The TNT Podcast
The TNT Podcast
TABOO | TA13OO
Tune in to the TNT Podcast for a Denzel Curry’s TABOO | TA13OO album review and a debate on 50 Cent’s “Many Men.” Join DJ Turn Up and DJ Tanaka to continue the conversation of Drake vs Kendrick & for a sneak peek into our “Nice and Slow” event prep, a dive into hip-hop’s hot topics, and a recap of Atlanta’s live music scene and skating culture. Don’t miss this episode packed with hip-hop insights, concert tales, and a tribute to Atlanta’s skate and music vibes!
Ask TNT: 53:46
Project Review: 1:06:53
TABOO | TA13OO: 1:11:21
BLACK BALLOONS | 13LACK 13ALLOONZ: 1:14:10
CASH MANIAC | CAZH MAN1AC: 1:16:34
SUMO | ZUMO: 1:17:42
SUPER SAIYAN SUPERMAN | ZUPER ZA1YAN ZUPERMAN: 1:21:42
SWITCH IT UP | ZWITCH 1T UP: 1:22:30
MAD I GOT IT | MAD 1 GOT 1T: 1:24:23
SIRENS | Z1RENZ: 1:26:25
CLOUT COBAIN | CLOUT CO13A1N: 1:27:47
THE BLACKEST BALLOON | THE 13LACKEZT 13ALLOON: 1:30:05
PERCS | PERCZ: 1:31:21
VENGEANCE | VENGEANCE: 1:32:39
BLACK METAL TERRORIST | 13 M T: 1:33:59
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TNT podcast project review. We are back with another project review DJ Turn Up, dj Tanaka boy. If we were to talk about stress, this is nice. It's a little weekend, ladies and gentlemen. For the people that don't know, shout out to the people on Miss Cloud. For the people that don't know, um, we both dj at uh skating rinks and we have this event coming up called nice and slow, and it's this is our third installment and um, this one is is gonna be.
Speaker 1:I feel like either way is going to be something to remember, because good lord, this is yeah, this is going to be interesting, for sure, but, um, just a lot of work, a lot of dedication behind the scenes and hope you guys like what we come up with. But, um, enough about me. Tell me, shut the fuck up. Um Tanaka, how are you feeling, sir?
Speaker 2:I'm stressed out. It's all good though, um, thankful, thankful, to be in a position now. Everybody got this opportunity, so, um, but yeah, you know, definitely a lot of stress going on behind the scenes. I really got to thank Turnip. You know what I'm saying, turnip. I appreciate your patience throughout this whole process.
Speaker 1:You know it's not exactly the easiest thing to uh to do so, but yeah, whatever you take the good with the bad, and we just, you know, try to make something out of nothing. I ain't worried, I ain't worried about all that, but it is stressful, but it's not too stressful. That is like taking over, like I don't know any mental stability.
Speaker 2:It's sleeping.
Speaker 1:Basically over, like I don't know, any mental stability. I can't sleep it. Basically, it ain't one of those. It's not one of those. Well, not for me. It's not for me, I don't know. Tanaka may be different, but like it's, you know, it just comes with territory, so it happens. But, um, was there anything else you wanted to talk about about that situation? Oh, I mean, while we're here, for the people that don't know, for the people that are watching, this is live. So y'all got about eight hours, eight hours, you guys got eight hours. Y'all got eight hours left. Make it happen, bottom line.
Speaker 2:That's it.
Speaker 1:That's about it.
Speaker 2:Bottom line.
Speaker 1:You better hit that dm right in the cash app you know you really need to hit the cash app honestly like fuck, fuck the dm. At this point, like stop asking questions, just pull up the dm. My um, my uh cash app is in my uh bio. So yeah, you go ahead hit the bio but um tanaka, I remember there was. You said that there was a burning question that you had. I guess some talks in the streets that you wanted to bring up.
Speaker 2:There was this notion going around that 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Try album, the weakest song on the album is well, according to a handful of people was Many Men is apparent. Well, according to a handful of people, was many men. And that, just like I was just stunned.
Speaker 1:I was like what the I haven't, like I said, I haven't listened to the album all the way through since I since, like, the album has been hot, so that has. That was a long time ago. That was a real long time ago. So, yeah, I don't, I can't speak on that. I will say this mini men was definitely one of those ones I kept playing back to back to back to back, to back to back to back. So I can't personally say that I agree with that. But I mean, hey, bro, at this point everything's opinionated and you know, yeah, that's all I can really say about that. And you know, instagram is given given a platform for idiots. So I mean, why do you, why do y'all think we are here? But anyway, so, yeah, I don't. Well, and then, on top of that, I don't really remember the track list, so I don't know.
Speaker 1:I will say this the songs I will take over many men back down, uh, what's the name of that damn song? If I can't? Um, 21 questions, um, I don't know those only ones. I can really think that pop in my head in the club, I mean, I guess you could say in the club, in the club was kind of played out. But I mean, there's a reason why I made all the money. It did but, um, but what.
Speaker 1:I mean, I'm assuming I know what your thoughts are, but do you want to speak on why or why not? It may or may not be that just would have never crossed my mind.
Speaker 2:When they're talking about the worst records or, like you know, like Many Men wouldn't be like that, wouldn't jump to my mind.
Speaker 1:But at the same time you also got to take into account just because you're saying it's the worst one doesn't mean that it's a bad song.
Speaker 2:That album was a classic, but that's what I'm saying. Like it wouldn't even be in the bottom half in my opinion.
Speaker 1:Okay, so what are some songs that you don't like? I mean that you would take.
Speaker 2:Well, I agree with the people. Like people in the comments is like what? They're like Bloodhound, clearly, and I'm like yeah. I don't even that's what I'm saying. I think that was like a diss record.
Speaker 1:So most of those were diss records. Most of those songs were diss records and I think shout out to T-Mu but that that was yeah. Back Down was a diss record and I think Heat was a diss record too see, that's crazy.
Speaker 2:That's why I told you that story about Heat remind me the story and tell the people again, for the people that are just now listening to this podcast so I had made a bet with this kid who was like, really, like I don't know, he's just this lanky white kid who was, um, I don't know, interesting character. He was just kind of a cheese ball. No, it's just, I ain't really. I used to talk to everybody, whether you were nerd, whether you were cool kid like everybody. So he was kind of an outcast. We'll say that he was kind of an outcast Um, not the brightest bowl on the planet, but um, he was like, yeah, bro, not the brightest bulb on the planet, but he was like, yeah, bro, there's a song called Heat. I said, no, there isn't.
Speaker 1:You did tell me yeah, yeah, you definitely did. Yeah, I had the clean because you had the clean version.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, yeah, you told me about that. I definitely remember that one. Now, did you refreshed my memory? Um, but um, speaking of refreshing memory, we're gonna move on to the topic that I actually had cause boy, boy, that question of the day from last episode. Boy, we got some updating to do. Boy, do we got some update dating to do what you talking about? You don't remember. Do you remember we were talking about for the question of the day last last episode? I'm sorry, think hard, think hard. I know you got nice and slow, but take all the nice slow out. Take now, take all the nice slow. Think about it. It was a long conversation, long. It was real long, real long conversation. Think about it, think about it. Think about it is the. It's been the most consistent thing everybody's been talking about. It's been kind of dying down now because it seems like everybody's kind of calm yeah, eccentric there we go, there we go, all right.
Speaker 1:So the last, last last thing we talked about was that the last thing that had came out was euphoria. So let's catch everybody up where what. What came out after euphoria was that, uh, family matters um, yeah, I believe so this family matters. And then, six minutes later, versus 30 minutes, 30 minutes later 30 minutes, I don't think I heard. I must have missed that one 30 minutes later.
Speaker 2:That's when um kendrick oh, 30.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's not. The song is 30 minutes later. Kendrick dropped the um uh, uh, uh. Meet the grams meet the? Didn't some come before that? Some came before that. Or is Family Matters? Is Family Matters Kendrick's diss?
Speaker 2:No Family Matters is Drake's diss.
Speaker 1:And then he came out with.
Speaker 2:Meet the Grams.
Speaker 1:You sure I feel like there's something that came before that. I feel like there was, because I feel like he said that was. I said that was like his charged up, whatever that song came before, that was like his oh 6 16 in la beautiful that did that job before. Yeah that job before meet the grams no before.
Speaker 2:Wasn't that before? No? Well, if it was, it was after Euphoria then, yeah, it was after Euphoria.
Speaker 1:I feel like Family Matters came out first, because I feel like he dropped the Family Matters. I don't know. I know he could find the timeline. When I heard it it was Family Matters and then it was 616 in LA and 616 in LA and Meet the Grams, kind of dropped back. I feel like they dropped back to back. But you're probably right. But boy, I ain't going to lie, Kendrick did some dissecting boy Talking about chop, chop that man was yeah, so Kendrick dropped some dissecting boy Talking about Chop.
Speaker 2:Chop. That man was yeah. So Kendrick dropped Euphoria, Then dropped 616 in LA. Drake responded with Family Matters and Buried Alive Part 2.
Speaker 1:I didn't even know about Buried Alive, part 2. Did you hear that? Yeah, okay, so let's just run through all these. So how did you feel about 616 in LA?
Speaker 2:I feel like I only heard it once, so I don't know. I was traveling at the time so I wasn't as tapped in with that one. But then I heard somebody say Kendrick dropped again.
Speaker 1:Were you surprised that he dropped something again?
Speaker 2:I was trying to follow it. I was like people sometimes be getting misinformation and stuff.
Speaker 1:Remember at one point somebody had made an AI, something of Kendrick.
Speaker 2:I was just like everybody's saying this, but I don't trust it necessarily, so let me just, you know, do my own homework and make sure that this is accurate right, right. So that happened once I arrived in atlanta, but I was also sleep deprived and um, oh, let's talk about it then how was the?
Speaker 1:let's talk about it. Then, how was the Young Guns? Let's talk about it, because I never got to update on that. So let's take a minute to let's take a pause on this disc update and let's talk about this Young Guns, because I never got the story on that. How was that?
Speaker 2:It was great. Yeah, it was great, it was great. It's about as great a young guns concert it could have been I don't know if that's a compliment or a diss. What you mean, man, I don't know how to take that it was a great concert. Um, yeah, I really enjoyed myself, and then the fact that it was in philly, so like people actually knew the album cuts was right, so everybody was singing along and all that oh yeah, for sure. So if we're like they did like nearly the whole album.
Speaker 1:I think there's maybe two songs they didn't do all for like a 15 track album so let me ask you this if we were to, if you were to ballpark just looking around age range, what would you say? The vast majority, okay, vast majority of age and vast majority gender, we're talking.
Speaker 2:I say it's pretty even between guys and girls, maybe a little more girls Really, or ladies Okay.
Speaker 1:Shout out to Young Guns. Got the hoes, got the trays.
Speaker 2:I would definitely say it was a 25 and up concert Right Majority, I'd say between 30 and 45. But yeah, you know, the young guns. It was like the heartthrobs of the state property, you know. And then, of course, you know, the whole state property was there except for Osquino.
Speaker 1:And who was that? Because I have no idea who that is and I'm going to tell the.
Speaker 2:Oh, osquino. Osquino that, because I have no idea who that is, and you might, I'm gonna tell her. Oh, oskino, um, he was supposed to be like they were supposed to have, oskino and sparks. So you know, on um um. I just want to love you. Give me the funk, that sweet, that nasty that good shit, the Jay-Z song. Yeah, so the rumor is that Jay-Z basically stole that song from Sparks Because you know that part where he's like give me that funk, that sweet, that nasty that good shit, that's Sp.
Speaker 2:Give me that font. That's sweet, that nasty. That's sparks saying that and anyway, it was his song. Jay-z kind of took it and then, um, yeah, oskino and sparks, they were supposed to be a duo but I think oskino, I got locked up and stuff. Oh, okay, yeah, he was signed to. He was signed to I don't know, def Jam or Rock, I don't know whatever. He was signed, I think after Beams was and then Shut up and then yeah, anyway, he was a part of that freestyle on the radio and all that. But he's had little instances with you know some of the members.
Speaker 2:Oh okay, I think they're good. Now. I don't know why he wasn't there, but you know, I don't know why he wasn't there, but you know, I don't know. He's like a real street dude, you know what I'm saying. So like he's one of those where he cares more about the streets and hustling than you know, and then he kind of move like a, he kind of give you DMX energy, you know, just kind of all over the place and all that. But apparently he doesn't do drugs or drink, so he just naturally liked that Very energetic kind of all over the place. You know, scatterbrained talked real fast.
Speaker 1:Interesting. Yeah, I had no recollection of any of these people.
Speaker 2:But yeah, every state property member except for Oskena was there, so Freeway was the first to make an appearance. He made an appearance on one of the guest songs off the album and then they brought sparks out you know sparks did a verse on one of the songs and then who was was a.
Speaker 1:Then they had PD crack came out and did it a little sick so okay, that's why and that's why I meant to ask you so for these, for these people coming out are they specifically just doing the album, or are they coming out and doing a little bit of their shit too?
Speaker 2:yeah, they're doing some of their stuff too, okay so. So freeway came out for his verse, then he disappeared right. Right sparks came out and that was kind of his highlight, because he doesn't really have any like solo songs right but like everybody loves his verse that he has on the young guns record.
Speaker 2:And then, um, uh, puta brown, he's not a part of state property but that's like a young guns affiliate, well, like one of the homies from the block or something, yeah, pretty much. But he I think they had a mixtape together and stuff, but he had a guest appearance. So he came out. And then Petey Crack came out and he actually did a set you know what I'm saying Like three, four songs, you know, and he exited and I think Freeway joined him. I don't know Something like that. You know, I got the footage and all that. You know, I don't know, it's something like that. I got the footage and all that. But yeah, freeway came out because obviously they did Flipside and then Freeway did a few songs and then eventually Beams came out, so was one of the songs what they Do?
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, of course, of course, the Philly National Anthem. No, I just thought I'd ask.
Speaker 2:The Philly National Anthem? Of course they. Didilly National Anthem. No, I just thought I'd ask. The Philly National Anthem?
Speaker 1:Of course they did the whole song. We know what we do is wrong.
Speaker 2:Everybody was rapping Jay-Z's verse Right. It's just so weird to hear Beans with his new voice.
Speaker 1:I don't think I've ever heard him now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he just I forgot what it was. It was some type of, I feel like, something with his lung or something.
Speaker 1:So is that why he got so small too?
Speaker 2:yeah, I don't know some. His voice is not. It's not as like raspy or like well, it's still raspy, it's just a lot. It's not as bold as it used to be you know, got you yeah when he used to speak, it used to be like to be. You know what I'm saying, got you? Yeah, when he used to speak, it used to be like smack bitch. You know what I'm saying? Right, it just hits you in your face.
Speaker 1:But now, when he talks, it's not as forceful, yeah, not as umphy yeah.
Speaker 2:Got you and he's not able to do it. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Right, it, he's not able to do it.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying. It's just like hey yo, what up, philly, we going crazy. You know what?
Speaker 2:I'm saying it's kind of like that and it's just like dang. It doesn't hit the same, you feel me as opposed to before. But no, it was dope, though you know Philly was in the building. It was interesting to watch the DJ, you know, because there's an art to djing. Uh, you know a concert, you feel right as opposed to djing. And then also before the set, I was like dang, I'd be forgetting how, as a party dj, you can just drop stuff like you, don't have to mix everything, and so, yeah, he was just dropping on like he was dropping like, don't get me wrong, though, it was on time and everything and it made sense.
Speaker 2:You feel me like he was a dope dj not gonna cap and then, especially with the concert, like the concert, do you know his name? Uh, oh, boy dj shout out dj.
Speaker 2:Oh boy, yeah, so, um, but yeah, you know the as far as the concert, though, like he was doing his thing, uh, they, they did. Um, there was one of the records that they did and, um, he like took the beat out and it was almost like he. I was trying to figure out what he did, cause it almost just sounded like a. You know how when you turn the bass like low, you still hear it, but it's like kind of like distant and he was just like kind of like playing that like and like Holmes was like rapping to the beat, so it was like it was an acapella, but not because I still had that thump and then he dropped this record like the next record, and I was like, oh, that was kind kind of hard, I ain't gonna cap that.
Speaker 2:so, anyway, it was just interesting to see the different techniques that the DJ used for the concert, and then I wasn't sure about the mixes on on that. Okay, so you know friday night, right, you know that it's a friday night, okay, yeah so neef's verse came on right, right and he's. You know how djs do they'll switch the beat right just for the verse so he put pump it up as the instrumental.
Speaker 2:So I was like, okay, that's not bad, you know. I'm saying like you know what that's, that's interesting, right, it is interesting. So he played that. I was like, okay, that was cool, but then, you know, set it off.
Speaker 1:You remember time to set it off oh, okay, boy, you threw me a loop. I thought we saw my pussy.
Speaker 2:I was like what how the well okay all right, remember that record. Yeah, yeah, that's that's the second one, that's from the second, yeah, yeah so nice verse came on again and then he put he mixed it with um onto the next one, jay-z, and that one was a little like. I was like I don, I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1:So, as he's doing it, they're still rapping. Yeah, they're still rapping. He's switching the beat, so, like you know, why Is that like a New York thing where they like just switch the beat?
Speaker 2:No, it's like a concert thing, like when they're doing a song, like they'll switch the beat up. You know what I mean. I'm doing a song like they'll switch the beat up. You know what I mean? I'm trying to think of a good example that I witnessed. That it was like, oh shoot, that was kind of hard. But yeah, like it's kind of crucial. You know, I'm saying when, when they be doing those, it's like you know I guess teach his own but yeah, that one.
Speaker 2:That one was a little, I wasn't as much of a fan.
Speaker 1:I think it's cause.
Speaker 2:I think it's cause the vocal sample, bro. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, and I was just like that's not really going well With Neve's vocals right now, you know, but that's funny. But nah, it was a great, great concert. I had copped some merch.
Speaker 1:And Boy, did you ever bro, to the point, to the point that I thought he was just wearing the same shit over and over again. I'm like, did you take? Have you taken a bath, bro, like it's been like a week, you know so.
Speaker 2:But so I they contacted me via email and they said you know, we're reaching out to everybody that caught merch prior to the concert. Did you want us to ship it or are you, you know, are you going to be in the area for the concert? I was like you know I'm going to be there. They said hit up this person, you know what I'm saying. So I texted them and they pulled up on me with the merch. You know what I'm saying. This older white dude, you know, know I'm saying. So I texted them and they pulled up on me with the merch, you know I'm saying.
Speaker 2:This older white dude, you know, and he had a contest going on in which he was like, yeah, the first people that follow this account and this other account, you know, and tag somebody that's a fan of hip-hop. That we entered in, you know, first three people, first come, first serve. We'll get something special and he does like um, like autographs and stuff like hip-hop autographs, so he'll collect memorabilia and then have it signed by the artist and then sell it, you know. So I just I had built this rapport with him. He was doing the merch table at the young guns concert and I was like you know, did anybody win anything? Or did you know he's like no man. You know, I'll just just give me your address and I'll send you something.
Speaker 2:So he he recently asked me for my address and he's like all right, bet you know I'm gonna send you something. So I was like so has it come yet it hasn't come yet. Okay, so yeah, we'll see what we'll see. I have no idea what, what it's going to be Right, but you know you got to update us on that. For sure.
Speaker 1:I need you, yeah, I need you to remember that. We need yeah, we need to update on that.
Speaker 2:For sure, but that was my Philly experience. Aside from that, I did go visit some skating rinks Don't worry, turnip's going to deal with the feds right now, mama, but I the feds right now. But, um, I did go to jersey because the philly rinks weren't having any events or anything. So I went out to jersey and that was a cool experience. You know they uh and yeah, so you know it was uh, it was cool to uh, cool to experience, you know, seeing the jersey style and and different type of music that they play up there. Um, so, yeah, you know it was a, it was a good experience skating out there in Jersey and witnessing that. Yeah, turn them just for you. And I was just telling them how different the music is at the skate sessions.
Speaker 1:Ah, you know. So Hold on. I just want to ask did you go up there?
Speaker 2:Hey, bro, you play some ATL ride music, nah, so okay. So there's a skater from who moved down to atlanta recently, who's from philly and jersey. So I tapped in with her and asked her what sessions to go to. Right, right, she was supposed to come to the session. She didn't end up showing up to the session but she said the dj got you on a. It's kind of awkward because this is somebody I do not know at all. You know what I'm saying I don't even know her like that.
Speaker 2:Right, you feel me, but you know what. They set the play up or whatever. It was cool. But yeah, I didn't ask for no ACL music you know I mean, why not?
Speaker 1:They come to atlanta, ask for philly music. Why I didn't want to. You know, I didn't want to plus.
Speaker 2:I'm not a good enough writer to be a representation you're gonna be like bro, I put on this, jeez, this is what you're doing, bro, what the fuck? So I'm saying so um, I feel you, bro, I feel you, but the closest thing I'll say that they played to atlanta was like like that, accurate, you know, accurate yeah, but it was sped up, so it was like oh, of course it was.
Speaker 1:It was like like that accurate, you know accurate, yeah, but it was sped up, so it was like oh, of course it was like 96 no, I would say like high 80, what?
Speaker 2:oh, like 89, 89 okay, it's 81. Yeah, so it's 81 but um, yeah, it's trying to. They literally fast backwards the whole session, the whole session, and I was just amazed. I was like damn, how y'all able to do this.
Speaker 1:That means we need to do a fast backwards night.
Speaker 2:Bro, We'll make it happen, we'll make it happen, we'll make it happen. But as far as the music, I was like, okay, the Atlanta people can still have with this, because, like a lot of that music was like step tempo like 90 to 100, so I feel like they could step to that and then they play corporate thugging and, um, throw this money, so you know, um, then they have. So the way they run their sessions is they have obviously two slow sets, they have some warm-up music, then they have basically like step music, but they during that time they usually do fast backwards, like people be fast backwards into that, and then, um, then they'll actually have the fast backwards. Well, no, they'll have this thing called two-step and I don't know.
Speaker 2:It's just an interesting. It's kind of like the um. It's similar to the g slide, except it's not a slide, it's a step right, um, I guess it kind of looks like slow walk, but it's not slow. Well, I don't know. I I had to show you the video what it looked like, but it's just a group of them all stepping together of course, and that's that's usually when it looks hard, when there's a group of them doing it and so it's interesting though, because it's like low 90s r&b music that they're doing it to.
Speaker 2:So, like Mario, Just a Friend On the Hotline, that type of Want your Body Pretty, Ricky.
Speaker 1:Definitely.
Speaker 2:You know that type of deal and then after that they go to Fast Backwards and that joint is like because we, how long we do fast backwards for maybe like five minutes.
Speaker 1:Ten minutes, that's just like 20 minutes.
Speaker 2:hey bro, I was like gassed bro, I was like damn man. This is my first like session session, you know, being back, right, I was like man, I was out of shape. Boy, I was out of shape Like hell, I was like down Right, but it was dope to see though.
Speaker 1:Definitely dope to see, you know them in action and the difference Because, you know, in Atlanta we kind of have a basic fast backwards you know, oh, very basic, but I feel like once you start dipping and dabbing into different shit and it's like you're going to get a little surface level of everything. Right, right For sure.
Speaker 2:I get it. So, yeah, that was doing, yeah, something like the footwork was different you know, on the fast backwards I was like oh shoot.
Speaker 2:And then they had this, because I was asking the lady, I was like, do you know what that style is called? Because they had this thing where they were going frontwards but they were still kind of like it looked like fast backwards, just in reverse, and they were kind of doing like some moves with their shoulders and I guess it's like swag style or something like that. I don't know, they have all these different variations, I guess of. I don't know, I got to do more research. I should probably ask the DJ and get more information.
Speaker 1:Right, I mean, especially since you like what you call it, especially since you roll with him.
Speaker 2:Right, Right. So, and what was his name? Oh, it was a girl. So shout out to DJ Muff. Shout out DJ Muff. And shout out to DJ T-Nice. Shout out T-Move too. Yeah, it was T-Nice and Muff. They were the ones that were doing the session and stuff, and I was like damn, I feel old, Because I come to find out T-Nice is like born in 99. And he's pretty top tier as far as DJing. I'm not going to lie. Shout out to him. Yeah, he was cutting up crazy, bro, Because that's the one thing about the fast backwards. You know what's interesting, though? You know how we do transit trios and that joint is like super fast, Right, their joint, I feel like, is sticking mainly to like 115, to like 125 tops.
Speaker 2:Tops, so they're in that 120 range, for the most part right, and they're playing like that old school hip-hop, you know, just like that, you know like treat them right, type shit, yeah, yeah and they're over there oh no, that's too fast they're over there like and during that. You know, bro, it's just like cutting up, like doing the you know oh, is that what sean is that what sean?
Speaker 1:yeah, oh, so I was like music sean that's, yeah, that's what came to mind.
Speaker 2:I was like damn sean would be like you know what I'm saying eating this up, bro, you know. But that's what they be doing, so they played like the majority of the song and then they'll be cut up, yeah exactly that shit hard that shit hard.
Speaker 1:Well, cool, that was a cool little write-up top, so let's just circle back to. We'll just start over at this point. I feel like we could do a session up there. We probably could.
Speaker 2:Because I was like was like, oh, all this up north music come on yeah, let me do that and I'm.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I could give me like a month. I'll be at every session, everywhere and just be soaking up, won't say shit to nobody, and then I'll go in there and be like who the fuck is this? How does he have all this music? Oh my god, but anywho, back to the back to the music.
Speaker 2:They do play fast back. Uh, what's that song bringing the cats? They do play, bringing the cats I confirm that because remember I told you, somebody was like they were like they really play bringing the cats fat backwards in atlanta. They played up there too, so pussy bar anyway.
Speaker 1:Um, so yeah, so uh, forgot what we're talking about. Oh, kendrick and drake and all this dissing going on. So 616 in la, you said, was first. Um, you already gave your side. So this I felt about 616 in la. I just felt like it was like his charged up, like how drake came out with charged up and he came out with back to back. Now, granted, I didn't know that 616 in la came first. I thought it was 616 in la. Then he just dropped me the grams, but right, but yeah. So, um, family matters was meh, it was cool, it's all right.
Speaker 2:Um yeah, I don't know, I I wasn't. I mean, I get it right, he dropped. Uh, bro, I gotta show you this. Talk about that yeah, but um, yeah, the family matters, it was, it was cool. It was cool, like you know he had.
Speaker 1:He had the video and everything that's the one with him, with the van right. I ain't gonna lie, that's what I was saying shout out to drake. That was pretty clever. That was that was pretty clever. It was clever. Um, then he pulled up to the uh, the asian joint, that yeah yeah, yeah, so, nah, it was cool, um, but yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2:I just like I was like okay, that was, that was a good you, you know a good jab.
Speaker 1:Good jab, good jab.
Speaker 2:And then, yeah, the whole world was shocked when, 30 minutes later, Boy.
Speaker 1:When Meet the Grams dropped, it was ooh Boy, talk about dissect. Like bro, he had open heart surgery on Drake. Like the way he did that and then that and then the beat. The beat was so nasty because it was like it made you listen to him. It was so eerie. Like it gave me like 2012. It gave me like 20, no, like 2011. Like tyler creator vibes like it. That like bastard and goblin, like that. It gave me that vibe and it was so.
Speaker 2:That's why I brought up the tiktok right, because this tiktok is this, like it's. This latin dude explains his mom about the whole, like what's going on? Uh-huh and it's just so funny to hear him describe it, because they're speaking, it's like, he's like, and mommy, mommy so the the you know, dra Drake he dissing Kendrick, and she's like who, kendrick?
Speaker 2:Kendrick Lamar, kendrick Lamar, right, and he's like Drake, he drops Family Matters. Right, that's a bomb, like that's boom. Like you know, mommy, like that's the one, like you know, that's supposed to defeat Kendrick. But then Kendrick comes in 30 minutes later and drops Meet the Grams.
Speaker 1:And it gets spooky, mommy. He gets like ooh.
Speaker 2:You know, like Kendrick was in a cave writing in blood or something. Like it changes the whole temperature. The whole atmosphere of the battle you know and everybody's like oh my goodness, they're not listening to Jerk anymore, they listen to Kendrick Boy, did they ever?
Speaker 1:Like that shit is funny, but that shit is real. Like, that shit was real. Like, oh, boy, yeah, that's when the temperature got turned up for real. And then what's funny about Meet the Grams? I thought that was going to be it, but boy, then he dropped the nuke boy, which is actually funny because, I'm not going to lie, when I first heard Not Like Us, it just sounded goofy to me. It was just the way he was.
Speaker 1:I heard you like him, young, Better not go to tell block one. I was like at first I thought it was goofy, but then I started listening to it and then I realized I was like, oh, this is a must. I mean, obviously he says mustard on the beat in the beginning. But I was like, damn, this is a mustard beat, Damn. And he's just like but then it's like I'm thinking about it. I'm like, yeah, this is Kendrick, this is what Kendrick would do. Like the way he like is kind of playing with his voice, Right, and I'm not going to lie I didn't think it would make do the numbers that is doing right now.
Speaker 2:But boy, I was going stupid I think it's like number one on the billboards right now I just I just heard that the west coast was going crazy oh boy played it like every club right now bro every club.
Speaker 1:You know, bro, like, like I said. Well, shout out to the skaters. Like they started asking me for it. I'm like, bro, don't, don't give me a reason to start playing this fucking song. Like, let me say, oh, v-hole.
Speaker 2:It's just hilarious because that man's trying to at the session goes. Should we take the victory lap?
Speaker 1:Should we take the victory lap? Let's go ahead and take the victory lap. I'm going to be thinking he's talking some skate shit, some Nipsey Hussle shit. Yeah, I'm going to be thinking he's talking about like skate mafia, because they just wanted jiko. He's like no, bro must have done a beat. Ho, everybody was like you know.
Speaker 2:What's funny, though, is I was like. I was like when it and um, yeah, for uh, for tag, I played, I played they played, not like us.
Speaker 1:What the? I ain't gonna lie, I wanted to play that Gold Rush, but then he started. I was like the subject matter. I was like I don't know, I don't know about that one. But yeah, bro, just look at it, bro, this shit is doing numbers.
Speaker 2:What was your favorite part of?
Speaker 1:Not Like Us. Not Like Us.
Speaker 2:Oh, the a minor shit like that's like, that's like hands down, like when you're the one that sent me that right.
Speaker 1:Yes, okay, dude because, okay, for the people that don't know, for the people that, for the people that aren't like into music, don't really know a lot about music, a minor is a um, is is just like, how can I explain it? I don't know All I can tell you for the people that don't know, because I don't know how to dumb it down, but A minor has something to do with music and it's a part of a chord. You can make a chord in A minor and so the fact that he said he's trying to strike a chord is probably a minor, but at the same time, this is this is where the punch line is crazy. So, okay, so a minor. There are like different like letters. It goes from a to g, a to g, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and you have minor chords and you have major chords.
Speaker 1:So and then you have like key signatures which are like what notes they're playing, to make you know all the notes sound good and stuff in a song. So in a song you can only play a certain amount of chords. I mean you can only play a certain amount of notes. I mean if you play something else, you're just probably changing the key. Anyway, before I get too far into that. Um uh, you will never guess what song what drake song is in a minor tanaka, would you like to tell them what song is in a minor?
Speaker 2:yes, this record off of more life called teenage fever haymaker boy. When I saw that, I was like oh, tanaka would appreciate this absolutely you know what I'm saying, but it's crazy like I didn't even know about that until turn them sent to me and then, but my favorite part of not like Us is when this man gave a whole history lesson.
Speaker 1:I was like Wait, no, that might be my second. Are we talking about when he goes to Atlanta? Oh my God, oh, oh, he tries to get street credit in Atlanta. Oh, that's probably my second. I'm not going to lie, that's definitely my second.
Speaker 2:He was going stupid. He was going stupid, yeah.
Speaker 1:This is like a west coast bop and he's giving a history lesson. Oh shit, like bruh the way. Yeah, that shit was nuts.
Speaker 2:So it was crazy yeah that shout out dj 20.
Speaker 1:He's downstairs crying right now. But, um, yeah, no, that shit was crazy. Yeah, and then the last. And then let's just move on to the last one, the heart part six heart, part six I ain't gonna lie, bro, he just drake drake's tone on the heart. Part six is like okay, you played sports when you were younger, right? Yeah, so you, you do. You remember when you? I'm pretty sure there's been a time where y'all lost the game. Y'all lost the game and it wasn't even close and y'all still have to dap up the people at the end.
Speaker 1:That's what the hard part six, that's the kind of vibe the hard part six gave me. He sounded defeated, very defeated. The fact that he had and he's never done this and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't never remember drake ever speaking at the end of any of his uh, his diss records of any kind, right the way he came at the end of that record. Oh, I'm glad that you, you brought me out my shell and made me. I don't even know what the fuck you said. Actually he said some shit like that and I was like bro, you sound real defeated right now, bro, like real defeated.
Speaker 2:Like that joint was kind of crazy. He over there like yeah, I mean that you know that mustard song would be a bop, but you know would be because, yeah right, like that's what I'm saying, like bro, like you, that's crazy like bro, come on. It just sounded a little. Yeah, it sounded definitely defeated. I was like dang like very defeated. I was like at least we were able to bring you out your show for your friends bring out your show for your friends.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was like he's slightly jabbing I.
Speaker 2:I'm like come on, bro.
Speaker 1:What's going on right now? Defeated.
Speaker 2:That's what that was yeah, so Well, okay, here's what it was.
Speaker 1:So because have you heard of the battle rapper Daylight. That weirdo, yeah, I have.
Speaker 2:Right, so Daylight is like a genius, but he's just super weird, very so, he was analyzing the whole situation and he just he's just like look man, kendrick is not to be played with. Like I already knew, you know, I'm saying that it would go down like this, you know, and um, he's like bro, he got every crip out here seawalking to the song he really do.
Speaker 1:Like that's real. Like folks trying to learn how to like how to do that la vibe, like that little la vibe dance trying to learn how to crib walk, like the whole united states trying to learn how to crib walk like that shit is crazy but, um, yeah, he was, since he's a battle rapper, right, obviously he's looking at the.
Speaker 2:You know the battle and he's like you know he was saying that drake was on the defensive on the heart part six, and that's exactly what I said.
Speaker 1:He's just playing defense at this point and what fucked me up about? What fucked me up about all of that? And I want to take a circle back to Meet the Grams, because that's something else I forgot to bring up the fact that he was saying that he was a sex offender. He hangs around sex offenders, he has a daughter, he has a daughter we don't know about, amongst other things, ped, pedophile, all that shit.
Speaker 1:And after meet the grams came out, the only thing that drake responded to was not having a daughter right right like y'all don't see a red flag with that right, right, like like the first thing you say is the first thing you say is what did he say? He said if I, if y'all can find the daughter, I'm a queer, I'm a queer rat, okay. So what about the sex offendership, bro?
Speaker 2:and that's what. That's what was great because he's over there, um, because, yeah, because he was saying you know all that like, yeah, my team fed you false information when it's another thing for the bait and all this and that, but it's like, bro, that sex funder stuff though, like and that's another thing.
Speaker 1:I'm glad you brought that up. So and this is the point I keep bringing up to everybody that's talking about Drake, fed him lies, I hear you, but if your trap was the hard part six, you failed completely miserably. If your plan was to, okay, I'm going to feed him all these lies and then I'm going to drop.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're going to bait him and then we're going to drop the hard part six. That was the bomb that you're going to drop on him once he was trapped.
Speaker 1:Like, yeah, I could see that, like bro, you threw a water balloon at him, like what, like at best, like that shit wasn't. Like you threw a rock at him, right, and I'm not even talking about like a boulder you threw like and I'm not even talking about like a boulder he threw like some sand at him, like what, like that shit was like I won't say it was garbage, because I won't say garbage, but compared to all this other shit that he's talking about, like bro, yeah, you got washed bro.
Speaker 2:You got washed, but Ja had a.
Speaker 1:Oh Ja, shout out to. Ja, let's talk about it.
Speaker 2:Ja, had pulled me to the side.
Speaker 1:Oh, ja, shout out to. Ja, let's talk about it. Ja had pulled me to the side. Oh, he pulled you to the side.
Speaker 2:Oh, what's this update? I'm just over there minding my business.
Speaker 1:Uh-huh, right, you know what I'm saying, right? Right, I'm not even playing the song around him, right? You better than me, you know what I said I was going to do. I ever listen to this which you probably won't he's probably going to laugh my thing. What I was going to do was I was just going to post euphoria. I was going to post euphoria and the definition on your door and not say anything and just react. Just see what you do. But go ahead. I'm sorry, go ahead. He put it to the side. You go out. Let's try it. Let's try that again. Do we need to use another um pair of batteries? Damn, that's the new batteries.
Speaker 2:I think they were already. We're hot Check, check, alright. So yeah, he pulls me to the side, goes hey, uh, I know you from the west coast and all that, but uh, it's, it's not over, it's not over yet. I said, look, I didn't say anything. What are you talking about?
Speaker 1:bro, he felt the energy. I'm trying to say he felt the ambience in the house.
Speaker 2:I said, bro, I didn't say anything. I didn't say that Kendrick got the W or Drake got one. I didn't say none of that you should have. Look, I just was minding my business trying to recover from sleep after this trip and I said, look, I didn't say anybody went. You should've you know, so you should've. So yeah, Josh said that you know, this is not over with.
Speaker 1:Well, by the looks of Drake, drake definitely said it was, but I mean, hey, teej's on, I guess Teej's on Good lord. But yeah, man said it was. But I mean, hey, teacher's own, I guess teacher's own, yeah, um, good lord. But yeah, man, like I said, shout out to um, shout out to drake. And kendrick put giving us all this, giving us all this heat, because like, because really the hip-hop fan one right we won right we won and we won Right, we won.
Speaker 1:And yeah, shout out to them and yeah, well, we're going to move on.
Speaker 1:We're going to move on to this. Ask TNT. We got a couple questions. Oh, go ahead, what we got. What was your favorite song out of this whole thing? Oh well, hold on, let's take a few side quests, right, because there was something else I wanted to talk about too this kill lord. I mean, I ain't gonna lie, I didn't listen to none of it, but like I guess the game wanted to jump in, so like he, started dissing you about that one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he like dissed rick ross or something, I don't know, like it was just like it's like. Here goes the game, trying to get attention like god damn, like I ain, like I ain't going to lie bro, he just pisses me off every time he really like I just sit there and like how did you end up being my favorite rapper?
Speaker 2:Like how did this happen?
Speaker 1:How did this?
Speaker 2:happen.
Speaker 1:Now I'm stuck with you for life because, like, I'm just going to listen to everything you say. I'm just going to listen to everything you say, but I will say I'll probably say Euphoria. I hear that I'll probably say Euphoria, because the first time I heard Euphoria was in the car and then I still was like oh, wait a minute. And then the second time I heard it was with you, right, and then I really heard what he was saying, because we were just listening on a computer and then listening to your car third time and I'm like, bro, like this shit does not let up, like I, well, I'm catching new shit every time, right? So I'll probably say euphoria, you, what about you?
Speaker 2:I hear that, yeah, it's between you four yet and not like us, because that history lesson still is just like.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that shit is nuts, I'm not going to lie.
Speaker 2:You know what's crazy? It's just so wild because it's like all of the stuff that Kendrick been saying, like literally that's what I've been thinking like this whole time. You know what I'm saying About Drake, you know, like I've always like. You know Drake is cool and all that, but because this all the way goes back to headlines. You feel me. This is what it goes back to.
Speaker 2:So it's just so it's like I don't know. But that's why, like you know, when kendrick was, kendrick was saying how, like, like that they're not dumb, like the rap audience is not dumb, like we see what you're doing, right? I was like, yeah, bro, like you know, he's kendrick just basically said everything that, like you feel me that anybody that just would question drake a little bit like that's kind of how we felt.
Speaker 2:I don't know. You know, like, right, I respect him as a musician. He does make great music, but some of that stuff just be a little funny money, right, like.
Speaker 1:So you know makes sense, but yeah, man anyway, that was ready, ready to move on. Yeah, well, we got money all right, so so so, like I said, we only got, like we got, we got about six questions and um, five, uh five questions with names on them, and one not gonna lie. So we're just gonna keep it moving, shout out to everybody that asked a question and we're gonna start it off like this. So, leah, shout out, leah, she wants to know the biggest pet peeve of being a DJ.
Speaker 2:Biggest pet peeve of being a DJ People not knowing that we don't just drop songs, like with them wanting to hear a song and then like wanting to hear it immediately after the song you're playing. It's like, yeah, it doesn't really work that way.
Speaker 1:Um, yeah, that's probably my biggest pet peeve is that, you know, they just mine is kind of similar, but it's kind of more specific when it's like folks ask for requests, because I don't care for requests. Like you can request a song, it's all good, Shout out T-Mobile, you can get requests. But I don't, but when you come back and ask again, the chances of your song getting played drop, drastically drops, like every time. Hey, you know you forgot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know I did I'm aware oh, not, oh, oh, and don't let it be, don't let it be when I like, finally pull it up. And then they ask oh boy, new song, up, new song. I don't even want to play it, no more, thanks, thanks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, at that point you're just kind of a gnat.
Speaker 1:that's why that's exactly what you are, and that shit is annoying Very much, so Alright, we're going to move on. Nicole, shout out, nicole. She wants to know what's the most annoying song you play that you don't like but the crowd loves.
Speaker 2:That's crazy Annoying song that the crowd loves there's several options.
Speaker 1:If you were to ask me like a week, like probably like two or three weeks ago, I'd probably say baby kia.
Speaker 2:But I'm not gonna lie, that od crashing kind of growing on me but that song is so funny to me like that that joint is just pure entertainment, like I just uh, probably, and it's probably not because.
Speaker 1:It's probably because I see the reaction it gets when it comes on. Maybe Because, especially when I hear the, that means it's you him. You blocking me? Ah, bad, bad, bad, bad. Like when they get to that like yeah.
Speaker 2:It's crazy because even after that, them 4V bro I was at the Glide and I played for them kids in the corner that they wasn't even skating.
Speaker 1:They just all huddled up in the corner like little birthday party.
Speaker 2:They like. They say VK, smoke crack.
Speaker 1:I was like beautiful.
Speaker 2:You know what I they like? They say VK, smoke crack. I was like beautiful. You know what I'm saying. But I would, I would say, probably. See, I think it's cause I don't always get the chance to play that record, that like that's I'm not sick of that song, but it gotta be one of them. Slow, like Probably Tell me, or like skin or something like that.
Speaker 1:I'ma go with that that joint.
Speaker 2:I just be like it, literally be like.
Speaker 1:Every session. Nope, I got one Under the influence. There you go. Ooh Like I don't get the hype, I do not get it.
Speaker 2:I'm going to say, tell Me. I'm going to say, tell Me. I'm going to say Under the Influence, yeah because I get Tell Me all the time and it's like bruh, I feel like I had to play that like every session and that joint be frustrating.
Speaker 1:Under the influence. I could give away. If there was a song that I ever wanted to delete under the influence, definitely top 10. Yeah, I could see that there are so many different slow songs that Chris Brown has that are dope. That's not one of them I don't care for under the influence, that's just me, though. Them right, I don't care for under the influence, that's me, though I don't know, I don't care for it either.
Speaker 2:I like the beat but I don't. Yeah, that robotus. And no, I'm good, I'm good, all right.
Speaker 1:So nicole has a second question. Um, what's a song y'all enjoy just as much as the skaters? Um, um, jam, kevin gates. Hey, what did she? What did she say, bro, I ain't gonna lie, shout out to the shia. She made me laugh when I heard this. She was like hey knock.
Speaker 2:Um, yeah, I requested jam kevin gates to turn up and I haven't heard that song I haven't stopped hearing that song since I requested it, it's like a month ago. I was like, oh yeah, this is you. You, uh, you got you got turn up's heart with that one. That's one of his joints for real. He really loved that record. I haven't even like I've. I was like, oh yeah, you got Turner's heart with that one. That's one of his joints for real. He really loved that record.
Speaker 1:I haven't even, like I've never heard of the song before then, but like, for some reason, that song gets me every fucking time. I feel that, oh, and shout out to fucking Lele, Like she keeps requesting Bounce by Jaquese, that that's like my favorite song but I'm like damn. Like I know they're getting tired of this song nah it's funny.
Speaker 2:They were talking about it in the parking lot. It was like. It was like it's like dang man, yeah, y'all gotta play Jaquese for a nice. I was like, oh, turn Up, got you covered. Turn Up, got you covered. Turn Up, got you covered. I'm trying to get a cover for so? Um, let's see a record that I love, that the skaters love as well. Um, that's a good one. Let me see, I feel like it's a ride song oh, is it short about Charlie?
Speaker 1:chill out, chill out. Let me see, I feel like it's a ride song oh is it trouble.
Speaker 2:Charlie, chill out, man Chill out, it'd probably be.
Speaker 1:Maybe Jeezy, I mean g, I mean jee okay yeah, either that or um.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't see, I was gonna say zone six, tony, that um murder day I ain't gonna lie, murder day is my shit. Zone 6 Tony. Oh wait who am?
Speaker 1:I talking about.
Speaker 2:Lil.
Speaker 1:Tony, oh, sorry Lil Tony, and.
Speaker 2:Zone 6 Tony, am I gritty, not gritty? The other one, zoo, no Damn, why am I blanking on the name of it? It's going to piss me off now.
Speaker 1:Died, there it is, cabin died I'd probably add that to ones I'm annoyed by. I definitely that that song. It's not as bad as under the influence, but I mean honestly and truthfully, they really don't ask for that song, so it's not really that annoying. But yeah, let's see All right. So DJ 20, shout out DJ 20. He wants to know who won the beef between Drake and Kendrick, and why is the correct answer Drake.
Speaker 2:The wrong answer is Drake and the correct answer is Kendrick, but, like Josh said, said it's not over, so I'ma say At the moment, kendrick. Well, according.
Speaker 1:According to DJ 20, neither one of them lost. J Cole lost Right yeah. What are your thoughts on that, tanaka?
Speaker 2:Running, running, and running, and running. You know what I'm saying? That man, 20 J running, it's all good, 20.
Speaker 1:It's all good, it's all good man it's all good, all right. So DJ Dirty Dan Shout out DJ Dirty Dan. He wants to know what are the pros and cons of being a DJ. I would say I feel like I answered this on one of the other ones, but, um, I would say a con is that like it's hard to it's hard to be a full-time dj because of taxes, taxes and you know, if you don't have like any like winter history, like it's kind of hard for you to like get a house like on dj, like you gotta have a lot of like cat, like money like on you for a shout out team. You had to have a lot of cash on you to do shit like that. So, yeah, um, a pro, a pro a pro is easy. Like we, I ain't gotta work a nine to five like this is great play music and I play music like what I don't know.
Speaker 1:But yeah, I would say, I would probably say the tax thing, but shout out to I don't know. Shout out to the shout out to the present, like the fact that I got this app that like like takes like everything I do and like I can write it as a write-off and like all these miles I take on my car, I can write it as a write-off and not have to, you know. Shout out to the president, for sure, but yeah, well, how do you, how do you feel about the tanaka pros and cons?
Speaker 2:djing um, I mean it's interesting because it is a pro that we get to play music all the time, but sometimes it's a con, because sometimes we have to play the same music all the time, so it can be like a double edged sword sometimes. But to prevent that, I think the important thing is to have different types of gigs or sessions that allow for you to not have to play the same stuff over and over, because obviously if you do that, people eventually you, you yourself and the people also will get tired of it. So right, um, but yeah, I mean I guess you know there's no health care depends.
Speaker 1:It also depends on what kind of what kind of events you do or what kind of company you work for. So you just got to look hard, Right? Yeah, You're not going to. I mean, you're not getting healthcare if you, you know, just doing private events in somebody's backyard? Definitely not. Right so but you look hard enough, you'll find it.
Speaker 2:Well it. But I guess another con is you realize how many people don't like, value the dj at all, because they think we just play music, play the song and that's it that's it and that's all yeah that's how they feel, you know? Yep, that's how they feel um, I know, this is not an Apple playlist.
Speaker 1:We're not Spotify, ma'am, we are not Spotify, all right. So the last question it's kind of anticlimactic, Because Not Gonna Lie used to be pretty wild, but I don't know. This question is kind of anticlimactic. But last question, not Gonna Lie, how tall are we?
Speaker 2:Apparently, I'm somewhere between 5'7 and 5'9.
Speaker 1:That that's, yeah, I think I'm five, eight, I don't know. I'm somewhere between that. Uh, I don't know. Like I didn't hurt him five, seven, I don't hurt on five six, I don't hurt on five ten, I don't know. Like not five, six, that's that's what I said, bro.
Speaker 2:Look, I don't know, I don't know who said that. Bro. Look, I don't know, bro it's know who said that. Bro. Look, I don't know, bro, it must have been like 6-5.
Speaker 1:Bro, look, yeah, like everything, everything to like them 6 folks Like they, just they just think everything Is like 5 Exactly 5 or 4 Exactly.
Speaker 2:Anyway, I think I'm like 5-8, 5-9 around there, right.
Speaker 1:But yeah, like you said, shout out to y'all answering these questions. Um, yeah, we're gonna move on to the part y'all been waiting for, uh, this project review denzel curry. So, tanaka, what do you know about denzel curry?
Speaker 2:um, I just know that he came up kind of similar he that was kind of time like xxx, right, like he kind of kind of yeah, maybe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because I think he came out like right before.
Speaker 2:Well, not right not before, but like during, probably like during yeah, I just feel like both of their scenes were kind of happening at the same time, being that they both from flor, florida and stuff like that.
Speaker 1:I don't think I knew he was from Florida.
Speaker 2:That's interesting. But yeah, Denzel Curry's dope. Though I'm trying to think of how I found out about him, I feel like somebody told me about him and then he made the XXL cover about him, and then he made the double xl cover, um, but yeah, he, uh, he's definitely.
Speaker 1:Uh, he was a lyricist. You know, that's what I heard about him, that he is a lyricist, but I don't. I I think I can honestly say I don't listen to denzel curry. I probably would give him a chance. He's just, he's just never been on my radar, you know yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I haven't.
Speaker 2:It's been kind of bad. I haven't been listening to a lot of music. Yeah, I've been starting to go, I don't know right, no, I feel you. But yeah, denzel curry's dope. The one project that I heard from him, I think, was Zoo, if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 1:Well, bro, you better than me.
Speaker 1:Bro, like I said, I can't, I couldn't call it, it was pretty dope, though it was a pretty dope project, yeah, I couldn't call it. So the project we are doing is one called Taboo and, by the looks of it, the B is the numbers one and three, so it's probably some backstory behind Taboo. I'm on Rap Genius. Shout out to Rap Genius to see if there's any information on this, and apparently they asked Denzel Curry what was his. Oh no, apparently this is from XXL Magazine.
Speaker 1:What was the inspiration for taboo? There's a lot of things and a lot of topics that we don't talk about, like just as a people or with yourself or with your family. There are certain things that are taboo and certain things that you don't like to talk about. And I go through the whole thing, really examining who I was from my childhood, from this newfound fame and even losing, losing it to a certain degree, like me falling off to really reflect on myself, just expected, oh, just expressing myself about how I feel, about the whole game and how my life is going. And if I keep going down that path that I was going, and if I keep going down the path that I was going, I would end up get, uh, being the person that's not giving a fuck or conform to what's happening. Um, let's see, uh, yeah, and that's, uh, yeah, that's. I guess it's the motivation to Taboo.
Speaker 1:So it looks like we're going to be getting real deep with Taboo. So we have 13 tracks. It looks like all of them are pretty, pretty, not lengthy, they're all like three minutes long. So, yeah, we're just going to run through them. So, for my people from miss cloud, we're gonna do something for our podcast people that are gonna listen to this audio. So just disregard this. But for my people just listening on to the audio, welcome, by the way. Um, when you hear Pause the podcast, go listen to the song, come back and we're going to give our review on the song and, yeah, we'll do that for all 13 tracks.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, we'll start with our first track Taboo, taboo. It sets off the album pretty. Yeah, that sets off the album. Definitely. I am definitely and that's the thing about me, I'm definitely a sucker for catchy choruses. So, like, he caught my ear as soon as he started the melod melodic singing in the beginning. So I ain't gonna lie, I thought that's what he was gonna be doing the whole time and, I'm not gonna lie, I wouldn't have been mad at it had he kept that up the whole time but he started, he started spitting. So, yeah, and I don't know if you noticed this, tanaka, but if you peep a lot of the songs and I feel like it's a deeper meaning to it.
Speaker 1:But but if you look both of them, it's like one side is Spellwright and then the other is kind of like even with the next song, you see the next song.
Speaker 2:I feel like it's kind of like a dual, double-edged sword, yeah, because I feel like that's everything with life. You know what I'm saying. It really got a good and a bad to everything. You know what I'm saying? And I think that's maybe kind of the motivation for the album. Maybe it's just to show people that, yeah, you guys look at these things. It's so bad, but did you ever look at it like this? Right, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Just kind, of shed light on that, or y'all look at all the good in this, but look at all the bad that it's doing too.
Speaker 2:Exactly Right. So I didn't expect the singing, because I don't know if I've heard him sing before.
Speaker 1:I feel like I have heard him melodically do something For real. Okay, yeah, sing before.
Speaker 2:I feel like I have heard him melodically do something for real. Okay, I feel like I have. I don't think I had heard him, so that was. That was interesting, but I'll write with it. You know, it's definitely a vibe that was set and, um, yeah, you, the raps that he was talking about, um, that was some real stuff, you know right and the fact that he's talking about somebody getting molested at five or something like that like
Speaker 2:this is the first track, right? You know, and um, you know that that stuff is very real very real very real. Um, yeah, I've just found my. I found myself recently just talking to a lot of different women and just, um, just I don't know being seeing their perspective more often, you know, and just I don't know seeing their perspective more often you know, and just kind of seeing how they grew up and different things that they've experienced and stuff like that, you know.
Speaker 2:So it's been interesting. So I say all that to say what he's speaking on is very true, you know.
Speaker 1:Very true, but, yeah, we're going gonna keep it moving. Man, uh, black balloons. So, first and foremost, I can, I can definitely appreciate the um, the skits at the ends, because it's probably I mean obviously like tying the two songs together. So, tanaka, did you catch who that was on that second verse?
Speaker 2:Yeah, wasn't that Goldling?
Speaker 1:Yeah, and so that's when I went to look in because he started talking about the cancel culture. I was like and shout out to you because had had you not told me that story about him getting canceled, I wouldn't, that would have went way over my head. I just would have been like, but that's the thing though. So mac miller is still alive. When this came out, this came out, this was released in july, he died in september, got you? So that's interesting that he's talking about getting canceled and all that for sure, for sure if you haven't done so already, make sure you check out turnips um remix of dance.
Speaker 1:Dance on me I gotta drop that. I gotta drop that. Um, that'll probably be my next, uh, for my next hundred followers on Instagram or social media Just take talk, twitter or whatever. But yeah, man, this is a cool one. I don't know if that's going to be a reoccurring thing, but and I know you probably don't pay attention to stuff like this but hell, I could tell that this is the beat. The beat is in b, b, major, but the way he's singing he's singing in minor, so it's like some of the joint is clashing. But I I feel like with this album, I feel like he's doing it on purpose. I feel like there's like I don't know, maybe like a deeper meaning between well, yeah, it's actually funny.
Speaker 2:I was about to speak on that is that. Um, the song had a very upbeat, feel-good type of vibe, but what he's talking about is pretty dark. Yeah, when he's talking about his balloon popping and, you know, not having to feel no more suffering, you know it's pretty dark yeah yeah, he's getting real deep with this one, but um, yeah, let's keep moving, cash maniac yeah, I like the beat switch at the end.
Speaker 2:That was a nice vibe. I like how he's experimenting with all these different sounds. You know, I think that's what's sticking out to me right now.
Speaker 1:It's reminding me of something or somebody, but I just can't. I can't think of it. Put your finger on yeah, I can't. I hear that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, nah, nice it's cool record.
Speaker 1:Um, so yeah, I feel like this is gonna be a reoccurring thing of just him showing us both sides of the coin, basically because he's talking about his palace and all this other stuff and then, like, as the song goes by, like it just gets, starts getting worse and worse. Like he's talking about his palace and all this other stuff and then, like as the song goes by, like it just gets, starts getting worse and worse, like he starts talking about like dark shit, and I'm like, oh okay, so right, so yeah this is gonna be a reoccurring thing all right, um all right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, dope record um moving right along sumo.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's that. That's that distorted sound you know that. That whole kind of I feel like it was like Underground Florida, that kind of Popularized that Was it At that time. It probably feel like it was like underground Florida that kind of popularized that.
Speaker 1:Was it at that time? It probably was it was XXX.
Speaker 2:It was like Denzel Curry.
Speaker 1:I couldn't even tell you that he was a part of that. I honestly just thought it was X and Playboi Carti, like I thought them were the only two people doing that. But I gotta give a big shout out, big shout out, big shout out to Denzel Curry, for two reasons, and I mean huge wrestling fan for the people that don't know. So pockets on, big Rikishi got me that, that got me. For the people that don't know.
Speaker 1:That's a wrestler from the yeah. So for the people that don't know, that's a wrestler from the early early, well, actually no, he's a wrestler from like the like late 80s, early early 90s, to like the mid to late 2010s maybe, but he was like different gimmicks, but his most famous is rikishi with the his gimmick. His gimmick was that he was like a sumo with a big ass. He would shake his ass in your face and all that shit shout out to rory so did denzel do his homework then?
Speaker 1:yes, somebody you would have to like really no, no, honestly, if, honestly, if you were even a fan, and if you were even a fan of like, like, like, even like a what do they call them? Um, uh, I don't know, I can't, I can't think of the word right now, I'm drawing a blank but, like, even if you're a fan to like kind of watch wrestling, kind of not watch wrestling, like you would know, rikishi, okay, rikishi. So rikishi is, uh, the rock's cousin he's samoan, he's samoan, so yeah so, um, that's the one thing.
Speaker 1:The second one and that's what got me when he did it and this is another thing that you didn't catch because you don't watch TV Shout out to the Chowder reference. That's like one of my favorite cartoons and what's funny about that cartoon? That like came like late into my childhood but like I fucking love Chowder. So he said Choppa, eat a nigga up like chowder. And then he says rata, rata, rata, rata like for more people, for more.
Speaker 1:For people that don't watch chowder. They don't know that there is a character on chowder, his name is schnitzel and all he says is rata, rata, rata, like that's like his, his language also the show is called chowder yeah, the show is called chowder and it's about, uh, I think it's like a cat or something, I don't know.
Speaker 1:They're in this world and like he's like a, an apprentice to the, a chef, and they like make food and all that shit. But anyway, so chowder, chowder. On the show there's a, there's a character named schnitzel and all he says is rada, rada, rada, like. So, no, like, if you don't watch chowder, you wouldn't have known that. But that got me. That got me immediately chop a easy nigga up like chowder. Rada, rada, rada, rada. I don't even remember what he said after that, but that shit was hard. I fuck with the metaphors.
Speaker 2:That shit was hard are for sure well, yeah, I didn't catch none of them metaphors, but uh, that's your own world's turn, though, so it's like.
Speaker 1:That's why I appreciate about denzel curry he's showcasing a lot of different sounds yeah, and what's funny is, like I said and I didn't get a lot of dark side in this one but he did say something like he was talking about how you know how rich he was, but like he's like he said he was avoiding his kids, avoiding his kids or something like he was talking about how you know how rich he was, but like he's like he said he was avoiding his kids, avoiding his kids or something like that or avoiding his kids, I don't know. So that's one I don't know one side to it. But yeah, cool, we gonna keep it moving. Super Saiyan, superman see what we got. It just sounded more the same From the last song. So I feel like all that Just would've tied together and the flow on that joint was crazy Stupid.
Speaker 1:That flow change. Yeah, definitely Shout out to Big Meech on the check-in.
Speaker 2:There he is, big Meech. Big Meech, you ready for nothing? Slow, bro, bro, I hope you ready?
Speaker 1:I hope you ready.
Speaker 2:He said he's going to be. He said he's live streaming.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's what I'm saying. He said he's live streaming. Let's break the internet, let's do so. Yeah, yeah, bro. That Nothing else to really say. He went stupid on that one. Switch it up. Let's see what we got. I ain't gonna lie. I can appreciate the Bankroll Fresh ESPN joint. He pulled in the middle of the song. I was like, yeah, I ain't gonna lie. The Bankroll Fresh ESPN joint. He pulled in the middle of the song. I was like, yeah, I ain't gonna lie. His delivery is crazy. You know who he reminds me of and this is going to sound wild. This is going to be a wild comparison. I'm going to cut off on you again. Sweet baby Jesus. All right, right, you back in there back in there.
Speaker 1:All right, this is gonna be. This is gonna sound like a wild comparison, right? So he reminds me. He reminds me a little bit of like if bankroll fresh and like if hopson had like a baby I could see that it's yeah, like it's just a little mixture of both, like it's crazy. But yeah, he switched it up like that.
Speaker 2:This shit is it's nuts yeah, I don't have too much to say, man you know what? I'm saying I um, I appreciate the delivery and different flows. You know, it's definitely. I will say it is kind of a particular taste. You know, I know that I think that some of the mainstream people might not be as receptive.
Speaker 1:Of Denzel Curry period, or just this song.
Speaker 2:Probably the production. You know what I'm saying, because it's so different. You know what I'm saying, um, because it's so different. You know right, but, um, yeah, me and turn over. You know, listen to a lot of different sounds so I can appreciate. Yeah, I fuck with it I fuck with it.
Speaker 1:All right, moving on mad, I got it. See what we got down goes frasia bum. So the what I got from this song is like when the beat dropped and the um chorus came in I ain't gonna lie, it was more of that of that uh, the chords was kind of clashing and but I think the look, I'm just, I'm an open thinker, so this is my perspective on what it was supposed to be.
Speaker 1:My perspective was that the chords were making you supposed to feel uncomfortable, right, that's, that's what I'm getting out of that, right, um, but yeah yeah, it definitely made me feel uncomfortable at first, but then, like once he started doing it once and twice and all that stuff, I was like, okay, this is cool, it's cool my thing is the flow, the.
Speaker 2:I'm just really impressed by the delivery. You know what I'm saying because, um, when he be switching up the flow and that joint be feeling like you taking flight, that joint is like I don't know. That joint is just so hard shout out to the producer too and it's like not every rapper knows how to do that. No, and that's the underrated thing that you know kind of like, doesn't get recognized no, they don't.
Speaker 1:They keep the same flow the whole time, right and for and for. A lot same flow the whole time, right and for and for a lot of rappers.
Speaker 2:The whole project right so it's for him to be technical like that and fluidly transition these different flows. It's like it's pretty dope, pretty dope. But yeah, he was like what was he? He was saying something talking about head. As far as like he dropped knowledge. You know I'm saying as opposed to like these four deadly thing and sexually.
Speaker 1:You know right, so I didn't catch that. That went over my head. I didn't even hear him say that. That's pretty interesting. All right, let's keep moving sirens to see what we got.
Speaker 2:Ooh, had that boy Jit on that right. Who that was God?
Speaker 1:damn, I didn't know he was rapping back then, man, that man was spitting Right.
Speaker 2:I had to figure it out for a second. I was like hold up, oh yeah, there go Jin, okay.
Speaker 1:That's crazy. I didn't even know he was. Did I know? Wait a minute. I may have known that, because I think that's when Was this 2018?. Yeah, was Off, no Off De out. Yet what do you off these come out? I'm not sure. Get on my dick, get on my dick, get on my dick I don't know anyway, back to this song um sirens. So he's, they're talking about cops, right? This is what we're talking about initially talking about, right I think so.
Speaker 2:I think so. I'm not sure.
Speaker 1:I'd have to give that one another listen. But yeah, I'd have to give that one another listen.
Speaker 2:But yeah, it was he snapped at the end, though definitely snapped at the end definitely alright, so let's keep moving.
Speaker 1:Then Cloud Cobain, cloud Cobain, all right. So yeah, I ain't going to lie, he definitely went deep with that one. When you start talking about the suicide and all that, I'm like, oh yeah, here we go, here we go, can't wait for it. I mean, of course you're talking about Kurt Cobain. Yeah, that's what of course you're talking about. One time for Dirty Dan on the check-in.
Speaker 2:That man Dirty Dan.
Speaker 1:You ready for a nice slow, dirty Dan?
Speaker 2:Hopefully he been practicing Right. Hopefully he been practicing Right. We gotta see him backpack.
Speaker 1:We gotta actually see him Backpack this time, you know Right, and there's gonna be A whole bunch of videographers In there, so we shouldn't have no issue. Okay, shout out to class 2024. You're the same class as my little brother, so, yeah, shout out to class 2024. Shout out to all our graduates Y'all have finally made it. Now y'all. Now, y'all with us on the real world. Have fun with that. But yeah, cloud Cobain Tanaka, your thoughts.
Speaker 2:I'm just trying to feel myself. They just trying to kill. What did he say? I'm just trying to feel myself. They just trying to kill.
Speaker 1:Oh, I thought he said I'm just trying to kill myself, Was it Is? I thought he said.
Speaker 2:I'm just trying to kill myself, was it? Is that what he said? I thought that's what he said, oh damn.
Speaker 1:I thought he was talking about the haters anyway.
Speaker 2:Nah that that joint was dope though in terms of, just like the cause, the record called Cloud Covain. That's pretty dope you know.
Speaker 1:I think that's why he's talking about you know, what was I about to say? I lost it. I lost it damn I lost it damn, I was about to say something I don't even remember but yeah, I respect it.
Speaker 2:I mean, cause I feel like a lot of people do be chasing clout and then he's just kind of speaking on like I'm just trying to enjoy myself, you know.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:And be genuinely appreciated and not have to chase and clout or follow any type of clout and just be him.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Can't be mad at it.
Speaker 1:Can't be mad at it. All right, move right along Black Balloons. Let's see what we got. Yeah, that joint was lit. You know it's crazy.
Speaker 2:Just from personal opinion.
Speaker 1:I could definitely hear this being like somebody's entrance music for a wrestler. That's the first thing that popped in my head. I don't know why that was the first thing that popped in my head, but I could definitely hear that being somebody's restless theme song. But yeah, no, I fuck with the song. It sounds like what he's talking about. It sounds like the good and the bad of being famous. That's what that sounds like, and it just sounds like him talking about More of the bad than the good, but you know.
Speaker 1:Lifestyles of the rich and famous.
Speaker 2:Right, that joint. Yeah, that joint. Just I'm interested to see what his live performance is like.
Speaker 1:I'm honestly, probably I'm more interested to see what these videos look like.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the videos, Because the visuals are probably stupid. Right, I feel, like me personally he should have came out with like he should have done like on some Beyonce shit. Every song should have had a video. I feel that. But you know, but yeah, All right. Well, we got Perks Sound like a diss record to Just sound like a diss record to the industry. That's what it sound like to me.
Speaker 2:Right, all me. Yeah, man, that was um.
Speaker 1:Salutes all the independent artists For real, very much so Making it happen. Speaking of I don't know how true this is, so don't take this and run with it, but I don't know if you might want to look into this, or maybe you've seen this Tanaka, but did you hear that Def Jam got sold?
Speaker 2:No, I did not hear that. Is this like breaking news?
Speaker 1:I don't know if this is breaking news. I feel like I seen this a couple days ago Got sold to Republic. Look that up, see if that's real.
Speaker 1:But, yeah, shout out to Denzel Curry, you know, showing us the what these folks doing in the industry. I mean, we've already known, we already know how goofy these niggas is in the industry. We not even in this industry, but social media has kind of gave an outlet for that. So, yeah, shout out to Denzel Curry for that. But yeah, we're going to move on Vengeance. So that was an interesting one because it was a lot going. I feel like it was just a lot going on in that one song. But what's interesting about this one is that vengeance is just vengeance, like on both sides it just says vengeance twice, it's like nothing. It's like nothing is, uh, changed on the name because I don't know my perspective is him saying that I mean, vengeance is vengeance and that's all it is. On both sides it's the same shit. I don't know that's that's what he could be saying.
Speaker 2:That's why that's why I took from that yeah, there's definitely a lot to unpack from that one. Um, yeah, I would have to go. That's one of those you gotta run back, kind of dissect you know, To really catch everything that he's dropping. But yeah, man, I don't. It's a dope album, bro, it's a dope album. I like that soul switch up at the end. Yeah.
Speaker 1:I'm always a sucker for sound. I forget what song. I feel like I know what song that is. I just can't think about it right now. There's a lot to take in Nagelante, but we're going to move on to the last song Black Metal Terrorist. That's crazy. That's crazy, oh man. Yeah, I'm gonna have to go back and I'm gonna have to go back on that one. Um, yeah, I mean it's just more. I mean, honestly, it's more of the same. Not saying that's a bad thing, but it was just kind of it just kind of wrapped up. The whole project Addison is crazy, but yeah, so we're going to wrap this up. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know, where are you putting this on the F scale, tanaka? Where are you putting this on the f scale, tanaka? Where are you putting?
Speaker 2:this album um what is it?
Speaker 1:ferocious fire, ferocious flat frisbee fecal, oh, fecal. Okay, he says it's fecal y'all. So yeah, y'all go ahead. But now you go ahead.
Speaker 2:Ferocious, ferocious flat, ferocious flat, okay, but it could be a ferocious. I just have to run it back.
Speaker 1:You know, I'm saying okay, well, I'm getting the ferocious, but yeah, so, um, yeah, yeah, shout out to denzel curry man, I'm, yeah, I definitely had. You definitely had some gems on here. I'm gonna have to go back and take some of those. Put it on my personal playlist. We're going to wrap this up.
Speaker 1:Ladies and gentlemen, we're not going to go through our schedule because, honestly and truthfully, the only thing that really fucking matters right now is Nice and Slow 3. If you're not at Nice and Slow 3, fuck you. I'm just playing Nice and Slow 3, that's what we got going on. That's all we really have on our mind right now. So y'all excuse us for not worrying about anything else in the future, because that is like dead in front of us and that's the only thing that matters right now. So, ladies and gentlemen, dj Turn Up, dj Tanaka that was the album review. Next time on the album review, which is like five episodes from now, we'll be listening to NBA. Youngboy Ma, I Got a Family, so that should be fun. That should be fun, very fun. So, ladies and gentlemen, tnt Podcast, we will see y'all on the flip side, thank you. Thanks for watching.