Mecca | "MY QUALIFIED OPINION" (ARCHIVE) (Ep. 332)
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ποΈ 6 October 2025
β±οΈ 147 minutes
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Originally released: October 6, 2025
This is the closing chapter of The Need to Know Podcast.
Everything below this is the NTK archive β a curated back catalogue from that era.
A deep conversation with Mecc Rashawn on artistry, legacy, and the role of mentorship in hip-hop. From his work behind the scenes to shaping influential platforms and moments in the culture, Mecc shares insight on integrity, media, and what it takes to sustain impact over time.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, what's going on? Need to No Podcast. Family, we are back with another very, very special episode. |
| 0:04.9 | Man. Alex, how you feeling, brother? |
| 0:06.2 | Feeling amazing. We've got some great energy in the building. You know what? For all the funny shit you're doing this podcast, I think today you can actually get it off. What a start? No, for real. It's my man. That's all I don't know. Wait, I'm confused. So real quick, we got, we got family in the building. |
| 0:20.5 | Good company, too. |
| 0:21.3 | Shout out. |
| 0:21.9 | This is going to be a really great episode. |
| 0:23.7 | There's so much we could talk about. Wait, I'm confused. So real quick, we got family. We got company in the building. Okay, shout out. |
| 0:21.9 | This is going to be a really great episode. There's so much we could talk about. But I'm going to get back to the funny style shit you be doing. So what Ali does, whenever we have a baddie on the pod, a beautiful woman, he does this thing where he looks at him. Hey, Twain. Today, you can actually get that off and I'm gonna be like, you know what? |
| 0:40.3 | I got my twin in the building. I don't know how I feel about being in the same sentence as Batty. I was about this. I was like, you're gonna call my man Mecca Badd. This is kind of way to laugh. I know, I know my head's long, but my name. I'm just saying everybody is a twin for him. |
| 0:57.3 | Yeah, it's true. |
| 0:57.8 | But today... I know my hair is long, but my name. I was just saying, everybody is a twin for him. Yeah, it's true. You know, the young people have, uh, that, I get it. Okay, we both from Queens. We both wear glasses. We both got the same complexion. I don't have a, I shave my beard. Yeah. You don't have dredge. But you look good, though. And you're trying to get the grades. I always do. But that has nothing to do with it. Yeah. Okay. You don't have dredge. But you look good, though. And you try to get the grays. |
| 1:11.4 | I always do. |
| 1:27.5 | But that has nothing to do with it. Yes. And eventually, hopefully, maybe one of these days you'll grow into some grades. If God bless you to live long enough to see some gray hair, I wish you all the longevity. Do you think I should die them or not? I stopped when I hit. I stopped in my 30s. |
| 1:28.2 | Really? |
| 1:29.2 | But I started. |
| 1:44.2 | I started like in my 20s. You started gray in your 20s. No, I saw my first gray hair at like 11. 11? You got scared, didn't you? Oh, nigger. Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. Let's do it, let's do it. Let's do it. |
| 1:48.7 | I lived with my grandmother for my grandparents for a while. And I don't know if you, anybody who's ever spent a lot of time with their grandparents, you'll |
| 1:53.0 | probably be able to relate to this. |
| 1:54.6 | When you get a certain age, you lose friends, right? |
| 1:58.2 | You know, at that age, some of her friends were passing away. My |
| 2:01.9 | grandfather's friends were passing away. And I would hear, I would hear my grandmother say, |
| 2:07.7 | the good die young. She would say that a lot. You know, the good die, oh, they went too soon, |
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