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Hip-Hop’s Elders and Youth Go to Battle (Again)

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Should rap’s young stars have more reverence for the genre’s pioneers, and vice versa? A conversation about hip-hop’s latest generation-gap struggles.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the New York Times

0:04.2

podcast your teenage emotions and coming of age of music news and criticism. I am

0:09.3

your host John Caramonica. little bitch from New York Times. I don't eat no pork and rhymes, but that bitch was mighty fine.

0:27.0

I got gold all my neck, it's cold like Minnesota, but it's hot AF in here.

0:34.0

That's Lill Yotti.

0:36.0

If you just were listening to Lill Yotti and you were catching feelings,

0:39.0

whether catching feelings on the positive side

0:41.0

or catching feelings on the negative side,

0:42.0

this is the pop cast for you. on the negative side or catching feelings on the negative side.

0:42.8

This is the pop cast for you.

0:44.8

We are here today to talk about the rap generation gap.

0:48.0

A crisis that is taking over rap internet and rap fandom, especially in the last six months.

0:54.0

But as we will talk about later in this podcast,

0:57.0

this is an old problem in new clothes.

0:59.0

A thing that I wanted to do to discuss this is to have a broad representation of folks across generations to talk about what the crisis means to them.

1:10.0

To my left, Craig Jenkins, New York magazine music critic, what's good Craig?

1:14.2

I, Craig, do you mind telling us how old you are?

1:16.6

I am 35 years old.

1:18.0

I should just, I guess I should all say I am...

1:20.0

Halfway did. Great, because I am 41.

1:22.0

So I have some things to worry about it. Okay. Thanks for that Craig. That's a very invigorating introduction

1:28.5

To Craig's right. I have Max Weinstein news editor of double Excel. Yes, sir.

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