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The Rise of Hip Hop with Jonathan Abrams

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🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Author, reporter Jonathan Abrams stops in to talk with Marcus and Davis about his new book The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip Hop. https://www.amazon.com/Come-Up-Oral-History-Hip-Hop/dp/1984825135


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0:00.0

Oh, I sound now.

0:01.8

Sound okay?

0:02.8

Did you ask Pop that question?

0:04.2

Let's do it.

0:05.0

Welcome to the Athletic NBA show.

0:06.8

One day through on the Athletic Podcast Network.

0:10.1

It's a scary, scary times, man.

0:12.3

You know, I didn't come here to preach to you today.

0:14.1

Ready to rock and roll, everybody.

0:15.8

And Marcus, I know because you're a Bay Area guy that I think in the whole lexicon of hip-hop history,

0:23.6

the Bay Area is really underrated for what they've produced and given the hip-hop.

0:29.6

Absolutely. You hear that DA? That's what we do.

0:32.6

I never have argued that. I've never argued.

0:35.6

All right. Let's finish up on this one. What is the quintucese? I never argued the line.

0:40.1

All right, let's finish up on this one.

0:42.6

What is the quintessential man?

0:45.6

Martian lands on earth and says,

0:46.9

what is hip-hop music?

0:47.9

What would you play?

0:50.6

What would you hit on your phone?

0:52.2

I would give them Illmatic.

0:55.3

Oh, you cannot.

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