THIS TIME the minute crew get historical with MEGA bringin the crew ALLLLLLLL the way back to his origins with hip-hop to see how familiar these whippersnappers are with the way hip-hop all began. TreDoes tells these rappers to slow down ! His ears simply can't adjust to the speed the music comes out, and that is YALLS problem to solve !! And as per usual, Kosey glazes her favs, with Open Mike Eagle's "We Should Have Made Otherground A Thing" as the subject of choice. Should we give this beautiful thing we call indie rap a proper name and signifier ? Find out this week on WHAT'S UP W THE MINUTESFor the BONUS TOPIC ... the crew gets WRAPPED !! Sharing what the algorithm deems to be their year of music to .. uhh .. varying results... subscribe to our Patreon for bonus content and every episode a week early !!Find more of us here: https://linktr.ee/WUWTMSubscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES

This week !! The minute crew get hyper-capitalistic as Kosey talks about how the piracy economy is effectin the underground and how she is directly profiting off of everyone involved. Tre tells us that, in a (not so) surprising turn of events, the Armand Hammer record is pretty good actually !! Woods and Elucid are still the best rappers !! Finally, MEGA takes the (again, not so) recent trend of reanimating rappers to make cashgrabs to task off of the back of this new (?) Big L albumFind more of us here: https://linktr.ee/WUWTMSubscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES

THIS WEEK: The minute crew get ... a GUEST ??? The world-famous, critically acclaimed and widely considered handsome RAP MAN GAVIN joins the conversation this week !! As the sole representative of South Africa, Man Gav Rapping aims to educate the ignorant masses, teaching the crew about the wonders of Master Kiii's bite-sized yet beautiful project "Dusty Demos". MEGA explores the differences between the different social media platforms we all use and how some are more or less prone to building real community and real politic and whatnot. Kosey ? well she gets mad as shit, calling out these bum ass producers who don't appreciate the music they take from. And Tre ?? ... he's there I guess ...Find more of us here: https://linktr.ee/WUWTMSubscribe to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES

THIS WEEK: The minute crew get topical as FUCK with Mr Does dropping his opinion on the recent Tyler the Creator hoopla to Finally get to the bottom of if he is TRULY black enough under the eyes of twitter folk. Miss Kosey talks about the finer details of "Blind Seer (Interpolation Mix)" a song that she believes is Cavalier's best work and Maybe the best hiphop song ever ... and finally, Mr MEGA takes the youngins n they use of the word "Old Head" to task !! yall whipper snappers have been misusing terms for TOO LONG and someone has to put a stop to it.

THIS WEEK: the minute crew embrace madness !! and anime !! and breakdancing !! In this episode, to MEGA's chagrin , illustrious TreDoes orchestrates a tournament of Armand Hammer's best songs , the kawaii MEGA-desu talks about anime in hiphop like the weeb he is and the magnificent Kosey breaks into Myka9 , Blu n Mono En Stereo's new B-Boy enfused record

THIS WEEK: AHHHHH !!!! The Minute Crew gets POLITICAL !!! Tre unravels JAY ELECTRONICA’s confusin ass conspiracy theoried GOD BODY 5%er antics , critiquing his recent spree of poopoo caca albums , Kosey attempts really really hard to discuss NEOLIBERALISM in hiphop despite not knowing how to read , while MEGA tackles FREESTYLING and its slow decline into prewritteness .. “Where’s the spontaneity !? Where’s the love of the craft !?” .. find out on the newest episode of WHATS UP W THE MINUTES !?!?

WUWTM EP1: Live Laugh Love aint bad advice , “My Goat Is Washed !?!?” , Thank God for Hiphop’s White Saviours

WHAT'S UP W THE MINUTES is a Hip-Hop culture podcast comprised of MEGA, Kosey !, and TreDoes hosted on the Secret House Against The World network where three blk individuals span the distance of Japan, The Bruvland, and America, bringing their own rap-relevant topics in an attempt to find (or not find) common ground.

THIS WEEK : Tre leads a glaze session about the GREATNESS of Westside Gunn over the last decade, Kosey and Tre blow MEGA's mind with the concept behind Nakama.'s "EVERYTHING BURNS," and last but not least, the crew shares some of their favorite new rappers discovered over the last 3 years.

THIS WEEK : Mega didn’t hit record so Kosey has to talk about Earl Sweatshirt’s “Live Laugh Love” for some reason, Tre questions whether these Old Head BUMS will ever lock in and Mega thanks White Jesus for his contributions to hip-hop throughout the years.

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