How Muhammad Ali’s Grammy-Nominated Comedy Album Changed Everything

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre

News, Government, Sports, Sports News

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Float like a butterfly, sting like... a standup comic? Sixty years ago, long before the current golden age of smack talk, a 21-year-old Cassius Clay was nominated for a Grammy, for what should be considered the first diss album — a poetic, heavyweight takedown of Sonny Liston in the lead-up to their epic 1964 title bout. Andscape's Justin Tinsley tracks how this forgotten record led to the name Muhammad Ali, to national conversations around Black Muslims, to Ali protesting the Vietnam War, even to the birth of hip-hop... and the prevention of tooth decay. Further reading: The Grammy-nominated Cassius Clay (Andscape) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torrey finds out. I am Pablo Torrey and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.0	Hey, aren't you Mahama Ali?
0:09.0	Yes indeed, that's who I am.
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1:16.0	I could talk shit about your clapping ability for a very long time.
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