Phil and Jake add a few verses to the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking Ice Cube, dilapidated shacks, crushed ice and cubed ice.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Rap acts that we discuss include NWA, The Bomb Squad, Too $hort, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre and Scarface.
• We talk about a lot of songs by (or featuring) Ice Cube. “Express Yourself” (especially the clean version) is positive and uplifting. “I Ain’t the 1”, “Givin Up the Nappy Dugout” and “Nothin’ But A Word” are songs you don’t want to play for your mom. “Natural Born Killaz” is a prime example of 90s horrorcore rap. “Black Korea” doesn’t really make you feel good about anyone.
• It’s crazy that the movie Friday is over 25 years old! The sequels aren’t as good, largely because they lack Chris Tucker. The original Friday was adapted into an animated series in 2007; Jake watched the first episode and it was pretty fun (if occasionally offensive).
• Ice Cube didn’t endorse Trump, but lots of people (including Saturday Night Live) implied that he did.
• Neither Phil nor Jake had read A Contract With Black America before recording this episode, but Jake read it after-the-fact, and agrees with like 95% of it. It’s a noble project that deserves attention.
• Here’s a Billboard article that summarizes the recent controversy that led to Ice Cube being accused of anti-Semitism. Cube appears to have made an effort to amend things with the Jewish community by establishing a relationship with the Zionist Organization of America.
• Phil refers to a quote about going broke, noting that it might be from Groucho Marx. The quote is actually from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
• Legend has it that Phil once rode a bicycle across the United States. This is when he (allegedly) came upon George Washington Carver’s birthplace.

ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
wart removal * Straight Outta Compton (movie) * Paul Giamatti * Jerry Heller * the 2020 election * racism * misogyny * Hank Williams * Hank Williams Jr. * Cheech & Chong * Jessica Rabbit * farms * historic preservation * time travel * “Back That Azz Up” by Juvenile * Antoni Gaudi * The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford

Below is the List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the most up-to-date list, go here):

1. Dolly Parton - person
2. Prince - person
3. Cher - person
4. Donald Duck - fictional character
5. Hank Williams - person
6. air - substance
7. Watchmen - comic book
8. onions - food
9. “Midnight Train to Georgia” - music
10. sex - idea
11. The Three Stooges - comedy act
12. intro to “Back That Azz Up” - music
13. dilapidated shacks - structures
14. shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels - idea
15. plants - life form
16. nail clippers - tool
17. rye bread - food
18. cubed ice - substance
19. Antoni Gaudi - architect
20. land - substance
21. Charmander - fictional character
22. A-shirts (aka “wifebeaters”) - clothing
23. “Dancing Queen” - music
24. Watchmen - TV series
25. Jessica Rabbit - fictional character
26. Cheech and Chong - comedy act
27. “Tulsa Time” - music
28. cold brew shandy - beverage
29. Jersey Shore - location
30. crows - animal
31. sea - substance
32. coffee - beverage
33. Whoppers - food
34. national debt - idea 
35. band t-shirts - clothing
36. Ice Cube - person
37. moist - word
38. lightning rounds - idea
39. generation ships - idea
40. sardines - animal
41. Tommy Bahama shirts - clothing
42. man-bun - hairstyle
43. toe shoes - clothing
44. “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” - song
45. Watchmen - movie
46. blood - substance
47. Oreos - food
48. crushed ice - substance
49. pigeons - animal
50. Daylight Saving Time - idea
51. sports team jerseys - clothing
52. Josta - beverage 
53. Gambit - fictional character
54. Surge - beverage
55. Double Stuf Oreos - food
56. Jenny McCarthy - person
57. Hank Williams, Jr - person
58. QAnon - idea

The theme song for this episode is by Jade Puget.

Graphic design by Jason Mann.

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