Dave Chappelle Shares a Cold Story On Why He Left (Iceberg Slim - Pimp)
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Taken from his Netflix special "The Bird Revelation", Dave breaks down a story taken from the book "Pimp: The Story of my life by Iceberg Slim", in an effort to explain his reasons for walking away from 50 million dollars and a successful TV show.
Watch the full special here:
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I feel dumb for admitting this but the first time I watched this, I didn't understand the point Dave was trying to make. It wasn't until the second or third time I watched did it click: in the story Dave isn't Iceberg Slim, he's the Bottom Bitch. And the industry is the Pimp. Now I understand his point.
Love this man.
Slim is HBO
You're not alone, and many of his jokes go over people's heads. The Closer and all the hullabaloo going on today is evidence. Genius
Yep 🌞🌛♥️🕊️🕊️🕊️
If you watch his rant in one of his more recent comedy specials about the industry being a monster he even references this story saying "What was I trying to tell you?"
Brilliant! He also pimped us fans out. He is the pimp and we are the bottom bitches “now we got us a little secret”
How to expose shit in stealth mode.
Dave you are the GOAT.
I think this is the most important speech hes ever given (maybe). He really did expose how the game is played, and he probably didn't like it too much when he was treated like the bottom bitch, and his lawyers were on the same side of the people he was fighting against or making business deals with. Woulda pissed me off too.
No one could have told it like he did. Im aware of how the game is played, I can't ever seem to convince people they are being conned on a daily basis with all of the different products we buy and all the shit we are told. Being able to understand and articulate a problem are different skills.
@@nickmagrick7702 the devil uses people around u to destroy u. Its never strangers and this story by Dave was so great everyone that's ever been betrayed by a loved one can relate to.
@@joneschilufya867 well obviously its not never strangers
I've watched this on netflix. The way he delivered the story was amazing yet eerie at the same time. He could talk about anything but can't directly speak about the exact reason why he left.
Hollywood is scary man.
its not just hollywood, its the whole of society. Its not that capitalism is inherently bad or anything, but just about every industry is almost completely corrupted at this point, and treats people like products and not people. He called it the Capitalist Manifesto for a reason. Fast food sells us addicting junk and pharmaceutical and medical industries sell us the treatments. The military complex sells us the image of heroism and a noble purpose while they go and steal resources from other countries and tread all over the vets, denying them the payment and resources they were promised when they were recruited. The politicians blame each other for their problems and props up each other as the bad guys, yet they all take donations from the same rich bastards who make the very same problems they argue over. The FBI and DEA have their whole jobs built around cracking down on drugs and preventing crime, and they sell and trade drugs and weapons with cartels across the boarders and create the crime they have to break, ensuring their organization is always necessary. Fake spiritualism industries sell us these crack pot ideas about spiritual vibrational energy states and crystals and magic powers and foods that will cure us of all our woes, while also subtly describing how our lives are worthless and meaningless and grinding down peoples psyche. States set up gambling casinos and lotterys with such frequency that you would be hard pressed to go outside to any store and not see some advertisement or access to the ability to gamble, and they also provide the clinics to treat the resulting addiction and create a new dependence to the almost cult like anti-drug anti gambling groups.
Its all over man, its everywhere. The most successful industries provide a solution to a problem while also creating that problem somewhere else down the line. But they will never admit it.
Look at the covid shit going on now... Fauci, created the situation for gain of function research to happen, then when things inevitably turned south and the fkin diseases they were studying escaped, the pharmaceutical industry hes partnered with provided the cure for covid with a very expensive shot, while also trying to prevent peopels access to things that would also make them better. Like sunlight, good diet, healthy mental stimulation, and access to cheap alternative preventative drugs like Ivermectin.
everyone is playing the game. If you don't realize that your in it, then your being played somewhere.
@@nickmagrick7702 holy shit this was good. Thank you for that eye opener, my guy.
@@gomiko8979 no problem. A lot of this stuff isn't obvious until you start critically thinking about it. We trust most of our systems automatically.
Just don't go thinking capitalism (or any other system) is the root of all evil. Its just the tool evil people use to wield power.
@@nickmagrick7702 wow 💯
@@nickmagrick7702 im curious, is capitalism good or bad in your opinion?
Dave is so good at keeping his genius mind at a low profile otherwise he'd get in even more trouble than before and that's genius itself
Genius. Its spelled Genius.
@@MyFatezero its spelt, not spelled.. you genius
What did Mark Twain say? --"All my life I've suffered from being misunderstood. But if I had been understood, I'd have suffered even worse."
I probably misquoted Twain, so look it up. Still, Chappelle likely is finessing his views in comparison to what he really thinks. Such people are frightening - the level of intellect and insight they posess.
@@thethethethe38 actually you can use both spelt or spelled
Mouth
I wish Dave would do a podcast. I think that he is the most important entertainer around today. A true original. I never thought that there would be a better storyteller/social commentator than George Carlin. I think Dave is a on a level that we have never seen as a population yet. Truly profound, truly unique. He has a way of telling a story that is captivating and genuine. We need more Dave. Now more than ever.
Him on History Hyena’s would be killer.
He is the new Ja Rule
Patrice O'Neal was like that as well. Look him up.
@@kaibaswrath amen...
Patrice would have been an absolute monster if he was still alive.. a real truthteller. Greg Giraldo was also funny, I like bill burr as well
Me too
I need a Dave Chappelle voice over for an Alexa.
Another income . . Lol
You sir are a GENIUS!👏
YESSSSS!!!!
@Amazon 👀 #tech
Dave Chappelle is your buddy,
Alexa is not. She's a spy bitsh. Kick her out of your house.
I've seen my advert recommendations change based on the conversations I had with people. That shite scary.
He was telling us a story within a story. About his own career. And he just didn't go mad by going to Africa. He need a break from the shit of Hollywood. Africa was his camp David to gather his thought and come back renewed.
He's saying they have something they have on him, and that's why he left. That's what he meant at the end when he said 'and now you and I have a secret'. His career might end at some point because of whatever evidence they have over him.
@@Lawrence-mw1rc Hi Sir Lawrence Fishburns. Are you the real person. If you are thanks for that eye opening insite. If you're the real movie star. I want you to know that I am very sorry for judging you on the roll you acted being Hike Turner. Tina's Husband. I only forgave you about a week ago in another movie. We viewers are very sensitive to female abuse.
Sorry again.
wow you so smart lol
@@Lawrence-mw1rc but in the story the "secret" was faked by the pimp. So the bottom bitch stayed. Dave left so maybe he's saying whatever they have is fake, and he knows it.
@@donnagrandevaleur4215 on top of that hollywood wanted to use him for top mileage and wanted to milk his talent by blackmailing him until he dries out.
"What was I trying to tell you?"
- Dave Chappelle, Unforgiven 2020
i watched that half a dozen times already.
“...OR, I can take it.” *mic drop*
@@adamseward3567 Or i can just take it.
He is like the “Chappelle Cinematic Universe”, the way he connects everything, so it’s all significant. 😆
I want an audiobook of this dude reading all the book
Each new "bitch" is crispier than the last one.
listen to it on TH-cam the reader does an excellent job
The man is a master teacher...And he adds comedy, so you can’t help but retain it.
I read that book, its a fascinating read. It shouldn't be a movie though, they would have to water it down so much, that it wouldn't be authentic.
there's already a movie out there
@@LonelyStardefender called what 😅
@@jones4753 iceberg slim:portrait of a pimp
if i recall right it came out on 2013
@@LonelyStardefender I need to find that
Listen to the audio book. It’s a movie in your head. It’s crazy how it all works.
Dave is a master story teller... No other like him
@ Calar Bagaloo: What about Richard Pryor he was a hell of a story teller.
I wonder what Ja Rule thinks about this?
Where is Ja?!?!?
😅😅
😂😂😂😂
Lmao
😂🤣😂☺️
The pimps know how to practice dark psychology... Just like serial killers do. Thanks Dave for this eye-opening story. Am your greatest fan from Kenya.😘
THATS MY HOMMIE DAVE. HE IS A MASTER OF TELLING THE PAIN HIS PEOPLE INDORED AND IT HERTS SO BAD BUT HE GETS HIS JOKES FROM THE HERT &PAIN HE FELT THREW OUT HIS LIFE SO HE TURNS IT AROUND HE WILL MAKE YOU LAUGHN WILE YOU MAKE HIM RICH AND THATS FAIR. BECAUSE IF YOU EVER LISTEN TO MY BROTHER HE IS WELL READ AND HAS A STYLE THAT NO ONE CAN MATCH AND AT THE END OF THE DAY ON THIS PLANET ALL MOST OF WANT IS RESPECT AND TO BE HAPPY WITH LOTS OF MONEY FOR Those LOVE ONES CLOSE TO US BE OK AND PEACFUL !!!
A OLD FREIND OF DC FEOM DC !!!
Hata wewe uko huku 😅
Tuko zote huku
Zambia here too 🇿🇲🇿🇲
I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I say Dave Chappell is the best comedian
Him and norm have my vote.
Chappelle
a lot of people think that... shit a lot of famous comedians think that probably
This is not comedy, this is wisdom.
its both. this is way too dark for people to pay for without laughing lol
“I can juggle too you know!”
“JUGGLE?!” 😂😂😂
Dave is telling one of the heaviest stories he's ever told and ppl are laughing at "beating the woman with a coat hanger..." These folks have no clue what's happening here
It's not comedy, which means he should change his job description.
They understand exactly why you only get laughs when he makes jokes, there listening to him, and this real story!
People laughing at a comedy show? Outrageous.
Bryan of course there should be laughter... But it's hard to find humor when he talks about beating a woman with a coat hanger, don't you think? I laughed at some parts of the bit, but not that one...
Kaylah Beard never said this isn't a real story... That's why it's so heavy!!! Beating a woman with a coat hanger is as real and as dark as it gets... Just didn't find that part funny. But the whole story is fascinating
I can listen to Dave read the dictionary🖤🖤🖤💣
And it would still be hilarious.
Please let me know when you get it ❤️
His mother was absolutely correct when she said he’d be the world’s greatest storyteller.
On God!!
"A is for AYUSS!!"
That was so cold ass storytelling Dave.
The way Dave went about telling his bit is brilliant, drawing parallels between his experiences and the "bottom bitch" in the story. A lesson is being taught here, time to listen up folks ❤️
Dave is a true person didn't let anyone get him.
He did get got if you listened to unforgiven
@@sawlty-suite5131 but now he's managed to undo that.
Mr Pilot just shared the story of how he made 500 million for his pimp (Comedy Central) but was offered only 10% of it. I love how he now makes money selling the story how he lost money. Judo move.
Yep... while retroactively screwing them out of making much more money off the work they were quick to shortchange him for, but are even now still shamelessly flogging on the strength of his talent, relevance & massive fanbase. I'd be pissed off too if I were Dave. Judo move indeed.
He made 500 million for his pimp and want to give him 50
He’s saying he was the “bottom bitch” at “the end of his mileage” and before they could get “200 or so tricks” (😷 Season 2..) more out of him, he fled to Africa…
He's saying (I believe) by the end of his show, he was at the end of his wanting to do it. They tried to manipulate him into doing more so they put 50 mil on the table. He walked and didn't take it.
People don't realize how much knowledge he was dropping
Exactly
A moral to a story not just a bunch of nonsense like most. Dave is trying to educate his audience not just tell us jokes..
more like the jokes are the Trojan horse
"I know someone at the Ringling brothers"
😂😂
When I first saw this special I couldn’t shake the thought of how dark Hollywood is. He even makes a ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ reference in the full special
its not just Hollywood
He's telling the story better than the real book
You love him that much huh? Maybe you should say you like how he dissected it.
I love it when a lesser human feels inadequate over another human's greatness being appreciated.
The book is a good read, listening to the audio version im bout 3hrs in of 11hrs
If Dave read it and got a deep meaning out of it’s probably a good book
do you have a link
@@fuads5529 audible
It's on youtube: th-cam.com/video/RysEc8aUcdM/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant and terrifying. Perfect, darkly funny description of the cruel and soul destroying nature of capitalist exploitation. There is no other comedian on this level now.
Capitalist exploitation do you think prostitution is not a worldwide deal... Idiot
@@wesleybullock814I think you missed the point.
@@wesleybullock814 do you think capitalist exploitation is limited to the USA? Or that fundamental concepts of an economic system aren't universal?
Lol
I love Dave when he does comedy and I love when he speaks. He either makes you laugh or open your eyes, or he does both at the same time
Dave is on another level of comedy, no comedian can have the presence this man has, he kept that crowd on the edge and like always gives a real meaning behind his masterpiece of an act! No one else can steal lines or jokes coz it can’t be done by anyone else with this much intensity!
dave is such a good man that he risks his own career as a comedian to illuminate his audience,i can only have respect for this man.
I can’t help but think about the first few months of the Covid 2020, and how the entire time I was thinking “Where is Ja!?!” I need to hear from Dave at a time like this.
Not only did Matthew own the original copy... The book was published by Holloway House Publishing. The owner was a Jewish man who was extremely tough. My father worked for him, and he treated him exceptionally. Our entire family worked there at one point or another. As cold as Mr. Morris was, he took a liking to me. I felt hella special cause he wouldn't pay attention to anyone. His hustle and business-mindedness inspired me to hustle. Mr. Morris was best friends with Ice Berg Slim.
I'm watching True Story on Netflix. And it brought me back to this story.
Yes!!!!! 👏👏👏
THE ART OF STORY TELLING
Look past the comedy and apply this knowledge in real world applications to government, the media and big corporations and watch how mad you get when you catch on.
Same thing happens when I watch the System Of A Down video for Sugar.
True that ! We have a pimp for POTUS and we are the hoes that have reached the civil rights flashpoint! and now it's time for Kabooom!!! Times Up! Justice for George! and the up and coming Kabooom - the Labor Movement!
@@eyedownload your thinking small your on the right track though, you might want to go watch the body cam footage of the George floyd incident. Most people are aiding in their own self destruction. Did you know in California they moved to reverse civil rights laws due to the demands of blm protesters there?
Which ones?
@@Erudito_Ra !????
A work of art. I've never looked at capitalism quite that way before. Pretty dark.
Capitalism is the breeding grounds for inequality, it’s how you handle the success when you attain it that matters.
@@skeezix8156 It's from the devil.
He is not a comedian,he is a story teller of human history.
Give me a break
Who else thinks in 2020 Dave showed the world why he's the 🐐
ALWAYS...!
Most just realized it in 2020 he been spitting truth.
The whole coathanger bit is truly chilling - DC really understands this and articulate this. The unicycle bit is truly inspired.
The one dude that laughed at the coat hanger bit, I hope no female went home with him 😰
@Thee Leodraco
Same
"Dave is so smart that he doesn't let people know just how smart he is. Now that's smart" -- Dr Maya Angelou
I read Pimp years ago it’s some cold sh*t.. Dave summed it up well. 💯
You think Lebron does this with his teammates? Like “ya, he has abt 20 more competitive playoff games left in him. I’d sign him to two years, not three.”
In a certain way, sure. But they use different tactics for famous people, they can't beat them up. Similar tactics they used on Dave.
The line about hopping between the raindrops to get his money makes me giggle to this day. Amazing read.
This is peak of his stand up, right there. He's an incredible storyteller and always on to something important.
All great artists draw inspiration from their surroundings - Bob Ross
I remember hearing that this book is why Dave left his show and the deal, now I know why he did so
“They muddy the water to make it seem deep”.
Nietzsche was the OG pimp
"laying lifelessly" Truly a master storyteller.
Because he described someone presumed to be dead as lifeless?
@@erichomsy There's a difference between "laying lifeless" and "laying lifelessly". I listened to it once and didn't catch it. It was the second listen that the care of word choice jumped out.
@@JJKoester Ah, I see now. Nice
Long story short he made $500 million dollars and his contract stated he was supposed to get half of whatever profits the show generated which they agreed to because they probably didn't think he was going to be their "Bottom Bitch". The "Jews" that own Comedy Central told him he made too much money which made the contract invalid so they offered him $50 million dollars instead. Which when you think about adds up because no employer would offer you $50 000 a year salary if the company wasn't making atleast $10 million dollars a year. So if they were willing to offer him $50 million dollars he must've made or they knew he could generate ten times that.
You know a master when he can make an audience laugh at dark and evil human tragedy.
I read the book before hearing of this and remember this part vividly. I saw the difference between his story and what was written. Dave puts his touch on this and makes it funny.
Had to come back after a few days to listen to this again. And now I fully understand the story
Dave Chapelle you’re such a fucking genius
Chappelle
Chappelle has been my GOAT since 2004. I’m 31 now… respectfully. There’s no one that does it like Dave (at least in my generation) Presentation and set up is unmatched. His style is similar to Jay-Z in how they make every word count but it’s like they’re not even trying
Don't disagree, but you should watch Richard Pryor. Without Rich, there would be no Dave.
It’s so similar to pulp fiction’s plot.
Overdosed guy, briefcase, calling someone for fixing shit.
Mahdavi Mehrad pulp fiction’s plot is very vague - just a “go get it” job
@@karabinjr No it isnt, pulp fiction has a very deliberate, complex plot, its just hsrd to follow because its purposefully out of order.
@@sguraya7223 2 arches is not a complex plot
@@karabinjr 1. It most certainly can be. 2. In the case of Pulp Fiction, it most certainly is.
Pulp Fiction's overdose wasn't fake
The ideas are so foreign to the American ears... Sigh... God i love this human. Thank God for humans like Dave.
@Jaleesa Milburn The term "human" gets thrown around a lot nowadays but when it comes to people like Dave, he's of the many few example of what truly defines a human especially in black people's case because we are the 1st and original humans ever! #Black1st #UnapologeticallyBlackIntellect
Dave is the king, he can make what is considered taboo and make it relate real quick to your 9-5 life
Fascinating...very very brave of this dude. Reading between the lines.. I'd be "scared" shitless. These ppl dangerous.
I listened to this last night and thought on it. I'd heard of Iceberg Slim and his influence on the Hip-hop culture: depiction of life on the street, pimping and doing business in the 'hood; the names rappers took in homage to him - Ice-T, Ice Cube, Vanilla Ice. Have not taken the time to read his work. Man reinvented himself.
Took the easy way out and read his bio on Wikipedia today. Got me to thinking and here's what I concluded:
In striving to explain why Dave walked away from a fortune, in using the Iceberg Slim story, Dave Chappelle was calling himself a "bitch."
I write this with respect to Chappelle's honesty. I seek out his videos and laugh about much of what he says. I describe the language as "raw" and am in no position to be critical of how he expresses himself. I listen and hear a highly intelligent person commenting on issues he has thought about deeply. I believe he has integrity.
Performers to some extent are prostitutes. Hell, any of us who work for money are prostitutes. They call it "the second oldest profession," and whether we sell sex, or laughs, or sweat we're doing it for money.
Never said it that way before but the idea has been there for decades. Never liked the term "pimp" but I have to concede that at least a pimp is running his own business. Yeah, and in most cases, he's working for someone else too whether he realizes it or not.
Read the book
Don’t know what you talking about but Ice Cube got his name from his order brother who threatened to leave him in a freezer and turn him into an ice cube
He is the comedian we need; is he the comedian we deserve? I sure as hell hope so.
Read "Mama Black Widow" by Iceberg Slim my freshman year of college. Blew my mind! I haven't read his other books, but I plan on doing so now!😉
I got 1/3rd thru Pimp, it's a hard book
thanks for the suggestion..will read that later
@@MrBritishNinja Yes it is!!
@@kill2784 Be prepared!
Donald goines
Dave is a commentator on life , tragedy is comedy.
Dave Chappelle just described all sin, the devil, and all his vessels in the world… and many in the entertainment industries. Deep. Deeper than we think or know.
Dats a cold ass lesson he just dropped on me with a deep ass message thoroughly planted !
A cold deep ass, lol
Man smh deep
The one guy on here is a whole red flag
Iceberg Slim! My man! First time I heard that name was in Sanford and Son. Read his book and was really good
Iceberg Slim has several books.
Read em' all more than once.
Nah
@@crespoopserc sorry sir but they are correct. I believe he has 4 books to his name Pimp, Trick Baby, Mama Black Widow and The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim: Robert Beck's real story.
He told that story so well that I forgot all about the title of this video until the end on when he said that's why I went to Africa. GOAT
dave chappelle always = pure entertainment
Do you realize how much courage it takes to quit your career at peak success and walk away from 50 million dollars ?! Now imagine that THIS guy still can't speak out EXPLICITLY about what happened in closed doors of hollywood...
-> this is some very tentacular and powerful nasty shit going on !!!
-> and big up to all the ladies who had their own share of issues in Show Business and dared to speak up !!!
"A pimp is the loneliest bastard on Earth" - IceBerg Slim
This money is mine already...what I look like doin one last trick for what's already mine. If I do that...I'm workin for free the 2nd time around. Fuckin genius Dave
Know That's The Coldest One Yet!!.... Game Is To Be Sold Not Told......
I think Dave knew about the horrible shit in Hollywood that’s why he left
David chapel narration of PIMP : iceberg slim.
I’d pay for that
“You beat her with a coat hanger then run her a bath” Wow. I understand why he emphasized this.
Powerful story
The oly man to embellish a Iceberg story that the man would approve himself. 🥇
Every one should listen to this piece at least once.....Life is enclosed in these ten minutes
So here's my interpretation: The people in charge said 'Dave, we love your success (and the money you are making us), but we don't like some of what you're doing', and I have heard that some powerful people didn't like some aspects of Dave's show - they didn't like how he made fun of black as well as white culture; (maybe they even told him that he'd set race relations back a ways and now he needed to repair the damage). So they told him that he needed to change his show up to suit their agenda. And Dave said 'fuck it' and took off.
The show brought to light the things we had more in common the we did differently, they wanted censorship and control. Apply this to world government and big business.
No, it's much more personal than that. Dave did things like miss his father's passing in the hospital because he was so under Hollywood's thumb. It doesn't have to do with them wanting to change his show. It has to do with them manipulating him and controlling his life 'till he nearly broke. I don't know how you can hear all the shit he just said about breaking people down and think he was talking about them wanting to change the format of the show.
@@_bits_and_bytes Because I heard a long time ago that a lot of prominent black people (Oprah was one, and Cosby, also) were on his ass about how his show reinforced negative stereotypes about black people (in fairness, you don't get than from this video). But what do you think they were after - controlling Dave or controlling Dave's show? Without his show, Dave was nobody in particular - an ex-TV star they were trying to paint as a nutjob. With his show he was a powerful force.
@@Pemulis1 I think they were after controlling Dave because if yoy control Dave, you control more than just the show. You control all his future projects. That's why they were trying to force him to take pills while he worked on The Chappelle Show (which he admitted on Oprah). It's why when discussing the Me Too movement back in 2017 he said, "What if the rapes aren't even the worst thing." It's why he can't talk about what happened directly because it's much more than a disagreement. It's why he used a parable of a pimp breaking women's minds and milking every last cent out of them that he possibly could before they went crazy to indirectly tell his story. You really have to have missed so much to think this was about creative control of his show.
If you need more proof that it was about more than the show and that they were trying to break him, just watch this:
th-cam.com/video/l9qXqCaCRu4/w-d-xo.html
@noah torres I think the 'body' was the claim that Dave's show was reinforcing negative black stereotypes. But when you look at it, Chappelle Show made fun of everybody - not just black people - and now that I think about it, it made fun of racism too (The First Show First Season Clayton Bigsby sketch makes the klan look hilarious). If you want to go down the rabbit hole really deeply, racism can't be aloowed to be mocked (it can be hated and bitched about, but not mocked), because it's hard to feel threatened by something you're laughing at, and racism is one of the main tools that America's elites have always used to keep the non-rich fighting among themselves rather than going after the people at the top who are stealing everything not nailed down. Racism (sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, etc.) is essential to elite control, and a guy who so persuasively makes the point that racism is laughably idiotic is a threat to that control. (Zinn's 'People's History of the United States' makes that point persuasively)
I'm presenting this as theory, of course. If I had to bet money on it I wouldn't put more than five bucks on the line.
This is crazy... I’ve been thinking about buying this book for a while since I heard about a week or two ago
I heard Dave say this in NYC in 2006. It took me another decade to figure out what he meant. It was eye-opening and changed the way I approached my career, when I did figure it out. I used to believe I was the pimp, when in reality I was the hoe; a bottom bitch, but still a hoe. When I figured that out, things changed dramatically for me.
How did they change?
@@klonde3645 I changed my perspective on what was important to me. I no longer cared about titles or the money. I started caring about the work I did, the growth I was getting from the work and whether the job viewed me as I viewed myself. When I started doing that, I recognized my hoe status at the job, started plotting my exit, and moved to a new place where it was very clear they viewed me as I viewed myself. Best professional decision I have made. The money and title came after those weren't my focus anymore.
@@TheVibesnstuff thank you for sharing, glad your life has changed for the better🧘🏾♀️
I have that special and most of his specials and watch them every aftera month.
Who’s here after hearing Dave say “the bag of money was ice berg slims in the first place” on Unforgiven? At the top of this, he says “I can’t say it directly say” what happened..... but he’s ready today. ✊🏾
Every time something happens in the world I come back to this video because EVERYONES IN ON IT. Media & Politicians
This never gets old
Damn dude can get dark when he wants, that's why I've loved his newer stuff. It's not just comedy, its a real trip.
LOVED that book! I wish he could do that to all the pimp books😁
The layers in the story
Dave sounds exactly like the narrator from iceberg slims audio book.
Jokes aside, I believe walking away from $50 million is what led to Dave becoming the *pre-eminent* comedian. To use the pimp analogy, maybe he got sick of being the “bottom bitch” back in 2005 so he decided to break free from the comedy “fast track” and escaped to South Africa to reset his mind. Ultimately to the benefit of all, given the quality of his recent work, which would not have been so high had he remained at that show, due to the inherent pressures of the corporate world.
Specifically, their desire for increasingly superficial comedy that seeks to exploit simple-minded racial stereotypes, which would have only served to devolve his own creativity *and* sustain superficial prejudices within society at large to the detriment of all. Although the content of his show up to that point was still hilariously deep enough to not debase society, perhaps he thought it was inevitably going in that direction based on harmless spontaneous feedback he observed.
On a similar note, that book could be considered a disturbing masterpiece. It shows how people will destroy themselves and (in the process) drag others of their own group down to the depths from which it is difficult to return. All for the sake of corrupt short-term profits that adds no lasting value to themselves or society, when there is a severe lack of equality of opportunity otherwise. Perhaps this was another concern of Dave’s in terms of those colleagues who worked with him on that show.
But it’s important to note, the subject matter of that book is not representative of an entire group, most of whom lived Righteously even during very prejudiced times.
No. The capitalistic system only incentivizes money, not morality. Slim represents the product of our society. Inevitably, birthed from a system like this-- people like Slim understand using money to wield power and control over other people is the path to success. No moral person could operate in this capacity.
Thats the cold truth.
This is deep if you really listen.
Happiness isn’t the mere presence of money but depression can certainly be the absence of it.
That's the employee and employer relationship. Not everyone is cut out to run their own business.
If you run your own business, you are still an employee...of the customer. You just interface with them directly.
@@brownin329 Instead of one boss you have many, so you can be selective and quit jobs without losing your entire income.
I bet if we’re honest with ourselves, we all know someone who whipped us with a coat hanger then drew us a bath and gave us some medicine
Chappelle should read audio books
There always a teachable moment with Dave. Our modern day Griot indeed.
Dave is the GOAT. Hands down. Period.
So that's how Hollywood works🤐
That last line…chills.