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You're here. We good? Yeah. Cool. All right. Cool. Tay and Jen in the building as usual. What up, what up, what up? What up, what up, what up? Ladies, the Queens of Nerdum. If you don't mind, we'll just go ahead and premiere your teaser video for episode two of Fallen Star when we do our final shots and thoughts tonight. AD in the building. What up? What up? What is up? Sorry for the preloading cursing. I didn't know we were live. Do we not curse throughout the show? We do. We do. I was unaware. I was like, I didn't know we were making such a drastic change like that. We may have to turning over a new leaf reconvene at a later time cool but yeah man it's friday uh I had the day off I was able to uh do some final editing for a fallen star episode two that should be coming out audio should be coming out as soon as we're done with this I'll upload the uh The video. But yeah, a lot of exciting stuff in that episode. A lot of good times in that one. And then we got episode three next Friday for Fallen Star Fridays. EJ in the building. Shout out to the Queens and EJ. Shout out to you guys. Sir, are we cooking over here? I saw you had an episode, an interview this afternoon as well. Yep. But we'll get into that when we get to Fallen Shots. Fallen Stars is on my head. Final Shots. But we got a full house already in the comments section. Yep. Welcome. But y'all, let me make sure I got the videos right. Yep, y'all know what it is. Episode 130. Actually got the title right this time. Shout out to you for creating the group, making sure the title is right, and all that good stuff. 130 episodes in. Yes, sir. Got another 5 million to go. Oh, I don't know. We're going to try and keep it consistent. We're going to try and keep it consistent every Friday we try to bring you something. A lot of good stuff to talk about. We got our winner of our Best Nick show. We got some things to talk about in the house. We got a recurring guest to our Hoop Man section. He's going to be a permanent fixture soon. got a spot reserved every week bro the boy the boy's ready uh we're gonna go ahead and get into it ladies and gentlemen episode 130 of the smoke pit starts right now wow Welcome to the smoke pit. It's Friday night. Come and take a load off. Come sit in the smoke pit. It's time for us to show off. It's been a long week. Come relaxing. Get some lapsing. And let's talk about these brackets. And while we at it, tell me whose man's is this? Because I got questions. I'm hoping you can answer it. Get ready because you know we're going to talk a lot of shit. It's Mac and Mac. Welcome to the smoke pit. Yeah. Yo, yo. Pitmasters, let me talk to you. Yeah. Y'all know what it is. Friday night. Mood is right. Dynamic duel of black and Mac here on your screens. Bring you episode 130 of the smoke pit. Nice little four day work week for your boy. Got to catch up on some stuff today and pretty chill for the most part, man. Not mad at it. Not mad at knowing that it's the last kind of long holiday weekend. Yeah. Memorial Day comes around or something like that, but trying to make the most of it. Valentine's Day was this past Wednesday. You guys do anything over at the Katelyn compound? It was just flowers, bro. That was the extent of our Valentine's Day. Flowers, and I cooked, and she relaxed. So that was it. What about you guys? Bro, I think that's the default for old-ass motherfuckers like ourselves, man. Yeah, man. As long as it's not Alfredo, we good. You know, that's pretty much how we roll around here. Got some flowers, got a card. You know, just chilled, didn't do much. Wife just got a job over in Yorktown at one of the clinics out there doing a CNA. So she's working the mid-shift now, so the night shift. So yesterday was a day off for her, so we just chilled and didn't do too much. But... Nevertheless, a nice chill Valentine's Day. I made sure I got a gift, so I stayed out of the doghouse. Not too bad. Yeah, as long as you get something, bro. Yeah. On another note, I got nothing in return. No card, no nothing. That's the thing. I'm not even expecting nothing. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, that's the thing. It's a thing where I'm just like, I don't want nothing, but I know if I don't get anything for her. Exactly. Exactly. Oh, you don't love me no more. She won't make it a problem. Yes. I know it. You know what I'm saying. Yes. I totally get it. Okay. I'm on my 15th year, bro. I haven't gotten anything. Oh, shit. But hopefully everybody else's Valentine's Day went well. Got to spend it with your special somebody. And you guys got to spend some quality time together. But it is our time to spend some quality time with you all. So let's go ahead and let's get this shot and start the show. When he's ready, you come back. We'll do the toast. Let's do it. All right. Uh, to all the pit masters, um, get through the work week. Hopefully the Valentine's day was cool. Um, and I hope you guys are getting along. We're a weekend. If not, uh, hopefully we can do what we can to make it enjoyable. Whatever time you do have off. So here's the us and, uh, getting in for another week. Salud. Yeah. not bad what's that uh a little concoction so uh transparency before the show went live I uh my pre-shot drink was cherry moonshine which in setting up and getting getting into the studio today I uh I knocked it over So in the interest of time, I had to clean this shit up. And the only thing I had on my desk was seltzer, which I mixed with the rest of the moonshine that I had left. And it wasn't that bad. So there we go. Little bubbly moonshine. Yeah. Little bit of the bubbly. Little bit of the bubbly. But ladies and gentlemen, we'll just start this off real quick. uh I came across the video well this probably could have been a house meeting segment but I didn't do a background for so bear with me here um I believe it was one uh pit master let me see who did this who did this uh archie smith so shout out to pit master archie smith uh for uh Hilarious video. To an extent, I guess it depends on what side of the camera you're on watching this, is a montage of delivery drivers doing their job, right? And these hellhounds are harassing them doing their job. So I want to bring it, share it with the people so you can watch along with us. And We'll provide some commentaries. But me, I don't have a dog. I do. Not because that I don't want one. It's just I want to wait until we're good to kind of take care of the dog. Because it's a whole other responsibility. It's a whole other member of the family. A lot of finances and stuff that come along with having the dog. Oh my God. How to get a dog. Like some people don't get a dog. And then when they PCS or go somewhere, you know, give it away, put it in a shelter or something like crazy like that. Like if I get a dog, I want the dog to stay with me, uh, from beginning and type stuff. So, Oh man, let me tell you, it's, uh, it is, it is a chore, my guy, especially if you like raising them. So like ghosts. So I have a dog, uh, ghosts. I had him when he, since he was born and, uh, He is a member of the family. He is the kid, the baby. Taking care of him was not easy. The medical bills are crazy, especially because Huskies are smart and when they're bored, they do stupid shit like eat shovels. It could definitely be expensive to maintain them, but I love Ghost, man. For real, for real. I do. Huskies are beautiful dogs, man. Just their face with those bright eyes. I know they're very talkative. They like to make their wants and desires known. He will cuss you out. I know he's cussing me out on the regular. I know when he's cussing me out. So I'm like, watch your fucking mouth. And he just looks at me like, ooh. I was about to say something. Yeah. Shut your ass up. But yeah, let us check out this video. And there's levels to this, right? This video starts out the gate with like, I believe it's like a Cerberus from fucking the Gates of Hell. Yeah. But I'm going to sit back, play the video. We'll pause after each one to talk about it. But, ladies and gentlemen, this is why, for one, I will never do door-to-door stuff. Like, if I do, I'm going to have to keep something on me because some of these beasts, you know what I'm saying? Not always, but, bro. A lot of them. Yes. So, ladies and gentlemen, let's get into this. Dogs versus delivery workers. see now that one there yeah fuck this job bro fuck this job this bitch jumped out the door bro through the glass like stone cold hell yeah and then the first thing the first thing you hear was jen is in here talking about a spray bottle with waterworks Not against that motherfucker, bro. Hell no. Hell no. I wish a dog would risk its life jumping through glass. Like, there's a curtain there. He doesn't know what's on the other fucking side of this thing. He just knows somebody knocks off. He's like, it's go time. Threat. Yep. And then you hear the owner's. Like, bro. That motherfucker ain't listening to you. What you talking about? He halfway down the block. You can't contain him. This nigga just jumped through the door, bro. The door. It was gone. Oh, shit. Yeah, man. It's rough out there. First of all, the driver hollering for life. It is something about me. When I go for my runs and shit, people be walking their dogs. And there's some big dogs out here. Hell yeah. Normally, I'm not too worried about it, but when I see the ratio of human capability, i.e. like a kid will be holding back a fucking Rottweiler or some shit on the leash. Brian, I don't really trust that the kid will be able to hold the fucking dog back. You had this demon dog run after this lady, right? And then here comes this kid yelling, trying to calm the dog. Like, bro, the dog is already- That kid is too little. Yeah, that dog's already- And that's the thing. Most of these dogs, the big ones anyway, it's like the smallest people running after them. Like, you can't contain this dog. You can't hold this motherfucker. He about to drag you. What are you going to do? Ride on him? Like horseback? What are you doing? Sir, please get your animal. Please. Please. dog sneaking up on the brother bro it's gonna be true watch this you got two options bro this straight rogue on his ass bro in the shadows Bro, these motherfuckers are... Hell no. Do you remember back at Eglin working with Kramer? Shout out to the big sis, Naomi. Yep. She was telling me a story when we were deployed in Baghdad. She was just like, McCoy, I don't care what anybody tells you. Every dude has 2% bitch in them, at a minimum, 2% bitch. And there's always something that'll make that 2% bitch come out. Oh, yeah. Yeah. The bitch comes out at the most opportune time, bro. And this driver or the delivery guy, when he saw that dog- All the bitch. Yeah. I can just imagine the dog is probably just like, yo, what the fuck is... I was not expecting. The high pitch probably keeps the dog at bay or some shit, but it has to come out. Bro, that's piss-inducing. You peed on yourself. You had to. You damn near had a heart attack on that dog because you didn't know the dog was right there. Any kind of yell would have sufficed, but when you are in fear of your life like that, like that, the fucking Maxwell comes out of it. People be like, oh shit, bro, you hit them notes. Never seen a dog bark like this. Oh shit. Let's see this next one. That must have been the really coarse glass. Cause that dog could just bust his mouth through. He couldn't jump through like fucking a bitch. You lucky. You lucky. Ooh, you lucky. They got these. Ooh, they got that temper glass. You lucky motherfucker. And like, my thing is like, do the owners not know their dog is about that life? Like, No. I feel like is that the first time somebody rang that doorbell and the dog did that? You know, like is that like you just insert that new doorbell and the dog is like, I don't fucking like that tone, bro. I don't knock on the door like a real. You announce your presence here. You don't just drop shit off. Yeah. Stop bringing that fucking doorbell, bro. Oh, shit. What? No! He done broke they shit. What is big bear looking ass dog? What the fuck? Why was you just in the bushes, bro? Right. What? You ain't on no leash. You ain't in the house. You just in the bushes. This nigga snuck out the backyard, bro. Oh, shit. This nigga's gone. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, motherfucker. Come on, man. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Hey, listen. For anybody listening and not watching, when a black man is scared, woo is like... That's like peak terror, bro. Woo! Woo! All the way back to his truck. Woo, boy. Woo! Never would have made it. These dogs come out of nowhere like DJ Khaled. Oh, I forgot he was on this show. Just out of nowhere. Shit. And that's the part that get me, like, owners just come out laughing. Bitch, I almost died. What the fuck? I'm about to throw your food over this fucking wall, girl. These owners always be, no, no, it's fine. Sorry. They usually don't do this. Here's the weird part. It's February. I can take it here. Every time they say he usually doesn't do this, I feel like, oh, is it just when Black people come around or just me or what's happening? Normally, he doesn't do this. How many people like me come by your house? Right. You trained him. You trained him? I was going along the lines of, he's never seen, like, the dog's never been in diverse company before. This is his first time. You look different! You know, like, shit! Where did you move here from? I need some... Right, right. Get out of my neighborhood. Now, see, that one, you just scared the dogs. Yeah, that's like, it wasn't even big, you know what I'm saying? Bro, you just scared, like you said. That little chihuahua came out that bitch. My man took off, though. Yeah, he did. What do you say? I understand the fear of these bare necessity looking ass dogs, but some of these drivers run up to me. Little dogs come around, they just like, it ain't my dog. Stranger danger. Stranger danger. Ooh, he gone. I can tell by the hairstyle, bro. He had a 4.2 in his ass, bro. I said the same shit. I was like, oh, he about to take off. Oh, shit. He playing DB. My man trying to be a walk-on at the University of Miami. He gone. That dog had no chance. But the dog came back like, damn, that nigga fast. All right. Shit. I got to get back in the lab. I need to go walking more. Yeah. Nope. Got old ass Super Mario. He gave the owner a chance. Get your dog, bro. Responding to you, sir. Nope. I'm out of here. I can't trust you. I was like, I had enough of this shit. Yeah, fuck this, bro. What was that little fake-ass dog over here? Run. just come out the house like that anyone who yells out oil That last one, they said, I hope that package wasn't... Oh, no, that's just toast. If I put the thing down and your dog come out and start slinging the package around, I ain't respond. I'm going to take a picture of that shit. Delivered. Ask your damn dog what the fuck happened to this shit. Badass dog, man. That package is toast. It ain't my fault. Yo, that shit's wild, man. Bro, um... Some of the comments in there, we had one person say their parents did a delivery and shit. Dogs came out. They had some bites. They had to go to the hospital and shit like that. That's just wild. Some people say they'd be carrying pepper spray and shit on them now just to get some shit like that. I'm like, bro, is it really that bad? I mean, obviously. Hell yeah. Especially if it's a big dog like You seen the bitch come out a couple of these dudes, man. Bro, this first joint. Let me take it back here. This motherfucking dog. Hold on, let me bring this shit back up. This motherfucking dog here. Oh yeah, fuck that dog, bro. That dog's about to action. That nigga had the curtain in his mouth, bro. He kept going like, I know the motherfucker out here somewhere. Man, he jumped out that fucking thing with the curtain in his mouth. This shit is wild. Wow. We're rich. Bring your ass. Let me survey the air. Oh, yeah? You want to run? That motherfucker's red. That motherfucker, bro. I'm surprised these motherfuckers ain't walking around with guns out here. Man. Would they be able to self-defense? Like, bro, this motherfucking dog came at me ruthless. Like, bro, that dog was on some I Am Legend shit. And I don't want to be around. Oh, the fucking master zombie dude. Yeah. Run through the glass at the end. Sir, I'm just trying to bring you your fucking B-dubs, bro. Like, why is this dog like this? I mean, and then it comes to people, like, I guess not taking the responsibility to, like, train their dogs. Right. When shit like that goes down. Like, if that was my, and that's the first time, I'd be like, bro, I gotta take my dog somewhere to get fucking, like, obedience. I don't know what the fuck. Like, I've never seen a dog just jump through the window like that. What's wild, and I don't know, because I don't know if my dog is like that. But, like, I mean, people have made a doorbell before, right? Yeah. No, hell no. But what I'm saying is if I'm not there, I don't know how he would act. You know what I'm saying? Most dogs are bitches when their owners are around. I mean, most- I done seen ghosts be about some shit. When there's like a barrier usually between them and the person, the dog will, you know, get bucked. Like the house next to mine, like the door is kind of, it's weird how like face each other, front doors when you leave. So like they'll have their door open, the little glass thing, and they have like a retriever, right? The nicest dog, right? Like when it comes out, when the neighbor and we're kicking it, the dog will come up, I'll pet it. But like when it's on the other side of the door and I'm leaving to go to work, just like come on bro like why are you acting like this dogs and I understand like you'll ring the doorbell or something a dog will be like I gotta protect my family all that stuff right um that dog was just like I don't give a I need flesh yeah I'm tired of these kibbles I am going to eat you I hunger I ain't hungry. Fresh fish on the line, nigga. Ain't nothing like that. Ain't nothing like that. Oh, shit. But no, that just tickled me. Because I, too, like I said, depending on the size of the dog and the capability of the owner. Right. Even like if I'm out running and somebody's at the park and they have the faith in the dog, like, I don't need to put it on a leash. I'd be low-key, like, my head on a swivel, man. Like, I'll pause the earbuds just so I, you know, and it don't be sneak attacks and shit. I'd be like, until I get a safe distance. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. I'd be like, boop, boop. All right, motherfucker. Boop, boop, boop. Oh, shit. But the real house meeting, the thing we wanted to talk about is earlier this week, management posed a question to all the pitmasters out there and asked them, what is the most overrated band or artist out there? It's coming from overrated television shows from last week. And last week, we had like 300 comments. This week, we got 621. Fucking crazy. That post went crazy. Yes. Yeah, so 621 responses to this. And, you know, we'll go through some of these comments and talk about the names that have popped up the most on this thing and discuss some other reasons behind what they did in this week's house meeting. I think we need to have a house meeting, y'all. overrated bands or artists um I did not think it would get the traction it did uh some names that popped up I was expecting them um and the reason I was expecting them is because I don't think people really like when I was looking at it I was trying to think of artists that I have listened to and I'm just like they're okay but then I see the amount of hype and how they're everywhere. And like you turn on commercial or something, their song is playing the shit blowing up like this. Um, but some members, um, I guess, first of all, the, the number one name that was popping up obviously is Taylor Swift. Now, obviously, uh, Taylor Swift is not my cup of tea, but I don't mind her music. I don't know if it was more this question came out kind of around the Super Bowl thing. And then people were just like, I'm tired of seeing Taylor Swift because every time I try to watch a Chiefs game, she on there or ESPN on her and Travis Kelsey and so forth and so on. However. i can understand the fact that somebody may listen to her like my wife um she has recently become a a swifty as they call the fans really swift uh yeah for I don't know I just came out of nowhere I think uh one of her friends wanted to go watch the because they made a movie about her tour and she went to go watch it and then my wife came back and uh you know she'll play taylor swift she has like a playlist and stuff it's not an everyday thing but she'll play it. And she knows the words to a few of her songs. And I'm just like, it's not bad, but I'm just like, it's not really my jam. So I wouldn't call her overrated. It's hard to call her overrated. I mean, when she's like, popular you know and fan base is crazy out here like she's the only one out here right now I think that can go toe to toe with Beyonce as far as fan bases and selling out and all of that other stuff won her fourth Grammy for best album take that I didn't agree with that one but take that how you want like the Academy Awards are the fucking Grammys I'm just like Bro, they've been getting shit wrong for a while, you know. Factual. Yeah. So, I mean, are you in agreeance with Taylor Swift kind of being overrated as an artist? No, I'm actually not. I think, and from what I, I haven't went to a Taylor Swift concert, but from what I hear, she does a really great show, too. Mm-hmm. But no, I don't think she's overrated at all. I think what she did... People need to understand. Country music as a whole was fucking dying until Taylor Swift came along. She rejuvenated that genre of music. It sorely needed it. She brought in modern because there wasn't people doing that type of music. Now you have people like Jelly Roll out there and You know, they're putting on for country. More people are starting to come back to country because of Taylor Swift and making it more modern. Taylor Swift ain't even doing country. She's full of pop. Yeah, she's more pop, but she started country. She did. All the... the pop money. Country music ain't really getting out and expanding. It's not. Winning people over to country at all. To the point where Taylor was over there. She was doing good and she was bringing people to it, but nobody was going to come to her. Then she was just like, let me try this pop thing. Then she was just like, this is where I'm at now. This is where the money is. No, I agree with that. I agree with that a lot. We got people in here saying Bon Jovi. Didn't get that one either. A lot of these, it's more like I haven't heard from Bon Jovi in a while. You know what I'm saying? I was looking at more of today, like if they're still putting music out today. For me, a band like U2 would be overrated. I never really got U2. But they swear they out here. They in Vegas doing shows. Yeah, they filled up the Spear. Spear, and I'm just like, bro, none of their shit really is, bro. Who enjoys YouTube casually? I mean, maybe somebody in the comments may like them, but I wasn't a big fan. Bruce Springsteen was another one that was mentioned a lot. Highly overrated. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, you're not a fan of the boss? I'm not a fan of the king. No, the boss, whatever he calls himself. Nope. Oh, shit. So then people started throwing their list in here. So Taylor Swift, iSpice, J-Lo, Sexy Red, NBA Youngboy. Sexy Red being overrated, I don't think. I don't think of her highly enough to be like she's overrated. She has her niche. A lot of people I know really don't fuck with her. It's like a newer generation. So I guess the younger folks are doing that. But she ain't like in arenas and shit. She'll show up to clubs and do shows. She ain't shutting down. Right. know stadiums and but right I can see where people are going ice spice uh the same they'll go to like what do you call them festivals you know the uh like rolling loud and like that uh they'll go there and do well because people just want to hear the one in three songs that these people got that are popular but um j-lo I would say she's highly overrated um I would agree with you seeing how all of her vocals are pretty much like ashanti's voice you know and very much layer her shit over the top of it very much uh the beatles popped up a couple times I'm borderline with that one I'm I'm kind of wanting to agree but I wasn't around for that time. And a lot of this, I attribute it to time, right? Yeah. Like Ice Spice. I'm too old for that shit. There's some people that may get it and vibe with it. It's not my cup of tea, but I'm not going to say it's overrated because I'm too old for that shit. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like the Beatles. I'm too young for that shit. It wasn't my cup of tea, but again, I may be too young for that shit. It wasn't popular still when I was growing up. You know what I'm saying? So I can't really go back to it and be like, they overrated. I haven't experienced them at the height of their shit. Yeah. Yeah, and that's a good point. Because when I was trying to consider... uh artists or a band that I would think of like I couldn't think like elvis presley or nothing because like bro he ain't still around you know people listen to him be like you know he contributed so much and like when you really think about it like he really kind of stole swag from a certain group of people and you know went out there and got popular on it now that we can agree on so well there's that uh metallica came up a few times and uh ad's in the comments saying uh He also would be a popular opinion, Metallica, as one of his choices for overrated. Although he does disagree with you when it comes to the Beatles. He's saying they're a pretty iconic band. The one I will say, and this was like one of the things I wanted to get to. There were a handful of motherfuckers in here talking about all rappers, all rap artists and stuff like that. Then I went to go click on their profile picture. I was like, nah, that's shit. I was going to make a montage of all the profile pictures of those who said it, but I was like, it's too much work. I'm not going to let them bother me that much. I got other things to do. A bunch of Bobs and Jims. The same people who are like the NFL lost a fan. Oh, yeah. Yikes. Yikes indeed, bro. I was just like, who? Every time my phone would go off, all rappers, any rap music. I'm just like, who the fuck? Oh, yep. Noted. Got that American flag with the blue line on it, huh? Don't try it on me. Oh, man. It's comical how you could... It's not even a stereotype. It's just like, bro, it's facts. Like... I see comments like that. I click on a picture. You look at a couple of their posted photos or profile pictures and shit. One of them is going to be an American flag with an eagle or the fucking flag with the blue long. And I'm just like... Bro, it's like fucking clockwork over here. It is. It is. And you can't even, because in today's world, like, and I need people like that to realize something. Today's world is heavily, heavily influenced by the hip-hop culture. Heavily. It's in all forms of music now. Like the style that was brought from hip hop is in every form of music right now. So you can't say anybody from that genre is overrated. They can. And they stand by it. Just like they stand with the flag. Your opinion, just like that flag with the blue line on it, is untrue. I stand by it. with the flag. I do too, man. At the same time. At the same time. Yeah, you know, like, you could be patriotic, but don't be fucking racist. Right. Kind of contradicting yourself there, but what about Beyonce was also mentioned on here quite a few times. Are you agreeing with Beyonce being overrated? Now this is an interesting one. This is an interesting one. Beyonce is... Goddamn. Beyonce is definitely... Not definitely. Uh-oh. She's a little bit overrated. A little bit. A little bit. How so? A little bit. Now, allow me to clarify. If you look at, and I'm going to compare this with another person I said was overrated. If you look at what Beyonce has done, it's her popularity that are selling these records, right? Yes. Her voice is amazing. Don't get me wrong. Her voice is amazing, but her material is on the same wavelength as a Taylor Swift. You can argue that she and Taylor Swift make the exact same type of music. Just different genres, I guess. It's just different genres. But Beyonce carries the culture with her. So being that she carries the culture with her, it means a lot. You know what I'm saying? It means a lot. Because she is a symbol for a lot of young black girls growing up. That is something I do take into account. That being said, the majority of her music is the same shit as Taylor Swift. Right? And who I said was overrated was Post Malone. Because Post Malone is kind of doing the same type of shit. But if you look at Beyonce's albums, and let's just be honest, bro. Let's just be honest with ourselves. Lemonade, classic. What other Beyonce album is a classic? I will say her first one, the debut. I will say... Bro, I would go out to say her first three. Because what did she had? Dangerously in Love. That was the first one. That was the first one. She had B-Day, the second one. That's the one that had single ladies and stuff on it. Now, she had anthems. Don't get me wrong. And then her third one, I Am Sasha Fierce, where she had Halo. And I think she started dabbling in kind of the house music. Sweet dream or beautiful. Because my wife was rocking Beyonce. Those three albums, I had no problem with them. You know what I'm saying? Right. She did her shit with those. I don't know what came after the Sasha Fierce one. I think the Beyonce album, I think. Bro, I would say her albums, I didn't really fuck around with... The only one I really did mess with was her last one, Renaissance. Yeah, I didn't fuck around with it. There's a couple. I was like, it'll come on. I'll be like, okay, cool, cool. But that's when I was just like, bro, these songs are not worth the airplay that these things are getting. Exactly. Exactly. And I almost want to blame TikTok for this shit. Because I'm just trying to scroll, find some funny shit. And every other fucking video. We're going to get fucked up tonight. We're going to get fucked up tonight. Like, yo, shut the fuck up. Everybody doing a fucking dance thing and shit. Just stop with this shit. I can't really blame her because she'll put out a song and then people will just go and run with this shit. Now, I do think that she's out here thinking she's like, better than I bro I know Beyonce's out here thinking I'm better than everybody else like she is literally out here like I can do no fucking wrong right proof case in point have you heard her two new songs that she released the country ones yes yes and the fact that people are gravitating like bro I can't wait till she drops this country album because I'm a I'm like y'all can't think that these songs are bangers You can't, because they are trash. And that's what leads me to that conversation. I could do whatever. Exactly. You can't. You're not that powerful. She doesn't have to try. She's at the point where I could do whatever the fuck I want. Yeah. She's going to make a flute CD. It worked for Andre. He's about to go on tour with his fucking wind whistle, whatever the fuck that was. but yeah I'm just like I can't really like I don't I'm not I'm gonna stick to like she puts on a hell of a show yes she does and that's I think that's what people go they go for the the spectacle that is a Beyonce show right Beyonce is as an experience phenomenal as an artist I don't know I don't know. And then, of course, you know, the clothing line proved that Beyonce can, in fact, do wrong. Dave Matthews, Springsteen. So I'll go out and say this. The artist that I feel is overrated. it's because of totality as a musician this artist is out of this world godlike oh vocally music like musically or as a hot take sonically we about to get a hot take prince whoa let's talk about it I feel is just hella overrated, bro. Because it comes to the point... That's gonna hurt feelings. Let it hurt. Let it hurt. Let it marinate. You know, sit down. Go sit down somewhere, and it'll feel better. Prince is just, like, instrumentals, musically, putting a song, composing something, putting it together. Amazing. Talented as fuck. I don't think there'll be another musician to come along like this guy. Who out here is saying Prince got an incredible voice? He does not. Here's the debate. I know he is. Rest in peace. I thank you for what you've done for the music industry, Prince. I really do. But sir, nobody... I'm not going to say nobody sings your song. Because you go to karaoke, somebody's singing Purple Rain. Somebody's singing When Doves Cry. But go back and listen to those songs and listen to my man sing. It's not it. Prince, vocally, Prince was in his own lane. And I think he understood that. He didn't have to go too high. He didn't have to go too low. I think he understood that. But musically, musically, genius, bro. Musically, I think he was what Michael Jackson wanted to be, musically. Vocally, two very completely different artists. Michael Jackson, here, hear me out. I don't think Michael Jackson ever wanted to be anything but Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson didn't want to pick up no guitar. He didn't want to pick up nothing. He's like, y'all make the fucking track, and I'm going to kill this shit. But Mike can make a melody with his voice. Like, that was his instrument, was his voice. I think musically, if he could pick up an instrument, he'd want to play like Prince. Bro, it was... Like, if I could... The level that people try to put Prince on is why I feel he's overhyped. Like, when people say that... the greatest entertainer in music history. It's Michael Jackson, bro. 100%. Without a debate. You can't debate that. I will listen to people make the case for Prince, and they'll just like, yeah, musically, all this, like, bro, I get it, man. I could pick up a guitar, go over there on the drums, get on the keys, pick something else up, and dabble and do all of that stuff, man. Brilliant. But then the fact that he... If he wanted to be a producer... legendary like original I don't think he ever tried to pick up a sample or anything but back then it was mostly all original music anyway right right mike no mike was a mike was a monster it was it when you saw a michael jackson show it was like you can die happy you know what I'm saying yes you know like probably died then At least 20 some odd people at a thing in Germany. Then my motherfucker got on the stage and just started tapping his foot. Motherfuckers was just dying. Motherfuckers just get up there. Motherfuckers. He didn't say nothing yet. Nothing. I showed my son that shit. I was like, you really want to know how good a performer Michael Jackson was? Watch this shit. Come on the stage and stand. And then do shit. People passing out. And we counted. And they get handed off to the back. Yep. They get handed off to the back. They crowd surfing to the back. To the ambulance. So I'm not saying that Prince is bad. I'm just saying when people try to put him up in a tier like on the level of a Michael Jackson, as far as entertainer, I can't have it. I will not. I will not have it. I think, and here's the bar, right? Michael Jackson should be the bar. As an entertainer, and we could place multiple people in Chicago. It is a high bar. He has to be the exception he's up here like the bar gotta be bro he has to be the bar you know why he has nobody will attain the bar nobody will attain that it's not his fault these motherfuckers aren't evolving that's not his fault you're right you're right because like if people in the comments like what was in that shot I took like bro y'all say what y'all want I'm not saying prince is trash But if you had a choice to go see a Prince concert or a Michael Jackson concert? Bring me the mic and then bring me something that makes sure I don't pass out. I will say this. You go to a Michael Jackson greatest... He's singing his greatest hits. You go to a Prince singing greatest hits. Same night, same city. Which one you gonna go to? Michael Jackson. And be honest with yourselves in here. I'm going to Michael Jackson. I went to the Michael Jackson Broadway show. And bro... Let me tell you, go to that shit. If you get the opportunity to go see that Broadway play, go see it. That shit is phenomenal, bro. It's phenomenal. I damn near cried watching that shit. Yo, somebody put Queen in here. What the fuck? Are you willing to say that? No, I'm not willing to say that at all. Chat, y'all think Queen is overrated? That is crack. Straight from the Carter. If anybody in the chat agrees with that. Because I would like to hear that argument. I need to hear it. Yeah, there's some U2 in there. But yeah, so that was my pick. I was going to put it in there, but I was like, I'll wait for the show to give my thoughts. Prince would be that guy. And it's not... I guess it's more I feel he's overrated for the pedestal people try to put him on. He's great, but he ain't where you're trying to put him at. Yeah. Chad going crazy. Hey, now. MJ, what? All right, so MJ. MJ, that's not even fair. How is that not fair? They say MJ is unattainable. Let me pose this one, then. Queen is still around. You got a best of Queen concert. They're doing their greatest hits, and Prince is doing his greatest hits. Who are you going to go see? Queen? Or are you going to go see Prince? Nah, this one, bro. I might have management put that in there and post it next week. Yeah, we might have to ask that one. Because I'm on the fence about which one I want to go see. I'm going to see Queen. I'm going to see Queen immediately. I kind of want to go see Queen just to see Bohemian Rhapsody live. My brother says he's going to go see Prince. Other people are Queen, Queen. Oh yeah, Tay. Tay should get on stage. Tay should get on stage. MJ should be the bar. He should be the goal. The measure of 10 on a scale. That's what she said. Island boys would be 1 and MJ is 10. Island boys wouldn't even be. They'd be negative 8. Bro, I wouldn't even put them on there. But yeah. We had some people throw Eminem in there. Don't get that one either. I get it. You don't? I get it. I get it. Okay. But that'll conclude the house meeting because we've got something really important to get into. Especially for the month of February. Yes. You ready to get into the... Let's do it. This was provided by none other than the homie over here, Bread Like a King, man. It's Kelvin Cately. He brought this to my attention. And when he sent it to me, I was like, this motherfucker stay on the goddamn show. We try to do what we can to take breaks from talking about this dude. But he continues, he's just like, I feel like you guys forgot about me. Yep. Let me do something dumb. A dedicated. He's dedicated. I like it. So we'll go ahead and appease his wish. And ladies and gentlemen, this week's Whose Man's Is This? Hey, whose man's is this? Whose man's is this? Whose man's is this? I need to know. Y'all see the name at the bottom. And I feel like y'all already knew who it was before we even brought this thing up. I feel like, ladies and gentlemen, I'm trying, right? And we're trying. You know, it's almost like when Shaq would do the Shaq and the Fool, and then he always had JaVale McGee on there. Repeat offender. He's just like, bro, man, it's like bullying. You bullying me and all that other stuff. Shaq was like, all right, man, I talked to his mom, you know, whatever. It's really messing with him mentally. I'm going to stop messing with him. I know our audience isn't as big as it's going to get at the moment. And I feel like our footprint when it comes to impacting somebody's career and mental health and all that, like, I'm pretty sure we're not even a bleep on the fucking radio. No, we're not. He doesn't know about us. If he keeps acting up, he finned to, right? He finned to, um, Tyrese Gibson, ladies and gentlemen. He posted something on the gram and everything. But he made a comment and people are saying, oh, it's taken out of out of context and all that other stuff. But let me bring up so you can read along with what he said. During the month of February. Now everybody knows the significance of the month of February, Black History Month, although we should be celebrating year round. But it's more concentrated. Like, bro, you wait till March to say some random shit like this. You know, you probably won't get as much vitriol, but my man wants to double down on shit. So Tyrese posts this, and I'll quote, sometimes I wish I was born Latino. I mean, the Latin community is grounded in family, loyal, entrepreneurs, businessmen, and women. Literally represent the dream, the grind, the hustle. Do whatever it takes to stick together against all odds. If us is, I'm guessing he meant as. So I'll try to read it as. I'm assuming he meant. If us as Black culture was more grounded in these integral, magical nuances of us, we would be dominant. I've learned a lot from the Jewish community, sticking together, eating dinner every Friday together. I've learned a lot about the Muslim community throughout all my travels in the Middle East. They have a father structure where they honor their fathers in the Middle East. The thinking and the mentality is that they would much rather have a son over a daughter because they know that there is nothing like the leadership of a father. and a man being the head of the household. I have no idea how we lost our way. We can't get anything done and accomplished as a fragmented culture. Insecure, threatened by each other, competitive towards our own race, killing ourselves every single day frivolously. The majority of us are Black men, and the millions are locked up in prison. Of course, we are. We are beyond powerful, influential, and successful. but imagine if we all linked up like other communities have linked poured and built up on each other instead of moving like fragmented and dysfunctional we have what it takes to take over the world we are nothing trying to do it alone all right man floor is yours black what you got for us malcolm and martin put their lives on the line to see the progress of black people. Mr. Tyrese, please shut the fuck up. You are not cut from the cloth, my guy. First and foremost, you went online right You as a person, going online, exposing your relationship and the flaws in it, like, this disqualifies you from any of this type of shit, bro. It does. Because the same shit that you talking about, you're fucking guilty of doing, partly. So don't come with this shit, bro. Like, you out here, you out here... If you want strength, strengthen your fucking self first, Tyrese. Oh, shit. Pass that relationship up, Tyrese. And don't have your baby mama out here talking about taking you for all your money. Fix that shit. Then we can talk about the rest of us, bro. With love. What I'm saying is... Yes, you kicked a lot of shit. I don't know where it's coming from, first and foremost. I don't know where that shit is coming from. You did it on Black History Month. Sometimes I wish I was a Latino. Bro... They don't have it too much matter, bro. What the fuck? Oh, my God. That is my biggest thing that I was going to counter with. What Latinos are you rolling around with? Who have you been watching? What circles of Latinos are you rolling around? I mean, entrepreneurs, I get that. You know what I'm saying? This is going to sound bad, but it's not. Is their work ethic sometimes unmatched? It's probably one of the highest ones in the country because you know what? They're willing to do a lot of the stuff that most people don't want to do. This is true. This is an actual fact. You know what I'm saying? People out here talk about, oh, they're taking our jobs and stuff. All right. Do the motherfucking job. You don't want to do it. These strawberries ain't picking them themselves out here in this Arizona heat, my boy. Nope. Feel free to go help. The zero scape ain't zero scaping his fucking self. Bro. Not in 106. Bro. You want to do all the landscaping around here? Feel free to start your own business there, Roy. But that shit ain't happening. Your black ass can't even take out the trash. Tyrese, you want to sit your ass down. God damn, man. Here's the part that gets me. It is 100% understandable for me to want to wish and hope and desire for the black community to be more united. I think every ethnicity has their inner civil wars, their back and forths. You know what I'm saying? So to just specify like it's just black people that have this issue rubs me the fucking wrong way. No, it definitely rubs me the wrong way. To bring up the Muslim community and be like, I like the way that their mentality that they would much rather have a son over a daughter when you was just crying your fucking eyes out over your daughter. Yep. Like, the wails from your soul. Like, Bro, that came from a place of deep hurt. Pain. Oh, my God. That is the pain. That's the cry of somebody who has lost a loved one. Yes. Yes. Yes. You were crying over your daughter, bro. For you to just be like people who would much rather have a son and then all caps father and head of the household. The fact that you are sitting here talking about the black community like there are not black father as a black father. Like I'm offended. I take offense. Yes. And then. The fact that you're making it like instead of holding black men accountable for not raising their kids, you're just like us as a whole. We're fucked up. The biggest thing, however, is this goes back to like, like I said, you can sit there and be like, man, I wish we had the bond and of some of these other families that I'm seeing, you know, something, you know, like I wish we would be more like that. But to start this off by sometimes I wish I was born Latina. Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't know anything else about me, there are three things you need to know about me. One, I think Anthony Mackie is a terrible actor. Two, our Lord is the worst Avenger. Three, there is nothing that can happen to me in this world that would make me regret being born a black man. Like, I wear that shit with fucking pride. It's a badge of honor, man. I wear that shit with pride. Nothing would make me wish that I was born something different. You know, nothing at all. And for that to be the first statement you make in the month of February and then go on and berate our race, praise... Terrible. And then... And then just post it and think like, shit is cool. You know what I'm saying? That is the part that has me looking at Tyrese like, bro, we were trying to give you The last time we talked about him, we was trying to give him an out. Yeah. He was like, bro, your wife was really out here wilding the fuck out, like divorcing you because her friends got in her ear. And then now she's like, well, yeah, I'd be willing to make it work. And then you get on here like, I tried to tell you. And I'm just like, damn, Tyrese, maybe we owe. Remember, we was like, we owe you an apology, Tyrese. Yeah. Apology rescinded. Yeah. Give me that shit back. Give me that shit, bro. Give me this fucking apology bag, bro. Goddamn. I'm surprised he didn't say, I wish I was Italian, man. The way the Mario Bros stick together through thick and thin, man. That's how we should be. They went up against Bowser and the whole community, bro. Yeah. I wish we were more like Ewoks and had our village where we'd be able to fight fucking laser blasters with fucking logs and arrows and shit. They was willing to die for days. We was defending their home. I wish we was Ewoks. Like, bro, what is you talking about out here? Tyrese? You know what? Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to do something for the first time tonight. In lieu of this man's 5011th entry, as a member of the Who's Man, we're going to start a Hall of Fame. Or an all-star, if you will. Yep. So, ladies and gentlemen, this is our inaugural ceremony for Whose Man Is This All-Star? Tyrese Gibson. Congratulations. Oh, my God. This is it, bro. I couldn't take it. I was just like, man, this is it, man. This is it. I have to give this man the highest honor or the lowest, depending how you're looking at it. The first... inaugural all-star of Whose Man's Is This? And low-key, I don't think anybody else will be entered into this thing. Kanye is close. He's itching there. Yes, he is. He's trying to get in there, too. Yes, he is. Lord Jesus, Tyrese. If you waited until March to do this, we probably just would have had it. This gives it an extra boost, bro. Like, you hit the gas button at the right time at the start line of Mario Kart. Hit the knobs. You waited for the second beat, the start up on Mario Kart. You hit the gas. You held it. You got that little boost. Oh, shit. But goddamn, Tyrese. Like, I have no words, man. We tried to understand you. We were like, shit, maybe we're too hard on this brother. Maybe all this stuff... I see where his mind is at now. This makes perfect... Never mind. Regression. Never mind. Apology rescinded. Yes. Please give me my apology back. Yes. And when you bring it back to my door, I hope my dog busts through the fucking door. And bites your dumb ass. Get your dumb ass out of here, Tyree! My motherfucker choked your ass out in Baby Boy, man. Fuck on, man. Oh, God. Mama! Oh, this is wild, bro. My man said he was Latino. I wish I was born. Oh, look at this comment. Somebody jumped in here. This comment section seems to have missed his message. He wants to see his community build each other up stronger and support one another, not tear each other down, which is what it seems to be happening in the comments already. Oh, no, no. Please be aware that he did this shit to his motherfucking self. 100% bro 100% like he was not tearing us down in the post my boy he set that door up himself and the dude's name who posted this bitch bitch by nature dude there you have it say less oh my god but um Yeah, when you sent me this shit, I'm just like, this nigga stayed. I was like, look at this motherfucker. He about to be a guest host. He about to be the Jess Hilarious. Yes. Bro, let you do it out here. Oh, Tyrese. Tyrese, Tyrese, Tyrese. Get some help. You got to be more careful. You gots to be more careful. You gots to be more careful. Oh, shit. But on to happier news, ladies and gentlemen. It is time for the weekly bracket update. And our final round just closed out. And if you have not been tuning in or are not a member of the Smoke Pit Podcast fan group, check the description. See all of our lovely links to where you can join. And where you can join in on the weekly voting. But... is that time ladies and gentlemen so we bring you the final round of voting for our best nickelodeon show of all time brackets yes So after we got done with the shock and awe of the results. The betrayal. The betrayal. Yeah, so the final, as you all know, was between All That and Doug. The shock and awe, if you haven't been following, is that all that beat out Avatar the Last Airbender in the final four to move on to the finals. People are still upset about that in the group. One of them being our very own Jen Johnson. Actually, the queens and pretty much the rest of the network outside of a couple were shocked. Here's my match. I understand for the culture, all that had to put up a fight. You know, I was looking for... a 60, 40, 60, 40, 55, 45 type thing. You know, like I would have been like, you know, that's cool. Um, the fact that all that beat out avatar, I think it was like, uh, what was it like 70s to 30 or something like that? It was a wash, bro. Yeah. 60, 40. The other way I was just like, fam, what is happening here? Um, but again, you know, we, we are a show for the people. Uh, we hear your voice, uh, And we respect your decision, and we moved all that on. So then it came down to all that and Doug. And ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that the Smoke Pit's best show of all time is indeed Doug, who won getting 70% of the votes, and it was over 120 votes made. Between the two shows, are you okay with this outcome, sir? Yes and no. Yes, I'm happy that Doug won. No, because that means some of you motherfuckers could have voted for Avatar. This is the shit that pisses me off about these brackets. Because... When we do them, there's always some shitty vote that pushes something through. And then it gets to the finals, kind of like all that did, and it gets to wash. Give me a good finals, guys. If you know, if you look at the other side, and this shit has no chance of beating, you knew this shit. You knew all that had no fucking chance of beating Doug. None. None. none none it had no chance but no let's push all that through so I can get fucking destroyed at least give me a good finals yeah I knew all that wasn't better than no fucking avatar y'all knew this shit and I'm the same way personally I'm just I don't again like I said I understand what all that did you know brought kind of the uh You know, urban music, R&B, hip-hop. You know, their musical guests, they'd come on there and kind of broadcast it out to a wider audience. You know what I'm saying? But I do agree. The amount of people that came out to vote for all that against Avatar... And then for that number of voters to be halved when all that moves on, I'm like, where is the same energy all that in the semifinals when it gets to the finals? Y'all ain't putting it down for all that. Like, did you really like. Like, were they just looking at at the final form was just like Doug's going to win anyway. Like, so even if all that goes through, Doug is my favorite show over all that and then move Doug on. In all honesty, I did vote for Doug, right? Because I think Doug came out. He was in middle school when I was in middle school. So I'm just like, oh, this motherfucker. We're kind of the same age. We're going through the same shit. Not really, because his shit was some other shit. But I fucked with Doug. Like, I thought it was funny. It was a good time. But if Avatar was in the finals, I would have voted for Avatar as one. Yeah. Right. As one is supposed to do. But it goes back to what you said. There's always something like it'll be a mass, like a surge of people that are just like vote for one thing. And I'm just like, how the fuck? How the fuck? And then when it gets to the finals, it doesn't have that same fucking backing. It doesn't have the same support it had in the other. And then I'm thinking like the only way all that support just goes to the other show is if they really felt like Doug is the best, like literally the best show out there. Right. So, like, if Doug and Avatar were neck and neck, what would have won in the semifinals? You know what I'm saying? Right. That would have been a close vote. It would have been a very close vote. I don't know. I guess I live for the drama, I guess. How old were you all when Avatar came out? Young adult. Let me see when Avatar came out. Give me a second. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. Because I know when it came out on Netflix, we rewatched it, and Apple and the kids saw me watching it, and they sat down, and they jumped in midway through book one. And then I would come home for lunch and watch a couple episodes, and they'd be sitting down watching me. It was over the summer. But it's that good of a show. Yeah, it is. It came out in 2005, so I was like 24, 25. But I mean, that means nothing. Like, I'm a grown adult and I'm sitting here watching anime. Like, if a show is good, I'm going to watch it. Yeah, it's good. Cartoon or a thing. So that doesn't mean anything to me when it's like, how old were we when this came out? You know, Ren and Stimpy was out when I was a kid and I definitely hated that shit. So. My age to when a show came out doesn't really do it. If you didn't watch it, just say you didn't watch it and that's why you didn't vote for it. Don't try to make it like, How old were you when Avatar came out? That was before my time or after my time? Bro, there are shows that people are rediscovering that are like, bro, this show was good. If I told somebody to go watch Breaking Bad now and they start watching it just because you didn't watch it when it was out, is that less of a good show? Does it defy the quality of the show? Go back and watch The Wire. If I tell somebody to go back and watch The Wire now, when did the wire come out way before if I tell you go back and watch sopranos right now Well, when did that come? Like, bro, and then you watch it and be like, oh, this show's pretty lit. This is fire. Yeah, it's fire. Fire as fuck, yeah. So that's where I'm at. So if you didn't watch it at all, that's fine. Just say that. Just don't be like, I really feel it was better than Avatar. Like, if you haven't watched both shows, just say that and just say you voted for the one you saw. That's all it is. That's all I'm saying. But when people come out and be like, all that is better, and then all of a sudden, all that gets no love the next round. got destroyed. I ain't trying to be like a old buddy and say that there was corruption in the election. I'm going to just leave it at that. Shit didn't go the way shit was supposed to go. I ain't trying to take nobody to court and say that y'all rigged this election somehow. We're just going to keep assuming that everything is done fair and square over here. And I have been doing better and not using my veto powers. I was doing an earlier bracket. I'm like, y'all are stupid. I'm voting this one through. Bro, like 50 people voted for that shit. What you talking about? I don't care. But I'm letting y'all, this is what y'all wanted. Are you not entertained? Congratulations, Doug. Is this not why you are here? Shout out my nigga Gucci. Hold up. Gucci who? Gucci who? Yeah, Funny? Shout out my nigga Funny. Funny made the finals after I made the finals. Shout out my nigga Buddy. Oh, shit. I think Doug won with that big of a vote because a bunch of Avatar people were just like, well, fuck it then. You know, ain't no way all that about to win this whole thing after... A lot of it was probably votes out of spite. Had to have been. It had to have been. We got a couple of the comments. They're here like, yeah, well, Doug for the win because we all got salted. That wraps that up. Stay tuned for the next bracket. It should be dropping on Sunday, and we'll get that out to you guys. And just be prepared because we did Nickelodeon. Now it's time to talk Cartoon Network. So the Cartoon Network, best show on Cartoon Network. Hey, I'm telling y'all now, no funny shit. No funny shit this bracket, okay? Don't do no funny shit in this bracket. You drawing the line now? Yes. Yes. Bro, the instant I see Teen Titans in trouble, I'm going to war, bro. Like OG Teen Titans, right? Yes. OK. All right. OG Teen Titans. All right. Cool, cool. But yes, so stay tuned for that. That'll be dropping this Sunday. Then, of course, voting will start on the Wednesday. So stay tuned for all of that. And then let us get back to our regularly scheduled programming and prepare for these final shots and thoughts. And now we return you to our regular scheduled program in progress. Woo, woo! All right. So normally I let you go first. I just want to premiere a video teaser. Just a little bit, not so much a teaser, but just letting you know what the Queens got going on. Super stoked for what they're doing. That's fucking good. See, now it's Fallen Star Friday. I present to you kind of the teaser title screen for Fallen Star Episode 2. Yes, yes. So if you didn't see last Friday, episode one dropped, the reaction we got, the reception we got. Fire. Greatly appreciated. Yeah, fire. It's coming from the entire network. So we love that. We love that you're giving us a chance to kind of branch out, do something a little bit different. and introduce you guys to like another facets of all things nerd. Big shout out again. We always shout them out to the Queens, Jen and Tay, and then also to EJ who from scratch created this story, the characters, the alliances, all of that other stuff. So the amount of work that was put into this behind the scenes before we launched it was, was, is, is, Brilliant. Fucking like something I could never imagine myself doing. Yeah, it's brilliant. Yep. So shout out to the Queens for that. And the video for that will be dropping tomorrow. I'll try to get it uploaded today, but they are working and getting the audio out there for you guys. So just stay tuned. Make sure you subscribe to them, follow them wherever you listen to your podcast at, because it's a good time. This episode was hilarious, by the way. actually this Black found out that he didn't need weapons to fucking to catch bodies he's out there snapping necks breaking jaws and all that other crazy stuff so it was a good time a good time was had by all yeah man always a great time but what you got for him man Well, you guys know that No Gimmicks had an episode. We premiered a new series, so we had a monumental thing happen with us. We started working with a wrestling promotion here in Texas, and Um, Metroplex wrestling, shout out to them. We, uh, are working with them. They have an event coming up on March 16th. So that's what I've been doing is working, uh, producing a series called path to destiny. They're going to have us, uh, an event called destiny out here. And I'll be interviewing the talents from that promotion. Um, very good time, very dope promotion and very loyal fan base. Shout out to them. A bunch of them, uh, Join No Gimmicks, the podcast fan group. We've been experiencing some growth over there. So experiencing some growth over there. So shout out to all of those guys. Shout out to the Queens, man. I know Mac put you guys over, and it can't be understated. the work you guys are doing. I've been busy, but I've also been watching you guys work and it's, it's been magnificent to watch you guys build this thing and what it's becoming and the response from it and the excitement that you guys have about it. Like, I love it. I love it. I haven't been really engaged in the chats, but that's because I was working my own thing. But I've been watching you guys and watching the excitement that you all have for Tay, Jen, EJ, Mac. You guys are building something really special. So kudos to each and every last one of you guys. And while we're on that note, shout out to USDN. They did their review for the part two is out now. So make sure you guys go check that out. I know he's got some stuff coming down the pipeline, too. He's working on. So the network is 2024 starting off. Really, really good for the network. Thank you guys for tapping in. Everybody on the Patreon that came in tonight, shout out to you guys for interacting and making this show fun. Shout out to all of you guys. 2024 is good. I'm going to have some news coming shortly on the No Gimmicks front. I'll have some news coming shortly. Once that pans out, then I'll announce it. Until then, thank you guys for tapping in. Indeed. And also shout out to the homie Jeff over there from USDN. He is also contributing along with Black and Frank D from No Gimmicks to, what is it, the BCP Plus? Yep. Yep. So, uh, articles, writing reviews, giving power rankings for, uh, for wrestlers and stuff like that. So, um, if you're sitting there like USDN is, is, you know, where they've been at, like he's, he's running his stuff. He's trying to help out over there. So only one dude. Uh, so like I said, he's doing a great job though. Just released part two of the, uh, 2023 review and he's working something new. He's got something cooking for you guys coming soon. So, uh, he's just trying to get some timings, uh, hammered out, but, A lot of stuff happening over here at DFPN. Again, we appreciate you guys for supporting. Patreons for watching live with us every Friday. And then for everybody else who waits for the Monday to show us love and listen to the podcast and watch the videos. We thank you guys for that. So that is trying to think. That's all I got. That's all I got. For now. If we remember something later, we'll get back to you guys. Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for tuning in with us. Episode 130 of the Smoke Pit. As always, I'm the homie Mac, a.k.a. your boy. And I'm Brad, like a king. Made this cover in K-League. Thank you guys for hanging out with us. Thank you for tuning in. Until next time, have love, make sex, peace. Oh, I did remember something just now. Shout out to the little homie Zeke over there at EJ and Jen's house, man. I know you'd be watching. He'd be like, oh, that's him from TV. That's him. What up, Zeke? I see you, my boy. Hey, Zeke. All right. Y'all take care. Peace. Peace. Welcome to the smoke pit. It's Friday night. Come and take a load off. Come sit in the smoke pit. It's time for us to show off. It's been a long week. Come relaxing. Get some lapsing. And let's talk about these brackets. And while we at it, tell me whose mans is this? Cause I got questions. I'm hoping you can answer it. Get ready cause you know we gonna talk a lot of shit. It's Mac and Mac. Welcome to the smoke pit.