This month's episode of the Zero Suits Podcast Situation focuses on themes from Sammus' song "Kanye West featuring Chance Fischer" (M'other Brain, 2012). Join the hosts as they discuss everything from Cardi B to Alice Walker in order to figure out the role of imitation in the art of rap and fiction writing.

This podcast is supported by our amazing Patreon contributors -- click to join them: patreon.com/sammusmusic

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The Breakdown (1:02 - 16:23):

Album version of "Kanye West feat. Chance Fischer" (M'other Brain, 2012): https://soundcloud.com/sammusmusic/untitled

Video for "Kanye West" instrumental: https://youtu.be/-26-QwpUhaI

Koop - "Baby": https://youtu.be/5_FBQ1sZpiI

Commercial:

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This Reminds Me (16:50 - 35:19):

Kanye West "story" from M'other Brain: https://motherbrainmusic.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/kanye-west-feat-chance-fischer/

Alice Walker - Saving the Life That is Your Own: The Importance of Models in the Artists Life - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiRnrmLxtPWAhUCSyYKHX_wCZYQFggmMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hornellcityschools.com%2Fteachers%2Fdemarco%2Fsummer_work%2FWalker.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3Yhl8MHsXoJluW3z1S3blZ

Adam Ruins Everything on "Copying:" https://youtu.be/_ioCYKZn6fo

Commercial:

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Listener Question: (36:00 - 41:28)

Inspiration/Affirmation: (41:32 - 45:48):

Junot Diaz Interview: https://onbeing.org/programs/junot-diaz-radical-hope-is-our-best-weapon-sep2017/

Xenia Rubinos: https://xeniarubinos.bandcamp.com

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Other tracks used:

Usher - U Remind Me

UGK - Int'l Players Anthem

Kanye West - I Am a God

Cardi B. - Bodak Yellow

Black Milk - Hell Below ft. Gene Obey

This month's episode of the Zero Suits Podcast Situation focuses on the theme from Sammus' song "No Hands" (M'other Brain, 2012). Join the hosts as they talk about everything from French Jazz violinists to Audre Lorde to discuss their crises and moments of clarity in regards to becoming artists.

This podcast is supported by our amazing Patreon contributors -- click to join them: http://patreon.com/sammusmusic

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The Breakdown (1:39 - 14:17):

Jean Luc-Ponty: http://ponty.com/

Album version of "No Hands (M'other Brain, 2012): https://soundcloud.com/sammusmusic/kanye-west-feat-chance-fischer

Live version of "No Hands (with different beat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHJHnhjaLE

First draft of "No Hands" (2010): https://youtu.be/QpTgsAQOPYg

Commercial:

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This Reminds Me (14:58 - 30:07):

Shatara Ford: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5722027/

Black Milk (song: ": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Milk

Beat battle footage: https://youtu.be/N4ZRBdVL9_c?t=1m42s

Audre Lorde: https://www.csusm.edu/sjs/documents/silenceintoaction.pdf

Commercial:

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Inspiration/Affirmation: (30:34 - 35:38):

Danez Smith // Dinosaurs in the Hood: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/57585/dinosaurs-in-the-hood

Danez Smith // Don't Call Us Dead: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dont-call-us-dead

RyNea Soul: https://soundcloud.com/ryneasoul

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Other tracks used:

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

Usher - U Remind Me

Jean Luc-Ponty - Good Guys, Bad Guys

Kanye West - Get 'Em High

Black Milk - Hell Below ft. Gene Obey