Joe Rogan Experience #2233 — Scott Storch Transcript

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0:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. How you doing? ["Dre's Lullaby"] nice sloppy booty or a nice you know what things always like perfect picture girls to like me if I knew how to fucking play this shit. And then my parents had like this upright piano in the house Yeah, and you know I ended up taking No, no, no, no, no, no. I And when I first found a love for hip hop,

4:14 and I loved like, but that was like hardcore shit. And it was like, yo, go back to school that was a videographer that I met And I just made my sound with that and it's just like this soulful He lived across the street, and kind of a nice one. Like I had a fucking they have intelligence and ability, Get into music. At least be honest with yourself because we know if we're good or not like right, you know, but what makes talent?

8:05 I'm in the studio, I'm playing some shit. and I watch the room and I'm like, oh they like it. Download FanDuel and get more write that. He blacked out and it got written. Yeah always say that sometimes I write things, I'm like, I didn't really write that. We all do though, right? If you have to work for it, And the thing about it is it's so hard to control.

10:08 Inflammation I'm playing piano whatever like I sometimes get like a little bit like okay, and this is like hydrogen water But I like it, it's H-Factor water, dude. Do you have a UCBD? Sun Life and fucking they have great shit there. So I do that. and it just fucking, it just turns into something I've graduated. and you'll be amazed at how well you feel.

13:07 I'm not hydrated. regularly See BD is a big one. See BD helps so much my friend Dave Foley It's 3,000 milligrams CBD. It's a roll-on. It's a roll-on Yeah. Medium rare, little salt. But I like salads so I eat salads like I'm not like religious about it And we're eating borscht. He's like scotty But I like- If you think about how cold rush is, You don't hear about their soup.

18:21 very fancy Scott Join the roots. We got a record deal I know that people have dealt with shit, like fucked up shit, but I was just like kind of what the fuck is happening here? But it was like, you know, my family now And you know, I felt like all the credit You know who Pete Best is? name was Derek Jackson. And he and I he embraced me into you know, you're so talented, like,

21:44 And one was my first client was Busta Rhymes He's proud of that guy, great guy. it's nothing, it's nothing to come home from jail Isn't it funny that that fear of like the Pete Best type thing that's such a real thing? I held in there and then I'm always, a lot of people say this, It was my first time ever going to California but a chick I knew from Philly and she was like,

24:32 You let me go in the studio, and we did cool stuff together. And I go into a room and he sits me down I'm like, I don't know if I should be just leaving I was gonna get on a plane back to Philly that night. And I remember I went back to the hotel, The next day I go to the studio, I meet up with Dre. da da da da da, he's a white boy and this and that,

26:42 a little bit of the next day, savant He looked at me one time and he says, Look, not to jump around too much, not what people like trap music and dumb shit like that. I do, I watch it all the time. Yeah. You know, I think that a place like Nashville Lot with Eminem. It's like the Republican Avengers. He got a sick operation over there. you're drinking the beer at.

31:18 They wear was like a roaring 20s outfit suit suit. I would imagine that's like double-breasted Nice hats just went away. We were talking about that the other day I'm like it's like some fancy company that I'm sure this company's but it's not like they Yeah, I think, um... It's all bullshit. he's like, you don't need a Ferrari, be the Ferrari. on top of the club.

34:00 Yep. And you were trying to impress everybody and you have a point in your life where you had a hundred million dollars and My ego wouldn't let me be like, oh, that's shit. I like nice things look He wasn't even living here or staying here and somehow or another he got an electric Rolls Royce I just like them for different reasons. But the problem is you trying to show everybody your luxury

36:38 It should be just a fun thing. Yeah, you pull up in a cool car Yeah, but those are fun, too. Yeah afford it. No. Yeah, but I lived a billionaire's life as a millionaire I lost touch with him in the nation. you need to get the fuck out of Miami and there's so much drugs, and there's so much everything, You can get there if you want. Yeah, but yeah, you're outside

40:33 And I'm like, you know what, I've made my whole life that I was told like, because I'm using her for my single for my first single like even though you know we're I think yeah, in order to just- If you don't you just go you lean in one direction you want it's like it's like your body Right. With all the quiet people. trees when it gets cold out. It's just such a fucked up

43:08 wearing Timberland boots We made money by shoveling snow and that you know Changing of seasons. Yeah feelings, different moods. I always think about back to school. And you know I spent a lot of times I became good friends with Mike Epps You need something in your life. That's more difficult than your life at three in the morning. I'm gonna sleep real late

46:12 They all wanna work late at night. Like, these dudes, like, a lot of dudes are not, like, Like some people in other countries they wanted to be on a screen and just sit in the living room. come going home from this tomorrow he's gonna be there the next day we're gonna and they have an idea of like what they feel like this is the one Scott Storch did, that shit had better.

48:47 Nothing always sounds the same you gotta be known for being the guy But that's also the problem with being a workaholic. And he was super clean, he was a professional pool player. obsession for him, that state, same obsession got wrapped up in the pills and And if you direct it the right way you can have an amazing life and do all kinds of cool shit

51:01 I got into the business business of rehab not for money Earth Wind and Fires and this, that. just bought. but I was like happy, I was cool. And look, I'm not playing the game they blame game or anything but she's like my girl and like she's next to a few her passions at that time music and she was like next to me who I'm No, no, no, no. Cruz oh yeah and do we're like in the beginning into each other just comes

54:54 wrongfully accused yeah man she's done a lot of good things she's that lady's gotten a lot of I had a session. was the Big Daddy, like those houses, Yeah, it was all some weird mental thing I felt like. And when I lost everything it was like even in the same room, to the point where within a few hours. by like saying, if you want to talk to her, And probably she might not even know about all that.

57:48 Because I wanted to go to the gold rush and go get some blow and hang out with strippers. It was just like let's keep partying let's stay selfish it's yeah and it's and you're not The A-list parties turn to B-list parties, and like everybody's like fizzling out. And that shit was the funniest shit. I think it is so funny that I got Pamela and I'm like trying to help him.

1:00:21 The place that I had gone that didn't really work for me, and he calls me, he's like, yo, what's up? And he wouldn't let him back in, It was like, I couldn't believe it, I felt horrible. like real legend. He was like such a special guy. I'm one of them. I was just yeah Yeah, it's crazy. or you'll get pneumonia. understand I mean so many of my favorite musicians died young

1:05:48 There's no one telling you to stop. There's no one telling you slow down. You have all the money in the world I don't know how they play music and sing at the same time. just one of the coolest things going on Oppenheimer like some of the craziest movies, the list just end of this meeting, I think we'll make a movie. And then I was told about it and I unfortunately had to reschedule it. Guy wrote the most horrible

1:08:43 I would give the shirt off my back any person ever stopped me in the streets only from a very distorted perspective. Life is nuanced Because people know that. raw and real you can play yourself. Do you have any say in, Have an 18 year old son who's literally me who I make all my music with this kid Jalen He's like, you feel me, like my mouth, It's weird.

1:12:19 He's a very special guy. You're an idiot. No, I was like, you know what? This guy is fucking really driven him at his brother of ways. I felt like I was in the fucking movie hangover one time like cuz I was hanging out with him in Vegas Yeah, exactly live close to the mountains out there like don't be right in the middle of all that in a short amount of time is shocking.

1:15:03 You just remember her from when she was so sweet and cool. The world and that's real those fucking Are you fucking crazy? I have had so many friends that completely flipped a 180 after they got robbed I was looking at the story online, I was like, this is so crazy that this person just keeps Unbelievable. What is wrong with this world? 8th Avenue on Tuesday, leading authorities to believe the suspect is a migrant.

1:18:23 Maybe he's a real criminal. Nope. Keep lock him up. Maybe we need to put him in jail Maybe he's a real criminal nope keep him out there they're launching missiles into Russia. from a dying former president It's fucking insanity because those intercontinental ballistic missiles can have nukes on them. Zelensky using about Biden giving Zelensky the ability to use long-range missiles.

1:20:36 How has the left gone so far crazy that they think it's a good thing to launch missiles. At that high level, it's like there's nothing. I like to think that I've genuinely believe that he has a way of God damn it You're wrong. It's happening right now Everybody wants that. Just figure out a way to fucking balance it all out. But saying that Putin's terrified, god damn it.

1:24:04 Are you doing a lot of blow over there? We got him. We got him man. We got him. Yes, 100%. Bushwick bill I'm on the verge of committing murder. I heard he's like a, someone's somebody's Cause I would tell like some young guys about Kooji rap, That funky ass. Fucking tremendous. Jazz. Tremendous. They did a great thing with Gangstar too. rap is Illmatic.

1:27:00 think Nas is my all time favorite lyricist. It's like Nas and then Goddamn, that's good a word choice M is M is to me like one of the really like the greats of that like a ritual, like when we're driving to the arena, especially if we're getting a police See him at the hit Factory in Miami one time. I was like, wow, fuck KC, KC and the Sunshine Man.

1:29:05 I was like, okay. That doesn't even make any sense. I just met him making it made it blew it this that I've seen like I remember sitting in st. Whoa. open-minded and yeah, and I Yeah, I never had any drama. No, that was it. just out that person. and I felt so much love and respect Yeah, right? like the Dr. Dre's of the world. It's like, they're trying to hang in there with me like fuck bro like at some point

1:34:36 to keep that life going because they're feeding off of you. There's the guy that can make music and smokes his weed that you feel when you're in that world. So. so I just need cocaine every day. I remember being so perplexed I went to visit him with some friends of mine. this is frightening. Which is even scarier, or whatever the fuck you wanna call it,

1:38:30 that's good and like the shame of the guilt and me that could been never be I'm not like yeah, it could definitely be you Well, it seems like you're in a good place. That's great. That's awesome. That's awesome It becomes like a, and then for me, they don't want me to get with them Is that Thoreau? because they're fools that's why they do in the first place job security it's

1:42:11 genuinely you're inspired by other people's success and when you enjoy other people's success you are It is insecurity, but it's also a lack of understanding of how your mind works, and I'm hanging out with certain people, I was slowly but was like doing that. I was like slowly but surely like turning into that. the other day or was it a green room conversation?

1:45:00 we keep. Oh my god. This world is so polluted right is so polluted the most important thing You're smart. You're wiser drugs and the fucking chaos and the falling apart, it's better to just like embrace the picture that you can you know a picture? It's like it's like I I guess it's a funny game still It's your last, last, last, last Mama told me You get a songwriter a big fancy songwriter to work with some girl and like teacher how to have emotion

1:50:05 Can I get that? Yeah. Yeah, we just I'm gonna add that shit to my Spotify playlist, right? Yo, she's dope. studio I'm gonna make you a hit record today he was like 15 16 and I did that Get me Beyonce, give me all the people I made hits for he's like fuck no that he put me with that were nobodies at this point he's a really serious artist today. He released two hundred songs in one year just like

1:53:40 That motherfucker loses more money No. Like it would mean to get her ear in there, I know but that's an accident that guy at that moment You're helping sculpt what somebody's sound is gonna be with backbone, we made a sound, we did three smashes. and not using that sound that he and I created and then from Philly to LA. like and like we made history and that was like that's like that's the

1:58:20 That's why people like biographies, you know people like to find out like what was it easy for you why am i struggling like what is this struggle like is it the same