*PATREON PREVIEW* Alphet Check

Summary

Throwing Fits — PATREON PREVIEW Alphet Check

Host: Throwing Fits (Lawrence and co-host)
Date: May 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this boys-only, after-hours Patreon preview, the Throwing Fits hosts decompress from the "sensational rush" of having French Montana and Max B on the pod. Channeling the energy of the "Coke Boys," the hosts launch into their classic "Alphet Check" (outfit check) ritual and swap chaotic, funny stories about celebrity guests, fan encounters, and the etiquette of proper podcast hospitality. The conversation is loose, irreverent, and brimming with inside jokes, poking fun at themselves, their guests, and the broader hypebeast zeitgeist.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Post-French Montana High & Setting the Vibe

• The hosts are still riding the high from a recent recording with French Montana and Max B, describing it as an electrifying, surreal experience.
• Quote:
  • "It's like doing coke with the... But it's the Coke Boys, and you're just talking to them. I am flying high." — Lawrence (00:47)
  • "Maybe we should make America wavy again. Wow. That was nuts. That was crazy." — Host (00:53)

2. Alphet Check (Outfit Rundown) — The Ritual

• As always, the episode begins with each host detailing their outfits in loving, facetious detail.

• Lawrence’s Fit:

  • Jordan 14 Ferraris, Uniqlo socks, vintage Carhartt double knees, Our Legacy Workshop tee, Brady brand underwear, Cutler and Gross sunglasses.

• Host’s Fit:

  • Martine Rose square-toed loafer slides, Bomba socks, Colbo pants ("a little sheer, sadly noticed a little too late"), Jean Erica shirt (mistaken as Zara), Thicks "thistle" sunglasses, Ed shells, Hanes boxers.

• Memorable Exchange:

  • (00:36)
    • Host: "Where we always begin? We begin with a fit check."
    • Lawrence: "Yeah, yeah, yeah."
  • (01:37)
    • Lawrence: "He said you got the exotics on the square toe."
    • Host: "Exotics like the snakes? Yeah, you know, just in case you're invited to the cookout afterwards."
  • (02:08)
    • Lawrence: "I noticed it. I thought you had sat in water, but I realized it was you're wearing black underwear or dark. Yeah..."

3. Zara Slander and Max B’s Ringer Tee Obsession

• Max B mistakes the host’s Jean Erica Swedish ringer tee for Zara, prompting fashion indignation. Turns out Max B himself loves Zara and has several colors.
• Quote:
  • (02:25)
    • Host: "No, Max B. It's not Zara Ringer tee. I literally... Opened the door for Max B. ...First thing he says to me... I know where you got that shirt, Zara. And I said, what? Cancel the podcast."
  • (02:56)
    • Lawrence: "Is it? Well, he's literally wearing sweatpants from Zara."

4. Celebrity Guest Chaos — French Montana’s Arrival

• French Montana arrives nearly an hour late and immediately asks about food options, expecting more plush amenities.
• Quote:
  • (03:32)
    • Host: "Frenchie was an hour late. 50 minutes."
    • Lawrence: "Well, he was like an hour late, and then he went 50 minutes late."
    • Host: "And like, yo, where can we get some food around here?"
    • Host: "This isn't Spotify. This isn't iHeartRadio. We do not have a smoothie bar."
• The crew jokes about the budget difference, contrasting their DIY setup to big-time podcasts.
• French Montana gets a chopped cheese from the local bodega, further cementing his NYC street credentials.

5. French Montana’s Hometown Celebrity & Fit Pic Woes

• French Montana is mobbed by fans in Lower Manhattan; hosts discuss getting squeezed out of their own group photo.
• Quote:
  • (04:19)
    • Lawrence: "Yeah, it's French Montana and he's in lower Manhattan. Like, he's not going to walk one block without being mobbed."
  • (04:32)
    • Host: "He's approximately 7ft tall. With his Yaga stompers on."
• Lawrence worries about his visibility in the fit pic, to much self-deprecating banter:
  • (04:48)
    • Lawrence: "Because my whole body..."
    • Host: "Half of you is cut out."
    • Lawrence: "Yeah."
    • Host: "No, no, look, you're in this. You're in this."
    • Lawrence: "Am I covering my face with my expression? Whatever, dude. We're fine. I'm in the... I'm in the picture."

6. Observations About French’s Team

• Hosts make a tongue-in-cheek comparison between French’s manager and Ronnie Fieg, riffing on streetwear lookalikes.
• Quote:
  • (05:13)
    • Host: "This is anti. Something, but I was like, Ronnie Fieg."
    • Lawrence: "They look ethnically similar."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On French Montana’s Local Status:

  • "He was also yucking it up with fans outside, which I really appreciate. He hometown hero." — Host (04:12)

• On DIY Podcasting vs. Corporate Studios:

  • "This isn't Spotify. This isn't iHeartRadio. We do not have a smoothie bar." — Host (03:52)
  • "Here at B Norfolk street, but it’s not a million dollars worth of game." — Host (04:03)

• On the Perils of a Sheer Fit:

  • "These are a little sheer and maybe realized a little too late... I thought you had sat in like water, but I realized it was your wearing black underwear... You can kind of see it through your pants." — Lawrence (01:59)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:31 — Recapping the French Montana guest episode
• 01:11 — Lawrence’s full outfit rundown
• 01:29-02:25 — Host’s outfit rundown; Max B’s Zara mix-up
• 03:32-03:59 — French Montana’s arrival, lateness, and snack requests
• 04:12-04:32 — French mobbed by fans and his “gigantic man” energy
• 04:46-05:01 — The saga of the fit pic and host invisibility jokes
• 05:10-05:28 — French’s manager and the Ronnie Fieg comparison

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Tone and Style

• Irreverent, self-deprecating, and filled with deadpan delivery.
• Heavy on inside jokes and references to both fashion and NYC culture.
• Fluid banter with friendly teasing, never getting too earnest or self-serious.

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Summary Conclusion:
This Patreon preview exemplifies the chaotic charm of Throwing Fits: deeply entrenched in streetwear culture, endlessly poking fun at themselves and their icons, immersed in the unique energy of NYC. True to their brand, the hosts transform a post-celebrity recording debrief into a hilarious, detail-packed ride through fits, faux pas, and the unpredictable circus that is hosting rap stars in a DIY podcast studio.

Transcript

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[Lawrence]

Some damn near speech. Ow.

[Host]

Welcome to a midweek, boys only after. What a sensational rush with Max being French Montana.

[Lawrence]

It's like doing coke with the. But it's the coke boys and you're just talking to them and it's. I'm. I. I am flying high.

[Host]

Maybe we should make America wavy again. Wow. That was nuts. That was crazy.

[Lawrence]

Where to begin? I don't.

[Host]

Well, where to begin? They were extremely double wrapper, so double wrapper time. I always get kind of nervous. You know what? Where we always begin? We begin with a fit check.

[Lawrence]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Host]

Lawrence. Okay.

[Lawrence]

I am wearing Jordan 14 Ferraris on the feet. The socks are Uniqlo. The double knees are vintage Carhartt. The tea is our legacy workshop. The draws our Brady brand. And the sunglasses are cutler and gross gm.

[Host]

I'm wearing Martin Rose square toed loafer slides.

[Lawrence]

What did Max say about them?

[Host]

I don't know.

[Lawrence]

He said you got the exotics on the square toe.

[Host]

Exotics like the snakes? Yeah, you know, just in case you're invited to the cookout afterwards.

[Lawrence]

You never know. I wore the Jordans. You never know. You never know. You never know.

[Host]

Guys, the socks are bumba socks. The pants are colbo. These are a little sheer and maybe realize a little too late. Yeah, but I can't. You can.

[Lawrence]

From the. Yeah, I noticed it. I thought you had sat in like water, but I realized it was your wearing black underwear or dark. Yeah. So you can kind of see it throughout your. Like through your pants.

[Host]

All right. Hey, who knows? I mean this is going to be. If the summer is any indication of what Frenchie and Max think it's going to be, then maybe I will have to go nuts out in these so everyone can see how circumcised I am. The shirt is Jean Erica.

[Lawrence]

Okay.

[Host]

No, Max, be. It is not Zara Ringer tea. I literally. I you ringer tea. I literally opened the door for Max B. Showed up after French and there's like, you know, eight dudes out there. And the first thing he says to me with his cup that may or may not been full of brown and champagne, allegedly might have been cream soda. I don't know. He's like, I know where you got that shirt, Zara. And I said, what? Cancel the podcast. And then he was a little like, wait, what? I. I don't think he realized that. To me, that's like the worst thing

[Lawrence]

you could say that. Is it? Well, he's literally wearing sweatpants from Zara.

[Host]

Well, he's like, no, I got them from Zara in every color. I got the. As we're walking, he's like, I got the pink one. I got the green one. Yeah, I got the one you got on. I'm like, bro, this is Jean Erica. They're Swedish.

[Lawrence]

No, bro, this is G Erica.

[Host]

It's a rigor tee from Genera.

[Lawrence]

Max B. Does love Zara. Let's just get it out there. He does.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Lawrence]

Zara, which is fucking fire action.

[Host]

Sunglasses are thick thistles. The Ed shells on and the Hanes box that I showed you are from Hanes. Y. Wow. All right, Lawrence.

[Lawrence]

Beautiful day, Beautiful pod. I honestly, it feels like summer just started with the Coke boys or the so.

[Host]

So double wrappers. Double wrapper time. Frenchie was an hour late. 50 minutes.

[Lawrence]

Well, he was like an hour late, and then he went 50 minutes late

[Host]

and like, yo, where can we get some food around here? I was like, yeah. Ah, there's like, mad. What do you want?

[Lawrence]

He was in the bodega for like a half hour.

[Host]

Well, they're like, what do you. What food do you have upstairs? You have like, juices and smoothies. I was like, y.

[Lawrence]

We got smoothies, dog.

[Host]

No, this isn't like, what? This isn't Spotify.

[Lawrence]

This isn't a real podcast.

[Host]

This isn't iHeartRadio. We do not have a smoothie bar.

[Lawrence]

Sorry, dog.

[Host]

Here at Be Norfolk street, but it's

[Lawrence]

not a million dollars worth of game.

[Host]

Yeah. So they go. They go around the corner and of course comes back with a chopped cheese.

[Lawrence]

Yeah. Oh, So I mean, perfect.

[Host]

Yeah.

[Lawrence]

On a roll.

[Host]

He was also yucking it up with fans outside, which I really appreciate. He was loving it. He hometown hero.

[Lawrence]

Yeah, It's French Montana and he's in lower Manhattan. Like, he's not going to be walk one block without being mobbed. Like, that's just how big of a celeb he is in the city.

[Host]

Like, he's approx.

[Lawrence]

Well deserved.

[Host]

He's approximately 7ft tall. With his Yaga stompers on.

[Lawrence]

He is a gigantic man. I feel. I hope I'm in the picture. I hope I'm in the fit pick because I'm getting squeezed out.

[Host]

Oh, that's true. Why don't you say anything?

[Lawrence]

Because this is.

[Host]

We can make it work.

[Lawrence]

We can make it work. No, it'll. I'll. I'm somewhere in there. Also.

[Host]

You look so skinny in this photo.

[Lawrence]

Because my whole body.

[Host]

Half of you is cut out.

[Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Host]

No, no, look, you're in this. You're in this.

[Lawrence]

Yeah, let's. Am I covering my face with my expression? Whatever, dude. We're fine. I'm in the. I'm in the picture.

[Host]

You're giving the finger. I think, oh, no, you're not giving the finger.

[Lawrence]

But I'm in. I'm in the picture. That's all that I care.

[Host]

All right, so French Montana rolls up his team comes through, his manager.

[Lawrence]

Oh, yeah.

[Host]

I don't know if this is.

[Lawrence]

They're not going to hear.

[Host]

This is anti. Something, but I was like, ronnie Fig.

[Lawrence]

No, when the guy.

[Host]

You know what I'm talking about.

[Lawrence]

I. I see the resemblance. But, like, this guy was like, if. Ronnie.

[Host]

I was like, Ronnie.

[Lawrence]

They are very.

[Host]

They are the Porsche hat on.

[Lawrence]

They look ethnically similar.

[Host]

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