On the 10th installment of our Missing Pieces series, Las Vegas hip-hop mainstay Phil A returns to the podcast to talk about 2016's music mockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping starring the Lonely Island. One of the funniest movies of last decade, it's filled with memorable funny songs and performances and was a great movie to rediscover for this series.

As always, SPOILER ALERT for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and the movies we discuss!

https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/popstar-never-stop-never-stopping

Director – Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone

Writer – Andy Sanberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone

Starring Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph

Universal

Phil A is a producer/rapper and has worked with a number of artists including his own rap groups. His newest release is the album Maryland Harkway from his group Slump Lords. It can be ordered at: https://slumplords.bandcamp.com/

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Check him out on Twitter @slumplords_

My 6th album, David Rosen is available NOW on iTunes and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!

My brand-new music video “Multiply” is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pRAPMxqIQ

The song at the end of the episode is “Drop A Deuce (Remix)" from my old comedy-rap group Tha Polar Bear MC's. Lets not talk about that any more than we need to...

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