Sauce Gardner & Angie Martinez Select the Official New York Jets Jams | RUN THE PLAYLIST
Tell me more about the Jets fans, do you love them? Do they need to be more turnt up? No, they definitely don’t need to be more turnt up. What’s good. Welcome to Run The Playlist from Verizon. I’m your host, king of the one-on-one’s Deestroying, and this is a show where we build playlists on Apple Music through athletes and musicians to tell the stories of your favorite NFL teams. We coming to you from Gotham. That’s right. We’re in the capital of the world, the Big Apple, the five boroughs, New York City. And today we’ve got a
couple of NYC legends with us, man. Here with me is my boy, 2022, defensive Rookie of the Year, the first rookie cornerback to make first-team All-Pro since Ronnie Lott in ’81. You know he got the sauce and his impact on a league will be here forever. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for Sauce Gardner, what’s good bro? I’m good. We also got the voice of New York, a legendary radio host and iconic hip-hop queen. Welcome to the show, Angie Martinez. How you doing? Thank you, I’m excellent. How are you? Doing amazing. All right, y’all. Let’s
get down to it. Let’s get to business and let’s build this Jets playlist. All right, Sauce you up first. What you got
at training camp ’cause, you know, training camp, it can be hard. But you got to, you got to make- you got to make it enjoyable. How many times y’all just be randomly walking and you go Skee-Yee? Oh, it going a lot. Yeah. It going a lot. This is one of those songs that when you look back at the times. It’s gonna be iconic. It’s gonna take you to a time like when you hear this song ten years, you got to remember this year in your career. It was just, it was going to take you to
the time for sure. What you like about the song and what do you think it means for the new women emcees coming up? I do like to see the different versions. I think for a long time there wasn’t a lot of women in the game. We were missing that element and then it would just be one or two. And then in there’s so much pressure on that one or two to be something. Now there’s so many that I feel like we could see different styles. We could see a Lola Brooke and we could see Coi
Leray and we could see a Sexyy Red and Cardi B and they’re all kind of a little different from each other. So the fact that we got more women, the fact that we got people from New York clapping, I love to see it. Sauce, how does Coach Saleh feel about the song? I don’t know what he listens to on his own time but- It ain’t Sexyy Red? Nah, I don’t think it’s Sexyy Red but when you a players’ coach, you just got to adapt. And that’s key. Come on, he ain’t got no choice. But you
got to at least have it in rotation. Got to. Got to. Who’s on the aux, mostly, on the team, you be running it or who? You know, I’m in New York, so like I said, I’ll be on YouTube and everything. So I turn into the New York drew on, you know what I mean? Yeah, I got like four or five teammates who into it, but like the OG, the older guys, they be like, what is that? I understand that. They just got to listen for real. All right, Angie, you got us next. I mean, we
going to go to a nice, classic legendary throwback, Wu-Tang, Protect Ya Neck. Yeah. Tell me what Wu-Tang means to New York and the culture, because, you know, we youngins, man. I’m not from New York, too, so you got to educate us. I was probably around in my career where you are in your career now. I was probably like second year radio, and Protect Ya Neck was ringing off in New York and and Wu-Tang was such a phenomenon like it just they just they showed up and it was like an explosion. You know, when you think
about, like New York hip-hop and especially a lot of people think about the nineties when it was like shiny suits and Flossy and Puff Daddy and all that. But Wu-Tang still was like that hard from the street kid, get your face type, get your aggression out. It just takes you to a time and hip hop that it was like that and it was just undeniable. So speaking of Method Man, I recall that man pulling up to all that training camp to kind of speak to the team. Yeah. What do you think that meant to the
Jets? Man? It was big. You know, the coaches, you know, especially my corner coach, my cornerback coach, he was just like, man, you know about the Wu-Tang. But yeah, he came with that energy. You know, wasn’t nothing nervous about him, had his beater on. You know, he was turnt up. He’s fit too, he’s healthy. He’s like, we just- I’m looking like, you’re in the weight room. He using that weight room. But it was just cool to just see somebody like him. He’s a whole legend. He’s a legend for sure. How do you think the Jets
embody what the whole Wu-Tang culture represents. You know, they big in New York. As you said, it was type of group, you know, how your face type, I mean, it was it was a real dogs. It was hard, ya. So it was really the same thing, you know, having that grit, you know, always just being tough. All right Sauce, what you got for us man, what’s next? I’m going to go Talk by Yeat. Oh, yeah. Oh, that’s a good one now. I like Yeat. I’m surprised- Actually, I’m not surprised you picked this song because it’s
actually your teammate’s favorite warm up pump up song- Garrett Wilson. Yeah, he be playing this song a lot, huh? Oh, ya I ain’t gonna say, oh, he listen to his Yeat, but he like- when I hear him listen to music, 9 times out of 10 it’s Yeat. It’s that energy bro. Yeah, he bring that energy. Oh, he put me on Yeat and I’m like, bro I got to hear another one. Tap into that song, uh, with Drake that he got, like, he really snappin’ right here, but, you know, everybody going to get in they bag
when they get on the song with Drake. So I wasn’t surprised. Drake go crazy but I- unpopular opinion, I feel like Yeat carried him on that song. Drake’s gonna come for you! Drake ain’t got to say too much, though like- I feel like he do a good job at putting an artist on. Yeah. I ain’t gonna just say he put Yeat on, but like, he do a good job. He raised the profile, it’ll raise the profile. He said what he got to say and he be like, all right, do your thing right here. That’s true.
He does do that. I definitely feel like Yeat and Drake was the iconic duo on that track. But speaking of iconic duos, where you and Garrett, y’all won your awards last year and whatnot, what does that mean to you? Being from New York- Weren’t you sign to a New York team? That’s a fact. You get an honorary kind of citizenship. I’ll rock with that. No, you know what? I’m good in New York, you know? I rock with that for sure. Do you feel the love when you walk around the city? Most definitely. What does it
mean to the city back home that you out here in New York, bro? Because you have an amazing, amazing career so far. Is it huge just being able to just put on for Detroit, you know, give back to my community? I mean, just being a good role model, good inspiration to the youth. Be that role model that they never had. That’s dope. All right y’all, it’s time for the Run the Playlist fan pick. Shout out to Verizon for connecting us with our man, the leader of the J E T S jets jets jets chant. A
former fireman from Harlem, here’s Ed the Fireman. My request is Timmy Trumpet, Savage, the Freaks. Let’s go J E T S jets jets jets. Come on, Timmy, play that song! He’s so serious about it. He got that energy. Sauce, do you ever see firemen Ed up in the stands going crazy? Ya, every home game, he leading that chant. He’s so passionate about it like- I can just hear it in his voice so I can imagine him at the stadium at the games. Every time. It was one of them things like, he got the stadium rocking,
like everybody be looking for like camera going to find him, man. They already know what time it is. Tell me more about the Jets fans. Do you love them? Do they need to be more turnt up? No, they definitely don’t need to be more turnt up. They bring that energy, for sure. Did that freak you out when you came here, too? I was just talking about- like when you came here, like the “New York fandom.” You get here, it’s like they don’t play about you. That’s it. You saying something about one of the players, they
gonna be there. You look at Twitter, they gonna be under them comments. Are they hard on you, too, like ’cause I feel like, New York is gonna let you know, like, what’s wrong with you? They ain’t really hard on me. Well, because you delivering though, let’s be honest. Angie what you got for us? You up next. I mean, it’s only right we have a Pop Smoke joint in here, right? Which one, though? Which one? So we’ll do, we’ll do Welcome to the Party. The one that set it off. Why, why Welcome to the Party? For
a few reasons: That’s the one that set it off, you know, the movement off for real and he performed at my barbecue just when he was popping like he had just started popping. And it was in Brooklyn that year so he came out Brooklyn did this song. You know, I was fortunate enough to do a really dope interview with him. I think it was maybe the last one he did before he passed. And so I got to know him a bit. And he just was such a vibe. He was such a star. Like I saw
Pop and thought we got one, meaning our city got one. Like I can see it that there was greatness there. New York legend gone way too soon. Way too soon. For sure. Do you feel like he was one of the innovators of the drill music in New York? One of the reasons it popularized? Yeah, for sure. I think every time there’s, like, a niche kind of sound of music, that’s- You need the stars to bring everybody else up. And pop was like that, you know? I mean, Pop was was one of those ones that could
raise the whole genre up. Sauce, do the Jets listen to drill music. What’s the vibes in the locker room with it? I feel like out of all the drill artists, you know, my teammates, some of them don’t want to listen to it. But I got some of them that do. Pop Smoke, he the one that, everybody, everybody, everybody like his music. Locker room is where you just talk about life, you know, you listen to music, vibe out and just bond with your teammates. Is it mostly hip-hop or is it like all types? You know, it’s
mostly hip-hop in the locker, but sometimes we listen, we in the weight room listening, we listen to like R&B sometimes. Oh, R&B in the weight room. Britt, what’s her name Tink. You know, you switch it up a little, we switch it up a little bit. Back in college, our weight room, they had rock music playing loud as hell through the speakers. Like screaming music. Like it helps sometimes. But yeah, I’m thinking R&B with weights? I don’t know. So it’s like once every blue moon, the rock, we just listen to that like every Wednesday. So you
do rock Wednesdays? Rock Wednesdays with the Jets, man. Yeah, just on Wednesday. All right, Sauce, you have next bro, what you got for us, man? Imma go with 444+222, Lil Uzi Vert. Super turnt, man. Yeah, I remember there was a clip of, I believe the Jets defense, and they went viral back in 2017. Just dancing to that has song. You mentioned that this song gets played a lot in the locker room. Lil Uzi Vert, obviously the amazing artist. His music has been around for a while now, going crazy. The energy, too, Uzi know how to
put that energy in his music. What do you like about Uzi? I rock with him, you know. I was watching Kai Cenat. Yeah. So he posted something on YouTube. I guess him and Uzi had a collab when like, Uzi really cool, like he solid for real. Know what I mean? He’s like a real artist’s-artist too. Like, he’s so serious about his craft. Everyone has something- it’s just. I see everything about him the way he- what he puts on, his clothes. He always got to dance with his joint. All right bro, so tell me if you.
If you make a big play, you get a pick, you strap something up. Is there a dance you go to? I know the defense usually crowds the end zone. Y’all go to the camera with it. Is there a routine for you? I’m waiting. I’m still waiting to catch a pick six. I’m gonna get 30. You are? Oh we need to see that. I catch a pick six, I’m getting sturdy. Like I’ve been doing it. You’ve been practicing? You got to make sure it’s right, though, because they’re going to come at you if they feel a
little- Crazy. I believe in you. I know you’re gonna kill it. Appreciate that. Get sturdy. Telling you, it’s going to be crazy. You’re going to turn out for you. Angie, what you think, you think he should get sturdy, or? Yes. Well, number one: Yes, I think he should get sturdy for a couple of reasons. Number one, you been working at. Yeah. So I already know is going to be good. And also, it’s just, you know, you in New York this is a New York team. It would be like a salute to New York. And it
just brings the whole thing full circle. Angie. Well, what do you got for us? Oh, man. We’re gonna. We’re gonna change the vibe a little bit. We all want to be in the same pocket the whole time. So we’re going to go with Lenny Kravitz because he was a big sports fan. There’s like, a story of him playing football with Joe Namath in the street. And so we’re going to go with Lenny Kravitz, Like a Jet. Like a jet. See what I did there? That’s crazy, I guess. Yeah. Apparently that Lenny Kravitz and Joe Namath
lived across the street. Yes. And that’s like played catch with each other and stuff. Like, that’s a heavy block, by the way. Yeah, I already know. What was it like for you growing up? Were you a Jets fan? Like, would you know about the Jets coming up? You know, people get mad at me when I say this because I’m a New York fan. So it was so I’m voting- I’m rooting for all my teams. I’ve got a lot of teams out here, so it’s a lot of chances for championships in the city. Lot of chances,
but we need a few, it’s time. It’s time, right now. No pressure, my guy. No pressure at all. All right y’all, that does it for this episode of Run the Playlist from Verizon. We got Sauce and Angie’s picks make sure y’all click the link below and head over to Apple Music to check out the full New York Jet’s playlist, as well as what the rest of your favorite NFL teams are listening to, as always. Think we missed any songs? Just let us know down in the comments. But once again, I’m telling you, I’m telling you,
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