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to Redman to Trick Daddy.
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So, our next guest, he's been in the game for more than 30 years, released two dozen studio albums over that time.
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He's the professor of slang-uistics.
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And of course, Earl Stevens fine wine.
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Everybody make some noise for E-40. What's up, brother? What's up, my man? You'll be on this side. I'll be on this side. it.
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How the [ __ ] y'all doing?
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Are you ready to get started? Let's get cracking.
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All right, so this first one is the classic.
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Again, we'll start at the handle. It's cool. I'll dress that. Mhm.
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So, anyone who knows E-40 knows that you rep Yay Area to the fullest, especially when it comes to your Golden State Warriors and San Francisco 49ers.
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So, on wing one, we have some questions for front row 40.
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Do you have a Draymond Green story you can share with us?
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Yeah, I got one last night.
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He I was at I was at his house. He beat my ass.
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Beat my ass on We played the best out of We the best out of seven two series and he got me on both of them.
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The first one he wiped me out it was four to one.
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I'm like, man damn I'm rusty man.
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I got to get back into this [ __ ] cuz I ain't played dominoes in hella moons and whatnot.
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So cuz I've been you know I ain't had time to eat a fortune cookie you feel me. So I've been hella busy.
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Is there a celebrity fan you have the most fun sitting courtside with? Oh it's one dude.
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Oh it's my guy he sit right behind me he a fool with I follow him on Instagram too I forgot his handle.
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Zane what's his handle Zane? Why is he so much fun?
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Yeah he be fired up he be talking hella [ __ ] to all them [ __ ] rival teams and [ __ ] [ __ ] you.
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And he you know he be like he want to come down from the stands you feel me.
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What's something that might surprise people about your friend Marshawn Lynch? He like Hennessy. He a cognac head.
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And also too you walked the parade route in these victory parades all the time.
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Ever seen anything crazy from the parade route?
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Hold on let me take a swig of this. that's the way to do it.
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The parade route is just you know the energy just the fans out there you know they fired up you know we the winning squad.
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You know it's not a lot of violence and nothing you know we knock on wood but everybody just having everybody in great spirits.
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All right so this next one is the Humble House. Oh yeah. It's good. You like that one?
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So far we're two for two 40 huh? Mhm.
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So you're the undisputed king of slang.
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You've even popularized and coined full blown household catchphrases like foshizzle and pop your collar.
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Is there a phrase that holds a special place in your heart either the way it rolls off the tongue or what it means to you?
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One of my favorite ones is slapping because everybody say that's slap right there you feel me that's slap that's slapping. You know what I mean?
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You like did you get that song I sent you bro? Yeah, slap, bro. You like that? Yeah.
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Which is a higher-ranking title, Lieutenant Roasted Bocce or Captain Save-a-Ho?
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That's a good question right there. You like that?
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Well, you know which one wins.
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I I'm not going to tell you the one The one that's it should be is Lieutenant Roasted Bocce for as you know, the rules and regulations of the game. Okay.
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But, due to the fact that the rules and regulations of the game has been changed, Captain Save-a-Ho is very notorious in this world. You feel me?
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There's more Captain Save-a-Hos than Lieutenant Roasted Bocces, you feel me?
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All right, so let's do a little slang free association.
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What I want to do is hit you with some words that are trending in hip-hop right now and you just tell me what you think.
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The first thing that comes to mind, okay? Drip. Drip, jewelry. Savage. A beastie. Clout.
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Uh you understand me, a fixture. Skirt. Uh ski skirt.
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All righty, 40, you ready to move on? Mhm.
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All right, so this next one is the Butterfly Bakery. Uh-oh. On to number three.
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You can never go wrong with onions.
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So, couldn't have you in So, couldn't have you in the seat without talking about the patron saint of First We Feast.
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I'm talking about your friend Guy Fieri. Mhm.
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We see you sitting courtside with the donkey sauce god all the time.
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What can you tell us about your relationship with him?
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You know, me seeing him I'm a fan first of all watching this, you know, watching him on TV and then I got a chance to, you know, over the years see him at courtside and whatnot and you know, I mean, we became real close, good people.
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And in the same way that you've pioneered a lot of the enduring hip-hop slang, he's done the same with kitchen lingo. Yeah.
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So, what I want to do is hit you with some of the most iconic Fieri-isms of all time and as a tenured professor in linguistics, I'm just curious what you think, okay? Put it on a flip-flop. Put it on a flip-flop.
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That's food that's so good you can eat it off of a flip-flop. Oh, wake my game up. Wake my game up. Do you like that? I like that.
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That's just [ __ ] around. How about bomb. com? bomb. com That's normal speak. That's the bomb. com.
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Everybody know that one, right? bomb. com I mean?
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Has he ever used Flavor Town in everyday conversation with you? him say Flavor Town.
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I heard him say Flavor Town a few times. Really? Yeah. Uh-huh.
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And then what about hot Frisbee of fun?
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Have you ever heard a hot Frisbee of fun? that one. That was deep.
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That was deep, so That is anything that is round and delicious, like pancakes or a burger. Oh, yeah, he go in.
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That's his kind of he he he the he the That's why they call him the guy.
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And I have one more for you. It's my favorite.
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That puts the shama lama in ding dong. I heard that one.
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Guy, I don't like that one, bro.
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I'm going to talk to you about that one.
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All righty, 40, you ready to move on down the lineup? This one right here? Mhm.
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I like mango all the time.
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Y'all should try my mango moscato.
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It's available at Total Wine, BEVMO. THAT [ __ ] HOT, TOO.
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IT'S STARTING TO GET THERE A LITTLE BIT.
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YEAH, it's starting to get there. For sure, for sure.
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I don't need this milk though.
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I'm going to Milk ain't good for black people.
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Get up here, get the bubble guts to the bust the pattern up out this hole.
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What bathroom I am in, mate?
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So, you're a rare example of an MC that's been around to have songs with Tupac and then also be on Vince Staples' latest project. Yeah, yeah.
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I'm curious what you think about these hip-hop flare-ups that have been happening when like a young MC is interviewed and maybe they can't name a single Biggie or Pac song.
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Because on one hand, you seem to be very open to the changing times, but I know that there's a little sprinkle of grumpy veteran in you. Uh, no. Ain't no sprinkle.
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What makes you think that, brother? That's what I see. That's what I see.
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Nah, you know, I you know, as I get older, I get wiser, you know, and I understand a lot of these cats was you know, they just they they wasn't even born. They teens.
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A lot of them are teens and you know, in the in the early 20s. You feel me?
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So, you live and you learn.
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But, I'm not knocking none of them.
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They getting their money.
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I just tell them to try saving and just uh get some side hustles and stay humble and uh keep it pushing.
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Being here in Long Beach, I think it's important that we shout out Snoop Dogg. Who is Snoop Dogg?
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You never heard of Snoop Dogg? Never.
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Nah, you know, that's my family. That's cuz it's Snoopy. Come on.
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Snoopy can't Snoopy didn't kick it in Vallejo with us.
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You know, who you what rappers you know come kick it at your house like and hang out for a few days like, you feel me?
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Snoop, Nate Dogg, RP Nate Dogg.
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Y'all remember Nate Dogg? Come on, legendary. You know what I mean?
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Shout out to the Dogg Pound, man.
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Yeah, so you know, nah, it's nothing but love.
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That's that's that's how I founded you.
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Snoopy and the Dogg Pound and all of them, man. You know what I mean?
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As someone whose career spans Tupac to Too Short, YG to Vince Staples, I think you're uniquely qualified to weigh in on this.
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What's your West Coast rap Mount Rushmore?
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Top four MCs to do it from this side. Oh, that's a tough one.
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Fix my uh my yay's, my Cartiers, man.
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Of course, you know, I got to put the 40 water up in that [ __ ] Spit too much game, man.
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E-40 Too Short Ice Cube and Snoop. There it is. Put it in stone. Put it in stone.
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E-40, ready for the next wing. Yes, sir.
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So, this is Los Calientes. Los Calientes. Liking that one. Yeah, I like that. That's [ __ ] around. Thank you, E-40.
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Well, let's all shout out to Los Calientes. Shout out Los Calientes.
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Let's make some noise for Los Calientes. It's good.
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All right, E-40, we have a Ukraine segment on our show called Explain That Gram, where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So, for you guys out here, maybe the picture will show up here or on these monitors on the wing.
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For you and me, E-40, we can look here at one of these to see the pictures.
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Can we throw up the first pic? What is the first pic? You and Martha.
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OH, [ __ ] SHE IS SHE She smooth, man.
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She like She be She be chilling, bruh.
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So, this is at the BottleRock.
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Uh BottleRock is a um a festival in uh Napa, California.
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Uh that they throw every year. It's big big festival.
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Um Martha had her little um tent.
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So, I said, "Oh, they say Martha Stewart in there. Go holler at her." I went in there.
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She had a little Me and my wife went there.
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She had a daiquiris and whatnot.
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She was just hella just smooth just chilling like, "Hey, come have a seat." She is super cool.
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I like I love humble people, you feel me? She was super cool. You and Ye. You and Kanye. Powerhouse. That's where it was at.
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We was there, you know what I'm saying?
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To get a pic But I met Kanye years ago, you feel me? Many moons ago.
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He grew up on my music, as well, you feel me?
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And um it was beautiful because we during that time, um me and Big Sean had a big record called I Don't [ __ ] With You.
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Maybe you've heard of it. what I'm saying?
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I don't [ __ ] with you, you little stupid ass [ __ ] And and um when they first sent me like I I had got the record, I did my part, Shorty did his.
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They said Kanye want to do do his parts to it.
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So he put the the little sample to it at the beginning. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And I was like this [ __ ] genius.
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His music you can't you can't knock what he do for us music, man.
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He's a super producer, man. You know what I mean?
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So he put that thing together like the weather, you know, he put it together like the weather. All right, one more. ONE MORE. LET'S THROW it up.
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You and The Rock, do you remember what happened? Rock. The Rock, boy.
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I grew up on watching his daddy.
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It was called Big Time Wrestling.
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It was his his daddy name was Rocky Johnson. You feel me?
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Rocky Johnson was the best wrestler in the game, him and Moon Dog Mane. Just remember that name.
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Google Moon Dog Mane when you can. He was mainy. Okay?
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This is a Caucasian dude.
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Hillbilly style, the whole ooh wah.
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He was with the [ __ ] Okay?
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But I chopped it up with him at That was at Camp Eazy on Chuy Gomez show early in the morning.
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And he was like, "Yeah, man, I grew up on E-40, Sugar T you, Be Legit, Sugar T, D-Shot, The Click, the whole ooh wah." You feel me?
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So he got barrier ties and what not.
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We just chopping it up, man.
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Dude was dude super cool.
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And I wish he would run for president.
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You feel what I'm saying? I think he'd do it, man. The Rock.
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The Rock 2020, you heard it here first.
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Are you ready to move on, E-40? What we finna do now?
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Now, we're going to go with the Clark and Hopkins the song.
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See, [ __ ] finna start getting hot. I play too much.
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That's That's knocking, too. Mhm.
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Got kind of a curry I will tell you I prepared myself for this.
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A few minutes ago when I was eating them Funyuns, the the hot ones.
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I was like, "Let me set myself up, man."
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This [ __ ] good though, but it's hot now. It is That [ __ ] hot. Yeah.
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It's getting real over here. It's kicking in.
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So, I want to take it back to when you were growing up on Magazine Street, coming up in Vallejo at an interesting time politically.
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You had the rise of the Black Panthers in Oakland.
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And I read an interesting story back in 2011, you and Snoop Dogg took Young Jeezy aside in between scenes for a music video and told him that he needs to use his voice to be a leader, not just a rapper.
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Do you remember that moment which you guys talked about?
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Uh I remember something like that. If Did Jeezy say that?
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Cuz if he said that, that's what we said. Cuz we We old.
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I got nothing but love for Jeezy.
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But we you know, there's some [ __ ] we We We you know, I I chop real game when I'm amongst my my my rap partners and just everybody.
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I just try to keep it 1,000.
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Well, and he's been doing that, too, you know. I like what T. I. speaks out.
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There's a lot of men A lot of cats really speak out and just, you know, speak their mind, tell the truth.
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And they already famous, so they ain't really got to do it, but they just standing for something.
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You got to stand for something or you going to fall for anything. Well said, 40.
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Are you ready to move on, my man? Let's wiggle.
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So, this next one is the firewater.
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Hold on, let me take a swig of this wine real quick. Smart. That's smart. Woah, this one hot.
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It wasn't hot, but it's good, but it's hot. Mhm.
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It's hanging around, too. It won't leave.
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I'm going to take a little bite of that. Mhm.
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But if I was if it was late night munchies or something, I'm coming from a club, I'll [ __ ] I'll [ __ ] them [ __ ] up.
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So, we just got the opportunity to talk a little bit during a panel that we just had.
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We got to talk about E-40 and the Earl Stevens line of wine.
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And then on your track, Carlo Rossi, which dates way back 1993, you said the key to set you free, so give it a try, but don't mistake it for shabbly unless you're already high.
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And I've never heard a rapper name check shabbly.
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I know that you say that you were drinking cheap wine at the time, but that's not a cheap wine.
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Were you paying attention to all these different styles?
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Um what it was was a we would drink Rhine, Carlo's Rossi Rhine. That's a a white wine.
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And um shabbly was like the more bland wine.
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Uh the Rhine was more sweeter.
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So that's what we would drink and it'd get us more toasted.
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We'd drink more, but the shabbly like, "Oh man, you done brought back shabbly. You tripping."
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Cuz it looked the same, but it's not.
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Trust and believe it's not. Big taste difference.
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So when we send somebody to the store and they bring back shabbly, that's a party foul.
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They must do 20 30 push-ups. All right. Well, there you go.
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You ready to move on, E-40? Yeah. All right. So this is the bomb. That [ __ ] hot.
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I need some water for that hole. So your career Woo!
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IS [ __ ] OUT THERE THAT LIKE HOT [ __ ] THERE? KNOW. I'VE NEVER MET ONE. I'VE NEVER met one. I've never met one.
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So your career, it's touched so many things outside of music. So I'm the bomb.
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Let's focus on some E-40 Lucy's from your more than 30 years in the public eye. I got you, my man. Oh my god.
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Did you ever get Ashton Kutcher back for that time that he framed you into breaking into that car on Punk'd? Yeah, he slicked me.
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I ain't seen that man in moons. How he doing? I didn't get him back.
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I ain't got a chance, but when I run into him, I will. I figured something out.
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He got me, though, when I got Punk'd.
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But, you know, that was a beautiful thing.
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Uh at the time, damn, my tongue hurt with that [ __ ] That [ __ ] is I'm I don't know if the rest of them are like that. Check it out.
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If you can get on top of this, you can get on top of the rest, E-40. FIND HIM, MY MAN. WOO! MAN, HOLD UP.
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I drive a lot of water and everything.
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Punk'd was a beautiful thing?
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Being on Punk'd was a pleasure because it's like, you know, when you get Punk'd, you somebody.
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If you can you know, at that time, that's what it was about, being Punk'd.
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You get Man, yeah, man, that you know, 40 got Punk'd the other day. He he he MOVED ON UP.
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WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT PLAYING GATHERING OF THE JUGGALOS?
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That always seems like an interesting event.
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Oh, man, them Juggalos, man, they just come to have a great time.
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Shout out to the Juggalos. Woo! Woo! That's their thing. Woo! Woo!
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That was the [ __ ] yeah.
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Shout out to Tech N9ne, Strange Music, you feel me?
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It was a beautiful thing, and um playing with the Juggalos is great cuz, you know, they just come to have a good time. And they one big unit.
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They just they family, you know what I mean?
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And they do what they do.
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One big community, they do their thing. Good people.
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I [ __ ] with the Juggalos.
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Is there one investment you wish that you could have made into Tupac's idea for the gangster cafe? You know about that? Yeah, I know about that.
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And for those who don't know, Yeah.
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can you explain that concept?
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Nah, that's the one one thing Pac was trying to do. He had hit me.
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He said, "40, man, look, you might want to get in on this.
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I'm doing I want to do you know how they got uh what's it Planet Hollywood?" Right. Planet Hollywood.
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He said you know how they got Planet Hollywood?
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I want to do Gangster Cafe.
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He was serious as a [ __ ] too.
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That would be a beautiful thing, man.
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I wish he was still here.
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Why I got the Medusa head or whatever this is on?
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Can I call somebody to eat this?
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I E- E-40, you're so close. You're so close, my man.
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Man, dude, I'm I'm I'm [ __ ] up from this last one. That's all. I know.
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What's this [ __ ] This Who? You sure, brother? Come on. COME ON.
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E-40 TAG TEAMING IN A FAN.
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I'MMA give it a I can't not DO IT, MAN. AW, THAT'S REALLY HOT. Oh my god. How you doing, my man? What's your name? Hold on.
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Let me get you some water.
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Here goes You need some milk or water? What do you want to do? Water. Water. some water.
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Give him this whole [ __ ] right here.
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He's going to need this [ __ ] right here.
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He going to need that whole thing.
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He going to need that whole thing.
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I guarantee you, brother. So, that's the one. Let me see you do it.
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I need to Instagram this [ __ ] Hey, oh yeah. Hold on. Hold on, player. Hold on, player. Hold on, Pepe. All right. Let's get it going. Mhm. [ __ ] it up. [ __ ] it up. [ __ ] it up. [ __ ] it up. down. It's going down. He [ __ ] it up.
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Oh, [ __ ] Boy, YOU FROM LOUISIANA SOMEWHERE?
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NOW, GO AHEAD AND DRINK THAT jug cuz I know you need that [ __ ] Wow. HEY, THAT'S RIGHT. HEY. ALL RIGHT. SO, HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HOLD ON. KEEP THAT RIGHT THERE.
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IT LOOK like we got one more to go.
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Just have one more wing to go. This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab because it's traditional around here to put a little extra on the last wing. Here it goes. E-40, it's going down. It's going down.
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And what a ride it's been, my man. What a ride.
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But I'm not finna ride this ride right here.
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I'm telling you my [ __ ] still [ __ ] up from the last the third one to the last.
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Before we close the book on Hot Ones Complex Con number three. And it's this.
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You know, E-40, you're a guy who's endured for more than 30 years.
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Even as tastes and the economics of the music industry have changed, E-40, you always stay the same.
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It's tougher for young people these days to get a sense, a comfort, in being themselves.
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And I'm curious, what is E-40 the counselor's best piece of advice for how you can get longevity in the entertainment industry rather than being somebody who's constantly chasing the next 15 minutes of clout. Right.
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It's the the thing is uh you know you got to do what works for you.
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And even if you did uh see what somebody else is doing that's winning, try to put your own twist to it at least. You feel me? Drink some wine, man.
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Expand your mind and this [ __ ] You feel what I'm talking about? All right.
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Well, I hope that everyone was taking notes.
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And once again I want to say thank you so much for coming out.
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Hot Ones Complex Con number three is in the books.
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Let's hear it one more TIME FOR E-40.
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AND ONE LAST TIME AND ONE LAST TIME FOR YOURSELVES. THANK YOU very much. you all. THANK YOU. LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
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