JRE MMA Show #184 with Aljamain Sterling

“Like, never got out of shape. He's the man. He's the man. And he's so cool. He was, he, you know, he plays chess at a really high level. I play chess. You play chess too? I play chess. Are you good? I'm out of 1400. I'm out of 1350 to 1420 ELO. Is that good?”

“I started playing after COVID, during COVID, when Queen's Gambit came out. I used to think chess was like, oh, that's a gay, that's a gay thing. This is like so stupid. Play checkers like a man. What? Play checkers like a man is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Yeah, and then I realized really quick, I was like, oh, this is some high-level shit.”

“George was playing James McCann. James McCann is a hilarious comedian from Australia. And James is very smart and really good chess player. And George and him were going to war in the green room of the mothership. And we were all like, oh, shit. Yeah. Yeah, they had board.”

“Yeah. Oh, man. Guys play at the mothership all the time. Brian Simpson and Tony Hinchcliffe play all the time. Okay. Yeah, they get serious about chess. Challenge accepted. Yeah, man. I don't play, but I'm scared. I'm scared to play. Yeah. Yeah. It's addicting. That's the problem. It's because then you want to know the openings.”

“There's just so many. There's so many moves. It's so complex. There's so much going on. There's so many steps in advance you're playing. It's cool. Yeah. It's cool. And it's something you can play forever, too.”

“didn't have a board. And so this kid and this old dude were sitting there playing chess in their head and they would call out the moves and they had the whole board mapped. I was fascinated. I was like, this is crazy.”

“winning. I'm like, you guys are just playing an invisible board. This is crazy. Yeah, that's next level. That was my first introduction to chess. I was like, this is nuts, man. You want to try the silver? Sure. I'll try it. I still have some of this left, though. It's water now. Yeah. I know it is.”

“You got a rum line, too, right? Is that it? Funk Harbor around your neck? Funk Harbor, baby. I got money now, Joe. You know that song? Bitch, I got money now. I was supposed to bring my shark because I don't know if you wanted it like signed or whatever, but sure.”

“Oh, okay. It's a little bit, it's like, I don't want to say sweet, but it's not as harsh when you drink it. Are you a rum guy? Is that your thing? Is that why you started a rum company? Yes. You've always been a rum guy? My parents are from Jamaica.”

“don't have the time. I got to make a decision. And that's when I started doing the rum company and everything. You see how fast time gets absorbed with things. Yeah. With everything. Yeah. I wish I had multiple lives so I could do multiple different things.”

“So we did this with like a, we call it silver tea. It's a silver rum. What is rum made with? Sugarcane, sugar cane or molasses. I think the other one's agriculture. But no matter where people are in the world, they find a way to get fucked up.”

“For me, I want this to be something that makes you feel like you're back on the island. And we wanted to make sure this was 100% Jamaican rum. Didn't want to piss off my people in Jamaica because that's the one thing when we were doing this. So I went through the whole process, like the branding, the labeling, my money invested in it.”

“Well, listen, Al Jermaine, it's always good to have you on here, brother. And good luck with the rum company. It's called Harbor. What is it called? Funk Harbor Rum. And we actually got a community app now, too. It's called joinfunkharbor.com. And what is the website? If people want to go and see the rum? Well, if they want to join the community, it's joinfunkharbor.com.”

“It's just a Jamaican blend. Like some of them are mostly. pirates did drink rum, but the stereotype is exaggerated. So it's perplexing. During much of the 1600s, Caribbean pirates often drank wine and brandy more commonly. Rum became far more available and popular in the early 1700s as Caribbean sugar production expanded.”

“Oh, that makes sense. Yo-ho-ho in a bottle of rum. You know what I never understood? We know the big players in the rum market, like Bacardi, Captain Morgan's, Malibu. But when we go on vacation, we go to the Caribbeans, we drink all the different rums from the islands. And I always tell people, like, you had such a great time drinking rum.”

“That's the only time it's really associated. And I go, I want to change that narrative and let people in. Rum is for year-round. You could have sipping rum. You could have it for Vegas pool parties. You can have it with a cigar. There's so many different ways you can enjoy it. It's not just for vacation time.”

“For me, I want this to be something that makes you feel like you're back on the island. And we wanted to make sure this was 100% Jamaican rum. Didn't want to piss off my people in Jamaica because that's the one thing when we were doing this. So I went through the whole process, like the branding, the labeling, my money invested in it.”

“at the distilleries, the one we went to mainly was Worthy Park. And they were saying the main thing you don't want to do is call something Jamaican rum if it's not 100% Jamaican. And I was like, I had a feeling, but I wanted to make sure. So we didn't toe that line and piss anybody off.”

“Well, listen, Al Jermaine, it's always good to have you on here, brother. And good luck with the rum company. It's called Harbor. What is it called? Funk Harbor Rum. And we actually got a community app now, too. It's called joinfunkharbor.com. And what is the website?”

“Chilled. You ever do, like, a green tea shot? Pour a little of that in there. What's a green tea shot? It's like with bourbon or whiskey. It's like a little simple... Green tea? Yeah, they call it green tea. You see a lot of the girls, they drink it at the bars and stuff, so we did this with, like, we call it silver tea. It's a silver rum.”

“And I also had, what else did I have? Something. Oh, a bunch of pieces of bread. I ate so much in one setting that I got home that night when we sat back and I was like, I can't move. I've eaten myself to a place where I'm like, you ever see one of those lions that eats too much and they just line up?”

“Do you know how to smoke cigars, son? What are you? What are you doing? What are you doing? Give that to me. Oh, shit. That's the clipper. Bro, this is high. This is high level shit right here. Calibri. Wow. A lot of fake Cuban cigars. You got one?”

“This is some high-level shit right here. Calibri. A lot of fake Cuban cigars. You got one. I got one. And then foot retop. There you go. So they got like maduros and different kinds.”

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“Yes. You've always been a rum guy? My parents are from Jamaica. So I want to. My parents are from Italy, but I hate grappa. That shit's nasty. Grappa's not. That's fucking nasty. That stuff's nasty. I'm going to take the big one. All right. Cheers, sir.”

“at the distilleries, the one we went to mainly was Worthy Park. And they were saying the main thing you don't want to do is call something Jamaican rum if it's not 100% Jamaican. And I was like, I had a feeling, but I wanted to make sure. So we didn't toe that line and piss anybody off.”

“be. It's like a checkpoint. I'm like, okay, this is my checkpoint. I hit it. Have you ever worn an Oura ring or a whoopstrap or any of those things? Yeah, that thing's stupid. Well, they lie to you. That thing's attacking me every day. Because what it's saying is that the alcohol is affecting your sleep.”

“Yeah, they call it green tea. You see a lot of the girls, they drink it at the bars and stuff. So we did this with like a, we call it silver tea. It's a silver rum. What is rum made with? Sugarcane, sugar cane or molasses. I think the other one's agriculture.”

“Chilled. You ever do, like, a green tea shot? Pour a little of that in there. What's a green tea shot? It's like with bourbon or whiskey. It's like a little simple... Green tea? Yeah, they call it green tea. You see a lot of the girls, they drink it at the bars and stuff, so we did this with, like, we call it silver tea. It's a silver rum.”