Why Was There a Lack of Hip-Hop at the MTV Awards? + Nobody is Talking About Jay-Z's Documentary
Episode notes
Stat Quo, DJ Mormile and Justin Hunte break down why hip-hop was largely missing from this year's MTV Awards — and ask why nobody's talking about Jay-Z's new documentary, a project that should be getting way more attention.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro & Chart Report Setup
0:34 VMAs Reaction — Stat's First Watch In Years
7:19 Jay Valentine Recap & The Kawhi Leonard Discovery Story
13:14 SF Bay Area Hip-Hop Museum & Preserving Culture
15:30 Black History Erasure — Famous Amos, Buffalo Wings & More
20:32 Sampling Isn't Theft — Stat's Defense
24:16 Stevie Wonder's 50th Anniversary Shoutout
25:12 VMAs Winners Breakdown
32:00 Is Bruno Mars R&B Or Pop? The Blackness Debate
44:30 Politics & Music Eras — The Obama Correlation
52:12 Anthony Fantano Joins — Chart Report Begins
58:00 Chart Report: 100–91
1:03:00 Fantano's Worst Song Of The Year
1:11:38 Why Country Music Took Over The Charts
1:26:00 Fantano Rates Drake's Iceman Live
1:37:19 Is Stella Lefty A Total Industry Plant?
1:44:00 Fantano Rates GNX A 9
1:48:30 The Tupac Murder Conviction & Hip-Hop's False Narratives
1:52:12 Stat vs. Fantano: Is Iceman Drake's Best Since Scorpion?
2:04:00 The "Whisper My Name" vs. "Started From The Bottom" Flow Story
2:12:00 Should We Cancel Lil Yachty?
2:16:56 The Undercast/Overcast Two-Button Game
2:22:53 Beyoncé, Country Music & Segregation History
2:27:03 Overcast's Official Statement — Stat Breaks It Down
2:34:42 Weed, Truffle & Cologne — The Random Debate Of The Year
2:42:39 Third Verse Expansion — New Pre-Recorded Interviews Announced
2:52:01 Outro
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