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girl, Tamika, a .k .a. Meek Meek, a .k .a. Miss
Encore, a .k .a. Heart Group. Three times big.
And I'll tell you why. It's like the cringe.
Which I love. All right. Christmas is over. Get
over it. Yes, but let me tell you about it. The
bridge? No, no, no. Not about all that per se,
although I love all of it. Okay. My heart strings
have been tugged on this year. What? About Wally
World. Walmart? Yes. What happened with Walmart?
The commercial. The Love Jones commercial. Walmart
has a Love Jones commercial? Oh my gosh! Yes,
they paid tribute to Love Jones and had them
in a Walmart commercial. You lying. No. Pull
it up right now. I'll pull it. I'll pull that
shit up real fast. Pull it up right now. I need
to see. And they showed them Eat and Love. Only
put the audio on for like the first three seconds
and you gotta cut it off. Okay. we ain't got
matter of fact let me put a hold let's let's
give a brief a brief hold for our sponsors if
y 'all hear jaws crying it's because we don't
have none that we don't have all right okay first
two seconds done all right turn the audio off
i can't believe they have a love jones and this
is walmart they do Oh man, it's not even showing
it. It don't matter. I see this. It's so good.
They have a Love Jones. Oh, come on, Lorraine's
take. Why do fools fall in love? Why do birds
sing? I don't know the rest of the words. I also
sung that song for an audition. Musical. Come
on. And they had the Isley brothers. And I got
a daughter. And she's chocolate. Yeah, she's
so. I said, come on, Walmart. Wow. Did y 'all
know it didn't work for me? And I just re -watched
this movie not too long ago. Wow. We're not going
to talk about how Love Jones, the movie, is problematic,
but it plays a pivotal part in my childhood.
It's so problematic, but so accurate. But the
thing, I was about to say, it's so real. It's
so real. I watched it as a child, of course.
I didn't appreciate it. I re -watched it as a
child. You couldn't relate. I couldn't relate.
I was like, ooh, black love. I love it. That's
why. But now as an adult, I'm like, oh, man.
This was good. It was hard. Like, she had to
go. Because, I mean, it's a lot going on, Mr.
Loverboy. But you want to love the loverboys,
the passionate ones. But then it's just a lot
going on. But I love him. He loved me. And I'm
never going to find this kind of love again.
It was good. And I was like, Walmart. And then
I started to think about. That's a great. It's
a great commercial. I need. First of all. I need
for the team of that commercial to tap in. Because.
I loved it. Look. Wait. Clock it. Oh. As the
Gen Z say. Your nails not long enough. They're
not. That's why I was like. That's okay. I'm
doing. I'm doing your nails for Cartagena. So.
Birthday nails. Birthday nails. You're not going
to be able to zip up. Susie doesn't know yet,
but I'm doing her nails too. Oh, I'm gonna do
something to Susie's hair. Oh Yeah Yeah, I was
about to say you gonna put locks in it faux locks
I know a bra I do some twists. I know how to
do it now. I've been watching YouTube Wait, wait,
what kind of twist you gonna put some hair in
it? Like mine? Do you think it'll break her hair
off? She may need silky hair. Now I will say
Susie will look cute with the two Do that with
the two wasn't it but we'll have to get her here
from Sally Beauty Supply cuz her hair is silky
Sally Beauty Supply has the silky braiding extensions
that won't Yeah, I can't that won't take her
hair out She might be too. We don't know yet
cuz she never had it in she don't know it yet
But she's getting a car thing in a car on bear
makeover And if you don't say anything about
this Susie, we know you don't watch oh and that's
a whole nother conversation that's a whole nother
conversation and just because you watch one episode
that's not all of them you need to watch this
one that's not all of them oh wow that's a good
point start calling out everybody we about to
see our people if they really support us because
if we shout you out randomly and you don't say
nothing you should know because all y 'all said
oh y 'all talk so much y 'all should make oh
y 'all chemistry is so good i need y 'all in
a show together i mean y 'all probably wasn't
talking about this kind of show we know what
kind of show y 'all was talking about but still
we got a show we deliver we got a show and we
need you to support and we giving that energy
for anybody who wants to know this is us 24 7
actually we're worse off camera We can't do a
lot of stuff on camera because, again, we are
still in the industry. We still got to be mindful
about some stuff. We still getting our career
together. And we not about to mess that up for
nobody. Not for no views and likes. What we look
like, Gen Z's? Man, you so much. It's so much.
But, okay, so, and this will relate. I felt it.
Like, my heart was like, oh, it was amazing.
Yeah. And then that went back down when I realized
there is no 106 and Park countdown. And every
year I have this same thought when I think, how
am I going to bring in the new year? And it's
blank. Or I'm going to be drunk. The New Year's
Eve ball drop. It's not the same. It's not. It's
not. But also, I'm not even going to hold you.
106 and Park felt, well, it no longer exists
for those who are wondering. But 106 and Park
fell off. For those who don't know. You missed
out. You missed out. But I feel like it fell
off when Free and AJ left. No shade to Roxy and
Terrence and Bow Wow. And Bow Wow. And everybody
else who was filling in. But no shade to y 'all
but Free and AJ. They were the culture at that
time. It was. They were the culture. But I still
watch. I still tune in with all the miscellaneous
guests. I did, too, because my homeboys, shout
out. I almost forgot your name. Wow. It's the
thought that counts. I would say. Ah, ah, ah.
Just kidding. A .B. and Rizzio. Shout out to
A .B. and Rizzio. They was on 106th and Park.
And we was in our dorm rooms like, Ada! Were
they dancing? No, they was rappers. I mean, they
still on their musical stuff, but I don't think
they're a group anymore. And that was, you know,
that era when boy bands, not boy bands, but like
groups was hitting. That's when rap groups was
hitting. I loved it all. I loved every second
of 106 and Park, so now I'm just like, alright.
Ball drop is not the same unless I'm at a party.
And now I haven't been at a party. What did I
do last year? LA parties are not the same as
East Coast parties, I will say. That is true.
Nobody dances. That is true. And to be completely
honest, nobody really drinks for real. Nobody
takes shots. Nobody pre -games. Nobody does kickbacks.
None of that. Are we hanging with the wrong people?
No, they just don't do it. I feel like, okay,
hear me out. I feel like as a black person moving
to California, you need to treat California as
if it is a PWI and you need to find your BSU.
And by BSU in California, I mean the black people
that's from the East Coast. Oh. That is the BSU
of California. And that is the only way you're
going to get that same experience. Because we're
all here. We was talking about that a couple
weeks ago when I went out with a couple ATF folks.
What up my southern peeps? And we were literally
saying the same thing. How the nightlife is different
out here. How just like the whole experience
of community. How we like to do like. big events
or put on stuff because you know how big I am
on birthdays and stuff like that but my biggest
thing is if I'm putting on a big event and I'm
footing the bill for all of this granted I'm
inviting you to come I don't expect for you to
do anything but I'm used to people chipping in
oh let me go ahead and bring something oh yeah
let me go ahead and slide you $20 to put towards
the alcohol or something like that people out
here they bring a bottle out here of wine don't
nobody want who is getting lit off of first of
all it is it was so strange to me as a 24 25
year old for somebody to bring me a bottle of
wine baby give me the hard alcohol i'm still
taking shots now i am well in my 30s and i will
take a bottle of wine i will take the shots i'll
take it off i'll take it all at the same time
But still, like, it's definitely different. Yeah.
And for the holidays, it's definitely different.
Like, it's not the same. But I'm just like, in
general, the times have changed. Were the 90s
that much better than every other time in the
world? And I feel like most of the black people
in the 90s were out here in LA. So why didn't
y 'all spread some of that? Why y 'all didn't
keep that going? Because y 'all was lit. Y 'all
was lit. Back in the 90s. I barely got BET. Slash
Tyler Perry TV. And it's not even Tyler Perry
TV because he backed out the deal, didn't he?
No, I'm talking about I still got all the Tyler
Perry stuff. Oh, it do. He got some sort of deal
with them and Netflix? I don't know. Just put
me on, Tyler. Yeah. Because I'm bi -coastal.
I have an address in Georgia, LA, Ohio. Anywhere
that you would need, I have an address there.
I'm not even going to hold you, Tyler. I'm international,
nationwide, on your side. Yeah. I sing. I hum.
Real good. Real, real bad. You hum really good.
But I do it real bad. You know how they say.
Real bad. Yeah. Not like real bad, but like real
bad. I didn't even catch on to it. Like real
bad. Real bad. Cause you ain't say it right.
Oh, it's not my lingo. I thought it was me. I
like real bad. I do like it. Real bad. Real bad.
I don't necessarily like it when you say it like
that, but. Real bad. I like it. A lot. But yeah,
yeah, yeah. We do this. The 90s nostalgia hit
home. I need more of it. Yeah. So, what's changed?
Have we taken anything from the greatest time
of our lives? Oh, for sure. I feel like the movies,
the television shows, the styles are for sure
coming back. They're for sure coming back. Hairstyles,
the colorway, the color blocking. I have one
pair of pants. I don't know where I got them
from. It was when it was a net, maybe. I told
y 'all she'd be a gatekeeper when it comes to
clothes, but that's another episode. I mean,
it was years ago. Sure it was. I was maybe 16.
And that was years ago? Try decades. I tried
decades. Hey, chill. They were the best pants
I ever had in my life. And they had graffiti
on them. Oh, I love a girl. Let me tell you what
kind of pants that I love that are coming back
in style. The paint splatter. I'm okay with a
plain splatter. I love it. But when it's like
a jogger, like baggy fit, and then you do like
a nice little crop with it, baby. I like it,
but I love crops. Honestly. I don't think about
crops. I love them. You have no choice but to
love a crop. They don't make full -size shirts
anymore. Oh, because that's all I have in my
closet. Yes, yes, yes. I have crops and mock
turtlenecks. And I have furs. In L .A. weather.
So, think about that. It's wonderful. Put them
on with shorts. It's amazing. I'm about to cop,
y 'all. I'm not even going to hold you. I'm about
to cop the wide leg or bell bottom. I don't know
how you want to say it. I hate wide leg. Workout
pants. No, they're going to be on the floor,
on the ground. Oh, my gosh. I love them. Okay.
I love them. So, enough of those ugly ass pants.
What is your all -time favorite 90s movie? And
why? I'm so not good at any of this. We already
know she's going to pick a romance situation.
I mean, it has to be a romance. But 90s? Yeah.
Or early 2000s. Because I feel like early 2000s
is still technically 90s. It still has that 90s
before the influence of new age and technology
come rolling in. What do I watch? Vampire Diaries.
What do I watch? I love Vampire Diaries season
one through maybe five. Do they have anything
past four? They got some. That's too much. Maybe
three. That's way too much. When Elena leave,
you know. That's for another time. Okay? Okay.
I don't know. I'm more of a TV show. All right.
Well, what's the TV show? 106 and Park. Religiously.
I love them all. Rap City. The Basement. Anything
that came on BET except... So musical. Except
Tales from the Crypt because I'm scared. Oh,
I love Tales from the Crypt. I was scared. The
one episode with the slaves and they had dolls.
Oh, with the dolls? That took me out. I ain't
even going to hold you. You believe it? That
took me out. You had a doll? Oh, no. No. There's
nothing about me that screams dolls or stuffed
animals. Don't like them. Oh, I love a stuffed
animal. No. But I do believe that slaves back
in the day was putting their spirits into dolls
and different stuff like that to get their get
back. And to be honest, don't blame you. I ain't
gonna blame you, but I'm scared. I ain't gonna
be scared because you should see we on the same
team. I don't want no handmade nothing. No, I
don't want no handmade nothing. I don't want
no handmade no time for toy. Nope. Okay, so.
What's yours? For me, movie. Movie? Because I
already know your TV show. 90s? 90s? Matilda?
Duh. Oh, that counted? That's 90s. Okay. Okay,
another. Wow, 90s? I just went to 90s black.
Oh, because honestly, we did take it. We took
over from the 99 in the 2000s. Okay, so Matilda,
but. um aside from matilda because we were young
okay i'm tripping i'm acting like we was grown
no everybody knows this babs of course that was
that's my number one but another one that i absolutely
love and i post this all the time if you follow
me on my social media thin line between love
and hate oh i love a thin line between love and
i know a word from word Because it was so good.
It was so good. I even tried to go down Malibu
and find a house in India. But it's so good.
It's so good. Television show. It's Bad Boys.
The first one. Oh, yeah. Because I love Bad Boys.
I ain't even going to hold you. Bad Boys 1 and
2. Oh, that second one for me did it. Oh, Will.
Hey, yo, Willer. Will. Willer. Bad Boys Will.
Willer. I don't even want the Fresh Prince. I
want Willard from Bad Boys. And dare I say, dare
I say, Wild Wild West? Willard! I really like
the song Wild Wild West. I really like Switch.
Oh my gosh! I love Switch! great nine I was gonna
say okay this movie you might not have watched
it because it's a lot it's a lot but it was so
psychological no it wasn't black it was the whitest
shit oh I don't know it Josie and the Pussycats
oh I seen it yeah yeah yeah yeah had you thinking
yeah yeah yeah I don't know why I was obsessed
with Josie and the Pussycats I don't I don't
know why. It was good. It was great. Just all
of them. But again, that was an era of where
boy bands, girl bands, and everything. That's
all we knew. You wasn't my friend unless you
was in a group with me. Oh, I totally had several
groups. I had hella groups. I had several groups.
We had, all right, my aunt, my cousins, and the
people that lived in the tiny apartment complex
in Bond Hill. Y 'all know. And Nasty Nitty. We
had. Girls of Tomorrow group. And we had t -shirts.
And we a meet. I'm screaming. And we always.
Oh. From Sister Act. If you want to be somebody.
I don't know. It was Ladies of Tomorrow. Ladies
of Tomorrow. I know what's up. So Sister Act.
Look. Sister Act. Look. There is so. I love Whoopi.
First off, hold up. I love Whoopi. First of all,
the industry did her so dirty. Did he? Damn,
did he? Anywho, the industry did her so dirty
back in the day. The way y 'all treated this
woman, and she is gorgeous. Not a pimple in sight.
Skin clear. Supple. Chocolate. Chocolate. And
the realest one out here. What you saw is what
you got. And she gave y 'all talent. This is
my thing. The industry was full of shit. For
sure. They still are. But she pulled, honey.
They still are. She pulled, honey. Made in America.
Oh, that was such a great movie. Did you know
they dated for real? Whitney along. Her and...
I was about to say Woody Allen. And the Carsman
salesman. I just know her from Cheers. Where
everybody knows your name. That's enough. Which
is also amazing. I was like, stop. That's why
I had to, which is also amazing. Oh my gosh.
I loved you. Yeah, they dated for real. Whoopi.
I love Whoopi. Come on to the pod, Whoopi. Be
our seventh subscriber, Whoopi. I Whoopi. Because
I read, I read, I read, I read. I love Whoopi
and everything. You know, Whoopi was on Raven
Simone. I got you, girl. She was on her podcast
with her and her wife. And she asked her, was
she a lesbian? Because, you know, that was the
talk. Oh, yeah. That was the talk. But I never
got those vibes from her. I really feel like
she reminds me so much of my older aunts, like,
back in the day in Georgia. They just really
had that masculinity about them. Not because...
Well, yeah, because of their elements. They had
to be the man and the woman. So it was kind of
like, look. And not only that, again, she came
from a generation to where you had to be tough.
So if she came off a little strong, maybe because
she was. I love that. But yeah, but Whoopi was
straight up. She was like, no, I'm not. Whoopi
said she'd be popping that thing. Okay, she didn't
say that. She didn't say that, but she do. She
translated into that. Did she say that? I love
her. She said, I pulled them locks back. I didn't
say that. I didn't say that. Stop. She didn't
say that. Girl, I was about to look it up right
now. No, she didn't say that. She didn't say
that. But Raven is so real for asking that question.
I like Raven. Because most people speculate,
and that's how rumors get around. They want to
go. But no, like, if you want to know, ask the
questions. Yeah. Boom. But yeah. But she, yeah.
I love Whoopi. So, yeah. Made in America. Ghost.
She has so many good. Ghost was so good. It was
so good. Now, let me tell you another thing about
Whoopi that I never noticed until I got older,
that she didn't have eyebrows. Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. And I feel like eyebrows really
give you emotion, especially as an actress. But
for her to convey everything so clearly and beautifully
without brows is amazing. That says a lot. Now
I need to watch everything over. Yeah. Oh my
gosh, I'm about to go on a Whoopi binge. I need
to watch everything over where she didn't have
eyebrows. Yes. No, I'm for real. Yes. No, I'm
for real. Yes. Whoopi. I finally got her a watch.
I mean, it's still something old, but at least
it has something with meaning. I love old stuff.
The new stuff just don't hit the same. It don't.
Honestly, it don't. I cannot watch a show right
now and have a catchphrase or anything that I
can repeat. It doesn't hit the same. I'm still
in the process of watching A Different World.
It's taking me some time. But I'm some seasons
in. It's really good. If I watched it before
I went to college, I would have went to a HBCU.
A thousand percent. I've watched A Different
World quite, and this is no lie, nine times.
From beginning to end. How many seasons is it?
It don't matter because the way every season
had 23 episodes. And wait a minute though. And
they're doing a reboot. I don't know who's listening
to this. Actually, I do know who's listening
to this part. But if you know the people that
know the people that know. That's doing this
reboot. Audition. Audition. I have an HBCU experience.
I could be a professor. I don't, but I can transfer.
Yeah, she could do that. I can be the RA. You
need an RA. That would be great TV to have somebody
come from PWI transfer. That is great TV because
it's showing that we're not monolithic. That
word is so overused. Oh, my gosh. But you used
it. I did because it was fitting. Anywho, but
A Different World actually played a part of me
going to an HBCU. and then uh living single is
the reason why i wanted my own magazine i want
we will talk about that i need to watch living
single again because i wasn't consistent and
i missed a bunch but now in my older age i appreciate
it but they were young as fuck they were so young
also side note this is a little plug of my own
um If you decide to do a reboot of Living Single
or just a spinoff of some sorts, I would love
to play the love child of Khadijah and Spencer.
Scooter. I'm so sorry. Scooter. Thank you. Continue.
He fine. He fine. I can't say that because that's
my daddy. Oh, that's my zaddy. Okay. um so a
different world i will be watching that yes i
just feel like i need to indulge and really dive
into the 90s because i was missing out on something
i'm that that's what i'm gonna do for new year's
it's just gonna be a 90s throwback i love that
And I also feel like it will hit better because
you're older and you can understand the experiences
that they went through. Because everything's
great. And nothing was fake. I feel like the
things that they went through was real life stuff
that we're still going through, which is a testament
to the times. But we're not going to get into
that. Look, before, hold up. Because Living Singles,
I got to get back on you. Y 'all was so young
doing all that. Like, y 'all had y 'all careers.
It's a lawyer. So young. And they were supposed
to be in their, like, 20s. With locks. With locks.
And to this day. The appreciation. The appreciation
of being a lawyer with locks. And then to this
day, we are still battling, like, our hair in
the workplace. That was pivotal. I ain't gonna
hold you. Ever since I switched to locks from
natural, I have not gotten as many opportunities.
We can leave that for another time. Again, a
testament to the times. We can leave that to
another time, but significantly less. But wait,
talking about hair, though, can we talk about
how Khadijah and the Bones? Queen! Latifah! La!
Always. Baby! They show, I watch something, and
they're like, evolution of her hair, it's never
inconsistent. I love it. And then, let's not
forget the wigs. Okay, wait a minute. We had
the braids, the locks, the silk press, press
out, blow out, whatever you want to call it.
The way that they use the same wardrobe. And
then the micros. The same wardrobe from the nanny.
Did you know that? Or did the nanny use the same
wardrobe from, yeah. Oh, actually, I think that's
how it was. I mean, regardless, though, I'm not
even mad. I'm not even mad at that because it
shows how we can wear the same thing but have
two different swags and two different styles.
It was different swag. Yeah, for sure. But it
can be, I feel like it showed that fashion has
no boundaries. You can dress it up. You can dress
it down. You get what I'm saying? So I'm not
mad at that at all because I love the nanny.
I also love the nanny. Nanny friend. From Queens?
We're running out of juice. I'm about to go watch
some shit now. I'm about to go watch some shit
now while I'm driving home. Because I need stimulation.
Don't be on the road while she's driving. I just
imagine it. That's why I'm such a good actress.
I ain't got to watch it. I like how we be putting
in plugs. But yeah, like the 90s was, it was
a time. It was a time. If you need a time going
into the new year, because everything else is
trash. Man, Janie Box, just because she took
off them glasses and showed some titties. Glasses
and a ponytail. Wait, and we can't even forget,
I don't even think they do parodies anymore.
Parodies. Because they're bad. not another teen
movie don't be a minister south central while
drinking your juice in a hood scary movie which
they're doing a fucking reboot i just want the
wayans to do all parodies i want the wayans to
do a documentary but they have a Oh, wait, they
got a good one on YouTube. I don't know if it
had anything to do with them, but it's good.
It ain't got nothing to do with them. Somebody
paste that together. Because one thing I do know,
it might not be true, because one thing I do
know about the Wayans, they are very hush -hush,
and what happens in the family stays in the family.
No, they wasn't going that deep. Oh. They was
just saying, like, the career. Oh, the career
trajectory. And then Marlon was doing an interview
recently, and Shaq was like, who's your funniest?
Who's the funniest? And he said, Kim. And I was
like, Kim. And then I had to go back and do a
deep dive on Kim. Kim is hilarious. Man. Kim
is hilarious. But all of them consistently say
that the funniest Waynes are the ones that aren't
famous. She's so good. They was like, why she
ain't got a show? All right, where's this from?
We're going to end it. We're going to end it
with this. No, we're going to end it with an
unpopular thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's this
one? Come on, you know. What is it from? Blank
Man. Was that 90s? That was eight. Close to 90s.
I need it to be 90s. Close to 90s. It gave me
90s. I think it was 90s. It was maybe late 80s,
90s. Blank Man could have been my favorite movie.
Blank Man was hilarious. For a long time. Wait.
Okay. Since we on Blank Man, I do want to say
this. I do want to give a shout out. Damon and
Damon Jr. And then y 'all Marlon. My wife and
kids. I'm not even. That was the 90s, but just.
I'm not even going to say put me on a show because
I feel like I would be. That's too much pressure.
That's a lot. To be in a room with such comedian
powerhouses. And I am not a comedian whatsoever.
I'm an actress. okay give me words i can say
them if you want to do a little twist to it i
will timing but as far as papa's house like i
i would be scared to be on that show but i will
say the casting is phenomenal i love it the wife
oh she does such a great job i forget her name
of course she does tasha mack no not tasha of
course of course her wendy with carol robinson
um the one that's playing damon jr's wife oh
from um boomerang I really liked it. Didn't like
the reboot. I'm so sorry. I really liked it.
I'm so sorry I didn't like the reboot. I loved
it, but then I went back and watched the original
recently. I'm on a reset kick. You can't. Well,
look, I will say this and then we got to wrap
it up. With reboots, you have to look at them
as a completely different entity. Yeah. If you
compare it to the original, you're getting canceled
automatically. It's not the same. It's not the
same. It doesn't have the same cadence, which
I don't understand why they do reboots. Just
do a different show. Think about this with your
unpopular opinion. What reboot is good? Is it
as good as the first or better? No, I'm not thinking
about that with my unpopular opinion. No, no,
I'm talking about before it. Just sit on it.
I'll sit on it. Because I don't know. What's
your unpopular opinion? It ain't nothing. Okay,
unpopular opinion. Okay, unpopular opinion. I
feel like people who use the term girl's girl
don't know what it means for real. And they just
using it because it's popular. Because who can
really tell me what that means? You know how
I feel about it. You know how I feel about it.
Who can really tell me what that means? Alright,
I'm going to let y 'all sit on that. Let that
sizzle. And we will see y 'all next episode on
our week. Bye.