A Deep Dig on Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole’s Hip-Hop’s Values

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The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 21 April 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The two rappers recall an earlier time in the genre’s history, in terms of aesthetics and politics. How do they fit in today?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your polo sock takedown of music news and criticism.
0:05.0	I'm your host John Caramonica.
0:07.0	My left stroke just went viral.
0:10.0	Right stroke put little baby in a spiral.
0:13.0	Soprano C, we like to keep it on the high note.
0:17.0	It's levels to it, you and I know.
0:19.0	Tell them be humble.
0:20.0	Hold up, sit down.
0:22.0	Be humble. Sit down. Be humble.
0:24.0	Sit down.
0:25.0	Be humble.
0:27.0	Humbold.
0:28.0	Ooh, it's hard to be humble, but I'm gonna try.
0:30.0	That was Kendrick Lamar's humble.
0:32.0	And this week on Popcast, we're going to talk about
0:35.4	Kendrick's new album, Damn, Jake Holz for Your Eyes Only, and some of the bigger picture surrounding
0:41.5	goat culture in hip-hop and greatest rapper,
0:45.0	live conversations, generational divides, and I am joined by James Branson
0:51.1	Peterson.
0:52.1	What's good, James? What up, ma'am?
0:53.0	James is the director of Africana Studies at Lehigh University.
0:57.0	James is a contributor to MS NBC and the host of the remix on W.H.Y.
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