Faizon Love hating on Dave Chappelle again at Breakfast Club interview
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the facts are that you cannot say he wasnt popular among Black people.
that goes outside the definition of opinion, as that statement is either a fact or not a fact.
the Black folks i hung around liked Chappelle. but i never said Black folks as a whole did.
cause thats not quantifiable.
I don’t like to use the word “genius” too loosely esp. when it comes to comedians but regardless of my personal feelings there were ppl referring to him as such once that show became popular
Nothing that you or I say is "Quantifiable", we're giving our opinion of what we saw and of our experience.
My experience is, he wasn't a comedian that many Black people spoke about or watched back then.
and there could be many reasons for that. lack of popularity may not have been one of them.
Just because I'm telling it how it was back when doesn't mean I don't like Dave now.
Here's what's gunnt about what you're asking.I have a question for you people that say he was not popular in the black community. Were you taking a survey on which comics were? Maybe ya'll just werent up on him
You folks are saying he was popular back then but did you or others take a survey??
Like I said earlier. I've followed Dave from about the beginning and thought he was funny back then. So that comment is irrelevant to me.
Maybe it was just the blacks in your very small limited circle of associates? I certainly knew alot of people who were fans before then. But either way, wheres the shame in him going more mainstream among all races when the show debuted? That was almost 15 years ago. Not sure how thats being painted as something negative.
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Seems to me like brothers that like coons of comedy Mo'Nique style shit don't find Dave funny. I have always liked his shit. He was funny as fuck in the Nutty professor and the Mel Brooks shit.
This "Chappelle isn't funny" shit is silly. Maybe it's your taste? Some folks buy garden gnomes and think "this shit is clean as hell 
"... doesn't mean their taste is any good. Dave is considered a genius by other top tier comedians so there's not much to debate here. It's one thing to acknowledge that some of his specials are way stronger than others and another to suggest dude doesn't have "it". His 10 min unscripted bit with DL Hughley at the recent Def Jam thing is funnier than anything I've ever seen from Faison tbh.
"... doesn't mean their taste is any good. Dave is considered a genius by other top tier comedians so there's not much to debate here. It's one thing to acknowledge that some of his specials are way stronger than others and another to suggest dude doesn't have "it". His 10 min unscripted bit with DL Hughley at the recent Def Jam thing is funnier than anything I've ever seen from Faison tbh.
See....its all about taste and opinion. I had to turn that Deray off. Yawn fest.
Wtf is going on in here? I haven't read all the pages but are people saying that Dave wasn't funny back in the day? Have y'all seen him on Def Comedy Jam? Half Baked? Blue Streak? Nutty Professor? I tell you this, he's better than 3 of the 4 so called Kings of Comedy. Maybe even all of them. (B-Mac on DCJ >Dave though).
Who am I kidding. These same people probably find those IG skits entertaining.
Who am I kidding. These same people probably find those IG skits entertaining.
Deray had some funny moments. But no. Just no.
The dude I quoted and myself are both fans of Chappelle. If you knew a bunch of black people who were huge fans and calling him geniuses an shit before the show came out then mybad I didn't. I posted his stand up that I remember watching from 93 to prove my point if you thought that shit was groundbreaking then OK.
He got white people on board then got the black people on board later. Won't being positive or negative just stated the facts from my memory.
Ok. Well i thought you overall point was that blacks wernt fans of his or knew who he was. I was telling you that you were absolutely wrong and probably just basing that off of your immediate circle. And you are right, no one was calling him genius in the 90s.. He was barely out of high school and just starting his career. But he was putting in work and developing a solid fan base of blacks and whites.. And again, he did Def Jam in the early 90s in front of nearly entirely black audience and destroyed it (go check it and see the N word bit).. Further proof that he was both funny, and known by black fanbase.
OK I feel u
I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but some opinions are just flat out wrong. This is one.
So one of Dave specials wasn't completely trash? I had to cut the shit off went to read the reviews to see if I was buggin and its confirmed I wasn't buggin alot of ppl wasn't feelin it
A few days later while tuning into the breakfast club they all felt the same way and these are the ppl who praised his work at radio city hall
So don't act like my opinion is completely off I don't understand how u thought that shit was funny to be honest
Mfer was up there smoking a cigarette just saying nonsense after nonsense without no punchline at the end
me and my wife kept looking at each other like Wtf
Those 10 Minutes unscripted on def jam 25 probably was Dave funniest shit he done in awhile lol.This "Chappelle isn't funny" shit is silly. Maybe it's your taste? Some folks buy garden gnomes and think "this shit is clean as hell
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Bro, you said DeRay special was "way better" than Daves last two. Thats outlandish... 1) Deray being "way better" than anyone. 2) DeRay being "way better" than either, let alone both.
Also, if you're talking about the special where he was in the small venue sitting down smoking, you are fucking out to lunch. If you watched that and considered it nonsense without punchlines and structure you are either being dishonest, or just retarded.
Crabs always try to deny the talent of others that can perform circles around them. Faizon comparing (i.e. "why wasn't Dave in the Friday movies?") Epps to Chappelle is utterly ridiculous. Dude even tryed to downplay Chappelle's writing and going back decades to to try to discredit his body of work. Get thee entire fuck out of here.
Nah, Dave was already battle tested in the stand up comedy circles with black audiences prior to doing any movies or having his own show with Comedy Central. Been in the game since he was 14. He just wasn't famous Dave back then.
Big Worm sounds salty as fuck. Honestly, Dave is way funnier than Spears, Epps, Faizon, etc. combined. Talent is talent.
Aside from sheer talent and walking away from 50M deal to not have his art compromised / corporate controlled, he never felt the need to put "King", "Lord of Lords", etc. on any stand up specials he marketed yet light years beyond the ones that feel the need to give themselves "#1 titles" to validate their product. This is why comics like Dave are universally respected.
Aside from the "Dave not funny" shock value or bitterness, not sure what his angle is with that, honestly, the rest of the interview was good.
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Chappelle is funny asf...I just watched the making of the band episode yesterday...his street party was funny too.....that fat ashy knuckles mf is trippin
Hope this fat Faggot's arteries burst and he dies a pain filled death. :
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These unrehearsed crowd work bits from his show are funnier than anything I've seen from Faison tbh
I mess with Faizon's comedy/ movies. Same with old Katt.