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Can Reality Television Produce a Plausible Rap Star?

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Can a reality show like Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” find a viable hip-hop star?

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0:00.0

Keep it 100 I'm 100 I be feeling like who nobody.

0:08.0

Nobody.

0:13.0

These nir finally understand when I land I'm the man,

0:15.0

Fook you thought this was good for your pad to the last suckles know what's up.

0:19.0

Pray and they over stay.

0:20.0

One of the New York Times Popcasts, your hallelujah, halle back of music news and criticism.

0:25.7

I'm your host, John Caramonica.

0:27.4

All I see is concrete, burn rubber glass standard on the concrete.

0:32.3

I heard love for lives matter so when hearts lead.

0:34.8

Blood dripping live patterns on my ink riding red when it's flat.

0:38.0

Don't fly to me niggles.

0:39.4

Save your compliments.

0:41.0

Already know that my flow was promised you we

0:43.7

controls to our own accomplishments but I rather coast move forward and

0:47.3

talk my shoe they told me each smoke taking time it's a long dinner

0:50.7

he smoke taking time it's a long dinner he smoke taking time it's a long dinner he smoke taking time it's a long dinner. a long dinner.

0:54.0

A smoke, take your time, it's a long dinner.

0:56.0

It's one queen and a few brothers, the last supper.

1:00.0

You were listening to Last Supper, that is D-Smoke.

1:05.0

D-Smoke was the winner of Rhythm and Flow, which is the rap reality competition show on

1:10.5

Netflix that has recently concluded. I feel like this show got some attention but kind of came and went a little bit quickly, but I wanted to talk this week about some things that made the show really compelling and also some things I think were

1:24.9

challenges in the current hip-hop environment and why it's hard to make a

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