Episode 89

The Bottom Line—Trending Topics

- Hair Love wins an Oscar
- Starz announces 3 spin off series for the Power universe
- 60 years ago.. 4 college students sat at a lunch counter for all of us.. Never forget
- 7 year old that was upset about someone taking her Perfect Attendance Pencil gets the ultimate redemption..

Main Topics

The Final Word on Gayle King vs Everybody
- Evaluating the many different layers to this topic
- Snoop’s actions
- The toxicity of the Male perspective

Battle of the Sexes
Examining the tensions that exist in the culture between Men and Women (Especially of color)

Ep 88

The Bottom Line- Trending Topics
- Mase makes Diddy define what he means by Black Excellence
- 50 Cent get a Hollywood Star
- Terry Crews is isn’t here for your racism right now.

Pastor Troy- No homosexuality allowed unless it’s for a picture.
- Thoughts on his Morning Hustle Show comments
- What his statements mean to those who are afraid to be themselves fully

Church Boys
- Our upbringing in the Black church and how that shaped who we are
- How we moved away and the evolution of faith/spirituality

Ep 87 with Stephanie Sunshine Williams and Al Billups and Nyaze Vincent. Talking about the Tyler Perry movie A Fall from Grace - 2020. The Good, Bad and What the hell! Also discussed Biggie getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before LL Cool J and the watering down of Martin Luther King’s legacy. Starting our Thursday morning on a Spicy note with the Sunshine from the Mocha Minutes Podcast. #AFallFromGrace #Podcast

Bottom Line

- Meghan Markle and Prince Henry decide to emancipate themselves

- Azriel Clary admits she lied on Gayle King interview for R Kelly

- A Fight for the JJ Abrams Rise of Star Wars release

- Nipsey goes Platinum

Kevin Heart- Don’t Fuck This Up.. was a Fuck Up.

- The flaws in this documentary

- The Real Kevin revealed

- 3 Strikes rule

Power— Who Shot Ghost

- Who we think Shot Ghost

- Dre is cooked

- How will this end?

Episode 85- The End of a decade

The Bottom Line— Trending Topics
- Eddie Murphy’s return to SNL and stand up.
- Orlando Jones fired from American Gods because his character sent the wrong message for Black America.
- Drake ends the decade All in His Feelings with Rap Radar.
- Trump is impeached.. does this change things for the culture?

Lizzo- Would she be as loved of she were not a BBW? America’s mixed signals.
- Is it a backhanded compliment that we love her but also admire her confidence despite her obvious size?
- Wouid she be as controversial if she were smaller but still had the same personality?

Name 3 personality traits from this decade that you will not bring with you in the new?

Who got on our nerves the most in 2019 from a celebrity perspective and why?

Ep 83

The Bottom Line

- George Zimmerman is suing Trayvon and others for $100M

- Grandma spends another Thanksgiving with the gentleman she accidentally texted 4 years ago

- Black owned winery lands a partnership with Delta Air Lines

- Jay Z turns 50

The Mandalorian - The next frontier for Star Wars

- Initial thoughts on the show

- Where we think the show is headed based upon the first 4-5 episodes?

- Baby Yoda!!

Episode 80

The Bottom Line- Trending Topics

- Barbie debuts new Judge dolls in hopes that young girls will pursue law careers.

- Suicide is fast becoming an epidemic in the Black community.

- Issa is now a voice option on Google Assistant.

- DMX gets a new deal from Def Jam but then checks himself into rehab soon after.

Not so sweet home in Texas. - Atatiana Jefferson.

- Why does this keep happening?

- Does this make the forgiveness thing sting even more?

- Will the cup even be indicted?

A day at Tyler Perry Studios- From Confederacy to Black Cinema.

- My experience there and what I saw

- What that place means to future/prefect creatives

Episode 79

The Bottom Line

- Kanye West is done with secular music.
- Jordan Peele signs a 5 year deal Witt Universal Studios
- Diahann Carroll passes
- Woman who taunted Bronx Zoo Lion is identified.

Forgiveness is a religion- in memory of Botham.
- Was the sentence too light?
- How did this even happen?
- Why did everyone compassion to a convicted murderer?
- Key witness killed.

Joker— A practical approach to madness.
- Initial thoughts
- JP’s performance
- How it compares to past Jokers

Bottom Line

Creator of Storm Area 51 Event pulls out because he doesn't want another Fyre Festival situation
Vinyl predicted to outsell CD's for the first time in 30 years
Jay Z runs into some issue with his NFL Social Change roll out
Nicki retires to be a wife and mother

Main Topics

Jemele Hill calls for Elite Black Athletes to strongly consider taking their talents to HBCU's instead of PWC. What if Allen Iverson went to Norfolk State?

Is this suggestion logical based upon the financial conditions most Black athletes come from?

What would be the aftermath of 5 start recruit decided to play at an HBCU instead?

Do you feel it was designed for us to always choose the PWC because our are underfunded?

Paul Mooney-- The not so Good Times of with Richard Pryor and his family. Initial reaction to the allegations with Richard Pryor's son (Richard Jr)
How this impacts his overall legacy

Episode 77 has us talking about Black Farmer's not being able to Green Thumb, Missy's new EP, Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special and our love for the new Rapsody release. Come close out the holiday weekend with us talking Music, Life, Culture and so much more.. #WeComeFromBadNews #Podcast