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Unglossy

Michael Ford: Blueprints, Beats, and Belonging

Unglossy

Bun B, Tom Frank, Jeffrey Sledge

Entrepreneurship, Business, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.9917 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on Unglossy, Bun B, Tom Frank, and Jeffrey Sledge sit down with Michael Ford, The Hip Hop Architect—a designer using rhythm and rhyme to reshape skylines. From leading tThe Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx to launching the Hip Hop Architecture Camp, Ford proves design can be culture, not just construction.He shares how rap lyrics inspire real-world spaces, why representation matters in architecture, and how collaborations with Kurtis Blow, Lupe Fiasco and Herman Miller, and turn creativity into community impact.The crew dives into Virgil Abloh’s legacy, Lenny Kravitz’s world-building, and Ford’s next blueprint: a Hip Hop Museum of the South in Memphis.🎙️ Tap in as they connect bars to blueprints, showing how hip hop doesn’t just shape culture—it designs the future. This is Unglossy."Unglossy: Decoding Brand in Culture," is produced and distributed by Merrick Studio and hosted by Bun B, Tom Frank and Jeffrey Sledge. Tune in to hear this thought-provoking discussion on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you catch your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @UnglossyPod to join the conversation and support the show at https://unglossypod.buzzsprout.com/ Send a text Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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last week on Unglossy.

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He's taking no personal credit for it, you know, and instead he's thinking of, well, if we did

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that, we're doing this, maybe we should look into this as well, you know, you're doing God's

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work, my man, you're doing God's work.

0:15.3

That's very, very kind.

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That's very, very kind, and I appreciate that.

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But you know what?

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I always say that, like, we're all on the same planet going in the same direction.

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If we can align some dots, we can change everything.

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From the top.

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I'm Tom Frank.

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I'm Jeffrey Sledge.

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And I'm Bud B.

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Welcome to ungloss.

0:38.2

Real stories, unfiltered dialogue, and the voices move in culture beyond the gloss of hype and headlines.

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So buckle up.

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Unglossy starts now.

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We are back for another unglossy.

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We're on a roll here.

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Yep.

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We've had some very interesting people on this show. Talking about some very interesting things. And we've been able to be consistent, too. Like we haven't had any, like, off weekends where we didn't have a, you know, a guest. Yeah. That we didn't have a schedule of conflict. Let me knock on the wood because I may have just. She may just jinx us. Thank you. No, we won't. But no, man, things have been rolling smooth. These conversations have been going over very well. I think at this point, we've probably each brought a guest to the table. And the other hosts have been able to be a part of the conversation in a very like natural way like forcing their way into the

1:29.2

conversation and that this i think that's because generally myself tom and jeff were naturally inquisitive

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