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I'm never going to forget this interview, bro. That's good. This is like crazy. Um Wow, okay.
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[ __ ] Hey, what's going on everybody?
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From First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today I'm joined by Young Sinatra himself. You know him as Logic.
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He's released three studio albums including the critically acclaimed Everybody which shot to the top of the Billboard album chart earlier this year.
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And he's a man that beat Uncharted 4 in one day.
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But how will he fare against the wings of death? We'll find out today.
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Logic, welcome to the show.
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Yo, that was like the most coolest intro I've ever been given. Thank you.
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Um for those of you who are watching, I'm extremely [ __ ] nervous. Can I curse? Go ahead, man.
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[ __ ] [ __ ] I'm so I'm so nervous right now.
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How are you with hot food? I'm terrible.
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You think I'd be good because when I was 20 years old I lived in my homie's basement.
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His name is Big Lenbo and he's Indian.
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And if there's anything you should know about beautiful brown people is they like their food very spicy.
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So we ate a lot of like curry, but I couldn't handle it.
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So this is probably the first spicy thing I've eaten since then.
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So this first one is Crystal and even for a guy without much of a spice foundation, I think you'll be good on this. All right, here we go. Let's do it. Okay. All right.
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So I think that it's natural to kick things off in your pre-rap days when you were working in the kitchen making drums and flats at Wingstop. Bro.
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Yeah, so how do you know about that?
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Did you take your wing making seriously or was it just a job for you?
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When you when you kind of flipping that, you kind of take it a little seriously, especially when you put it in and you got to bread it and then you got to put all the different sauces on it.
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I can't believe you know about this. This is crazy. Yeah.
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I love like the honey barbecue sauce.
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That was my That was my [ __ ] Did you ever mess with the atomic wings or anything? No, not really. I just avoid spice. I just I avoid it, bro.
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This is like I'm Yo, this is crazy. Yeah. This is like I'm sorry.
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I know this is like the weirdest thing I've ever done, but it's pretty exciting because it's out of my element. I'm like a vet, yo.
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When I get When I do interviews, I sit down. I know who I am.
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I say whatever I got to say.
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But this is like freaking me out in the best way.
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I'm just I'm trying to make my wife proud.
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Well, that's a lovely segue because I want to talk about this great YouTube video that you posted where you woke up your wife Jess with an orchestra playing the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.
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And for the dudes that need to step up the romantic gestures, can you talk about the execution and the ideation of something like that?
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It all started when we were watching one of the seasons of Curb where Larry wakes up his wife Cheryl on her birthday to an orchestra and then Jeff comes in and [ __ ] it up cuz he's like, "Let's go golfing."
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Which is like the worst thing you could do to your wife, I think, on her birthday.
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In my mind, I was like, "Man, this would be so cool. I should remember this."
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cuz my wife was like, "Oh, that's so sweet.
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That's you know, it's like some Disney shit."
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So, I've kind of just clocked it, remembered it, and then set it all up.
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And then there must be something about Montgomery County and rappers and Seinfeld because just like Wale, you know, I see you with the Seinfeld tees and stuff.
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And then you had that great line from Growing Pains where you say, "You see these Seinfeld rappers talking a whole lot of nothing."
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Do you feel a special affinity towards Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld?
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And if so, does it inform the music at all?
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Bro, I'm so [ __ ] impressed with these questions. Thank you, man.
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Sometimes you do interviews and [ __ ] don't really take the time to like yeah, so it means thank you.
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Um, you know, I've heard a lot of people say this especially Chappelle.
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I think every comedian wants to be a rapper and every rapper wants to be a stand-up comedian in some way.
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I just feel like my life is one long Curb episode of a bunch of [ __ ] that's going crazy and I don't know how to deal with it. How we doing? Nice. Outfit. I'm tired.
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That's how we designed it. Way smarter.
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Anyone who knows Logic knows that you rep Montgomery County proudly and I think that you'd be the first to admit that Maryland hip-hop is a little under the radar, but I would argue that everything about Maryland is a little bit under the radar.
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So with your help, I want to do a little visitor's guide to the DMV if you'll humor me. Yeah, you got it.
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What's the best regional food specialty in Maryland in your opinion?
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I actually worked at a spot called Joe's Crab Shack.
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So like we're known for crabs. That sounds really sus.
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But uh but yeah, like Maryland's known for crabs.
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Like Ben's Chili Bowl, oh man, in in DC like that's the spot.
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That's where everybody goes. Mambo Sauce, all that.
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Like it's it's really I so so we're definitely known for that, but I would say in Maryland it's crabs.
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Name one rapper in the region that more people should know about. Uh GoldLink.
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I I personally [ __ ] with GoldLink.
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I think he's super different and very different.
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I think his flow is weird and I think that's a good thing.
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Do you put Baltimore in the Maryland cuz that's what people do sometimes. They go DMV Baltimore. Baltimore's in Maryland.
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Is Baltimore in Maryland? I know.
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But in a way, if you're from Maryland it's it's it's almost like it's own it's own world and even the accents like you can hear the accents are different. It's really funny. I love Maryland accents. Jahlil Mogul hair cut.
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Like that's like all I grew up with is the [ __ ] I love it.
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And the DMV's known for inventing slang.
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I don't care what anybody says like the term thirst came from the DMV.
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Like you thirsty or you this and that.
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Like yeah, so they're really good at that which is hilarious. [ __ ] man. It's getting hot. All right.
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Please ask me a question.
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I'd be remiss not to mention that you shared a complex cover with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the people's astrophysicist, and a proud fan favorite Hot Ones alum.
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And then I know he played the voice of God on Everybody.
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Is that the feature that you're most proud of in your rap career? Yes. Yeah, definitely.
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You got to understand like when I first told my label and [ __ ] that I wanted to do an album about space, you know, for my sophomore album, everybody was like, "Yeah, yeah, cool."
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But you know what I mean cuz that's like I just know that it's so different and weird and even myself as a nerd I wasn't sure how people were going to take it.
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But they actually enjoyed it and I think there was a voice for that. That's why I love it. That's why I obsess. I would love sci-fi.
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I love all these different things so much because I wish deep in my heart that I could see where we would be in 100 years, 150 years, 500 years from now.
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What's your message to certain MCs who say that the world is flat? Okay. All right. It's [ __ ] round. I don't know, man.
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Like just think about it.
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Like I've literally, not to flex, flown around the world and I can ensure you that I, you know, I didn't fall off the edge of it.
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Can I have a bottle of this? Mhm.
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I'll bring it to my wife. That was good.
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Mind you, I hate spicy [ __ ] That's good. I know.
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That's why it's high praise. It's high praise. No.
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All right, Logic, so we have a crane segment on our show called Explain That Gram.
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We do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So I'll show you the picture and then you just tell me the bigger story. Whoa. Yo.
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Playing Mario Kart on stage? Smacked Lil Yachty. Smacked him. Smacked him.
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He was like talking all this [ __ ] too, forever.
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I was on tour, it was my tour, it was the Everybody Tour, and we had these humongous LED walls like screens behind me.
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35 shows, I brought out somebody every single night, whether it was, you know, another rapper, and especially people who were a part of the tour on the tour. [ __ ] everybody up. Not one loss, dog. 35 And oh? And oh, dog. Yes. Cuz you played Kyle.
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Like when you think back, who [ __ ] up, too. Who was the closest?
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Who was the closest to Logic's level?
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Honestly, Damian Lemar Hudson, the black Spider-Man himself, my boy, my homie, my artist.
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Damian came out one night and it was one of the very last nights, and he hit me with a red shell just before I crossed the finish line.
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And then I was going to go again, and he hit me with another shell cuz he had three red shells.
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And then he was coming up just behind me, hit me with a third shell, and I literally don't know how we did it.
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We It was like same time we went over, but I just made it past him. Yeah, he was [ __ ] mad. He was heated.
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He was thought he was the one and [ __ ] I was like, "Nah, dog." One more for you, Logic. Okay. Yeah, this is fun. Oh, dude. The inspiration station? Inspiration station.
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Oh, that's what Oh, that's what it That's yeah. Oh, dude, that's crazy. Yes.
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So, this is in my guest house in LA.
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Man, I've been like busting my ass at piano and singing, and I mean really singing.
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Cuz that's what I want to do, man.
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I want to sing ballads like Freddie Mercury and [ __ ] Elton John and all that, and then throw some Wu-Tang drums on that [ __ ] have fun, and just make music.
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For so long, I told myself that I couldn't play the piano or that I couldn't do this because it wasn't hip-hop enough or it wasn't this or whatever dumb ass [ __ ] thing that we tell ourselves to hold ourselves back.
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And I was like, "Nah, I'm going to do it."
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Because I don't want to do the same thing over and over, you know?
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Like sometimes I'll have fans who will be like, "You know, I your Young Sinatra [ __ ] is the best ever."
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Or, "You know, go back to the Incredible True Story."
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Or or you do more Bobby Tarantino trap [ __ ] Or do this. Do this.
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And it's all these [ __ ] people telling you what to do or what they would do if they were you, but they're not me, and that's why I'm on Hot Ones right now.
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Um no, but I mean, that is literally the beginning of the rest of my career in that picture. That's like rubbery. Pause.
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Pause that [ __ ] It's all good.
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Mental health is an issue that's long been taboo in hip-hop, but that seems to be changing a little bit.
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And when you think back on past eras, like with artists like DMX, for example, it's kind of tragic to think about how many serious issues were swept under the rug, or at least not addressed for what they were.
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And I'm wondering from your perspective, point-blank, do you think more rappers should be in therapy?
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Oh, 100% I think more people in [ __ ] general should be in therapy.
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I've been therapy since 2013, you know?
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Especially people who are in entertainment, regardless of what you do.
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Because every day what we do is scrutinized.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like literally, there's probably somebody out there like, "Yo, he a [ __ ] He ain't finishing all the wings."
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You know, like it's like, "Chill."
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But no matter what you do, like people are going to always And And that can be very, very hard, man.
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But then there's some other people that are like, "Nah, [ __ ] that.
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Like that that ain't around here. That's not hard. That's not this. That's not that."
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And I'm like, in my mind, I'm like, "Damn, that sucks."
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Hip-hop was built upon telling the truth and being honest with yourself.
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It is meant to be therapeutic.
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But I also think as awesome and big as rap got, it's almost like this tough guy versus whatever.
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Like I've been blessed with this power, and I'm just going to use that power to say, like be the best you you can be.
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Don't throw your [ __ ] under the rug. Just be you.
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And others are doing it, too. And it's awesome.
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It's really cool that we can unite and really say something special.
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I was [ __ ] nervous when I came in here, bro. Okay, zombie apocalypse. Oh, [ __ ] Yeah. You know it right away. Mhm.
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All right, now I'm nervous again.
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So, last year you launched a YouTube gaming channel and I've heard you brag about logging 70 hours in a week and a half to beat Watcher 3.
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As a musician and producer, which video game do you think has the best original music?
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Oh, [ __ ] Nobody's ever asked me anything like that.
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Um Chrono Trigger is one.
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And then if we're talking more up-to-date, pretty sure Hans Zimmer did like the um Modern Warfare 2.
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But even if we're even if ah Yeah.
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Ah, no, I got to go Chrono Trigger.
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And then when we had Vince Staples on the show, he went through a whole Yo, hey yo, Vince. What's up?
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You got a message for Vince. a message for Vince.
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[ __ ] when you going to come see me on PlayStation?
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You talking all this [ __ ] You've been talking this [ __ ] for years, dog. Oof.
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You've been talking this [ __ ] for years, bro.
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Come see me on the PlayStation.
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Because he went through a whole laundry list of rappers that he's whooped on and he included Tyler the Creator and No, but he ain't never whooped me though cuz we ain't never played.
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He said no, that he could or that he would. It's all good. It's It's fine. He's a punk. It's cool.
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You know, we ain't never played, [ __ ] so it's You know what? It's cool.
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The next time I come back, hopefully you'll have me back and I'll be just talking about how I just [ __ ] him up. Are you hot?
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Like from the wings from the wings? A little bit. Are you hot? A little hot.
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The bomb beyond insanity. That's pretty hot, bro. Mhm. Mhm.
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Not playing around anymore. Need to. Yeah. God damn. Oh, man.
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This is a [ __ ] woo-sah moment right now. Uh-huh. Mhm. Okay.
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When you appeared as yourself on an episode of Rick and Morty, did you write that verse or how does that whole thing come together? Yes. Um Oh man. Mhm. Oh. [ __ ] you, man. Yeah.
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How you going to do that?
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The last one wasn't like this.
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It wasn't like this, bro. Oh, can I spit?
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Yeah, you can spit, take laps.
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All right, so I get to Rick and Morty. No, that's a year later.
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All right, so I tech I I tweet I tweet Justin Roiland. I tweet Justin Roiland. I'll do a Oh [ __ ] bro.
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And I say I'll do a uh Oh man, I say I'll do I'll do a voice for any for any um character on your show, anyone.
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And he's like, "Are you serious?"
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And I'm like, "Yeah, man, I'll play a [ __ ] turd, bro." That would be amazing.
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And then before I knew it, we met. Oh, my lips, bro. Mhm. Mhm.
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Oh [ __ ] Take that lap, Logic. Yo, this is crazy. Uh-huh.
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Fam, you this was like Oh, okay, this is the it's it's good, you know? Hold on, wait.
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And then you just feel like you got pepper sprayed. No, and then it's this. Yep.
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And then it's hot ones, which is very good.
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And then yeah, and then you [ __ ] me right now.
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Yeah, yeah, it's a tough spot to be, definitely painted into a corner.
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So I go to the Rick and Morty offices. Oh [ __ ] dog.
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I go to the Rick and Morty offices and um we work together and I was like, "Here's Here's how the flow should go."
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Sorry, this is very distracting.
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Here's how the flow should go.
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Here's how the syllables should do this and this and la da da I'm I'm going to forget this interview, bro. That's good. This is like crazy. Wow, okay. [ __ ] Anyway, sorry.
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So, I I write it I write it and I record it and I send it over and that's how it happened.
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Jesus, how long did it take me to Let me ask you something, dog. Yeah, yeah. Anything you want.
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Is it Is this what's What's it like?
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What's this next one like? So, here.
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Let me Let me put you at ease a little bit.
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This one universally, every episode, is the hardest one.
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So, if you can get on top of this, you can get on top of this, you can get on top of this. There it is. There it is. Logic, I have the tiger.
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I mean, it's not easy, though.
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Chewy [ __ ] I'm not eating Oh, there's some meat right there.
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What is this This is like cartilage or some [ __ ] Mhm. Mhm.
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So, you've done things differently your whole career.
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So, it's not surprising that you don't have cookie-cutter heroes.
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You seem to be just as inspired by an Italian Renaissance painter as you might be by a contemporary artist like J. Cole.
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So, what I want to do is bounce some names off of you and you can just tell me the first thing that comes to mind, okay? Mhm.
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Nardwuar the Human Serviette.
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This interview because it's the only other interview that I've ever done that can compare to the [ __ ] bizarity that is that man. I love you, Nardwuar.
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You're the [ __ ] Mac DeMarco. Oh, man. Freedom.
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When I think about Mac, I think about an artist who in many ways, along with a gentleman named by the name of Toro y Moi, who has set me free, man.
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Just make the music you want to make, have fun, and [ __ ] anything can happen.
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And he is one crazy [ __ ] and he is the one of the nicest, coolest, welcoming musicians I've ever met.
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And he ate all 10 wings, let the record show. Oh, nice.
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And then, I've heard you talk about that first meeting with J. Cole. He bought you a burger. did buy me a burger.
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You can't like I'm I'm not going to like this Can this like physically like [ __ ] you up?
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Do I have to be like worried?
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If you're worried, what am I?
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I've done this like a hundred times. You know what I mean? Yeah. Okay.
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So, you can get on top of one. Let's go. You got it.
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What do you remember about that burger?
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What kind of burger was it?
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I remember that [ __ ] was big as [ __ ] I was walking going to my room and I just see this [ __ ] tall ass dude and I was like, "Oh man, hey, what's up, dude? How are you?"
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He's like, "Oh [ __ ] it's been forever."
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I said, "Yo, pull up a chair. Pull up a chair. I got you.
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Have Have dinner with us."
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And I'm answering this question really quickly. And it was great. All right, Logic. [ __ ] dude. All right, bro.
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All right, so this is the last dab.
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Excuse me, I'm going to call up, right?
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I mean, I'm not going to make any promises, but this is the last dab. We call it the last dab. me just a little bit.
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Cuz it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last one. No, not a little extra.
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Just Just like a little All right. Go. Let's do it. All right. Go on. All right.
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Logic, you've described yourself as a Rubik's Cube solving, video game playing, married, puppy loving [ __ ] who can rap well.
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And over the last 10 wings, we've explored those many sides of Logic.
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And I know that you've jumped through this hoop before.
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You [ __ ] [ __ ] But never with a trillion Scovilles going through you.
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So, there you have a Rubik's Cube.
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While you're solving it, I'm going to hit you with some Jurassic Park pub trivia. much.
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I think that you're good for two out of three.
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Would be shocked with three out of three.
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What year was Jurassic Park released?
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1991, 1993, 1995, or 1996? I'm going to say '93.
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Ding ding ding ding ding. He's one for one.
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What did InGen scientists use to fill the gaps in the dinosaur DNA?
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Cats, frogs, lions, or spiders? Frogs.
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Ding ding ding ding ding. That's two.
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And he's starting to fill in that Rubik's Cube. One more.
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How many humans are eaten by dinosaurs in the film?
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Three, five, seven, or nine? Uh I see. Look at those mechanics.
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I'm having a [ __ ] panic attack. The fundamentals. DAMN. FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. FIVE. FIVE.
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THREE OUT OF THREE ON THE TRIVIA Rubik's Cube.
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Let the record show logic.
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What a [ __ ] trip through the Hot Ones Gauntlet.
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Probably the most challenging wing ten we've ever had, but look at you at the top of the mountain and looking great.
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Now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you, my friend.
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This camera, this camera, or this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Um first of all, everybody talking [ __ ] in the comments right now, [ __ ] you.
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Come do it and then talk [ __ ] Life is good.
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I'm excited for the future. I'm excited for music.
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I'm excited for my novel I'm writing, for acting, for continuing to live my life and have a [ __ ] blast and never eating god damn wings again. Uh maybe only here.
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Uh peace, love, and positivity. THANK YOU, GUYS.
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WHAT'S THE BEST REMEDY FOR YOUR STOMACH AFTER THAT?
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HONESTLY, it's not this, bro.
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Yeah, it's in your mouth.
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And here's the deal, the other thing, too.
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It isn't It has a half-life.
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So, like, whatever the worst you're feeling now is the worst you're going to feel.
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Like, in 10 minutes you'll be cool, but, you know, if you want to get him like a milkshake or something, that'd be nice of you. Hello, Hot Ones fans.
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