Episode 715 | Episode Wrapped In Tinfoil

we love hip-hop i

don't

write bars all the time but i still write bars but like i do like freestyle like pretty often you know like so she went like you're just like with with dogs put a beat on you know there's

actually

this tiktok trend that's

been

going on it's like they'll play a beat i guess like producers are doing this and then they put words for you to rhyme and it's like oh test yourself like see if you could rhyme these words for the next minute and like It's actually pretty fun.

I'll be in my room, Dolo, just spitting hot fire, you know? Or at least what I perceive to be hot.

I wish, bro.

I think the rhyming bug has left my body, bro.

Or the ability to rap rhymes has left my body, fam.

Yeah, like back in the day, you used to think of flows, but now you're thinking of thumbnails.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like my, all my creative energy has gone into a different place.

And like when things are like, like I used to go to the shows or not even shows, just like clubs and stuff like that.

Yeah.

I used to go to like the club and stuff and I would hear beats and stuff, just like whatever the new song that's out and I'd get inspired.

I'd be like, oh, like start putting some shit together.

And then, you know, but I'm driving home and I'm writing in the car, like doing dangerous things.

You know what I'm saying? Like just to get these thoughts out, like, I don't have none of that in me anymore.

It's funny because when you said, oh, the rhyming bug left my body, fam, I just started instantly putting beer rhymes to that.

Like, oh, so I could hardly stand.

I probably can.

Yeah, not happening with me, bro.

Like...

And it's kind of weird because when I was rapping, I thought like that was the end all be all.

You know what I'm saying? I'm not just rapping because whatever, whatever.

It's a gimmick or I don't give a fuck about the money.

I'm rapping because I actually love rap and I love hip hop for the culture.

Bro, once I didn't feel like rapping anymore, it was like evaporated.

Like a magic power just left my body.

That's crazy to me.

So only because like sometimes I would just like hear a beat and the beat is just so crazy.

We're like, you just have to like just do something to it.

Real talk.

I'll

hear a song I like.

I'll search up the instrumental and I'll just start thinking of bars.

I might not ever record this.

I might not even finish the verse, but I'll start to think of like, yo, this is how I would have approached the beat.

I'm low key jealous.

No, straight up, you know, like, um, Like in the superhero, in the comic books and stuff like that, like when people have their different superpowers and then all of a sudden they just become like human.

I didn't become just like human because I went into a different thing.

You know what I'm saying? I guess I acquired a different superpower, but that superpower is just gone, fam.

I feel like it could come back like we should do a cypher.

There's no reason why we're not doing a cypher with the hosts.

I'm the

one that's holding it up fam, I guess.

Cause you all have already rapped.

You rapped on the show.

Natural put out a freestyle for the freaking year end rap.

Like, I'm the only one who went, Dusty's probably in the studio right now.

I'm the only one who just slacking on the rapping.

And Jake.

Yeah, and

Jake.

Jake, would you spit- He's a ghostwriter, bro.

Oh, there you go.

Jake, would you spit Barzo if we had like a full cast? If someone was like a sick

writer, fuck it, yeah.

I

think

Jake has a good rap voice.

Yeah, we could put something together for him.

Yeah.

Fam.

So what's stopping you Friday? Honestly, are you worried that people are going to like roast it or is it just like...

Because you know it'd be good for content.

I know it'd be great for content, but I think I'm a little bit pussy.

Well, at least you can admit it.

So I was going to say it's definitely insecurity, but at least you can admit

it.

No, fam, I think that if I don't do it to the standards where I felt like I was at before, because fam, I used to put out albums and mixtapes and stuff like that and curate... how I want it to sound and all that.

Like, bro, I don't even know how to approach a rhyme in 2026, bro.

And I'm not sure if you're the same way, but me, how I am sometimes is, like, I only like to do things where I know I will either, like, super excel at or I know, like, I'll be well-received.

Yeah.

So, like, you're probably like, oh, I know if I put a rap out, there's a certain group that are going to diss it no matter what I do.

So there's no point of even doing it.

fam I'm not even worried about that no matter what I do I'm worried about it being like I'm listening to it like later on like a year later and I'm like cringe I thought it was hot at the time but now it's cringe like it has to be like undeniably fire like yo i didn't know he could rap like that and i don't know if i could rap like that

i think you already put your 10 000 hours like if we all just selected a beat and just dedicated ourselves to writing a 16 per person you'd be able to come up with something that's like good enough like

that's an interesting theory right there the 10 000 hours because yes i did put my 10 000 hours i probably put 20 000 hours into the rap game But if you put 10,000 hours into something and then you stop doing it, I haven't rapped since 2017.

That's almost 10 years now.

Do you have to start putting 10,000 hours back into it to be good at it?

I think it lasts.

I think that's kind of the whole point is like there's some aspect of muscle memory that is activated.

And I'm not saying like, oh, because you put 10,000 hours into something, you're going to be good at it because you could put 10,000 hours into something and be shit, you know, but you're going to know what to do.

You're going to be okay.

I'm going to start.

I'm going to think of flows.

I'm going to fill in the words and I'm going to find the rhymes here, flows here, switch it up, whatever.

Yeah.

it probably wouldn't be that difficult i think it would be like riding a bike like there are certain things that like for example like fifa like i played so much fifa and i don't play fifa now i haven't played it in a while

video games

yeah

okay okay just making sure

but now if i play like a new fifa like it might take a little adjustment because sometimes there's new controls but everything else is like muscle memory like i still know how to play yeah you know yeah like starting from scratch where i'm like how do you pass

Yeah, I know my way around a studio.

And technically, I can record myself.

I have all of the equipment.

Like, fam, I've recorded freestyles in the studio of people rapping after interviews or during interviews and stuff like that.

Uploaded them, did the mix down myself and stuff like that.

I do audio mixing.

I could technically, the only thing that's holding me back is myself.

I can record a whole album in my crib, bro.

I think you should remind them that you can rap.

This is where the insecurity comes in, and we'll get to some pre-topics or whatever, but I like this conversation here.

Remind who? The audience.

There's a percentage of the audience that are like, yo, when you used to rap, your shit was trash.

Okay, but there's also a percentage of the audience that have never heard your raps.

This is also true.

And I feel like those guys are not going to receive it the same way your peers received it 10 years ago.

You know what I'm saying? It's going to be like, oh, shoot, you can rap, bro? I didn't even know you rapped, bro.

It'll be like that.

Like, yo, Friday, you're sick, bro.

You should put out music.

You're like, actually, I have a lot of albums.

It's going to be like that, you know, because you have a whole new audience that you can kind of cater to.

Yeah.

i think you're on some oh it has to be perfect it has to be the best blah blah blah but i feel like you should approach it as just like another piece of content like oh this is not a song i'm dropping to go number one on billboard instead of like oh i just had a vibe so like this is just some bars for the day i want you guys to watch this piece of content for the day and like if you guys never visit again like that's fine

yeah yeah you know who i rate um and um You guys know Rich Noir? He used to do the Cash Feelings channel and the Cash Feelings clothing line and stuff like that, right? He used to, especially when he was heavily making content, he used to just pop off on Instagram with a crazy freestyle like every two, three weeks sometimes.

And you'd be going crazy.

And I'm like, man, I wish I could do that, bro.

And I'm a whole rapper or used to be a rapper.

I feel like, yeah, approach it like an Instagram reel.

Don't even look at it as a full-fledged record.

And then we can even incorporate a skit into it.

It could be us talking like this, and all of a sudden, the camera changes, the beat changes, and you're just rapping.

Okay.

Yo, it's been a long time talking about coming out of retirement.

I'm not even trying to call it like that because that puts more pressure on it.

But I will rap again.

Yes.

Before 2026 ends?

Yo, fam, I don't even know why that just gave me anxiety right there, bro.

That's crazy.

You know those Marvel movies where it's like, oh, Captain America will return.

It's like Friday, Ricky Dredd will return.

Yo,

fam, like, I don't know if we're having like a therapy session right now, but like just for me to just say yes.

made my heart jump a little bit.

Cause I'm like, do I want to put a commitment into rapping again? It's just one track.

We're not telling you to make an album.

I know.

And that's why I'm like, why the fuck am I getting anxiety about one rap?

It's the vulnerability aspect that comes with it.

You know, but as a man, it's okay to be vulnerable.

You know, like it's okay.

His heart started beating and shit.

I'm not hearing that

vulnerability.

Cause you stream for six hours.

You can go in front of people and talk like, I feel like this should be a cakewalk.

No, it's different, fam.

He's talking about other people, other topics.

This is like things outside of himself.

You know what I mean? It's not like he's livestreaming for six hours like, oh, this is my life.

This is what I went through.

Everything, blah, blah, blah.

You know? Yeah,

and do you like...

the way that it sounded on the beat that I have running through the live stream.

Like, no, fam, I'm just talking, bro.

When you rap and you make the commitment of rapping on a beat and now I'm presenting it to the world, people can say, I like it or...

Nah, that's trash.

You guys know I do that spoken word shit sometimes.

And every time I go to do a piece or whatever, pause, normally I DJ before.

I DJ for them and then I just go do my thing.

But I always say being the DJ is so much easier because...

Like I'm playing other people's tracks.

Like it's easier in the vulnerability aspect.

I'm playing other people's tracks, you know, like I already am so like skilled at what I do.

Like there's like a confidence behind it.

Yes.

And like I'm behind the DJ boards is like a barrier between me and the audience.

Like there's so many things.

A lot of protection.

You know what I mean? There's like a lot of like, you're right.

layers of protection but like when you're on that stage and the light's just on you these are words that are coming from your brain your soul this is your expression you're putting it out to the world and the world has to receive it like maybe the way you want them to receive it like they might not like Somebody

makes a fart sound in the audience.

Like, you know what I mean? Like, bro, it's a different level of, like, vulnerability to me.

Yeah,

bro.

I hear that.

Yeah, you are a little more isolated, whereas, like, what you do with the live stream, like, the celebrity aspect helps, the chat helps.

Yeah, and what are you going to do? Oh, I didn't like your take, so you didn't like my opinion? Like, all right, so what? What do you think about my opinion on the Dirk stuff now? Like, it's not that much...

But think

about like A&P when they do their Cypher.

Like obviously they're trying to do their best, but like they understand that it's content at the end of the day.

Like I feel like, like you said, like, yeah, like that will remove the pressure because I feel like you're approaching it as an MC.

Like you got to like remind them, you know, whereas like this is almost like, you almost just have to be like, yo, I just want to show like them that I can rap and make it clever.

And you know what I'm saying? Like have some like references from the city or

something.

Or even like, yo, I just want to have fun.

Even if you just have it that simple, like I feel like that removes a lot of the pressure because like you could go outside of the lines now.

Like you could make it fun for yourself.

We

should just do a freestyle right now.

Go start.

It's not fun.

And I was always trashed off the head with the freestyle.

Whoa, okay, okay.

Sorry, sorry.

I was always trashed off the head.

Hey, yo,

chill!

With the freestyle, right? And with that too...

when you do too much off-the-head freestyles, you might, like, bump into some gay bars.

I've

never seen that

happen.

Say Biggie Smalls is doing bare freestyling.

Yeah, man.

It's too

much, blah, connecting the words.

And you're like, you know, astray and play, hey, play.

And then, like, you know, you're gay.

And it's like, whoa, whoa,

whoa.

What did Biggie say? The chick's so thick, I'll suck her daddy dick.

Or some shit like that.

What did he say? I think he said it right

there.

What were you thinking when you wrote that? It's a Richard Pryor joke that he tried to bring into rap.

But Richard Pryor also talked about doing a lot of wild shit while smoking crack.

I think he was

openly bisexual.

Yes, that too.

So I don't know if the Richard Pryor joke translates well on the gangster rapper's song.

Okay.

Fuck all the rap dreams.

We'll talk about that behind the scenes.

No freestyles.