For Music's Sake Ep. 1 "The Minstrel Show"

Why are we talking about a controversial topic such as minstrel shows? The subject of our first album review is Little Brother's "The Minstrel Show." That's why!

Y'all... There is so much to unpack with this album. We talk about Spike Lee and satire, fanboy over 9th Wonder's drums and drum patterns, and discuss whether or not Big Pooh is genuinely the weakest link on this project. 

Song Review Timestamps:

• 11:25 - 1. The Minstrel Show (Titular Track)
• 30:45 - 2. Beautiful Morning
• 37:10 - 3. The Becoming
• 44:30 - 4. Not Enough
• 53:52 - 5. Cheatin'
• 1:00:00 - 6. Hiding Place
• 01:07:10 - 8. Say It Again
• 01:10:54 - 9. 5th and Fashion
• 01:16:18 - 10. Lovin' It (We also add some thoughts about Big Pooh)

Background Music by: Kyron Walker, Vocabulous, MacB Beats, and Sy McClure

Here's some of the references we made: 

Def Jam Vendetta - https://def-jam-wrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Def_Jam_Vendetta

Compact Disc (we had to lol) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47441962

Spike Lee's Bamboozled - https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/spike-lee-bamboozled-criterion

Black Face: https://www.history.com/news/blackface-history-racism-origins

Yellow Face in film: https://www.history.com/news/yellowface-whitewashing-in-film-america

The town Kyron grew up in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingleside,_Texas

9th Wonder featured in Fl Studio Bible: https://www.image-line.com/artists/9th-wonder/

EPISODE CREDITS

Produced, Edited, and Mixed by Kyron Walker and Sy McClure

Artwork Design by Sy McClure

Original Theme Song and Background Music  by Kyron Walker & Sy McClure (Interpolation of G.K.C.'s Single - Here We Go) 

Other Music licensed through Fair Use for critique.