This week we dive into a bonafide rap classic - 1996’s ‘The Resurrection’ by Geto Boys! And joining us in the hot seat is a man on fire right now, and one of our favourite hip hop artists out there - Fatboi Sharif 🔥

 

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Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:04)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 (03:00)
• How Geto Boys were ahead of their time with ‘I Just Wanna Die’ (07:53)
• Differing messages: Willie D on ’Ns and Flies’ + ‘First Light of the Day’ (11:40)
• The complicated connotations and reduction of gangsta rap + Tupac energy on this album (12:15)
• Talking Black nihilism in hip hop (19:12)
• What does each member bring to the group? (23:12)
• Scarface’s numerous 5-Mic Moments on this record (26:13)
• Thoughts on ‘Still’ and using it in Office Space (33:26)
• 5-Mic Moment: ‘The World is a Ghetto’ (37:55)
• Hidden Gem: ‘Time Taker’ + ‘Open Minded’ causing Fatboi Sharif to have car accident (43:10)

 

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