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Playboi Carti’s a vampire. Young Thug’s a shapeshifter. And somewhere between child support, conspiracies, and fake PPP loans, the crew manages to explain the entire modern male condition. This episode hits every level — from hip-hop mythology to everyday survival — blending humor, tension, and truth until it’s hard to tell which is which.The guys start with the new wave of “vampire energy” in rap — why Carti performs like a demon from a fashion week séance and how Thug’s legacy feels mythic now that he’s behind bars. Then the talk swings into the culture that built them: XXL vs On The Radar, the lost era of freestyles, and how rap became both darker and funnier at the same time.Once the smoke clears, the conversation turns human — the reality of baby mamas, the ego hit of stepdad life, and why men keep pretending they’re built for chaos when they’re barely keeping rent paid. They break down relationship politics like analysts: free snacks, hoodies gone missing, and the psychology of trying to “lead” when you’re still figuring yourself out. It’s half therapy, half stand-up, pure honesty.From there it spirals beautifully: conspiracy talk, gay frogs, flat earth, reincarnation, weather control, and the eternal question — if immortality was real, would you even want it? It’s the kind of late-night spiral that feels unhinged until it suddenly gets profound.By the hour mark, they’re talking loyalty, fake money vs legal grind, and how friendship changes once success gets involved. The crew unpacks the pandemic era, creative burnout, and how skateboarding somehow explains adulthood better than most philosophers. Every tangent lands somewhere real — identity, survival, and what it means to build a life out of motion.What makes this episode different: there’s no script, no angle, no fake polish. It’s raw conversation that drifts between comedy and confession — one minute about love songs, the next about the moon landing being staged on a Tyler Perry set. It’s chaotic precision: smart, stupid, emotional, and honest all at once.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 CARTI IS A VAMPIRE
02:30 ON THE RADAR KILLED XXL
05:08 BOUGHT HER A NEW RING
06:52 QUICK QUESTIONS
07:58 GIRLS TAKING HOODIES
10:01 SHOES TO WALK OUT
10:17 BABY MAMA
12:35 BABY DAD TURNS YOU UP
14:25 SINGLE MOM RESPONSIBILITY
17:15 BABY MAMA CLASS
20:12 BABY MAMA CALL IN
22:05 PAY ME THE CHILD SUPPORT TO GET OFF CHILD SUPPORT
23:00 THE CLAWS COME OUT
24:50 STEP DAD IS PRACTICE FOR A REAL KID
27:12 IF SHE WAS RAISED BY HER GRANDMA
30:45 PEOPLE AREN’T OUTSIDE
32:43 LIFE IS TOO F*CKED UP TO PLAY VIDEOGAMES
40:20 GUY FRIENDSHIPS
42:50 NO ONE WILL CALL IT X
43:45 IM NOT WHITE
45:15 POUND CAKE
46:10 RAINMAKER CAN ADJUST THE WEATHER
46:38 IS THE EARTH FLAT?
47:41 THIS CANT BE REAL
47:55 HOW FLAT IS THE EARTH?
49:44 LAST MOVIE TO MAKE YOU CRY
51:30 JOHN CENA LAST TOUR, IF YOU SEE HIM YOUE TIME IS UP
54:20 EVERY SINGLE BLACK GUY HAS TRIED TO RAP
55:45 RAP INSPIRATION
56:48 KANYE WEST LIVE/TATTOO
58:15 KANYE WEST PORTRAIT
01:02:20 MEETING WHITE PEOPLE AT 11
01:03:09 SKATEBOARDING PRO SKATER
01:07:26 SCARRED EXPIERENCE
01:10:25 GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR WHITE SIDE
01:13:00 TYLER PERRY GO TO THE MOON
01:06:00 NEVER TEN TOES DOWN ON THE MOON
01:08:45 HOW THE DALAI LAMA IS CHOSEN
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