Episode 4 On The Hustle 2A

In this installment of On the Hustle, our critical episode-by-episode take on BTS's American Hustle Life, we linger on the importance of Coolio's quiz questions to the BTS members: why these questions, and what can we learn about hiphop by looking more closely at them? 0:42 Previously, on On the Hustle… 2:59 Kay’s rundown of Coolio’s three questions 4:00 2LiveCrew, hip hop censorship and white moral panic 5:58 Parental advisory apparel and aesthetics without context 8:32 What is a natural speaking voice and rap’s earlier functions, from Rapper’s Delight to Jay-Z, hip hop vocalization 11:04 Public Enemy and black nationalism, the political dimensions of hip hop 14:53 Asking about Public Enemy was a good question, but they never went beyond a textbook answer 18:32 The fly of potential in your ointment 19:42 If you don’t know now you know 20:35 We are pushing you straight into the rabbit hole 20:54 This is your history too 21:48 What are the stakes of BTS and the viewers (not) knowing the history at hand? 22:46 Hip hop is always in conversation with itself 25:45 Shaka Zulu revisited, black nationalism, Pan-Africanism, the twilight of Apartheid and global connectivity 27:29 Talking about race in ways that are not destructive 28:14 Resurgence of conscious hip hop