The Unbiased Truth Podcast
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The Unbiased Truth Podcast
The Unbiased Truth on The Rap Report Card
Kwami Battle pulls up on CAM and they discuss all things Hip-Hop. The fellas breakdown the criteria for Kwami's Rap Report Card and CAM's definition of a CLASSIC album. Timestamps are down below:
00:48 - Introducing Kwami Battle / Kwami's background / Hip-Hop turns 50 in 2023 / The importance of being Unbiased on apps /
04:14 - Do you remember the first Hip-Hop artists you came across? / CAM's metric for a CLASSIC album / How did you feel after listening to your first Hip-Hop album? / The difference between Rappers and Hip-Hop Artist /
07:34 - "Anybody can be a rapper " / The denominations of Hip-Hop / Kwami's Clubhouse Origin Story / Seeing both sides like Chanel / Opening spaces for people to share their opinions / " Big fish in a small pond " /
14:44 - Internet Bullies and trolls / The Mob Mentality /
17:21 - Breaking down the criteria for the "Rap Report Card" / S/O to RhymesNDimes / The difference between recording artist and performing artist /
21:17 - What Kwami thinks about the critics / Being objective about your favorite artist and their work / The Underground vs. The Industry / The 3rd Grade reading level /
25:44 - Having genius level understanding / "Ricky Rubin don't know sh!t about music" / Death by 1000 cuts /
28:27 - " The Tupac Spell " / " The Biggie Curse " / " Big L is the Len Bias of Rap " /
33:49 - The New York State of Mind (in Hip-Hop) / New York is Hip-Hop's Mecca / New York is going through an identity crisis / " The South is on fire " /
38:10 - CAM and Kwami discuss the current state of Hip-Hop / Kwami breaks down the grading scale for the Rap Report Card /
44:30 - " A Classic Album has 0 Skips " / CAM names 5 Albums with 0 Skips / " So Bow Wow gotta a classic, but not Nas? " / The difference between classic, impactful, and influential albums /
52:30 - CAM breaks down Hip-Hop by regions /
53:40 - Mount Westmore / Old School: Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40 (2PAC), and Dr. Dre" / " Current: K.Dot / Ab-Soul / The Game / and Tyler, The Creator " /
56:48 - Mount MidWestmore / Old School: Slim Shady, Kanye, Lupe, and Bow Wow / Current: Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Big Sean, and KiD CuDi /
01:02:00 - Mount Southmore / Old School: Scarface, Lil' Wayne, Ludacris, and Pimp C / Current: Travis $cott, NBA Youngboy, J. Cole, (DRAKE) and Lil' Baby /
01:03:50 - Mount Eastmore / Old School: Notorious B.I.G., JAY-Z, NAS, (KOOL G RAP) Rakim / Current: Tekashi 69, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, and A$AP Rocky /
01:08:12 - Kwami gives his ShoutOuts /
Closing Remarks