Sparkling water, which has co2. So it’s not pure h2o
A lot closer to water than it is to soda, but hey I’m no chemist
San PellegrinoIs one step away from both soda and water. Add flavored fructose syrup and its soda. Take away the co2 and it’s water.
I am a chemist.
Who are you so wise in the ways of science
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I passed chemistry my junior year in high school. I know what I’m talking about
Nerd
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For the record, i was merely referring to the bougie choice of drinking a Pellegrino as opposed to tap or whatever.
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On the spectrum of water to soda pop, I think it’s far closer to water than to soda.
So is soda that’s flat closer to water?
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How much more popular would Umphrey’s have been if BB had a decent voice
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The end of 40’s Theme?
Coulda, shoulda, woulda gone to that 9:30 club show…
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love pelli.
to be fair, mystikal has been a piece of shit for a LONG time before this conviction. not sure why it would matter NOW all of a sudden lol
Sexual battery conviction and other legal issues
On June 26, 2003, Mystikal pleaded guilty to sexual battery and extortion of his hairstylist. On January 15, 2004, Mystikal was sentenced to six years in state prison. The rapper and two bodyguards coerced the woman to perform oral sex, and accused her of stealing $80,000 in checks. As part of a plea bargain, all three pleaded guilty. Mystikal initially claimed that the incident was consensual, but a videotape of the incident was later found at his home shortly after the charges were made. Negotiations during the trial held the videotape from being entered as evidence and Mystikal agreed to the plea bargain offered by the prosecution, avoiding the mandatory life sentence for sexual battery in Louisiana and expecting to receive probation. However, the case took a twist when the judge viewed the videotape at the sentencing, took into account Mystikal’s two prior arrests (for drug and gun possession), and had him remanded into custody to begin serving a six-year sentence immediately. Mystikal’s bodyguards, Leland Ellis and Vercy Carter, also pleaded guilty to sexual battery.[7]
In August 2005, while incarcerated on the state sexual battery and extortion charges, Mystikal was charged federally with two misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns for 1998 and 1999. On January 12, 2006, he was convicted in federal court of the tax offenses, but was allowed to serve the one-year federal sentence concurrent with his six-year state sentence.[13] Mystikal was incarcerated at Louisiana’s Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. On January 19, 2006, Mystikal was denied parole at a parole board hearing.[13] On January 11, 2007, Mystikal was released from custody on the federal misdemeanor tax convictions (as his one-year sentence had expired), but he remained in custody on the six-year sentence for the Louisiana state felony convictions. The news of his release caused confusion among fans who heard the news and mistakenly thought he had been released on parole.[14] He was released January 14, 2010.[15] After his release, Mystikal was registered as a sex offender.
On February 22, 2012, Mystikal was arrested again following a dispute with his domestic partner and was later given a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery. He was detained for nine days and then released on bail. On April 16, he was given a three-month jail sentence for violating the terms of his probation he was given following his release from prison in January 2010. He was given credit for the nine days already served, reducing his confinement to 81 days. He began serving his sentence on May 14 at the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail.[16]
On August 21, 2017, Mystikal turned himself into the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Department after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was subsequently charged with rape.[17] He was held at the Caddo Correctional Center on a $3 million bond[18] until February 14, 2019, when he was able to post bond. The charges were later dropped.[19]
Mystikal has been held without bond in Ascension Parish since July 30, 2022, on rape and domestic abuse charges.[20] On March 17, 2026, Tyler entered a guilty plea to rape charges. On June 16, 2026, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[21]
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Right lmao I knew all of this before I had ever heard of Umphrey’s
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I know. I know they don’t gaf…this was a stealth Jake is gone comment…
Better question is how much more popular would they have been with a band name besides “Umphrey’s McGee”
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Didnt they debut Ignition well after the R. Kelly situation?
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I bet UM would have been more famous if they had a better name, a better singer, wrote better songs, never hired Browning, and threatened to kill BB if he ever tried to make them a pop band again.
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If you replace all the members of Umphrey’s McGee with the 4 members of Phish, who knows what kind of career they could have had
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