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Two Hip Hop Legends Walk Into a Rom-Com: A Deep Dive Into Last Holiday
Episode 141
Here is a rebroadcast of our original episode on Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Enjoy this feel-good story about living boldly a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Legacy of N.W.A
Episode 140
Prof. Andrew "DJ ARM 18" McIntosh drops some serious knowledge about N.W.A., West Coast Hip Hop, and more before our 10th anniversary screening of "S…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Greatest Link Between Hip Hop and Sports: Straight Outta L.A.
Episode 139
We discuss "Straight Outta L.A.', the 2010 ESPN 30 For 30 documentary directed by Ice Cube, which explores the tight bond between the NFL's Raiders a…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The one hip hop question Barbershop answered
Episode 138
Can hip hop tell stories about everyday Black life — not just struggle, but community, responsibility, growth and maturity — and still stay authentic…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
N.W.A.'s Impact on the Game: From Snoop to Eminem to 50 to Kendrick
Episode 137
Ahead of our 10th anniversary screening of Straight Outta Compton, we examine The World's Most Dangerous Group's family tree, perhaps the most powerf…
7 months ago
Idlewild: The OutKast movie everyone slept on
Episode 136
Does Idlewild got that swing, or ain't got that swing?
Set in Prohibition-era Georgia, 1930s, Idlewild portrays the story of two childhood friends goi…
7 months, 1 week ago
Beyond the Big Four: More Rappers Who Conquered Hollywood
Episode 135
We have spoken about our Mount Rushmore of rappers turned actors: Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, and Ice Cube. Who is in the next tier? Lis…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
How Bulworth Told It Like It Is: Real Talk from a Rapping Senator?!
Episode 134
Warren Beatty's 1998 political satire Bulworth gave us an audacious experiment: a white politician who ditches his teleprompter for freestyle flows a…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Squeeze Play or Snake Oil? (Anaconda review)
Episode 133
A documentary film crew ventures into the Amazon rainforest and gets hoodwinked into helping a mysterious snake hunter. A deadly encounter with The P…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Tales from the Hood: A Dead Seriously Good Film
Episode 132
Don't be scuuuurrrred, the Halloween season is near! We dove into the 1995 horror anthology movie Tales from the Hood.
Tales from the Hood is a horror…
8 months ago