This week on The Truth Hurts Jeff & Free are joined by the Sultan of Slaps himself: P-Lo. He tells us why he thinks podcasts have ruined humanity. Everybody's just looking for an exploitative sound bite to proliferate via algorithms. But P-Lo still ends up dropping unpopular truth after unpopular truth about the Bay and beyond. There's substance behind his hot takes.

Also: plenty of stories about working with legends like E-40, Too $hort, Dr. Dre, what it was like when HBK and Iamsu! blew up, convincing Swaggy P to come to the Warriors, and why you should always live your life like Lil B is watching.

00:00 Training for the SF marathon

3:06 Master P

4:15 Early Bay Area Inspiration

7:42 Family background

15:56 First song on the radio

17:33 Learning independent hustle from the Bay

20:53 The Pack & Larry June

22:34 Lil B & Bieber

23:56 Hyphy

26:13 Mac Dre’s death

27:30 Starting producing

30:30 Early producer/rapper career

40:12 Iamsu! And HBK blowing up

46:12 For the Soil & Representing the Bay

48:37 Getting the Key to the City

51:06 How podcasts ruined humanity

55:46 Lightning Round

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Hosted by Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic ( @brownbagpodcast ) & Free ( @FreeWorldOrder )

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Skrilla ( @paymeskrilla ) joins Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic and Free at Pro Club in LA. He talks about growing up in Kensington, AKA Zombieland: a neighborhood where it is, infamously, regular but not normal. Skrilla is the self-proclaimed face of Zombieland, cultivating hits from the depths of the underworld and unleashing them to galvanize the next generation of Philly's sound. His eccentric personality, Mexican heritage, and affiliation with the religion Santeria make him a compelling character with a unique perspective that cuts through in his songs. He got started listening to Meek Mill and Lil Wayne and searching for Tyler, the Creator Type Beats, but Skrilla doesn't sound like any of those artists and no one else could possibly sound like him. He also tells the story of how he was selling drugs while breaking high school cross-country records, which is pretty impressive.

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00:00 Intro

00:30 Growing up in Kensington

2:00 Upbringing

5:37 Mexican heritage

7:42 First favorite rappers

11:22 Music influences

13:06 Early recordings

14:23 Dual life: sports & streets

16:18 Santeria

16:28 Underworld album

25:44 Meaning behind his music

27:46 Philly identity

32:21 Relationships, fame

37:20 Kensington’s influence

42:17 Lightning Round

Hosted by Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic ( @brownbagpodcast ) & Free ( @FreeWorldOrder )

Sponsored by Pro Club https://shopproclub.com/

Edited by Will Hagle

G Perico joins Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic and Free at Pro Club in LA to discuss growing up in LA, the difference in gang activity in the '90s vs. now, music vs. hustling, advice he got from A$AP Yams and Nipsey Hussle, gambling with his life, his favorite LA albums, Birria Mac & Cheese, and much more.

00:00 Intro

1:24 Birria Mac & Cheese

7:34 Favorite Taco Shop

9:44 Where his name came from

10:15 Commas with DJ Drama

11:34 Writing process

12:44 Recording with Nipsey Hussle

17:44 Evolution of G Perico

19:53 G Shit era

22:13 Bussin’

23:23 G before the rapping

25:15 Music around the house

28:15 Upbringing

30:30 Violence in the ‘90s

32:00 Gang activity then vs. now

34:40 Music vs. Hustling

36:00 Starting rapping

38:00 Advice from A$AP Yams

39:16 Early rap heroes

42:15 Navigating the industry early on

45:19 Thinking he’d be dead by 20

47:06 Gambling with his life

49:12 This is a blue t-shirt

51:21 Entrepreneurial sense

54:18 Writing movie scripts

55:19 Unpopular Truth

57:31 5 Favorite LA Albums

58:29 Who He’s Listening To Now

59:20 Unexpected Artist He Likes

58:46 What Celebrity has the best hair?

59:25 Describe His Music In One Word

59:30 Dream Collab

59:33 Favorite Sample

1:01:28 Book, Movie & Album Recommendations

1:02:10 Favorite Spanish Word

1:02:15 Favorite Freeway

1:02:20 Most LA Thing About Him

1:02:53 Advice for the next generation

1:04:11 Money & Music

1:05:40 Signing to Roc Nation

1:12:20 Music vs. Business

Hosted by Jeff Weiss, Rosecrans Vic ( @brownbagpodcast ) & Free ( @FreeWorldOrder )

Sponsored by Pro Club: https://shopproclub.com/

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Edited by Will Hagle