The Art of Flow

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In hip-hop, what draws us to an artist is not just the content of their lyrics but how they deliver them. Along with tapping your foot to the rhythm, understanding something called “flow” is essential to understanding hip-hop as a whole. In this episode of Switched On Pop, we interview genre icon DJ Jazzy Jeff on the concept of flow: what it is, how it applies to all music – not just hip-hop – and how any rapper’s flow can be analyzed under his guidelines. Taking his word for it, we put our magnifying glasses on to look at the bars of our favorite rappers, from Megan thee Stallion to Babytron. Songs Discussed: The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa Mary J. Blige - Family Affair A Tribe Called Quest - The Hop Danger Mouse, Black Thought - Aquamarine BabyTron - Crocs & Wock’ RXKNephew - Take Three JID - Better Days (feat. Johnta Austin) Megan Thee Stallion - Not Nice Megan Thee Stallion - Cocky Af Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Switched On Pop is supported by Airbnb.
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0:51.8	Welcome Switched On Pop.
0:52.9	I'm producer Rihanna Cruz.
0:54.5	I'm musicologist Nate Sloan,
0:56.6	and I'm Sloan writer Charlie Hardy.
0:58.6	When people talk about their favorite rappers,
1:00.6	one of the words that I hear thrown around a lot
1:02.6	is the idea of flow.
1:05.0	And while I have a vague sense of what it means
1:07.6	as somebody that listens to a lot of hip hop,
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