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#677 Buried Treasures & Dad Rap

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Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Looking for new music that's out of the mainstream? Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot uncover some buried treasures: recent releases that you need to hear! Plus, Jim and Greg talk with author Steven Hyden about the parallels between "Dad Rock" bands and "Dad Rap" stars.

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0:00.0

So now, ladies and gentlemenX this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Cott and I'm Jim

0:26.8

Deregadas. This week we're digging into our stacks of music to share some of

0:30.8

our favorite new discoveries.

0:33.0

Plus you don't have the dic, dic, d't, d'tol.

0:37.0

Plus, you might know about the idea of Dad Rock, but what about Dad Rap?

0:46.5

The idea that hip-hop is exclusively for young people, it's way overdue that we debunk that.

0:54.7

That's all coming up on sound opinions.

1:00.1

You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we'll talk with music

1:04.4

journalist Stephen Haydn about the idea of dad rap. Greg people may know

1:09.2

the term dad rock it's you know when the poor kid is in the backseat listening to your

1:14.1

father jam out to Ario speed wagon right but you know what is dad rap hip

1:19.6

pop has now been around for four decades. There obviously is old school dad rap as well.

1:27.0

First though, it's time for another round of buried treasures. These are records that have

1:31.5

been percolating. Under the radar for most people. We found

1:35.2

them, we discovered them, we're digging them and we want to share them with the listeners.

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You are up first.

1:41.2

Thank you, Jim. I want to focus on a band out of England young fathers.

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They're pretty well known over there.

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I don't think they have nearly the audience in America that they deserve.

1:51.0

In 2014, they won a Mercury Prize for their debut album

1:55.2

Dead which is a you know kind of the cool version of the Grammy Awards out in

1:59.5

in the UK. They're from Scotland but but mixed heritage. One of the musicians in the band,

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