Culture United

Culture United

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  • COMPLEX Hip Hop Media Power Rankings + Voting Rights Act Gutted... Now What? + Isaiah Rashad

    It's All Happening 🏆 w/  @EllementsAlign   @LATMPOD   @FDSignifire   @The3rdVersePodcast   @Theonlystatquo   @boldblackLA 

    00:00 Intro
    06:00 COMPLEX Hip Hop Media Power Rankings
    15:00 TCM's Thoughts
    16:30 Elle: I feel like they just stuck a Hip Hop sticker on the list
    21:00 Derek Steele: It reflects who people know
    24:00 Stat: It's all cheating
    26:00 FD: I don't see how these figures exercise the power of black culture
    28:00 Elle Janelle: It's people who start conversation and people jump on conversations
    29:00 STAT & ELLE DEBATE JOE BUDDEN VS CHARLAMAGNE
    34:00 Derek Steele: Is it Charlamagne? Or is it iHeart?
    36:00 Stat: No one's independent
    40:00 Who TCM thinks is missing
    51:00 Brilliant Idiots
    52:00 Reviewers
    53:00 Community Rankings
    1:0:06 Moooore Classic: GNX or Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
    1:05:00 FD: Mr. Morale
    1:07:00 Derek: GNX
    1:08:00 BK: THIS IS SO TOUGH!
    1:13:00 Stat: It's easier for Kendrick to write longer than shorter
    1:21:00 Elle: GNX is classic outside. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
    1:27:00 Audience Poll Results
    1:27:00 VOTING RIGHTS ACT...
    1:30:00 Derek Steele (Bold Black LA): We fought for the voting rights act
    1:33:00 Projected Maps
    1:35:00 BK: In Louisiana, they treat prisoners like slaves.
    1:40:00 Stat: You can't fixed this.
    1:43:00 FD: We're not France
    1:54:00 THEY'RE KILLING KILLER MIKE
    1:56:00 FD: Killer Mike is maintaining a middle man position
    2:02:00 FD'S KILLER MIKE RANT
    2:05:00 Elle: Everyone who said they're the same needs to stand on this
    2:10:00 BK: There's a generational gap between black voters
    2:12:00 Zoran Mamdani
    2:18:00 Stephen A. Smith
    2:21:00 Elle: Stephen A. sounds smart to somebody who's stupid
    2:54:00 THE SECOND SHOW
    3:19:00 Isaiah Rashad "It's Been Awful"
    3:42:00 Georgia Rep. Ruwa Romman
    4:10:00 Tennessee Protests
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    ABOUT TCM:
    Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.
    Justin Hunte's expansive resume covers banking, journalism, television, and music marketing. His career began in investment banking where he was a VP at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. He then transitioned in music journalism where he became HipHopDX’s editor-in-chief, cultivating a video strategy that generated 500,000 YouTube subscribers while overseeing the day-to-day site that reached 2.5 million monthly readers. Justin also served as Director of Content & Strategic Marking at EMPIRE, and was also a producer on A&E's popular clip show, Court Cam.
    Hunte's amassed over 87M views and 267,000 subscribers on his personal Youtube channel. His thought-provoking videos attract millions, prompting branding partnerships with Brisk Bodega, Simple Mobile, Honda, and Lexus. He also debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, arguing that William Shakespeare is more culturally relevant than Kanye West. Hunte currently consults for a number of premiere artists and brands in tech and entertainment. And in his spare time, he is an LA Mission Ambassador where he dedicates hours to helping the houseless community.
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    6 hr 19 min
  • Jay-Z, Kendrick, OutKast & New York Times Greatest 30 Living Songwriters

    ay-Z, Kendrick & New York Times Top 30 Living Songwriters. Plus, How Many Classics and MORE

    It's All Happening w/  @EllementsAlign   @Symba   @REASONDoMore   @jeremy_hecht   @dwannb 
    00:00 Intro
    05:32 NEW YORK TIMES TO 30 LIVING AMERICAN SONGWRITERS
    07:30 Reason: How is Drake not on the list?
    08:15 DwannB: Drake's not American.
    09:00 DwannB: Where are Nas, George Clinton, and Ice Cube? Smokey Robinson is the GOAT
    13:40 Jeremy Hecht: Here's some classic Young Thug lyrics
    14:49 15:15 THE NAS DEBATE
    15:00 Reason: I'm not mad at Nas being on the list
    25:00 JAY-Z SAYS STOP TRYING TO BE YOUNG
    28:00 Symba: Here are the three type of writers...
    33:00 Jeremy: Nas deserves more credit for Life Is Good
    36:00 THE INTERNET THOUGHT HOV WAS TALKING ABOUT DRAKE
    42:00 Elle Janelle: Is Ye's ability to grow young a good thing?
    46:00 Symba explains Ye's recording process
    48:00 DWANN B VS EVERYBODY
    54:00 The quality of rap was very low in the early 2000s. That's when Reasonable Doubt blew up.
    56:00 Jeremy: It's revisionist history to say Reasonable Doubt was great
    57:00 Reason: This conversation is absolutely insane.
    57:03 THE GREAT JAY-Z DEBATE
    1:06:00 Elle: I think the Jay-Z hate is at massive proportions
    1:13:00 Reason: We're too quick to tear down our legends
    1:14:00 Symba: When it comes to Jay-Z, it seems like people have personal issues
    1:18:00 Jeremy: Kendrick's first album didn't sell well
    1:20:00 Reason: It's manipulative to compare Hov's first album to everyone else's second
    1:22:00 Symba: It feels like you got a problem with Hov
    1:23:00 Dwann B: Cult of personality have made certain people infallible
    1:25:33 HOW MANY CLASSICS
    1:26:00 DMX
    1:27:00 Symba: I got some of my rhyme style from DMX's The Great Depression
    1:41:00 REASON INTERVIEW
    1:56:46: SYMBA INTERVIEW
    2:11:00 Symba salutes Reason
    2:15:00 SUPER CHATS
    2:44:00 Tupac's Estate Sues Keefe D
    3:40:00 Jay-Z take accountability
    5:41:00 TCM Kingdom Come & Blueprint 3 Reviews
    6:03:00 TCM Lore
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    ABOUT TCM:
    Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.
    Justin Hunte's expansive resume covers banking, journalism, television, and music marketing. His career began in investment banking where he was a VP at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. He then transitioned in music journalism where he became HipHopDX’s editor-in-chief, cultivating a video strategy that generated 500,000 YouTube subscribers while overseeing the day-to-day site that reached 2.5 million monthly readers. Justin also served as Director of Content & Strategic Marking at EMPIRE, and was also a producer on A&E's popular clip show, Court Cam.
    Hunte's amassed over 87M views and 267,000 subscribers on his personal Youtube channel. His thought-provoking videos attract millions, prompting branding partnerships with Brisk Bodega, Simple Mobile, Honda, and Lexus. He also debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, arguing that William Shakespeare is more culturally relevant than Kanye West. Hunte currently consults for a number of premiere artists and brands in tech and entertainment. And in his spare time, he is an LA Mission Ambassador where he dedicates hours to helping the houseless community.
    #JustinHunte #TheCompanyMan
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    6 hr 37 min
  • Drake "Iceman" On The Way? + Rakim & Lyricism + Afrika Bambaataa

    It's All Happening w/  @LATMPOD   @TheRealMickeyFactz   @Symba   @The3rdVersePodcast 

    00:00 Intro
    05:05 DRAKE ICEMAN EXPECTATIONS
    07:00 Symba: Show us who you've grown into as a man
    09:00 Mickey Factz: I don't think we're gonna get any hip hop MCing
    10:10 BK: I don't hear any indication that he's gonna switch it up
    12:32 Stat: I wouldn't put anything out and let hip hop suffer as a whole
    16:22 Elle: Drake should stay in the Pop lane
    19:20 WAS KENDRICK v DRAKE KILLED HIP HOP?
    20:00 Symba: Since the battle people want something more authentic
    24:53 Stat: Where are the 20 year old lyricists in the mainstream?
    27:00 Elle: Hip Hop was rebellious. We're putting too much into pop metrics.
    29:00 Mickey Factz: Shout out to Baby Keem, Lil Tecca...
    38:00 Symba: Have we outgrown Hip Hop?
    40:00 Elle: Hell Naw
    42:00 BK: Hip Hop is still doing beautiful things
    46:00 Stat: I like to see the mainstream flourish because it supports people like us
    47:00 Elle: Do the label people matter more than the millions of listeners
    48:00 Stat: I have survivors guilt for the rhymes I've written
    52:00 TCM: Music is everywhere
    55:00 (Maybe?) RAKIM'S TOP 10 MCs
    1:00:00 Symba: The list is missing Lil Wayne
    1:06:00 What's the difference between a good lyricist and a great lyricist?
    1:08:00 Mickey Factz: I don't consider myself a lyrical spiritual miracle...
    1:19:00 Elle: I feel like people run away from lyrical spiritual miracle...
    1:22:00 Symba: The original "GOAT" was 11 minutes long. I run from Lyrical miracle.
    1:24:00 Stat & Symba explain their fall out
    1:38:00 BAMBAATAA
    1:54:00 Super Chats
    2:14:00 Hip Hop's Dead Troll Pages
    2:38:00 Beyonce's website
    2:59:00 Russ vs Even
    3:39:00 Live Nation Court Loss
    4:01:00 World Cup tickets too damn high
    4:28:00 Ja Rule Magnises
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    ABOUT TCM:
    Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.
    Justin Hunte's expansive resume covers banking, journalism, television, and music marketing. His career began in investment banking where he was a VP at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. He then transitioned in music journalism where he became HipHopDX’s editor-in-chief, cultivating a video strategy that generated 500,000 YouTube subscribers while overseeing the day-to-day site that reached 2.5 million monthly readers. Justin also served as Director of Content & Strategic Marking at EMPIRE, and was also a producer on A&E's popular clip show, Court Cam.
    Hunte's amassed over 87M views and 267,000 subscribers on his personal Youtube channel. His thought-provoking videos attract millions, prompting branding partnerships with Brisk Bodega, Simple Mobile, Honda, and Lexus. He also debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, arguing that William Shakespeare is more culturally relevant than Kanye West. Hunte currently consults for a number of premiere artists and brands in tech and entertainment. And in his spare time, he is an LA Mission Ambassador where he dedicates hours to helping the houseless community.
    #JustinHunte #TheCompanyMan
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    5 hr 39 min

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Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.