Jonathan Abrams (on the history of Hip-Hop)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Abrams (The Come Up) is an author and journalist. Jonathan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why he wanted to write an oral history of hip-hop, how he became a sports writer, and who some of his all-time favorite rap artists are. Jonathan and Dax talk about which artists shaped the hip-hop landscape, what the different geographic pockets of the industry are, and how sampling influenced the progression of the genre. Jonathan explains the east vs west coast wars, why masculinity is so prevalent among some artists, and how hip-hop broke out into the mainstream. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm
0:04.6	joined by Monica Lillie Padman. Hi there. Good morning to you. Good morning.
0:08.9	Happy Thursday. It's almost Friday.
0:13.0	T GIA.
0:15.0	Thank God, it's almost Friday.
0:17.0	What if I open up a restaurant next to T G I F called T G I A F?
0:21.0	That'd be funny.
0:22.0	This conversation's a bit of a bummer. Why? Because it's actually Monday. Well, hold that. Don't
0:29.0	ruin the magic. I have to tell people. Jonathan Abrams is here and he is an award-winning reporter for the New York Times
0:36.3	and a best-selling author.
0:38.3	He's written for all the newspapers as we get into.
0:40.9	Yeah, very cool.
0:41.9	Very accomplished writer.
0:43.0	He has a couple of great books already called
0:45.0	One Boys Among Men, another book,
0:47.5	All the Pieces Matter,
0:49.2	and his new book, The Come Up,
0:51.6	an oral history of the Rise of Hip Hop.
0:54.5	We love hip-hop over here, and we got a master class on the history of hip-hop.
0:59.2	Also has to be said.
1:00.7	Jonathan had on one of the OG original armchair shirts.
1:05.0	Oh, we were so flattered.
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