On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders (Revisited)”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the rapper, Hoodie Allen, back in 2013. Hoodie Allen is currently supporting his newest single, Pretty Face.
VIDEO INFO: Film Date - October 24, 2013 Location - The Vic Theater in Chicago, IL
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Got some Hot Pockets.
Get off stage at like midnight.
You forgot to eat dinner that day.
Purell, very important.
Meet a lot of fans.
Get a lot of germs.
Big pickle, pickle guy.
There's only one left.
Welcome to my bus.
Hi, my name is Hoodie, Hoodie Allen.
This is my tour bus.
We're currently in Chicago, Illinois
for a show at the Vic Theater.
And let me show you around, see what we got on here.
All right, so this is our front lounge area.
It's pretty nice, pretty swanky.
We got the candles going because we all smell,
but candles make things smell better.
That's a little bus trick for you newbies.
Purell, very important.
Meet a lot of fans.
Get a lot of germs.
Fix that.
I don't know, not all this stuff is mine.
Not a lot of this, but we got some Jameson,
which is a pretty essential whiskey.
I think it's definitely the band whiskey of choice.
Sorry, Jack Daniels.
Yellowtail, that's not impressive.
That doesn't make us look cool.
What else?
Tanqueray, that doesn't taste good either.
So yeah, we just have Jameson, basically.
That's the move.
Bathroom in here, pretty standard.
Also got some freshener stuff.
So everything is very organized and neat
thanks to Curran and Trueblood,
who are members of the crew.
We got, boom.
Oh, that's it.
It said water, but it's just soda.
We got soda, and the soda one, does it have water?
Nah, just more soda.
Just more soda.
What else do we have under here?
Some dried fruits and nuts and a banana.
That seems very helpful.
On the right side, ----.
No, this is, as I get it,
this is when you're getting it, so I don't know.
A bunch of batteries and flashlights and organized stuff.
So that's not that interesting.
Let's check out the fridge.
That seems to be a Bus Invader staple.
What do they got in the fridge?
Up here, got some Hot Pockets.
Get off stage at midnight.
You forgot to eat dinner that day.
Hot Pockets, that's a pretty easy way to go.
It's a pretty good way to go.
I don't know what else is in here.
I think it's just more pizza.
Oh, I was feeling really healthy,
and they asked, you know, what do you want?
So I was like, give me some steamed vegetables.
I haven't used any of them at all,
and they're just collecting ice up here.
Yeah, I don't even know if you can see this,
but I just got some green beans or broccoli.
I don't think it's ever gonna get eaten, but it's there.
So I'm like trying.
I'm trying, mom, I'm trying to eat right.
Inside here, typical Red Bull, some salsa.
Let's see what we can get in here.
Got fruit trays, pickles, big pickle.
Pickle guy, there's only one left.
That's what happens when you stay up really late,
you eat pickles, that's a fact.
I got the cold cuts in here, some hummus,
some mac and cheese, not bad.
Pretty boring, I don't know, we are still kind of,
this is like one of the first days of tour,
so we're still kind of getting our grocery shopping
and all that stuff together, but you know,
we got Jameson and we got mac and cheese
and a Hot Pocket, so we can survive.
Let me take you through the bunks now.
This is where the band and crew sleeps.
We didn't clean up for you guys,
and you can't smell it, there's no smell-o-vision,
but it kind of smells like feedback here.
Three bunks on each side if you've never seen it.
This is where the band sleeps on this side,
and then we've got the back room,
which I guess is the only cool part of it,
which is my room slash kind of a studio,
and I think someone's in there now
because we can hear music.
But, let's see, if we go in.
That's RJ, we'll go in here for a second.
This is RJ, he's my homie, he makes all the beats.
We're working on the new album back here.
We've kind of got like the bedroom
slash the speaker set up, got the mic.
If we ever actually put it together,
we have the nice mic, so we'll start.
We're going to hopefully start recording some vocals
back here while on the road,
and of course, the only other essential thing,
GTA V, kill some people, make some beats,
play some shows, that's basically it.
And that's my room, RJ, I'll let you go do it.
So yeah, I think that's basically everything.
You've seen the bunks, you've seen my room,
you've seen the fridge.
I don't know what else you want to see.
Go, leave, get out of here.
I'll see you next time.
Peace.