Call Out Culture
Call Out Culture is a podcast about rap music hosted by Alaska, Curly Castro and Zilla Rocca - three long time practitioners and lifetime fans. These dudes know what the hell they are talking about. Every episode is a deep dive into an artist or a concept. With close to 50 years of artistry and 70 years of fandom combined in the three hosts, it is safe to say, that you are going to get perspectives that you will not find in other podcasts about the genre. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/calloutculture/support
This week we discuss the music of a true legend, Breeze Brewin. Breeze has obtained god like status with those in the know, and chances are if you like indie hip hop, he is your favorite rapper's favorite rapper.
After we break down the music, we are fortunate enough to speak with Breeze about his process and his career.
You can get all the music we discuss and so much more at the Juggaknots' bandcamp page:
https://juggaknots.bandcamp.com/
Pre-Order the Grift Company record here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/too-many-secrets
This week we are joined by Vic Spencer to discuss the career of Canibus.
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This week the gang talks about the importance of MC Hammer, one of the genres most overlooked legends.
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This week we talk about the legacy and music of one of our generations greatest artists D'Angelo and we are joined by Rah M. Sungee aka Rah the Sun God who was Lauryn Hill's bandleader from 2009-2011.
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This week we discuss the epic album from Bootcamp Clik affiliates Smif-n-Wessun.
This week we discuss the worst era(s) in rap music history and we are joined by Infinity Knives and Brian Ennals. You can get their amazing album Rhino XXL here.
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This week we discuss why rappers fall off as they get older. We are joined by the legendary Marq Spekt!
You can find Marq's music here.
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This week we discuss our favorite rap duets with MC, producer, journalist and children's book author Stan Ipcus.
You can find Stan's new album here and order his children's book here.
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This week we are joined by Alex Ludovico and Jason Griff to talk about Scorcese who tragically passed away.
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This week we are joined by Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams to discuss the best beats to freestyle to which was inspired by this Nicholas Craven Tweet. We also discuss their amazing new records Gandhi Loves Children which you can find here:
https://fatboisharif.bandcamp.com/album/gandhi-loves-children
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This week we are joined by Blockhead, Cryptic One, Doof and PremRock to discuss the importance and impact of MF Doom.
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This week we discuss some of our favorite under the radar projects and artists from 2020.
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This week we are joined by Moor Mother and Billy Woods to discuss their excellent album BRASS which can be found here:
https://moormother.bandcamp.com/album/brass
and
https://backwoodzstudioz.com/product/moor-mother-billy-woods-brass-digital/.
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This week we talk about the queen of hip hop soul Mary J Blige with our special guest comedian Chanel Ali!
You can find Chanel on twitter and listen to her comedy here.
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This week we are joined by DOOF to talk Skating, Shroomz and Beat Machines. You can find DOOF's music here and follow him on twitter here.
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This week we are joined by Premrock for a discussion about the greatness of Aesop Rock.
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This week we are joined by the amazing Moor Mother for a wide ranging discussion covering topics as diverse as Rammellzee, Rasheed Wallace and 2 Chainz aka Tity Boi.
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This week we discuss Midnight Sons, the amazing new album from COC co-host Zilla Rocca and producer extraordinaire Chong Wizard. You can get your Midnight Sons album and merch here:
https://chongwizard.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-sons
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This week we are joined by Queens/Long Island MC Theravada. You can find his works here and here.
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This week Busta Rhymes dropped the excellent ELE 2, so we thought what better way to celebrate than with a WNTTA Busta Rhymes.
Defcee, an excellent MC in his own right has just dropped the stunning Throne for Loops ep grab a copy.
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This week we are joined by Open Mike Eagle whose new album Anime, Trauma and Divorce is out now.
https://openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/album/anime-trauma-and-divorce
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This week we are joined by our friends Blueprint and Illogic from the Super Duty Tough Work Podcast. This week Blueprint dropped his 4th book 10 Traits of Successful Hip Hop Artists and Illogic dropped his new album Autopilot.
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This week we discuss the landmark album 93 Til Infinity by Souls of Mischief and talk with group member Tajai.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/calloutculture/supportThis week we are joined by Griff/Scorcese to talk about their amazing new album Midnight Express which you can purchase here:
https://griffscorcese.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-express
This week the gang talks about Cargo Cults, the new group that features Zilla Rocca on production and Alaska on vocals, their new album Nihilist Millennial is out now:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/nihilist-millennial
Part two of our listener mailbag. In this episode we discuss the rap characteristics of the 5 boros, the allure of Mach Hommy, bitcoin vs. Griselda Physicals as an investment, going DIY vs. signing to a label, favorite 80s rap album, favorite non-hip hop album, and favorite Aesop Rock album.
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This week we reached out to our listeners for mailbag questions. We received so many that we needed to break this into a two parter. We plan to drop part 2 on Friday.
In Part 1 we discuss redrafting the Wu-Tang Clan and Def Jux rosters, the biggest rap "what ifs", God Father Don, Onry Ozzborn, top 5 indie rappers MCs vs. Mainstream.
Additionally we share a snippet of Joe MacMIllan, a new song from the forthcoming Cargo Cults album which drops on 10.2. You can preorder CDs and Merch here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/nihilist-millennial
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Castro took a much deserved rest this weeks so Zilla and Alaska decided to wing it. The conversation lead to a meandering discussion on indie rock, 90s rap, HBO's Bored to Death and Covid Jams. Additionally they leak a snippet of Great Rap Duo from their forth coming album Nihilist Millennial which can be pre-ordered here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/nihilist-millennial
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This week we are joined by our friend Blockhead who you may know as the super producer who has worked with the likes of himself, Aesop, Billy Woods, Hangar 18 and more.
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This week we talk about the hypocrisy of so-called safe/PC rap.
We also premiered a new song from Cargo Cults (Zilla and Alaska) forth coming album Nihilist Millennial which can be pre-ordered here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/nihilist-millennial
This week we are joined by Amani and King Vision Ultra aka Geng PTP to discuss their stunning new album An Unknown Infinite. You can get the album here:
https://purpletapepedigree.bandcamp.com/album/an-unknown-infinite
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This week we discuss the greatness of the oft misunderstood Cappadonna and then dig deeper into some of our favorite hip hop eccentrics like N.O.R.E., Pan Amsterdam, Phil Da Agony, Thirstin Howl the 3rd, Windnbreeze and DaWeirdo.
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This week Castro and Alaska are joined by Brooklyn hip hop group Wee Bee Foolish and we talk about their storied career as legends of the late 90s early 2000s indie hip hop scene.
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This week we are joined by friend of the podcast Scorcese to discuss the legend Raekwon the Chef.
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This week we talk about Castro's new project with Small Professor Bluu Edwards. We are joined by Small Pro and iAlive who mixed the album.
You can get Bluu Edwards here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/bluu-edwards
This week we talk about hip hop movies with Marcus Pinn and Scott Thorough who are the hosts of the wildly enjoyable movie podcast Zebras in America.
You can find their podcast at the following locations:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zebras-in-america/id1220264878
Follow Marcus here:
http://www.pinnlandempire.com/
https://twitter.com/PINNLAND_EMPIRE
Follow Scott here:
https://scottthorough.bandcamp.com/
https://uddtba.bandcamp.com/album/losing-my-mind-queens-house-of-detention
https://twitter.com/Scott_Thorough
Links to the music in this week's podcast:
Kid N Play "The Battle"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPff7xg-uOg
Monie Love "It's a Shame"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g8QwVnUM_I
Freestyle Fellowship
"Innercity Boundaries"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u533oeOBTE
Gil Scott Heron
"Home is Where the Hatred is"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSpBs1ghyoo
Blackalicious
"Deception (Don't Let Money Change You)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyk7io4DGZ4
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This week we celebrate our 50th episode with a marathon session comparing the late 90s/2000s powerhouse indie labels Rawkus and Def Jux.
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This week we discuss the greatness of Mobb Deep/Queens legend Prodigy and we are joined by our friend Geng PTP.
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And find his music here: http://ptp.vision/
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This week we are joined by friends of the podcast Skech185 and John Morrison to discuss the monumental album STRESS: The Extinction Agenda from Organized Konfusion.
Check out this amazing article about the making of Stress here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150922175231/http://nahright.com/news/the-making-of-stress-the-extinction-agenda-with-organized-konfusion/
And the great Microchop piece on Paul C
https://medium.com/micro-chop/paul-c-mckasty-the-legend-the-tragedy-the-story-of-an-era-aea20515d282
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Armand Hammer (Billy Woods and Elucid) join us to discuss their monumental new album Shrines. You can listen to and purchase Shrines here:
https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/shrines
This past Saturday we sat down with our friend Blueprint to discuss the fall out from the murder of George Floyd.
Harvard Business Review: Organizational Reasons Police Depts. Don't Change:
https://hbr.org/2016/08/the-organizational-reasons-police-departments-dont-change
Combat Jack and Corey Pegues:
https://soundcloud.com/thecombatjackshow/once-a-cop-the-return-of-corey-pegues
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This week the gang talks about the Buffalo NY supergroup Griselda (Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine). They are joined by Premrock and Small Pro who along with Castro and Zilla are collectively known as Wrecking Crew.
Alaska was busy being a nerd and taking summer courses so he sat this one out.
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This week we launch a new concept for the podcast, the Megalithic Monuments, these are the albums that changed the way we view everything. It is only right that the first album we feature is Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus. This week we are joined from our friend and your's Myke C Town from the Dead End Hip Hop podcast.
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This week we discuss the greatest rapper of all-time, Ghostface Killah.
Also we started our own twitter feed https://twitter.com/CallOutCultPod. Follow us.
This week we are joined by legendary MC Mr. Lif and we discuss concept albums.
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This week marks part two of our first ever crossover episode with our good friends at the Dad Bod Rap Pod. It is a battle royale of spicy rap takes and feelings will be hurt!
You can find part one on always amazing Dad Bod Rap Pod.
Be sure to subscribe to the Dad Bod feed as well. You can follow Dad Bod on Twitter.
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This week Ray West joins us to discuss his new project with our very own Zilla Rocca.
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Part two of a two part roundtable episode with our folks Scorsese, Geng, Roy C, GBattle, Alex Ludovico and Wally Clark.
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Part 1 of a two part roundtable episode with our folks Scorcese, Geng, Roy C, GBattle, Alex Ludovico and Wally Clark.
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We were joined by our folks Jedi Bateria, Jihad Scorsese, Small Pro, Defcee, Premrock, Chum Zilla, Skech185 and Geng to discuss the historic DJ Premier and RZA battle.
Premier/RZA Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20knKi4YFeyqonFvNI7cWM
This week the crew discuss Jay Electronica and rappers who don't make music.
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This week we are joined by our friends Prem, Nate from Dad Bod, Scorsese, Geng, Roy C and more.
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This week we talk with Backwoods Studios' Recording Artist ShrapKnel about their amazing new album. You can purchase the album here:
https://shrapknel.bandcamp.com/
This week the boys get esoteric and break down the difference between Fly and Dope.
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This week the gang discusses the long arc of hip hop fashion.
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This week the gang discusses the debate of whether or not rappers need albums which was spawned by Jay Electronica announcing that he was going to drop a record.
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This week the gang talks about collaborations that they did and how they came to work with said artists.
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This week the gang addresses white rappers and all that entails.
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This week we discuss songs that are out of place on an album. Whether it is a great song on an awful album or a terrible song on a great album, we discuss the head scratching decisions that some artists make.
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This week the gang discusses their favorite albums of the past decade.
This week Alaska, Castro and Zilla talk about their top artists of the decade!
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This week we go full on what's in your craw old man style complaining bout stuff.
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This week we talk about those verses that make us feel like we can kick over buildings, beat up god, rule the world.
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This week Castro and Zilla are joined by LA (by way of Chicago) rap legend Open Mike Eagle and they have a rip roaring conversation about the new X-Men books.
Alaska had to skip this one because he had to work and because of his pro sentinel stances.
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This week we talk about producers that we feel do not get their proper due.
This week we discuss the brilliance of Billy Woods and then have a conversation about his music, old New York, and the Christian Slater vehicle Pump Up The Volume. Mr. Woods dropped two stunning albums this year and you can get them both here:
https://billywoods.bandcamp.com/
Additionally Castro and Zilla dropped the new Grift Company album which features everyone's favorite grumpy old man Alaska:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/too-many-secrets
This week we discuss legendary rapper Black Thought who is the most recent entry into Lineage of Greatness in regards to both this episode and his turn possessing the spirit of greatness. Starting with his Funk Flex freestyle Thought made the leap from great to greatest at the moment.
Additionally we premiere two new tracks. Two by Four by Grift Company (Castro and Zilla) and Dagger & Cloak (small professor Remix) by Shrapknel (Castro and Prem Rock)
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This week we examine the worst, corniest, just utterly inexplicable verses from some of the genre's greatest artists including:
Cannibal Ox
Ab Soul
Big Daddy Kane
Starange Wondah
Asher Roth
Common
KRS-One
This week the gang talks about their favorite musical guilty pleasures,.
As mentioned in the episode you can find the Regal Beagle playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/timlaska/playlist/62G6UztOc9AniASzfpZGko?si=8ignQCJmRSOliWcWJjKttQ
This week we are joined by the one and only DJ Chong Wizard and we discuss how to go about finishing an album!
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This week we discuss album lengths and how the length of project changes as mediums do.
Get the new Grift Company single Company Dro here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/track/company-dro
Get Alaska's music here:
https://thatrapperalaska.bandcamp.com/
Get Curly Castro's music here:
https://curlycastro.bandcamp.com/
Get Zilla Rocca's music here:
https://threedollarpistol.com/
This week we talk about a trio of topics.
- Albums we made but ended up hating
- Artists that we wished had a larger catalog/stuck around longer
- And artists that we wish would go away
Additionally we mention the situation with friend of the indie community Paten Locke, you can find his gofundme here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/planet-locke-fund
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This week we discuss the greatness of Nas as part of our Lineage of Greatness series. As mentioned in the podcast, Alaska goes next gen stats on Nas and fully nerds out. You can find the spreadsheets here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11bp4ag8ccZeHVFZJC7ehUbGyVQ7TbPGiXVL99H4q7Ss/edit?usp=sharing
Additionally we mention the situation with friend of the indie community Paten Locke, you can find his gofundme here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/planet-locke-fund
Lineage of Greatness is a new series from Call Out Culture where we trace the elusive spirit/muse that possesses an artist for a period of time making him or her the greatest. It is temporary state, the muse is flighty and cannot be possessed forever. We felt that Andre 3000 was the perfect artist to start this series with as his rain of greatness is otherworldly, he truly is one of the rare few to gain the greater understanding of the muse and managed to hold on to the mystical powers, seemingly growing stronger with greatness as the years go on. In many ways Andre is like Qui Gon Jinn, almost a force ghost growing stronger and stronger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJcbzaere1U
You can find Curly Castro's music and merch here:
https://curlycastro.bandcamp.com/
You can find Zilla Rocca's music and merch here:
https://threedollarpistol.com/merch
And You can find Alaska's music, including the Alkast project here:
https://thatrapperalaska.bandcamp.com/
This week the gang is joined by famed rapper/author/producer/podcaster Blueprint and they discuss the merits of capitalism.
You can find Blueprint's podcast Super Duty Tough Work here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjF10CCZwDUaIJg6_g8Wa6g
And his music/books here:
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Part two of a of our two part BBQ/Summer Jam count down. This week we count down numbers 5-1
We have created two playlists that include the songs featured on the podcast:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY9wvQaMv7H07PO87Lf7UbvtUtCO9XoU-
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/timlaska/playlist/33bjRGxaLntaAoP9H63nny?si=H0qBixddQy6jBAOw5284Eg
Additionally you can get the new song from the Call Out Culture crew that is featured at the end of the podcast here: https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/track/summah-stoop
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This week we discuss the practice of artists charging exorbitant prices for their projects and whether or not such practices are ripping off fans.
Support the rappers of Call Out Culture at the below links:
Zilla Rocca:
https://threedollarpistol.com/music
Curly Castro:
https://curlycastro.bandcamp.com/
Alaska:
https://wordshurt.bandcamp.com/
Part one of a of our two part BBQ/Summer Jam count down. This week we count down numbers 10-6.
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This week we go back to February 26th, and discuss the classic Def Jux album The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox.
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This week the gang discusses albums that left them wildly disappointed, questionable classic albums, and which rapper had the best "I am on the scene verse" Nas on Live at the BBQ or Redman on Headbanger.
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On the heels of the new Wu Tang documentary "Of Mics and Men", our hosts, Alaska, Curly Castro and Zilla Rocca, discuss the legacy and the complicated feelings they all have for the greatest rap group ever.
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This week we discuss people who claim that they hate hip hop but love a specific group.
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This week the Alaska, Castro and Zilla sit down with author Roy Christopher who recently released his book Dead Precedents: How Hip Hop Defines the Future. We discuss Roy's book, his theory that we are living in an age created by hip hop, and what current trends will define the future 20 years from now.
You can find Roy Christopher here:
https://roychristopher.com/
You can purchase Dead Precedents here:
https://repeaterbooks.com/product/dead-precedents-how-hip-hop-defines-the-future/
You can order Wu Tang Pulp Here:
https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/wu-tang-pulp
Pre-order 96 Mentality Here:
https://threedollarpistol.com/album/96-mentality-2
Pick up Castro's latest here:
https://curlycastro.bandcamp.com/album/tosh
And Find Alaska's Music Here:
https://wordshurt.bandcamp.com/
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In this week's episode the gang starts by talking about Kanye West's latest attempts at redemption and ends with a discussion about online begging.
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The intro episode of Call Out Culture, an almost weekly podcast about rap and rap related goodness. Hosted by Alaska, Curly Castro and Zilla Rocca.
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