Dopamine Dreams

Summary

The Brilliant Idiots – "Dopamine Dreams" (July 17, 2026)

Episode Overview

In this episode of The Brilliant Idiots, Charlamagne Tha God and Andrew Schulz, joined by recurring guests Taylor and Alex, explore the tension between digital dopamine hits and real-life experiences. They discuss Jay-Z’s iconic Yankee Stadium concert series, the phenomenon of nostalgia, the dynamics of parenthood, representation in movies and music, and society’s shifting attitudes toward authenticity and joy. The conversation, true to the show’s name, bounces between irreverent banter and genuine insights on culture, family, and the human need for connection.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fatherhood, Fulfillment & FOMO

00:46–05:13

• Andrew reflects on choosing family time over “cultural” events, feeling less FOMO as a new dad.

  “I’m excited for my friends, but I don’t feel the FOMO...because I’m where I want to be.” — Andrew (00:54)

• Charlamagne affirms this shift as natural, noting how parenthood and financial security alter priorities.

  “Retirement is not an age, it’s an income.” — Charlamagne (02:33)

• Both marvel at the fleeting nature of childhood and how rapidly kids grow up.
• Andrew admits to getting emotional over parenting moments—even through Instagram videos and movie scenes.

2. Social Media, Dopamine, & Real-Life Connection

13:12–17:16

• The hosts highlight society’s increasing thirst for authentic, real-life experiences post-pandemic, as opposed to digital distractions.

  “Everybody’s saying real life events are coming back. I’m here to tell y’all: real-life events never went anywhere.” — Charlamagne (17:16)

• Charlamagne rhapsodizes about the high from attending Jay-Z’s concerts—insisting the dopamine from being in the crowd trumps any online experience.

3. Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Concert: Artistry & Cultural Legend

17:39–27:30

• Recap of Jay-Z’s three-night event:
  • Friday: "Reasonable Doubt"
  • Saturday: "Blueprint"
  • Sunday: Compilation night, “extra innings”
• Charlamagne offers both a production ranking and a “personal experience” ranking for the shows, noting how the energy from the crowd enhanced Sunday night for him.

  “When you on that floor with the people, that’s a completely different experience.” — Charlamagne (25:14)

• The group jokes about concert “newbies” and the different ways fans and non-fans experience legacy artists.

4. Rumor-Spreading and Social Media Virality

13:41–16:38

• Charlamagne confesses to almost unintentionally starting a viral rumor (about Dame Dash and a bomb threat) at the concert through an offhand joke, illustrating the viral chaos of word-of-mouth in the digital age.

  “After I said it to a couple more people…people started believing it.” — Charlamagne (16:00)

5. Generational Influence, Nostalgia & Who Dictates Culture

49:28–54:28, 61:18–61:39

• Discussion shifts to how Gen X and Millennials still drive cultural trends, due largely to their greater spending power and desire for nostalgic experiences.

  “Why do you want to cater to kids if you’re not a kid?” — Charlamagne (50:57)

• The group debates whether the youth or older generations shape mainstream culture today and the cyclical return to past styles.
• Emphasizes the power of brands that generate true emotional attachment (e.g., Jay-Z’s Paper Plane merch, HBO’s brand legacy).

6. Nostalgia in Music & TV

41:04–61:17

• Panel discusses stadium-worthy generational anthems like Eminem’s "Lose Yourself," comparing it to hip-hop classics like Meek Mill’s "Dreams and Nightmares."
• Andrew breaks down how “Lose Yourself” is a universal “underdog” anthem, challenging assumptions about racial or generational ownership of certain songs.

  “It’s not a color thing…it’s literally everybody viewing themselves as having an impossible task in front of them.” — Andrew (43:27)

• The enduring magic of HBO’s Sunday night lineups is praised for curating communal, high-quality experiences.

7. Pop Culture: Representation, Gender, and Commercialism

79:51–89:35

• Debate over Supergirl’s new movie, with Charlamagne and Alex critiquing the plot, representation, and how it was “set up for failure.”
• Andrew provocatively claims that Hollywood needs to stop making superhero movies aimed at women unless there’s real demand, joking that “women will only support a movie if their character is a maid,” referencing box-office data from “Made in Manhattan,” “The Help,” etc.
• The group humorously lists hit films centered on domestic workers, half-jokingly theorizing about gendered movie preferences.

8. Internet, AI, and Truth vs. Entertainment

65:31–67:53

• The hosts discuss the viral fake "Kevin Durant biting a candy apple" ad, using it as an example of how AI-generated content blurs the lines between reality and fiction.

  “I do not want to spend the rest of my life looking at shit asking if it’s real.” — Charlamagne (67:20)

• Questions emerge about the positive or negative effects of viral fakes (“publicity is publicity”—Alex, 67:57).

9. Sexuality, Male Joy, & Podcast Antics

27:49–36:07, 90:33–end

• Extended playful debates about why society codes “male joy” as “gay,” and the freedom (or stigma) around men expressing happiness or connection.

  “Any male joy is gay. They don’t want us to be happy.” — Charlamagne (27:53)

• The hosts riff and argue their way into increasingly absurd territory—culminating in the perennial “Ask an Idiot” questions about hypotheticals and listener curiosities.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On parenting and time:
  “It goes by like that…what I would do to be back in that stage.” — Charlamagne (04:25)
• On culture and financial security:
  “Retirement is not an age, it’s an income.” — Charlamagne (02:33)
• On real-life events over digital:
  “Everybody’s saying real life events are coming back. I’m here to tell y’all: real life events never went anywhere...” — Charlamagne (17:16)
• On nostalgia:
  “It’s not a color thing…it’s literally everybody viewing themselves as having an impossible task in front of them.” — Andrew (43:27)
• On rumors:
  “You know it’s good when it gets back to you.” — Charlamagne (16:42)
• On male happiness:
  “Any male joy is gay. They don’t want us to be happy.” — Charlamagne (27:53)
• Absurdist wisdom:
  “I gotta see the dick first. So y’all just answered, that’s how I know y’all gay.” — Charlamagne (91:50)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Fatherhood & FOMO + Parenting Feels: 00:46–05:13
• Concerts & the Joy of Real-Life Events: 17:16–27:30
• Rumor Spreading at the Jay-Z Show: 13:41–16:38
• Nostalgia, Generational Wealth, and Culture: 49:28–54:28
• Eminem’s Enduring Anthem & "Underdog" Insight: 41:04–45:04
• Supergirl & Gendered Box Office Success: 79:51–89:35
• AI, Fake Ads, and the Erosion of Reality: 65:31–67:53
• Ask an Idiot (Audience Q&A): 76:12–end

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The Idiots in Their Element

The episode features the usual Brilliant Idiots flavor:

• Hilarious tangents (Pokémon Go vs. horror movies, is “Lose Yourself” white people’s “Dreams and Nightmares”?)
• Roasts and playful arguments among the group, especially on Taylor’s alleged lack of empathy or Andrew’s outlandish claims.
• Raw honesty about work-life balance, nostalgia for simpler entertainment eras, and skepticism about the current state of media and authenticity.

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Conclusion

“Dopamine Dreams” is an episode about chasing emotional highs—whether as a new parent, a nostalgic concert-goer, or a digital native learning to question the reality of what they see online. By unpacking cultural shifts, generational divides, and the urgent need for real connection, the Idiots layer jokes over moments of genuine wisdom, making it a characteristically entertaining and insightful installment.

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Transcript

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep. Charlemagne the guy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Andrew Schull, you are the brewery idiot. Hung out with my. My family bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In New York City.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, out in the Hamptons.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Out in the Hamptons.

[Andrew Schulz]

And it was just lovely. And like, I'm experiencing a weird. It's not even weird. I don't even know why I think it's weird to even say it, but I like, I. There's these amazing events that are happening that I recognize are amazing cultural events. And when my friends are at them and texting me, like, I am excited for them, but I don't feel the FOMO of it because I'm where I want to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome to fatherhood, my boy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome to fatherhood. I'm with you 100%.

[Andrew Schulz]

But I also think it's connected with the fact that, like, I got to go away for 10 days to shoot this movie. I'm not going to see them. I got to come into the city for a few days and do pods. I'm not going to see it. So I already know my time is more limited with them than most. So I'm like to leave them to go see us, you know, World cup match or like a concert. I gotta love that thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love it. That's what you, by the way. That's where you're supposed to be.

[Andrew Schulz]

I feel very grateful that I'm experiencing this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Beautiful thing.

[Alex]

I feel.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean, I'm FaceTiming my daughter and she's in the car, she's like, will you come home, dad?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, damn, damn, damn. That should've make you shut the whole movie down.

[Andrew Schulz]

The whole thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? Like, all this shit. Yo, I'll fly them out tomorrow. Come out Here tomorrow. I need y' all out here tomorrow, bro.

[Andrew Schulz]

I know. Nah, they came with me the first time because it was a couple weeks, and now it's like, do they just come all the time? I don't fucking know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My kids don't like me to go nowhere.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's beautiful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Every time before I leave, like, why are you going? Where you got to go in the city for? Like, somebody got to pay for this shit.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Andrew Schulz]

That's the balance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And then they find out you made 200 million. They're like, why? You can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. I don't know what you're talking about.

[Andrew Schulz]

They're like, you could pay for it already.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what you're talking about, but that's why. That's why. Retirement is not an age. It's an income.

[Andrew Schulz]

That is true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you should not let anything consume your life so much that you just feel like you have to keep doing it, keep doing it, keep doing it, just because that's what you're used to doing.

[Taylor]

Amen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You should be able to get to a certain point that if you feel comfortable and financially, you know, that you can mind your business and sit back. Mind your business. Sit back. And I'd much rather be a family man all day long. Yeah. Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Or you choose to do the things that you want.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's it. I've been there. I promise you. I've been there for at least close to a decade now, probably. Probably. No, I say about. From 2019 to now.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, no. I'm lying. After Covid. After Covid, I'm like, I'm not doing nothing I don't want to do.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause I don't have to. Like, I'm not. Like, I'm not. I'm not money hungry like that. Cause, you know, we make a lot of money just doing extracurricular shit. Like, you can be like, yo, go host this here or go show up here or go up here on this show. It's like, nah, I'm cool. They're like, nah, I'm cool. I don't want to host a game show. I don't. Yeah. You know what I'm saying, bro?

[Andrew Schulz]

I do.

[Alex]

I get it.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean, yeah, it is crazy when you get thrown opportunities, but also, it's. That is what you're. I don't know. That is what you're supposed to do. Sometimes I see people who are, like, almost professional celebrities, like, they're at the opening of everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, yeah. As I experience and I'm early with my family, don't get me wrong. Like, I imagine when your kids start getting into like their late teens, they don't even want to hang out with you. They got birthdays with their friends and things that they're doing. They're going to camp and they're going on a trip or whatever. Maybe you have a little bit more free time to go to these different things. But every single person that's had kids I've spoken to has told me about these young stages.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And every one of them goes by like that, says that.

[Andrew Schulz]

And they're like, oh, what I would do to be back in that stage.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It goes by like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

And they're not sleeping and ever. And you don't get to sleep and you're exhausted the whole time. And I get it. But that shit resonates with me every single time an older person sees me with my young kid. They have the exact same, oh, it goes by fast. What I would do to have them at that age again.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's wild. Cause I got both dynamics at the house, right? I got like the whole dynamic. I got.

[Andrew Schulz]

You got leaving the house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

10, 7, 4. That's right. Got leaving the house and then got. The youngest is 4 years old. And you're looking at the 4 year old and you remember when the 18 year old used to be that. But now you're trying to figure out why does the 4 year old sound like the 18 year old?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What the hell is going on in the world? These kids are so goddamn advanced. And the 4 year old and the 18 year old are like super close. It's the wildest shit in the world, yo, that to see that. Cause when I tell you it goes by like that, it goes by like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

And I get caught up in these Instagram scrolls. Like I hit one emotional video and then if you keep on scrolling it like suggest you know what I'm talking about. And it's all parenting shit. I was watching some like clip from a Korean zombie movie and the dad was trying to save his wife and daughter and then got bit. And he leaves the train and locks them in the train and the daughter's crying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that's what that was.

[Andrew Schulz]

You seen that one?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Seen that? I don't know what the was going on.

[Andrew Schulz]

I'm cr. So he's outside the train and as he's turning into a zombie, his I'll get emotional. Talk about, you know, it's like he's dying, like the zombie, whatever. But like, lives, but, like, he's dying and the last moments he has. Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I saw that shit. I didn't know what it was.

[Andrew Schulz]

Seeing his daughter for the first time, having his daughter's little hand grab his. And as he's turning into the zombie, it's so beautifully done. He's smiling like he's at peace with his life. And I didn't know what that was

[Charlamagne Tha God]

because I was going to send that to Chris. Because I always find, like, Asian videos to send him. I do all the time. But I didn't. I couldn't tell what the fuck was going on.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, man. I got like. Yeah, they just. You get one after another.

[Taylor]

Like, I saw one. Not like that, but it was a woman, like this. This stalker person was, like, trying to get the child. And instead the mom took her life for the child. But the mom comes back and you just like. It was a horror movie where you had to hold up a phone and then you see ghost or something like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

So the dad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Pokemon.

[Taylor]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Remember how the Pokemon shit used to be? You have to hold up the phone, you see Pokemon all throughout the room.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, the Pokemon Go.

[Taylor]

I guess. But, I mean, that's how the. The movie was. And, like, the dad sees his son at night, like, twirling around and nothing's holding him up. And then he holds.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So a gay ghost. What if the ghost. It was a gay ghost.

[Taylor]

No, listen, get emotional.

[Andrew Schulz]

I know. Don't try to get emotional, man. This guy is a roadblock. He's a speed bump. Every time you're about to get into a crying situation, he gonna be there, Boom, boom, and fuck your whole shit up. Don't even try to let me finish.

[Taylor]

Rocking.

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I be honest with you? I got no fucking clue what you're saying right now. Zero clue.

[Taylor]

Basically, in the movie, they had to hold up a phone to see the ghost, right?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

So the ghost is trying to take the child. The mom took her life instead, like, because the ghost, I guess, was lonelier. It was some dumb shit. But so then the dad one night sees. The mom's gone already, Right? So one night, the dad sees his son just twirling around. Nothing's holding him. And then he puts the phone up and he sees his. It was the mom, like, playing with him. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, shit. Damn. So the mom was dead?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And then that was her playing with the kid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn. You had to lead with that, Taylor.

[Andrew Schulz]

She did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She did it.

[Andrew Schulz]

She did. It's all good. I know, I know. You stopped paying attention. This guy Stopped paying attention to me. You can see when he glazes over.

[Alex]

I do.

[Andrew Schulz]

Bro, you are actually one of the best.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can I give you a compliment?

[Andrew Schulz]

You one of the best at making direct eye contact with somebody and not

[Charlamagne Tha God]

hearing a lot of people not listening

[Andrew Schulz]

to a single thing they say.

[Taylor]

He does it all the time.

[Andrew Schulz]

Not a single. And he'll even do facial expressions. He'll be like this. Like, I could see him stop paying attention, and he'll be like, man.

[Taylor]

Oh.

[Andrew Schulz]

And you can see his hand reaching for his phone. Like, his. The fact he doesn't have a phone in his hand is burning him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, what the fuck is this person saying right now? Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Cause you never listen.

[Taylor]

You know what?

[Andrew Schulz]

I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm listening. I'm listening. You buried the lido. I didn't hear you say the mom was dead. I heard you say that the ghost was gay and the ghost are gay. Somebody's son was gay and was twirling around his room and he could only see his dick through his phone.

[Taylor]

I literally was just having this conversation about how cancers literally do this. Like, you have an issue.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, what do we do but be great?

[Taylor]

No, y' all got issues.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your future husband is a cancer.

[Taylor]

I know, and I tell him the same thing.

[Andrew Schulz]

Shout out to Big P. Oh, I got scared for a second.

[Alex]

I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

I thought you were getting broken up with.

[Taylor]

No, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Big P is a cancer, man. Oh, and your son's a cancer, too, right? Yes, that's right.

[Taylor]

My mom's a cancer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I cannot see Little P, Mama G. All cancers, baby. Let's go.

[Andrew Schulz]

You have all cancers in your life.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Unfortunately, she needs that. No, she don't have.

[Taylor]

No, no. Y' all need me. Empathy. Because y' all need balance. No, y' all need balance. Y' all are.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Takes one to no one. No, no, no, no, no. Takes one to no one. No. Taylor really has no empathy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Okay, you don't have any empathy.

[Taylor]

What do we talk about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We don't have. I seen Taylor walk up to one of Diddy's potential.

[Taylor]

Oh, my God. Get over it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When we. When Breakfast Club used to be on Remot, one of Diddy's potential victims, a man wasn't anybody.

[Andrew Schulz]

A potential victim of Diddy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, a potential victim of Diddy, okay, Who was a man, was just minding his business, you know, clearly on his Instagram, he was having a good night out with Sean Combs having a ball. And this girl right here walks in the room, walks up to him and goes, so how did it taste? Homie goes, how did what taste? And she goes, how did it taste? He goes, what? What you mean, what? How did it taste? What are you talking about? Taylor goes, diddy's dick.

[Taylor]

He didn't deny it, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's he crazy.

[Taylor]

He never denied it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is something that happened to him? Nah, we don't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

Imagine accident. That's sexual victim. Yeah, that's from stage Caleb.

[Taylor]

First of all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I'm saying.

[Taylor]

Let's be clear.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Imagine me doing that. Imagine me doing that to a woman.

[Taylor]

Let's be very clear.

[Andrew Schulz]

Unbelievably entertaining. Turns out. Turns out it's gonna make you worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Keep it up, Taylor.

[Taylor]

Keep it up. Let's be very clear. The person that we're talking about, he still supported.

[Andrew Schulz]

This guy's crazy.

[Taylor]

I know.

[Andrew Schulz]

Imagine me saying wild shit to people. Imagine me charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People say wild. Imagine me saying that specifically to a man. Obey with me. Hilarious. The man. You should get that.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know, but that was just crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's what we do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I had to say. Taylor, come on, let's leave. Come on, Taylor.

[Taylor]

He also. I sent you a really nice message on your birthday. Don't act like I'm not empathetic. You're ridiculous. You're ridiculous.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You sent me a message on my birthday. You only said that cause you used to being surrounded by Cancers.

[Taylor]

What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's all. So now that you surrounded by cancers. Now that you're surrounded by cancers, you know what we need. That's all. She would've never sent that before. That's all. That's all. That is. Like, she's used to being around Cancers. Now she know that we need.

[Taylor]

But that's a good thing. That's a good thing, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is good. It's good. They giving you empathy. Round of applause to the Cancers in your life.

[Taylor]

First of all, it's not y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Taylor]

The Cancers didn't give me that. It's been me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, it is. I've known you for a long time. Yo, I known you when you was a thug, okay?

[Taylor]

No more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you're not a thug no more. You're a mommy. Yeah, okay, big mama.

[Taylor]

My baby's gonna be one this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, legend. God bless.

[Andrew Schulz]

Isn't it crazy?

[Taylor]

That makes me so sad.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, motherhood.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Motherhood hasn't changed Taylor, though, because Taylor was high off shrooms at the concert.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She picked the craziest night to be high offs room.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did you really have a paragraph I

[Taylor]

thought that it was about to be a setup. Like, I was just looking at all the people in the stadium, and I was like, if people start rioting, like, I need to get home to my son. Like, I was getting very, very, like, anxious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know? What's so crazy? I was so on a high from the weekend, and it was such a weekend filled with joy that I never thought that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Never thought what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I never thought about it being a riot or anything.

[Taylor]

You said that you were there. I was like, okay, if Charlemagne's not freaking out, then I'm literally on Sunday,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

because I. I don't know how you know.

[Andrew Schulz]

Let me just tell you something. Charlamagne almost started a crazy rumor. Charlamagne without even knowing. He almost started a crazy. Wow, okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because every everybody that saw me Sunday.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, no, no, no, no. Don't bear the lead. He almost started crazy without even realizing, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's hours.

[Andrew Schulz]

Dove is at the concert, too. It's hours where the shit hasn't started. People start texting me because they think I'm there, and they're like, yo, when is it going to start? You hearing anything? Dove texts me. He goes, yo, Charlamagne said, Dame Dash called in a bomb threat.

[Taylor]

Wait.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wait for it. Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, right? I go, oh, my boy. Eagle wit comedian, hilarious. Texts me. He goes, yo, are you. You know what's going on here? What the hell is happening? And I almost texted him, and then I go, you know what? Let me hit Charlotte to see what's up. I hit Sharla. I go, yo, what the hell is causing this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is there a problem?

[Andrew Schulz]

They can shut it down. He goes. He goes. He says, verbatim, nah. Dame Dogs called. Dame Dad's called in a bomb threat. I said, I guess it's real, right? And then I literally type it in to the text, the eagle. I type it in. Once he. Let me tell you something. Once it goes to Eagle, oh, man. The whole world thinks Dame Dash goes to the pop star, okay? Once he goes out there, I'm telling you, because he's gonna text everybody else who's there, et cetera. I do one callback.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

I do one callback to Sharla. I send one more text back to Sharla, which we will not say on this pod. Which we will not say. You remember what I said back to you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't remember who was opening. Hold on, let me look, let me look, let me look, let me look, let me look, let me look.

[Alex]

You guys are crazy, bro.

[Taylor]

I heard more than one person say that.

[Andrew Schulz]

So I do. So I send one funny text back to him. Send one funny text back to him. Oh, my God. And then I go, nah, but seriously, did Dame call it a bomb threat? And then Charlotte just laughs at what I said, which I interpret as not real. I don't send it out to Eagle and everybody else that's messaging me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what's so crazy?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I first told that joke when we was online, right? Online.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, going into.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Going in.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Right. So everybody's laughing after a while. After. After I said it to a couple more people.

[Taylor]

Yeah. People were.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People were believing.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, so you.

[Taylor]

That's how you act so surprised.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's how crazy. Why are you acting that they think he would really do that shit. And I'm like, bro, I'm joking. And they was like, nah, I can see him doing some shit. Like, I'm like, oh, my God. Which made me not even want to say it no more.

[Andrew Schulz]

But then you did say it immediately to as many people that ask you.

[Taylor]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I couldn't help it. It took me back to when I was in, like, back 20 something years old and before the Internet and before social media, growing up in a small town. And you would say a rumor about somebody that was hilarious, but it sounded true, and everybody would run with it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my God.

[Andrew Schulz]

I heard a lot of good ones.

[Taylor]

First of all, it's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you know, it's good when you get. When it comes back to you. So you be somewhere and you be like, yo, did you hear that such and such. This happened to suddenly, like, no, for real. Who told you that shit?

[Taylor]

Look how happy he gets. Like, oh, my gosh.

[Andrew Schulz]

Listen, this guy's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me tell you something.

[Alex]

He really is. He really is.

[Andrew Schulz]

This guy's really crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're taping this on a Wednesday. Yeah, we went to a con. The last concert we went to was on Monday. Okay. Yeah. Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Technically, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's nothing like real life events.

[Alex]

Yep.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I know that, you know, everybody says real life events are coming back. I'm here to tell y' all that real life events never went anywhere. No, I just think that people now are appreciating those real life events and that real connection more than ever. Cause the dopamine hit that I felt all weekend, like, I'm still on a high from the weekend. Mind you, I had no plans to go all weekend.

[Andrew Schulz]

So you went Friday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Friday was the night. Friday. I had a plan to go on. I'm like, yo, I got my. We got a suite for Friday night. We'll be in the suite. Got my folks in the suite. You know, we gonna have a good time. I wanted to see Reasonable Doubt. I'm like, yo, Reasonable Doubt, that's hov's first album. That's the album that laid the foundation for everything. I just knew he was gonna pour his all into that show, right? I couldn't wait to see it. But the high I got Friday night.

[Andrew Schulz]

But it wasn't just Reasonable Doubt. He played other stuff too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He did it the right way. Because one thing that he realized is that, damn, she did that shit like we in fucking jail. Like, she did. Like, like who? That was crazy. What the fuck was that just now? But I went on Friday because I wanted to hear Reasonable Doubt. But the way Jay did his set, he knew that Reasonable Doubt was for the core fans. He's fully aware Reasonable Doubt is an album that sold 40 something thousand the first week. He's fully aware that Reasonable Doubt was for the hip hop heads. Because it's not like that crowd was singing every word to those songs. But the show was so well put together, the show was so cinematic that it was like watching a movie. It was like watching a story. I liken it to. This is like when the bad guy actually wins at the ends of the end of the movie. Doesn't get caught up, doesn't get locked up, doesn't die, and then lives enough, lives long enough to even change his life. But he's just showing you his origin story. And this shit was just exciting to watch. But in between those Reasonable Doubt songs, he would do something that was a little bit more palatable to the mainstream audience, I guess, or just something people knew. So it just kept you engaged the whole fucking time. But I had such a high from Friday night down. I was like, damn. That was, you know, I'm good, I'm good. I'm not, you know, somebody just asked me, are you coming tomorrow? I'm like, nah, I'm not coming tomorrow. No, you're coming tomorrow. You're going to be here tomorrow.

[Andrew Schulz]

Who said that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You work for us. You will be, right? Okay. My direct supervisor.

[Andrew Schulz]

Your direct supervisor at Roc Nation said, you have to be there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Delphin Grave said, you have to be there.

[Andrew Schulz]

Company outing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You have to be here tomorrow. And I wanted to be there for Saturday anyway. Cause it was the blueprint. See, I like when artists do specific albums. I like when they say, hey, we're gonna do one night of this album. I went to go see Jill Scott at the Hollywood Bowl.

[Andrew Schulz]

I didn't realize it was like that. I thought the whole weakness.

[Alex]

No.

[Andrew Schulz]

So the first night was Reasonable Doubt. Second night was Blueprint.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Blueprint.

[Andrew Schulz]

Third night was compilation of everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Third night was Extra Innocent. It was just a little bit of everything. So I was like, you know what? I do wanna go see the Blueprint. Cause I love Reasonable Doubt, but I actually like Blueprint better. And it just makes. It's like Reasonable Doubt is his first album, the one that laid the foundation. But Blueprint is arguably his best album. Even though now I love four four, four. But I'm like, yo, all right, I'm gonna go see the Blueprint. That night was amazing too. But the Blueprint night was just all about the music. But I do have one critique of the Blueprint night, the Reasonable Doubt night. We know the story of Reasonable Doubt. After seeing it Friday, do you feel like you know the story of Reasonable Doubt album? Yeah, we still don't know the story of the Blueprint.

[Alex]

Why not?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because the backdrop of the blueprint, the thing that overshadows the blueprint, is 9 11. Cause it dropped on September 11, 2001. So when HOV starts the show, which, by the way, I don't even know if about if. I'm sure people caught it, but the show started on Saturday at exactly 9 11.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the time he got. By the time he was doing the World Trade freestyle, he's like, I dropped the same days as the World trade. It was 9:11pm so the whole backdrop of the blueprint is 9, 11. And Ho even said on stage about how this album brought a lot of healing to people and it was kind of like an escape. But we know that's not why he made that album.

[Taylor]

Of course.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. So when somebody gets five mics in the source, at the time when mics actually meant something and at the time when you know you hear this album, you was like, yo, this is probably hov's best work. And we still look at it as this might be hov's best work. I want to know what the story was especially. They said it took him a. Don't. They said a week or two to record the fucking Blueprint.

[Alex]

Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you got songs on there like Takeover, right? So think about where his mindset was.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did he play that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, he played the instrumental, but he didn't do the song. But you got songs on there like Takeover. You got songs on there like Ain't no Love in the Heart of the City, where he's Addressing a bunch of critics. You got songs like Renegade where he's addressing a bunch of critics. Like, what was going on in his mind during that time that he said, I'm gonna record arguably my best body work. You don't know is on that album. Like, song Cry is on that album. Never changed on that. He talking filthy. The rule is back. He talking filthy on Blueprint. I want to know what his mindset was. What's the story behind that actual album? I thought I was going to get that Saturday. I didn't necessarily get that. I got the overarching theme is always 9 11, but we know that's not what that album was about, but went to that. And I'm like, all right, boom. I want to highlight. It's like, no, you're coming back on Sunday. You're coming back on Sunday because this is history, okay? And you don't know if this is ever gonna happen again. Like, you know what? You're right. I'm gonna be there. So I come back Sunday, and I wanna see how he stick to Landon. And everybody's saying Sunday was the best show. Not to me, but people are saying Sunday was the best show, I think. So you thought Sunday was the best show?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why?

[Alex]

Cause it just. It had everything. And all the people he brought out, it was just like. There were a couple of verses on Reasonable Doubt that I didn't remember Sunday. I knew every song, word for word, everything. Like, it was just phenomenal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. For me, if I had to rank the shows, I got two different perspectives, right? I rank the show and my experience. And I think that's what we do when we go to concerts. You rank the actual production, but then you rank your experience. And this is different. Cause I never thought I'd be going to a concert three nights in a row. I've never done this in my life. At 48. I'm not built for this shit. I'm letting you know that I love your post. My lower back has been hurting all motherfucking week from wearing a Tim's.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know why I wore them again today. I'm just bugging the fuck up. I'm just bugging the fuck. I'm not built for that. I couldn't imagine sitting on that floor three days in a row in Timberland. Especially on Sunday. I had to do this Sunday. I don't know if I wore Tim. I did wear Tim Sunday, but what the fuck was I talking about?

[Alex]

Oh, the difference between the show and your experience.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, Experience and Production for me, if I had to rank it production wise, it goes 1, 2, 3.

[Andrew Schulz]

To me, 1, the best production was 1.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Reasonable doubt was the best show production wise to me. Two was blueprint, three was the extra innings night. But if I had to rank it by experience, one is reasonable doubt, two is extra innings, three is the blueprint. Because like I said, I was in a sweet Friday and Saturday, which I was happy to be. Cause I could actually watch the production. Just sitting back observing, watching the production. But I wanted to be on the floor Sunday night. Cause I wanted to feel that energy from the people. That's a completely different experience when you on that floor with the people. You know what I'm saying? When you can.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did you feel safe there? You don't like crowds.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You get that was the thing. It didn't feel like everybody's there for. That's a great question, Andrew. Everybody's there for the same thing.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So it's like the same energy. Everybody for one night only is on the same type of energy. It's like going to a football game and all of y' all rooting for the same team.

[Andrew Schulz]

That like the tickets were too expensive for you to feel concerned.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, think about it like this. You're right. But think about the people. Think about the people.

[Alex]

Not really though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Think about the people who bum rushed into the show.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, I know. I'm just. I'm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's why what they did on Sunday made all the sense in the world. I know people was afraid the delay or they were mad about the delay.

[Taylor]

They were fighting though, in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but they would like they. You didn't even notice.

[Taylor]

But they were running next to me. We had to stop it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get better next time. But if you get. If you, if you get the baby

[Andrew Schulz]

as you in the bleachers.

[Taylor]

No, I. I mean, I was just one row from the ground.

[Andrew Schulz]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kayla mad at me cuz I didn't want her in the suite with me.

[Andrew Schulz]

Why not?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cuz she don't know nothing about Jay Z.

[Taylor]

But yet I'm not empathetic. Look at him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She texted me, but I was honest. She texted me and was like, y' all want to come to the Jay Z show? And I rolled my eyes. I said, do you even like Jay Z?

[Taylor]

I said, I'm not a fan like you, but I. I admire. I respect him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's not what she said. She said the hype got her all the marketing. She said that.

[Taylor]

Read the message.

[Andrew Schulz]

All the marketing and all the things

[Charlamagne Tha God]

around it got her wanting to go. That was her exact word.

[Taylor]

Is that a good thing? Why are you getting mad at me about that?

[Alex]

You need to be surrounded by yes, man. Real energy. It's different. It's different.

[Taylor]

We're all surrounded by just that. So let's be very clear about that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's like watching.

[Taylor]

It's like, why.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's literally like watching sports with women that don't know sports.

[Taylor]

Yeah, that's not true, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Watching basketball.

[Taylor]

I knew his song, and I didn't

[Charlamagne Tha God]

even know that the guy goes to the bath, you go to the free throw line like, yo, is that a field goal?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is that a. That's nice. That's a difference.

[Taylor]

You just wanted to rap with everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, that's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's exactly what the.

[Andrew Schulz]

I wanted to point it to a concert.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wanted to look around, be like, while I'm watching every. Watching me coast playing. My bread is water for them. They want a toast, man. Yes, yes, yes.

[Taylor]

But you had enough people to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I keep my head. Both of them where they supposed to be.

[Taylor]

But you have enough people to do

[Alex]

that, though, Taylor, you understand, because three. I'm surrounded by strangers, and by the end of the night, I'm best friends with three people because we rapping every single song, dapping each other up, going crazy. Our girls are just, like, a little bit bored on their phones and like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, it's not great.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any male joy

[Andrew Schulz]

is gay. Male joy is gay. They don't want us to be happy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why gay means happy right there. Whoever made gay made it because they know it meant happy. Any male joy, they want to call you, right?

[Andrew Schulz]

Listen, you're 100% right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And what Alex is saying is so true, because think about this, right? People bum rushed the door, so people got in that wasn't supposed to. They got to shut everything down. They got to make sure everything good. They got to make sure ain't no bombs, ain't there no guns, whatever, whatever. Because that could be a bad situation.

[Andrew Schulz]

They got five each of those people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But think about this. Even the people that probably got in, that they couldn't find, they wasn't in there for no trouble. They just wanted to hear motherfucking heart of the city, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know if we know that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They just wanted to hear H to the Izzo.

[Andrew Schulz]

You can hear it from outside.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, that was. That's what the Bronx is for. You don't just sit outside in the Bronx. The people that got to enjoy it from outside are Bronx residents.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The rest of y' all better buy a ticket for y' all get robbed. That's they're not gonna be on our fucking sidewalk, sitting in our fucking lawns, eating our motherfucking.

[Andrew Schulz]

With people outside. Just so many people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I rolled through High Bridge twice just to see the energy. Yo, people had tents out. Yo, there was, there was Puerto Ricans sitting outside with their bottles of liquor. Well, I guess they were Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Spanish, I don't know. They would, yeah, ye, like ice would have a feeling. But they were.

[Andrew Schulz]

Puerto Ricans are illegal here. They're American citizens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but they're out there with their liquor. They got their chicken. They, you know, they got tents. They having a ball, playing dominoes. Playing dominoes. Like that was beautiful to see.

[Taylor]

I have a question. So I don't get any respect for like being like, oh, wow, I see why so many people like really with Jay Z. Because I've never again, I never not not liked him, but I didn't know the history as much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell me what you think. You're 35 now.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As a 35 year old young woman and watching Jay Z this weekend, what did you see?

[Taylor]

I was seeing about. Oh, so. So on Sunday, right? I was like, there's two ways to look at it. Like when we were waiting for it to start, I was like, it's like, damn. Like, this is ridiculous. But at the same time like, wow, look at the impact that Jay Z has has on so many people. The all different generations.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What superstar is gonna make you wait five hours?

[Taylor]

That's what I'm saying. That's not Lauryn Hill, that's not Beyonce.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you're gonna actually stay like, nobody moved. Nobody left that concert. I left at 1:30.

[Andrew Schulz]

We know someone who left.

[Taylor]

Who?

[Andrew Schulz]

We know someone who left.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He was wild enough and he left

[Andrew Schulz]

like 10 minutes before that shit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That didn't make no, really? That was crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Imagine waiting four hours and then leaving 10 minutes before it started.

[Taylor]

Canceled.

[Andrew Schulz]

D block, D block.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Imagine. Imagine waiting four or five hours. I can't remember how long it was, but imagine waiting that long. The show starts, nobody leave. But more importantly, nobody was disappointed.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, I think the opposite thing usually happens from when you go and you start to think this could not happen and then it does, there's this immense gratitude because you feel like you almost got something for free even though you pay for your tickets.

[Alex]

Whatever.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's the opposite. It's not like the entitlement. I mean I once had a show and like The. The. The electricity went out in the venue in Philadelphia at Helium in Philadelphia.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, wow.

[Andrew Schulz]

And instead of canceling the show, we literally just used a phone light and we just did the whole show. And the energy in the room was like. We thought that this was going to get canceled. Our plans were going to be done. This is going to be awesome. I can't imagine what that must have felt. When you build your entire last few months thinking about what it's going to be like for this night. You're there one hour in, as I happened, two hours, three hours. You're hearing a little whispers, and you're going to fuck. Of course it would be our night. Of course it'd be our night.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. But that's all to me. That's all the reason not to leave. Like, to me. Like, to me, the whole movie. I mean, the whole weekend felt like a movie. Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

When you got a kid that got school the next day, it's not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's summertime.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

He should have never left.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You shouldn't have left.

[Taylor]

Yeah. You have work, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's summertime.

[Taylor]

You had work at me late.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was late, but I was there all weekend. I'm 48. Give me some grace.

[Andrew Schulz]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Andrew Schulz]

I'm 48.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

40 fucking 8.

[Taylor]

Exactly.

[Andrew Schulz]

You still arguing on the Internet?

[Taylor]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not even a little bit. Friday, Saturday, Monday. There's no way. I was. I'm like, you know, I got to see how this shit plays out. And I thought about leaving, like, nah. But I got to see how this shit plays out. I just got to see how it goes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And for him to come out on Sunday, Monday, actually, and bring all of those artists, give you another show within a show. Not one person complained about the delay. If that was a. If that was. If that was Saturday night, I think people would have complained.

[Taylor]

Why? They only got working the next.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because people was already complaining because they felt like the blueprint was too short.

[Taylor]

Yeah, that's what I was saying. I thought people.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, how long was that concert Saturday?

[Alex]

I didn't go that way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was the shortest. It was definitely the shortest, but, like, how long? Three years. I don't even think it was three hours because D. Nice went on at eight. He started at nine. Eleven. The show might have been over by, like, 11.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, got it. So under two hours. I get it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're like, okay, I'm sure you can look up the time, but it probably was under two hours.

[Taylor]

No, my friends said it was 11.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was 11.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Friday, he did, like, three and a half or something like that, right? Or three hours.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Friday was long. Yeah, Friday was long. Friday was. Friday was.

[Taylor]

Friday was the best kind. And honestly, seeing Friday, I. I streamed. No, no, I streamed Friday. I couldn't. I have a babysitter, so I couldn't even go anywhere.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ticket in my suite. This guy. This guy, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

This guy. I don't know why you friends with him, man? I don't know.

[Taylor]

I don't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

You already being vulnerable, you know what I mean? You already talking about things out of your control. Just adding more things out of your control.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Taylor gets everything. She's spoiled.

[Andrew Schulz]

Why didn't you have a babysitter? What about P?

[Taylor]

Well, it's a long story. With all that, we have one now, but also Pat, he was in Houston, so.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, what was this?

[Taylor]

Dreamcon?

[Andrew Schulz]

What?

[Taylor]

Dreamcon.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, what is that?

[Taylor]

You guys never heard it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are you into Anime Con for sleep?

[Taylor]

No, no. What do they call it? Not animation. What's it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Anime.

[Taylor]

Anime, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I know that.

[Taylor]

Yeah, it was anime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I gotta take my daughter. I even know they had that. I mean, I thought that would be just in with Comic Con.

[Taylor]

No, that's like the biggest one in Houston. Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

So he went. He went with his boys to Houston. And you believed he was going to look at anime and don't do that.

[Alex]

And you call me gay. It's hard to call me gay.

[Taylor]

Why is that gay?

[Alex]

You travel with your boys to go to an anime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you snitching?

[Andrew Schulz]

Why you snitching? He run down Alex. Alex, Alex, Alex, Alex.

[Taylor]

We had a nice conversation earlier. So I don't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

And his girl's white.

[Alex]

She's Spanish.

[Andrew Schulz]

You know what I mean? Like Spanish. You with a white ass, girl sell out with your Melody United. Jers. Girl got no melanin. How you gonna wear a Melody United

[Charlamagne Tha God]

jersey night melanin with a Spanish girl? Yo, how does that work?

[Andrew Schulz]

And you being generous in Spanish? She's from Spain.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's Spanish, so she's actually a freaking colonizer.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, the greatest colonizers in history.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

God damn.

[Taylor]

Damn.

[Alex]

You doing a show with one.

[Andrew Schulz]

What'd I do?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

You n. You a colonizer? It me, I'm Scottish. We were colonized.

[Taylor]

Damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

You think our language is English?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, I am.

[Andrew Schulz]

We were colonized by them crackers, bro. Them crackers colonized us.

[Taylor]

Them crackers is.

[Andrew Schulz]

They took away our language, bro. They took away our culture.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't even know how.

[Andrew Schulz]

They can't take away our freedom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell them you don't even Know how to colonize. Sh.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't tell them, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You tell them. You too broke to colonize.

[Andrew Schulz]

Too broke to colonize.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cho's too broke to colonize.

[Andrew Schulz]

Too broke to colonize, Man, I don't

[Charlamagne Tha God]

even know how to colonize.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't even know how to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Broke to colonize. Not.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean, look, I could probably figure it out. Don't seem that difficult, you know, I mean, might be in the bloodline somewhere. Let's not get crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, man. Shout out to everybody that went to the whole show. I tell. That's. But that's what I mean. Real life experiences, bro.

[Taylor]

Yeah, y' all was just saying back in the pandemic days, you're like, man, it's all over. No one wants to go to concerts. I literally remember y' all saying.

[Andrew Schulz]

When did we say that?

[Taylor]

In the movie theater. Y' all were saying that they were.

[Andrew Schulz]

They really were.

[Taylor]

They really were.

[Alex]

Y' all were.

[Andrew Schulz]

Both of y' all were wrong, bro. We were wrong. You were wrong than a motherfucker, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did shit not change? Like, I don't understand what's wrong.

[Taylor]

You gotta let people. Exactly. Shit changes. So why can I have changed my mind? Like, you know what?

[Andrew Schulz]

Cause you didn't change your mind.

[Taylor]

I did change.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My mind changes, yo. Like, I. Like, there is nothing like real life connection, real life experiences. And that's the other thing, Right? Remember I was saying how you didn't

[Andrew Schulz]

have no questions when your man went to the strip club capital of the world to look at Shout out to

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Houston, Man, I thought Meg this week was actually.

[Taylor]

Let's be very clear. My man is very faithful and he loves being a positive.

[Andrew Schulz]

I never said he's not faithful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cancers are the most faithful.

[Alex]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I saw that today.

[Taylor]

So what are you doing? So what are you. What are you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cancers are the most faithful.

[Taylor]

What are you.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did you just start being a cancer?

[Taylor]

Like, eight years.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And let's be clear, okay? And God damn it. All right.

[Taylor]

Either way, what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cancers are the most faithful cancer men. Now, cancer boys, you gotta worry about cancer men the most faithful.

[Taylor]

Yeah, but why are you saying. Why do I question. Like, we check in with each other and all that.

[Andrew Schulz]

I'm obviously joking. Come on.

[Taylor]

But, Alex, I didn't say nothing.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, Alex, you literally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's the second time she checked you. Y' all must have been bonding over dick earlier. No, y' all must have been talking about how good dick is or something.

[Andrew Schulz]

Cause you melon. And you united with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You didn't see how Taylor checked. Taylor was like, yo, Alex, me and you had a good conversation earlier. Don't forget what the we was talking about. What we was talking about. I told you what kind of l to start. Take that in the butt Mary dick sucking tips earlier. That's how that we.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yo, don't let us get away with that. Don't let up that.

[Taylor]

That's nice.

[Andrew Schulz]

Shout out P. Let P go to Houston. Let him go wherever he wants.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shout out to Houston, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

Shout out Houston. Yo, what the fuck? Why can't we just let our partners go to Houston?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why can't we let our partners go?

[Andrew Schulz]

Why can't we let our partners enjoy

[Charlamagne Tha God]

anime and why is it gay to have male joy?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, why is that gay?

[Alex]

I mean, no.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

she sounds like you.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, no. What's going on? Next question. I played the fifth. I played the fifth.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Taylor]

All right, are y' all ready for it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, question though. Does that happen at Yankee Stadium a lot?

[Andrew Schulz]

The people trying to.

[Alex]

People say that they don't have any

[Andrew Schulz]

Concerts like that, they have 81 home games a year. Not one home game is delayed four hours. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Insecurity is bad when security's not used to something.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. Like, you know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, that's not what we do. We're used to old people coming in to watch the games with their kids, grandparents. Yeah, yeah, I get what you said.

[Andrew Schulz]

Come on. Baseball game is relaxing. It's just being outside, so there's no real urgency.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to Eminem, too. But they went crazy when Eminem came out there.

[Taylor]

Oh, yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Em is the truth, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder why Em don't tour. Like, Em got a cult like following of, like, everybody on the planet. But I'm seriously, especially there's a generation of white males who grew up on Eminem who would probably love to take their kids to an Eminem show. Like, I wonder why Eminem don't do shit like this.

[Taylor]

He likes his piece.

[Andrew Schulz]

He will.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think it's because his. I would think. I'm just asking. Do you think Eminem's music has aged well?

[Andrew Schulz]

I think that you're not trying to age the music.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want people to feel what they felt.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. Like, I think you. I. I think it's almost like you, when you go to something like this, you hope it doesn't age because you're trying to feel that nostalgia. You're trying to get back to that moment when you were a teenager before a high school basketball game, and you're putting in Eminem's crazy.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And, like, getting into the mood and excited for the game. Whatever. Like, you want to relive those emotions you had as a young person. So I don't want it to age well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, you want it to be one.

[Andrew Schulz]

Hi, my name is. And I want to be a kid again for a second. Listen to that shit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He did the Right song, though.

[Andrew Schulz]

He did Renegade. Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He did Renegade. And then Jay left the stage and he did Lose Yourself.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, forget it. But that's a generation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He got hype. I'm telling you.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's generational.

[Alex]

People's dreams are nightmare dreams and nightmares.

[Andrew Schulz]

The reason nightmares came second.

[Alex]

No, I know, but I mean, the way I get hyped for that.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, y' all acting like y' all don't get hyped. This is the shit that I hate.

[Alex]

Like, we do. Not the way y'.

[Andrew Schulz]

All.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Pollute yourself. Like, y' all be like, I hate this crazy. I hate this shit. Yeah, it's okay. I hate this shit. I hate acting like you're not excited by it. That's why I get excited by it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is like white people's knuck if you buck. I think dreams and nightmares is a good comparison.

[Taylor]

It is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or rpsa.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Andrew Schulz]

Nah, PSA is different.

[Taylor]

Yeah, I don't think so either.

[Andrew Schulz]

PSA is. PSA is just a different type of song. It doesn't. It's not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Lose yourself literally is like. It's like. When it's like white people sitting around like, yeah, I'm gonna show mom tonight. I'm gonna show you mom.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's not show mom tonight. This is. This is. This is what I think non white people can't imagine about. White people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me.

[Andrew Schulz]

Non white people don't think white people see themselves as the underdogs ever. So when you see white people getting excited for Lose yourself. If you're positioning white people as the overdogs. Right. Not the underdogs, you're like, what is this connection to this? Most white people think they're the underdogs. So when they're watching Rocky or they're watching any comeback moment in a movie, it's no different than y', all, right? Where it's just like, oh, we're up against all odds. It's David versus Goliath, and this is going to be the moment where everything turns. It's a wrestling match when Hulk is hulking up and the crowd is getting them back into it. It's not a colored thing. It's literally everybody viewing themselves as having an impossible task in front of them. And this is the thing that's going to get you excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not a color thing.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's not a color thing. Like, you guys also have the same connection to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You mean color?

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, it's not a color thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, color. I thought he said color.

[Andrew Schulz]

I just want to know, because people

[Charlamagne Tha God]

will be like, what y' all just say?

[Andrew Schulz]

He just says, beautiful explanation. I can't even talk. I can't even talk. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know he talking about nostalgia, but goddamn. You know what's so funny? Before Birdman walked in and you can go back and watch me tell this story from way back in the day. I've told it. When he was in the lobby, he

[Andrew Schulz]

was listening to Lose Yourself.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lose Yourself was playing. Yes. I'm looking at him through the glass, and Lose Yourself was playing. And he was.

[Taylor]

I do not remember that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, that's what white people. That's what's going on in our.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Was trying to tell you. Go back. I've told this story before Eminem, Lose yourself was playing before Lose yourself ever came out.

[Andrew Schulz]

Before the song ever existed. I begin to hear before the song ever existed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

His palms are sweaty.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's every white boy playing in a pickup game with majority black people. That's his car through the head. Before that song ever existed. Before the song ever existed. He's like, I got next. And then it starts. That's everything going through the box.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me see.

[Andrew Schulz]

Man, if you give a white person a task that they could possibly fail at.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's what's going through their mind. Damn, yes.

[Alex]

Oh, that.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's where they fucked up with Biden if they played that shit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The way it comes in is like one of them ones though. Thank you.

[Taylor]

Sounds like a.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's like Dreams of Nightmare. Exact. Yeah. You can't liken some to some that came after.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It does do it though. Cuz they did this. They let this whole piano play the other night. They let that play. The band was playing that. Then it's like.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's the guitar.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The whole arena was like, oh,

[Alex]

was

[Andrew Schulz]

this before renegade or no?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

After he jack the stage.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yo, this is a little embarrassing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you had one opportunity.

[Andrew Schulz]

I got goosebumps

[Taylor]

a little.

[Andrew Schulz]

I got goosebumps right now. My hair is standing on ass.

[Taylor]

Have you seen Eminem on concert already?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

M spaghetti.

[Andrew Schulz]

But he keeps on forgetting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He broke down. The whole crowd go so loud. Y this m but the words won't come out. Joking now. Everybody's joking now. Talking now. Oh my Go, Brad. Brad.

[Alex]

N. That's just fire.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fire, fire. Imagine Generational record.

[Andrew Schulz]

Just imagine. Just. Just imagine. Sit back and imagine. Imagine Eminem was black and made that song.

[Taylor]

I mean, it'll be like dreams and nightmares.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's tough. I mean, I don't even. It's not a race record. It's a now.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's not now.

[Alex]

It's not.

[Andrew Schulz]

I'mma go outside. I'm going to come back in and let me tell you something. Nothing will have changed. It's not a race record. What the fuck am I going to say?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It depends. It depends. It depends who made the record.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's what I think every single time I walk into this world.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It depends who made the record. The reason that record went so hard.

[Andrew Schulz]

Why don't we do it now? What are we fucking doing here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The reason that record was hard.

[Andrew Schulz]

This is really a 30 minute podcast. If we just say the same thing over and over again four times, so it becomes two hours that's what happens every single week on this podcast. How nobody has figured this out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause you got to say it in an entertaining way. The reason that this record took off the way it did is. Is because Eminem had success.

[Andrew Schulz]

Play the song.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He literally lived.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's in my head right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was living his rap. He was living his rap. You ever came out to a stand up special with this?

[Andrew Schulz]

Nah. PSA and psa and Hustler's Ambition.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How come you never came out to this typecasting nose? Yeah, two on the nose.

[Andrew Schulz]

On the nose.

[Alex]

But it's not racial.

[Andrew Schulz]

Say again?

[Alex]

If it's not racial, how come to

[Andrew Schulz]

y' all it is. You know what I mean? Like a white boy being really into this song.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

So you guys are like, ah, you guys would really like that song.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder what Dr. Umar would do if he was about to come out somewhere and somebody played that song for him. You think he would walk out?

[Andrew Schulz]

Nah, he would love it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You would feel it.

[Andrew Schulz]

You would feel it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know who killed the night too? Jeezy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, he killed it.

[Taylor]

Yeah, that was good. That was good. Woo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jeezy came out and did seen it. All right. And then they did Dope Boys go Crazy. Oh my God. That's my second big concert of the summer. I'm going to see Jeezy in Vegas, man. You know, Jeezy does a residency in Vegas and it's black tie, so you gotta wear, you know, black. You gotta wear a suit. Wife gotta wear the black cocktail dress or whatever. And it's a band. That's the next thing I'm going to see. This is a great summer. Unc is outside, baby.

[Andrew Schulz]

Maybe it's just cause we're old now, but doesn't everything feel uncified?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you mean we're un.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, I mean culture.

[Taylor]

You know, I was good.

[Alex]

I was.

[Taylor]

I was going to say that though it seems like y' all generation is still conquering over.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's dominating.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's like the.

[Andrew Schulz]

Even the way people are dressing shit is back to the 90s, which was our generation. Or it's baggy clothes. People are wearing the sneakers that are fat at the bottom. Like the hokas and shit. It's like they're wearing sneakers that are literally made for people over 40 whose feet hurt. Like even the cool feels uncified. Now it could be just us seeing this because we're unks. So you know how you get a new car now? You see your car every time you walk down the street before you got the car, you don't notice it ever. So it could be that. But yeah, it just feels like culture is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You do know that the age demographic, the highest spending consumers in America are generally 45 to 54, with 35 to 44 and 55 to 64 close behind.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, but you know the reason for that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because those are. 45 to 54 is the peak earning years.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. Disposable income.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They got disposable income. They often support children in our college expenses, you know, and they. We spend more on travel, entertainment, like, that's the demo. So I, you know, I, I understand why people, you know. No, I don't understand. Why do you want to cater to kids if you're not a kid?

[Andrew Schulz]

Because kids will dictate culture.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do they anymore to their duo? For sure.

[Andrew Schulz]

But the thing about kids, which is so funny, is that there are all these, like, Gen Z young kids right now that are dressing like we dressed

[Charlamagne Tha God]

back in the day and telling us we shouldn't dress like that no more.

[Andrew Schulz]

And not even that. They're not telling us we shouldn't dress like that. But there is a version where they're like, oh, you trying to dress young? Or are you trying to dress cool? And it's like you're wearing our clothes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, that's all I know what to do.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? Like, yeah, like, dressing gay is new for us.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, that was an adjustment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was an adjustment. Word up.

[Andrew Schulz]

You know how hard it was to get into these?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying?

[Andrew Schulz]

But these.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you look comfortable. You look comfortable.

[Andrew Schulz]

You want to try that on, bro?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that's crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

I'm being so honest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it looks something. What is it called?

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, these. I don't know. I got a viva like, you dead

[Alex]

ass are just wearing pajamas.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But. That's young anyway, so you got to

[Andrew Schulz]

be ready to sleep whenever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that's young. That's young. I've been watching that in my daughter's high school for the last four years. They go to school dressed like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, but this is how we.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Especially during the Yeezy era, we did pajamas.

[Andrew Schulz]

Adam Sandler always in some shorts and house clothes.

[Taylor]

Yes, we did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, for not my era. My era was dope boy fresh. Like, we had to put that on.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like we at least put on clothes. You didn't come to school looking comfortable. Back then.

[Alex]

There was like a period where pajamas was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm 48.

[Taylor]

Yeah,

[Andrew Schulz]

I understand what he's saying. With like, like, girls are wearing. They look like underwear, but they wear them as shorts. Young people, it's like. Like box linen. The boxers they're wearing like boxes and that kind of. So maybe we never did that. But like, when we were growing, when I was young, you were a little bit older. I don't know if it was popular down south. But, like, the Gap sweatsuit, which is like, casual as fuck, like you're wearing this. That was the cool thing to wear. You weren't even doing exercise or nothing. It was just, I'm gonna wear a Gap sweater.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was regular. So, yeah, all I'm simply saying, do whatever we do. That demo, not only is it the highest spending demo, it's a demo that, for whatever reason, people aren't afraid to embrace anymore. And I think the only reason people aren't afraid to embrace it anymore is because of exactly what you're saying. Nostalgia is back in. But it's not just nostalgia. It's just people want what's actually good. When you have money, you want to make sure what you're spending your money on is going to satisfy you. You know, if you go to a Mary J. Blige concert, you're going to be satisfied. You know, if you go see Eminem, you're going to be satisfied. You know, if you go to see Jay Z, you're going to be satisfied. You'll spend all your money on Jay Z merch. Because all of this is nostalgia.

[Andrew Schulz]

I think that there's another component.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talk to me.

[Andrew Schulz]

I think that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And we just need something to do sometimes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Okay. So there's two more components. One, older people, they like activities.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Because we don't just go, yo, what are we doing Friday? There ain't no, like, no plans.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we can't wing it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Ain't no wing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It is over, buddy.

[Andrew Schulz]

We gotta call babysitters. We gotta get the family over. The kids gotta get fed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Andrew Schulz]

So it's like, if we're going to do a thing, it's got to be an event.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Andrew Schulz]

The other thing is we are not really in touch with the new artists. So we don't have new artists to be excited to go see. So we really are relegated to going to watch the people that have impacted us in our lives. And that is the artists having these nostalgic moments.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And when it becomes the Super Saiyan moment like this was, it's when the next generation is curious about the old heads because those artists have managed to remain relevant.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Andrew Schulz]

And the old heads Are all like, I need to go experience every young

[Charlamagne Tha God]

artist that was there this weekend. The ones that I saw. And not even, not even. I don't want to just say young. Like, even the ones like. Like the Wale's and the Fabulouses with the young ones, like the Ruben Vincent's and all of them, they were all saying, that's what I want.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They were like, I want that.

[Andrew Schulz]

There was aspiration, yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, that's the greatest show I ever seen. But I want that. I want that type of reverence. I want to make that type of music. I want to be beloved in that way. They wanted that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's what you should. That's what that. That's what the OGs are for. To provide that type of inspiration. That's how I felt, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not a rapper, but just looking at the business and infrastructure of something like a ROC Nation, yo, shout out to Emory Jones. Emory is, you know, Jay's guy. I remember being in the office watching Emory throwing the paper plane around and just asking him like, yo, what's that? And he was like, that's the next iteration of where we going with the clothing? And to see everybody, literally everybody, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all his merch walking around with paper plane merchandise. Like, it's not merch in the sense of, oh, I gotta get this merch. Cause you know, that's my favorite artist. And it's not, you know, clothes in the sense of, oh, I'm rocking this. Cause it's fashion. That paper plane means something to people. People wear that paper plane in their everyday life. So watching people walk around for three days with that paper plane on, that's the. You only see that reverence for sports teams. You only see that type of reference for sports teams. That paper plane means somethin. People got the pins on, people got T shirts, people got hats. Like, that paper plane means something to somebody. That's Big man salute to Emory.

[Alex]

There were people hitting me like, yo, can you cop me, Merchant? That they were not at the show and they were asking me to copy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm trying to tell you that shit. That shit means something. So that's the type of shit I look at and be like, that's what you want to build. Whatever you're building, you want it to be like that. You want people to. You want people to. You want. You want. You want to be beloved. Who was I talking to? Oh, Michael Rubin was saying that. We had him on Breakfast Club last week, and he was just Talking about how he wants Fanatics to be beloved. When I was small, we dreamed about getting big. Now that we're a little bit bigger, I think big is bad. I dream about how do you become beloved? Like, how do you make the most beloved brand in the world? And it's funny, you talk about Fanatics Fest. It's like, that's about how do you be beloved? How do you bring all these incredible, you know, athletes, celebrities, artists, and most importantly, 200,000 sports fans together for four days? And that's like, that's about being beloved. And I was, I had to think about it for a moment because beloved means emotional attachment. And to me, a company like Fanatics would get that anyway because they're sports. I feel like if you're spelling, if you're selling sports gear, you don't think so.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, because your connection is to the teams. It's not to. Like, for example, the NBA is not beloved. The teams within it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

The game of basketball is. But like, nobody cares about feba, you know, or like FIFA. They care about the individual teams that are in it because they have connectivity to that. So, like, doing that with a brand like Fanatics would be very powerful. But like, I need, I need to understand, like, what is Fanatics.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. People are more like. That's. That's a good point. Because you, you'll walk in the store and see a jersey, but you'll look to see if it's Mitchell and Ness or if it's. What other brands is out there. I don't.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. Like, you know, like a champion for me, like, I heart is a massive company, but it has properties within it that are beloved by people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if there's someone who's like, I love all of the things I Heart does.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Because they probably don't even know all the.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

That I heart does. Just like NBC. It's like, I don't love NBC. I might love specific show that comes out on NBC. So it's very hard to have. You know who got the closest? Hbo.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

HBO had a small enough catalog and enough bangers that people started to be like, I love this brand.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think they still got it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But like, when we were watching Sunday

[Charlamagne Tha God]

night, you had to watch it. Whatever came on Sunday night at 8:00 o', clock, 9:00'. Clock. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever came on Sunday night, 8:00', clock, 9:00', clock, 10:00', clock, you got to watch it on HBO. Guaranteed banger.

[Alex]

They still got it.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean, they kind of. That dragon. This is fire. No, no, what I would say is. And this is something. Maybe there's like a generational rift here, and this is only because of technological changes, but, like, there was a time, Yo. Where we watched football all day and then whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That show on tv, The Wires and Rhinos. Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, you didn't have to leave the house.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Game of Thrones. Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

You'd have to leave the house from.

[Taylor]

From noon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Until 10:00pm or 11:00pm you're not wrong.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You are not fucking wrong. You're not wrong. Damn, you're right.

[Andrew Schulz]

It was like a whole, like. Imagine you're. Imagine you're a Christian, Right. Or a Catholic. You go to church Sunday morning, you get the word. You feeling filled up, you're excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Holy box office.

[Andrew Schulz]

Holy box. You go home, you're watching your favorite team play. You're watching the game you're probably betting on after that. And then you're watching the show that you've been watching for three seasons that you're so invested in all these characters. And then you go. It was almost like a treat before you gotta go to your shitty ass work week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I really would love to talk to the executives at HBO from that era. Oh, God, I'm not even joking. Who were the executives there? And I wonder, did all of them have something to do with that Sunday night lineup? Because there was a bar of excellence that HBO set.

[Andrew Schulz]

Nah, it was insanity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was insanity like how you don't got no Mrs. Bro.

[Andrew Schulz]

It was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They did. And if they did, I can't remember

[Andrew Schulz]

them, but they went Wire Sopranos, True Blood, Six Feet Under. I think people like in the City. Sex in the Sex City was insane.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, man. Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know if that was Sundays. Was that Sundays?

[Alex]

Pretty sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was Sundays.

[Andrew Schulz]

But there was just a run where

[Charlamagne Tha God]

it was Game of Thrones.

[Andrew Schulz]

Game of Thrones run was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna tell you the. That they. That. I don't know why they didn't keep doing Lovecraft Country. I know that first season of Lovecraft country was Fire. Fire with Jonathan Mages and Was it Justice Smollett's sister? I think it was, right? Yeah, that was fire. I'm hbo. HBO had it, bro. I mean, they still got it. There's certain shows I watch, I just don't know when they come on.

[Alex]

And now they're about to have Harry Potter when ACT starts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotta watch Harry Potter.

[Alex]

That's gonna be crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotta watch Harry Potter.

[Alex]

Yeah. They're making a series and they do it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Basically, each movie becomes.

[Alex]

Each book is a season.

[Andrew Schulz]

Each book is a season.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, the Penguin was fire. Yeah, Penguin was fire. Peacemaker, to me, is fire. I love both seasons of Peacemaker with John Cena, people.

[Andrew Schulz]

I thought really, like, Peacemaker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peacemaker was fire. I can't wait for season three of Peacemaker. Yeah, Peacemaker was great. I can't wait to see the lanterns. The lanterns was fantastic. The second season of Peacemaker was dope. Dope. When they went to the alternate world

[Alex]

and just, like, it was cool, but it wasn't like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I enjoyed it. Enjoyed it.

[Alex]

Put it against all the other shows on hbo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, I'm with you. I'm just with you. I'm just about.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, that one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One World. I ain't watching one World.

[Alex]

What was it called?

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, West.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Westworld.

[Andrew Schulz]

That first season of Westworld was crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hacks is good, too. You ever watch Hacks?

[Andrew Schulz]

Everybody keeps telling me that is good, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shout out to Hack. We on. We on the new season of Hacks. We did a curb. Curb.

[Alex]

Oh, curb.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you forget about Curb?

[Andrew Schulz]

What'd you do? Oh, wow. What you doing a new season. Hacks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She came to Breakfast Club.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wait, it takes place con contemporary time. Hacks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah. Hacks is in modern day New York. Hold on, let me get.

[Taylor]

Really? Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, I had no clue.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on one second. I want to see. Yeah. Deborah Vance. Genius, smarts character.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Deborah Vance comes to Breakfast Club to promote her. I think it's her Madison Square Garden show.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So she comes to Breakfast Club to promote it. We on this season, the final season. I think we're on episode six, I believe. We start the show and this shit is dope because it started like, they literally started off like the Breakfast. Like how it starts off on Netflix and YouTube. Like, they literally start the show like that. And so it'll fuck you up if you're just watching it. Because, you know, if you used to watching Breakfast Club videos, you were like, oh, shit. But Hacks is dope. Hacks is fun. Let's pay some bills, man. Best thing that's ever happened to you financially. Go easy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Sold my car on Carvana. Amazing offer, really.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I hit 200 on a scratcher.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did the scratcher come to your house and hand you a check?

[Taylor]

No.

[Andrew Schulz]

How many scratchers did you hit to get that? I hit a button on Carvana.com, once.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, that's fair.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's like the lottery, except you always win.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not like the lottery at all, actually.

[Andrew Schulz]

Exactly. Inexplicably good offers worth bragging about. Sell your car today on Carvana. Pickup fees may apply.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's get back to the show. You got some church announcements, Hezekiah Walker?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes, sir. This weekend. Bray, I'm so sorry. We had to move shows to this weekend from last weekend, but we added another day, so there's two more shows there. Brea Improv. We'll see you guys there this weekend. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. And then Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 8th. We got Mark Gagnon coming with me. Cam Patterson coming with me. Lucas Zelnick, come with me. Rory Gardner is going to be opening it up, so you can get tickets

[Charlamagne Tha God]

for those@theandrew Schultz.com My church announcements is October 10, 2026. The man. I don't even know what year this is. Fifth year, maybe. The fifth annual Mental Wealth Expo is happening at the Joelle and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event center in Newark, New Jersey. It is a day of mental health solutions and tools for change in honor of World Mental Health Day, salute to my good sister, Debbie Brown. She is handling and curating all programming this year. And we need volunteers. Volunteers are needed. Okay? So if you're looking, you know, to be a part of the Mental Wealth Expo and you want to, you know, be a volunteer and just help out and help us just create, you know, this powerful day, go to mentalwealthexpo.com okay. Mentalwealthexpo.com or you can email thementalwealthalliancemail.com okay, email the mentalwealthalliancemail.com to be a volunteer, but October 10th, World Mental Health Day from 10:00am to 3:30pm that'll be your volunteer time commitment. And we'll see y' all at the Joelle and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event center in Newark. And as always, it is a free event. Taylor Gang. What else we got? Taylor Gang. Gang.

[Taylor]

So apparently, I'm sure y' all saw this, but apparently this is AI, right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that's AI, apparently. Yeah. I didn't think Kevin Durant would do no shit.

[Taylor]

But look, someone said the reason why is because of his hair. His hairline.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I didn't think Kevin Durant would do no shit like this. Scroll up. It said, what? What's it given? Kevin Durant poses for his new KD19 candy apple in a new photo. But I feel like if it was AI, Kevin Durant would have denounced that already. Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant would have got on social media and been like, nah, that ain't real, bro. Hold on, let me look, what's the name of this? Kevin Durant Candy Apples.

[Taylor]

Someone made a really funny post about it, though.

[Andrew Schulz]

What'd they say?

[Taylor]

I'll bring it up. Hold on.

[Alex]

I think Katie posted, yes, it is fake.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Most illustrated posture. Yeah, it is fake. I was like, there's no way. Kevin Durant would never do no shit.

[Taylor]

That's what I was like, why are they. This is weird.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Kevin Durant, like, that's not even some shit you could get Kevin Durant to do. You know how photographers will have you doing the wildest shit? You know how you doing a photo shoot?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And a photographer would be like, bite the apple and look into the camera, but turn your head to the left, but turn your eyes to the right. No, he can't. Kev wouldn't do no shit like this. Are those sneakers even real?

[Taylor]

I don't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

I think the sneakers are probably real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Let's not make. Let's not do that to candy apples, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

Y', all, there's no way his mouth can even fit around. He's biting the entire apple.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was like, God. You know what I'm saying?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. There's no way now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can do that now if you open wide enough. But that's the whole point. That's what would make it gay.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't think he could open wide like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't think so?

[Andrew Schulz]

No, I don't think Kev got it like that, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't think Kev got the jaw to open wide like that?

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't think so, man. A whole apple Shout out to Katie.

[Alex]

Could be a small apple.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We don't know how big the apple is. That is true. Don't bite the apple, Eve. I'll tell you this, though, man. That right there is what's wrong with the Internet. And I do not want to spend the rest of my life looking at shit asking if it's real. Because guess what? I didn't know it was fake till just now.

[Andrew Schulz]

Till just now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Till Taylor said, some people are thinking, this is AI. So I went to go look at it just now, and the first thing that popped up was a Sports Illustrated article that said. What did it say? Fake Nike ad for Kevin Durant fooled the Internet. Now, how many people gonna see that ad? H. How many people gonna see that ad? Nobody cares about the truth. And the lie is more entertaining. Kevin Durant eating that candy apple is entertaining?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like. And if you stare at it too

[Alex]

long, isn't this a good thing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Alex]

Even if it's fake, all this publicity, that's the point of an ad. Forget.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not if you ain't real.

[Alex]

Not if the shoe is real.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The shoe is actually real.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why?

[Alex]

It's a shoe. He. It's an all red shoe. He's coming out with all the Rockets colors.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Red. I guess they are, right? Are you sure? Yo.

[Alex]

Yes, the shoe is actually real. Yeah, it's just the. Him biting the apple.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's who the wearing candy apples. And what do candy apples got to do with Kevin Durant?

[Taylor]

We can.

[Alex]

I mean, everybody kind of does. Let me see an all red shoe ever since Kanye came out with the red October.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you got to call them candy apples? Red October sound hard. Candy apples on your feet make the cipher complete.

[Alex]

I mean, Jordan had the grapes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. But grape is the grape can be crip.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grape, you think crip, you think grape eight.

[Andrew Schulz]

But also candy. You think candy painted like, oh, Houston.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Candy red. You right. Yeah, yeah. Candy what? Candy apple. I don't know, man. I don't know. What is this? Who's this?

[Taylor]

So this guy commented before we found out.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not this guy. That's Ray Ray.

[Alex]

Yeah, he's funny.

[Taylor]

Okay, well, sorry. Sorry, Ray Ray, but I've never. I've never seen him before, but he commented. Why y' all laughing?

[Andrew Schulz]

I have doubling down.

[Alex]

Yeah, I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I've seen Ray Ray.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Okay, well, this is what he had to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think you're on the radio, too.

[Andrew Schulz]

Dropping sneakers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you trying to show the world how wide your mouth open.

[Taylor]

Pause. No, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What the is you selling? What it's given. Somebody's saying it's given. You're not even selling the shoe, Kev.

[Andrew Schulz]

What the is you got? What do you. Who's on your marketing team? That's what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

First of all, the shoes was gonna buy the shoes regardless. You didn't have to come up here doing this.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yo, bro, you is 7 foot 1 3.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whatever the you is. You're tall. Selling shoes,

[Andrew Schulz]

eating candy apples.

[Taylor]

Just walks off to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You gotta watch for the agenda sometime. Even though this is fake, because the reality of the situation is if this was real, Ray Ray is right. There's no reason to be eating the candy apple. You doing that because you want to do it. You know what I'm saying? Like you. Because the first thing you said was, yo, I don't think his mouth can get wide open like that. Yeah, crazy. Shout out to kd, man, after seeing

[Taylor]

this, I was like, so is it like an athlete thing just wants to be like, they're trying to experiment with their sexuality.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because, Taylor, we've already established this fake.

[Taylor]

I know, but, but then I said, you know, I, I, I compared it to Tom Brady with his look. Good nut. Shit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, no, no, no. It's different. Brady.

[Taylor]

Yeah, no, I'm not. A little bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, because Brady got a drink called Good Nut.

[Taylor]

And I know it's coconut water or whatever like that, but it's just, it's funny. It's a little gay, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really? Everybody. It's not just for men.

[Andrew Schulz]

So what, we just gotta be miserable? Is that it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not just.

[Andrew Schulz]

Is that the only way we can be?

[Taylor]

I'm not saying that. I'm not saying I have no problem with gay. I'm just saying that I think you

[Charlamagne Tha God]

got a problem with gay.

[Taylor]

I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not called Good Nut. For men, it's good nut, but women don't care that much about it. I don't think about men when I think about drinking.

[Taylor]

Nut sounds so crazy. Are you saying that when you think

[Charlamagne Tha God]

about who drinks the most nut in America, in the world, historically. Come on, now.

[Taylor]

But you're not even saying nut. You're saying coconut.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think it's, I think it's gays, bro. Man, way they be hooking up. Women have something like, no, women. Come on, bro. Like, what are we talking about? Historically?

[Andrew Schulz]

I think, historically, I don't know if women have the reputation of, like, oh, I want that. I think if they want it, it makes them more special.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, they're the ones who invented the swallowing.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know if they invented it. I'll be honest with you. I don't know if they invented it. I think that might have been guys. Most things that are fun and awesome, guys invent. Is that not true?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nah, bro.

[Alex]

Yes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Be honest. Like fun and awesome.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, there's very, you know, there's versions of the Bible where it's not an apple. Yeah, it's a nut.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's a wet nut.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a nut. There's versions of the Bible where it's not an apple, it's a nut who eats it. Eve.

[Andrew Schulz]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And she was told not to eat the nut, and she just couldn't help herself. But she couldn't hold on the Bible.

[Andrew Schulz]

She was told not to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was told not to do it, and she couldn't help herself.

[Andrew Schulz]

Of course, she was different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She wouldn't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

All the other women were not eating.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, that. But she set the tone so every woman after her just can't resist swallowing that nut. I gotta have it. Even if God tells me no, I'm gonna put it in my mouth and swallow it.

[Andrew Schulz]

And that's what made her so special.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You see what I'm saying? But that's women.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, that's woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's a special trait.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, there's two things that Eve did that set the tone for women throughout society.

[Andrew Schulz]

Exactly.

[Taylor]

This is what y' all wanted to. With the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen. There's two things that women did to set the tone for themselves for the rest of their lives. Eve did this. What are the two things Eve did?

[Andrew Schulz]

What am I looking at?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're not listening.

[Andrew Schulz]

I can't by looking at this right here.

[Alex]

Hold on. You see this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't want to see it. That's crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Is that real or AI?

[Taylor]

No, it's real, but what is it? I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Taylor, you be fucking with Chris. You just be googling wild Asian shit just to send to Chris. Because that is crazy.

[Taylor]

There's a facial.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's two things Eve did that set the tone for women for the rest of life. One, she did not listen. Okay? God told her not to do something and she still did it. Did not listen. Do women listen?

[Andrew Schulz]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Taylor]

Men don't listen.

[Andrew Schulz]

Two, what's that have to do with women?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two, in the original version of the Bible, swallow the nut.

[Taylor]

I tuned out. I don't know what you was talking about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What else we got? Taylor,

[Taylor]

you were like this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want people to know that you should believe me. Even when I'm lying.

[Taylor]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Any listeners will know exactly what I was just lying about. But there'll be some Christian website that will clip me and say that I said, in the original version of the Bible, Eve swallowed a nut. And they'll be like, what version of the Bible is this? Charlemagne, the blasphemous God. But Brandon, listeners know to trust me even when I'm lying. Believe me, even when I'm lying.

[Andrew Schulz]

What are you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think this was fake.

[Andrew Schulz]

Nah, this guy.

[Taylor]

That's fake. I thought it was fake.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I watched this shit a million times. This was fake. Comedian viciously booed off stage at Indianapolis Helium Comedy Club. Bottles and objects thrown during performance. Like. Like. Play it. I don't even know what he's talking about that made him do this. Yeah, they said he was talking about some rapper that died. God bless the dance.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, shit. Boy,

[Taylor]

that's all I got, though. I never.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If that was really happening. To you. You'd leave the stage, you wouldn't turn around like you in the Blair Witch Project.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And post up like that. It looked like he was just giving up cheeks immediately. Like he just gave up. He was like. It didn't look like that. Like, play the fresh play. He looked like, oh, fuck, I'm only gonna get out here alive if I give up the cheeks. Watch, watch. Oh, shit. What? He drops the mic, puts the mic down.

[Taylor]

It's hanging.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How he dropped it. You know what I'm saying? Take it, take it, take it, take it. But I'm not bending over. What's his name? Comedian Calmer.

[Andrew Schulz]

Calamar.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to. What is it? Click his name. It's right there.

[Taylor]

Taylor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Give him a shout out at least.

[Andrew Schulz]

Comedian Calamar White.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Comedian Calamar White with a bohemian helium. Comedy club. Somebody tell me if this was real. It looks. It looks fake, but I want to know if it was real. I've only seen this clip of it. What else we got there? Let's do some asking idiots, man. Okay. Let's do some asking idiots. MB52 says, if you both got arrested together today, what do you think people would think y' all did? Ooh, that's a good fucking question. What do you think shows if both.

[Andrew Schulz]

If we both got arrested together today, what do you think people would think y' all did? We both got arrested today.

[Taylor]

Mm,

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't think it's anything violent.

[Taylor]

Yeah, no.

[Andrew Schulz]

Insider trading, Taxes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The. Would I be doing insider trading for you?

[Alex]

Got a tip from one of you.

[Andrew Schulz]

I didn't say what you would do. Yeah, it's what they would think that we did. Charlamagne and Andrew Schultz get arrested. What do you. It's not like we're robbing a bank. It's not like we're beating someone up. Like, what could it be?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Lovers quarrel, Dispute amongst each other.

[Andrew Schulz]

But we can't both get arrested for that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, we could.

[Andrew Schulz]

Not if we're fighting each other.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're men. They would arrest both of us.

[Andrew Schulz]

But it's not assault if we're assaulting each other.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh?

[Andrew Schulz]

If it's a fight with. We're both throwing punches, it's not assault.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But did somebody just saw us and called the police and said two people were fighting?

[Taylor]

All right?

[Andrew Schulz]

I could see it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They take us to fucking jail. Mug shots. Andrew shows Charlie and the guy got into a fist fight.

[Taylor]

He believes something y' all said that was that y' all were playing with and then y' all got arrested.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't put that out there. Not under this administration. They be like, nope, nope, nope. I thought you was an ally. Okay. Like, hell no. You never know. Okay.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know. I don't know what they would think.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what they would think, but I know they would make some shit up.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, by the way, what we got arrested for? Just going online, seeing what people said we got arrested for would be more entertaining.

[Andrew Schulz]

That would definitely be more entertaining.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because these do not care nowadays. What is that? Iweah? Don said, Whoa. With half of 2026 passed, what movies and albums have stuck with or stood out to you?

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know if this came out in this year, but I just saw Project Hail Mary Fire. Phenomenal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really? I haven't seen it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Phenomenal.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I haven't seen it. I went to go see Supergirl. Oh, yeah, I saw Supergirl yesterday.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, I don't know. I heard it. I heard it was not well. What'd you think?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought it was garbage.

[Andrew Schulz]

Really? That bad?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man. Sucked like Kevin Durant with a fucking candy apple.

[Alex]

No way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That shit was terrible.

[Andrew Schulz]

Why did you think it was bad?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It just wasn't good. Like, I'll say this, my daughter, my 4 year old, 10 year old and 7 year old liked it with their kids. You know what I'm saying? So all of the action and the flying around, like my 4 year old was like, that was epic.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And so I didn't even. Couldn't be dad in that moment. I just like, yeah, yeah, it was great. Whispering my wife. That shit sucked. My wife thought it was all right. It was just everything, the plot. Like, just when I was getting on the DC train, just when I was thinking like DC had turned the corner, it's like, ugh, the plot. But you know what, though? They set Supergirl up for failure from the beginning.

[Andrew Schulz]

Why?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why women should be outraged about how they set up Supergirl. This is how I know. Women don't even care no more. But Superman, right? Pretty good movie. We can say it was a pretty good movie. How do they introduce you to Supergirl? Not her coming in to help Clark defeat some of the bad guys, you know? Not coming in on some super heroic shit where you like, oh, shit. You see what she just did? Like, remember when Captain Marvel came through in Endgame and fucked up the plan? I mean, fucked up Thanos's ship. Supergirl comes in drunk as shit, don't want to take care of responsibilities, left her fucking dog with Superman. So you're like, why the fuck? Who is this dysfunctional motherfucker? And that's how the Supergirl starts. She's still dysfunctional on some Hancock shit. Like, don't really feel like she don't really want to be a superhero. Going to planets where they don't have a yellow son so she can get drunk.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then the whole movie kind of revolves around her dog. Like, they show you this ill scene in the beginning where there's this young girl who witnesses her family get killed and she wants revenge. So you're thinking that's what's going to motivate Supergirl to really get shit popping. But it's because when the girl comes to try to get somebody to help her and then, you know, her and Supergirl connect. At some point, one of the bad guys, who needs another ship because his ship got destroyed, comes to steal Supergirl's ship and shoots. Fucking the dog. The dog with a tranquilizer.

[Taylor]

Oh, no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't even care about your dog.

[Taylor]

I do too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shoots the dog with a fucking tranquilizer. And in my mind I'm just like, why doesn't Supergirl just take the dog to a fucking planet with a yellow wound? Because when Supergirl's on a yellow moon and she gets poisoned, none of that shit affects her.

[Alex]

Interesting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But instead she goes chasing after the fucking alien. Like, the shit is just.

[Alex]

Yeah. So the dog has like three days to live. And so she has to track down these aliens to get the antidote. So the guy, the same guys that shoot with the tranquilizers also carrying the antidote on them. Like the whole plot, it just wasn't enough stakes.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And then they kind of jumped around a lot and I didn't really like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then you got the backdrop of them. He's trafficking girls.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How do you got. How are all of these guys trafficking girls? But that's like a C story in the movie. Yeah, the dog. I gotta go save my dog.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, there was one point where the other girl. I can't remember her name, the one that had the sword, had to remind Supergirl that the girls were still trapped in the fucking cage. This shit is. This shit's so bad it don't even got a post credit scene.

[Andrew Schulz]

Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know what James Gunn was thinking. James Gunn don't even.

[Andrew Schulz]

He didn't make it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He didn't?

[Andrew Schulz]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why I did that. Sends me everything I need to fucking know.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. I mean, if it's James Gunn. Don't miss.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I was. I was. I was thoroughly disappointed. He don't miss that shit.

[Andrew Schulz]

But he's, I guess, the head of all dc, so maybe he's the one who's like.

[Alex]

He's like Kevin Feige now.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Alex]

Like he still has a say in everything that happens, but he's not the one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, they should have scrapped that shit. The same way they scrap Batgirl. You know, they put Do a Batgirl. They filmed it and everything.

[Andrew Schulz]

I did a movie with that girl. Poor girl, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They should have scrapped Supergirl. That shit was garbage.

[Andrew Schulz]

That bad.

[Alex]

Yeah, I wanted to like it, but it wasn't that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was not good at all, so. Which I don't.

[Taylor]

Supergirl. Not even Superwoman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's very true. I don't know what movies and albums.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, it's Wonder Woman. Supergirl.

[Alex]

And she's young.

[Andrew Schulz]

I think they gotta stop. I. I think until women should prove. Why you laughing, bro? I didn't even say it. I didn't say that, man. I didn't say it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Anytime you start to see, they gotta stop women. It's gonna be fun.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, this is real. Until women prove they care about comic books, they gotta stop trying to make movies for them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree.

[Andrew Schulz]

Women care about, like, housemaids. Like, they want to. They want, like, a hot housemaid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's right.

[Taylor]

No.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why you ain't go see Supergirl?

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I tell you, I didn't even

[Taylor]

know it was out.

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I say one thing? Women love, like, a girl who cleans and then a rich guy.

[Taylor]

We love a man that cleans.

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I just get it out?

[Taylor]

Okay.

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I just get it out? They love a girl who cleans, and then a rich guy. Guy takes interest in them and then makes her rich. That's like the dream movie for women. No matter what the plot is. Is kind of like that, right, Barry?

[Taylor]

Have one.

[Andrew Schulz]

Cinderella.

[Taylor]

No, we have one with maiden.

[Alex]

Pretty Woman.

[Taylor]

What was Pretty Woman? Made in Manhattan.

[Andrew Schulz]

Made in Manhattan. The other maid. The housemaid. The handmade. Everything that works for women is a maid. And that's not even on us. That's on y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Andrew Schulz]

Y' all want to be mates. I don't know what it is.

[Taylor]

I really don't. But according to crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

According to the data, if we don't have maid in the title, y' all won't see it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So maybe you gotta combine the two. Maybe that. Maybe the superhero's alter ego should be a maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

A maid.

[Taylor]

Can y' all go see?

[Andrew Schulz]

Tighten it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Super Maid would be fire.

[Andrew Schulz]

Super Maid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wonder Maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wonder Maid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Iron Maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

Iron Maid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Andrew Schulz]

These are all movies that women would love.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The incredible Maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

There we go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mighty Maid.

[Taylor]

And we're just watching Captain Maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

What can the girl.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black Maid.

[Andrew Schulz]

Hey, tell me a whoop. Tell me a movie. Hey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Black made. They already made that, though. It's called the Help.

[Andrew Schulz]

I didn't want to say it. I didn't want to say it. But you tell me a movie where the woman is a maid and the movie flops. Things that make you say, he got a point. It doesn't happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And if he don't it sound good. That's the difference in the box. That sound fire. I kind of believe him.

[Andrew Schulz]

Every movie where the woman is a maid, the women love it.

[Taylor]

There's something like sexism talk. That's not sexism.

[Andrew Schulz]

Tell me this, tell me this, tell me this, tell me this. How is it sexism if that's the only movie you watch?

[Taylor]

That's not the only movie you watch.

[Andrew Schulz]

Name a movie that's not. You're not a maid.

[Taylor]

I didn't watch Marvel, though.

[Andrew Schulz]

Name a movie where you're not a maid. Where you watch it. Name a movie where you're not a maid. Where you watch it.

[Taylor]

There's a few.

[Andrew Schulz]

Just name one. Let's start at one.

[Taylor]

I'm trying to think of certain movies I've seen.

[Alex]

Damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

Isn't this crazy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on, hold on.

[Andrew Schulz]

Y' all want to call me sexist? Can't make one movie when you're not alone.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey.

[Taylor]

Cause all I've seen you're talking about with women. I've seen a lot more guy movies, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, this is kind of crazy.

[Taylor]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I googled. I asked Chad GPT Give me some box office numbers for movies with maid in the title. The Housemaid with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried came. $300,305,000,000.

[Andrew Schulz]

They're already making it too. Go on, keep going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The help. 213.1 million. Boom. Made in Manhattan.

[Andrew Schulz]

How much is it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

154.9.

[Andrew Schulz]

Another. Give me another one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's really all?

[Andrew Schulz]

No. Oh, that's just with the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's all you need.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's what the term. Made in the title.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you're right.

[Andrew Schulz]

If you want to talk about the plot. Having to do something with a maid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How long. It's every movie.

[Taylor]

That's not true. Sex in the City. They weren't. No, maze.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's not a movie.

[Taylor]

It isn't. They do have a movie.

[Andrew Schulz]

TV show don't count

[Charlamagne Tha God]

movies that have maids in the movie. That's true. Mr. Da was a maid.

[Taylor]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's a maid.

[Taylor]

Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's true, though.

[Andrew Schulz]

Women loved it because it's a feed in it. Women will not support a movie unless there's a woman cleaning up. If a woman is not cleaning up.

[Taylor]

What about Barbie?

[Andrew Schulz]

What about it?

[Taylor]

There was no maiden Barbie. The woman. The president was a woman, too, by the way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gotta be a maid in Barbie.

[Taylor]

No, there wasn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, this is kind of crazy.

[Taylor]

There wasn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Parasite. Over 260 million.

[Andrew Schulz]

What does the mom do?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Housekeeper. And domestic workers are central to the plot.

[Andrew Schulz]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shit, I forgot about that. And that rockstar cradle.

[Taylor]

Come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

140 million.

[Taylor]

Whenever I sound sexist, it just so

[Charlamagne Tha God]

happens to be The Nanny Diaries. $48 million. Yo. Spanglish. You know that had to have a maid in it. Working for a wealthy family. $55 million. Wow. It says Hollywood doesn't make many films centered on domestic workers. But the ones that connect with audiences often do very well because they tap into universal themes. Class differences, racial social inequality, family Dynamics. I.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's ChatGPT being kind and polite.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Suspense. From intimate access to wealthy house households.

[Andrew Schulz]

Women only support a movie where their woman is a maid.

[Taylor]

That's not true. I just told you, Barbie.

[Andrew Schulz]

All right. All right, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna tell you something, Taylor. There's something to this. It says, while there have only been a handful, roughly 10 mainstream theatrical movies with maids or domestic workers at the center of the story, four have become major box office hits, suggesting the premise itself isn't a commercial obstacle.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's your superhero.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dang it.

[Taylor]

Captain Marvel made one.

[Andrew Schulz]

Can I just say one thing? A superhero movie. For us, the ideal superhero movie, right, is a regular person that shouldn't be able to do extraordinary shit ends up having superpowers. And they can do extraordinary shit. That is fucking Captain America. Skinny little twink. And then he gets the superpowers. Then he gets to do it. A woman's dream is cleaning shit up and then becomes super rich and doesn't have to clean shit or something. That is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Captain Marvel was the cleanup woman in the end.

[Andrew Schulz]

What happened? Everything was a mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Everything was a fucking mess. And she came through, blew the ship up, and she. She really did that.

[Taylor]

So you're talking about that type of cleanup, then. That's different.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, yeah, I think that women are smart enough to use metaphors. I think so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy. That's crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Again, again, I. Taylor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't want to agree with him, but I mean, I don't.

[Andrew Schulz]

You think I want to be right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

You think I want to be right about this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy, yo.

[Taylor]

No, it's nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ain't no mages in Supergirl.

[Taylor]

What about. What's that movie with Zendaya? Dune.

[Alex]

Oh, Dune.

[Taylor]

Is that what it is?

[Andrew Schulz]

Dune? Yeah.

[Taylor]

Didn't that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She wasn't the star of doing though. She wasn't a woman.

[Andrew Schulz]

Led me. That's.

[Alex]

Men.

[Andrew Schulz]

Men go to see those types of movies. I'm just telling you, every time men try to make a male movie for women.

[Taylor]

Mamma Mia. Wasn't one. Hunger Games.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mamma Mia.

[Taylor]

Hello. Hunger Games. She was homemade.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There was no. The woman was not a leader in

[Alex]

the house before she got.

[Andrew Schulz]

That was her thing. She was a maid.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

She wasn't cleaning the house.

[Alex]

Yes, she was.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Taking care of her little sister and cleaning the house.

[Taylor]

Clean the house. You're taking care of her little sister. And she was hunting. That's what she was doing. She was doing a man's work duties, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, I never seen Hunger Games.

[Taylor]

You've never seen any of them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're making a new one, though. Let's do one more. Brianrolia. 710 says, how many back shots can you take for peace on the earth? Would. Everyone would know.

[Taylor]

I did not mean to put. Alex, I did not mean to put that in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just asked you a question. I don't understand.

[Alex]

I asked you a question.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, you're asking the room. How many back shots could you take for peace on this earth? But everyone would know, man.

[Alex]

War.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy. You wouldn't give up your butt for some war for peace.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wait a minute.

[Alex]

Wait.

[Andrew Schulz]

How many back shots will you take for peace? That's not. You can't frame the question like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How many back shots can you take for peace on the earth?

[Andrew Schulz]

But they have to frame it like, would you take 100 back shots for peace?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's asking you. He want to know how gay you are. So he's asking you, how many would you take?

[Andrew Schulz]

So I get to dictate how many.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Andrew Schulz]

Peace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

None.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you don't want peace.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, no, I'm dictating that. We don't even need a back shot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, no, no. There has to be back shots for you to get peace. But how many back shots can you take for peace on the earth? But everyone would know. One, one, one, one. Just one little piece. You wanna give a piece for piece?

[Andrew Schulz]

I Think a piece for you. How many would you take?

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I gotta see the dick first. So y' all just answered. That's how I know y' all gay. Cause y' all just answered the question.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? Y' all didn't even give a fuck with the.

[Andrew Schulz]

What does it matter? It's world peace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What does it matter?

[Andrew Schulz]

You're gonna let your people suffer?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I gotta see his peace.

[Andrew Schulz]

You're.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I gotta see his peace. I gotta see his peace for peace.

[Andrew Schulz]

You don't care about black empowerment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You wouldn't want to see his peaceful peace. To me, you wouldn't want to see his peaceful peace seeing.

[Andrew Schulz]

Seeing children around the world die, seeing children starve.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But those same kids will tease you when they get older. Okay? Those same kids will grow up and will not recognize the sacrifice that you made for them. Those same kids will be like. Like, yo, that's. That's homie. Who took.

[Taylor]

That's not true. You don't think more kids would probably do it then?

[Andrew Schulz]

Do what? What are you even saying right? Yo, get out here.

[Taylor]

Because it was.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yo, stop the episode. Hey. All right. Let's start the next episode.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As always.

[Andrew Schulz]

Let's go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As always, you listen to this podcast, you think we're smart.

[Andrew Schulz]

You think we're in touch. Absolutely crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But if you listen to this podcast, you think we're just a couple idiots who don't know you're right, too, with the bread. And it is podcast. Thank you for listening.