Nephew-of-the pod, producer, musician, and host of Zooted Thinkpad Posse, Dap Man returns to join Poolhouse aboard the backklash HQ mothership for another banging cult classic (but we still pop!).

The overarching theme for this episode is American Synchro-Mystical Products…what does Poolhouse mean with this particular mouthful of syllables? He breaks down his theory for Dap Man, who then applies this framework as he discusses the influence Five-Percent Nation had on both his personal spiritual development, as well as upon hip hop culture as a whole… and what is hip hop culture if not AMERICAN SYNCHRO-MYSTICISM?

The boys cover a lot of territory, from the antics Doja Cat, the Dao of the Wu Tang Clan, magical machinations in pop music, Kendrick vs. Drake. They don their tinfoil fezzes as they triangulate the hidden realm where Afro-mysticism, western esotericism, and eastern magic converge. Brief detours into thermodynamics, Poolhousepilled race science, lost civilization, and the legacy of Dr. Yakub ensue. Finally, Poolhouse attempts to locate his inner black-orientalist and (partially) discloses his ethnic origins in the process.

Follow Dap Man

https://twitter.com/metadatapiff

Zooted Thinkpad Posse:

https://redcircle.com/shows/zooted-thinkpad-posse

It’s Whatever (Dap Man as a recording artist)

Recent Release:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/itswhatever/black-dude-katherine

Dap Man on Threshold Saints:

https://open.spotify.com/show/00mctCzHpY42qk99LoImvw

They Came Before Columbus:

https://archive.org/details/theycamebeforecolumbustheafricanpresenceinancientamericabyivanvansertima/page/n3/mode/2up

The Destruction of the Black Civilization:

https://archive.org/details/the-destruction-of-black-civilization

Oh heyyy Dr. Yakub!

Program Notes:

(0:00:00) - Return of the Dap - Intro, Drake vs. Kendrick, Doja Cat, Pop music Magic Warfare

(0:18:28) - American Synchro-Mystical Products: Five-Percent Nation, The Dao of Wu Tang & applied Esoteric Thermodynamics

(0:55:00) - Hood Pyramids & the Antediluvian Asiatic Black Man

(1:10:23) - Esoteric Bros + American SMP redux

Episode Mixtape:

Drake - Nice for What

Nicole Wray feat. Missy - Make it Hot (DJ POOLHOUSE Make It Dub Edit)

Killah Priest - Heavy Mental

Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves

Blondie - Good Boys (Scissor Sisters Remix)

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