and put. And he don't just do that, though. He don't just do that, though. He stabbed niggas. Got still fuck with nigga.

[Co-Host 1]

Right? Right. But people didn't understand what I was saying. They were saying, like, I was trying to give Drake all the. But it was like, no. But one of the biggest artists remixed a record from a group that was making noise and was known in Atlanta and kind of bubbling around the country a little bit in different pockets.

[Offset]

That shit stamped us different type of way.

[Co-Host 1]

I'm the artist that's coming from Offset. It stamped the Migos. So y' all can stop killing me. Every time that clip goes viral and say, I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.

[Offset]

I said, they be saying Cause they be trying to say, like. They gonna say, like, we gonna be great, Reg. We'll be great regardless. But you can't skip the stamp.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah, no, it definitely changed the Versace record for sure. People then was going and, you know, let's fight and stuff.

[Co-Host 1]

And then I saw Coach K on. He was doing an interview somewhere where he basically reiterated that, like, nah, when Drake did that, he just did that on the love. Like, he fucked with the record and it was just like, yeah.

[Offset]

It wasn't even no succeed shit involved. Like, give me all the record behind the scene. Like, I own everything. Ooh. Cause I'm doing it. No, but it reached out.

[Co-Host 1]

I know.

[Offset]

We went from doing E type show to D type show. Changed, changed up.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I don't know what that was. What, 2014, 15, 14, 14. What? What was that? Like?

[Offset]

13 was Bando. That was Atlanta. Yeah, that was bubbling on.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah. I mean, Vandal made it up to New York a little bit.

[Offset]

A little bit right towards the end.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Of 2013, I think.

[Offset]

Then when that then dropped Versace, then we did Birthday. I'm in Jail, by the way, did Birthday Bash.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Offset]

And then when Buddy got on there, motherfucker went to the moon.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Offset]

And after that, it was like.

[Ryan Reynolds]

What was that called? Like, when you got straight vocals.

[Offset]

I was in a bad situation. I heard it like the world heard it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Offset]

When that motherfucker came out, like, over the phone.

[Co-Host 1]

Damn, you locked up. And you hear that verse?

[Offset]

Yes, sir.

[Co-Host 1]

Oh, them walls got smaller than that. You couldn't wait to get out that motherfucker. What?

[Offset]

Couldn't wait to get out that motherfucker.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That was like, yay. Rich dropped like, wait, hold on. You the biggest art.

[Co-Host 1]

I gotta get the out of here. We going crazy right now.

[Offset]

Yeah, I heard that sh on the phone.

[Co-Host 1]

Now, me and Rory went to the Scorpion show when y' all were on tour with Drake and I. I remember telling Rory when we left, I said, I always knew the Migos had records and they was dope and you know all of that. But seeing y' all perform that set list on the Scorpion tour, for me, I. It gained a different level of respect for y'. All. Cause I was like, yo, they was doing back to back to Back to back hit records.

[Offset]

Hour long, too.

[Co-Host 1]

The entire set.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That wasn't no opening, 15 minute act.

[Co-Host 1]

No, no, no, no, no. They could have easily headlined a tour like that. But is that a testament to just y' all always knowing that, yo, we dope. We gonna be who we are. And when the time Comes. Everybody will catch on. Yeah.

[Offset]

That's been the story of our shit since the beginning of time. I always caught on late and catch on late. I be liking that, though. Cause I feel like the. That hit fast. Go faster.

[Co-Host 1]

Oh, yeah. It fades quick. They get over.

[Offset]

Especially now.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, they get over it super quick. Super quick.

[Offset]

Like, I rather record. I'd rather start from 25 on Billboard and Clown to number one, then go number one, and then next week I'm 98. I'd rather do that because that means the record ain't sticking.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Offset]

It's just some hype, right? That hype should be down there.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah.

[Co-Host 1]

And actually working the record as one of the more fashionable guys in the culture. Being from Atlanta now, Yachty had some things to say about New York and its fashion sense a few months ago, and the Internet kind of killed him. You spend a lot of time in New York. You do a lot of shopping in New York. Being from Atlanta, where do you feel like which city has more sense of fashion and style and taste between New York and Atlanta?

[Offset]

I'm gonna say it like this. You can't never play with New York, okay?

[Co-Host 1]

Ever.

[Offset]

It's the brains of the Mecca. It's the Mecca. It's the Mecca. Now we got sauce and, like, drip. See what I'm saying? Lingo, how we do it, how we carry it. I feel like if I want a shop, I'm gonna come to New York for sure. Ain't no plan, but I'm not gonna copy high. New York dressed up, okay?

[Co-Host 1]

You ain't gonna put it on. You ain't gonna put it. Put it together the same way.

[Offset]

I ain't gonna put it together the same way.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay. Got you.

[Offset]

I'm gonna respect it.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Offset]

Now, I would never say, what was the question? What did they ask him? And then he said. He said Atlanta.

[Co-Host 1]

He got exactly what Yachty said, but he.

[Offset]

It was some, like, who's flyer?

[Ryan Reynolds]

People from New York. And then they pulled up a million photos of him dressing just like dmx. And it was just like, all right. I mean, I. With y'.

[Co-Host 1]

All.

[Ryan Reynolds]

It's my guy.

[Offset]

That's my brother. That's my brother.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You can't say New York doesn't dress better than Atlanta. And all these photos is you just taking influence from New York fashion. Yeah, but I mean, yeah, Atlanta's put their. Their sauce on.

[Offset]

We got the sauce. Sometimes we having sauce, man.

[Co-Host 1]

But it's a cheat code now. And I always say this with social media, because before social media, if you was fly in your city, it was because you really went and looked for pieces. You really put pieces together. Now with social media, I could just follow Offset and be like, yo, what hoodie Offset got on? On. I'm gonna go get that. Yo, what shorts Offset got on? I'm gonna go get that. Yo, how he did his socks with the. With the laces?

[Offset]

It's easier to bite.

[Co-Host 1]

It's easier now.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That doesn't mean it. Fashion me is also like cologne. It's gonna smell different on everybody. Like you could copy somebody's whole fit and you could look nuts in it.

[Co-Host 1]

Absolutely.

[Offset]

Yeah.

[Co-Host 1]

You see, we see the mannequins, they got the whole Balenciaga shit. Like you weren't supposed to do. Balenciaga. Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Find the one part you like.

[Offset]

Yeah, I don't like that. I don't like to go print crazy too.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. Grab some pieces here and there. And then like you said, sauce. How you throw it together?

[Offset]

How you throw it together?

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Offset]

Because there ain't no rules in this, right? So it's just. Oh, it's a free book. Some be. I hate manic. I be calling Mannequin Channel.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yeah, yeah. It's funny I just said that about Vlad yesterday.

[Offset]

Straight Louie, everything Louis shoe. Louis sock, shorts, pants, belt.

[Co-Host 1]

That's nasty.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You literally just walked in and said, let me get that.

[Offset]

Yeah, that's nasty work, man.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Before we let you get out of here, we do have fans and listeners that call in and ask for advice, tell us stories. We want to do one quick voicemail with you, so we give a fan advice.

[Co-Host 1]

You've got mail.

[Caller]

How's going gang with the pod? I need to come down to Louisiana for a live show here. You know, I'm a beat up, but the reason I was hitting y a little, man, is because I need some advice, you know? Nah, I'd have been around the block a few times. You know, I. I'm not new to this, but still, I still like to hear different perspectives.

[Co-Host 1]

So.

[Caller]

Got shoddy. I'm talking to. You know, I love. I love my life type. Like, you know, our interests align, our morals align. Everything like we good and every. Everything good, everything pure, everything great. Except one problem. Trust issues. She got trust issues and they are bad.

[Co-Host 1]

Had.

[Caller]

Now I know where they stem from. Like, she had the best, like, you know what I'm saying? She's been through a lot and one of the things I love about it is her perseverance. Like how she. How she still such a great person after dealing with all the stuff that she's been through in life, but that caused this issue, you know, and she need therapy, but that's a whole nother conversation we ain't about to have no time soon. But I'll be chilling, bro. I don't be doing nothing wrong. Like a don't. I don't text no other. I don't know other, like.

[Ryan Reynolds]

You know what I'm saying? I ain't.

[Caller]

I'm not on there. Like, I'm off that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I wanna.

[Caller]

I want a real relationship or whatever, you know? So basically, like, how would y' all.

[Co-Host 1]

Deal with that without.

[Caller]

I don't want to break up with her. Like, she'd be trying to go through a phone. Like, she went through my phone. She don't find nothing, but it's still. Oh, you must be hiding something. You must delete messages. Like, it's all kind of. And I just. I don't want to break up with her, but kind of tired of it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Yo, man, leave.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, I feel like it sound like she's already, like, just way too insecure. And it's not gonna get no better if she going through your phone and she don't find nothing and she still feel like you hiding something.

[Ryan Reynolds]

She gotta do the work.

[Co-Host 1]

Get up out of there, man. Get up out of there. He said. He said.

[Offset]

Do he got trust issues?

[Co-Host 1]

No, she has. She has issues.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Her past has those. So she be going through his phone?

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah, going through his.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He gonna be doing nothing.

[Co-Host 1]

You said he chilling. No hoes.

[Offset]

I'm saying, though, he had to do something. Like, is it like a past?

[Co-Host 1]

Well, her previous relationships, she been through some shit before. Now they're dating.

[Offset]

Sometimes people do that off guilt, too, though.

[Co-Host 1]

Oh, yeah? What's she doing? What she got going on? Check her phone.

[Ryan Reynolds]

That's y' all responsibility.

[Offset]

She gotta be cheating. Y' all don't check phones. But I'm just saying, like, she keep pressing here.

[Co-Host 1]

Why is she checking his phone?

[Offset]

He sounds serious, too. Like, he hurt about that. Like, he.

[Co-Host 1]

Like, he really in love with her. He sound like he want to be with her, but he like, she making it hard. Like, damn, I'm not around. Why you keep pressing me about this?

[Offset]

They don't want my advice.

[Ryan Reynolds]

They want your advice.

[Co-Host 1]

Trust me.

[Ryan Reynolds]

He looking for ours, but he definitely want yours.

[Co-Host 1]

He hear Offset's advice, you like, hell, yeah. I'm. I'm rolling with that. So what does Offset tell a gentleman like that?

[Offset]

What you tell her she too.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Like.

[Offset]

Maybe. Maybe you got. You make her feel a little bit more secure. And I mean, maybe okay, maybe you. Maybe you. The trauma. Look at the trauma she's been through and try to do the opposite of that. Yeah, maybe that can help, but I don't know.

[Ryan Reynolds]

I hear that, but I'm not changing my whole life for you to look through my phone like I'm on parole every night because you went through some before me. Like, I'm just not really.

[Co-Host 1]

I can't pay for his.

[Ryan Reynolds]

The other guy fuck ups to me. That's odd because I'm not gonna go through your phone.

[Co-Host 1]

Right.

[Ryan Reynolds]

To me, that's. If she don't work on that by herself, I would leave because that's only gonna get worse. You can't cure that just by showing your phone every night, right? What the. I didn't do anything.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah. Is that one of your things, though? Never, never go through a woman's phone. Even if you feel like there may be some going on, like you just never. Like, I'm never doing it.

[Offset]

I ain't gonna say I've. I have done it, but.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Did you find what you was looking for?

[Co-Host 1]

That shit hurt.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Hurt.

[Offset]

You just. No, actually don't find none.

[Co-Host 1]

That's what hurts when you don't find nothing. Explain that.

[Offset]

When you don't hurt as a man, like, that's some lame ass. Like, yeah, after you.

[Ryan Reynolds]

When you.

[Co-Host 1]

Okay, I see what you're saying.

[Offset]

When you thought you do some to ask you, like, what the.

[Co-Host 1]

Like, why would I even. I'm playing myself.

[Offset]

You go in the phone, ain't nothing in there. Yeah, damn, I'm lame. And then you just sitting there lame in hell, going through the girl phone.

[Co-Host 1]

All right, now do you talk through it and you didn't find nothing? Or you just tuck that and be like, damn, that's corny. I did some corny.

[Offset]

It's so corny. You gotta tuck that.

[Ryan Reynolds]

There's no winning going through a phone. You're gonna find something you don't like. And if you don't find something you don't like, you gonna think she deleted something.

[Co-Host 1]

Yeah.

[Ryan Reynolds]

So now you just walking around the house pacing, like, just don't get in the phone.

[Offset]

Don't go play.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Just stay away from phone.

[Offset]

Stay away from the phone.

[Co-Host 1]

Don't go through no phones. I don't recommend going through no phones either. You're gonna find a reason to leave or find a reason to stay. Either way, don't do it. Don't.

[Ryan Reynolds]

My ego can't handle it. That's why I've never went through a phone.

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Ugh.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Come on. Why is this taking so long?

[Co-Host 1]

This thing is ancient.

[Ryan Reynolds]

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Untold Stories Life with a Severe Autoimmune Condition, a production from Ruby Studio in partnership with Argenics is back with Season four. Join me, Martine Hackett, as we explore the realities of life with Myasthenia gravis or mg, and chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating polyneuropathy or cidp. We'll uncover the stories of resilience and self advocacy in the face of uncertainty. From overcoming misdiagnosis to finding empowerment in small victories, these are moments that change us. Here's a glimpse of what's in store. Whenever I go to my specialist, he mentions the R word. Remission. Is it possible? Like, is it over? But also knowing it's never really over, but just being able to say, hey, there's light at the end of the tunnel. Stay the course. Don't give up on yourself. Every single person living with the autoimmune illness has a life worth living, and it's up to you to define that, to capture that and to go guns blazing, follow and listen to untold Stories on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.