500 - OutKast - Aquemeni - Byron Bowers

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

Comedy, Music, Music History, Comedy Interviews, Music Commentary

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Atlanta native Byron Bowers joins the debut episode of The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers. There aren't many people better suited to do a deep dive into the eclectic and boundary pushing sounds of Rolling Stone's choice for #500 out the 500 best albums of all time than comedian and actor Byron Bowers. Much like Outkast, the hip-hop duo that released this week's album, titled Aquemini, Bowers hails from Atlanta, Georgia. And as rappers Andre 3000 and Big Boi embody two ends of a broad cultural spectrum, Bowers has worked hard to balance both the gangster mindset and the avant garde aesthetic through his comedy, which has led him to appear on The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, the reboot of BET’s Comic View and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He also currently plays "Meldrick" in the Showtime series drama The CHI. Josh and Byron have been friends for nearly a decade, and in this episode they pick apart the deeper meanings of the album's versatile wordplay, as well as think back on just how hard Byron was twerking in an Atlanta nightclub circa 1998. New Song / Artist influenced by OutKast: "Liquor Sto'" by Earthgang on (Spotify) + (YouTube) For show notes & credits, go to The500Podcast.com. The 500 is a production of Native Creative Podcasts. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Next Chapter Podcast
0:02.0	Podcasts
0:04.0	Podcast Whether it's an under-the-radar genre
0:08.0	or a proper out-there podcast.
0:10.0	Sometimes it's better when you get weird,
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0:20.0	It tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper, but with zero sugar and zero calories.
0:26.5	It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.
0:29.0	Weird.
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1:05.0	Yeah, that baseline is strong in that song.
1:07.0	It's a good song to dance to drive to or just keep moving.
1:10.0	And then, just when you think it's over the breakdown comes. Oh with a clapping?
1:15.2	It's the blues. It's like a blues get down. Yeah. It's like a good old like what I would think a whole down was.
1:24.0	This is the 500 with Josh Adam Myers album number 500 out of 500 on the 500 podcast.
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