Favoriting Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam: Playlist from July 5, 2024 Favoriting

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Hip-hop and rap, that's where my heart's at. But I'll play anything so long as it ain't crap!

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Favoriting July 5, 2024: Put The Needle On The Stand Up Arcade Video Games (feat Jam Burglar & DJ ALF)

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D-Styles  F.U.P.M   Favoriting Phantasmagoria   
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Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince -  Human Video Game   Favoriting    
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DJ ALF & Jam Burglar  talking + interviewing   Favoriting    
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Del tha Funky Homosapien ft. K.U.  Proto-Culture   Favoriting Both Sides Of The Brain  2000 
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Percee P ft. Diamond D  2 Brothers from the Gutter   Favoriting    
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Jam Burglar, ALF of Hip Hop Slam, DJ Select  Vs. Super Melmac   Favoriting live turntable freestyle on F M U know 2024 July   
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DJ Rob & DJ JS-1  Video Game Breaks   Favoriting    
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Listener comments!

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chresti:

DJ ALF!
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common:

billy. alf. all
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Chris Crash:

Hey yo Billy x crew
  7:02pm
James Vital Tactics:

YESSSSSSSS
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:02pm
chresti:

Hi PTNOTRs!
  7:03pm
James Vital Tactics:

blessings in abundance
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm
chresti:

Billy Jam!
  7:03pm
celeste:

friday jammers - hope everyone safe holiday out there- now weekend here
  7:03pm
James Vital Tactics:

I love ya'll
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Billy Jam:

helloooooo James Vital Tactics + Ju Da Venom (out there0 + CELESTE in Smalbany + CHRESTI + common + CHRIS CRASH and YOU.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:05pm
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

Hey where is the Melmac??
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:05pm
chris in the redwoods:

hey, everyone!
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:06pm
Ike:

Meow!
  7:07pm
eric the hat:

Goddamn! Blazing these waves! Omg
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northguineahills:

oh, smith! werd! jaja!
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northguineahills:

↳ NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA @7:05
somewhere in another galaxy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
Chris Crash:

Point me in the direction of anywhere in NYC that has a Street Fighter arcade cabinet
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
NotARealDoctor in Norfolk VA:

↳ northguineahills @7:08
That was my understanding!
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Billy Jam:

what was your fave arcade video game?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Human Video Game" by "Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince -"
🤯
  7:09pm
Dutch___☆___:

Long time no hear Billy n PTNOTRs. Hope yr all doing ok. I had n still have some serious health issues...but...i am trying to get better...everyday headaches ain't that funny tho.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
Chili MacPagoda:

Aloha Billy Jam & PTNOTR crew ✌️ Many quarters in my life were spent on multiple rounds of Centipede, Dig Dug, Qbert, Tempest, Super Contra, R-Type…
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
Be Now Homeboy:

Hey Hey Hey !!! <333
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
chris in the redwoods:

↳ Billy Jam @7:08
for a long time, Tempest... then i met Joust.
  7:10pm
James Vital Tactics:

↳ Billy Jam @7:04
Another great show yo...funky fresh
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Billy Jam:

hello Dutch thanks for listening and PLEASE take care of U / your health - HEY to CHILI MACPAGODA + CHRIS IN DA REDWOODS
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
Ike:

↳ Billy Jam @7:08
Had lots of faves: Q*Bert, Jr. Pac-Man, the original arcade version of Super Mario Bros. -- which was much harder than the NES home version even though they had seemingly identical graphics...
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:10
same here. at the restaurant at the base in japan, when my parents would eat w/ friends, i'd use my allowance money (they had an arcade). same games were my fave (and arkanoid)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Billy Jam @7:08
Centipede .. I play that game for 2 hours on a quarter
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northguineahills:

then there were the japanese arcades....
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northguineahills:

↳ Dutch___☆___ @7:09
take care of yourself! sending healing vibes your way!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:13pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ northguineahills @7:12
That had to have been arcade heaven!! I woulda made a bee-line directly for any and all Castlevania games
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:13pm
Ike:

Actually, no, come to think of it, my fave was Marble Madness. It was so bizarrely abstract and it had a unique spinner-ball control thing you couldn't simulate at home.
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northguineahills:

for some reason, i played johnny cage (i wasn't into music at the time, but i knew who john cage was)
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:14pm
chris in the redwoods:

↳ Dutch___☆___ @7:09
oof. best wishes for speedy return to wellness!
  7:14pm
eric the hat:

Wow
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:14pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Dutch___☆___ @7:09
Feel much better and soon, Dutch ✌️
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:13
japanese arcades had games a year or two earlier than the us.

also, in south korea, arcades were equivalent to 5 cents a game at the time in won (the won had a favorable exchange rate to the us dollar at the time)
  7:16pm
eric the hat:

These guys can’t be beat.
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northguineahills:

↳ Ike @7:13
i loved marble madness (used to have a simulator on my old laptop)
  7:16pm
cvh:

↳ Billy Jam @7:08
Galaga
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:17pm
Richy4619:

♬ ᕕ(⌐■_■)ᕗ ♬
  7:17pm
eric the hat:

Galaga. Bubble Bobble. lol
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northguineahills:

ikari warriors (i remember stay up all night w/ a friend playing all night during the summer [cheat codes helped])
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:17pm
Chili MacPagoda:

I remember at my local mall that there would be serious tournaments and crowds around the Marvel vs CapCom machine
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northguineahills:

and of course, i could get nitendo games that weren't available in states.....
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Billy Jam:

@cvh - thanks - @RIchy4619 - nice @NGH -howdy - @eric the hat - thanks for supporting FMU-know - @U live today as if it is your last day on earth - cos it just might be
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:19pm
common:

tempest was always my favorite
  7:19pm
celeste:

traveling to another dimension 4:20 somewhere
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Billy Jam:

hey COMMON - thanks 4 supporting FMU
  7:20pm
James Vital Tactics:

This is what hip-hop supposed to sound like
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
common:

↳ Billy Jam @7:19
hell yea
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:20pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:13
Loved this one game I forget name but everyone was bugg'n over graphics at the time and was one of first games I remember being 50c marionoioso.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:21pm
Be Now Homeboy:

Dragons Lair
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:21pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:17
They're rereleasing all the Marvel vs Capcom games for modern consoles around xmas this year. I'm buying them the second the collection drops!
Avatar 7:22pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Turntable Freestyle #2" by "DJ ALF & Jam Burglar"
i can't show how dope alf and burglar are!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Be Now Homeboy @7:20
Yes!!! Dragon’s Lair, I remember that one too. It was the first game(I think) that utilized laser disc technology
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
chris in the redwoods:

↳ Be Now Homeboy @7:21
yeah! nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:23pm
Richy4619:

<\\\\> ~~~~
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Billy Jam:

@Chris Crash - tnx for that update - did not know - nice! - @JVT re "this is what hip-hop supposed to sound like" = really appreciate you and Ju Da Venom's insightful appreciation of hip-hop THANK YOU
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:22
i remember being very young and being entranced by it at show-biz pizza....
  7:24pm
James Vital Tactics:

This is the kind of stuff I do Amazon deliveries to
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:24pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Chris Crash @7:21
Niiiiiiiiiiice 👍 I love the sound of that plan. The crowds and trash talk that would take place around thee Marvel/CapCom machine….what a time to have been alive!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:24pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Billy Jam @7:23
No prob Billy! I'm an absolute fiend for fighting games since the second I saw Street Fighter II drop in arcades.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Turntable Freestyle #1" by "DJ ALF & Jam Burglar"
🤯🔥🤯🔥
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:22
Yea Dragons lair used quick up down left right motions with cut animation scenes Mind Boggling at the time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Song: "Turntable Freestyle #2" by "DJ ALF & Jam Burglar"
This is BUGGIN 🔥
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Billy Jam:

back in da day not only did you have to trek to the video arcade to play video games - but you also had to journey over to your nearest "Internet cafe" to retrieve your emails - #theolddayz
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:25
what chili said....
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Billy Jam:

what NGH said about what Chili said about what U & I were thinkin'
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northguineahills:

↳ Billy Jam @7:25
w/in a month of returning to the states, i got prodigy.net.....(i only used it to email friends back than [tight before my 14th bday)
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Billy Jam:

in two weeks this show will be coming live from RapBay in Concord CA + in one week will be coming live from da grill (BBQ) in Oakland CA - if u want invite email me
  7:28pm
Yes:

Jams
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:28pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Song: "Turntable Freestyle #2" by "DJ ALF & Jam Burglar"
Insanely good!!! ty ty ty
  7:29pm
James Vital Tactics:

Oh wow I have my advice is to you think twice this is that swollen members join little piece of that sample of that song I remember that from back in the days you got me going back in time right now I love this right here it's a beautiful night it's a beautiful show She's to everyone in here I'm giving you man loving man from inside of my heart I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for all you guys right here I'm giving you all a shout out in my mind and my heart and in my soul
  7:29pm
James Vital Tactics:

WOWWWW HERE WE GO NOW YALL!!!!! REALNESS
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:29pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Song: "talking + interviewing" by "DJ ALF & Jam Burglar"
Yo this picture looks like TT's coffee shop in belleville 1984 lol
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:30pm
chris in the redwoods:

and there's Dragon's Lair!
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Billy Jam:

@BeNowHomeboy - photo taken just now at Jam Burglar's home studio
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:31pm
Chili MacPagoda:

Yo I’d play several rounds of Root Beer Tapper right now
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:31pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Billy Jam @7:30
awesome pic... with
Dragons Lair..
what Chris said lol
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:31
that was fun (the original one was just beer tapper, but, some people had a problem w/ that)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:34pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello, Billy Jam and all. Coincidentally, I'm looking at some billy goats munching vegetation at the Vanderbilt Mansion. 🐐
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Billy Jam:

thanks to JAM BURGLAR and DJ ALF + to YOU for listening to F M U
  7:35pm
devlawn:

Mat Mania aka Exciting Hour had good music. It was a pro wrestling game.
Avatar 7:36pm
Billy Jam:

hello KEN HYDE PARK
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
Chris Crash:

Shoutout to the soundtracks to SNK games, especially from Fatal Fury and King Of Fighters
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:39pm
luka:

good evening
  7:40pm
Jim in A-town:

thanks for another great show
  7:40pm
?:

Not just the chips but the chips....
No Tv from 1976 [as a 16th yo ]=> 1997 ... nor games .. by choice ... not parental control as I was ut in the streets so no TV and no Parental control..
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:41pm
chris in the redwoods:

shiiiit. i played way too much Doom back in the day.
  7:42pm
morphe':

That was I = me ...

Not just the chips but the chips....
No Tv from 1976 [as a 16th yo ]=> 1997 ... nor games .. by choice ... not parental control as I was ut in the streets so no TV and no Parental control..
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Song: "Proto-Culture" by "Del tha Funky Homosapien ft. K...
THANK YOU K.U. for the Neo Geo shoutout -- my favorite console ever!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
Be Now Homeboy:

At one point I played wayyyy too much Zelda.. then wayyy to much NHL EA hockey 1994 started an addiction lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
Richy in da Sco:

i'm def still a Mariokart maniac
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
Chris Crash:

Getting in the groove of the show by playing Street Fighter Alpha 3 as I listen to the show
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northguineahills:

↳ chris in the redwoods @7:41
me too....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
luka:

↳ Song: "2 Brothers from the Gutter" by "Percee P ft. Diam...
sick
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
Be Now Homeboy:

I still fiend on EA hockey online.. world oh chel
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northguineahills:

↳ Be Now Homeboy @7:42
I EA NHL each year for about a decade. I also had FIFA since 93.....
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Billy Jam:

@LUKA and BE NOW HOMEBOY -thanks 4 listening to FMU today
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northguineahills:

errr, i had EA NHL....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ northguineahills @7:44
heck yea.. love Fifa too lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
luka:

⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️
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northguineahills:

↳ Richy in da Sco @7:42
stupid red turtle shell!!!! *shakes fist*
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
chresti:

Grand theft auto was the one my son was into- and flight simulator
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northguineahills:

↳ luka @7:45
jajajajaja!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
Be Now Homeboy:

fav Fifa celebration?
Break Dance
Hold RB, Flick Right Stick Right/Right
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Berd:

Heya R3v. Billy Jam,
Love ov'r
Wishing you a top evening of beeps, bells, top scores and flashing lights.
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northguineahills:

↳ Be Now Homeboy @7:47
how did i not know that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:48pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Song: "Video Game Breaks" by "DJ Rob & DJ JS-1"
YEEEEAH my boy Ryu!
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Billy Jam:

hey BERD in da UK - bestest wishes to U and to SPIDERMANK
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:48pm
Chili MacPagoda:

All time faves? Three way tie between: Metal Gear Solid/Skyrim/Castlevania: Symphony Of Thee Night.
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HyperDose:

Banger after banger! 🔥
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ northguineahills @7:48
haha I dont know?!! lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
Chris Crash:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:48
DUDE I was obsessed with Metal Gear Solid, I'd stay up all night playing them all the way through. I still have my copy of the great GameCube remake of the 1st one
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Billy Jam:

@Chris Crash - I love it
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:51pm
chresti:

↳ chresti @7:47
a game that involved blowing things up from an airplane, etc cant remember
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northguineahills:

i forgot Blue Max (but that was a pc game from 1983)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:53pm
Chili MacPagoda:

↳ Chris Crash @7:49
Many bottles of Mtn Dew and bags of Cool Ranch sacrificed their lives in order to sustain all night MGS sessions. I know what yr sayin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:54pm
Chris Crash:

The intro to Street Fighter III 3rd Strike is an absolutely sick hip hop track
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HyperDose:

If you're hungry for more... en.wikipedia.org... 💽🖥️🤖
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northguineahills:

i needed this! thanks alf, jam burglar, melmac, and billy jam!
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Billy Jam:

Thank-YOU to all tuned in today and especially to DJ ALF and JAM BURGLAR - much love and much appreciation - next week will be live from da bbq in oakland CA -email me for an official invite - and meanwhile have a great weekend/week -
Avatar 🎧 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
chris in the redwoods:

this was super fun. thanks, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
Chris Crash:

I could spend another hour talking video games and listening to hip hop!! Thanks so much Billy, this show was amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
Chili MacPagoda:

Insert another quarter to continue PTNOTR…
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northguineahills:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:56
*snert!*
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ chris in the redwoods @7:55
oh man how did it go so fast..

Thanks Billy Jam, Dj Alf, Jam Burglar!!!

Have a great weekend y'all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
Be Now Homeboy:

↳ Chili MacPagoda @7:56
hahahaha 25c
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Jam Burglar:

Thanks everybody. It was a weird one! It turned into Karate Kit pan flute at the end 😂
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
chresti:

↳ chresti @7:51
I'd say "that thing will melt your brains...

etc. He and his friend would craaaack up
  7:59pm
James Vital Tactics:

WHAAAAAAAT DEL
  7:59pm
celeste:

coming back to earth! thx!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
chresti:

Super show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:00pm
chresti:

yeeeeeee!
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Billy Jam:

thank YOU
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Ju Da Venom:

↳ Billy Jam @7:04
Yes am listening now on the archives tip…
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