The Bird & The Bear - Session 75 - "Young Black Bears"

Published: Feb. 1, 2024, 10 a.m.

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On this week\u2019s session of The Bird & The Bear \u2026 Sammy and Daryl breakdown the problem with white rappers \u2026 This conversation being based on two YouTube videos by F.D Signifier, \u2018Eminem and the White Rapper Problem\u2019 and \u2018The REAL greatest white rapper of all time\u2019 \u2026 Let\u2019s sort through it together\xa0

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(0:00) - Sammy and Daryl jump right into this session\u2019s discussion on white rappers - \u201cBasically, you cannot stop the inexorable advance of white colonialism on any culture\u201d

(6:00) - The problems with gatekeeping art - \u201cSo if you expect me to follow your formula, youre dated and youre wrong\u201d

(15:48) - The early history of white rappers in Hip-Hop - \u201cMy personal theory on how you get a Rappin\u2019 Rodney\u2026\u201d

(23:24) - Snow\u2019s \u2018Informant,\u2019 Jim Carey\u2019s time on the TV show \u2018In Living Color,\u2019 and the white Hip-Hop group, Young Black Teenagers - \u201cSpeaking of white people in black spaces\u2026\u201d

(35:33) - Arsenio Hall questioning Vanilla Ice about his presence in Hip-Hop - \u201cI won\u2019t lie, my mind drifted off for just a second because I was thinking about, \u2018I really wonder what the Young Black Teenagers are doing now?\u2019\u201d

(43:37) - Eminem\u2019s influence on white rappers - \u201cI\u2019m more so pointing to the trends that he set for white rappers going forward \u2026 It stagnated white rappers because they just thought they either needed to be an edge lord or rap really fast on the beat\u201d

(56:36) - Rock-Rap and comparing the impact of Limp Bizkit versus Linkin Park - \u201cIf you get down to the roots of it, your taking two black art forms and just mashing them together and on it\u2019s face value; that can work\u201d

(1:06:08) - The rise of Nerdcore in Hip-Hop - \u201cThat\u2019s why you can\u2019t say that like Nerdcore and white kids rappin\u2019 about white s**t is not at its core Hip-Hop\u201d

(1:10:55) - The short lived rap career of John Cena - \u201cBut one thing that all this reminds me of is that at one time the WWE had this tag team group called, \u2018Crime Tyme\u2019\u201d

(1:15:50) - Lil Dicky and the experience Sammy and Daryl had at one of his concerts - \u201cI though it was really f**king stupid how he started the show with the national anthem\u201d

(1:20:32) - The negative effects Macklemore has had on the Seattle Hip-Hop scene - \u201cHe made us lose a lot of credibility\u2026\u201d

(1:25:41) - Mac Miller\u2019s Legacy and why Eminem probably listens to Joe Rogan - \u201cBut I think he was on his way to be a GOAT, and his sudden death left his legacy at more of a respectable legend level\u201d

(1:30:36) - Why El-P is the greatest white rapper of all time - \u201cAdult Swim was low key one of the most influential segments on TV\u2026\u201d

(1:36:36) - Sammy and Daryl close out the show with their final thoughts on white rappers and the future of Hip-Hop - \u201cAlso, notice how we didn\u2019t even touch on Kid Rock\u2026\u201d