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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

The Grouch

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2008

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Grouch is a fixture in the West Coast independent hip-hop scene, as a solo artist and as a member of The Living Legends. The group help blaze the trail for independent, underground hip-hop in the early to mid 1990s.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, I'm Jenny from New York.

0:02.4

The Sound of Young America is an independent production supported by listeners like you and me.

0:07.4

If you'd like to donate to support the show, visit MaximumFun.org and click on donate.

0:12.5

Live on tape from my house in Los Angeles, I'm Jesse Thorn and this is the Sound of Young America from MaximumFun.org.

0:19.9

It's the Sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorn and just a second, I'll talk with rapper The Grouch, but first let's hear some music from his new album.

0:48.6

It's called Show You The World, not just to get by, why would I stay dirty, I made my mistakes, it was fake, not worthy, I'm earthly, dumb, godly, brilliant, deeply sorry, hello, Brazil, hello,

1:01.4

baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

1:31.4

baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

2:01.4

Hello, everybody out there listening.

2:03.7

You grew up in the East Bay, right?

2:06.0

I'm not, I'm not misremembering that.

2:07.7

Yes, I grew up in Oakland, California

2:09.9

and moved to the Los Angeles area about eight years ago.

2:13.7

You're, I know your dad was a musician.

2:16.4

Was he, was he a full-time musician or a part-time musician?

2:19.6

He was definitely a full-time musician.

2:21.5

He never cracked into like, you know, making it big.

2:25.4

I guess you could say, but he was a working Bay Area musician

2:30.2

and he had a cult following and, you know,

2:33.4

that's what he did with his life.

2:35.0

He was a great musician, great piano player and singer.

2:39.2

His group, his name was Stu Blank

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