He's only talking about the Duke Ellington SPEECH he gave. That wasn't a special, that was a speech he gave as they wanted to honor Dave by putting his name on a building. It's not his or Netflix fault that folks watch everything the man does.
In that speech Dave said respectfully he's the best of this generation. So you know a lot of his peers are going to get in their feelings.
I don't mind Dave's style because whether Damon think it's more of speech talk it's still very thought provoking & humorous at the same time. A lot comedians couldn't be successful with that style.
Dave could easily get back to the joking style like the Kevin Harts of the world and still run laps around them.