Episode 380 Clocking Business

Summary

Podcast Summary: New Rory & MAL - Episode 380: "Clocking Business"

Release Date: June 17, 2025
Hosts: Rory, Maul, and Damaris
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

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1. Digital Payments Made Easy with Cash App

The episode kicks off with Maul highlighting the convenience of modern digital payment solutions. He enthusiastically discusses how Cash App has revolutionized the way people handle transactions, eliminating the need for physical money exchanges.

• Maul: "In this digital age, just send money whenever I feel like it." (00:04)
• Rory: "You need to be able to send money anywhere in the world, anytime." (00:16)

Maul introduces a nifty trick taught by Damaris: requesting a dollar from unknown numbers via Cash App to identify the sender. This feature is praised as "the greatest woman trick I have ever heard in my entire life." (00:49)

Both hosts promote an exclusive referral code, Rorymal10, offering new users a $10 bonus upon sending $5 to a friend within 14 days. This segment underscores the podcast's integration of sponsorships seamlessly into the conversation.

2. Honoring Fathers: A Heartfelt Discussion on Father's Day

Transitioning from digital finance, the hosts shift focus to honoring fathers. They express appreciation for present and active fathers, emphasizing the growing recognition of Father's Day.

• Rory: "Happy Father's Day to all the great fathers of the world. Hope you had a great day of relaxation." (06:39)
• Maul: "Last year was my first Father's Day, so I had it from a different lens." (07:02)

Rory criticizes the scheduling of sports events on Father's Day, questioning Mayor Adam Silver’s decisions. The conversation reflects a blend of personal anecdotes and broader social commentary.

3. Navigating the Moving Process: Personal Experiences

The discussion turns to the challenges of moving, particularly to Brooklyn. The hosts share humorous and relatable experiences dealing with moving companies, highlighting frustrations with service quality and pricing.

• Damaris: "I hired Task Rabbits. That's my fault." (30:47)
• Maul: "The moving guy was a POD fan... he tried to barter with me." (32:38)

Rory and Maul recount mishaps with moving services, such as improperly wrapped furniture and unexpected charges, offering listeners a glimpse into their personal lives and the logistics of relocating.

4. Live Events Recap: Godfrey's Stand-Up Special

Rory and Maul discuss their recent attendance at a Godfrey comedy special at the Apollo Theater. They laud Godfrey's performance, describing it as "one of the funniest" they've ever seen.

• Rory: "Godfrey gave one of the best stand-up shows I've ever seen." (12:24)
• Maul: "It was an intimate setting. It would have been cool to see Nas and Raekwon just chill." (16:17)

The hosts express excitement for the special's release and commend the production team, particularly Rachel, for accommodating everyone effectively.

5. Degree Deodorant: Fan-Driven Formula Revival

A notable segment covers Degree deodorant's reversal of a formula change due to fan backlash. The hosts commend Degree for listening to their consumers and restoring the original "Cool Rush" scent.

• Maul: "Degree admitted they effed up and are bringing the original Cool Rush scent back." (00:33)
• Rory: "Head to your local Walmart or Target to try the OG Degree Cool Rush for yourself." (41:13)

This discussion underscores the power of consumer feedback and brand accountability.

6. NYC Politics: Mayor Adams and City Council Elections

The conversation delves into local politics, focusing on Mayor Eric Adams and the upcoming city council elections. The hosts express skepticism about Adams' leadership and discuss potential candidates, including Bianca Cunningham for City Council D41.

• Maul: "Bianca Cunningham is running for New York City Council D41. She’s pro-union, pro-racial justice." (21:07)
• Rory: "Let's get Adams out of here and let's get Cuomo out of there." (27:24)

They critique Adams' policies and leadership style, advocating for new representation in city governance.

7. Music Talk: Evaluating Legendary Albums and "Duds"

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing music, particularly the concept of "dud" albums released by legendary artists like Jay Z and Eminem. The hosts debate what constitutes a dud and whether such classifications are subjective.

• Maul: "If you stay active, eventually you're going to drop a dud." (56:35)
• Rory: "If I don't go back and listen to at least half of the album, that's a dud to me." (55:25)

They analyze specific albums, such as Jay Z's "Kingdom Come" and consider public and personal perceptions of these works.

8. Pool Party Playlist Strategies: Creating the Perfect Vibe

Responding to a listener voicemail about organizing a pool party, the hosts share their strategies for curating playlists that keep the energy high throughout the event.

• Damaris: "I split it into two halves: first for settling in, second for when everyone’s drunk." (90:22)
• Maul: "I like her strategy of splitting it up." (90:43)

They recommend balancing old and new songs to maintain a dynamic atmosphere, reflecting their understanding of party dynamics.

9. Voicemails: Navigating Safe Sex and STD Disclosure

The episode features a poignant voicemail from Damaris discussing the importance of disclosing STDs before engaging in sexual activity. The conversation emphasizes responsible behavior and mutual respect in relationships.

• Damaris: "I just want to let you know that I have HSV2." (76:17)
• Rory: "Protect yourself. Safe sex is the best sex." (84:29)

The hosts navigate the sensitive topic with empathy, balancing personal opinions with broader health considerations.

10. Advertisements and Promotions

Throughout the episode, sponsored segments are interwoven seamlessly into the conversation, promoting products like Cash App, Degree deodorant, Lenovo PCs, Vice Sports, and various services from Boost Mobile and GoDaddy.

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Notable Quotes:

• Maul on Cash App Trick: "It's the greatest woman trick I have ever heard in my entire life." (00:49)
• Rory on Safe Sex: "Protect yourself. Safe sex is the best sex." (84:29)
• Damaris on Music Influence: "When you have a music video premiered on certain things, you are marketing towards younger adults." (62:18)
• Rory on Moving Pain: "I'm about to get out of here. Let's get out of New York." (27:41)
• Maul on Father's Day: "Last year was my first Father's Day, so I had it from a different lens." (07:02)

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Conclusion: In "Clocking Business," New Rory & MAL navigate a diverse range of topics, from digital payments and personal anecdotes about moving to deep dives into music critiques and local politics. The episode balances humor with insightful discussions, offering listeners both entertainment and thoughtful commentary. Promotional segments are integrated smoothly, maintaining the episode's engaging flow without overshadowing the core conversations.

Transcript

[Damaris]

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[Maul]

Mall in 2025. Hand to hand is gone when it comes to money, but thank God we have an app like Cash App. I can finally, in this digital age, just send money whenever I feel like it.

[Rory]

You need it. You need to be able to send money anywhere in the world, anytime.

[Maul]

And I love when I go out to dinner and the bill comes and they're like, yo, get this now. I'll get you back later. No, no, no. We could do it right now.

[Rory]

Yeah, don't tell me you got me later.

[Maul]

Yeah, Cash at me now. Oh, you don't have Cash App. It takes two seconds to download. Put your bank right there. Send me the money.

[Rory]

Right.

[Maul]

Let's make this awkward for dessert. So Cash App makes everything easier. And Damaris taught me this amazing trick. With Cash App, if a random number texts you, all you do is request a dollar. And if they have Cash App, you can find out exactly who is texting you.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah.

[Maul]

Which was the greatest woman trick I have ever heard in my entire life.

[Rory]

Absolutely.

[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

The volume, no worry and mouth like, I resent him for wearing hats. Yo, that was a compliment. And it's a rolling start.

[Rory]

You look better without makeup.

[Maul]

Never mind, don't keep it.

[Rory]

See, is that a compliment?

[Damaris]

I don't look better without makeup.

[Rory]

Not a compliment.

[Damaris]

It is a compliment.

[Rory]

No, it's not. If you tell a woman she put.

[Damaris]

Out makeup, that's a fight ready to happen. You saying my makeup ugly, but my shit be laid so you can't say that.

[Rory]

I never said your makeup was ugly. You never heard me say that. I always tell you, baby D, if it's anybody that always tell you look good, it's me. So don't.

[Damaris]

It do not be you. You just make that up.

[Rory]

I don't tell you. You always look.

[Damaris]

No you what you say? You be like, okay, you got the thighs out.

[Maul]

Okay, that's a compliment.

[Rory]

That's the way we did. You know, that's how we give compliments. Like what you mean? I'm supposed to like tell you like, yo, that foundation is laying on you. Like, yeah. Now see, I'm not. I'm not one of them. I'm not playing for the other team.

[Maul]

You've only done like bad birthday makeup. Maybe one birthday that I could think of.

[Damaris]

You've never seen me no bad Birthday makeup. Wrong bitch.

[Rory]

That's hilarious. Wrong bitches. And who is the right bitch?

[Damaris]

I don't know.

[Maul]

I don't know. You better go find that. What other woman I had a podcast.

[Rory]

With who would be the right bitch? But yes, Josh, I do have hair. I just, you know.

[Damaris]

Oh, and then he puts the hat back on. Leave it on for an episode. The fans love when you have it off.

[Rory]

Okay, I'll leave my hat off.

[Maul]

The fans, they do. I know our demographics and I know the percentage of men versus women saying the fans love it when you have your hat off knowing it's men. 76% men is fucking.

[Damaris]

I mean, I didn't say they were straight men, but they like what Maul have his hat off.

[Rory]

Okay, well, I'll leave the hat off because baby D said I look better when I look at.

[Maul]

If you think we have like an abundance of gay men listening to this.

[Damaris]

Podcast, I think you'd be surprised.

[Maul]

Oh no, I think I'm here for all of our listeners from all walks of life.

[Damaris]

Happy Pride Month.

[Maul]

For sure.

[Rory]

Another one. I'm saying, I just don't know the month already.

[Damaris]

No, the month has not ended.

[Maul]

It's June 17th.

[Rory]

Damn, this month is going by slow. It's been Pride Month for like a year, baby.

[Maul]

Dude, this is why I'm saying I don't think we have the biggest gay audience. That's just why this was a perfect example of why I thought.

[Rory]

I'm just saying, like how long is June? Is all I'm asking. How long?

[Maul]

30 days. 30 days? Yeah, 30 days.

[Rory]

Cuz. Cuz May flew by.

[Maul]

Well, that's cuz it was my birthday and you know things.

[Rory]

Yeah, but why can't be somebody somebody else to hit birthdays in June?

[Damaris]

No June birthdays, no summer birthdays. Actually on this podcast, no summer birthdays.

[Maul]

Thank God we keep the Geminis out of here.

[Damaris]

Yeah, and filth Leos too.

[Maul]

How many Geminis do you think we have in our fan base?

[Damaris]

A lot.

[Maul]

Why'd you say that was such fun.

[Damaris]

But they still watch our old work too. Cause you know, Gemini is two faced.

[Maul]

What he doing?

[Rory]

That's actually hilarious. That's actually pretty funny. Like they still watch your old work. They two faced.

[Maul]

We're recording, right? The episode has started. Hey, we are back.

[Rory]

We are back. Happy Father's Day to all the fathers.

[Maul]

Yes, Happy Father's Day.

[Rory]

Well, okay, thank you. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. All the real fathers. The fathers that are present and active and show up for Their family. Happy Father's Day to you all. I know a lot of people like to say people don't care about Father's Day. It's not like Mother's Day. We got to start giving more respect and emphasis on the great fathers out there, like, Rory.

[Maul]

Thank you.

[Rory]

And other dads, you know, the great dads of the world, man.

[Maul]

I felt like this Father's Day, like, people kind of cared.

[Rory]

It feels like it's kind of picking up some steam, right? In 2025, I'm just going off the socials, like, listen, listen, 2025 Father's Day.

[Maul]

Last year was my first Father's Day, so I had it from a different lens, so I was really focused on if people were praising or not. I felt like 2025 Father's Day may have been the most active appreciation I've seen fathers get. Like, I even saw women saying nice things.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Like, usually I would see on socials, like, like, what about the moms on Mother's Day?

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Like, happy Father's Day to all the mothers out there. I'm like, bitch, there's fathers out here.

[Rory]

Yeah, there's great dads. There's great dads in the world. And we need to highlight them and let them know that they are appreciated. So salute and respect to all of the great fathers of the world. Hope you had a great day of relaxation. Adam Silver, we gotta talk. I don't know how we didn't have a game on Father's Day, how we didn't have a final.

[Maul]

Yeah, that is kinda.

[Rory]

I just don't know what Adam Silver was thinking when he made. He put the schedule out. I just don't know what he was thinking. But either way, happy Father's Day to all the great dads around the world.

[Maul]

Yeah. And, I mean, I also noticed when people were asking me what I was doing for Father's Day was like, oh, you're not used to active fathers in your life. Cause I want the day off. No, I don't want to. I don't want to see tomorrow.

[Rory]

Yeah, I don't.

[Maul]

Like, that's only for. Only for dads that don't, like, really hang with their kids like that. They're like, you know, today's the day we're gonna do this.

[Rory]

Yeah. Social media, you gotta make it seem like you're there every. Every day.

[Maul]

We're gonna go to a brunch when it's packed.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Over overpriced eggs. I'm not doing that. Yeah, leave me the fuck alone today.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

Did you leave me alone.

[Maul]

I did.

[Damaris]

Oh, what did you do?

[Maul]

I cleaned my shower, like, thoroughly. Thoroughly.

[Rory]

There you go.

[Maul]

You know, like when you go. Like when you breathe in all the. I was high as fuck yesterday.

[Rory]

There you go.

[Maul]

I was out of my mind off bleach. But, yeah.

[Rory]

You have a glass shower? Do you have a squeegee?

[Maul]

Yeah, of course.

[Rory]

Yeah. I love squeegee in my shower.

[Maul]

But even when I turn, like, the bathroom fan on and open all the doors, that bleach just. It gets. I can still smell it on mine. You know, I found out at 35 years old, you're not. You're supposed to wear gloves when you clean with bleach.

[Rory]

Oh, you didn't know that?

[Damaris]

You're inhaling it through your skin.

[Maul]

Yeah, no, my hands still smell like bleach. And I was told you you need to wear gloves.

[Damaris]

Yeah, same with when you cut onions in your fucking hands and body smell like onions for, like, a day. Yeah, that happens.

[Rory]

Well, onions is different. It's not toxic bleach. Bleach is a little.

[Damaris]

Toxic bleach is a little different. It absorbs through your skin.

[Maul]

Yeah, Yeah, I did that. Then I met my Irish cousin, is in town, linked up with her, found out some things that I don't even think we could put on Patreon.

[Rory]

You found out some things from your. It. Was this your first time meeting her?

[Maul]

No, no, no. This is the same one that. When we were in London that EDN was trying to go home with.

[Rory]

Oh, okay. That cousin.

[Maul]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rory]

Okay. So she's in New York now. Okay.

[Maul]

She brought her friend Rory.

[Rory]

Okay.

[Maul]

I got some tattoo ideas. He went through his whole lineage. I was like, I'm taking a picture of this and copying all the Rory shit that you have on. On your form. But, yeah, found some things. I don't really know if that's my cousin.

[Rory]

So you were hanging out with your cousin and found out that she may not be your cousin?

[Maul]

She's definitely not my cousin.

[Rory]

Wait, what? So what is she to you?

[Maul]

Listen, man, maybe Patreon explain it. I was just texting. Where I sent her the address. Cause she was gonna stop by today. She's like, I'm walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. I don't know if I'm gonna make it. Still thinking about our conva.

[Rory]

Walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. Don't know if I make it. Is she okay? Cause it sounds. That's a little scary. Somebody texts you walking on the Brooklyn Bridge. Don't know if I'm gonna make it.

[Maul]

She had the same suspicions that I had. I'll just put it that way, that's all.

[Rory]

Okay. This sounds like somebody's uncle or dad might have.

[Maul]

Listen, man.

[Rory]

Somebody's mom.

[Maul]

Anyways.

[Rory]

I know those stories. It's good to know that.

[Maul]

Happy Father's Day.

[Rory]

It's good to know that white people have the same issues and families as black people. It's good to know that.

[Maul]

Okay. And then also her brother, who does not call me. Matter of fact, I even know he had my fucking number. We talk on WhatsApp. I'm closer with her.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Called me at 9:06am that means he spoke to her.

[Rory]

Exactly. And she told him about your conversation.

[Maul]

Exactly.

[Rory]

And now he's trying to call you and kind of smooth things over and kind of, like, give some insight. I get it.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Yeah. So we have the same issues in black families. Yes. I love this type of thing. I went to Godfrey show Thursday after.

[Damaris]

We recorded without us.

[Rory]

Well, none of y' all wanted to go. Everybody just had other things to do.

[Damaris]

I forgot about it. I came back. I was like, where'd Maul go? They were like, godfrey show. I'm like, oh, my God. I wanted to go.

[Maul]

Yeah, how you wanted to go on your left.

[Damaris]

I forgot about. I forgot about the show until you guys said that. I forgot.

[Rory]

Damaris do that a lot. Damaris Lee, her leave and come back game is crazy. Like, after we record, we gotta start watching her cameras be moved and shit. What is she doing? Like, her leave and come back game is vicious. I left and came back. What time did you come back?

[Damaris]

I came right back. I went to Miriam.

[Rory]

No way you came. I left here at 8:30.

[Damaris]

Damaris, you did not leave there at 8:30.

[Maul]

Peach.

[Rory]

What time did I leave Peach?

[Maul]

It might.

[Damaris]

Well, we stopped recording at 7.

[Rory]

And I was here for an hour and a half. So you left.

[Damaris]

I went and had.

[Rory]

Tomorrow.

[Damaris]

I went and had dinner, was waiting for Rory. Rory clipped me. Didn't have dinner with me. So I came back and met him and we went to the. Rakim. Not Rakim. We went to the release party. Rick Roan.

[Rory]

Oh, so y' all chose Raekwon over Godfrey? No, didn't say that. It's okay.

[Maul]

No, no, no.

[Rory]

I may have chosen a purple tape over Godfrey as well.

[Maul]

Well, a couple of mistakes happened. Cause of course I wanted to see Godfrey. But I had the record off road available now featuring Masego and Freddie Gibbs. Had that coming out at midnight. I didn't know if Godfrey, like, do you have to put your phone In a bag, Like.

[Rory]

No, no.

[Maul]

It was just. I just didn't feel like it'd be the best environment for me to just be.

[Rory]

Well, actually, you may have. May have had to. I mean, obviously I didn't, because it's you. Yeah. Cause it's me and Godfrey, Mr. Apollo. But I will say this. Godfrey gave one of the best standup shows I've ever seen in my entire life.

[Damaris]

Wow.

[Rory]

Like, he absolutely killed that shit. Like, that was one of the funniest. I always knew Godfrey was funny, but seeing him on stage in his zone, that was one of the funniest. I cannot wait for that to come out. Cause he shot his special that night. Cannot wait for people to see that. It was absolutely hilarious. And I think that this special is gonna be the one where people start talking about Godfrey. Cause he's been funny. And anytime you've seen Godfrey do a standup, whether it's been bet, wherever you've seen him, he's always funny. But seeing him in a full standup for almost two hours, absolutely hilarious.

[Maul]

Yeah, I should have done that. Because I regretted we went to the Raekwon thing, which I was excited for, because it's Raekwon. Damaris saw for the first time what I've been trying to tell you guys forever. Everybody calls me Mole.

[Rory]

Oh. People called me Rory, too. I didn't tell you that the other day. I meant to tell you that Thursday when we were in la, so many people called me Rory. Like, Nick was with me one time, and Nick was like, all right, what about you? Says your name is Rory?

[Maul]

Yo.

[Rory]

I'm like, yo. I don't. I didn't even answer one, dude. He was like, yo, Rory, what up? And he's standing right in front of me, and I just didn't even look at him.

[Maul]

You guys know I'm. I'm easily annoyed and that the event was great, but I was just already trying to get the lyric video together. I was already on edge about everything but the Raekwon shit. And I have this person in my fucking ear going, maul, Maul, Maul, Maul, Maul, Maul, Maul. I said, do I look like fucking Jamal?

[Damaris]

Cause you got to add the jug.

[Maul]

Cause apparently, do I look like a fucking Jamal? And then I turn around, and I've known this motherfucker for 15 years.

[Rory]

Oh, that's crazy.

[Maul]

I'm not gonna say his name.

[Rory]

That's different.

[Maul]

I used to. When I was working for Shy Money at Def Jam, this guy was working at Def Jam, too. I used to Deliver flyers, cipher session flyers to this guy's fucking crib. Then I ended up in the studio with him with Mike Geronimo for a minute. Like, I know this guy. Yeah, since I was 18. Yeah.

[Rory]

So why is he calling you Ma?

[Maul]

Why are you calling me Ma?

[Damaris]

And he was dead ass. I was watching it. Cause he was behind. So Rory was talking to one of our friends and he was behind Ro and he kept like tapping him like, yo, Maul Mal. And I'm sitting up there in real time like. Cause he wasn't being funny. He was like dead ass. Like he's spilling drink on Roy and shit like, yo, Maul Maul.

[Rory]

Oh, so maybe he was a little drunk.

[Damaris]

You're not that drunk. There's no way you're that drunk. If I know that there's a Rory and a Jamal and I'm looking at the white man, I'm gonna assume that he's the Rory. I'm not gonna assume that he's the Rory.

[Rory]

Yeah, that's a safe. That's a safe assumption.

[Damaris]

Like I don't, you know, like, it was painful to watch.

[Maul]

I just saw this person in the studio with my drama and had a full blown conversation about the Def Jam, everything.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Exchange numbers texted. Why do you keep tapping me on my shoulder and call me more?

[Rory]

That is crazy. Yeah, people in LA was definitely calling me Rory. And I just was staring at them until they figured it out. So I was like, is it. Oh no, I'm all. My bad. I'm like, what's up, man? How you doing, Rory?

[Maul]

So at this point I'm annoyed and I'm like, yo, Damaris, let's, let's, let's just leave. Like, I just want to. Let's get back to Jersey, wait for midnight. We get in the car, open my fucking phone. And who showed up right after me and Damaris left? Nas.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah, I did see the Nas.

[Damaris]

That shit hurt my fucking smile.

[Rory]

Yeah, I did see the Nas was there. He said he wanted. He said he was going to show love to Raekwon, wanted to show for his event. But he said, yo, I'm going to leave, go around the corner, smoke weed and listen to the album alone. Like, that's what he said. Like, I'm not listening to the album here with you niggas. I'm out of here. But I had to come show Raylo. Yeah.

[Maul]

And my. It was like an intimate. It was in a store. It was intimate. Like, that would have been a cool setting to see Nas and Raekwon just Chill. Yeah, but because someone kept calling me Maul, I was like, yo, let's get the fuck out of here.

[Rory]

Yeah, that'll run you out the room.

[Damaris]

Like, Rory ain't even finished his drink. He took his drink with him. Like, we were walking down the street, like, with his drink. Yeah, yeah, he was pissed.

[Rory]

Yeah. Well, I mean, it sounds like we had a great Thursday night, but I do, again, I cannot wait for y' all to see Godfrey stand up whenever they decide to put that out, shout out to his team, Rachel, Amanda. They did a great job of making sure everybody was accommodated, everybody was cool. So again, shout out to Godfrey, who.

[Maul]

Was the one that was here.

[Rory]

Rachel.

[Maul]

Rachel. Rachel's the best.

[Rory]

Yeah, they did. I mean, she was in her executive producer bag, running all over the place, but, you know, everything seemed like it went well. And again, I can't wait for y' all to see it, because Godfrey was absolutely hilarious.

[Maul]

Do we think we'll get, like, you know, when they, like, pan to the seats to, like, people go, ha, ha. Like, do you think we'll get a mall cameo?

[Rory]

Well, the cameras. The guys was walking around with cameras, but, you know, I'm not. We not paying them no mind, so maybe. But I was standing up on the side for most of the show, and then Rachel saw me. She came and saw me, and she. It was some seats, like, in the front by the.

[Maul]

Okay. I was about to say watching a whole hour special, like, side stage. Like, you had a rap concert.

[Rory]

No, no, no. I was in the audience, but, like, you know how Apollo is. I was against the wall because all this. It was sold out. So I just was like, yo, as long as I could see the stage and I'm not blocking anybody's view, I didn't care about standing up. But then after a while, Rachel had got some time to walk around, and she saw me. She was like, nah. She was like, come sit in the front. So it was like, some seats right on. Underneath the. You know, the orchestra thing. Yes, there was some seats right underneath there.

[Maul]

So, like, I heard with comedy specials, like back in the day, they would actually, like, pay people to go, like, 30 minute Comedy Central shit. And they would put, like, the most attractive people in the front. Imagine, like. Like going to a comedy show and you sit in the front, and they like, nah, but we gotta put you. Yeah, only pretty people. Yeah, we'll be on camera for this. For these last.

[Rory]

Put you in the back, like, underneath the. Like, all the way behind the lights.

[Damaris]

Let's put you back behind.

[Rory]

Yeah. The lights just hit you a little too much.

[Maul]

Like y' all asked me to be here. Yeah, now I'm being disrespected.

[Rory]

Yeah, it was cool night though. The Apollo was under like a lot of reconstruction too. They didn't even go through the main entrance. The main entrance is like closed. You have to go through like 126th street side.

[Maul]

Oh, interesting.

[Rory]

Actually, I guess they, they're doing the whole front of the house overs, which is good though because it needed a facelift. You know, as old as the Apollo is. But it was dope to see everybody.

[Maul]

Gentrification and all that.

[Rory]

Well, I mean, as long as they still keep it Apollo, you know, I mean, just make it a high rise. No, no, no, no. Please God, we don't need them. A high rises in Harlem. That's the last thing we need in Harlem. But it was great though.

[Maul]

I just watched our mayor on stream with Amber Rose and Sneako talking about bringing a strip club to New York City. Like I could walk outside right now and see someone sleeping on the concrete right outside this spot.

[Rory]

Yeah, but we need more strip clubs.

[Damaris]

I mean, but both can be true.

[Rory]

Yeah, we do need more strip clubs in New York. I will say that. Good strip clubs, but we can't have.

[Maul]

Good strip clubs running rampant.

[Damaris]

I mean.

[Maul]

Yeah, but studio apartments are five grand.

[Damaris]

There would be less crime.

[Maul]

There's children that are hungry.

[Damaris]

They would allow the strippers to get fully naked.

[Rory]

You know, nothing has changed. Do you realize that nothing has changed? There was a clip going around on Instagram or people in New York City in 1984 talking about what needs to change in the city. Things that are wrong. They were saying the same exact shit we're saying. Yeah, in 1984.

[Maul]

Politics.

[Rory]

Nothing has changed.

[Maul]

Well, I mean, if things change, then no one would have a job. Gotta keep shit fucked up so everyone can get paid to pretend to fix it. Yeah, that's all it is.

[Rory]

It's crazy, man.

[Maul]

Our mayor, when stream with Amber and Sneako.

[Rory]

How long is it? How many years do he got left? Yeah, I think like he been mayor since before the pandemic.

[Damaris]

I think his time's coming to an end.

[Rory]

Yes, it is. Yes, it is.

[Damaris]

Elections, there's elections.

[Rory]

This time is coming to a complete end.

[Maul]

Like I know politicians don't have to answer for any of the wrong that they do, but like.

[Rory]

Sneako, who was Sneako?

[Maul]

Exactly.

[Rory]

Respect streamer.

[Maul]

Yeah, I'm not.

[Rory]

Okay. I mean, I don't.

[Maul]

I'm just saying. Yeah, he shouldn't be sitting with Us either. I'm saying, what the fuck is going on?

[Rory]

Listen, man, that's, you know, he's the first, I guess, social media mayor. He's the one that. He's trying to lean into the youth and you know, I mean, that's what he's. He how he paints it. He's. He's trying to seem like he's a. You know, he's in tune with the youth and he does not paint cares about what the young people in the city think.

[Damaris]

He really outside. He. That's not. Not him painting anything. He's really outside.

[Rory]

He was in Dr. Two weeks ago, smoking hookah at some restaurant in Dominican Republic. He just be.

[Damaris]

I guarantee you he's gonna be a podcaster next. If there he podcaster now.

[Rory]

He's a streamer. He's all kind of. Right now.

[Maul]

He's French Montana's hype man. He's everything.

[Damaris]

Speaking of which, if you guys are. If you live in the Brooklyn area, especially if you live in the Brownsville area and you are voting this week. My sister, Bianca Cunningham is running for New York city city council D41. So she' pro union, pro racial justice and equity in public education and pro rent freeze. So please go vote for her rent free. Rent freeze.

[Rory]

Oh, I'm about to say she got my vote. Rent free. We going to vote as a family. Get her in the. Get her in the office immediately. Rent free. Yes, sir.

[Maul]

We voting for her in Brownsville. $5,000 for a studio.

[Rory]

It's crazy.

[Maul]

In fucking Brownsville.

[Rory]

It's crazy.

[Maul]

What does she think of Eric Adam Adams?

[Damaris]

No comment. That's not for me to comment.

[Rory]

Huh? None of them like. None of them like Eric Adams.

[Maul]

But yes, everyone vote. Get out there. I feel like I shouldn't vote because I voted for Eric Adams.

[Damaris]

So we can't trust your, like.

[Maul]

Yeah, some people, I feel like, like, voter remorse. You should have to like, sit an election out. Like, look. Look what you did.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

The Guardian Angels. He's crazy.

[Rory]

I thought you voted for the Guardian Angel.

[Maul]

No, I voted for.

[Rory]

Oh, I remember that now. Now I remember that election when the Guardian angel was running.

[Maul]

It was either him or. Yeah, yeah, I was. Who's. Who's my. My Asian guy? This probably need to get cut.

[Rory]

Andrew Yang.

[Maul]

I was. I was Yang gang all fucking day and I was like, no, he's not really a New Yorker. I was like, maybe we need somebody not from here.

[Rory]

Shake this shit up a little bit.

[Maul]

Yeah, this guy makes sense. Now they want a loud fucking idiot.

[Rory]

And Eric Adams seemed like he was the right choice. Like, going into the election, it seemed like no former cop. It seemed like he had this.

[Maul]

There was a balance. I was like, all right, cool. Somebody in the middle.

[Rory]

Yeah. He looked like he had the complexion for the election. He looked like he had the complexion for the election. And then it's just like, he got in there and it was just like, homeless people by the thousands sleeping in front of the hotels on the floor. Let's give them $5,000 debit card. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Who is paying for all of this then? He's that Sam at Jimmy's in the Bronx every weekend. Salsa confuego. I'm like, this nigga's a dj. He was. I'm just like. It seemed like going into the election, Eric Adams was the right choice. And then he got in there and it just all went to.

[Maul]

And like, it annoyed me that his. His DJ transitions were good. Like, why you even have time to do this?

[Rory]

Yeah, and then. And then he was offering us money to have a migrant stay in our house. I'm like, what is he have a migrant stay in your house? Like, it was just crazy, man. Mayor Adams jobs pay people for slavery. Yeah, like that, bro. It's insane. The left turn he took once he got it over, and then he said.

[Maul]

If you guys want to house them, we'll make them lifeguards. That's a direct quote.

[Rory]

He said they're good swimmers. He said they're great swimmers. How do you know that? Yeah, please explain to me how you know.

[Maul]

And then it just makes a great swimming makes. It just makes you feel stupid because I was sitting here on the same thing, like, all right, man. He's kind of in the middle.

[Rory]

Cool.

[Maul]

But I didn't think at the time. He's standing next to Curtis Lebow. Of course. He looks great.

[Rory]

Oh, my God. Mayor Adams job approval rating drops to all time low of 20%. Quinnipiac. Quinnipiac University. New York City poll finds 56. 56% of voters say Adams should resign from office. I'm with those 56. It's 57%. Oh, it's in March. Oh, it went up by now. That was marches. Yeah, it's about 87% now. Yeah, he's out of here, though. He's done. Let's hurry up and get him out of here. Election's coming up. Let's get Adams out of here. I don't even know who's running now. Who's running for mayor now, please?

[Damaris]

And cuomo. Am I? Yes.

[Rory]

Cuomo. That had to step down.

[Damaris]

They just had to step down.

[Rory]

Yes, yes, he's running.

[Damaris]

Yes.

[Rory]

He stepped down from governor because he was accused of sexual harassment, and now he's running for mayor.

[Damaris]

Yes.

[Rory]

Bro. What fucking simulation are we living in, bro?

[Maul]

But you got to think, like, the one of the bridges is named after him.

[Rory]

No, it's not. They took that away. What are we talking about? Yo, this. Yo, New York City is not a real place, bro. This is crazy. Cuomo is running for mayor.

[Damaris]

Yes. But don't feel like there are no other options. There are other options. Please look up Zoran Mandani. He is for the people. Please look him up.

[Rory]

Eric Adams was for the people.

[Damaris]

No, no, no. Eric Adams was a cop that y' all voted for.

[Rory]

I didn't vote for Eric Gatto.

[Damaris]

Oh, okay.

[Rory]

The last person I voted for was Obama. I have not voted for any of these niggas since Obama. Let's just be clear.

[Maul]

Oh, you gave me Bloomberg vibe. Let it know. No, you gave me Bloomberg.

[Rory]

Never. Never voted for Bloomberg. Never.

[Maul]

Don't do that. When the towers fell and you saw Rudy out there with a hat, he was like, yo, he should be president. We all did. Listen, everyone can have revisionist history. I hate Rudy Giuliani, too. Listen, everyone acted like we didn't think.

[Rory]

That was God in that moment, in.

[Maul]

That September to December in 2001.

[Rory]

You are a liar in that moment. I'm not gonna lie. When Giuliani was out there in the rubble and he was talking his talk with the president, it was hard not to hear rising up back on my. It was hard not to hear it in your head, is all I'm saying. It was hard. It was hard not to hear the Rocky theme song looking at Rudy Giuliani.

[Maul]

But look what wins us, like, over. All he did was go down there and look at the rubble.

[Rory]

That's it.

[Maul]

And we was like, oh, this is our guy.

[Rory]

There's an American.

[Maul]

And let's not act like when Cuomo, during COVID when he threw on instead of the suit, he had the polo on to make it feel like he was one of us. Yeah, I could have a beer with that guy.

[Rory]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Maul]

All he was doing was reporting on Covid numbers. And all of us was like, yo, this could be the next president.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

He was reading a fucking paper of stats. Myself included was like, finally, Democrats. We got like, this is the future of the party. I love he didn't do shit but read a stat.

[Rory]

I love when the mayor's like, like put on, like, their HOKA sneakers.

[Damaris]

Yo.

[Rory]

And then roll their sleeves up.

[Damaris]

Huh? Huh?

[Rory]

And then make it seem like they're out there in the field doing the work. Get your ass back in the office. You ain't doing. Man.

[Maul]

We've all fallen for the. The button up shirt and a shovel in their hand.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

I don't know why we fall.

[Rory]

Yeah. It's the crazy emotions.

[Damaris]

That's what politicians, especially good politicians, what they specialize in is playing to your emotions.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

They don't have to get done as long as they play to your emotions.

[Rory]

Well, please go out and vote. We need a new mayor. And don't vote Cuomo, whatever you do.

[Maul]

That's not happening right now. Yeah, that's going to be later on for mayor. Wait, mayor's not.

[Damaris]

June 24th.

[Maul]

Oh, thank God.

[Rory]

Yeah. Let's get to it. Let's get this. Let's get Adams out of there and let's get Cuomo out of there. I don't. Just don't anybody but Cuomo, please. Jesus Christ. New York City isn't. Oh, man, I don't. When are we moving? Let's get the out of here. Let's get the out of New York, man. Get the.

[Damaris]

Yeah, I'm ready.

[Rory]

This is crazy.

[Damaris]

Didn't we talk about Austin? We. We talked about Austin a couple years earlier.

[Maul]

It's just expensive. Yeah, man, that's just like New York with better taxes. If I'm going to Texas, I'm going full. No taxes.

[Rory]

Yeah. Texas is looking like Texas or Florida.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Rory]

Ah, no. Why not?

[Damaris]

Florida is a. That's where people. That's where people go to die.

[Rory]

Florida. Who goes to Florida to die?

[Maul]

Everybody.

[Damaris]

Everyone.

[Maul]

Somebody dead wore these pants that I thrifted in in Florida, for sure. These. These came off a dead body for sure.

[Rory]

Yeah. People go to Florida to die. Yeah.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Damaris]

The Lions go to kill each other and then the old people go, like, to retire.

[Maul]

That's like the. The New York. That's our Oregon Trail is like. But that's like we go from New York and Florida to die.

[Rory]

But it depends on what type, what part of Florida. Like, you're not going to Fort Lauderdale to die.

[Damaris]

That's actually exactly where they go to die.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

I thought it was Orlando. I thought Orlando was the place.

[Damaris]

You go Orlando, too.

[Maul]

Fort Myers.

[Rory]

The Magic went there. They died, right?

[Maul]

Wait, they were somewhere else before.

[Rory]

No, I'm saying ever since Shaq and Penny left, like, they've been dead. Like, you know, I mean, like, it is what it Is.

[Damaris]

Oh, wait, the Orlando Magic? Like, the team doesn't exist anymore?

[Maul]

No, I don't.

[Rory]

No, they exist. They were just in the playoffs to Maris.

[Damaris]

Oh, okay.

[Rory]

They're doing. They're actually doing be pretty good.

[Maul]

Listen, just joke. Florida is a very interesting place. I. It's not the South. It's its own state. But, Tamara, just think about the money that you owed the government earlier this year.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maul]

And like, erase it. That's why we want to go to Florida.

[Damaris]

I wasn't paying them anyway, but I feel you. It would be nice not to.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah, man, did you just say.

[Maul]

You'Re not paying the irs? I ain't gonna pay them anyways, but.

[Damaris]

I mean, I feel you, though.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

That's when they. She don't even know they had. We got the marriage. She gets home, we got her number. Let's get her. Them coming to get their money, Damaris, that's one thing they gonna get.

[Maul]

I got re audited for 2019. Yeah, I thought we'd been through this.

[Rory]

Yes, I thought we've been through. I thought we spoke about this.

[Maul]

What is it, a double jeopardy? There's nothing here. Like, I paid y' all, now y' all finding more shit.

[Rory]

Damaris, you just moved to Brooklyn too, right?

[Damaris]

I did just move to Brooklyn.

[Rory]

Congrats to Damaris. She's now a Brooklyn girl. Brooklyn BK Maris bkbd. All right. You BK Baby D. What you mean? Yeah, no, the marriage's about to be outside. Outside living in Brooklyn. She about to just go on random walks. She can't wait to get her random walk on.

[Maul]

Well, she doesn't know how safe Jersey was keeping her from the outside for.

[Damaris]

Jersey definitely kept me in the house.

[Maul]

When you in Brooklyn, it's like, all right, fuck it, I'll just go.

[Damaris]

I'll just go. Yep. But no, you know me, Alex, are gonna start doing our hot girl walks again when we walk from Harlem to the Lower east side, so.

[Rory]

Fire.

[Damaris]

Yeah. You discover more about the city. There's always different pop ups. You get your walks in, you try different coffee shops. Like, I like those type of walks. I don't know about walking around Brooklyn. I'm cool.

[Maul]

But you know what's funny about you guys moving and the difference of mall giving the best promotion to the movers to help their business. And I just watched Damaris kill some movers business over the weekend, bruh. Of just posting how bad they were at everything. I was like, well, there's their ads.

[Damaris]

Because I hired taskrabbits. That's my Fault.

[Maul]

Oh, ye.

[Damaris]

God, that's my fault.

[Rory]

Them niggas drag they ass. They make what, 70 an hour?

[Damaris]

156 an hour.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah, they gonna drag that out. It's gonna take them two hours to.

[Maul]

Get that dress up the bottom. You gotta scroll all the way down and find the crackheads. Yeah, for like 30. And they know how to wrap couches.

[Damaris]

I like my shit. Yo, they ain't. They ain't wrapped my white couch right. Fuck my white couch up, bro.

[Rory]

Oh, man.

[Damaris]

Like, I was so fucking angry because I was partnering with different moving companies, but the moving companies are, like, tight now. They're like, oh, yeah, we'll give you half off your move, but we also want five deliver. How? Y' all out of y' all mind? Y' all want to. Y' all want me to pay y' all 900 and also give you five deliverables, three story posts, a Google review, a real. If you don't suck this skin off. Absolutely not. I'll pay the tax rabbits. I'll pay them full price. I'm not doing that. I know my worth. I know I'm. I sent my rate card. You see what I charge? For real? Why do you think you're going to get five, like, five deliverables for nothing out of here? So, no, I did it.

[Rory]

Now you got a dirty couch.

[Damaris]

Yeah, listen, it is what it is.

[Maul]

At least. At least the feed is clean.

[Rory]

Yeah, feed is clean. Cow, dirty feed. Cle. It's all good.

[Damaris]

I'll get. I'll get it. I'll get it fixed. But yeah, they. I. I hire Task rabbits, and on top of that, them get my money back because I paid half of it off the app. You know, you do the first two hours on the app and the other half in cash, so you get a little discount. Yeah, reporting.

[Rory]

That's smart. I had.

[Maul]

When I moved to the spot I'm in now, I had the moving guy was a. A POD fan. Like, just happened to be. He. He tried to barter with me because I guess when I filled out all the application shit, I left one staircase out like I didn't count properly. And he was like, listen, I could just charge you for this extra staircase that we had to go up or post up Post. My man, shit, he rap. I was like, charge me the staircase. What's the fee for the staircase?

[Damaris]

Yo, not. He rap, please.

[Rory]

How much is the staircase? Yeah, I'll pay that. Don't worry about that. You charged me for the staircase, and.

[Maul]

I didn't even know that Was a thing.

[Rory]

Yeah, that's.

[Damaris]

No, but it is, like, $50 per staircase.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Oh, I have my. My favorite recognized moment of all time. On Thursday, I was at the playground with Amara, and a child came up to me and said, my dad watches you on tv. Oh, I was like, oh, man, that's cool.

[Rory]

That's dope.

[Damaris]

That's so cool.

[Rory]

That's what we do it for. We do it for those moments. Those are the moments, Roy.

[Maul]

It's all about the kids, man.

[Rory]

Yeah, it's all about the kids. Those are the moments.

[Maul]

Each one. Each one.

[Rory]

Yes, man. Man, we're all a community. That's what it's all about.

[Damaris]

That's so.

[Maul]

Yeah. That was hilarious.

[Rory]

Well, congrats on your move, Baby D. Hopefully stay out the Brooklyn streets. Summertime is upon us. Don't be out there acting up, please. Just.

[Damaris]

I think. I think I'm being a relationship by August, so I'm cool.

[Rory]

Here we go with this.

[Damaris]

I'll be out in the street. So we're good.

[Rory]

Oh, boy. What's next on the docket?

[Damaris]

Toronto shows up for Kendrick. You want to talk about that?

[Rory]

Yeah, let's talk about that. Everybody been in my mentions. Everybody as they should. Yeah, man, but, you know, we tried to.

[Maul]

To tell you is a shitty take then.

[Rory]

Yeah, but you know. You know what? It is, man? I'll be underestimating how many fucking goofies out here.

[Maul]

Oh, my God.

[Rory]

How many idiots out here in the world like y' all went and showed up for somebody that was on y' all?

[Maul]

Oh, Toronto is the third largest city in North America, right? You don't think Kendrick Lamar has fans out there?

[Rory]

No, no, no. Kendrick. We know Kendrick has fans of Toronto, but I just. You know, people were supposed to that show. You were supposed to not go to that specific show. But you know why? Because he's on the city of Toronto.

[Maul]

Is he?

[Rory]

What the. You think they not like us? Who? You think who's they and they not like us?

[Maul]

You think he's specifically talking, like, about Canadians.

[Damaris]

You call them Canada crazy.

[Rory]

That's exactly who he was talking about. He was talking about Canadians. Torontonians, to be exact.

[Maul]

I. I thought he was trying to separate between people that are of the culture and the people that are not. And he's saying, oh, shit, they're not like us, and.

[Rory]

Oh, that's what you thought. It's definitely not what he was saying. Yeah. So all you. All you idiots in Toronto that brought a ticket to that show. Just. Just do us. Just didn't.

[Maul]

They Become us. If they were at the show singing with them.

[Rory]

No.

[Maul]

Maybe they wanted to become us.

[Rory]

No, no. And that's. That's why they're. Exactly why. They're goofy. Anybody that went to that show as a Torontonian is a goofy. Can't go to that show, man. You just can't. You're not supposed to. Gotta stand for something. Something.

[Damaris]

Can you just say that you were wrong?

[Rory]

About what? About what?

[Damaris]

That you were wrong about your take. About. Yeah, say I was wrong. I thought that they were gonna. He was gonna get laughed out the arena. He didn't.

[Rory]

Oh, man. I mean, listen, man. Sizzle was there too, though.

[Maul]

So do you like.

[Damaris]

Oh, my.

[Rory]

Okay, we gotta give Scissors some props. Let's not act like a lot of people wasn't there to see Scissor. We're not doing that.

[Maul]

I think people were there for one of the biggest artists.

[Rory]

Cool. Yeah.

[Maul]

So if. Do you think anyone from Queens is allowed to go to a KRS1 show in that moment?

[Rory]

No. Now. Today. If Kara's. Yeah, today. Yeah.

[Maul]

So when he does, the bridge is over. Queens keeps on faking it. That you're not allowed to. You're not allowed to enjoy.

[Rory]

KRS1 wouldn't do that. That's not a part of his set. He would. He would. And he definitely.

[Maul]

I'm sure he performed it last night somewhere in Queens. No, not. What?

[Rory]

Somebody in Queens. You said in Queens.

[Maul]

He would perform in New York City.

[Rory]

You said in Queens.

[Damaris]

I missed yelling.

[Rory]

He said in Queens. That's what he said at first.

[Maul]

I'm sure KRS1 has performed the Bridges over in Queens before. And I'm sure people from Queens were there going, the Bridges over.

[Rory]

The Bridge is over. But look, let's find it. Let's find it. We could go on the search.

[Damaris]

I'm willing KRS such a specific Queen set list.

[Rory]

Yeah, let's find it.

[Maul]

With members from Queensbridge there.

[Rory]

I'm willing to bet that KRS1 never performed that song in Queens. I'm willing to bet that.

[Damaris]

I'm also willing to bet that we'll never know because we.

[Rory]

How. It's the Internet. We could find anything thing. Okay. We can find you rapping on the Internet.

[Damaris]

Can you rely on.

[Rory]

Can't find KRS1 rapping in Queens.

[Maul]

Like, where was everyone holding up their, like, IDs to let you know where they were from. Got one here. Think we got one here.

[Rory]

I guarantee you Josh doesn't have it. I guarantee.

[Maul]

Celebrating Grandmaster Cat's birthday. Bridge is over.

[Damaris]

Damn. In the Title.

[Rory]

When we watch the video, I'm up for being wrong. It's 27 minutes long. Oh.

[Maul]

I mean, yeah, he's. He's performing it.

[Damaris]

Fast forward, Josh.

[Maul]

See, that means the Bronx won.

[Rory]

Oh, no, the Bronx definitely won. Like, we know that back then. We knew that. Rory, that's not. That's not what we trying to figure out here. We know that.

[Maul]

Well, I mean, listen, man, I think it's fine that any Canadian went to go see somebody they enjoy. There's nothing wrong with that clown. So you're saying you were wrong because you had more confidence in the Greater Ontario area?

[Rory]

No, I mean, we obviously know that Kendrick is who he is. Like, people were gonna go to a Kendrick show, but to see people from Toronto, Crip walking, like, what are y' all doing?

[Maul]

You don't like Crips in Toronto?

[Rory]

I don't know. But to be walking at a Kendrick show and being. You look stupid. You look stupid.

[Maul]

And they're gonna think I'm hating, but I want to see the tour. But what is that section that they keep posting? Is there, like, a gang section?

[Damaris]

Yo, please.

[Maul]

No, no, no, no. Hear me. No, I know that, but have you noticed at every single stop, not just in Toronto, there's a specific area that's open where they could fit way more people, and it'd just be like, 10 gang members there dancing the whole time at every stop?

[Rory]

No, I haven't.

[Maul]

It won't be a girl.

[Rory]

It'd just be people dance like Crip walking. Yeah, I haven't noticed.

[Damaris]

It might be part of the set.

[Maul]

Listen.

[Rory]

Or they buy me from the set.

[Damaris]

Rep your set.

[Rory]

I'm saying.

[Maul]

I mean, that's a cool gig.

[Rory]

Yeah, but that was disappointing to see, though. I ain't gonna lie. That was nasty.

[Maul]

It's over, man.

[Rory]

No, it's not.

[Maul]

Yes, it is.

[Rory]

No, it's not. What's over? What do you mean? It's over?

[Maul]

This entire thing. Like.

[Rory]

Oh. Oh, yeah, yeah, the beef shit. Yeah. Nobody cares about that. I mean, for me, the Toronto show was the end of it for me, I guess. Yeah.

[Maul]

That was probably the one thing people had marked on their calendar.

[Rory]

Yeah. See, if that was the end, I.

[Maul]

Mean, who was the politician that said I went for scissors?

[Rory]

Oh, to.

[Maul]

Here's the thing. I thought it was.

[Rory]

I went for scissors.

[Maul]

I thought it was odd that Drake posted that, even though I laughed. But because we got this reaction.

[Rory]

I'm happy Drake posted that I went for scissors.

[Maul]

How you start copping? Please.

[Rory]

Jagmeet Singh. I went for Singh. I went for scissor, not Kendrick. So why you ain't leaving? When Kendrick got on stage, that's my whole thing. Why you ain't leaving? Why? As soon as soon as SZA was over, soon as SZA set was over, why not leave?

[Damaris]

He wanted to hear, all right.

[Rory]

Cause niggas is lying. He went there to see Kendrick.

[Maul]

I went to the GNX tour not to see Kendrick.

[Rory]

Yeah, just stand on it. That's my only thing with all of this shit. Stand on it. That's all. I don't care what side, just stand on it and stay there.

[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

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[Rory]

Mobile.Com so we all made mistakes right?

[Maul]

But owner up to them it's the.

[Rory]

Right thing to do. But we all know degree Cool rest deodorant it well last year they changed the formula and it did not go over well with the fans degrees whole thing it turns up sweating other protection when you turn up the effort and.

[Maul]

Good thing it does because Cool Rush.

[Rory]

Fans really turned up the effort to bring back the OG formula.

[Maul]

One guy even started online petition and.

[Rory]

Degree listen they admitted they effed up and are bringing back that OG cool Rush sent back and it's exactly how you remember it.

[Maul]

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[Rory]

Stores for under $4. There's a reason why it's been the.

[Maul]

Number one men's antiperspirant for the last decade.

[Rory]

It's the same reason why people are.

[Maul]

Not happy when the recipe was changed. So listen, if you've never tried, it.

[Rory]

Might be a good time to try. See what the fuss is about. Head to your local Walmart or Target and try the OG degree. Cool rush for yourself.

[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Maul]

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[Rory]

Lenovo.

[Maul]

Good music has come out like that Little Sims album is probably my favorite album of the year so far.

[Rory]

Little shout out to I love Little Sims.

[Maul]

That that is incredible. And it's separate but like her last three album run has been insane. The last one was completely different. All dance. This is spoken word and neo soul that should be making me tear up. The positive affirmations and like stop trying to like make me feel better about myself. Stop trying to encourage me to do positive things. That is incredible. Also Slick Rick came out victory. It's incredible. You guys need to absolutely listen to this Slick Rick album. It's not like some Will Smith where it's like damn, I really just don't want to hear from our legend sometimes. Like he sounds like 2025 in 1988. Come on. It doesn't feel dated. He's rapping, rapping like Slick Rick is in shape. Everything Mass Appeal is doing with these projects I I applaud like the same way we talk about. We were happy that week of the Joey Badass thing because like hip hop got, you know, it was trending for the right reasons. Hip hop like, like there's actual rap is being highlighted. That's what Mass Appeal is doing. And I think we need to sing their praises as much as possible.

[Rory]

I think I'm gonna definitely check out that Slick Rig project I think that's dope. That slick Rick is 20, 25. He's rapping, making albums. Like, I think, you know, guys that you have, you know, part of the foundation of hip hop when they're able to still make music. And years later, you gotta at least listen to it and just hear what they, you know, hear what they did and what they came up with and if they still in shape. Like, I would like to know if Slick Rick is still in shape, still got his storytelling, you know, like, he's one of the greatest storytellers in hip hop history. So I'm definitely gonna support that out.

[Maul]

And I believe it was paired with a DOC because they. They premiered it over the weekend. I was too old and tired to go to it, but, you know, Mass Appeal's pairing everything with great visuals, doing that with Raekwon as well. Like, I don't know, man.

[Rory]

I just.

[Maul]

I think what. Everything Mass Appeal is doing is what every label should focus on, like, making sure artist friendly, artist first, visuals first. I just think they're. They're incredible.

[Rory]

Y' all gotta check that out. Shout out to Lakele 47. She dropped her new album for promotional.

[Damaris]

Rory loves it.

[Rory]

Use only. Lakele is.

[Maul]

I went to a show over the weekend.

[Rory]

Yeah, she had a show Friday, right?

[Maul]

No, Saturday.

[Rory]

Saturday I was gonna go to that. Got caught up doing something, though, and I totally forgot. I was like, fuck, the show was tonight. But shout out to Lakele. That's. That's my people. That's family. I always say, Rory, a lot of these girls now that are rapping and making out, they all got some inspiration and took something from Lakele. She's been visually, aesthetically her style for years. What she's been doing, I mean, it's been incredible. She finally took her mask off and now people know what she looks like. So shout out to Lakele. That's family. I love you. And check out for promotional use only.

[Maul]

I'm mad you didn't come. I was. Listen, man, I was.

[Rory]

Was Treece there? Latrice was there.

[Maul]

I didn't say the trees.

[Rory]

No, she wasn't there.

[Maul]

I was partying with the gays. Yeah, I was in. In the mosh pit with the gays.

[Rory]

Had a little gay mosh.

[Maul]

Just jumping up and down.

[Damaris]

A little nosh. A little mosh.

[Rory]

A little nosh. It's okay to have a little gay mosh. You know what I mean? Because it's not really like the aggressive mosh, but it's kind of like y'.

[Maul]

All just bump into Each other and.

[Rory]

Kind of just like, you know, exchange numbers.

[Maul]

Once they bump into you, it's flirting.

[Rory]

Yeah, it's like, you know, oh, you're here too. Like, okay. Oh, you look good. Like, you look what I'm saying. That type of shit.

[Maul]

That was my first time seeing her perform live. And listen, she knows how to control a crowd. Lay's incredible breath control how. Just her tone. She's a performer. Performer.

[Rory]

Yeah. She can outwrap most of these. She outrap a lot of guys. But most of these female MCs, she can out rap, she can sing. And just aesthetically, the style, everything is just. It's just dope. It's fly shit.

[Maul]

She brought, like, three guys up to, like, vogue for one record, and one of them just stayed on stage and was our hype man for the entire. And then I was sitting there, I had a very paused moment. I was like, man, these gays got stamina. How the. How you vogue for two hours straight? I'm exhausted from just jumping.

[Rory]

Yeah, yeah. You gotta be in shape to be gay. Takes a lot out of you.

[Maul]

Takes a lot.

[Damaris]

That's why gay be so strong and built. I be telling y' all, you gotta.

[Rory]

Be strong to take dick in your ass, baby. Do you care?

[Damaris]

Oh, my God.

[Maul]

Keep it. I don't think that was disrespectful.

[Rory]

Yeah. You know how strong you got to be to know somebody about to put a dick in your ass and you stand there and just take it. That takes a lot of strength. That takes a lot of, like. Yeah.

[Maul]

This is what real allies look like, by the way. I just want to let y' all know, like, this is. We really allies of the community.

[Rory]

Yeah. I love gay people. Like, what do you mean? Yeah.

[Maul]

And at one point, I went back to the bar to catch my breath, and then I found myself, like, watching, trying to learn some of the.

[Rory]

You was voguing on the way out.

[Damaris]

Ymca. And what the was that?

[Maul]

They just kept doing this.

[Damaris]

Doing the back arena.

[Maul]

I was.

[Rory]

Yeah, that means running, sitting the back.

[Maul]

Trying to get the steps together.

[Rory]

No, that's just the third base coach. Sending the running. Sending the run of the second. That's what you was doing. Sending the run of the second. That's all you was doing right there.

[Maul]

Yo, and it's so funny how quickly, like, gay men can, like, sniff out a straight ally, a normie, like, be happy. Like, oh, you're one of the good ones.

[Rory]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're not weirded out by none of this shit. I love it. Man.

[Maul]

But yeah, it was.

[Rory]

It was a really mad. I missed the show, though. I totally forgot about it. I'm so mad. I was like. Because I wanted to see. I haven't seen. I haven't seen the Kaylee perform since probably, like, last time I saw maybe 2019. So I was mad. I knew the show was coming up and just lost track of the days. And it was like, damn. It was probably, like, midnight when I realized that the show was that night.

[Maul]

So she'll be on the show in July.

[Rory]

Okay.

[Maul]

Yeah, yeah. We talked. She was like. I shocked that you guys, like, when I got the email and you guys accepted, I was like, you don't think we would have you on?

[Rory]

That's. She. She's crazy, man. That's family, man. She know better than that.

[Damaris]

Rory had a YG call my phone. A YG is the girl version of Hawaiian, and she like, yo, we about to.

[Rory]

That was the rapper from this.

[Maul]

I was like, wait, how was that?

[Damaris]

No, I call them YGs. They're like female Y. N's. Call me like, yo, I'm about to come get you. We about to go shark some shit now.

[Rory]

Shark some shit with a.

[Damaris]

It's Y. N language. I don't know what the fuck it means. So then I then go tick tock. Whenever I have to figure out what, like, young girl language is, I go on tick tock. And Shark, apparently, is a song that they have. It basically means, like, you about to, like, steal somebody. Like. Like somebody like you stealing somebody little. Like, I'm about to shark. You know what I'm saying? Like, you about to come through and steal somebody, man. Or steal somebody, okay? Or, like. You know what I'm saying? Or, like, go do some, like, grimy. But that's what it means. That's sharking. It's like new YN language. So I'm trying to keep y' all up with all, like, the young kids language.

[Rory]

So somebody says, I'm about to shark some, and I'm with my girl. That means somebody's about to try to take my girl.

[Damaris]

Ye.

[Rory]

Oh, somebody's gonna die. Like, if y' all are actively going out here trying to, like, take somebody's, like, girlfriend or boy. Like, you're gonna die playing that game.

[Maul]

That's when you scream, sharkesha, no.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah, you gotta Sharkesha no.

[Maul]

Yo, I'm glad I wasn't the only one lost in that conversation. I was sitting like, what the fuck is.

[Damaris]

What are we about to do, yo?

[Maul]

Oh, yeah.

[Damaris]

When she kept saying that she was like, we gotta go shark some shit. And I'm like, what the fuck? So after I got off the phone, I said, no, I'm gonna stay in the house with you guys. Have fun. I went on TikTok and said, what is sharking? And then that's what came up, man.

[Maul]

We left that show and all hype that was about to go to strip club. We got outside the strip club. I was like, you want to go home? Just left. Didn't even go in.

[Rory]

Why not?

[Maul]

I was exhausted.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah.

[Maul]

Nobody would do. And. And I didn't know what type of sharking we was about to do.

[Rory]

Yeah, no, I don't want. Somebody said, let's go sharking. I'm cool. I don't want to do nothing.

[Damaris]

I don't want to do nothing with no shark. If you got some dolphins, hit me. I with the dolphins.

[Rory]

I'm in the house, man. You start sharking.

[Maul]

Had some otters or something.

[Rory]

Yeah, yeah, I'm cool.

[Damaris]

Yeah. But I just. I wanna. I feel like because I'm the youngest on the show, it's my job to keep y' all young. But, like, even that was too young for me, so I just want y' all to know.

[Maul]

Listen, I just learned death scrolling and bed rotting, so.

[Damaris]

Oh, bed rotting. Those. That's the best.

[Rory]

What is bed rotting?

[Damaris]

When you just rot in bed, when you just lay there, you just exist in bed. Scroll on your phone, eat food, watch tv. Like you're rotting.

[Maul]

I never, like, I always wanted a term for that.

[Rory]

And bed rotting.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maul]

I'm just gonna. Gonna. I'm gonna bedrot and death scroll at the same time.

[Damaris]

Doom scroll.

[Maul]

Doom scroll.

[Rory]

Doom scroll is when you're just on your phone all day.

[Maul]

Yeah, yeah. While you bedrot.

[Damaris]

Yeah. You just scroll.

[Rory]

Oh, you have to do it together.

[Damaris]

You don't have to do it together. They can come separately or together.

[Maul]

They kind of go hand in hand, though. Like, if you're bed rotting, you're probably gonna doom scroll.

[Rory]

Bed rotting and doom scroll.

[Maul]

Yeah, I can make it bedrock. It's all I was singing. Once I learned what the term was.

[Rory]

You would be singing that.

[Damaris]

That's God damn you, oldest.

[Rory]

That's what. That's exactly what Rory would be. I want to make you.

[Maul]

I was laying in bed just screaming. I can make you a. Even though Maul was getting killed for the old Kendrick take about Toronto, I did see a lot of people agreeing with him on the Wayne thing. And I'm here to argue. I think every legend we've had has dropped a dud.

[Rory]

Every legend has not dropped a dud. A dud. First of all, do you know what a dud is? Where we can unanimously say that shit is trash.

[Maul]

Do you think Eminem is a legend?

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Do you think Eminem has dropped a dud?

[Rory]

Yes.

[Damaris]

Fifteen of them.

[Rory]

I'm not gonna go that far.

[Maul]

That's a little while, but sorry. By Jay Z Standard, I think Blueprint 2 was a dud.

[Damaris]

You don't get to say by Jay Z standard.

[Rory]

No, but that's how he.

[Maul]

We only compare legends to themselves.

[Rory]

No, we don't.

[Damaris]

No, we don't. We compare legends to other legends.

[Rory]

We talked about Wayne last week. We wasn't comparing them to himself. We was comparing it to albums that dropped. That is a dud.

[Maul]

I'm not huge on Nas's untitled album. Not gonna say.

[Rory]

Is it a dud?

[Maul]

But that's better than his worst, is better than everybody else's.

[Rory]

Okay, Hot.

[Maul]

So, like, yes, it was a dud.

[Rory]

Nah, I don't think it was a dud.

[Maul]

He had to Change the name.

[Rory]

Blueprint 2 is not a dud.

[Maul]

It's the bottom of his.

[Rory]

That doesn't mean it's a dud.

[Maul]

I'm sure, like numbers wise, I'm sure it's sold. But Wayne is doing what, 150k first week. That's not a dud. But blueprints, people would kill to sell that. People only a list rappers right now would kill to do those first week numbers.

[Rory]

Yes, those numbers.

[Maul]

It's not a dud.

[Rory]

Those numbers. They would. That music. They wouldn't.

[Maul]

So what's a dud then?

[Rory]

Okay, so now let's have that conversation. If you feel like Blueprint 2 is a dud, why do you feel like a dud? Because most people don't like Blooper 2 because they feel like it was too much music. It was.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

It's a double disc.

[Maul]

A lot of duds on it.

[Rory]

I don't know if it's a lot of duds. Jay, he took some chances. The Sean Paul thing, to me, disgusting.

[Maul]

Wayne took some chances too.

[Rory]

I hate that record with Sean Paul. We didn't need that one One. But I'm not gonna say down was a duck because there's some crazy records on both of those discs.

[Maul]

Okay. Magna Carta.

[Damaris]

I don't think it's slapped the out you.

[Maul]

I don't think. I don't think it's as bad as people make it out seem. I. I enjoy the album, but all that anticipation, you and the you and Jungle studios with mobile providers.

[Rory]

Dud you.

[Maul]

You sell a million records before the comes out because it's already on our phones. Is it a dud that the anticipation for that album became a dud? Yes. It got killed that first week.

[Rory]

Why are you. You catering it to. Is it a dud? Don't tell me. The anticipation that week. So now it's a dude.

[Damaris]

Most people would say if Jay Z had a dud, it would be Magna Carta. I do not agree with that. But most people would say that Magna Carta has gotten a bad rep. I think it's like, I agree with Rory. I think it's a way better album than people give it credit for. But most people will say that back now.

[Rory]

Is it a dud?

[Damaris]

I do not believe.

[Maul]

Good dog. You. You invented 5G with it. And you're in the studio, Rick Rubin and Pharrell talking about a metaphor for the ocean.

[Rory]

Okay.

[Maul]

And then it was just like, all right, this is what you were doing the entire time.

[Rory]

So do you feel like Magna Carta is a dud? You feel. I'm talking about you. Not in. Not in the scope of Jay's discography.

[Maul]

You.

[Rory]

When you listen to the album, you feel like it's a dude.

[Maul]

After he tried to break down the seasick line to Pharrell, and Pharrell went, what? Yeah, it was kind of a dud to me. And then after. After the speakers blew out with Timber, he dancing.

[Damaris]

He dancing. You got your thong on and you shaking ass. You dancing.

[Maul]

You guys won't tell me what a dud is, though, because I. I tried to go with the definition of numbers. So, no, Magna Carter would not be that. Now you guys are telling me it's music that's subjective.

[Rory]

So what's a date?

[Maul]

All right, so I like Magna Carta. But the consensus when that came out, after Timberland, July 4, watching whatever game was on where it was announced, Timberland blew his speakers out, which ended up being the worst drums I've ever heard in my life. Yeah, it was a dud as far as the critics and fans went that week. I like it, but no one else did.

[Rory]

Okay. I mean, I think also a lot of the times dud can be subjective. I think that's why I asked what a definition was. We all feel, no, I'm not dancing. I feel like the Lil Wayne album that he just dropped was not good at all. I feel like there's a couple joints on there that's like, okay, Wayne is still in Shady. We still rap.

[Maul]

We agree that.

[Rory]

But the music to me is just not. I would never go. Like, if I don't go back to it and actively play, like, at least half of the album, I feel like that's a dud. If I don't go back to your album and play at least half of the tracks. You got 16 tracks. If I'm not going back and actively listening to at least eight, nine. That's a dud to me.

[Maul]

I mean, if we're talking about legends that actively, actively drop. You can't name one outside of. Of maybe Michael Jackson that has never dropped a dud.

[Damaris]

They would say Michael has a dud, too.

[Rory]

What's Michael's dud?

[Damaris]

I don't. I'm sure someone would say that Michael has a dud. I can't remember.

[Rory]

I mean, well, people we just seen.

[Maul]

He freed a whole killer whale.

[Damaris]

Was it butterflies that they said was Michael's dud?

[Rory]

Who said that?

[Maul]

I know where they at.

[Damaris]

Find.

[Maul]

Find who?

[Rory]

Butterfly.

[Maul]

Their IP address.

[Rory]

Find them. We need them. We need to talk to this person. Like, everybody cut his route off.

[Maul]

Like, I think. Think outside. I think the big three are legends, but I don't put them there yet. As far as people have been dropping music for 25 years, that's the people I'm talking about now. Yeah. I think eventually you're going to drop a dud if you stay active. And we've seen it with our legend. So Wayne is allowed to drop a dud.

[Rory]

Is it a dud or is it just like, that's the worst album you dropped? Because that's a difference.

[Damaris]

Okay.

[Maul]

But that's why I say you can only compare legends against their own discography. I'm not. I'm not. Wayne's worst work is better than most people's favorite rap albums in the new.

[Rory]

Will you go back to Wayne's last album and play at least half of those tracks? Listen to it? No. So then that's a dud.

[Maul]

But you also are saying that legends can't drop duds, but said Eminem is a legend. And we can all agree here that.

[Rory]

I said legends can't drop. I mean, if they. If a legend drops an album, that's not good. Like, we hold them to a higher regard. So, like, with the Wayne shit. Cause you was like, nah, it's okay. I'm like, no, it's not. Like, when you're a legend, you can't drop a dud.

[Maul]

But Eminem has.

[Rory]

He has. And it happens. But I'm saying that you don't get a Pass. Cause you was trying to sound like you was trying to give Wayne a pass for dropping a dud. Nah, you don't get no pass for that. This gentleman right here, Rory, says, I agree with Mall. Thank you, Waltz. I agree with Maul. If Wayne dropped an okay or just a good album, the convo is completely different. But if you're in the convo of one that are greatest ever and you drop a dude but that it has to be made known that it was okay, then. Then it has to be made known that it was a dud. Yeah.

[Maul]

Okay, I don't feel this way, but do you think the consensus of the general public after Black Album happened, He retired, came back with show me what you got. Do you think Kingdom Come was deemed a dud when it came out?

[Rory]

Kingdom Come, Yeah. I'm not gonna say it was deemed a dud, but a lot of people didn't like it. I'm not gonna say dud, though. A lot of people didn't. I don't think it sounded right.

[Maul]

History. I like it. I think it probably has one of best intros. Lost one's one of my favorite songs. There's so much on there that's incredible. But let's not all act like everyone didn't say that was a dud when it came out.

[Rory]

Oh, I don't. I don't remember if everyone.

[Maul]

I stood in line for the reflective cover.

[Rory]

I don't.

[Maul]

I don't know. And then we all opened it and was like, all right, man, could have stayed retired.

[Rory]

I don't. I don't know. I don't. I don't. I can't speak to that. But I. I didn't feel. Me personally. I didn't feel like it was a dub. Right.

[Maul]

Okay, I didn't. Listen, I like Kingdom Come. I'm talking about what the general public thinks.

[Rory]

Oh, I don't. I don't. I don't know what the general was public was saying about that. That's exactly what year did that come out? Oh, oh, yeah. I don't know what the. The general public was saying. Oh, anything. Oh, anything. Like what the.

[Maul]

What was Kingdom Come? No, cuz wait, American gangster was what, 07? So kingdom come was maybe two years after that. Oh, no, because Kingdom come was the peach.

[Damaris]

2003 was kingdom come.

[Rory]

Oh, hell no. I don't know what the general public in 03, I hope these was thinking.

[Damaris]

In 03, I was in second grade.

[Rory]

We didn't even have social media, did we?

[Maul]

Oh, no. More after the Black Album fade To Black. When he handed the keys to the city over to you and Bleak, he disappeared and then came back, gave us a reflective cover that we'd never seen. Everyone was disappointed. As far as the public went. Yes, that was the overall consensus.

[Rory]

Anywhere you went was like, I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying I don't remember that.

[Maul]

Coming off the Black album. Retiring, going to Def Jam. Yeah. Everyone at that time, that first few weeks, everyone's like, he could have probably just stayed retired. This ain't your return album.

[Rory]

But people going to.

[Damaris]

I do. I remember that consensus.

[Maul]

Yeah. Like, all right, now we're just rewriting history.

[Rory]

That is what. I don't remember that. You was like 16, 15. He.

[Damaris]

He wasn't even 16. He was like 16, 14.

[Rory]

Get the fuck out of here with this take. You hear this shit. Peez is malarkey. How the fuck do you know what people with the general consensus was? TV was 13.

[Damaris]

The TV that's back walking around MTV.

[Maul]

You acting like a 14 year old. 14 year old isn't talking to people. What the are we talking about?

[Rory]

You had to be home before the show.

[Maul]

I was in high school and you.

[Rory]

Still had to be home by the time dinner was done. You didn't know what the general public was thinking. You don't know.

[Maul]

What does it have to do with ghetto techno?

[Rory]

You don't. You don't think. Well, that, that. That's different. You talking about a song. I'm saying the general consensus about the.

[Damaris]

Album Kingdom come out 2006, Peach gave me.

[Maul]

I was 16. I was driving.

[Rory]

Yeah, you still don't know what the general consensus was thinking, though. Not at 16, you don't. That's impossible to know that at 16.

[Maul]

Dog, I had.

[Rory]

Your world is so small at 16. You don't know what everybody is thinking.

[Damaris]

Mal, I get what you're saying, but kids run the. Run the music industry and run with the fuck. They don't. Teenagers and young adults, yes, they do.

[Rory]

Run the music industry. Is that what you just said?

[Damaris]

When it comes to what's hot and what's popular. Yes, they do. That's why y' all don't understand the allure of Playboy.

[Rory]

Even talk how the they running what's hot and what's like they can't even speak.

[Damaris]

That's now. But back then, the kids decide what music is going. Everybody appeals to kids. You know that. Everybody is trying to appeal to 13.

[Rory]

Jay Z has never tried to appeal to kids. He has never made an album for kids. So let's stop that right there.

[Maul]

Are you about to tell me 16 year olds are not listening to Jay Z in 2006?

[Rory]

I did not say that. Like what I'm saying Damaris. I'm saying with the. To Damaris's point. Point. Jay Z has not made an album thinking about kids.

[Maul]

Of course not. I'm not.

[Rory]

That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm speaking to. I'm speaking to what she said. He's never went to the studio and said I'm making this album for kids.

[Maul]

So what do you think singles are for? Like the. Why Jay Z is so successful is because he catered his music to a wide audience.

[Damaris]

N Hard Knock Life was definitely for 40 year olds for sure.

[Maul]

It's got an Any kids are literally on the hook. Hook.

[Rory]

So that means it's four kids.

[Damaris]

Not that.

[Maul]

No, but it's going to a kid like a kid is going to like it.

[Rory]

That's different.

[Damaris]

And when I say kids, I'm not talking about babies, I'm not talking about children. I'm talking about teenagers and young adults.

[Maul]

One of my early memories of the radio is more money, more problems being on the radio because I found I didn't know what the they were saying. It was catchy. Yeah. That appeals to kids. Catchy songs appeal to kids.

[Rory]

MTV is these songs appeal to anybody. What are you talking about?

[Damaris]

BT106 and Park, MTV, all of those things were. They appeal to. To kids. Not children, but to kids.

[Maul]

When they went to the window, it wasn't a bunch of 40 year olds like yo salute. It was a bunch of kids and their parents.

[Rory]

Yeah, but that's. Again, I'm not saying that what you're saying is wrong. I'm saying these artists are not going. Jay Z in particular is not going in the studio making album thinking about what are the kids gonna think about this? That's not what he's doing. He's making music and whoever likes it, likes it. But it's not for kids.

[Damaris]

He's not of course, but back when Jay Z was also young, he was making music for people in his age range. No, you don't think that that was happening.

[Rory]

Yeah, but again you talking about rap. Rap is a young. First of all, rap is a young sport, number one.

[Damaris]

Exactly.

[Rory]

So it's gonna appeal to a younger audience just by the nature of the culture. But when you talking about his content and what he's saying and what he's talking about, that's not. He's not Rhyming and rapping and telling you fiends could catch a freeze off my kneecap. He ain't saying that for kids.

[Damaris]

Of course not. Nope. Just saying.

[Rory]

All right, so I'm just saying he's not making it for kids. It's gonna appeal because it's hip hop, it's rap rap. These are what kids on in the inner city, this is what they listen to, this is what they see, this is what they grow up around. But they're not the ones that determine if that if it's hot or not. Like, no, that's not who.

[Damaris]

But see that. And that's just. We're gonna have to disagree. We're gonna have to disagree. That is who determines what's hot or not. Because those are the. Back in Those days, back in 06, when again when you had to get your music video premiered on certain things and you were trying to get people to buy your albums and you were marketing. You are marketing towards younger adults because younger adults are more likely to spend their money on that type of shit or beg their parents to spend their money on that type of thing.

[Maul]

Why was. Why was the fourth quarter at that time always the time when rappers put out their albums? It was because Christmas, because kids are gonna ask their parents about the city.

[Rory]

That's. That's why.

[Damaris]

Yes.

[Rory]

Because of Christmas.

[Maul]

Then why was it.

[Rory]

Oh, because it was the end of year reporting for the labels and then the numbers had to match for the year.

[Maul]

And what. What is the highest rate Talking about? It wasn't your brother, I guarant.

[Rory]

But it wasn't just for Christmas though, dawg.

[Maul]

That's the highest consumer rate at that time. People are spending the most money. Kids are ask. That's. That's why they put out everything at that time. What are we talking about? That's a fact in the world, not just music.

[Rory]

Yes. Christmas time, people buy gifts. I get that part. Christmas is catered around buying gifts for kids. Kids are not the only ones that receive gifts during Christmas. What I'm trying to tell you is when rappers put out music, kids didn't make it hot. Kids got. Kids found out what was hot based on what the older niggas in the.

[Maul]

Hood was listening to or saying. Numbers I only knew get hold from.

[Rory]

Everything was hot because the older on my block said he was hot. I only knew DMX was dope because the older on my block was saying dmx.

[Damaris]

You saying that the older on your block were the older on your block 20, 21, 22? Or were the older on your block 3540.

[Rory]

It. It, it. It ranges from 20s to 30s to 40s. It was a bunch of old dudes on my block. But what I'm saying is me being, me being 13, 14, I only knew. I only knew Snoop was dope because dudes that had cars, older dudes that was riding around, listening, that had the girls, that's what they was playing. And I'm like, I want to listen to that.

[Damaris]

In between 19 and 30, maybe they were not 45 years old.

[Rory]

They were kids, though. Back to the. They were not kids, is what I.

[Damaris]

Was saying when I. But I've been. Been clarify that when I say kids, I mean teenagers and young adults. People from the ages of.

[Rory]

That's not kids. That, that, that changes everything. You just said you can't take kids.

[Maul]

You saying making content that's not for kids isn't like Eminem's whole entire career. Why he blew up was because of kids. And his content was way crazy.

[Damaris]

Never for kids, but he had kids as fans.

[Maul]

That's what separated Eminem from everything was because the kids, myself included, it felt like, damn, this is dangerous to listen to. Like, I hope my mom doesn't know that I'm listening to this.

[Damaris]

Nicki Minaj fans as well. Nicki Minaj's fans were all young kids. Like, they were young kids.

[Rory]

Her music.

[Maul]

The intention isn't the intention is to go to a wide audience.

[Rory]

That is the intention.

[Damaris]

Yes, but the kids are. Is what's going to make you hot. Like, period. If you don't have the kids, there's only so far you will go. There's only so far you will go. If you don't have the kids. You can have the kids and not have the adults. Hence the Playboy cardies. Hence the ice spices. You can have the kids and not have the adults and still have an amazing career, but you can't have the adults and not have the kids and blow up. Up like that. It doesn't work unless you're already a legend and you've already had the kids and the kids who are now the adults were your fans back then. It just doesn't work like that. You do need the teenagers and young adults to make music pop. It's just always been like that.

[Maul]

Did you. Did you know the. The public's views of volume one when it came out?

[Rory]

Volume one was 97. No. The public views? No. No Killing. I knew the views on the people in my neighborhood.

[Maul]

Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. The people around you.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Yeah, they fucked with it.

[Maul]

But you, how old were you? 16?

[Rory]

16. 15. 16.

[Maul]

Yeah. So why, like, why can't a 16 year old know what the fuck people think of an album?

[Rory]

No, you talking about. You said the general consensus.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

No, you knew the people in your radius, in your neighborhood. You didn't know the general consensus of what this album that came out was. You knew what the people in your neighborhood were saying about. You knew what the people in your barbershop.

[Maul]

Yeah, that's not a thing.

[Rory]

That is a thing. But when you say general, I'm thinking you thinking like the entire. Like, what is the entire fucking country saying about this artist that just dropped? Like, how we know now when the artist dropped, we can know what everybody is feeling about it or what everybody seems to be feeling about it. It wasn't like that in 97. What are you talking about?

[Maul]

For the most part, everyone has similar thoughts.

[Damaris]

Not exactly, depending on the regions and things like that. Cause I grew up thinking that the general consensus was that Jay Z was the best rapper to ever have rapped. And then I started meeting N from the. And they looked at me like I had seven heads.

[Maul]

Jay fans.

[Rory]

But again, and that's false too, because a lot of niggas in the south fuck with Jay Z.

[Damaris]

A lot of N from the south do. But a lot of niggas from the south do not look at Jay the way that we do. It's not the general consensus that it's well known that Jay Z is the greatest rapper of all time in the South. It is not looked at. Like, that's a big debate.

[Rory]

I just feel like this is. But even here in New York, there's a lot of people in New York that don't feel like Jay Z is the best rapper ever.

[Damaris]

Yeah, but we look at them like.

[Maul]

Weirdos, because they are. But I think this is semantics. We don't claim it. And no, I can't prove. Prove it. But everyone knows how Kingdom Come came across in the beginning.

[Damaris]

Like, I, I would have to agree with you as a. I had a father who was a Jay Z fan. I, I would have to agree with you.

[Maul]

It wasn't actually till way later when everyone was like, yo, remember we used to kill this album? She was all right.

[Rory]

You heard what she just said her father said about the album. Somebody older.

[Maul]

Okay.

[Rory]

And then that's how she felt about the album.

[Maul]

Yo, at 16, I, like, I knew people that were 20. I know that sounds insane, but yeah, like, I knew older people.

[Rory]

I'm not saying you didn't I'm just saying, saying you got most of what you felt from an album based on the older people that were around you and what they were saying, how they felt about the music. That's just how it's always been.

[Maul]

I felt at 16, 17. Black Album was better.

[Rory]

Okay, you can still listen.

[Maul]

I would have went to black, to the movies to see like I was.

[Rory]

I'm not saying you can't listen to something and no matter what age, it wasn't older.

[Maul]

People telling me me was bad. I was like, this ain't. I mean, this ain't that.

[Damaris]

But because it don't always go like that. Because I also. My father thought Soulja Boy was the worst thing that ever happened in music. My father also thought that Drake was the worst thing that ever happened to music. And I used to sit and play Drake, Soulja Boy, all of that crank that, all of that lean with a rock with all of that. I used to make my father sit down and listen to it. So there was. No matter how trash he told me it was. Like, I insisted that it was good because it was good to me and because it was good.

[Rory]

Yeah, you can still feel how you feel. But I'm just saying most the time of. Of where you get your taste in music. You hear artists now when they sit down and speak, they talk about what their parents are playing in the house.

[Maul]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Rory]

They're talking about what older people were playing in the cars. Like, that's where you get your influence and how you see how people are around. You are feeling about music that's coming out. That's where you pick that up from. It's the older generation. It's like, okay, they fucking with that. This is what's playing outside. When I go outside, everybody drive past, they playing this, and they. That's just what it was.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

That's how you fell in love with most of your music. You would hear it. You would hear it moving around outside, hearing in cars, hearing it playing out of somebody's window, playing like, that's what it was. And then you would be like, yo, I need to go get that mixtape or that cd. I need to go play that. Then you start playing it on your way to school, listening to your headphones, like. But you found it from older people in your neighborhood. That's all I'm saying. Like, that. That plays a large part of it, for sure.

[Maul]

But it doesn't shape an opinion.

[Rory]

No, no, no, it doesn't shape an opinion. Opinion.

[Maul]

But I remember arguing about volume three, which is that is a special place in my. I like that album more than most people because it was, like, one of the first CDs I ever had. But I've heard people tell me, like, yo, you like. What's the song Mariah Carey that Squiz did? It's, like, one of the worst Jay Z songs ever. It's, like, one of my favorites.

[Rory]

Little Mariah.

[Damaris]

There's more, sweetheart. No, that's. That's J.D.

[Maul]

It'S, like, one of the worst swizz beats ever.

[Rory]

It's the things that you do every loop.

[Damaris]

Oh, I know. She's talking about.

[Maul]

Yeah, I remember everyone killing that, and I loved it. Like, yeah, that's. That doesn't shape your opinion, but I guess the environment would. I don't know. We just went on a tangent. I know Peach is pissed.

[Damaris]

It wasn't a. It wasn't a bad tangent.

[Maul]

I mean, I guess we can go to voicemails.

[Damaris]

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4.

[Damaris]

Hey, what's going on, y' all? This is Taylor from Jersey. I was just listening to your recent episode.

[Maul]

Hold on.

[Damaris]

You know it's Taylor. You know it's Taylor.

[Rory]

Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor.

[Maul]

We know your voice out the gate. You don't hear the same thing.

[Rory]

Taylor, Taylor. Don't ever call here and say, this is Taylor from Jersey. Don't do that again. We know exactly who you are and where you're from. Stop saying who you are and where you're from, Taylor. Just say you. Yo, what up? Like, we know who you are.

[Maul]

And FaceTime us next.

[Damaris]

Yeah, yeah, where you guys are. Giving advice for a voicemail. It just reminded me of something my friend had gone through. So me and my friend went to a party. She met this chick there, looked good, right? Very, very attractive.

[Rory]

She seemed cool.

[Damaris]

But a couple weeks later, they wound up linking up at the girl's house, drinking, kicking it. One thing, you know, leads to another. They had sex right after they have sex, though, shorty rolled over to her, talking about, oh, there's a conversation that I want to have with you. I usually had these conversations beforehand, but we were drinking and things got carried away. But I just want to let you know that I have HSV2. She went on to say, oh, I haven't had an outbreak in all these years, and yada, yada, yada, I'm taking medication. My friend handled this a lot better than I would have have because, like, I feel like that's an assault on my life. So I feel like I can assault.

[Maul]

You know what I'm saying?

[Damaris]

You know what I'm saying?

[Maul]

That's why I. I feel like I could assault you.

[Damaris]

Now, I don't hit women, but have you guys been in a situation or, you know, someone that's been in a situation where they definitely should have been told something before they slept, Slept together?

[Maul]

Like, like, especially when it comes to.

[Damaris]

Obviously, STDs, but just anything in life that's, like, you should have told Me.

[Maul]

That before we got to this place.

[Damaris]

Let me know.

[Maul]

Yeah. Saying that after the fact is wild. Like.

[Damaris]

I can respect. Okay. That's wild. As I can respect her saying anything at all. Because there are plenty of people who know they walking around with that and they say absolutely nothing ever. They never say anything. You don't know until you find that Valtrex in their medicine cabinet.

[Maul]

I'm sure most people have slept with somebody that has herpes.

[Damaris]

Yeah. Especially in this hook.

[Maul]

And never got it. Just slept with somebody that had it.

[Damaris]

Yeah. So her rolling over and even telling her is. I know that that probably took a lot, but I also cannot blame the person for being like, bitch. Like how Taylor said, like, this is an assault. Like, so I understand both sides. That's rough. That's.

[Maul]

Yeah. At that point. Because you can't control what someone's going to tell you. I know it's like a nuts question, but would you rather them just keep it to them? Because I would bug out like, yo, we just. And you're telling me this now? Yeah.

[Damaris]

I don't know. But is there a right time to tell them? Is there a right before.

[Rory]

Yeah. Before I have sex with you is the perfect time to tell me.

[Damaris]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Because again, I'm sure that's also hard to. Like you don't want to be on a date. And like in the Middle Ages, before, like, you get too cozy, just want to let you know, I have HSV, too. I can see someone feeling weird about that. But you have to tell them before you fuck them.

[Rory]

Yeah. I mean, I think that's the only correct thing to do here. You tell people just so you know, you give them. Always give people an option, a choice. Like when you take the choice away from somebody, that to me is where it's like, that's fucked up. Give people the choice and the option to. To, you know, protect themselves and go forward with sex with you if they. If that's what they want to do. But when you take that. That option away from people, that's. To me, where it's like, that's. That's totally fucked up.

[Maul]

It's gonna sound nuts and I'll probably be judged for it. But if we just fucked. I don't know if I just let me find out, like, just telling me that, like, all right, now what do I do with that information? We already fucked.

[Rory]

Oh, you mean, what am I gonna go do now if she don't tell you Before. Before, yeah, if.

[Maul]

If we just finish and then after we're done, she's like, yo, by the way, I have HSV2 have no outbreaks. You should be like, what am I gonna do with that information? Not again. Well, obviously that. But yeah, I'm not like, waking up in the morning and hitting again. But I don't know. What do you do with that?

[Rory]

I mean, like, now you have a choice.

[Maul]

No, because to me, that's. That's more selfish on their end of clearing their guilt. Yeah, like, that's all that is. Like.

[Damaris]

But give me. But stress me out.

[Maul]

Yeah. Like now all of a sudden, I'm just thinking, and it's not like, well, you have to wait for an outbreak. Like, you're just sitting here like, okay, now what? Yeah, yeah, Keep that shit to yourself. If you weren't gonna tell me before.

[Rory]

Nah, you still.

[Maul]

You're not. You're not a good person for telling me after. I'm just. That's what I'm saying.

[Rory]

Oh, no. If you don't tell. If you don't tell before, period. Like, before you have sex. Even if you tell after, you still fucked up. Cause it's like, you should have told me this before we had sex anyway, but.

[Maul]

But maybe I just have too much anxiety. Like, I. I will be judged for this take. But if you weren't telling me before, don't tell me after.

[Rory]

Nah, you tripping. Hell nah. Tell me. I'm. Cuz it's.

[Maul]

So what, you just. Just walk around waiting for an outbreak?

[Rory]

No, it's not walking around waiting for an outbreak, but now I know, and it's like, I have the choice now if I want to have sex with you again. We already had sex. We can't take that back. But you got to tell me, like, yeah, it's still fucked up. I'm with you. It's wrong, but you got.

[Maul]

I end up bumps on my dick. I'm not. I'm gonna call you to curse you out, but I'm. We're not again. So, like, hey, we both got it now. Let's go crazy.

[Rory]

No, we understand that part, but that.

[Damaris]

Makes sense to me, though. How about y' all each other and stop fucking? Like, don't fuck the Unlike. You know what I'm saying? The un. The people who cool, like, fuck each other.

[Rory]

The people who cool is funny, but.

[Damaris]

Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, y' all already infected. Like, fuck each other. That's cool.

[Maul]

Like, we saying this, like, if I'm.

[Damaris]

A zombie and you a zombie. If I'm a zombie and you a zombie. Let's bite on Each other. Why the. We gotta go bite on the uninfected? You see what I'm saying?

[Rory]

That's how you keep the population growing.

[Damaris]

The zombie population.

[Rory]

Yeah, that's called the zombies. The apocalypse. That's what part of it is.

[Maul]

Don't. Don't treat me like Will Smith's dog. Like, you gotta put me out my misery and just kill me and it's gonna hurt you. Nah, you could have told me before.

[Rory]

Yeah, nah, you definitely always, always tell somebody before sex. Just give them that option. Give them that choice. Choice to make a decision on whether or not they want to do that. But once you take that away from them, that's where you're completely, completely wrong at. So always give people the choice to make their own decision.

[Maul]

But how would you react to that? Like, I've never had anyone before sex. Go, by the way, I have HSV2. Like what? Like what?

[Damaris]

Because Rory's still gonna.

[Maul]

My judging people with HSV2.

[Damaris]

I don't judge them either at all.

[Maul]

It's actually way more common. It shouldn't be as taboo as the way.

[Damaris]

It's very common. That's why I always tell y' all.

[Maul]

I think we've all somebody with herpes and just didn't know it. But.

[Damaris]

But I'm saying if you knew it, you would still.

[Maul]

No, come on. I know. I'm Mr. No Condom Nasty. Or you think I would just be like, you would just wear a condom?

[Damaris]

It you just wear a condom? No, I think if someone told you. If someone that you were dating that you care about told you that they are on medication to prevent outbreaks and that they haven't had an outbreak in years because of they've been on this medication and that no one else they've slept with has contracted the disease. And you really like that person. I think that you would take the risk.

[Maul]

I think I'd be out of the mood by that point just because I, like, need more information.

[Rory]

But see, that's what Rory kills me, though, because if she didn't say nothing, he's smashing. Yeah, of course, right?

[Maul]

I'm not saying I'm. Guys, I'm not saying.

[Rory]

But that's what's just funny, because if he does. If she don't say nothing, he's smashing. Not even hesitant. But if she say something like, yo, listen. Like, you be like, nah, I ain't smashing. Like you was gonna smash anyway.

[Maul]

I know. So don't tell me yo.

[Damaris]

But I feel. But I feel.

[Rory]

I don't wanna know if you burning. Keep it on the low. Cause now there's oatmeal sitting in the bowl.

[Maul]

Yo.

[Damaris]

All right, all right, all right. Okay, okay. Let's wrap it up.

[Rory]

Yo, man, listen. Protect yourself. Safe sex is the best sex.

[Maul]

People.

[Rory]

They paying me to say that.

[Damaris]

Do we. Do we have another voice, though? Please, Jesus. Everybody.

[Maul]

Everyone's judging me. Hold on, Peter. If y' all get that speech or y' all smashing.

[Rory]

If you tell me she's. She has. She has her. Put this all underneath, but it's no break. Breakout.

[Maul]

No Breakout.

[Rory]

She's on. She's taking care of it.

[Maul]

But you can still get herpes if there's not a breakout.

[Damaris]

But it's very. It's very rare if she's on. Valtrex is very rare.

[Rory]

I can get herpes if I sit down on the toilet bowl and then my hit the bowl and somebody had it.

[Maul]

Like that happened to my man's at Icon Stadium with craps.

[Rory]

That's crazy. Catching crabs at Icon Stadium.

[Maul]

Yeah, he had.

[Rory]

First of all, why you at Icon?

[Maul]

You. You weren't a track athlete. You. Sometimes you have to. You get nervous. You. Before you run. Yes, that's. That's a very go to attract me. The bathroom line is crazy. Not to pee. People are. He hadn't. He hadn't even had sex. His mom beat him. Cuz his Jamaican. His Jamaican mother beat him up because she thought he was having sex and he was a virgin.

[Rory]

That's crazy. Catching crabs and you're a virgin is wild. God hates me. That's how you become an atheist.

[Maul]

Once you see them just.

[Rory]

Yo, you kept crabs and you a virgin. I don't believe in God after that. Yo, all this praying I'm doing. I'm not even. I'm waiting till I get married. I'm following the Bible and I still caught crabs.

[Damaris]

But crabs.

[Rory]

Get that out of here. I'm not going to church.

[Maul]

And then imagine your mother beating you up.

[Rory]

Yeah, I'm not going. I'm an atheist. God. That's all I'm on. That's how I'm moving around life after that. If I catch crabs and I did not have sex. Nah, God dog. I'm not. I'm not. We not doing this. I'm not going to church. Mom, close my door. I'm not going to church.

[Damaris]

It's like having pubic life.

[Maul]

Know how to shave.

[Rory]

Yeah. I'm not.

[Maul]

Cut his whole up.

[Rory]

I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that. I would be mad as if I caught up. Caught crabs and I'M not. What is that?

[Maul]

And imagine you have no facial hair and have no idea how to shave. So you try to shave all your pubic hair without knowing how to shave.

[Rory]

Oh, yeah. He just had a bad. Bad. That was a bad year. That's the worst year ever for him in his life. That's his worst year ever. I don't care if he won every track meet after. That's his worst year ever.

[Maul]

But, yeah, so you guys would smash, is what you're saying?

[Rory]

Yeah, I think I'm going in. I'm going in, bitch. I'm going in. I think so.

[Damaris]

I have. I'm really bad health. Hypochondriac. So I wouldn't be able to do it. I'm real bad with health.

[Rory]

That's why this is what I'm dead ass.

[Damaris]

I'm doing. Really bad.

[Rory]

Mary over there talking all this shit. Y' all saw how she lied to us in our face Thursday.

[Maul]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Damaris]

Chill out.

[Rory]

I'm not gonna say nothing. I would never. I'm not that guy. I'm not that guy. But you know, I don't do that.

[Maul]

But a lie was told.

[Rory]

But a lie was told is all I'm saying. And I caught it in it. And then I made perfect sense of why I said what. I'm like, damaris, who you talking to here? I know how these things go. But it's okay. It's all love.

[Maul]

As I found out from Gen Z. We. We clocked her.

[Rory]

Yeah, that's how I go clock it.

[Maul]

Clocked you. She. She said. She said one thing, and we say again.

[Damaris]

Trying to use a black language.

[Rory]

Wrong.

[Damaris]

He said it so wrong. What did he say?

[Rory]

Peter Page, are you not clocking that.

[Maul]

I'm standing on business?

[Damaris]

Yeah. Are you not clocking that I'm standing on business?

[Rory]

Nah, he didn't say that.

[Damaris]

Yes, he did. Yes, he did.

[Rory]

Justin Bieber said that?

[Damaris]

Yes.

[Rory]

He didn't say that.

[Maul]

I thought it's just like chat. Gbg spitting out.

[Rory]

Yeah, I thought he was way cooler than that. He says that. Man, you.

[Maul]

Are you just not in the. No, wait.

[Rory]

He said, are you not clocking that I'm standing on business? That don't even go together.

[Damaris]

I know, I know, baby. I know.

[Maul]

Like, AI. Just catch.

[Damaris]

It's like rice and macaroni and cheese on the same plate.

[Rory]

What is that? That. That's too many carbs he threw out. He had too many carbs on his plate.

[Maul]

Okay, well, in his defense, was he, in fact standing on business?

[Rory]

I don't know, but you wouldn't clock.

[Maul]

That I'm not clocking, then I'm standing on business.

[Damaris]

Oh, no, he's not even. What he said. He said it's not clocking to you that I'm standing on business.

[Rory]

It's not clocking to you.

[Maul]

First of all, he's an innovator.

[Damaris]

Maybe it's not clocking to you that.

[Maul]

I'm standing is it pops up star so y understand he's. He's giving us new. New lingo.

[Damaris]

Maybe he meant clicking.

[Rory]

Yeah, he probably meant to say clicking. Is it not clicking to you that I'm standing on business?

[Maul]

You know, he'd be off that. That good Christian red wine.

[Damaris]

It's not clocking to you.

[Maul]

It's not clocking to you that I'm.

[Rory]

Standing on business, is it? It's not clocking to you. He might just say clicking.

[Damaris]

It has to.

[Rory]

It's not.

[Damaris]

But that doesn't even make sense. What do you mean? You standing on business. It doesn't even make.

[Rory]

It's not clocking to you that I'm standing on business.

[Damaris]

Please. Jesus.

[Maul]

He's a trendsetter. That's gonna be the new term. Not understanding. Is it introducing something new to you.

[Rory]

That I'm standing on business?

[Maul]

Rory Never clocking.

[Rory]

It's not clocking to me.

[Maul]

I feel for Biebs, though. I haven't really been following everything that's been going on, but his algorithms hit my timeline of the Beliebers. I feel like it's mixed reviews. Is he. Is he spiraling out or something? Okay, he's going nuts. Well, I hope he gets out. Yeah, I mean, listen, when you spiraling like that, you don't need a paparazzi in your face at all times. Yeah, but do we have another voicemail?

[Damaris]

What's up, y' all? Shout out to everybody. Love the pod. Love all of y' all. So my question is, me and a couple of my homegirls are throwing a pool party at our apartment complex. Anytime I get with this particular group, I always end up on a. Like, it just is what it is. So I just went ahead and took on that responsibility for the party, right? And my formula that I'm using for making a playlist is, like, I split up into two halves. Like, first, when everybody first getting there and getting settled. And then the second half is, like, once everybody's drunk. And then each of those two, I've split up into old songs and new songs. So first part, Rory, does that make sense? Is that a good party formula? You Are like the party guy. So let me know, what's a good formula for like, making sure it's lit all the way throughout. And then also second question for everybody. What are you guys go to Summertime pool party songs. Like, what are the songs you absolutely have to hear at the pool party that's really just gonna make you. You feel like, o, I'm having a good time. New or old.

[Rory]

This is how you do it.

[Damaris]

God damn, you oldest once that.

[Rory]

Come on. It's lit. Yeah, that's lit.

[Maul]

Also off road featuring M and Freddy Gibbs, I think is a great pool.

[Rory]

That really gets the people.

[Maul]

I'm not. I did not DJ one single paloa. I'm not the party.

[Rory]

You kind of can gauge the crowd a little bit. Yeah.

[Maul]

But I mean, I like her strategy of splitting it up.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

Like, I've. I've done that with playlists of, like, knowing, you know, the earlier arrivals, like, what we're doing there.

[Rory]

Yeah.

[Maul]

And then moving into that. It's a good, good strategy. I know some. I know some creepy ass kappas that lord would like cater a whole playlist to. All right. About two hours in, that's when we all gonna start fucking. And they would cater that timing. And I was like, damn it, y' all. Y' all was clocking it.

[Rory]

Yeah, I was clocking it and standing on business. Are you not clocking that they're standing on business? The DJ is standing on business.

[Maul]

It'd be like a full itunes playlist. That's. That would down to like. All right, two hours into this night is when we're gonna try to get free shit. I'm like, yo, y' all the marriage.

[Rory]

What's your song? When you at a pool party that's gonna just make you jump in the.

[Damaris]

Pool, stop talking that shit and suck a nigga dick for some truck fit. Okay. I fuck a bitch and I'm gone. I'm gangsty with Capone legend. Don't stop. Pop that. Don't stop. Come on now. What you working with?

[Rory]

Work.

[Damaris]

Work. That's a fucking classic. If I hear that song, I lose. I literally lose my. My mind. That is the best pool party song.

[Maul]

Was that the only rhyme that killed a brand rather than helped it?

[Damaris]

Tuck a dick for some truck fit.

[Maul]

Yeah, cuz. Anytime somebody got some truck fit on.

[Rory]

He was like, killed the brand. I never saw a person wear truck fit in my life, cuz.

[Maul]

Every time we asked him how he.

[Rory]

Got it before or after that song. I've never seen nobody wearing truck.

[Damaris]

I've seen Somebody wear Truck.

[Rory]

Truck Fit.

[Damaris]

Yeah. I've seen the hats. The Truck Fit hats back during that time around that time when that song came out. Yeah.

[Maul]

I saw Nas wearing the brand ambassadors in our living room.

[Rory]

Truck Fit.

[Maul]

Better head on Truck Fit Every goddamn day Better come, come.

[Rory]

I've never seen a with Truck Fit in my life.

[Damaris]

Come to the podium.

[Rory]

Never.

[Maul]

Penner was dripped out in Truck Fit.

[Rory]

I've never seen nobody wear truck for the day in my life. Truck Fit. I've never up to my. Not somebody you know.

[Maul]

Well, that's because he was working with them.

[Rory]

That's not. That's not what I'm talking about in passing, like, just walking up the street.

[Maul]

Nah, I never saw it.

[Rory]

Never seen it. Never seen it. What I do.

[Maul]

So about you being the Truck Fit brand ambassador. But Thomas. Yeah, see, he already knows because we would always go, how'd you get that?

[Rory]

Oh, my God. Never seen nobody wear Truck Fit. Never.

[Maul]

Well, yes. That's one of my favorite pool party songs as well. But I don't know. I'm. I don't know what goes off now these days.

[Damaris]

Them. Baby, you gonna love me. Got you back to back all in Ferraris. What that Chinks. Come on now.

[Maul]

That was good. A good time. That was.

[Damaris]

That's my. That's my summer song.

[Maul]

Good era.

[Rory]

Chinks, drugs, Rest in peace. Chinx for sure on my body.

[Maul]

Yeah.

[Rory]

Damn.

[Maul]

Chinx has some joints. Chin has some joints.

[Rory]

Absolutely.

[Maul]

But this was fun. I think we need to get out of here. Prayers to upstate New York. I understand you guys have not had a dry weekend since, like, 2006 or some. Just see that stat everywhere.

[Rory]

I told you years ago, Rory, it rains every Friday in New York City. Nobody wants to believe me.

[Maul]

Just.

[Rory]

Just keep an eye out. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, it rains every Friday during the summer. It rains every Friday, but we'll see. We'll see if I'm wrong.

[Maul]

But yeah, this was fun. We'll see you guys 10 more times this week.

[Rory]

Yeah, it feels like it. A lot going on this week, but we here. We here.

[Maul]

We may have some controversy coming on Wednesday. I'm not quite sure yet.

[Rory]

Listen, man, it's all good past this. No, listen, I'm here for it. I'm here for. You got to put right in front of each other sometime to just.

[Maul]

No, they were in front of each other.

[Rory]

No, no, no. I'm talking about again. Like, you do it again. Yeah, put them in front of each other.

[Maul]

They can connect the dots there.

[Rory]

All right, well, we'll talk to you on a couple days. Be safe, be blessed. I'm that he's just Ginger. Peace.

[Maul]

No worrying mall in 2025. Hand to hand is gone when it comes to money. But thank God we have have an app like Cash App. I can finally, in this digital age, just send money whenever I feel like it.

[Rory]

You need it. You need to be able to send money anywhere in the world, anytime.

[Maul]

And I love when I go out to dinner and the bill comes and they're like, yo, get this now. I'll get you back later. No, no, no. We could do it right now.

[Rory]

Yeah, don't tell me you got me later.

[Maul]

Yeah, cash at me now. Oh, you don't have Cash App. It takes two seconds to download. Put your bank right there. Send me the money. Right, let's make this awkward for dessert. So, Cash App makes everything easier. And Damaris taught me this amazing trick. With Cash App, if a random number texts you, all you do is request a dollar. And if they have Cash App, you can find out exactly who was texting you, which was the greatest woman trick I have ever heard in my entire life.

[Rory]

Absolutely.

[Maul]

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[Rory]

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[Damaris]

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[Maul]

T Mobile terms via 24 monthly bill.

[Damaris]

Credits when you add a qualifying paired watch line. See additional offer terms on t mobile.com Ah come on.

[Maul]

Why is this taking so long?

[Rory]

This thing is ancient.

[Maul]

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[Damaris]

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