 You looking real sloppy, you can't contest me. Yeah, you looking really sloppy, you can't contest me. That wasn't it. My music career is down to drain, okay? The game? The fucking game? Hey, you give me a fight, give me a call. Do I want to get the game copied? I've been in the studio about six times in my life. Each time I have been reminded that you can't be good at everything. Some things you just are gonna be bad at. Put an NBA 2K22. You mean to tell me I can have a side career as a rapper? Can't fulfill my life's purpose virtually? Yeah, I'm all about that. Kendrick Perkins has some thoughts on your social strategy. Watch his latest video. How the fuck I watched that video? I don't know where his YouTube channel is. All MP cares about is drama. It's sad, really. Carry on. What the fuck? He wants the drama. It's good for ratings. Believe me, I know. And can we talk about this tweet for a second? I swear y'all clowns wouldn't know Michael Jordan if he smacked you in the face. You think you're Michael Jordan? The only clown here is you. Running around with your Twitter fingers, acting like a fool like this. I hate Kendrick Perkins. Like, I already didn't like him, but I think I just knew status. It's hate now. Let me catch y'all up really quickly. My business manager, Ricky, plotted this evil maniacal plan to post a tweet saying that I was something like Michael Jordan and y'all couldn't see it if I slapped you in the face with it. So after putting out that bold post, I had no choice but to like it. And I do mean no choice. They didn't give me any choices. And the whole point was like people were gonna see I liked it and then explode over the Michael Jordan comparisons. I guess I didn't learn any lessons from the time that jaw rule tried to compare himself to Tupac because I'm Michael Jordan, baby. Yeah. Yo, Davis, you wouldn't believe who just hit me up, bro. Who hit you up? Damien Lillard just hit me up saying, yo, come to the stoop. And I said, I said, I'm like the goat. I'm like Michael Jordan when it comes to this. If you were talking about like the best rapper you could do, you're probably gonna say like Kairz or something like that. But you're not stupid. Davis walks like he hasn't, he hasn't had control over his lower body like that. Marvin Castleberry of Eric's vinyl takes music trivia seriously. Answer his questions correctly to up your music personal branding on rewards. My music knowledge is unprecedented, fellas. Watson asked me like a question about some shit I don't listen to though. On Metallica's 19th studio album, the one that was shot in Omaha, Nebraska when they said they actually have a real vinyl store. This is hilarious. Unfortunately for you, you stepped into my arena. I'm definitely about to cheat. Let me Google it real quick. In which country was rapper Drake born? Canada. That's the fuck I'm from. Yes, sir. Don't the range, baby. I must admit. Don't the range, baby. RunCNC had a crossover hit with Walk This Way, a song that featured which rock band? Okay. Errol Smith. Yes. I'm cheating. I know this. Errol Smith. That is correct. Which rapper, born Lawrence Parker, rose to prominence as a member of the hip hop music group Boogie Down Production? What? What? God damn it, MC Hammer? All positive, it's MC Hammer. KRS One. It's KRS One. God. A thousand times, no. As expected, your knowledge is lacking. Shut up. At least your failures were entertaining so you only wasted your own time. In which country was rapper Drake born? I gotta do this again? I know you probably thought you had me on this one, but KRS One. Woo! All right, bro, give me a record deal. What did I get for that? Oh, who's that? Is that your sugar daddy? What the fuck is he doing with you? Head to the record studio to lay down your first track. Oh my God, this is the fucking moment I've been waiting for. Can you run over people? Yep, you can. Great feature. Now that I've made it to the record studio, it's time for me to make a hit. Ooh, yo, this place is legit, Rick. Come on, you know, I couldn't have you recording in some podcast's attic. Oh, look, on my dad's studio. Yo, that spot never had to write acoustics. Like, I just don't know what shit pops had against putting stuff on the wall. Hey, look, man, that uncluttered space is an uncluttered mind. Hooping in the clouds, wings above house. What? I get to choose my lyrics? Yo, hey now, peep my style, my game is never reviled. Peep my style, my game is never on trial. That's fire. That's fire. That's fire. Peep the style, my game is never on trial. What's next? What's next? Shooter for Mendy with no stopping to step three. This one. Yeah, you looking really sloppy. You can't contest me. That was not it. That wasn't it. My music career is down the drain. You're talking to jet skis, no game without me. I'm like a ghost, no trails when I, you know, you're all alone. The people know if L.A. Clowdy and Talon himself. Oh, that's fire. That's fire. If L.A. Clowdy did my talents at South Beach. No, bro, why are you delivering the lines? You're like, I wouldn't in real life. Burn the hoop down album cover. Oh, they want spicy hot. Yes. Hey, you want to keep going? Yeah, come on, man, let's do it. What just happened, bro? Did I just make a banger? Why was my song only three lines? So I think I realized what we need to do here, ladies and gentlemen. We need to make stuff that's like world flashy. I should have said that step line or something like that. You feel me? Like nothing generic or else he's just not going to flow on it. You got to get some spicy, real spicy hot on there. Damien Lillard type beat. They actually have those. OK. Yeah, I'm sorry. That was probably very cringy. But you clicked on the video. I don't know what you expected. OK, it looks like we got ourselves some new quests. You recorded a track. No, you've got to get people to listen to it. Luckily, Ricky has some ideas. All right, let's hear Ricky out. All right, where's my meeting at? OK, all right. Your manager sent me your track. Total banger. I appreciate that, man. I'd be happy to add it to our streaming service, but I'm hoping you could help us out in return. Yeah, what you got in mind? Nothing major. Just wear one of our t-shirts around the city. Just give us a little publicity. Hold on. Oh, wait, I have to. I need time. I can't just make this decision. God damn it, man. I love to, man. Really? That's awesome. Wider some to the rap daily playlist once you do your thing in the city. Hey, good looking at it. I appreciate it. Bro, did I just get pumped? Bro, I pulled up to the spot and he told me to get in a playlist. I got to do him favors. Oh, the music industry is so corrupt, bro. This is what they be talking about, man. When they say the music industry is some demons, bro. He's about to sign me to a 360 deal. He thinks I'm a sucker now. OK, boom, OK, boom. All right, where's the shirt at? I feel like a sellout. This is not real money I didn't sell out for. I'd never sell out in real life. I'd have a look at y'all like I would actually do it one day. OK, look, look, look at my t-shirt. Look at my t-shirt. You see that right there? 2K beats. I know you see that. He looking right at me. I know you see it. Yeah. So now that we've sold our soul, we can go to Marvin Castleberry at Eric's vinyl. Oh, we got to promote a track that we created. I actually am so curious what the track sounds like. Look, I'm trying to build up some hyper-rondish track I just recorded. And it'd be great if you played it here, man. And I know you got a lot of influential customers. I can tell just by looking at you that you're not a serious musician. How can you tell that, chief? Into a shape. Prove to me that you're a serious fan of music and I'll put your track on our playlist for a week. Time to cheat. Time to cheat. Which group included the members Eric Wright, O'Shea Jackson, and Andre Young? Straight out of Compton. Easy, N.W.A. I've underestimated you. RZA from the Wu Tang Clan sampled what cartoon theme on Enter the Wu Tang? Gotta be underdog. I am perplexed and mortified that you were able to answer my trivia with such ease. Your track will be added to our playlist for a term of no greater than one week. Why does he talk like that? Why does he talk like his mind is trapped in the medieval ages? But hold on, I got a question. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. If I have two million followers online, why would the few dozen people who might enter this garbage record store have anything to do with my success as a rapper? Man, look at the beautiful city. Oh man, the city that never sleeps. I also have not been sleeping and that's because I've been playing for eight hours and I finally got my next music mission. I've been so excited about the music stuff. Head to Eric's vinyl to answer music trivia. Oh, I know I have popped up. I think they give you like new trivia every day type because it just passed midnight. That's why. I remember the bet we made last time was that if I wanted trivia, you'd play my music. So why is it dead silent in your record store right now? Okay, so what's next now? Oh, I got to collab. No fucking way, no way. Artists collab with Lil' Metal. Time to start branching out and making friends in the industry. Find an up-and-coming artist to collaborate with. Ricky's got an idea? All right, Ricky, let's talk then, buddy. Dude's mad talented, but he just don't got a lot of people listening to him. To you on the other hand, people listen to him. You're thinking I should help you with the word. Stop it. People that are great at what they do but don't have an audience, they're lacking something, okay? They're not like perfectly fine and people haven't discovered them yet. That's not how shit works. Time for me to meet Lil' Metal. I gotta go all the way there, bro. Like he couldn't meet me. Like I'm the guy with two million followers. He couldn't meet me somewhere. I gotta go to him. He's that fucking busy, huh? I'm an NBA player with two side careers. There's no way this man in a white suit is just standing out. Is this Lil' Metal? This is him? Okay, MP, what's up, Jee? What's up, man? Lil' Metal. Yo, I'm a big fan, bro. Look homie, I like what you do, bro. And I know all these other people will too, man. I can help you get your name out. That's why I'm here. What's in it for you? Nothing in it for me. I'm just a future collaboration. You got all this talent, bro. But how much is your cut and how much do you want off the team? Hey, look, look, it's no cut, bro. We're not even talking about money right now. Oh, okay, I heard this. It's like, trust me, Lil' Metal. The money will work itself out. That's what it is. Listen, I don't think so. Bro, you know when I said there's something wrong with him? We figured it out. He's dumb. Meet Boris at the beatbox. Okay, we're getting started, fellas. Look, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me. I'm just gonna cut straight to the chase. I've got an artist that'll be great for your club. Okay, you want to put it on the show? I'll give you a twist. That's perfect. Look, that's all I need, man. But you got it promoted or the deal's off. Oh, that's not a problem. I can do that. I'm a sucker. So after I get done catapulting, Lil' Metal's career off the ground for literally, and I mean quite literally no gain of my own. Do I get like a split? Do I get royalties for life? Am I signing him to my label? I don't know why I'll go out my way to help this guy when he won't even really trust me for real. Me and Lil' Baby, we're gonna work it out. Okay, we made it to the 98.9, the Flex Studio, where I'm gonna sell my soul to make a friend. We heard that verse you dropped. So tell us, is there an album on the way? Yes, yes, I'd like to announce my album is dropping today. Yes. And he is no joke, man. He actually has a show coming up at the B-Box and it's about to be epic. I believe in this guy. He really is going places. You know, his skills are unparalleled and he's just about to go off like nothing you've ever heard before. Wouldn't be sitting here next to you right now in this radio show telling you just to listen to anybody. Man, I just promo the shit out this guy. What do I get for promo him? Well, I guess they're gonna be answering questions after my next game. Probably promo Lil' Metal some more. You think he was like my signed artist or something at this point. What's your perfect off day, MP? So most of the time I'm just trying to go somewhere where I can show off my look. I got corporate points. That's important. I'm riding my swag. I probably go somewhere like the show I'm putting on the B-Box. Lil' Metal's gonna be there. It's an MP production, so it's about to be lit. Amen. I'm excited to see what Lil' Metal got in his bag. Yeah, feel me. Is it Tuesday yet? You got any new quests? Any new quests? Meet Boris at the B-Box. Yes, sirski. I'm on the way. Why do I not remember meeting Boris? Oh, is that Lil' Metal's name? Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, boom. I'm here. Here's the thing. My cut is filthy. There's stains, wrappers everywhere. I just, me, I'm joking. Of course we have a deal. I put you on a schedule. I hate when people do things like that. I hate you, Boris. Boris, I don't like you. Meet Lil' Metal at Raze, the bar of customs. Can't tell if that's a car shop, a bar, or a goddamn meal strip club. But I'm pulling up though. Lil' Metal is just standing on this block, like all day, doing nothing going on. I got all the stuff in the club. Show is yours, Lil' Metal. You serious? Sirki. I got my own show. Got your own show on me. People are coming to see Lil' Metal. I'm to see you. You hear that pop? They come in to see Lil' Metal before. How about this? I get you a sweet DJ machine. You make some dope beats and you pass the lit ones onto your boy Lil' Metal. Look, I can do that. I get to make beats? Man, look, thanks. That's love, G. I promise you I'm about to spend time in the lab. I promise you. I promise you I'm about to spend time in the lab. I got a DJ station. What do I do with that? Okay. The game? The fucking game? Getting dinner at City View tonight. Meet me there if you want to talk business. Hey, I'm trying to talk business. I don't know how this happened. I went from Lil' Metal to the game. There's no way I just teleported and it's the same distance. There's just no way. Yeah, I'm about to buy, like I had to put in money for VC because I'm about to buy myself a bike. Is the bikes faster in this game? Is that a baby? Well, your mom's that. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. And you know what I heard you on the radio the other day? Promote your boy's show. What's his name? Lil' Metal. Lil' Metal. Yeah, hi. But I was more impressed by your hustle and you know, just your ambition overall. I feel like we could work together someday. You say the word, bro. Some day? I'm real, real eager to see what the future holds for you. You want to collab right now? We're not. The game? The whole time, man. I thought I was about to drop an album. The game must be busy. Sit tight until he contacts you. Sit tight until another man contacts you. You got me, you got me. Hey, you got me fucked up, 2K. You got me fucked up. I'm glad to you. This pursuit of a rap career is a lot more challenging than I thought it was going to be. I've been enjoying 2K 22 heavily, man. Like in 2K 21, I remember playing this game and after a day, I was like, bro, there's no way I could keep playing this because it's dry, boring. But I didn't enjoy it to begin with and I knew it was depressing by the second or third day and I was like, maybe something would change. It's an opposite vibe with this. This is technically my job and I'm having fun doing it. I don't really feel like one. This is fantastic, man, what a change of pace. I'm enjoying this RPG stuff like significantly more than those generic cinematic story modes. That's like done, that's been done so much and it's been done so much better as the crazy part. Like the best cinematic story mode is Metal Gear Solid 4. It was like a movie, but it was a game within a movie. That's what it felt like when you played it. NBA 2K just has never been a good cinematic story mode. But this RPG stuff, man, for a basketball game, like they're doing solid. So anyway, I got to meet the game at Percolate, sound like a cafe. Is he just chilling here? That's the game. He's just chilling right here, right outside the cafe on the lawn, no security. Hey, you do me a favor. Why don't you give me a coffee? You left your wallet at home or something? Nah, nah, nah, but I got a meeting in a few minutes. Do I want to get the game coffee? I'm not his bitch. Nope. Wait, you want me to go across town to get you coffee from the same champ shop you was just sitting at? Yes, sir. Hey, look, man, I'm good on that. Was there anything else you wanted to talk about? First of all, I'm not a bitch, right? So I'm not your assistant, neither, my brother. Like I'm an NBA superstar. My name is M.P. Recognize that. But second of all, I thought that he'd be like, oh, you don't get pushed around. I put that. I did thought he was gonna say that. I thought it was like a trick. But it says meet Little Metal to see if he wants to collab with you on a diss track. 2K is hilarious. A diss track is crazy. My diss track is gonna be like this. It's gonna be like, my blood is boiling like a kettle. I'm with my boy, Little Metal. I'm playing some heavy metal. Hey, yo, look, man, I'm about to hop in the studio in a few days. I'm about to go after the game, bro. He got me running around town doing all these weird jobs just so I could collab. Like what? I went across town to get him coffee while boy was in a coffee shop. That's extremely not lit. Me and you taking the game down, bro. It's gonna be fine, bro. Of course, bro. You went out your way to help me and didn't ask for nothing in return. So to see a game treat you like that, you hear that, pops? Yeah, pops. We going out the gate. And I heard that. The gate. No, nobody disrespect my set like that. We're set everything down, bro. Oh, I always want to be the game. Hey, hold on now. Does that mean that if I said yes, the game would have had me do other dumb errands in pursuit of a collab? Like how far will he had taken that? You feel me? I'm enjoying myself, man. I really am, bro. I'm about to either the game in the studio while I get my badges up. Are you out of your mind right now? And all in the pursuit of if I get enough of my points, or what do you call them? MVP points? If you get enough MVP points, you get a pay house. Okay, cool. I made it to, where is this? Studio? Oh, this is a studio we came to the, oh, I'm about to make a trend. Heard he talking big, said he got a good game. Like when I pull up in the range, but I am the flame. I am the heart, the soul and the legacy. I stay in my lane, the hezzy, the cross, the ops is pressing me. We gonna break that. Every broken record, another inch on the made back. Say it got springs, but the summer hot. I got them trying to bring made back. Your step, leave them in the rear view. I see it all on playback. And we ain't had to go this far. If you want a game over, all you had to do was say that. Bro! Playback! That's her shit. Me and Lowe, we got a channel called Playback. It's MP, what a V ad though. I don't record where we be at though. Nope, top of the stats where we at though. Nope, doors locked with a key at yo. No, I'm the best son, I mean, no. These are all bad. I'm gonna be honest with you, but let's go with this one. That's what we be at though. Making burgers, putting cheese on the hoes is hilarious. Can we rap and got real sick clothes? Hold on, let me throw a D's at those. Yeah, I had a feeling 2K was gonna like that line. Because it's real corny. That was crazy, bro. Man, that felt good to get off my chest, yo. Nah, he fired, bro, he fired. He is fired, he is fired. He did his thing, man, he did good. So now that we created our diss track against the game because I'm petty and I don't know no better, and my adult best friend and business manager is egging this on like he's not mature neither. Okay, what quest do we got now? Oh, we don't have no more.