Joe Rogan Experience #2004 - Ice Cube

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. ICIce Cube0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. (energetic music) (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      (laughs) Oh, no.

   4. ICIce Cube0:14

      Like, man, that's what you was doing. You just wanted to go smoke weed with-

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      (coughs)

   6. ICIce Cube0:18

      ... Joe and shit, yah. Coulda did that.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:19

      I couldn't keep up with Snoop.

   8. ICIce Cube0:20

      Oh, hell.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:21

      Snoop just keeps going. (coughs)

   10. ICIce Cube0:22

       Man, Snoop, he got a fucking professional bud roller. I think he paying 40 grand a year or some shit.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Really?

   12. ICIce Cube0:31

       (laughs) Now, I don't know how much, but-

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       (coughs)

   14. ICIce Cube0:33

       ... I know it's a dude who, eight hours a day he just bringing, (laughs) he bringing Snoop like a hundred blunts in a bag. "Here you go, Snoop."

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:46

       He's the one dude that's exempt anywhere he goes. No one's gonna fuck with Snoop with weed.

   16. ICIce Cube0:51

       He smoked weed at the White House, so-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       (laughs)

   18. ICIce Cube0:53

       ... I mean, damn, you know?

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       Did he really? (laughs)

   20. ICIce Cube0:54

       Yeah, he said... (laughs) He went in the bathroom and got down. I said, "Oh, man." You know, I said, yeah, you know, he, he blaze anywhere, you know, church, swimming pools. He inside the pool blazing-

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:06

       Okay.

   22. ICIce Cube1:06

       ... under water.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:07

       He's got a card. You can just let him slide.

   24. ICIce Cube1:09

       Yeah. Yeah. He's Snoop, you know, what you gonna say?

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:14

       What are you gonna say?

   26. ICIce Cube1:15

       What you gonna say, man? Everybody loves Snoop.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:17

       The same thing with Chappelle. When we go to, out with Dave, Dave would just fire up in a restaurant. (laughs)

   28. ICIce Cube1:21

       Hey man, you know. (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:24

       (laughs) Nobody says anything.

   30. ICIce Cube1:24

       Gotta let 'em know you in the house.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      get beat.

   2. ICIce Cube15:01

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:01

      And he's the most unhittable guy in the history of the sport.

   4. ICIce Cube15:04

      Yes, sir.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      He's right up there with s- Pernell Whitaker. Like, those are the two guys that I say are like the most elusive guys-

   6. ICIce Cube15:10

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:11

      ... in a, in modern, not, you know, past Willie Pep-

   8. ICIce Cube15:12

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:13

      ... in modern era. Pernell Whitaker and Floyd.

   10. ICIce Cube15:17

       C-

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:17

       Floyd's even more impressive 'cause he stands right in front of guys.

   12. ICIce Cube15:19

       He stands right in front of you, and you can't hit him.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:21

       Just right in front of you.

   14. ICIce Cube15:22

       And you can't get a good one on him.

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:24

       (laughs) You can't get shit on him.

   16. ICIce Cube15:25

       It's, it's, it's the amaze- It's th- one of the most amazing skillsets. He's like a, um, he's like a, you know, one of those, like, Minnesota Fats kind of pool players that know all the trick shots and-

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:38

       Yeah.

   18. ICIce Cube15:38

       You can't beat him. You know, a guy that can, you know, uh, you know, play a hand or board game or, or, or ping pong or-

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:46

       Yeah.

   20. ICIce Cube15:46

       You just, he just know ... You just can't beat him, and he just, he's that way in boxing.

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:51

       Yeah.

   22. ICIce Cube15:51

       He just knows all the tricks of the trade, and he's just better.

   23. JRJoe Rogan15:55

       Has way more information about where you should be for whe- where he can hit you and where he should be where you can't hit him. It's just, he's got it all in his head.

   24. ICIce Cube16:03

       He knows what punch can be thrown-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:05

       Yeah.

   26. ICIce Cube16:05

       ... and what time-

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:06

       Yeah.

   28. ICIce Cube16:06

       ... and what punch can't. And so, he just, when he knows you can't throw a punch, that's where he is.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:12

       Yeah.

   30. ICIce Cube16:12

       And when he knows you can, that's where he ain't.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   I only had 20…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

   2. ICIce Cube30:00

      I only had 20 Gs, so... (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:03

      (laughs)

   4. ICIce Cube30:03

      If I'da had 40, I'da bought (laughs) , you know, probably a BMW, you know what I mean? A 3-Series or something. So, uh, you know, at the time, it was the first cool thing I was able to buy and, and not sweat it. You know what I mean?

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:17

      Mm-hmm.

   6. ICIce Cube30:17

      Like, that's the key is the buy it and not sweat it.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:20

      Right. Yeah.

   8. ICIce Cube30:21

      You know, if you buying it and you sweating it still, you're like, "Damn." I remember, I remember (laughs) one day, I remember Dre and Yella-... they got checks. I think they got checks for, like, $35,000. (laughs) Next thing I seen them, they had, both had 'vettes, I think. Corvettes. And was like, "How much you pay?" "31." "How much you pay for yours?" "33."

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:40

      (laughs)

   10. ICIce Cube30:41

       I'm like, "Y'all broke now." (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:43

       (laughs)

   12. ICIce Cube30:47

       So what? We look good. (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:50

       It's funny, but that's the temptation, you know?

   14. ICIce Cube30:53

       Yeah. I mean, you know, you... Man, you, you... Like, you only live once and y- we know a lot of people that died young and so it's kinda like, get it while the getting is good.

   15. JRJoe Rogan31:08

       Yeah. It's also, you're young. When you're young... When, when I first started making money, my manager thought I had a gambling problem.

   16. ICIce Cube31:15

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan31:16

       He called, he called me up and said, uh, "You... Are you having a gambling problem?" 'Cause he knew how much money I was burning through.

   18. ICIce Cube31:20

       Mm-hmm.

   19. JRJoe Rogan31:21

       I go, "No, man. I'm eating lobster every night."

   20. ICIce Cube31:23

       Aah! (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan31:23

       (laughs) I'm like, "I grew up poor."

   22. ICIce Cube31:25

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan31:25

       I'm like, "I'm eating steak and lobster. I'm taking my friends out." I'm like, "I'm spending money."

   24. ICIce Cube31:30

       Yeah. I mean, that's what you do, you know. And it feels good.

   25. JRJoe Rogan31:34

       Yeah, it feels good.

   26. ICIce Cube31:35

       It feels good to finally be able to treat and, and, um, not, you know, worry about what it's gonna look like or... I mean-

   27. JRJoe Rogan31:42

       That's the big thing, is the worry. I remember the first check I got. I got a check from Disney.

   28. ICIce Cube31:46

       Mm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan31:46

       For a development deal from Disney in, like, 1993. And when I got the check, it was like weight lifted off my shoulders. It was like-

   30. ICIce Cube31:54

       Yes.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah. …

   1. ICIce Cube45:00

      (exhales) it, it, you know, people, um, being bullied into doing things that they didn't wanna do. A lot of them didn't wanna do it. They, they did it because of their work or their-

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:14

      Yeah.

   3. ICIce Cube45:15

      ... you know, their, um, situations.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:19

      And a lot of them got wrecked.

   5. ICIce Cube45:19

      Or, yeah, a lot of them are, are hurting right now, you know?

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:22

      Yeah.

   7. ICIce Cube45:22

      I know, you know, I know, um, a guy that's, you know, been dealing with tinnitus since, since he got it. And so, (smacks lips) you know-

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:35

      I know a lot of people-

   9. ICIce Cube45:35

      It's, it's just-

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:36

       ... who got fucked up.

   11. ICIce Cube45:37

       Yeah, yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:37

       I know quite a few people that got fucked up, some of them pretty bad. It's just, it, it was just, uh, there was, uh, (sighs) if you wanted to do it at, in a textbook way, like if it was a conspiracy, that's how I would do it. I'd isolate people, make them stay at home, take away their livelihood, make them scared, give them small checks, you know, gi- and then give them this thing that you gotta take to get back to normal. "Wanna get back to normal?" "Yeah." "Go take that."

   13. ICIce Cube46:03

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan46:03

       "Don't worry. It's safe and effective, safe and effective, safe and effective." And then you have all this pressure, and everyone is yelling at you if you don't do it. "If you don't do it, we're not gonna get back to normal." And everybody got scared, and everybody just f- stepped in line, and it was strange. It's strange.

   15. ICIce Cube46:20

       Yeah, it was. Um, you know, stepping in line sometimes is not the way to go.

   16. JRJoe Rogan46:29

       No, it's not always the way to go.

   17. ICIce Cube46:30

       It's just, you know, you're trying to prevent and trying to make things all smooth and easy and no issues and, and back to normal and all that, and the world might be back to normal, but are you-

   18. JRJoe Rogan46:47

       Right.

   19. ICIce Cube46:47

       ... normal?

   20. JRJoe Rogan46:48

       Well, you gotta be able to make informed decisions.

   21. ICIce Cube46:51

       Yes.

   22. JRJoe Rogan46:51

       And when you can't make an informed decision and you're being pressured anyway, it's like, what, what are you? How long? And it, this is the thing that was driving me crazy. Before the election, all, when Donald Trump was president, all they were talking about is, "I'm not gonna take the shot." You're gonna take a shot that Trump made? Who's gonna take that shot? Even Biden was saying it.

   23. ICIce Cube47:11

       Mm-hmm.

   24. JRJoe Rogan47:11

       "Wh- who's gonna take it?" Kamala Harris was saying it. They were all saying it, "Don't take that. I would never take that." And then all of a sudden, Biden becomes president, and they're like, "You gotta take it." Like, is this the same thing?

   25. ICIce Cube47:20

       Wow.

   26. JRJoe Rogan47:20

       This is the same thing.

   27. ICIce Cube47:21

       (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan47:21

       You know how long it takes to develop a vaccine?

   29. ICIce Cube47:23

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan47:23

       This is the same vaccine.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:15:00

   That, that, you know,…

   1. ICIce Cube1:00:00

      That, that, you know, I'm talking about what happened to me, but it obviously happens everywhere to all of us. You know what I mean?

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      Mm-hmm.

   3. ICIce Cube1:00:09

      And, and we gotta somehow, someway, get these people out of our way. Or, um, not support what they're doing and producing. Um, you know, some of these mainstream outlets are really just an extension of these corporate conglomerates who-... wanna, you know, kinda control our emotions, control our movement, control our spending, control our personalities, control our mind. Um, and, you know, what we gonna do about it, like, at the end of the day? You know what I'm saying? Like, we gonna just sit here and let it happen day after day till we're steamrolled and, and, and, um, wore out and have no fight in us? Or are we gonna stand up where we can, you know what I mean? And push back when we can. I know everybody can't in all situations, and don't feel bad when you can't. But when you can and you know you can, do it.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:01:29

      Yes.

   5. ICIce Cube1:01:29

      Do it. Like, when you have the leverage, take it.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:01:33

      Yeah.

   7. ICIce Cube1:01:34

      You know? Take it. Like, like, you ever see, when you got the leverage, you gotta go.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:01:38

      Yeah.

   9. ICIce Cube1:01:38

      Use that-

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:01:39

       Yeah.

   11. ICIce Cube1:01:39

       ... to your advantage. You might not always have the leverage. You might not always have, you know, the right, uh, timing. But, when you do, when you can, we, we gotta, we gotta buck- buck back, you know. Um, if not, we just gonna continue to get steamrolled and not be heard and canceled and all this kinda stupid stuff.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:02:04

       Yeah, and we're just repeating patterns that have played out throughout history.

   13. ICIce Cube1:02:07

       Yes.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:02:08

       When people get power, they wanna have ultimate power. They want more power. The, any obstructions they see to their goals, any things that people were doing that would get in the way, they wanna silence that, stop that. They wanna bust unions. They wanna do whatever the fuck they can to consolidate their power.

   15. ICIce Cube1:02:27

       Yeah. And it's, uh, at a certain point, it's just ridiculous.

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:02:31

       Yeah.

   17. ICIce Cube1:02:31

       And, um-

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:02:32

       Well, it's not good for us.

   19. ICIce Cube1:02:33

       These are some of the most unhappy people in the world who is just concerned with more and more power and they're powerful. You know, when have you saw a guy who was maxing out, you know, bench pressing or whatever and blew out his shoulder like-

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:02:55

       Lunch times.

   21. ICIce Cube1:02:56

       (laughs) It's like, it's like, you was maxed out the last time you maxed out. Why are you trying to max out even more and more and more and more and then you blow out your shoulder? You see what I'm saying? So, at a certain point, you gotta know when you got enough of this and enough of that. (clears throat)

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:03:14

       I think the money people, though, they never think that way because it's all about numbers. Like, the whole thing is numbers. It's not like, "Look, I put out a new album. Look, I put out a new movie. I'm, I'm creating a thing. I'm putting together stuff." For them, it's always numbers.

   23. ICIce Cube1:03:28

       It's all numbers.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:03:29

       It's just numbers. And so you never feel satisfied. And there's always a guy with a bigger jet, there's always a guy with a bigger house, there's always a guy with more of this and more of that. And... Yeah.

   25. ICIce Cube1:03:39

       Yeah. And usually, you know, you can find happier people with way, way, way less.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:03:46

       Way, way less. (laughs) Yes.

   27. ICIce Cube1:03:48

       Way less.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:03:49

       Yeah, if your goal is happy, that is not the occupation you should be in. That's not-

   29. ICIce Cube1:03:53

       No.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:03:53

       Yeah. Those people are miserable.
6. 1:15:00 – 1:21:00

   No. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:15:00

   2. ICIce Cube1:15:00

      No.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:15:00

      ... and saying you should call them minor-attracted persons.

   4. ICIce Cube1:15:03

      Man, come on.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:15:04

      It's insane. I mean, you're getting-

   6. ICIce Cube1:15:05

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:15:06

      ... academics that are saying this.

   8. ICIce Cube1:15:08

      It does-

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:15:08

      It's insane.

   10. ICIce Cube1:15:10

       Yeah, it is. It's, you know, it's, it's, it's borderline madness and so I'm, we're almost there.

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:15:17

       Yeah. Well, it's the end of an empire.

   12. ICIce Cube1:15:18

       Yes.

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:15:19

       And, you know, there's this guy, Douglas Murray, he's this English, uh, British intellectual, and he said that every time, uh, a civilization is close to collapsing, they become obsessed with gender. It happened with the ancient Greeks, with the Romans. It's just like-

   14. ICIce Cube1:15:33

       Mm-hmm.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:15:33

       ... some weird thing that happens when everything is just going too good and life is too easy. People get obsessed with, eh, eh, the, the weirdest things. And now we're obsessed with gender.

   16. ICIce Cube1:15:44

       Wow.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:15:45

       It's the beginning of the end.

   18. ICIce Cube1:15:46

       Stay tuned.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:15:47

       Yeah, who knows? I mean, maybe we'll bounce back, you know? Get a good president in there, you know, turn it around.

   20. ICIce Cube1:15:56

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:15:57

       (laughs)

   22. ICIce Cube1:15:58

       (laughs)

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:15:58

       You don't think so?

   24. ICIce Cube1:15:59

       I don't, I don't put a lot on the president. (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:16:01

       Not this one.

   26. ICIce Cube1:16:01

       I don't put a lot on the president, for sure.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:16:04

       Well, I wonder what would happen if Robert Kennedy Jr. Got in there. I'm very interested to see what happens with that guy.

   28. ICIce Cube1:16:09

       Yeah. You know, he's, uh ... You know, he's, he seemed like a guy who at least is down to deep dive.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:16:20

       Yeah.

   30. ICIce Cube1:16:21

       And talk real, and, and, you know, really try to dissect what's really going on instead of just going with the herd. Um, which would be easy for him to do, like go with the-

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