Sunday Oldskool Episode 81: Should Christians Be Coke (Rap) Heads?

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01/04/16 • -1 min

Pusha T has a new mixtape/album thing out entitled Darkest Before Dawn, and true to his character, it’s mostly about dealing drugs and being a bad dude. We discuss whether we should enjoy an artist so thoroughly committed to a kingpin persona (we do), or be more wary of the villainous qualities in his music.

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Previous Episode

Sunday Oldskool Flashback: A Christmas F***ing Miracle

This week, we look back at a simpler time when Run the Jewels 2 released in their first album in February of 2015. Sam and Cray dig into a track off their first album in this episode. Killer Mike and El-P get after corruption, commercialism, idols, and demonic forces (really!) in “A Christmas F***ing Miracle.” The duo also beef some with the title and the lukewarm calls to worship, but we love the song, which is more evidence that Killer Mike gets it.

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LINKS:

The song’s annotated lyrics on Rap Genius
You can stream two pre-release tracks off of the new RTJ album before it drops on October 27
Here’s that killer profile on Mike, with a lot of discussion of his relationship to the faith
If you insist on paying El-P to drop cat sounds into their first album, here’s the Kickstarter for “Meow the Jewels”

Next Episode

Sunday Oldskool Episode 82: Macklemore’s White Guilt

In Macklemore’s latest...song? project? He explores his headspace as a successful white rapper in a genre (mostly) built for and by black artists. Is Macklemore on point? Is he indulging in some white saviordom? We go deep into the extremely mixed bag that is “White Privilege II”.

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