Reminder:
MF DOOM was a brilliant artist. His body of work speaks for itself. You needn't form a stan cult to validate his legacy. In fact, that's weirdo shit.
Hey guys,
"Female rapper" is not a real category. This type of thinking is part of the reason why Jean Grea don't rap no more. Let's work on scrubbing that term from our vocabulary.
Rap is Rap
RIP Gift of Gab, one of the most unmistakable MCs ever, an insightful powerhouse who left a crater in the Bay Area and beyond, especially his colorful Solesides work then later Blackalicious. An incredibly kind legend. Today, we’re having a 40 oz. for breakfast.
Aesop Rock is an unparalleled story teller. There is really no one else who can rap about drawing pigeons and make that shit super engaging and lyrically immaculate.
Rap is deeply referential. Rappers are often mimicking, paying homage to, or in conversation with songs/moments from the past.
That's why it grinds my gears when writers who are not part of the culture try to opine on Rap like it lives in a vacuum.
Armand Hammer capture the abject despair of this historical moment so well.
There's a point on each album where I'm like
"damn, everything isn't gonna be okay"
Question of The Week
If you were trying to hip somebody to the greatness of J Dilla and you could only play them one track what would it be?
Quote tweet this with your response and we may shout you out on an upcoming podcast.
#DBRP
#QOTW
Tomorrow we have a conversation with the mysterious Siah of Siah & Yeshua. He does not do interviews, so this is a must-hear for underground heads. We’ll also be debuting a new hip-hop track he made during a recent moment of inspiration.
Question Of The Week
What are your favorite underground rap anthems? Songs that specifically articulate the underground rap ethos?
Quote this with your response and we may shout you out on an upcoming pod.
#DBRP
#QOTW
on tomorrow's show... a full segment of Aethiopes analysis from our hosts and then an interview with the album's creators
@BackwoodzHipHop
and
@mondieumusic
. You're not going to want to miss this.
This week's episode is dedicated to MF DOOM. DOOM's recent passing is an incalculable loss to hip-hop and we got together with
@Mike_Eagle
to celebrate his life & music, and to ponder his legacy. Now available where podcasts are heard by
@StonyIslandPods
now that I’ve had some time to process the news, I think one takeaway from DOOM’s life is that there are no rules defining any of this. be yourself, and if that doesn’t work, be someone else.
If you a rapper and you go up for that orange POS you have completely lost the plot
Do Not Pass Go
Start Over
Read A book
This is a crime against the culture.
In addition to having 74 Honda Scooters, Special Ed was a pioneer for incorporating bounce into his flow.
His approaches to rhyme scheme, timing, and delivery were incredibly modern and likely influential.
numbers-wise we are having out best month ever. huge thanks to our guests, our listeners, the independent hip-hop podcast community, the patreon homies, and everyone who rocks with us in any way shape or form
Announcement:0
Me and my fellow Dad Bods are going to Ho Chi Minh City for two weeks in July to explore the Vietnamese Hip Hop scene.
Will be recording episodes on location while inhaling bowls of Pho.
Beyond Geeked
I no longer subscribe to the "people get older and don't have the time to keep up with rap music" theory.
Dudes my age get on this app and talk about fantasy football and the MCU all day.
As always. People make choices.
White dudes will appropriate a whole genre and then turn around and sue over sample clearances lol.
How much bread did yall give Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry ect...?
The music I love is barely commercially viable. As such I do not fear AI being used to create deep fake underground rap records.
That pop shit is cooked tho.
When you consider Wyclef's charity scams, Pras being a fed, Lauryn's live performance grift, and John Forte's dope dealing the Fugees camp is first team All- Infamous.
It's fine if you haven't been keeping up. But what irks me is people who make these grand statements about the state of rap music and have not meaningfully engaged with the culture since the Jansport era.