Open Thoughts with Ari Lennox

I usually say hello world that's how I. usually start things off but uh not. going to start it off like that I feel. like I could start it off different. um Ro hello I'm sitting here with the. one and only hi hey hi hello I'm Ari Ari. Linux what's your real name is Courtney. chenade Salter and how did you get your. name that you got so I was watching this. movie called The Secret Garden and the. girl's name was Mary Linux and I decided.

to remix it into Ari Linux cuz I'm a. Aries and Ari and India Ari and then. Linux is like. rockstar I didn't know that huh Linux is. Rockstar well just I felt like a rock. star like if I had that name but maybe I. should have went the more Nubian route. as in what if you could change your name. what would it be I don't know I don't. want to change it now but like I's see. like if I had to create a name and give. you want it'll be like a ass is hard.

yeah I don't want to like be rude cuz. your name now your name is like a it. sound like. [Music]. a like a old school name you know yeah. cuz you got yeah so it's sounds like. your real name so you find it like Jamie. Fox you know that's not his real name. right yeah I do know that yeah but it. sound real but it also sounds like Star. like he's a yeah like that's why like. you got Kevin Hart you got like you know. Kev not his real name no that's not his. real name wow and then also cat.

williamss that's not his real name. either get out of here stop no cat that. they call him Cat in the Hat remember. that's why he got the name from cuz he. was short okay I didn't know his origin. story yeah Cat Williams came from he. used to dress up as cat and a hat at. birthday parties no he no I did am I. allowed to curse yeah no [ __ ] way. yeah we can't curse on her oh. Marco now we just don't allow that [ __ ]. over so you can curse but I no not [ __ ].

is not a curse word oh that's an object. you're a Gemini it's coming out how do. you feel about Geminis I think they're. horrid creatures unless the camera. creatures unless they're my manager. juston or my sister Tiffany M uh Geminis. I feel like we are. misunderstood sometimes but we're great. people but we don't know how to show it. sometimes but then you like get far away. at the end of the movie It that was a.

good person like at the end like when. you realize when it's all over mhm ain't. that right Damon that's right yeah until. the twist ending where they drag you. to. okay talk hello bro as you can see I'm. watching you as you watching me but one.

thing I want you to do is grab your. phone and download Pros Pi when you. download pros piic make sure you put. code funny markco it's going to help me. in you and I'mma sit here and watch you. do. it hey I'm still watching them once you. download the app and you put in C funny. Marco play $5 instantly get $50 you win. either way get your grandma phone get. your grandpa phone download Prospect for. him get everybody phone Co funny Marco. what waiting on hopefully not me cuz I.

already got. it so we got a new single like what made. it like be what it's called well I'm. just like a mushy girl on the inside I'm. very soft but I'm also in this era where. like I want to date you get comfortable. while you talk about it [ __ ] I am love. very comfortable yeah as we talk about. the. sing yeah oh my God love sore cliner. thank you oh yep oh all right I do like.

this yep okay thanks yeah like it don't. you yeah this is really cozy yeah if. y'all want some make sure yall go to. love tag and click on it and you know. buy it you know it's all you got to do. all right and the single now that you're. comfortable mhm yeah I'm very cozy um. yeah it's just a song about like wanting. to date guys that. gemin I don't know if we are compatible.

me and Geminis but I just want to date. like guys that are on my level now yeah. like comedians or anything you know I. don't know yes who wants to date. somebody that play a lot exactly so this. song Do You Feel Like This song is. different from what you didn't ever make. absolutely absolutely cuz I'm usually. like okay like I'm open to dating anyone. and now I just want to be more. intentional about that process cuz I. just want to get um less played mhm mhm. what is the definition of play that's.

the thing let's talk real and I want. y'all to come into what is play cuz. people got many definitions if we can. create one so played in my book is when. someone's creating something that's not. them okay so I I'll throw that fact out. there what's a fact that you got um a. liar someone who lies okay yeah and in M. will be somebody that tells somebody the. same thing over and over you tell. everybody this okay okay okay so weird.

somebody do that right M I guess so do. you do. that huh do you do that no I tell a lot. of people like they're great people do. you believe that like that they're all. great people yeah they're not doing har. harmless things yeah okay yeah and. what's going to make this album. different from all the other albums that. you have um I don't know honestly it's. just it's very Soulful and it's um what. the [ __ ] this Hydraulics what do you.

want what why do you want me to do this. this Hydraulics Hydraulics okay yeah. well yeah I just um oh you're doing it. to yourself yeah yeah. okay all right yeah all right so I'm. listening um oh yeah yeah also yeah I. got a gift for you uh is where's where's. he at if he can come out here yeah are. you ready he's sting here where he at. what did he quit.

you want anything right now or you good. I think I'm okay okay yeah yeah you know. camera is lame it's not lame I am a. little hungry y you got to get your. chair right here yeah how long you been. drawing well I've been drawing my whole. life but I've been doing this for about. 9 years so it's going to be good too. it's going to look exactly like her it's. going to look just like her actually you. have to do it right I make sure I do it. right don't worry yeah let me get my.

chair and I'll be right back all right. okay it's hard to trust people with polo. shirts I like his shirt yeah know it's. like he looks really nice yeah I know he. do look nice yeah yeah we just talking. about your shirt is really nice she. didn't like it she she a like my shirt. yeah no I love your shirt he's full of. [ __ ] you're not good at cussing I am. very good at cussing don't ever I'm not. good at C like it's the voice like like. like [ __ ] like I just don't say. I don't have the voice no same I can't. can't say [ __ ] either it sounds.

too like not Soulful motherucker I want. to make a I want to make like a sexy. song and I want to know if you can help. me I want to actually be a R&B singer. cuz I feel like and I want to know what. are the steps to be an R&B singer and if. you can help me produce do something. right. [Music]. now say. that good on so the O is like where we. going with. it do that need some water can you throw. me a water bottle please.

let me hear you say it hey you say it. hey hey I'm here to draw not the scene. you know I just it's not my not my okay. that's rude all right oh [ __ ] oh God all. right that was good we going to do a. song like all right huh a favorite song. We Got What song could we sing course. what's your favorite song of mine yeah. oh [ __ ] now I'm scared like the. apartment song right okay mhm all right. now let's do one of those song a.

newart I'm going leave the. floor walk around is fish. naked so I had this ex- friend and I. used to like shower and like when I come. out the shower she'd be like you're like. a puppy like you leave the water. everywhere and I was just like okay and. then when I got my own apartment like I. realized she's not there like this is my. space so I can just leave the water on.

the floor so that's a dis. on wow I'm Petty you made a dis on yeah. the last person that uh made a dis on. was uh how you say his name life genus. life Genies yeah life Genies only know. that. scx take a deep breath think before you. let it go I'm about to try to take your. I just got a know me wait you have to. pronounce what the [ __ ] was.

that I just got a new apartment the new. new. apartment new no no no. no. apartment I just got. a that was really good so how did you. know you can s what is what is it hard.

is it naturally in you my grandma was. like you sound like an angel one of my. grandma's and then the other Grandma we. was watching Apollo and this girl was. singing and I started singing with her. and she was like shut. up and that's when I realized um no. matter if people like it or not I'm. going keep doing it my last Grandma I. got alive she told me that I could. probably sing too really yeah but she. just say that a lot you know yeah the.

other one she feel like she was like you. can't sing okay she like me singing I. like her I like both of them what do you. feel like that you a message that you. want to say to the world that they have. like this is something I want y'all to. know about me what do I want them to. know about me I don't [ __ ] know I I. when I was in preschool I used toison. preschool I did go to jail three times. or you want to talk about it or I don't. know if we can okay all right so I would. like them to know that in preschool I.

used to eat. ants why I don't know they had a lemony. and then like spicy taste but I think I. just I just was hungry and bored during. recess okay all right now that you got. that the ant Community now that you. heard he love first you're welcome to go. after her okay I'm ready to embrace that. I need no they're coming for war like. okay yeah oh wait they're mad yes okay. cuz I ate their like friends. yeah all right well you know that's good.

that's really great I got strong feet. I'm getting into my journalism skills. and I'm asking questions what skills. journalism and um you can sub like you. you can uh recline like recline up. where's the remote here you go you could. try it thank you and just recline. smoothly and just like oh oh oh okay. look as you reclining can you like hit a. note let's do it let's lean. back you got to hold on up you don't. know how to do.

it okay all right these are the fan. questions when can we accept the. album what they Inspire wait what can we. accept I'm. sorry what the what the inspires for. this album I'm sorry this is like real.

I'm sorry what you reading yeah what are. you. [Music]. saying who is your dream. feature my dream feature is probably. Stevie Wonder I love him I actually know. Stevie wonderer he's my friend yeah I. know I know him can you FaceTime him I'm. so scared to like strain our. relationship by doing that wait you are. disrespectful what you talking about. Marco no Snoop Dog Say He no no no I.

swear to Snoop Dog say he facetimed him. no I'm Snoop Dog said this I don't know. what kind of phone he has stop all right. are there any Futures we are not hold on. is there any Futures we hold on what. okay let me read are there any features. we would not accept on the album. features I'm honestly still waiting to. be like accepted and approved by some. people you like some people that I like.

who do you analyze definitely Erica I. love Erica was there ever a live. performance that you were nervous for oh. my aive what's your favorite song on. that album what the [ __ ] I got to. answer I'll say probably singing with. Stevie at the Staple Center I was very. nervous cuz I wanted to make sure he was. like pleased with like my rendition of. creeping many oh that's great so used to. be you really. care yeah how you move on like that I.

had a good question you used to be Uber. driver yeah you know how was that uh it. was lovely until three different people. on three different occasions puked in my. car and one guy projectile vomited on my. shoulder all right what look look so. look. what so look all right so what note. would you sing like can you act it out. all right so I'm the guy oh God how a.

long gang can you get me to my. destination we acting it out I'm the DK. dude okay right okay oh God I'm so drunk. can you get me to my destination all. right back there oh yeah what's your. name my name is Courtney oh this great. how long you been driving this piece of. junk um this key of soul is not a piece. of junk yeah whatever I'm so freaking.

that's it and you just kept dropping no. I stopped that [ __ ] no yeah yeah yeah. get the [ __ ] out sing that part no no. please is dating hard oh it's heinous. it's horrifying what does that mean. heinous horrific great scary terrifying. is it hard like do you got three strikes. or two strikes when they come you for. you in general in general three strikes.

what do you mean like oh like getting to. know someone yeah yeah like what are the. strikes like how do your dating strikes. work as soon as I feel like you're not. calling me I'm out that's it that's the. only thing well there's a lot of other. things that I need to feel secure but. you busy though how do somebody know. when to call you call me whenever you. want and I see that you called and if I. miss it I'll call you back but I. appreciate a phone call or a FaceTime. cuz it's like you like seeing my face. and I like seeing your face and I feel. like that's how people can grow together.

and build things like you can't do that. via text message like what the [ __ ] is. this I'm not a pin pal this isn't jail. oh yeah and is this album is it is it. toward it relationship songs you got. relationship songs on her oh yeah what's. your favorite one I think this song. called pretzel where I'm just talking. about how I I want him to fold me into a. pretzel yeah.

all. yeah to us a love song It's a you could. say that I can see you Usher making a. great so I would love that he's. wonderful okay so right now we're going. to send a message out to Usher Usher. you're watching this my friend here uh. we got a message for You Usher I love. you you know that Usher. you know that you're great you're a.

legend All right so Usher we're here. with you we would love to make a song. and um wait we the. group we not if I get this opportunity. with Usher absolutely not Marco. absolutely the [ __ ]. not I should my client would like to. make us home oh you're a client yeah. you're not my [ __ ] managers Gemini. [ __ ] I cannot believe you I I feel like. if we did those song it would be I don't. have to say much on it I can be the.

intro of it like hey man like something. like that God I want my moment with him. alone why Usher you're not even your. type he said you don't know my type. comedian we're talking about music oh. thought you talking about comedians no. uh favorite comedian wow are you sure. yeah I can say that and you won't be. offended no no I'm not okay Cat Williams. uhuh who else Cat Williams who else. you're very sweet too not like I'm not. you're very funny as well what's your.

best joke like yours that I did of yours. yeah I don't know I mean I did like that. moment with you and Chris Brown but now. a lot of people be comparing me to him. really if you had the date like between. me and Chris Brown who would it be well. you obviously yeah cuz Chris ain't. hitting on [ __ ] for real he's all right. but Chris if you watching this I told. you I'm him I hold on let me tell him I. got it I got it I got it Chris we not. it's not like that I remember next to. you you was like yeah like if we went.

out in public you'll get more girls than. me now you see I got the baddest in the. room what I'm I'm talking I'm talking. I'm not trying to you stand got just. stand back so Chris as you can see it. now like a relationship is happened in. front of your eyes I said you going to. dance your way up out of here partner. like I wasn't trying to initiate a beach. Michael be Jordan on me wow you're. pushing it what do you mean are you. kidding me be honest. can we do someone else how about like.

Cedric the Entertainer no come on me or. be real me or Michael B Jordan be real. with you honest yeah but Michael B. Jordan is poor dirt like he just out of. like just just just oh man but he's not. let's say he is and then even if he was. like seriously look better than me I. didn't say that try someone else all. right let me think of somebody else Duke. Dennis I don't know who he looks like.

but I hear that there's like there's. talk going on but I don't know me or CET. KET or you like strictly looks and not. like Soul chemistry energy this look. appearance let's try someone else what. about Steve Harvey G Washington and his. primes wow training day um it's Mo. Better Blues For Me Denzel all day MO. Blues that's when I fell in love with.

Denzel Mo Better Blues when he was. playing that trumpet he played my soul. he played my heart and I understood why. the grown women was like wow. didn't you know when I was young I. didn't get it but when I grew up look at. me but when I grew up I learned why what. the hype was about you know I get I'm a. chill all right it's going to be okay. you know you still have time to Danel. Washington don't better than.

me you don't have to like who you think. who y'all think you don't have to look. better than these people hey let me ask. you hey yo who look better me or Denzel. Washington I got to give it to Denzel. okay now all right you almost done. actually yeah I just finished show her. the picture dog ready my God that don't. look nothing like her man wait a minute. she's beautiful I nothing like her dog I. love her I I did not expect this you're.

amazing it's honor I appreciate it I'm a. big fan too so what they five songs. right now you got she butter you got um. but and that's what it's. called sh C you a cap ass boy get up out. of here dog she butter you have played. some good songs in the movie that I had. seen yeah she got great songs yeah just. one song she butter yeah she butter sing. it sing but sing it no I don't want to. mess it up yeah you would never mess it. up you sing you got you know songs of.

her huh next one songs like three song. You Got What in the club a heard fing. love John. Usher you should have been on it [ __ ]. you I'm saying you should be on it in. the club and then got I so hard but. [Music]. I still Happ be. on tired of [ __ ] not KN my. goddamn song.

hey I'm glad you like the picture though. I appreciate it I love it it's so. beautiful I'm oh you want me to draw you. real quick I can draw you real quick if. you want and this project is coming out. when my single probably March 26th March. 26 if not sooner and we got a video for. it too maybe I don't can I be the RO guy. in the video the what guy the main guy. the main guy yeah I be like the sexy. symble guy Marco I I just don't know if. it matches like the theme that I'm going.

for 1 through. 10 oh like a rating 9 through 10 why do. you need validation from me I want it. you need to understand who you are I am. I'm here or are you just manipulating. the situation to get more compliments to. feel good so that you could talk your. [ __ ] to your peers no I love my. people ain't that right brother. yo.

yo you done almost you wanted to be good. right or you you don't really care huh. no I mean you do good artwork oh. appreciate it man I appreciate that. thank you. man anything on your mind that you want. to tell the world. um I drive a pickup truck BR I'm from n. call me big dog so really you want a big. dog do I want a big dog you're big dog. yeah.

no that's like weird to me they don't. call me that I don't want a guy that. people call Big Dog no they don't call. me that not no more okay thank God. yeah very comfortable but yeah I take my. trash to the landfill this is love sck. these These are couches I feel asleep. for two days straight really I asleep. for two days two days yeah thought I was. dead but yeah where I'm at right now I. feel like I'm going for like a R&B.

Sinker a going for like the top sexiest. man in the world cuz it's a list going. on fors list uh he ain't going for like. the top sexiest men in the world cuz. it's a list going on forbs list uh. you're going for what for forbs list for. what decent man decent man yeah top 20. top 20. yeah keep looking at me. I'll pray this going to be you in like a.

cartoon form okay so let's. see all right there we go. oh I did that in like 5 minutes so you. know what's all that bags on his eyes. that's like the smile Lin it's not you. know you yeah yeah it's not like bags. like I can draw it if it was colored but. you know I don't want to make the acne. look like black marks artists would know.

what I'm talking about like beauty marks. yeah you don't want make it look like. beauty marks yeah yeah I'm a beautiful. person right is he a beautiful person. already I'm asking you I mean why you. asking me please let me I don't know I. don't know I'm saying what am I I mean. you you a person you a man I mean am I a. beautiful person it's a lot of. validation he needs it's crazy that's. really like I have a good. therapist what why you put me in the. spot like like I don't you know I don't. know I mean you beautiful person I'm a. beautiful person yeah you sexy man oh.

yeah yeah what's the old for I it just. was nice to huh I like. it I like that okay we got the single. coming up make sure you download it also. go on YouTube I will be in the video as. the re the uh star man when y the video. come out make sure yall look for me I.

don't know when my part going to come. but I will be in the video we going to. create a Tik Tok like sound to this too. as well I would love that but I don't. know about the Le Marco you know I just. want to practice clear like. communication and I just feel like. that's in my career like I need. something something like higher and. bigger you know like like for my lead. guy okay. I want to ruin our friendship friend.

yeah I guess uh go ahead un recline let. me un recline yo Love Sack. two this was an episode to actually put. love in the air with love sex but. clearly something bigger you didn't ask. me nothing it's bigger nothing love. flirty you you want you actually my man. calling me beautiful everybody don't.

know I'm that gu you should call me. beautiful you are I said you you the. best you I you are beautiful just. freaking like I said that you were. beautiful I said you the badest in the. game I said everything I am a fan I'm a. supporter what if we look good together. are you wait who's taller though like. Dam don't do that don't that dude what. hell. man I'm a Bob guy I got my Bob lies like. you know even if it ain't about to looks. I'm a good guy you look nice take the. trash out do the dishes you take the.

trash out I really do like that act of. service I like that a lot shopping you. got yeah what's your favorite store to. like shopping CVS oh wow yeah oh yeah. that's me I'll be there all day I'll go. I'll get anything you want for CVS cuz. you got on what product like you didn't. say. that okay real as you know the single. coming to you and let's get it let's. just get it going like I said I'll be in.

the video so that's great the single is. called Soft girl era and um yeah and. maybe there will be other ones too other. singles I have another song called under. the moon where I'm howling like a damn. werewolf in. it E I almost farted so I had a burp oh. my God yeah when you so comfortable you. just let everything out but real we love. you we going to hold our pictures.

up and um this is us and as you see we. see it here first love at first sight. and we're here with the one and only. beautiful AR you don't know my name I. was going to say your real name oh you. can say my real name no we just going to. say my real name all right say my name. say my name when no one is around you. say baby I. come let me why you I was just trying to.

me yeah you but I'm yours is better than. mine say my. [Music]. say what's my name Marco all right the. [ __ ] why are you what is why are you. asking me all right guys thank you for. tuning in as you do it uh shout out to. Jamie Fox shout out to said the. Entertainer oh oh oh you know um Lely.

Leah Leah yeah Leah who. Leah what that's my cousin oh I love. your cousin she up and coming oh cool. cool yeah she in prison right now doing. life so Leah shout out to you if she. want a feature from you she Dro me so if. you can get it uh what is she in prison. for cuz I can't shout her out if she's. she's a booster still in clothes okay. that's sad for life for that yeah still. do that but then when I got arrested I.

stopped that was the first time I got. arrested I'll tell you the other two. times imagine you stealing clothes and. you seeing your way out of it I was. stealing from the Goodwill did you. oh i' be doing that too. yeah I'd be putting on the clothes and. walk out I'm like come on now yall. better chill yeah I was stuffing them in. my pants my shirt my bag it was a good. old the crazy part is I still be. stilling Marco you ain't got no purse. here do you yes what say you need to. stop stealing okay all right well soft.

Gore ER is coming out and as you can see. we're here in Love on love saxs in love. yeah we're in love it's love in the air. okay all right guys and that's it back. to you Dan. [Music].