For the Culture Podcast

This episode starts off with the Red Table Talk feature about Jada Pinkett-Smith's "entanglemnet" with August Alsina. After getting our jokes off about the whole situation, we give our takes on the Pop Smoke's "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon" (21:11) along with if the Pusha T verse should've been kept off in the first place. Vinny gives us a rundown on the Juice WRLD album (34:35) and we speak on the overall quality of posthumous albums the past few years. Kanye is back on his BS, this time trying to become the president of the US (47:08), is he serious or is this just another rollout? This leads us into the craziest stories we've heard so far in 2020 (59:46). We wrap up this episode with some sports talk on the NBA and their bubble situation down in Florida (1:03:06),  and the future of the Washington D.C. football team's name (1:11:51). 

Rest In Peace George Floyd. Rest In Peace Breonna Taylor. Rest In Peace Ahmaud Arbery. Rest In Peace David McAtee. Rest In Peace to everyone who was murdered due to police brutality. Black Lives Matter and always will matter. Social media and protesting are not enough. Anti-Racism is a lifestyle. HOW TO HELP: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/After our initial thoughts on the murders that have taken place, we speak on how Donald Trump is embarrassing himself and making things even worse (16:30). We then discuss the terrible incident in New York during a protest, and how media censorship is becoming a problem in the perception of what is really going on (24:30). Give our takes on Drew Brees’s terrible take on the Black Lives Matter protests in a recent interview (35:45). Later we discuss the media blackout (42:34) and the results of the black square movement on Instagram.  Which leads into our conversation about people who are clearly racist and hiding behind good causes to bring them down. We then discuss platforms and the importance of using them, but if an internet post is enough or even necessary depending on who it is (50:17). And if corporations and brands are being genuine or not with their approaches to publicly respond to the protests and injustice (1:01:52). We wrap up this episode with Virgil “50 Ball” Abloh (1:06:12) and a quick talk about racists getting exposed online which is just *chefs kiss* (1:14:35).

Rest In Peace George Floyd. Rest In Peace Breonna Taylor. Rest In Peace Ahmaud Aubrey. Rest In Peace David McAtee. Rest In Peace to everyone who was murdered due to police brutality. Black Lives Matter and always will matter. Social media and protesting are not enough. Anti-Racism is a lifestyle. Fuck racism and fuck police. Fuck Donald trump.HOW TO HELP: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/After our initial thoughts on the murders that have taken place, we speak on how Donald Trump is embarrassing himself and making things even worse (16:30). We then discuss the terrible incident in New York during a protest, and how media censorship is becoming a problem in the perception of what is really going on (24:30). Give our takes on Drew Brees’s terrible take on the Black Lives Matter protests in a recent interview (35:45). Later we discuss the media blackout (42:34) and the results of the black square movement on instagram.  Which leads into our conversation about people who are clearly racist and hiding behind good causes to bring them down. We then discuss platforms and the importance of using them, but if an internet post is enough or even necessary depending on who it is (50:17). And if corporations and brands are being genuine or not with their approaches to publicly respond to the protests and injustice (1:01:52). We wrap up this episode with Virgil “50 Ball” Abloh (1:06:12) and a quick talk about racists getting exposed online which is just *chefs kiss* (1:14:35).

2020 has given us some crazy shit. Join us this episode as we discuss our favorite releases during quarantine. We review the new Gunna album (1:38) and We give you all our thoughts on the Drake Demo Tape (9:17), with a proclaimation for AOTY? Later we discuss what the hell is going on with Playboi Carti  (14:40) and if he's ever going to release his album. Migos linked up with Youngboy Never Broke Again on their new single "Need It" (21:20), are they officallly back?We then discuss the racial controversies surrounding Doja Cat (30:02) and Lana Del Rey (39:54). Afterwards we discuss if a Fetty Wap comback is actually possible (46:58) with him trending recently, and if he can re create the same success that he saw in 2015. Our thoughts on the new Future album (1:17:50) and if the new Kota the Friend album could be a hint at a new Joey Bada$$ album (1:30:00). We close out this episode with our thoughs on the Last Dance Documentary (1:42:53) and Vinny finally commits to being a full time NBA fan. 

This is a spicyyyyy one. Tom thinks that Drake is bigger than the Beatles, we attempt to tell him otherwise. We also discuss whether superhero movies are actually horror movies, ROTD3, and whether young thug knows how Greenwich Mean Time works or not. This is a contentious one, folks.

This week we are back at full strength with some great topics for all of you to enjoy. We start off by discussing the Chance the Rapper album, and what exactly made this such a devisive project. After that we dive into the song of the summer (or lack there of) and if it's possible that the Fall will be the new trend for releasing big projects and tracks. Plus a podcast put out a top 50 list that has the Hip-Hop world on fire, which in turn ended up starting a really cool trend for fans of the genre. Drake dropped the Care Package for those waiting impaitently on his new project, which makes us wonder - is feature/loosie Drake better than album Drake? All that and more on this episode! 

This week is our second foray into the world of podcasting via skype. We might all sound like we're talking into different mics, but dammit are the takes still hot.  Shocker, we talk about Kanye (Vinny keeps the streak going).  The guys also discuss the latest summer drops like Revenge of the Dreamers 3 and we debut our new playlist at the end. Stick around and enjoy.

Oh y'all thought we were done didn't you? We back! And better than we were the last time. On this episode we discuss pretty much everything that we've missed over the past few months. The guys also give their thoughts on albums such as the much anticipated Bandana as well as the mixtapes Acid Rap and 10 Day finally being available for streaming and what it could possibly mean for Chance the Rapper's next album. Later on, new NBA superfan Kid Vintage reveals which team he will be taking his fandom talents to this upcoming Fall.All this and more content that we know you all love on For the Culture!  **Also note that this was recorded BEFORE the album releases on July 5th, we'll be back with those. 

The guys sit down with up and coming artist, Malachi, to discuss his recent concert as well as the mindset of an up and coming artist when creating a set list for a crowd that might not be well versed with their discography.  Following the interview the guys get into their usual shenanigans, (vinny talks about kanye, shocker) and special Guest Bwest joins the guys to discuss bad rap interviews, the word on the street facebook page as well as a whole host of other music and culture topics. Enjoy.

Sorry we've been gone so long, but we're back with a huge scoop of meek mill news, some wild talk about old twitter/tweets, the boys debate the TDE v. Dreamville Summer Slam 2019 with the release of School Boy Q's new song.  The boys dive deep into music convo as well as the Shane Dawson cat fucking and proposal news and Adam 22's live stream.

We are BACK with a very SPECIAL episode of For the Culture. First we start off with a breakdown of the Grammy's and evaluate the winners and the losers of the night (if you hating on anyone you a LAME). We later discuss Drake's so Far Gone getting put on streaming platforms, along with MADLIB HIMSELF working on some wild good projects.Also keep listening for our special behind the scenes look at our creative process behind our two Valentine's Day playlists!

Pusha T was named the greatest rapper alive for last year by Complex, do we think they got it right? Well, maybe. It's a tough discussion to have, but we dive deep and break down the entire year in order to see if they made the right call. Tom then makes Vinny choose between the two biggest people on his spreadsheet, Ari and Kanye as there was some WILD accussations that she stole from the MAGA rapper. Chris Brown and Offset are beefing over.... memes? Really? Sheesh. Besides that, we talk a little bit more on Kanye's ID getting stolen, and subsequently finessing an entire event out of almost a million dollars. For more, make sure to follow us on Twitter at @FortheCultureQU

21 Savage is British and we at FTC are absolutely SHOOK! Make sure to tune in to hear our initial takes on finding out that the man who was skraight up out the Zone 6 is actually from London. We dive deep into the Super Bowl Halftime Show and why it sucked almost as badly as the game itself. However, the silver lining in this all is Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who could be a catalyst in changing the NFL ownership landscape forever. Later on we talk Big Drako and how he potentially already jumped the shark by agreeing to fight Jake Paul for $20 Million, and why YesJulz is still racist (yeah, we said it, do  something about it. I dare you.) Besides that, make sure to follow us on Twitter at @ForTheCultureQU for LOADS of content and cool visuals as well! 

BIG SOULJA IS STARTING OFF 2019 WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANG! With these hating ass niggas talking all this shit talking about "Soulja Boy ain't this, Young Drako ain't that" ayo shut the FUCK UP. YALL KNOW THAT NIGGA BIRTHED DRAKE, Y'ALL KNOW HE GOT A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF SWISHER SWEETS. STOP PLAYING ON HIS NAME FACTS!!! Besides the GOAT coming back from irrelevance, we also have to talk about Tory Lanez beefing with pretty much the entire world (Taylor Swift better sleep with one eye open) and also a new SPORTSBALLCENTER segment featuring a Super Bowl preview (don't kill us this shit was recorded the day before) along with out thoughts on the Kristaps Porzingus tradeAs always follow us on the good ol twitter machine at @ForTheCultureQU

The time has FINALLY come people! Our top 10 albums of the year are here! Let us know what y'all think about these lists, definitely a lot of shockers on these top 10s including heartbreaking upsets and HUGE sleeper picks across the board! Make sure to follow us on Twitter and ALSO on our NEW Instagram! Both handles are, as always, @ForTheCultureQU. Make sure to subscribe for more content, and leave your takes on our socials! 

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, WELCOME to the FIRST annual FTC 25. This is the beginning of our top 25 albums of the year, which will include plenty of surprises and SPIICY takes across the board. Now I know what you're probably thinking, everyone else already has one out. And to that we say, "fuck em!" ours is better, slighly biased, and 100% real with NO schemes in sight. No punches pulled on these lists, and each and every one of us breaks down our choices so you truly feel like it makes sense as to why an album made it on the list.We LOVE each and every one of these albums close to our hearts, so if you feel like an album is too high or too low on our list don't get mad! Just shoot us a tweet at @FortheCultureQU and we'll have a discussion! 

Finals have been ripping us a new one! However, we have a VERY special guest this week, founder of Facebook group Word On The Street Brandon Weston! This week we discuss the beginnings of the group, as well as future aspirations that Brandon has for the group. Later on we dive all the way in on the Tekashi 6ix9ine trial, and what that means for his future down the line. Brandon breaks down the ideology behind separating the person from the music, and even breaks down why 6ix9ine is so popular which brings us into the good ol' Russ debate. Our review of Meek Mill's Championships focuses mostly on beef, and what seems to be everyone finally deciding to chill out (well, everyone except for Mr. Problematic himself Rick Ross). Swae Lee also announced that he's interested in playing Miles Morales in a future Spider-Man movie, and we discuss whether he can make the transition or not, and also take a brief look into rappers making the transition into movies. Besides that, make sure to join the Word On The Street Facebook group to get in on some DOPE conversations and discussions on music, and of course follow us on Twitter @ForTheCultureQU (we have a lot of surprises for you all this upcoming winter break) don't forget to subscribe for more dope content! 

We are joined this week by special guest Joe DeRosa, former Show Programming manager at WQAQ and producer. He had gotten into a HEATED argument with Tom a few days before, and decided to put it on WAX because this is REAL HIP HOP HIP HOP.  Later on we discuss the influence that religion has on the culture, and how important it is to the game.  AND THEN we reveal BREAKING NEWS that Action Bronson has been BAMBOOZLED in the Pitchfork review of White Bronco. Was it collusion? Maybe some Trump/Russia esque nonsense? The world may never know... or will they???  SPORTSBALL CENTER RETURNS TO REVEAL THAT THE WHITE SOX HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL SUCK. THAT IS ALL.  Marc then betrays us and leaves, which leaves Tom STOC and Vinny to dive deep into the new Earl Sweatshirt track Nowhere2GO, and discuss the upper echelon of Hip-Hop (including breaking down a Tribe Called Quest's top 3 in the new school) to reveal why exaactly Earl is one of the most talented and influential rappers in the game right now. 

AFTER A FULL WEEK OFF WE ARE BACK AND READY FOR ACTION!! WE GOT ALL THE FACTS AND IN DEPTH CONVERSATION THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BITS FOR!  Up this week: We have BRAND NEW album reviews ranging from FETTI all the way to the hood prophet himself JAY CRITCH (featuring a calldrops - esque feature from STOC himself) Later on we discuss the Mac Miller tribute concert, and breakdown some of the performances, and also start getting hype for the new Jaden Smith project. 

OH HAPPY DAY FOR ALL YOU DAMNED DRAKE HATERS OUT THERE!!!  Pusha T recently paid a visit to Joe Budden to clear the air on what exactly went down between him and the Canadian superstar. We breakdown everything about this interview - including some fast food bags that King Push himself got himself digging in.  The BET Hip-Hop Awards get reviewed, and we put on our good ol' Alex Jones hats to discuss the theories behinid some suspect winners from the evening. LowFi and Lil Yachty get their new projects examined (and trust me, one is REALLY good, and one is REALLY fucking bad). Also shoutout to Rihanna for standing up for black people everywhere and not being a slave to the NFL.  That's all I have for this week, why are you still here reading this? Go home. Go, I dunno, have some fun. Read a book. Enjoy nature before the eminemt depressing nature of Winter takes us all under its feet. 

WE'RE BACK, WE'RE READY, WE'RE FOCUSED WITH YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS PODCAST ON THE MARKET Nah tbh, not much happeneing in the world of the culture this week, so a brief recap on Wu Tang FINALLY getting green lit to get their own biopic series and some more Kanye BS with Donald Trump (featuring Kodak Vinny on the Call Drops feature). AND FINALLY we bring to you our first incarnation of UNDER THE BLEACHERS. WE BRING YOU HARD HITTING SPORTS BALL NEWS LIKE NO OTHER ON THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN CAMPUS THIS DEFINITELY ISNT A SATURATED MARKET IN QU MEDIA WHATSOEVER I SWEAR 

We FINALLY are ready to give our full on reviews of Tha Carter V and YSIV.   Tom goes complete Alex Jones with his WILD theory on YSIV, along with a pretty interesting take on Tha Carter V.  Later on we discuss the future of Hip-Hop, and where we think the culture is heading (SPOLIERS; Vinny is WRONG). The Black Michael Jackson v. White Michael Jackson debate has all of us SPLITTING HAIRS, and we also argue if Kanye is falling off, or if he's simply going through an artistic breakthrough,  Make sure to follow us on Twitter @FortheCultureQU for updates and alerts on both of our shows! 

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT . DRAKE'S BEEN DATING A HIGH SCHOOLER!!!! Allegedly. Vinny and Ben are nowhere to be found, they're probably dead. Not too sure about that one to be honest, I should probably give them a call. Regardless, we decided to put together a special podcast to discuss Drake's new situation with an 18 year old model and Eminem's HARSHLY MEDIOCRE response to MGK's diss track. Later on Marc mansplain's about women's rights, so we bring in friend of the program Mercedes to discuss if Drake is a mysoginistic asshole who's only out for cheeks, or if he's a genuinely good guy. 

The guys are ALMOST back at full strength, this time without Ben in the building. Regardless, the show goes on with us discussing topics such as the Pornhub awards (featuring the new Kanye and Lil Pump video), along with the ongoing beef between Eminem and just way too many people to name. Oh! And how we could forget about Young Thug getting arrested for trapping METH (in 2018????).  Later on in the program, we recieve the tragic news of the passing of beloved artist Mac Miller. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by this devastating loss. 

Quinnipiac's #1 rap and culture podcast returns with a bang.! We traded a third round pick and cash considerations to aquire our new co-host Vinny. We dicussed the rise and fall of Eminem after the release of "Kamikaze", and later Kanye's "apology" to the black community over his comments on Trump . We also gave our top albums and songs of the summer

THE BOYS ARE BACK (KIND OF) WITH A BRAND NEW PODCAST FOR YALL! TODAY WE COVER THE DRAKE V PUSHA T BEEF, ALOING WITH THE ARRAY OF NEW ALBUMS!!! 

STOC escapes the smeg zone just in time to join the gang for one last show before Summer starts. Of course we discuss the majority of the Friday album releases, and go in-depth on the future of Rae Sremmurd following SR3MM!  Also, big thanks to all of our dedicated listeners and supporters over this past semester! It wouldn't be possible without you guys! 

The guys are back at full strength after an eventful weeked. We discuss the Wake the Giant festival headlined by Khalid, the best and worst concert experiences, and also briefly celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the hottest album of all time. 

Tom, Marc, and Ben review their wild night at QU's Spring Fest, and review the new projects from Famous Dex, Cardi B, and Flatbush Zombies. 

Marc, Ben, and Tom are back again to discuss the brand new The Weeknd album "My Dear Melancholy," while Ben and Tom lose their minds over the sadboi/fuckboi vibes from the album, Marc says it's fine and gets roasted for it. Shenanigans insue

Tom, Marc, and Ben discuss different kinds of meat for some reason. Later on we talk actual music, dealing with our issues with Lil Yachty and Logic. 

We talk the new Tory Lanez album, Akon's legacy, 21 Savage wanting to become a better role model, and of course our podcast wouldn't be the same without Marc, Ben, and Tom surfing through Basketball Reference for 20 minutes. 

Tom and Marc go on a massive rant on why Quiznos is the worst sub shop in the entire COUNTRY. (Subway throw us that bag). Later we talk about some rap 

We review the Black Panther film and discuss how the album is implemented into the album. Tom gets flamed for enjoying Lonzo Ball's new album. Ben later drops the ball by saying Chance the Rapper's 'Coloring Book' is overrated, and faces the wrath of Tom. 

Beef is the topic of this special episode. We go in depth on some of our favorite beef moments as well as beef matchups, and later discover why 50 Cent is the greatest beef rapper of all time. 

In this episode we discuss whether the 90s or overrated or not, and give our quick predictions for the Super Bowl. Meanwhile Ben fights off a killer hangover 

The crew discusses their favorite albums and projects from last year, while discussing the elephant in the room: Drake's More Life and all of the wonderful shenanigans that go along with it!