Francis Ellis joins Flagrant to recount his failed Wild and Out audition, where he lost the beat after Carlos's freestyle. He performs "SickNarth Backwards" and recites his song "Renaissance Man," explicitly labeling his use of a "black voice" as cultural appropriation. Ellis addresses his firing from Barstool Sports, denying beef with Dave Portnoy while recalling Ludacris offering Hennessy before hearing his rap. The hosts joke about musicals like Hamilton being gay, concluding that Ellis's candid admission highlights the complexities of identity and performance in comedy. [Automatically generated summary]
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Francis Wants To Rap00:08:57
Guys, welcome to the Patreon episode of Flagrant 2.
We got my man.
I'm not even going to say the name because you know him from his bars.
You know him from his fucking bars.
No.
Okay.
What is the rap name?
What is your rap name?
Bars, bar schools.
He got all of it.
Yeah, I didn't have a rap name.
Okay.
You can tell from his voice that you're going to be tired.
Oh, man.
This is scary.
This is going to be so bad, but it's okay.
And can we get some kind of beat going?
Oh!
First of all, I remember doing the Wild and Out audition.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I had a freestyle all cooked up and ready to go.
And we had agreed in the like discussion because you know you make the song.
We had agreed in that discussion that we were all going to hold on.
We were all going to do, we're all just going to do like the beat.
And then like, I think Carlos was going to rap and someone else is going to rap.
But that whole time, I was like, I want to be on this show.
So I wrote in my head a rap and I was just going to bust out and I was going to steal the show.
Yeah.
Right.
And Carlos went out, killed it.
We had a chorus and everything.
The beat was still going.
And I went out there and I lost that beat so fast.
It's so hard.
Holy shit.
I tried.
I stumbled.
And I just like tucked my head in fucking shame.
So the fact that you actually want a beat, you're making it harder for yourself with the beat.
I don't plan to do.
Well, okay.
All right.
Well, let's not do a beat.
No, do the beat.
This is.
No, you're right.
You've made me aware.
Running.
Now I've been.
This is hazy.
This is hazy.
Yeah.
Huh?
Huh?
Okay.
Just waiting for that drum.
Come on, drum.
F. Ellis.
Straight from Vermont backwards.
My name is SickNarth Backwards.
SickNorf in the motherfucking building.
Come on.
Let's go.
Okay.
Got to let it flow one time.
I didn't know the speed of it.
I don't know the speed of it.
I got to hear one round.
Come on.
This is where they always make, they talk to their friends.
They're like, pour one out for that guy who died.
You know?
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh.
We going at life.
It's so full throttle.
My man, Schultzy model.
That's what we trying to emulate.
Taking over control.
It's our fate.
Keeping my shit's fucking brown.
Like, Akash Singh, bring it around.
Yo, I miss my man, Kaz.
I coordinated my outfit.
I had my shoes match my North Face coat.
And he didn't show up.
Yo, Kaz, are you pro?
What happened to you, man?
I'm taking your seat.
You better nothing.
Coming back again.
Let's get it going, yo.
This is the fucking motherfucking truth.
I'm with my man Schultzy and Akash.
Bringing to you the Flagrant 2.
Oh!
Come on!
Yo!
Start a podcast!
Yo!
Take that, Wayne Jetsky!
Yeah, Wayne.
Take that, Wayne!
All right.
That's a good name drop there.
Can Wayne Smith?
He can.
He does it a lot.
You thought you were the nicest on breakfast barstool.
No way, Jose.
We got Francis motherfucking Ellis in the building.
Dude, I was very impressed.
That was great.
Dude, that was great.
It was good.
No, it was good.
It was off the dome.
It was passionate.
And you didn't change your voice.
A lot of white rappers, they like turn into rap voice.
Yeah, I don't like that.
I don't like that.
It's cultural appropriation.
It is.
If I try to rap black, I sound bad.
It's offensive.
Yeah.
I'm sure.
Yo, what up?
You know, I don't have it.
Black guy is mad.
That's a black friend of mine.
Black guy I know.
That's how I know that voice, you know?
Ooh, look at this.
Yo, for real, though, no joke.
I wasn't kidding when I said that.
I wore my sweet Witherspoon Air Maxes to match with Francis.
This is a little sneakerhead.
Also low.
I know.
Yellow North Face.
Kevin Clancy, too.
KFC, too.
Barstool got a little sneaker culture.
Yeah, they lost a good chunk of it.
When I left?
Or when I was fired?
Yeah, they did.
Unceremoniously.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Fuck you, Pizza Review guy.
Wow.
Somehow that meant something to Francis.
But Francis said, woo.
Hey, listen, I ride with Francis.
Yo, fuck about the business.
I got no beef with Dave Portnoy, though.
You got no beef?
No beef.
No beef.
I'll take your beef.
You can have some beef.
I'll take your beef on.
Yeah, all grass-fed.
Bring it on.
So I wore this.
I think an organic beef chip.
It'd be fun.
This is a Renaissance man, dude.
Francis went from freestyling to Whole Foods.
Oh, I wrote a rap about being a Renaissance man.
That was my song.
All right, go.
Well, let's see.
Let's get a beat for that.
But this one I actually know.
I've written this one, so I can't pretend like I'm making this up.
I wrapped this for Ludacris.
Oh, okay.
So Ludacris, you can tell this Ludacris came on Barstool Breakfast.
Yeah.
And you said when Ludacris was on Barstool Breakfast.
Yeah, I told him.
You were like, I want to rap for you.
I think I said I rap.
I rap.
As in opening the door.
And did he walk in?
He sure did.
He did.
He came in with a gift.
Was he like, move, bitch, get it?
He was like, here's some Hennessy, have a sip, and then rap for me.
And I was like, happily.
Okay.
So then what happens?
So then I rapped for him and I rapped this whole song I used to do.
And he then gave me feedback.
Okay, so let's hear the song.
Yeah.
I'll just do one version of it.
And then we'll hear the feedback.
Yeah, yeah.
And we'll see if our feedback is on par with.
Okay.
Now, admittedly, sometimes with this one, I slip into the black voice.
Okay.
So I don't, it's a little bit hard.
Try your hardest time.
I'm going to try hard not to.
Trying your hardest to do it.
This is called Renaissance, man.
Yeah.
By the time I was 16, it was getting pretty clear.
I could go where I wanted the summer of junior year, getting calls every day.
Hear what coaches had to say.
Offers on the table, but I pushed them all away.
Had a sights on the best, didn't know what to do.
I was counting them at first, but they finally came through.
Right around here, my head started cruising.
Putting pedal to the metal, got the wheels moving.
Parents in my town thought it was all delusion.
Grinning because I'm knowing it's a foregone conclusion.
Like, fuck what they say.
I'm going to hit the UK.
Schools be lining up like this is buffet.
But back in the spring was a return of this kid.
Calling bitches proto-backs.
Looking for a ring.
One foot out the door, throwing me awards.
Skills on stage, have me reaping the reward.
But I left him in the dust with a look of nonchalance.
Talented as fuck, calling this the Renaissance.
Yo!
Francis fired!
Yo!
That buffet line hit me, dog.
Dude, I'll be honest, that was so much faster than I thought that was going to be.
You really did it fast.
Yeah, well, I think I did it twice as fast.
I think I went double the pace that I was expecting.
But with ease, man.
Yeah, I was nervous.
You gotta do this, though.
You gotta wipe a little sweat off the lips.
It's driving me crazy.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Sweating here.
Dude, you fucking murdered that fan.
I'm having fun, man.
This is a list of wake up.
We're feeling good now.
Francis and I had a talk last night, and we're gonna make a musical.
I like it.
What a lot.
Yeah.
Oh, some gay shit, man.
Yeah, probably gay.
Is there any musical that's not gay?
I don't want to break the mold.
Yo, that'd be really funny if people who knew nothing about musicals, like that was their review of everything.
They're like, yo, you see Wicked?
Yeah, I think it's about the witch that was gay from The Wizard of Oz.
Yo, you see in Hamilton?
Yo, it turns out Hamilton was gay, fam.
Like, how you got time for butt fucking while you making America?
Yeah.
We need to do the gay review of all movies.
I love that.
Yeah.
That's great.
Yeah, it'll be pretty gay, for sure.
What was Ludacris' feedback?
He said that he liked the fact that the song was about things that were personal to me.
But that I had a couple issues with myself.
Yeah, you did write a rap about studying abroad.
Well, no, it's the second verse.
It is, yeah, the first verse, I don't even know, whatever.
It's all about, dude, when I went to, when I was a student.
Did you bring one sneaker here just so you can show you?
They make you take your shoes off when you walk in here.
You just got the floors of the whole space painted perfect white.
They are perfect white.
They're not perfect white.
And Eden's scooting around this goddamn office.
Scooting.
Alex has got an electric scooter.
Eden's scooting around the whole fucking office.
There's streaks all over the white floors.
This is a bold move to go white floors.
Really bold move to go white floor.
Son, we got to be bold.
Bold White Floor Drama00:00:59
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know what I mean?
Do you not pop off that white floor, bro?
I mean, probably.
Do you not pop off?
Yo, remember when Akash spilled coffee on it, though?
Yeah.
Oh, son, yesterday.
This is some organic beef that's brewing here.
All right, son.
Yesterday, I turned around and then I turned back and Akash was on his hands and knees and I was like, man, this guy's committed to keeping this place clean.
He probably saw a little speck or something like that.
And he wants.
That's true, though.
Well, he is committed.
And then I look back and he had spilled a whole cup of coffee.
I never spilled more anything in my life, but less anything in my life.
Son.
So here's these questions.
What did he say?
Son, I was so upset.
I just go, I go, you fucking klutz.
Yo, what's up?
This is Akash.
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