THREE HUNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAA!!! We start off by thanking the fans... and the non-fans. The hate pushed us almost as much as the love! But then it's back to business as usual. Vlad's comments on Marlon Wayans came back to bite him in the a** after Marlon had a successful interview with Shannon Sharpe (08:17). We get into Doechii's new album 'Alligator Bites Never Heal', giving her immense praise and speaking on what she has to offer hip-hop (12:11). Big Sean also released a new album, but all every...
Sep 06, 2024•2 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy September! Demaris has discovered the meaning of a classic song, and Mal once again is here to prove that he’s a bit… different… than the rest of us . The team does our bi-quarterly Mental Health Check In, where Rory shares some challenges he is facing, including balancing fatherhood and work (14:34). Demaris and Julian share some struggles they faced this year as well(25:44), and Mal gives them some tried and true advice (33:01). They have a conversation about potentially leaving the ente...
Sep 03, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang is back in effect! We’ve been away from each other so obviously we had to catch up. After some weekend small talk, we get to the important things - when did we start caring about who celebrities sleep with (14:15)? Meanwhile, Mandii is going viral for critiquing Meek Mill, and we take the opportunity to give Meek his well deserved flowers and compare him to some of his peers (19:33). Meanwhile another list is out, this time about the top 10 Atlanta anthems, and we ignorant northerners t...
Aug 30, 2024•2 hr 37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Back on road! The boys have taken their talents to the Windy City, and record an episode out there, high off their last live show! Mal had to catch Missy Elliott's show while he was out there (without Rory, obviously), and gives us a rundown of the show, letting us know that Missy deserves her own Super Bowl Halftime Show (6:01). Mal was outside all weekend (without Rory, obviously), planting the NRM flag and getting to know the city, including the Southside (15:40). They get into a live show re...
Aug 27, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast TGIF! Fresh off our Detroit show, on our way to our Chicago show, we dive deep into our marketing bag and ask the question - what is it about Beyonce's lifestyle products that keep them from selling successfully (03:50)? She launched a new whisky brand and guess which staff member is the most eager to try it? Speaking of marketing - has Sexyy Red taken it too far with her lipgloss launch and the raunchy names (34:34)? Mal thinks she'll outgrow it soon. and this leads to a conversation about grow...
Aug 23, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Another weekend passed, another time Mal flakes on Demaris like 3 month old box braids and Rory gets into podcast beef. There was a debate on twitter stemming from Mal's take that Drake is a better songwriter than Mariah Carey, and Demaris doubles down on her take while Rory & Mal cast doubt (11:43). Speaking of comparing two greats, Tank said that Chris Brown is better than Michael Jackson in every aspect of talent - spoiler alert, the crew does not agree (29:00). Kanye's viral rant at 1Oak has...
Aug 20, 2024•2 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Thanks to our sponsor: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self. Yerrrrrr. Happy Friday! You guys outside this weekend? Rory was this week, and ended up in a crazy situation with an equally crazy woman (3:38). Meanwhile the internet was in a frenzy over Michael Rubin’s comments regarding Meek Mill and his sexuality (13:55). Tyler The Creator is also under fire for his comments regarding the current st...
Aug 16, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thanks to our sponsor: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self. No, but seriously - what the hell is going on? Rory takes Demaris to trial over her allegedly standing him up on a night out (2:25), and she gives some insight into how she got kicked out of an Ice Spice concert in NY (12:19) . It was apparently a pretty wild week according to the internet, but Rory insists he went to (and left) the Luck...
Aug 13, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Go to https://SHOPIFY.COM/rorymal now to grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. U S A ! That red, white and blue is out here dominating in the Olympics! So much so that the Men's 200m Track final interrupted our intro and we watched in agony as our hero Noah Lyles came in third to win bronze. Speaking of Noah Lyles - why is it that everyone groans at the mention of his name? We discuss our own perspectives on why he gets under the skin of so many people. Rory shares with us his lates...
Aug 09, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast The reformed whores unite in this episode featuring the legendary Vinny from reality tv show Jersey Shore. We get immediately to the important questions with him - his performance residency at Las Vegas’ esteemed establishment ‘Chippendales’ (05:55), and just how much raunchier women can be than men. Vinny is currently in these online dating streets with Julian and they give us the rundown on why it's so hard for them to find love and family (11:28). Our guest also takes time to address the back...
Aug 06, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Friday gang! The gang went outside last night, and came in hungover with stories and unhashed resentments over more music debates. Julian has a hot take that Nas is overrated and it causes quite the stir in the room (08:31). LL Cool J has a hot take of his own: his ‘Mount Rushmore’ of Def Jam, and the boys give their own (23:04). Lil Yachty is back in the blogs for admitting that he took a back road on getting his sampled song out to the world against the original artists’ wishes (32:27). ...
Aug 02, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back after a busy weekend. Thank you Philly for kicking off the campaign! After the show the guys linked with Baby D in Philly for Broccoli City. It was a mixy weekend on the festival grounds. Meanwhile, Julian was taking shrooms and binge watching the Olympics back in NY. In Marvel news (our specialty) Robert Downey Jr. gets casted as Dr. Doom (22:35). This leads to us talking about one of our favorite films, Tropic Thunder. Then the guys share what Olympic events they’re been watching (3...
Jul 30, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Try VIIA Hemp! https://bit.ly/viiarorymal and use code RORYMAL! This episode was brought to you by an edible. Or two. Julian has appeared at work without his beard (dont worry, Demaris is here, we’re talking about the one on his face) (1:30). He fills us in on his new look, and then we get into some light banter about Mal’s old club habits (9:30). Rihanna is out here starting new fashion trends, and the crew shares how they would participate (18:42). The olympics are coming (32:00), and so are D...
Jul 26, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self! Try VIIA Hemp! https://bit.ly/viiarorymal and use code RORYMAL! Big Tuesday vibes gang! How would you feel about a R&B Vocalist draft, done by the team? Well one will be coming to you via Patreon soon, so sign up here and let us know who you think should be included! While we get you guys' votes on that, Steve Harvey was getting votes from god knows wh...
Jul 23, 2024•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self! It's 7 am FRIDAY, it's 95 degrees! Mal gets immediately to pressing Demaris about romantic rules, and he starts working through some more boundaries any woman of his can't cross. On a further well-deserved attack on women, Rory accuses Latto of gaslighting on her latest single, so we get into a lyric breakdown of toxic songs, including some of Rory's (...
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self! Happy Tuesday Gang! Rory found his (Irish) people over the weekend in a small town upstate and shared his experience with us (09:37). Meanwhile, Demaris was "calmly" outside (14:18) and catches us up on her weekend. And then... we get to the sh*ts. Former President Trump had an attempt on his life and the internet is convinced that it was staged. We gi...
Jul 16, 2024•3 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self. Talk to us nice, or don't talk at all! Julian interrupted our pre-production meeting about threesomes and other important things to get our live reaction of making Complex's 2024 Hip Hop Media Power Ranking List, coming in at a whopping number 13 out of 25. We go through the list and read the nice words written about us, and reminisce on that got us he...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at https://shopify.com/rorymal We were all littttt for the long holiday weekend and can't wait to tell you about it. JK, we're washed and did nothing, but we're going to tell you about it anyway. Rory was forced to socialize with people at a birthday party and in the steam room (09:38) so, if course, he was in hell. We get into a conversation about stealing and Mal shares a story with us about the first time he was involved in fraud (14:02). Demaris was ou...
Jul 09, 2024•2 hr 52 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back after a brief hiatus! We know you missed us, so we came back ready to talk about all of the events that transpired during our absence. We start off catching up with each other on the past week, with Julian letting us know what his wedding swag was (5:06). Mal lets us know that white people are in Harlem kissing the feet of black Israelites (12:20), and tells us about his experience in honoring the life of a late friend of the show . The BET awards happened, and Mal was extremely disap...
Jul 05, 2024•3 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Go to https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code RORYMAL. Add more relaxation to your summer plans with MOOD! For a limited time only, get 20% off your first order and a FREE THCa pre-roll. Just go to https://hellomood.com and use promo code RORYMAL. Happy Friday! We start the episode off laughing at an absent Julian for getting in his industry bag at Kehlani's album release party that he, Rory, & Demaris attended a few days ago (03:58). Rory & Demaris catch Mal up o...
Jun 28, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Go to https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code RORYMAL. Add more relaxation to your summer plans with MOOD! For a limited time only, get 20% off your first order and a FREE THCa pre-roll. Just go to https://hellomood.com and use promo code RORYMAL. Happy Monday gang! We roll straight into our recap of our weekends. Rory went to the Jersey Shore, which inspired a walk down memory lane of the greatest reality tv show to exist (09:18). We have a quick debate about whe...
Jun 25, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self. TGIF! This was a long and fun-filled week but we start the episode off with the biggest event - Kendrick Lamar popping out in LA at The Forum. We streamed the event with our Patreon members on Discord, so if you're gang, you saw initial reactions in real time. If you didn't, Rory & Mal recap what they honestly thought of the show. They get into the act...
Jun 21, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/rorymal and get on your way to being your best self. Today we are joined by Chris Distefano a.k.a. Chrissy Chaos. We get right to it and cover European rac*sm and how straight people are over . Then Chris chooses Peeje (the man behind the camera and legendary thumbnails) and roasts him over his genetic makeup (10:30). We cover Chris & Rory’s Father’s Day celebrations (14:50). The WNBA is back in the head...
Jun 18, 2024•2 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Go to https://hellomood.com and use promo code RORYMAL to get 20% off your first order and a FREE THCa pre-roll! We survived the second week of Men’s Mental Health Month! Demaris gives Mal yet another reason to go to therapy when he discovers that she took another man on their planned date to see Bad Boys 4 (5:02). Meanwhile, he was at the Nick Grant show alone and ran into Punch from TDE (15:00). The team is in awe that he lived to tell the tale. Rory gives us an update on how sleep training is...
Jun 14, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at https://shopify.com/rorymal The team is back after a tantalizing weekend. Rory shares a story of how he got "scammed" , and the team (non-parents) tries to give Rory (the first time parent) advice on how to put a clingy kid down. Unfortunately, Rory is not the only team member running on fumes. Demaris admits she is suffering from a hangover and she shares her weekend expedition (11:54). After the weekend recap, we discover that James Harden discovered ...
Jun 11, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get timeless looks with modern comfort at https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code RORYMAL. Live show tickets are available NOW for Patreon users exclusively. Yes, they actually like the song. No, we’re not kidding. Drake dropped a troll cover of the classic 'Hey There, Delilah' and the internet reacts. Is this strategy working for him? Julian thinks so. Kendrick will be celebrating Juneteenth with a show in LA, we speculate who the “+friends” could be, and what th...
Jun 07, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get timeless looks with modern comfort at https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code RORYMAL. Happy Pride Month! Rory & Mal plan their Pride celebration calendar together, before getting into their initial reactions to the new Eminem single (5:51). Mal walks back his take from last episode, and Rory stands on white business for his GOAT. In other disappointing music news, Bia & Cardi B went diss for diss over the weekend (25:44). We update you on where it started and...
Jun 04, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Add more relaxation to your summer plans with MOOD! For a limited time only, get 20% off your first order and a FREE THCa pre-roll. Just go to https://hellomood.com and use promo code RORYMAL. Happy Friday everyone! We start with great news. Amara got her cast removed as Rory feverishly watched the doctor use a cast saw. We also learn that Rory’s mom tried to baptize Amara. Anyway, someone that’s probably headed the religious route, Diddy is back in headlines after an in depth Rolling Stone arti...
May 31, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mal’s hero has returned home. Trump spent a few hours in the Bronx using rappers to spread his campaign message. Over the weekend Rory & Julian went on a man date to a jazz show (16:03). Rory met his hero and became a fly on the wall. Meanwhile Mal & Omar Epps we’re talking about Michael Jackson (33:38) What is Michael’s best album? Let us know your pick. Welp, Drake made his return. BBL Drizzy went full...BBL Drizzy. Was this a good move (46:00)? The beef was still active over the weekend when ...
May 28, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Well there’s another list. This time Apple Music put out the top 100 albums ever. There’s one album in particular that has Mal up in arms (19:27). We also get into the particulars of other albums on the list. Rory realizes his terror stare in real time after rewatching the Chris Rock clip. Then we discuss Cassie’s statement after the Diddy footage (48:30). While our guys declined a primetime news slot, Cam’ron took the opportunity to go on CNN (55:25). We have mixed feelings about his appearance...
May 24, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Ep 271•Transcript available on Metacast