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Simplify Your Life with Anderson .Paak

6/3/20261 hr 21 min

Grammy Award-winning artist Anderson .Paak joins the show today! He talks to Michelle and Craig through his music career, including his early days as “Breezy Lovejoy,” the devastating moment he thought his career was over before it started, and his big break with Dr. Dre. 

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First 90 seconds

  1. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:00

    Somebody said my teeth are like The Temptations. Everybody want to sing lead. [laughs] So back then it was, it was tough. I got them braces on and then, um, it was- [laughs] It was a long process. It just, it ju- it just happened like this.

  2. Michelle Obama· Host0:12

    It just, it just- I didn't, I didn't come out like this [laughs] It was a whole process.

  3. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:14

    I was real chubby.

  4. Michelle Obama· Host0:14

    Yo, if your teeth were like that, you probably had the retainer- Yeah ... the night thing.

  5. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:19

    They have it s- everything.

  6. Michelle Obama· Host0:19

    The, they were like, "We're gonna work on this."

  7. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:21

    Yeah, we're gonna work on it.

  8. Michelle Obama· Host0:21

    Like jaw fasteners- Exactly ... and all that.

  9. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:23

    We didn't have all that. Why you gotta do me like that?

  10. Michelle Obama· Host0:24

    I'm sorry.

  11. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:25

    I didn't have the head gear.

  12. Michelle Obama· Host0:26

    [laughs] Dude.

  13. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:26

    Damn.

  14. Michelle Obama· Host0:27

    [laughs] I was like- I had braces for a couple years.

  15. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:29

    We're gonna- "I stopped short of head gear" ... just- "Just hold on." Say you gotta get a jaw thing. [laughs] [laughs] Yeah, so.

  16. Michelle Obama· Host0:35

    And you were a chubby little dude too.

  17. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:37

    Yeah.

  18. Michelle Obama· Host0:37

    Mm-hmm.

  19. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:38

    I was a hefty critter.

  20. Michelle Obama· Host0:39

    Yo, what?

  21. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:40

    [laughs] Yeah.

  22. Michelle Obama· Host0:40

    So you were eating your way through the pain.

  23. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:42

    I was, I...

  24. Michelle Obama· Host0:45

    [laughs] [laughs] Oh, God. Okay.

  25. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:46

    I eat because I'm unhappy. [laughs] [laughs] Yeah, that was it. My mom, she worked so much so she- You're right.

  26. Michelle Obama· Host0:53

    You're right ...

  27. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:53

    we didn't, you know, she would, she knows how to cook. She can burn, but she not timed sometimes.

  28. Michelle Obama· Host0:56

    Uh-huh. Right.

  29. Anderson .Paak· Guest0:56

    She'd just be like, "Here's 20 bucks. Figure it out."

  30. Craig Robinson· Host0:58

    [upbeat music] Hey.

  31. Michelle Obama· Host1:10

    Craig in black.

  32. Craig Robinson· Host1:12

    I am in black today.

  33. Michelle Obama· Host1:14

    The man in black.

  34. Craig Robinson· Host1:15

    Michelle in blue.

  35. Michelle Obama· Host1:16

    You know, this, uh, this episode today, um, made me, reminded me of, uh, wanted to ask if you remember when you used to take, uh, drum lessons.

  36. Craig Robinson· Host1:27

    [laughs] Oh, yes.

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