Call Out Culture

The best hip-hop pod out there.

Love the basis of where this pod started plus our protagonists were there while the foundation was being built. The insight and candor is what will/has separated it from the pack (if there is one). Hitting me w topics on some of my favorite albums Dah Shinin, By Design, Blah Blah Blah, or subject matter like O.C. made me so happy. (LOVE that Nikka Costa record) Would love to see a used records of Smoothe Da Hustler, Virtuoso, Cormega, Deca, Infectious Organisms or a Monolith of OutKast’s first album or we need to talk about mic Geronimo or AZ (Doe or Die is such a fall album) or J5 or Swollen Members and the BattleAxe label or anything on J-Live or Sean P(rice) Your old Droog L’Orange or what about Binary Star???!!! Keep up the excellent subject matter hopefully lessons are being learned bc knowledge is being administered

This is one of my favorite podcasts I currently listen to. To me they remind me of Cartoonist Kayfabe, but instead of talking comics, they talk Rap. Alaska, Curly Castro, and Zilla Rocca are very talented rappers themselves. I love their extensive knowledge of the Underground Scene of the late 90’s/ early 2000’s, which is unlike any other podcast that’s out there. Whenever the crew brings on a guest for an interview (such as Dose One & Breeze Brewing,) I’m all ears. I also appreciate the blind spot episodes where they check out other rappers that are under the radar to see whether or no those albums hold up. I recommend checking out their own albums as well; I was mostly familiar with Alaska because of his feature on Cannibal Ox’s The Cold Vein, but Curly Castro & Zilla Rocca’s I’m newer too, but their albums I thoroughly enjoy and will continue to check their new stuff. Can you name another podcast that has shouted out names such as: Burl Ives, Swollen Members, Joker The Bail bondsman, and Humanreck? I sure can’t!!!

Always a good listen. I discovered it during the covid lockdowns so there was a good backlog of episodes for me to catch up with. I’ve since listened to all of them and now I look forward to a new episode every week. I was a fan of Alaska’s group Hangar 18 when they were on Def Jux, but had never heard anything by Castro or Zilla. This podcast put me on to their music and the music of all the dope guests they’ve had on and it’s made me go back and re-listen to the classic albums and artists they discuss on the show. I highly recommend it, especially if you’re a fan of Eminem or Erick Sermon.