(Practice) The Secret Files Of Earthquake

Earthquake approaches stand-up like a tired pragmatist laying out the terms of a bad contract. He argues that if men were responsible for carrying children, abortion would be available through a drive-thru window, and insists he would gladly work at McDonald’s before paying his ex-wife fifty thousand dollars a month. There is no subtle setup here; he treats plastic surgery, Jussie Smollett, and nuclear war with the same gravelly, direct skepticism.

Released by Comedy Dynamics in September 2022, the hour arrived months after Dave Chappelle produced a high-profile Netflix showcase that reignited national interest in his stand-up. Where that short set was tightly trimmed, this release captures Earthquake working through a longer, looser club set.