The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast
Connecting the Dots in Chicago's Hip-Hop Community
What happens when a Brooklyn native travels to Belize, returns to New York, and then finally finds a home in the Chicago hip-hop scene? On this episode of The S.H.I.T.T.S Podcast, our special guest, GQ, shares his incredible journey and how he transitioned from reggae music to becoming a prominent figure in Chicago hip-hop. GQ takes us through the vibrant party scene of the early '90s and introduces us to key influencers like Tony Baines, Cool Out Chris, and Crunch (aka Jitu The Juggernaut), while candidly discussing his personal health battles and unwavering commitment to music.
From unforgettable battle rap events like Rhyme Spitters to the evolution of the underground scene, this episode offers a rich tapestry of Chicago's hip-hop history. You'll hear about the pivotal contributions of figures such as Pink House, DJ Timbuk2, and Wendy Day, who have helped shape the landscape for artists in the city. GQ also emphasizes the significance of presenting intelligence and maturity in the genre, celebrating the diverse talent that extends far beyond just drill music, including notable names like Mr. Misfit, Andreas Haley, Asha Omega, Jay Bambi, and Brittany Carter.
We also pay tribute to the legendary Clarence Avant, known as the Black Godfather, and explore the critical role of networking in the music industry. GQ shares personal anecdotes that highlight the challenges and rewards of forming genuine connections, offering insights into the importance of unity and collaboration within the Chicago hip-hop community. From platforms like Fake Shore Drive and Illinoize Radio to the enduring legacies of figures like Bernie Mac and Brother Hashim, this episode is a heartfelt homage to the resilience, dedication, and untapped potential of Chicago's hip-hop artists.
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Speaker 2:We're either shooting shit, starting some shit or picking up what shit left off. I'm your host, monson. It's the Rodda Coolest catch you heard. That's fine, aka DJ Booty Rubber like no other. If you don't believe me, man, go ask your mother. Hey y'all. Tonight, man, we got a very special guest to the podcast.
Speaker 1:Hey man, look I remember when I first started out doing hip-hop in Chicago.
Speaker 2:Man, I used to go down to the sub-T and the blue note.
Speaker 1:Yup, I said the motherfucking blue note, and I would see this dude down there and this dude was not only holding it down back then he's reinventing himself. He's helping to reinvent the scene here.
Speaker 2:And he does do a lot of big shit for the up-and-coming artists and cast for the vets, and I got a lot of love for this dude, a lot of respect for him. Artist and cast for the Vets, and I got a lot of love for this dude, a lot of respect for him. Y'all, put y'all hands together and show some love for the one, the only, gq. Yes sir, yes sir, yes sir.
Speaker 1:Thank you, bro. Yes, sir, how you feel man.
Speaker 2:Well, you know, I'm going through my trials and tribulations, but I'm here, man, I'm trying to stay active, I'm trying to move around and trying to keep the scene alive here in Chicago, man, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, but I've been going through my trial and tribulations. I got kidney and heart failure Sorry to hear that so I got to stay on my dialysis until I get me another kidney. But apart from that, I ain't going to let that stop me from enjoying life, man.
Speaker 1:My life is music.
Speaker 2:I've been in music for 39 years. That's inspiration, bro. Real shit 39?.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'm going to be 52 this year.
Speaker 2:So yeah, 39 years, man Bro. Do you realize you have been doing music longer than some motherfuckers have been living Real shit? So I guess my first question to you is how did you even get introduced to the Chicago hip-hop scene? Well, first off, I came to Chicago in 92. Originally, I'm not from here, I'm from.
Speaker 2:New York, brooklyn. Okay, born in Brooklyn, brownsville. I left New York when I was a little kid. Brooklyn, I'm not from here. Okay, where are you from? I'm from New York, brooklyn. Okay, born in Brooklyn, brownsville. I left New York when I was a little kid. Brooklyn, son yeah, I felt like I always got to say that when somebody say Brooklyn, like I got to put son back. Yeah, I left New York when I was a kid, me and my sister. We moved to Belize and we grew up in Bel. About childhood Okay, how long was that Like? In the 80s? Okay, Early 80s. Then, when I became 12, I came back from Belize, back to New York.
Speaker 2:Okay, and I grew up my teenage years in New York, and back then I wasn't part of my teenage years. I wasn't really into hip hop in New York. Nah, I was into what I grew up on, which was reggae, downtown music. Because in Belize that's all they play out. There is straight punta rock, soca, reggae downtown. You know shabaranks, guadalajara, lieutenant stitchy yellow man, you know what I'm saying. So that's all I grew up on. So I came to Chicago in 92. That's when I got introduced to hip hop. Well, I want to say this much real quick I love reggae music. And not only do I love reggae music, I love Jamaican people, because, dude, I don't want this to sound offensive when I say it Jamaican people can read a recipe for cookies and that shit sound like a dope-ass track.
Speaker 2:They can literally just read a recipe for fucking cookies and you'd be like, bro, that's a soundbite, Anyway, that's our thing, but go ahead. Yeah, so you know, when I was back in New York, yes, I was listening to KRS-One and all them dudes, yes, but I wasn't really into them like that. Really, I was into more shit that I grew up on, which was Shabba Ranks, bulls and Terrafabric.
Speaker 3:Supercat.
Speaker 2:Supercat, yeah, oh yeah, red Fox, all of them. So when I came to Chicago in 92, I was like 19 years old, I think and I met this guy, his name Duro, and Duro used to throw this hip-hop party back in the days called who Got Big Lips, and he used to throw it at this club who Got Big Lips, who Got Big Lips, oh shit. And he used to throw it at this club on the north side called Lower Links. Okay, so I got introduced to Chicago hip-hop through the road and that's the first time in 92 I met Tony Baines oh, shut up, tony Baines. Cordell, cool Out Chris from Spillani City Bunch. I met Crunch, okay, who go by the name G2, the Juggernaut.
Speaker 3:Now, he used to be in this group back in the days called 10 Trey.
Speaker 2:I met Murder One. He used to be in this group called OCU Organized Crime Unit. I remember them too, yeah.
Speaker 3:Goddamn.
Speaker 2:I met.
Speaker 3:Ill State.
Speaker 2:Assassin, ec Illa Ants 13. I met in 92, I met the actor Wood.
Speaker 3:Harris from Peyton Ford.
Speaker 2:The Wire I met the actor Wood Harris from Paid. In Fall of the Wire I met the actor Freddy Rodriguez. He used to be in the group Children of Reality. I met Rob McKay from Silver Room, so Duro kind of put me in tune with them cats. That's how I got introduced to Chicago hip-hop and Duro also introduced me to this guy. Rest in peace. He was like one of my mentors. His name Mike Shane.
Speaker 3:Okay, mike.
Speaker 2:Shane and Raymond Boyd. They used to own this, I mean Raymond O'Neal. They used to own this hip-hop newspaper back in the days called Flypaper. Oh, I remember Flypaper too.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:They used to own that, damn bro. So Mike Shane rest in peace connected me to this guy that used to DJ for KKC back in the 80s. His name was DJ Pinkhouse. I remember Pinkhouse and he introduced me, him and uh yeah, him and Big Shoes, him and Big Shoes introduced me to Pinkhouse and Pinkhouse and Mike Shane took me under their wing and I started doing street promotion and marketing for 106 Jams. So it was through Pink House that I was able to meet Chuck D Biz, marquis DJ Guru, george Daniels. I met all these cats through Pink House. So while I was working at 106 Jams, doing street promotion and marketing.
Speaker 2:I really wasn't getting paid from that because I was doing it through intern Okay. So I had to try to find me some kind of way To give hay, To get some money and shit like that. And it was hard finding jobs back in them days. Man, For me you know what I'm saying it was kind of hard finding jobs. So one time I got on a CTA train and I saw these dudes rapping on the train Gentleman Draft, High G, Neck and Bone, Beans and Rice and I'm looking like wait that's a group.
Speaker 2:Or that was like on the menu no, that's a group. Oh, I was like it was a group. They used to be rapping on the red line train, so I used to see them on the train and they was making. They was making some money. So I was like, damn, I know how to rap reggae and I see these motherfuckers making a lot of money on the train doing that shit. So I'm like man.
Speaker 3:I got to start doing that shit.
Speaker 2:So I saw them on the train, on a. They used to call themselves three piece. I knew I yeah, I knew you was gonna fucking say that. So I saw them, minister Reese and Marty and them. I'm like, okay, yeah, I gotta get into this. So I'm still kind of new to Chicago, so, and you know, I almost got my ass whooped too because I had my hat broke off to the left and you know, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:I didn't know what was going on. So, dude, I'm on the Green Line train. One day I saw this guy on the train and he was telling jokes on the train. So I'm like, and he made $50 off one cart just roasting cats on the train. So I'm like, damn, I'm like you know what? Okay, I'm about to take this shit serious. So one day I just happened to walk up on him. He was doing his thing on the train. He pulled out his little mcdonald's bag. I was like man, I accept the nation, blah, blah, blah. And he was making his money. So I walked up on him and I was like man, bruh, I ain't trying to be rude, man, you inspire me, you make me want to start come out here and start rap on these trains. And he looked at me like man you got an, got an accent.
Speaker 3:He's like where you from, you from Jamaica, I'm like nah.
Speaker 2:I'm from Belize and New.
Speaker 3:York.
Speaker 2:He's like yeah, I hear the accent. He's like what you do, he's like you rap. I'm like, yeah, he's like, let me hear you kick something.
Speaker 2:So I kicked some reggae Don Tom from him and he was like man, what's your name? By that time my name was just GQ. I didn't call myself GQ the teacher, okay, it was just GQ. So I told him like yeah, my name GQ. Like man, man, you need to get to get down on the train and start doing'm like yeah. So I was like man, what's your name? Man, he's like man. My name's Bernie Mac I knew it.
Speaker 2:I fucking knew it. Hey bro, listen man. When he told me his name was Bernie Mac, I'm like okay, like two, three years later I went to this club called Cotton Club and I saw them up in the Cotton Club, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:I love the Cotton Club man, I did.
Speaker 1:I love the Cotton Club.
Speaker 2:Then, a couple of years later, I saw them at this other club called All Jokes Aside, and it was Bernie. Mac. Big Daddy Woo Woo, rest in peace. Big Daddy Woo Woo. Tony Schofield, leon Rogers. Shout Woo, tony Schofield, leon Rogers, shout out to Tony Schofield. Corey Holcomb, d-ray Davis I almost maraud. He was there.
Speaker 3:Bruh.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was a couple of cats up in that club, amen. When I look, I turn around, I see this dude, bernie Mac, in a movie man. I'm like damn these, this dude Bernie Mac, in a movie man. I'm like damn. There's three people that I've seen in person Wood Harris, freddy Rodriguez and Bernie Mac. All of them. I've seen them on some struggle shit. And now all three of these cats made it to Hollywood.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna fuck up, hey yo, we gotta take a break real quick.
Speaker 2:Shout out to all the motherf to the right.
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Speaker 2:It's the shit yeah yeah, yeah, we are now back at the Shit's Podcast, man, and we are here and I'm going to put it out there y'all. We are sitting here talking to a motherfucking walking Google right now, walking Google search my man, gq, gq, teacher man. So, bro, you have had run-ins with so many motherfuckers, so it's crazy that you mentioned I Am Oz Myron right, because I always tell motherfuckers this story. I used to work at the Gap with that nigga G and I don't even think he remembers. And it's crazy because I remember actually getting off work. I worked at the Gap downtown. I remember getting off work and we was walking to the train together. I was the stock boy. I think he was doing the same thing when I met, when I seen him again at one of the spots.
Speaker 2:I told him I'm like yeah, bro, I'm like man, he's working at the Gap. That nigga looked at me like he ain't know who the fuck I was talking about, Anyway when you think about all these people that you've come in contact with and how, not only have they evolved, but the Chicago hip hop scene or the Chicago music scene or Chicago entertainment scene has evolved, or Chicago Entertainment has evolved. Do you think that? We have do you think it has slapped or do you think it has done?
Speaker 1:do you think it has?
Speaker 2:exceeded expectations, the whole thing, whether it's hip hop, whether it's comedy.
Speaker 1:No no comedy. No.
Speaker 2:Now you got to be thinking that's a good ass question, bro, because it's the shit. You know, I think they succeeded as far as the hip hop, because you know, you know, I got to give my flowers to Pink House once again. Man, pink House, you know, it's crazy, because I found out that Pink House wasn't always hip hop.
Speaker 3:He was a house head.
Speaker 2:I knew that I take it when the checks start looking good at 106 Jams. He's like man. I gotta get this money.
Speaker 3:I gotta get this money and shit like that yeah.
Speaker 2:But even then, what I like about Pink House man, pink House, rest in peace. Man, he made sure that Chicago hip-hop was heard. Man he did. I gotta give my flowers to what's his name too. Rest in peace, dj Timbuk2. You know what I'm saying? Pink House and Timbuktu, they made sure that hip hop, the underground hip hop, was heard. It's like, honestly, I would have never heard of Tantre or OCU or Black Rest in Peace, black AG or none of these Ackbar MC Juice. I would have never heard of these cats if it wasn't for Pink House playing this shit. I met them, but I never heard their music until I heard Pink House start playing this shit, right, so I always get Pink House fly with that. So I think the hip-hop scene in Chicago had exceeded. Yeah, yeah, every once in a while you got motherfuckers that be on their ego. You know on their ego shit and you know that's the downfall right now. Motherfuckers be on some ego shit, they be on some weird shit.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying that's a whole, as we say in the podcast room, that's a whole nother pot. It's crazy. I've been around, you know. I've been here in Chicago, chicago, now for 32 years and I seen it firsthand. Man, it's sad, but hey, man, you spoke about g2. Crunch amen.
Speaker 1:Listen, all I said is this the first time I met g2, he was killing a motherfucker on a battle and the way you wrap is so forceful, I take your arms out. I rinse it out like a rag.
Speaker 2:He's big and he look like the Kingpin from Spider-Man, but the black version. It's crazy, a good friend of mine who y'all probably heard of he used to play for Chicago Beer, spice Adams Spice Adams had just posted a video a couple of days ago and G2 the Juggernaut was in the video Because he went to he had on schools.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, and he had on the 95 Richard Dent jersey and you know Spice Adams. You know Spice Adams Silly as fuck man he like yeah, yeah, I see my man got on my jersey, my Spice Adam 95 jersey. He like man, hey brother, let him know who jersey that is. You got on G2 was like hey brother, this Richard Dent jersey, man, spice Adam. He went from smiling to man. Look. I remember when Rich Sang did the.
Speaker 3:I know you probably remember, of course, yeah damn Rhyme Spitters.
Speaker 2:The first year that he did the Rhyme Spitters, that was like to me. I thought that was huge in Chicago because it was like everybody wanted to be down there and to see all these MC's in the park battling. I thought it was dope and, like I said, I remember G2 roasting motherfuckers. It was like somebody's granddaddy scolding the kid, but it wasn't in a corny kind of way. He was battling and he was coming straight off the top of the dome and he was fucking motherfuckers up, bro you know who put the ring spitters together right Nah, me and my brother Deca Dirtz were just talking about him earlier today.
Speaker 2:Jay Bird, I thought it was what he was saying Nah, jay Bird, jay Bird, sank.
Speaker 2:and I want to say what's-her-name was involved with that too? Wendy Day, yeah, wendy Day was involved with that too. Wendy Day, wendy Day, yeah, wendy Day was involved with Rap Coalition, okay, but Wendy Day was the one that you know. I love Wendy, by the way, that's my girl, you know what I'm saying? One of the realest, one of the realest white chicks that I've been knowing since 1993, 1994. She's the one that put the battle event with Pro Proof versus Phenom Ah, and Eminem versus MC Juice. She put that together. Yeah, she's one of the people that put that together.
Speaker 3:We need more of that man.
Speaker 2:You know what I talked with Wendy. She was here in Chicago a couple of weeks ago and I had brought that up to her. That'd be dope if she could bring that shit back.
Speaker 1:We need that, bro. We need that.
Speaker 2:Like dude, I remember how Rich had well whoever had the organizers of it had all that shit laid out. They had the battle in the park and then you was going up to either it was the double door, and then you ended the night at the double door at the battle, or it was at the blue note and it was just so much energy in the city around that you know what I'm saying Because.
Speaker 2:I remember DA Smart was getting in at one point. Ooh, I remember the battle between him and Juice. They was going at it who won. Of course. See this one motherfucker was going off. Top of the head, not not the written.
Speaker 1:I saw your mom.
Speaker 2:She works at Kmart Of course I'm going with MC Juice, but shit, da Smart wasn't no slouch eater, though man. Da Smart was ripping motherfuckers up, man. Then one of my favorite moments was seeing some cats try to call themselves, try to battle MC Juice and Akbar, and both Akbar and MC Juice destroyed all of them. I'm like who's the kids that was on the battle? I forgot their names, man, but I was shaking my head and of course you know who was beatboxing for Akbar and Juice right, me, oh man.
Speaker 1:Bro, so you've been around this shit for the longest, bro.
Speaker 2:Give me your top moment, top hip-hop moment in Chicago. This shit for the longest, bro, Give me your top moment, top hip-hop moment in Chicago. Ooh, I got so many of them. One of my favorite hip-hop moments in Chicago was I was with Pink House in 33 and a Third man, I think Big Shoes Spank Boogie and I want to say Spank Boogie. I think First Lady was with us. We was doing street promos for Nas when he first dropped Illmatic. This was a 20-year-old.
Speaker 3:Nas. He was young, but 20 years old.
Speaker 2:We took him to because we was driving around. Y'all remember the 106 Jams fan, right, yeah, we was driving around in that. So we took him to George's Music Out West, out West. Then we took him to this other record store called Barney's Barney's Record Store. Then we took him to this other record store called Barney's Barney's Record Store. Then we took him to Dr Wax and then the last record store we took him to was Track One Record Store and it was Nas. Wait, what was that at?
Speaker 2:Track One Record Store used to be on 71st and Jeffrey, right across the street from Walgreens, and my homie rest in peace, debrey Jones, rest in peace. He used to own track one record store. He was like you know, in my eyesight, I think Debrey Jones and George Daniels to me is like the godfather of the mom and pop record stores here in Chicago. You know what I'm saying. You know the mom and pop's record stores here in Chicago. Definitely you know what I'm saying. You know, if it wasn't for George and Deadbeat man, there wouldn't be no record store but Nas. We was with Nas and Nas had his hat broke off to the left and he only on 71st and Jeffreyway. It ain't nothing but folk, so me and my homie 33 and a third, thomas.
Speaker 2:We were trying to tell him like man bro, we ain't trying to be rude man, you know you had to fix your head up straight, man, you know what I'm saying this ain't like back in New York man. You know what I'm saying. Motherfuckers, take that shit seriously.
Speaker 2:But you know, nas was so high and drunk man he was like I'm just giving you the heads up man. So he up in there, you know, he autographing Nas posters and shit like that L-matic posters. Then up out of the blue he asked me, and my homie, mark Mark Davis he owned this record, pegasus Records he was there too. So he was asking us like man, you know any stores around here that's got Philly Blunts? I'm trying to roll up Right. So I'm like, yeah, I know a store around here that sells Philly Blunts. I'll walk you up there.
Speaker 1:You was smoking with Philly's back then.
Speaker 2:I don't smoke. I mean, like Philly's big man, redman Nas, everybody was smoking. You know what I'm saying, common, all everybody was smoking that shit. So I told Nas like yeah, let's, you know, I walk into the store. So me him. I'm a boy, ronadab, from 24-7 HH, who I work with. Okay, we walked him up to the store, but all the time while we walking we see niggas looking at us all crazy and shit like that Whoop your ass, son.
Speaker 1:I felt the tension man, I'm like man dude, just straighten your head up man.
Speaker 2:So I told him like Nas, man, I ain't trying to be rude, bro, you know, just straighten your head up. Man Nas was like man son, I ain't tripping about that, man, I'm God-body. Man, my man. He lift his shirt up. That that nigga had that sword on him.
Speaker 3:I'm like that's blicky son.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it ain't hard to tell to get that ass smoked, son. I'm like I didn't even know he had that on him bro. I'm like oh, okay, yeah, we got that shit, you got that shit on you.
Speaker 2:I'm like, okay, he told you straight, but that was one of my favorite hip hop moments. Yeah, yeah, that was it, man, one of my favorite pop moments. You know what I'm saying? I got a few of them, but I know one that was one of them. You know what I'm saying? Hey, yo, we got to take a break real quick. Shout out to all the motherfuckers out there. Man, they used to wear their hat, broke off and then, when certain niggas get on, they kind of P checking in from the shits podcast yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We are now back at the shits podcast. Man, we are here chilling with the one, the only, my man GQ the teacher, man, gq the teacher, or just GQ, if you want to, hey, man so when you start to think about, all the people that you've run into, all the people that you have encountered in your journey through this Chicago music scene, how important to you, how important are building connections.
Speaker 2:And the second part of that is do you think we are teaching the younger or I'm not going to say younger the up-and-coming artists, the importance of those connections? Well, for me you know me personally I didn't know about all this stuff. As far as connecting dots man, I didn't, you know, I was new to it. Who taught me all this shit? As far as connecting dots man, I didn't, you know, I didn't you know, I was new to it. Who taught me all this shit was actually Pink House, bro.
Speaker 3:I mean it's good that somebody taught you.
Speaker 2:I learned a lot of this shit from Pink House and I also learned a lot of this shit from watching another one of my favorite mentors. Rest in peace. He died last year at the age of 94. I don't know if y'all ever seen that documentary, the Black Godfather with Clarence Avant Bro. Yeah, you knew Clarence Avant, bro. I never met Clarence Avant, but he was one of my mentors.
Speaker 1:Oh, I was about to say.
Speaker 2:I wish I would have met him when he was alive, just to shake that man's hand and give him his flower dude Bro. When I watched that documentary and I seen all the people that this dude kind of like pieced together, I thought that was amazing. Not just in the music world, he did. I'm talking about music, politics, hollywood. He worked with George Lucas, but he also he partake with Diddy. Yeah, you know what I'm saying. I don't Sad, I don't know, I'm sorry. No, diddy, you know what. He didn't hang with Diddy, but yeah, he did taught him a couple of shit. You know what I'm saying. You know when that whole thing happened with Notorious Big and Tupac? Yeah, clarence Avon actually called, reached out to Diddy and told him come to my crib. I need to holler at you about that, because to Diddy and told him, like, come to my crib. I need to holler at you about that Because he was trying to dead that whole. You know.
Speaker 1:East Coast, West Coast, shit.
Speaker 2:He said I'm not coming to your party, you come to my house.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying I learned a lot from Pink House and Clarence Yvonne as far as connecting the dots man and I knew that's my ability and you know a lot of these people like Pink House introduced me to them, like Chuck D from Public Enemy Biz, markie Primo Gru, you know, when I first met them, I met them as I was fanning out. I'm going to be honest with you, I was fanning out. I was a fanboy man Like dude. When I first met MC Lyte, I was a fanboy but I started networking with these cats for all the years that I've been in the music shit and it went. I've been known Premier rest in peace, guru, if he was alive. Chuck D I've been knowing all these cats for damn near 30 plus years now so it went from me being a fanboy to now I could like I told.
Speaker 2:I could just call these cats, I could call Primo, I could like I told I could just call these cats and I'd be like I could call Primo, I could call Chuck D, like hey, hit me up when you're in Chicago. You know what I'm saying. They like fans. Now, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:And that's what I've been trying to teach a lot of the younger generation. You know I be working with you know this one artist man, dope dope cat man, phenomenal MC man, his name Monty Jordan. Okay, you know he was telling me like man, gq man, I be wanting to network with these cats man, but man, I be want to give up man. And I told Shit, I've been through the same situation like you. You think I gave up? Fuck, no, I didn't give up Even up to now. I'll still be networking, trying to network with cats, and you know what I'm saying. And you know, connect dots and shit like that. I'm not giving up, man. What's the challenge? Well, niggas don't be answering their phones. Let me stop because I got a couple situations where you know you try to reach out to motherfuckers and you know, you know, you know what I, what I can't stand man, motherfuckers like. Instead of you like. You know, support them and be in their corner and and build with them. They be sitting in the cut waiting for you to blow up.
Speaker 1:And then, hop on your dick.
Speaker 2:And then want to hop on your nuts when shit start getting big. You know what I'm saying. They see you start. You know you making them moves and popping champagne bottles.
Speaker 3:Now, everybody want to be your friend, everybody want to dick ride. Yeah.
Speaker 2:You know, I don't like shit like that, man See, that's one thing. I can't stand man, Shit like that, and I don't like shit like that, man See that's one thing I can't stand, man, Shit like that, and I hate yes-mans.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying. Like you know it's like, I'll let you know. Like man, look here, I ain't feeling your shit man, you whack, I'll give a fuck if you get mad at me Because, guess what, when I was rapping on them CTA trains, it used to be motherfuckers coming up to me like hey G, I ain't trying to be rude man, but I ain't feeling that shit man. Why you be doing the same song over and over, man, why you don't do something different. Do I get mad?
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 2:Nah, I don't. But a lot of these cats, man, especially some of these producers. It's just one producer. Say no name. Legendary producer. Uh-oh, hold on, hold on, okay, okay, go ahead, because we ain't gonna start now.
Speaker 2:I ain't gonna say no name, but he's one of my favorite producers, man, he sent some beats to me and I told him like man, I ain't feeling the beats, it's whack. So I take it. You know, he kind of got in his feelings because I said his beats was whack and I take it. You know, he kind of got in his feelings because I said his bitch was whack, right, and I told him like dude, this ain't you. I like the old from back in, you know what I'm saying Twisted days and shit like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know what I'm saying. I'm going to tell you who it is when we get off here, because I don't want to bring his name up. But yeah, man, he blocked me on Instagram, he blocked me on Twitter, he blocked my cell phone number. Oh shit, you know what I'm saying. But he, you know, he could always be one of my producers and look like lately he was bad man.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he was, but you know what, lately he's been coming back with some heat, okay.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 2:He's been coming back with some heat. He's been coming back with some heat. Yeah, man, like I tell the young cats I peeped that project too. I peeped the project.
Speaker 1:I listened to it. Yeah right, you know what I'm saying the project ain't out yet.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, it's coming out in July. Okay, that's why I be trying to tell the young cats man, don't give up, man, continue grinding. You know what I'm saying. But that's why I be trying to tell the young cats man, like, don't give up man, continue grinding.
Speaker 2:Man. You know what I'm saying. I know it be frustrating and shit like that. Yeah, but you know me, you know I kind of got an ear for talent. I know talent when I see it and when I first heard people you know like, for example, for example when Fillmore Green I like that one.
Speaker 2:When I first heard Fillmore, you know I got up on him through my homie. I don't know if you know this cat. He another legendary Chicago DJ. Dj Scrap, dirty, scrap, dirty. He worked with Violator Records. Yeah, he fucked with Vice a lot.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he fucked with Vice.
Speaker 2:You know Violator you know fucking Vice a lot. Yeah, he fucking Vice, you know Scrap hit me up with like hey, gq, you need to check out my man, phil Moore Green. I'm like okay, but all the time I like I let it go through my ears and it come out through the eyes. So I'm like yeah, whatever. Then another one of my homies came up to me, who y'all know as well too, rasheed Hadi. Yeah, rasheed was like hey, gq, you might need to check out my homie, phil Moore.
Speaker 1:Green Rasheed did a dope ass project with the.
Speaker 2:Primeridian yeah, yeah, yeah. So I heard him. I was like I mean, you know, when I heard, you know when I hear dope shit, I be making that that face, yeah, yeah, that ugly face, that silent fart face.
Speaker 3:I was like you know what so I hit him up.
Speaker 2:I was like I connected with him, me and him worked together, man. And now you know he's doing big things, man, and I'm proud of him. Man, same thing like with this other MC I work with man. I never heard of him until Benny the Butcher posted his video. I am God I didn't know about. I am God it's didn't know about. I Am God it's crazy. I'll tell you.
Speaker 1:I love the name.
Speaker 2:I've been living in Chicago for 32 years and I know damn near everybody in the music scene. I'm like I ain't never heard of this dude, I Am God. So I text Benny the Butcher and I'm like yo. Who the fuck is this dude you just posted. And Benny hit me back. I'm like yo, who the fuck is this dude you just posted and Benny hit me back.
Speaker 2:I'm like nigga, he from where you from, he from Chicago. Right, I'm like shit, I ain't never heard of this cat. Then, a couple of months later, another good friend of mine, Griffin yeah, Griffin hit me up like nigga. I've been telling you about Benny. I'm like I am God, but see, he used to go by T to God back in the day. Okay, Okay, you know what I'm saying. And I'm like, okay, I wasn't in tune with this dude. So I hit him up on the DM on Instagram. I was like yo, my name is GQ. You know I used to work with 106 Champs Radio and Dr Wax Records.
Speaker 1:I was like dude, I want to work.
Speaker 2:Dr Wax yeah, I want to work with you. So he was, like man, let's link up and have lunch. So I linked up with him in Hyde Park and me and him had lunch and we chopped it up and I told him like dude, you dope as fuck, you talented as fuck. I want to work with you, man. So I told him, like man, I want to connect you with one of my favorite producers, who just happened to be an engineer and his name Dr Mindbender. Damn Bro, hey man, listen, check it out. What you are hearing right now is Chicago history, like audio, whatever the fuck. You're hearing it through your ears right now. Anyway, be appreciative of that, because you're listening to somebody that experienced it first hand. Yo, we're gonna take a break real quick. Then we'll come right back. And man shout out to all the little fuckers out there that went to Dr Wax and tried to steal big ass albums Yo, goof Ass, it's the shit podcast, man, it's the shit For all erotic needs and fantasy needs.
Speaker 1:please contact Cold Pleasures at colpleasurescom.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We are now back at the shit podcast. We either shooting shit, starting some shit or picking up what shit left off Chicago history and for a moment.
Speaker 3:We was probably starting some shit.
Speaker 2:But we didn't say their producer's name, so we didn't start. No shit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we didn't start. No shit, no.
Speaker 2:But so my question to you man I know you was you was oh, fuck, yeah, Okay, oh, damn bro, yeah, Okay, yeah, we can't do that. Yeah, Damn Okay, Chicago history right. Yeah, yeah, Chicago history right. Exactly so I was like I meant to ask you how did you link up with Benny the Butcher? Well, okay, I'm going to do the Benny the Butcher first, then I'm going to break some Chicago history up to you. Yeah, do it, let's do it. But how I got connected with Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine and West Side Gun was through a good friend of mine who was probably one of my favorite MCs.
Speaker 3:Who you know? Vic Spencer. Yeah, Okay, I figured that you know when I first met them.
Speaker 2:I met them at Reggie's my brother, eugene McIntosh, him and Terry Hogan. I had brought them out to do a show at Reggie's. I had brought some Harold's chicken for Betty the Butcher and Conway. I had some Harold's today and that shit was trash and I felt like it usually ain't trash and I'm always the person that's defending heroes over Uncle Raymond's, but today, the heroes that I went to, that shit was trash. I'm not going to even say which heroes it was, and I'm going to say that shit was trash. It's not cool. Go ahead though. Yeah, but ever since then, bro, I got a good relationship with all three of them dudes, man, well, all four of them Derringer, westside, benny, hanna, conway, ed. You know I always give my flowers to Vic and Johnny Smalls, who managed Vic, for connecting me with them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Vic is dope, I'm saying Vic is dope.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying, so that's how I got in contact with them, with some of the cats and Vic been doing this thing for a minute. Hey man, that brother, hey he's. Look here, man, he's a beast I remember I used to see Vic on the train when I used to be rapping on the train.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And me and him always be talking about hip hop man. I put him up on Little Brothers. Man bro, let me tell you something, bro. I put him up on Little Brothers and he became, he like, man GQ. I became a fan of Fonte and Nightwonder Little.
Speaker 1:Brother, dope as fuck bro.
Speaker 2:Well, put it like this I always say Nightwonder, fonte, big Poop, that was dope. I think it kind of took a decline with Nightwonder to stop being part of the group, like that minstrel show. Classic album, from the records to the skits, classic album straight through. I always prefer Fante as a lyricist compared to I just think that I think that I'm probably starting some shit when I say this. I think that if you put'm probably starting some shit when I say this, I think that if you put rapper Big Pooh in a group with anybody that's a sub par MC, that little brother would not have been as dope as they was. Like Fonte is super dope, he do and I think people A lot of times I think people don't even understand that. Drake said himself that.
Speaker 1:Fante was his myth, like his inspiration, Inspiration, yeah, so that's I always. Anytime somebody bring a little brother, I got to go there, man.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but that's how I actually connected with Griselda. Now to the Chicago history shit that I wanted to bring up to you, man.
Speaker 2:I was. I was like I had the privilege and honor of meeting a man. His name was Dr Phil Coran. Okay, you know he, you know. Rest in peace. He died at the age of I think 104, 103. Damn, but in peace. He died at the age of, I think, 104 or 103. Damn. But for a lot of people that don't know who Dr Phil Coran is, dr Phil Coran was the man who taught Earth Wind Fire how to use the kalimba instrument. Get the fuck out. Yeah, yeah, you know. A lot of people don't know. Earth Wind Fire started here in Chicago. I didn't know that shit. Yeah, that's the fire.
Speaker 1:You know a lot of people don't know Earth. Wind Fire started here in Chicago I didn't know that shit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, maurice White, verdean White, my brother's a huge Earth Wind Fire fan.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Earth Wind Fire got started here in Chicago and Dr Phil Coran used to talk them how to use the kalimba and stuff like that and you know I had the privilege of I'm trying to figure out I had the privilege of. The kalimba is like a like a spiritual kind of instrument. Yeah, you know what I'm saying, but he taught them how to use that instrument and Dr.
Speaker 3:Phil.
Speaker 2:Corrine had some sons. And, yeah, he, corrine, had some sons. He got a couple of sons and all his sons played instruments like trumpet saxophone. They in this group called y'all remember the hypnotics, the hypnotics, brass ensemble.
Speaker 1:I'm thinking about the drink my bad, the hypnotic brass ensemble that was the name of the drink the hypnotic brass assemble.
Speaker 2:That was the name of the group they used to be playing on the subway platform.
Speaker 1:I do I remember? Yeah.
Speaker 2:That's Dr Phil Coran. Kids, get the fuck out of here. Yes, hey man.
Speaker 3:That's a Chicago history for y'all man.
Speaker 2:That's the Phil Coran taught Irwin and Fire how to play the kal Kalimba and his sons are the Hypnotic Brass Assemble. That's one Chicago history.
Speaker 1:They used to play down at the Cotton Club too, didn't they Exactly? That was dope as hell.
Speaker 2:You know it's crazy, like I said, because I'm not even from Chicago, but I study up on a lot of these shit Like dude. It fucked my head up when I found out that Gil Scott Heron is from Cranktown. Fuck, y'all didn't know that. Huh, I'm trying to figure out where the fuck Cranktown is at 63rd and Kenbark. Okay, cool, that's where all the mo's at. But yeah.
Speaker 2:Gil Scott Heron was born on the south side of Chicago on 63rd and Ken Bark, and I saw Gil Scott Heron. The last time I saw Gil Scott Heron before he passed was at the House of Blues. I think they changed the name, bro. That's why I had it mixed up, because 63rd and Kenbrook is close to O Block. So yeah, it's kind of. I think they're going to change that. Yeah, I don't think it's going to be Cranktown, yeah, but yeah, that's another Chicago history right there. Yeah.
Speaker 2:You know, what I'm saying, you know, because one of my boys he was like wait, I didn't know. Gil Scott Henry was from Chicago. I'm like, yeah, he born in Chicago, super soulful, super soulful man, you know, and when I met him he was cool as hell. You met Gil Scott Hammer. Yeah, I met him, but when I met him, you had pictures, man, I caught him at a bad time, man, he was going through his demons, bruh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, but, dude, I got so many Bruh, it's like my mother would be telling me, like, man, you need to come out with a book, man, because you got all these. Dude, I got pictures from back in 1993, bruh, it's like you ever met the brat, of course, Did you always know that she was the brat? I've always been cool with the brat.
Speaker 3:You know the I met the brat.
Speaker 2:I met the brat through Pink House, but I also met the brat through this cat. I don't know if y'all remember Jay Boogie.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, he used to make the jackets and shit.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he used to make the clothes and stuff like that Him and Jay Boogie used to go with each other.
Speaker 1:I wonder if he knew.
Speaker 2:That's for another story. That's it. I wonder if the writing was on the wall. You know what I'm saying. Yeah, that's a whole other story. But yeah, yeah, but no, when I you know the brat. When I met she cool people you know, I could tell you name of people that I met. That was some straight up dicks and assholes. Man, Give me Damn. I was about to say give me two dicks, but that didn't sound right. Tell me two dicks. Yeah, that sounds right. Before I do this, the platform you're on, you don't got no hell of a Y'all got a big platform for your podcast, I think so, Okay, I don't want to say the name, man, If you got a big platform, I don't want to say the name, you know what I'm saying, unless y'all could edit this shit out.
Speaker 2:Give us a hint, I shall oh.
Speaker 1:That's it, get the. Unless y'all can edit this shit out, give us a hint, I shall. Oh, all right, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, that's it, get the.
Speaker 2:Straight up asshole bro.
Speaker 1:Damn.
Speaker 2:He's one of them, the other one, the other one, the other person I about to mention. Just do the hint. Just do the hint.
Speaker 1:Back in the days.
Speaker 2:Oh no, no man, no bro, no bro, yeah, straight up, asshole man not a fan of neither of these dudes.
Speaker 2:Man, alright, well, damn well, give us, give us. Alright, let me take a break on that. Hey, man, shout out to all the motherfuckers out there that got the hint and they going back on on Instagram. I'm gonna go tell to all the motherfuckers out there that got the hint and ain't going back on Instagram to go tell them what was said, and now they're going to be at our ass. Hey, it's the Shits Podcast, man, it's the Shits.
Speaker 3:Hey everybody, it's comedian Stephanie Robertson with the Shits. Come check it out. You can follow me on Instagram at Stephanie underscore underscore Robertson. I will see you there. Make sure to follow what's up, boy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we are now back at the Shits Podcast.
Speaker 2:Hey, where we shooting shit. Hey, man, we starting.
Speaker 3:We kind of starting some shit.
Speaker 2:When I get off here, someone want to say to you.
Speaker 1:Yes, I want to say to you too.
Speaker 2:You're going to trip out when I tell you this. Okay, shout out to my man, andres Haley, talking about the evolution of hip-hop, the evolution of black men, hip-hop and the importance of black men presenting themselves as intelligent. You know, I'm saying have some kind of smarts. What's your thoughts on that? And then do you think that we're doing that and do you think that the audience embraces?
Speaker 2:it as well. You know what? No, I think we're doing it. I think some people embrace it and some people don't embrace it, man, and some people, man, they still they. They want to see ignition niggas be on some ignorant shit. Like I would tell you about my boy, you know, talking about gucci man. He was like man, I can't fuck with gucci man. Now. I like gucci man when he was guap. You know what I'm saying. When he was like man. I can't fuck with Gucci man now. I like Gucci man when he was guap. You know what I'm saying. When he was ignorant and I'm like, damn bro, I'm like for real. He like, yeah, man, I'll fuck with him. He and him went to jail and got highly intelligent and using big, articulate words now and he got all cut up. So I'm like, right same thing. Like we were talking about Chief Keef. I'm like my mother was like man. I like the old Chief Keef, this new Chief Keef, I ain't really feeling him. He sound too intelligent.
Speaker 3:I can understand.
Speaker 2:I'm like right so y'all don't want, y'all don't want brothers, y'all don't want us brothers to evolve and and grow up and be intelligent. So it's a. You know, like I said, you got people that embrace the growth and the intelligence and then you got some. They just want motherfuckers just to stick to that straight, that ignorant lean popping pills. Xanac type bullshit.
Speaker 3:You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean damn you know. But I'm gonna yeah, I mean damn you know. I'll call my nigga in a minute as far as the evolving of hip-hop here in Chicago. Man bro, it's involving bro Look at it, man Look at it.
Speaker 2:I mean, like I look at the same bro and I'm seeing people, Like I'm seeing people that I seen come up and they are reinventing themselves and that's what I think is dope as fuck. Shout out to my man, mr Misfit. Shout out to my man, andreas Haley, el Gordon. Yes, sir, you got cats like Rufus Sam's. That's putting his name in. I am God.
Speaker 1:Panamera P, jujilla, taco, my man, El Gordon, just talking about Taco and it's crazy because AAU game last weekend and Taco was up in there.
Speaker 2:Which Taco you talking about? Because you know it's two Taco. It's an OG Taco. You remember Taco Box right, used to work for GCI? No, no, no, taco, taco Box he from back in. It's a different Taco then.
Speaker 3:Okay, yeah.
Speaker 2:It's a lot of Taco, I know right, but nah man, I I mean it's a lot of taco.
Speaker 1:We hungry in the menu. Yeah, I know right.
Speaker 2:But no man, I love the evolution man and lately, like you know, I've been a real hard component of trying to push a lot of these newer MCs. Give me some female names. I'm sorry, I didn't say any female names. I didn't say nothing about the female. Give me some female names. That's on the radar right now.
Speaker 3:Here in Chicago.
Speaker 2:Yes, Asha Omega, jay Bambi, freddie Oso, oh, yes, you know, brittany Carter, sweet Juices, definitely Sweet Juices, really that shit. Oh, and my girl, this shit named Dialectra. Okay, she nice too. Dialectra Bianca Shaw.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:Nothing heavy Heart-spinning. Then, of course, you got the veterans, like Tifa Shauna, my girl. Annihilation Shauna. Fine as fuck. Yeah, you know. Ange 13,. Lisa Vasquez. You know, what I'm saying you got, you got, you know it's a lot of talent.
Speaker 3:Oh, it's definitely a lot of talent, a lot of talent, man.
Speaker 2:And you know I'm being a real hard component of trying to push that talent out. Man, and let Chicago know Every time I look up on the media motherfuckers talking about drill music man, this shit, you know, this shit, way more bigger than drill music man. It ain't about, no, you know no disrespect to them. Dude G Herbo and Chief Keef and Valley and all them, but, motherfucker, we got some real wordsmith man, yes, but motherfucker, we got some real wordsmith man, yes, fucking. Vic Spencer, fillmore, green, andreas, haley, griffin, race Race yeah, right there. Simeon from Primer Ridge yeah, il Gordon, bruce Black, jay Hayes, ju Jilla Panamera, p Rufus Sims it's like we got some it's broke.
Speaker 1:That's the hitters out here. Man hey, man listen.
Speaker 2:Names need to be heard, man.
Speaker 1:I've been seeing motherfuckers spit since Larry Miller.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying. Back at the motherfucking Blue Note.
Speaker 1:Real shit.
Speaker 2:So I've seen motherfuckers come and I've seen motherfuckers go, and I've seen motherfuckers come and I've seen motherfuckers go and I've seen motherfuckers that, like I said, reinvent themselves and who have a fucking catalog. That's why I always bring up my man, bruce Black. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, well, bruce Black was a beast, though, man. I miss that dude man. Let people know about Bluepoint what it's called now, because a lot of people the Blue Note. I don't even know what it's called. It's called the Point. Oh yeah, it's called the Point now.
Speaker 2:I didn't even know that, yeah the same people that own the club Bourbon and Division. They own the Point, but before it was the Point it used to be called the Blue Note Bro. They need to make a documentary about the Blue Note. Foil was the point. It used to be called the blue note. They need to make a documentary about the blue note and they need to make a documentary about sub-T. I don't know if it's one they made already, but it definitely needs to be one made about those two spots Real shit.
Speaker 2:And they need to make one about elbow rule. Oh, bruh, I got so much stories at the elbow room, bruh. One of the stories was when Fat Joe came to Chicago and Fat Joe had like 20 niggas with him. Man, motherfuckers, army fatigue, fatigue Got bangers on him Right, all, all all. And it was Fat Joe and Kyman came at the elbow room together and the Common I'm talking about, with the four corner hustler, whooping nigga, punching niggas in the face. This before he met, you know, erykah Badu and you know got all. Once you get the Erykah Badu pussy, it's over.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a wrap, but man they had the whole they had the whole elbow room surrounded, bruh and man dude, I remember Fat Joe and Common rocking on stage together. Man, this was when they were signing Relativity Records. Okay, you know, this was back in the Peter Kang days. You know what I'm saying? It's so crazy just to see how they evolved from what they used to be, both at Joe and Common I remember what they used to be to what they is now. And I'm like wow, what's your favorite Common album? I'm going to say my favorite Common album is actually the album that I was to be on.
Speaker 1:Which is what?
Speaker 2:One Day it All Makes Sense and I'm going to tell you the story on that. That's the first one. No, that's the first one.
Speaker 1:No, the first one was Can I?
Speaker 2:Borrow a Dollar. Yeah, okay. Okay, that was classic too, but I like One Day I was to be on the One Day. It All Makes Sense. I did a joint on there with Common and this MC named Bamski the Bigot and it was produced by Doug Inf and I remember, and I remember, I remember me Bamski and Common was at. It was the studio downtown on Grand. It got tore down. Now it's called CRC, chicago Recording Center. Oh man, I think I want to say I think Doug Inf somebody.
Speaker 2:Better put an insurance policy on your way, because there's a lot of shit.
Speaker 3:you know man, Real shit.
Speaker 2:I think Doug Infinite still got that joint. I think he got to look, I think he should. I need to hit him up see if he can find it. But that was one of the fun memories I had, hanging around Common man and I was praying like damn, I hope that joint we did make it on One Day. It All Makes Sense. But then I got to find out through Common. Common actually told me like man, relativity Records was on some bullshit and they shelved that joint, yeah, and I was like fuck, but I ain't tripping. Yeah, I got paid. You know, common, you know.
Speaker 2:That's all that matters, that's all that matters. He hit me with some bread, but that's my favorite common album. One Day it All Makes Sense. And of course I like the Law Professor remix of Resurrection. Yo gotta take a break real quick. And man shout out to all the motherfuckers out there that really been, that really was going to sub T, getting out of sub T at 2 o'clock in the morning, then going over to the Blue Note leaving Blue Note at 4 o'clock in the morning and being late for work.
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Speaker 2:man and yo. We just been in this motherfucker chopping it up with GQ, GQ the teacher. Hey man, listen. A lot of motherfuckers like to talk about Chicago hip-hop, but it's only so many motherfuckers that have actually lived Chicago hip-hop from a certain point to a certain point to a certain point.
Speaker 1:One of them, motherfuckers, is you, bro, so that's why I felt like we really needed to get you up on the platform, because you know, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:You've been in the mix man, when you start to think about where hip-hop Chicago hip-hop is going and where it's been what are some of the? Things you think we need to do better. I think we need. You know, it's like I feel like Chicago hip-hop still feel kind of like separated.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying. You know some cats be thinking they better than other cats just because they got a huge platform, or they know people in the music world. Yeah, and you know, I wish they would stop being like that and everybody just like get together and work together, man and network together and shit like that. You know it's like say, for example, I'm a you know me example. You know I know a lot of people in the music world, I know a lot of people in the industry, but I'm not going to be acting, funny, acting and acting all you know got my you know ego and all that shit. You know what I'm saying be acting, funny, acting and acting all got my ego and all that shit, just because you know what I'm saying, that I ain't gonna help artists that I fuck with everyday and that I got mutual respect and admiration for that's what I would love to see.
Speaker 2:Man, one of the people that I've been talking with lately man me and Decker Durst was talking about him man, and I want to shout him out is my brother, andrew Barber from Fake Shore Drive. Me and Andrew have been talking a lot, man, and he's one of the cats he's been helping. He's been putting this. A lot of people might not see it, but I thought so. He kind of caught some flack some years ago. Yeah, he caught some flack because you know, hey, you know, of course, you know he make his money off the drill shit.
Speaker 1:A lot of what's the name. What's my man?
Speaker 2:name my own Lyrical Lemonade Fuck, what's the name? You're a white boy, jew kid man. Cole Bennett, cole Bennett. Okay, he made millions off that shit.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 2:Don't fuck that man, because it's sad man, but you know you're making all your money off of the drill shit. But then you got all these dope motherfuckers out here. You know what I'm saying. You ain't even focusing on them. But Andrew, on the other hand, he has been focusing, he's been tapped in. Okay, you know what I'm saying. You know he played. You know one of the artists I'm working with, this kid named Monty Jordan. You know he of the artists I'm working with, this kid named Monty Jordan, he played his shit on his Spotify.
Speaker 2:So when I saw that, I was like okay, this dude tapped in. Then he played my homie. Another artist I'm working with, this kid named Joel.
Speaker 2:Q oh yeah, joel Q, he nasty, but he played Joel Q and Britney shit on his platform. So I'm like, okay, he's nasty, but he played Joel Q and Britney shit on his platform. So I'm like, okay, he tapping in. Then, look, he started playing Panamera P and Jew Jilla and Phil Moore and all that shit. So I'm like, so he tapped in and he posted me helping me out with some other shit too I'm not going to say it on here. My brother Andreas know what I'm talking about, but I ain't going to say it on here. It's a surprise. But nah, man, once we could get brothers like Andrew Barber and Johnny Smalls, who managed Fix Spencer and I Am God, and Brianna from Swank PR and Bree Specific from WGCI she worked with what's the Word TV Once we could get people like them on board, I think that would be a good look for.
Speaker 3:Chicago Hip Hop and the Underground.
Speaker 2:Foundation and so far it's working because Bree Specific, she's been plugging us up on what's the Word TV and GCI. And then it's this other radio station called Illinois Radio. Yeah, Illinois Radio. They've been plugging the shit out of Jujilla, Vic, Panamera, P, Brittany Freddie, you know what I'm saying. They've been playing on shit.
Speaker 1:B Cole right B Cole's a good one, yeah.
Speaker 2:B Cole and Illinois Jones.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:They're pretty right. You know what I'm saying. So they've been doing their thing. And then you know, man, you know I'm still pissed off that Vocalo gone, man, that was huge man. That shit pissed me off, man. That shit pissed me off because Vocalo was like the Bro. That was huge, real shit. You know what I'm saying, especially for like underground. Exactly that that was bro. That was huge, real shit. You know what I'm saying, and like especially for like underground exactly that shit was huge.
Speaker 2:So when I heard Jesse De La Pena well, you know, from back in the elbow rooms, jesse De La Pena and Bico and DJ Lady D said that Vocaloid's about to close I was like damn, that's fucked up, yeah, that's fucked up. But by the clothes I was like damn, yeah, that's fucked up, yeah, that's fucked up. Like I said, man, I love the direction, I'm happy as hell. I love the direction the hip-hop scene is moving in Chicago and we finally getting the attention you deserve.
Speaker 2:My boy, I Am God, just posted this video with this posse cut, which is ridiculous. Today, okay, I Am God, I Okay, ufa, sim and Ju, jilla and Vic and Warner and all them. That shit is dope. And then I see Lupe did it. He posted shit with my boy, chris Adams, one of the illest video directors in Chicago. Yeah, christopher Adams, impact Studios. You know what I'm saying. I saw that. And then, of course, man, that clip Common posted up today with him and P-Rock Gosh. I saw that shit. That shit brought a smile on my face like man, chicago bringing that real shit back, man, we always do.
Speaker 2:And I'm saying this as a New Yorker. Chicago is bringing that, because you might as well say I'm a Chicagoan because I've been living in this motherfucker for 32 years now.
Speaker 3:I'm.
Speaker 2:Chicagoan as well too. As much history. As you got you official, we'll take you and send another motherfucker back. I'm trying to figure out who we're going to ship off. Yeah, real quick, we're going to get into this. Alright, y'all. This is the game portion of the show, and this week's contestant is the one, the only GQ the teacher.
Speaker 1:So the game this week, man is called four for four, not like Wendy's the one, the only GQ, the teacher.
Speaker 2:So the game this week, man, is called 4 for 4. Not like Wendy's, because we'll get sued for that shit. Okay. Something else, and it's not hard, it's um like we always say um it's real easy to do, alright, so basically, I'm going to hit you with a word or a phrase and you got to respond in four words, just four words. You can only respond in four words. Okay, all right.
Speaker 1:All right. So sometimes you know it depends on Don't worry about it, you get it. It ain't too hard, all right.
Speaker 2:First word Black Air Force 1's. Only for the grimy niggas. Only for the grimy. There, it is only the grimy niggas. Wear the black Air Force 1's there you go if you want some, you know doing stangs and shit like that, there you go. If you want some, you know doing stangs and shit like that, there you go. Now you know. Yeah, uncle Remus, you know what? Shout out to my brother Wood Harris man, he put me up on. Uncle Remus Can't be for a word. Oh, I like Uncle Remus Goddamn, that was good.
Speaker 1:I like Uncle, that's on point I like Uncle Red, All right cool Whack MCs.
Speaker 2:Sexy Red NBA Youngboy Lotto.
Speaker 1:Hold on, hold on, hold on, bro. We ain't going to go there with Lotto, bro, we ain't gonna go there with Lotto. We ain't gonna go there with.
Speaker 2:Lotto, lotto. We still trying to get you on the show. We'll talk. You know what I'm saying. Just don't, just don't, even don't mad, but you just heard, we're trying to get you on the show, shut up, um, alright, that was three. But towel coats wow, that was coats. Wow, that was throwback. That's pretty fucking good bro. That was yeah, throwback. Yeah, alright. The double door Monumental spot.
Speaker 3:Legendary.
Speaker 1:That's three History All right.
Speaker 2:I'm going to hit you with a hard one right now. Andre Vasquez, crazy, this man is an alderman. Now, mmm, that's five. Crazy, he's an alderman. There you go, all right, for those of you who don't know Andre Vansquares, prime Prime Last one.
Speaker 1:Purple box.
Speaker 2:I love them. That's true. Yeah, I love them. Yeah, you put the yeah in front of them. Yeah, I love them. Alright, man, the next point. Y'all hey yo, y'all gotta give it up. My man GQ the teacher, man playing the game, hey yo, we're gonna take a break real quick. We're gonna come right back wrapping this up. My man GQ the teacher, y'all heard all that shit, man, y'all, make sure y'all stay in tune and support Chicago Hip Hop y'all.
Speaker 1:It's the shit, y'all it's the shit, it's the shit. But I can't say that, you know yeah yeah, yeah, back at the Shits Podcast.
Speaker 2:And one man GQ the teacher. Hey y'all.
Speaker 1:Anybody that's a fan of Chicago Hip Hop, whether it be past present man, definitely appreciate what you brought to the platform tonight.
Speaker 2:man, shit that we didn't even know about. You know a lot of motherfuckers didn't know.
Speaker 1:Tyler, wait, let me stop.
Speaker 2:I didn't say that yeah, didn't know he made that record. But certain shit man that motherfuckers in Chicago did not realize was going on, a lot of connections that people didn't even realize, like the whole Bernie Mac thing on the train, all that. I thought that was super dope and I would think that it would be even doper for somebody like you to have witnessed that. That's like that's what I said, man. Somebody need to. You know they got to keep you in a box or something, man, because we need the documentary and we need somebody that was there to talk about this shit man. Because Chicago, like you said, chicago has a lot of talent, chicago has a lot of history and to me it's messed up that we haven't gotten the shine that we should have got. You know what I'm saying and not to discredit anything, but it's like certain movements got way more publicity than others and it's like, why is that?
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying, yeah, yeah, it's like it's so much history, man. It's like I was talking to one of my friends. He was talking to me about um, but uh, one of the artists I'm working with is captain golden child and you know I was, you know he was asking me.
Speaker 2:He was asking yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, golden child and his brother, tyree hakeem, both of them dope, yeah. But you know he was asking me like Tyree Hakeem, both of them dope, yeah. But you know he was asking me like how Tyree Hakeem and Golden Child got so connected in the music industry stuff. And I had to tell him the story about, first of all, the way they got connected through the music industry stuff is really through their father. You know, I've been knowing Golden Child and Tyree Hakeem's father for like like 30 plus years and his name is Brother Hashim. You remember Brother Hashim because he used to be in the group Soldiers at War, what you remember?
Speaker 2:Soldiers at War. Who can forget? So Brother Hashim used to be in the group Soldiers at War. But what caught a lot of people's eyes on Brother Hashim is this documentary called Backstage with DMX and Jay-Z, and on the documentary it was a part where they showed DMX and Jay-Z was backstage freestyling. You remember the guy that came out with the Nation of Islam suit on and he started to bust out that freestyle and Jay-Z was like that's Buddy, that's Golden Child, and Tyree Hakim, father, connecting the motherfucking dots, connecting the motherfucking dots. So it was through that getting to find out that brother Hashim used to do security for Jay Z. Wow, so that's how their names.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying out there strong like that, but nah you know I told Golden Child like dude, I want to work with you, man, just off the, not just because you talented and you dope, but I'm doing it off the strength because of who your old man is. I've been knowing your old man for years.
Speaker 3:I connected him with a.
Speaker 2:I connected him with Static Selector.
Speaker 3:He was on Static Show.
Speaker 2:That's really what I do, man. Like I told Decker Durst, my thing is connecting the dots. If I see you talented and I fuck with you, let's chop it up. Let's talk about the business side of it. Like you know what I'm saying Because, like I told Decker, like look I ain't working. You know, I'm on disability, I can't work, I can't do no heavy lifting and I'm like shit. I know all these people in the music world and music is not phones but that's a million dollar phone right there, Jack.
Speaker 2:Shit, might as well use it and try to make some kind of source of income. So that's when I was like you know what? I want to start working with these younger cats, man, I love the movement Rico Shy and Monty Jordan and Asho Omega, and you know Vic Well, even though Vic, you know, he close, damn near close, to my age. But Vic Fillmore, andreas, you know, jubigilla, ilgort, all these cats, I want to start pushing their name out more, man, you should, and I am going to do it. I'm going to get it. I don't give a fuck who get mad or tired. I'm going to keep plugging the shit out of their name.
Speaker 1:I got to throw another name out Vell the General.
Speaker 2:Oh, come on, man, I got to throw Vell the General out, you know what you know, cat, be coming at me like dude why you ain't mention my name? I'm like dude, I'm just one person. Man See my mother be thinking because, oh, you know, he work with 24-7 HH and he know these people. You know you need to mention my name so I can get some.
Speaker 3:You know that clout chasing shit man no, no, no, that's not what I was saying about Vel. I said about Vel was Vel dope I, I love Vel.
Speaker 2:It's so many dope MCs, I just can't mention every damn body you know what I'm saying I be trying to tell some cats be getting mad at me like dude why you ain't mention my name before. I'm like dude. That's why I said it's so many to mention. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:But no.
Speaker 2:Vel, I fuck with Vel. And crazy thing I got up on Vel through. We had this event called Boost. You know it was for the Boost cell phone, okay, but it was in collab with 24-7. And it was called Boost the Mic event. So I got up on, you know, vel the General through that. But I also got up on Vel the General through my homie Race.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, race, race, we plug with.
Speaker 2:Prime Meridian he put me on to Vell and then later Vic put me on to Vell and that's how I got to know about.
Speaker 3:Vell, but no.
Speaker 2:Vell, he's definitely one of them, guys man, you know what I'm saying. It's sad because he was to open up for Benny the Butcher. You know, Benny was out here recently and Vel was to open up for him, but it didn't pan through. Like you know what I'm saying, I was hoping that was going to happen, yeah.
Speaker 1:I think he did it before, though, yeah.
Speaker 2:I think he did open up. So, man, look man, I'm a firm believer that time is money, man, and I truly do appreciate you spending this time with us man Like for real.
Speaker 1:Like I said, I have a lot of respect for you.
Speaker 2:I know you've been in this for a minute. You know what I'm saying For a minute Like a staple in this Chicago hip-hop thing, so I just really wanted to pick your brain bro.
Speaker 2:Yeah, before I get off, could I make a shout-out? Hell, yeah, yeah, I want to shout'ma. Just shout out people that's like in my close circle, man. So shout out to my man Vic Spencer, phil Moore, green Griffin. Shout out to Ronadab from 247 HH. Shout out to my man, andrew Barber from Fake Shore Drive. Shout out to my man, andreas Barber from Fake Shore Drive. Shout out to my man Andreas Haley, ill Gordon. Shout out Brittany Carter. Shout out Freddie O'Shull. Shout out to my girl Lyrical Hearts. Shout out to my girl, bree Specific from WGCI what's the Word TV? And shout out to Rashid Hadi, my man, fifth Element. My man SC. Oh, you know that's another dude man.
Speaker 2:I be so fucking mad like dude. This dude, sc deserve his fucking flowers. Man, a lot of people don't know this man worked with Alchemist and mob deep man. You know what I'm saying. That's another. You know, that's another dude man. I gotta you know, I gotta put his name back on the map. Man, I'm talking about sc. I feel you know what I'm saying. Shout out to my man decadence man. This is another brother right here, gorilla glue. 25 plus years in the game. We've been knowing each other man. You know what I'm saying, silent, silent killer this dude fucked me up tonight, man.
Speaker 2:He fucked me up tonight, man, especially that joint with El Gordon, and I Am God that you see how it was when he played. I was like email that to me right now, bro, you know what I'm saying. But nah, man, just shout out to all the underground Chicago hip hop man it's. You know, I love the direction of moving in and, like I said, whatever I could do, pull some string and help, you know, get this shit popping. I'm willing to do it, man, and I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure motherfuckers appreciate it, bro, like straight up, cause it's always good to have somebody, man, that's supporting what you're doing and believing in you. You know real talk. And you mentioned Decker man. Like I always get props to Decker man, none of this shit would be possible if it wasn't for Decker putting the stamp on it you know what I'm saying?
Speaker 3:this is literally his motherfucking table.
Speaker 2:This is his shit. This is it. This is it right here, hey man? I want to leave y'all with this, hey man, because we've been talking about connecting the dots. I want y'all to think about the whole concept of connections, man, and the importance of connections, the importance of being connected to somebody, whether it be a personal relationship, whether it be a business relationship, but having that connection to somebody means that person feels something. They feel some type of way. There's some type of emotion. It may be. I feel like I think you're dope, so I'm going to try to help you out. You know what I'm saying. I feel like you're a good person, so I want to hang out with you, whatever the case may be, but understand the importance of connections and understand that connections are important in your everyday life real shit.
Speaker 2:Also, make fans, not followers. Followers will get you clout, but fans will get you work. Trust the process. Realize that the only thing that comes overnight is dreaming and slobbing and babies. You know the thing I hate I hate man is you know that clout got. The thing I hate I hate man is you know that cloud chasing shit. I hate that shit, man. It's like you know a couple of the cats that hit me up that asked me to manage them yeah.
Speaker 2:I had to tell. I had to tell them like, nah, I don't want to do that. And I know the reason why they want me to manage them, because they see I know a lot of motherfuckers in the music entertainment world. So they think man, gq, manage me, man, that'll get me in the door. See, that's that cloud chasing shit right there. Put the work in. You know what I'm saying. Put the work in, man. You know what I'm saying. I can't stop. You know cloud chasing and yes, mans, them two things I hate, bro.
Speaker 2:If you and yes, mans, them two things I hate, bruh, if you can't step up in my face, man tell me like man, bruh, I'm not feeling your shit, or you whack, you know what I'm saying and you agree with everything that, oh man, he dope this, he dope that. Nah, man, I don't like that type of shit. You know what I'm saying and you know that. Go once again. That's that, yes, man, shit. And then another thing with the clout chasing shit. I was talking to Dec earlier and I was telling him you know, last year you know I'm going through my issue with my kidney and heart failure and last year, when Wu-Tang and Nas and De La Soul had that concert at the United.
Speaker 2:Center, 35 motherfuckers blew my phone up. 35 of these people, some of these people, I haven't heard from like three, four, five years. They hit my line up and not one of them people asked me like how you doing? You need a couple of dollars for your pocket. You want me to get some groceries for you, you want me to come by the crib, come hang out with you. All 35 of these motherfuckers asked me yo could you think you could get me backstage at the United Center to see hang out? Chop it up with Nas, Shit, keep going. You know what I'm saying. Chop it up with Nas. And I'm like, damn, that's what y'all think about me, Just to get backstage, pass. You know what I did. I deleted all 35 of their numbers out of my phone. Wow, I don't need people like that.
Speaker 3:I don't need energy like that man we definitely keeping that audio Definitely keeping that audio.
Speaker 2:Yeah man, it ain't going gonna be on video, but you'll hear that shit. Like you know, I don't need things. I don't need people like that. Man, if that's all you think about me. It's like that's why?
Speaker 2:you know, you know the problem when the promontory did that uh summit, the benefit for me. I appreciate it, man. I appreciate all the flowers, man. But you know, I was thinking like dude, why am I getting all these flowers now? Because, because you know, I got kidney and heart failure and I got IVs all up in my arm in the hospital bed. Why I wasn't getting this shit when I was healthy. That's not how Chicago works. Yeah, when I was healthy you know what I'm saying when I wasn't going through this issue and you know, I understand. That's how it is, man.
Speaker 2:It's like motherfuckers get their flowers when you either end up in a hospital bed or, even worse, you transition. And you, because you know shit, they did the same shit with dylan michael, michael jackson. Dude, when dylan michael jackson was alive, motherfuckers wasn't really showing them love like that. But as soon as they died, oh, everybody a slum village fan, everybody a dilla fan, everybody loved michael jackson. Like nah, give them their flowers while they alive, while they still healthy, man, well, everybody was loving Michael Jackson when he was alive. Well, mostly overseas, some here in this country. But motherfuckers start slaughtering him after that whole thing, the whole kid thing. You know what I'm saying. I fuck with Michael Jackson, even when he was going through that shit. I mean, the man was a genius, you know, like, for real, he was one of the best entertainers, like you can't. You can't deny that.
Speaker 2:Um, I think because you said something. You said people don't give people their flowers until they land in the hospital bed, or they did. But I think you, you did the opposite tonight. It's a lot of motherfuckers that you shouted out. There's a lot of motherfuckers that you shouted out. There's a lot of motherfuckers that you gave props to. There's a lot of people that you mentioned. You know what I'm saying. As far as I know, they look healthy when I see them. Motherfuckers, you know what I'm saying. So you, you know what I'm saying. That's breaking that cycle, man. That's what we all need to do. Just cut you off, just like. Say, for example, you ain't never see a family member, you don't really talk with your family member that much, but then a funeral happens when your cousins die.
Speaker 2:All your family members show up and then everybody start. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:We gotta get up cuz.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know what I'm saying. We gotta get up with you. Dude, holler at me, Don't wait until no funeral come up. You know what? I'm saying Holler at me now. You know what.
Speaker 2:I'm saying I stay in touch with all my family. Man, I'll wait till no damn funeral. You know what I'm saying. Hey, bro, you know. But like I told you before, that's a whole nother pod right there. Hey, y'all Check it out Once again. Shout out to my man, decker Durst. Shout out to my girl, b Karen, since she couldn't be here tonight. Yeah, that's a whole other story.
Speaker 2:Y'all make sure y'all check out the Shiz Podcast on Spotify, apple Podcast, anywhere you get your podcasts at, on Instagram. The Shiz Podcast, facebook. The Shiz Podcast TikTok same thing and just man, those shits podcast. Tiktok same thing. Um, and just man, like I tell y'all we appreciate the support. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Y'all make sure y'all stay tuned to my man gq and any and everybody that this man mentioned tonight, because if he mentioned them tonight they dope, it ain't because a motherfucker slid this motherfucker a check or no shit like that. These are motherfuckers. That's literally fucking dope, and they put out dope music, real shit. So y'all make sure y'all get in tune with them and we will holler at y'all next week we out it's the sheets.