SameOldShawn I wanted to talk about Maino for a second, because your first singles with him. For people who havent heard it yet, the conceit of the song is that you guys talk about your tough friend Maino whos gonna solve all your problems... Eric Rosenthal, ItsTheReal Wouldnt you? SOS Yeah, right. And he comes in at the end of the song and says, I dont know who you think youre dealing with, but I dont do that anymore. It was so funny, and it finds him playing both with and against his tough guy, Iwasinthepen image. And hes even in the video in glasses and a pocket protector... Jeff Rosenthal, ItsTheReal First of all, he was the one who came in with the bow tie and surprised us. He walked in and I go, You look like Louis Farrakhan. ER He was all about it SOS So he was game when you approached him with this? ER Now, heres the thing. He doesnt just do this for anyone JR We have a rapport with him. He did an ItsTheReal video of us where we did a parody of that kid who was talking tough on Facebook and then his uncle whipped him with his belt or whatever. So we did a parody of that a couple years ago ER Weve seen him out at different events JR But when we were doing this project specifically, he came over to our apartment at 3 AM in his Bentley. We drove around for an hour listening to our music, and hes just slamming on the gas, going, You motherfuckers, you got it right! ER So he understands it, and hes hilarious. Like, in real life, hes hilarious. Hes a very threatening person to everyone except for us. Hes really a sweetheart. So we wrote the song with him in mind, we explained the idea to him, and the next day we had our verse. So hes all about it When the video came to be, shot by Rik Cordero, he was all about it. Like Jeff said, he brought the bow tie, he brought the shirt, and he was ready to go. So were glad that its gotten a great reaction so far. Were really happy for Maino, because it shows a different side to him, where for most of his career it was just like, well, Mainos big and bad
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