Sunday Oldskool

Sunday Oldskool is hitting the pause button. Sam and Cray explain why the hiatus is necessary before giving thanks for everyone who has supported the show for over 90 episodes.

The one and only Ray Neutron joins the show to discuss his work, which includes his stunning Snap The Track of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly”, human-centered photo-journalism at TYPICAL, and …

Kevin Garcia joined the show to compare notes on ministry in the hood and songs about the hood, specifically Freddie Gibbs’ “Forever and a Day” and Smoke DZA’s “Morals”.

Read about his faith backgrou…

Against our better judgement, we break down some Action Bronson from a Christian perspective on this week’s show. Bronson is a charming but vulgar rapper, recently getting booted from a university co…

After checking back in with the state of justice in Ferguson, Sam and Cray listen to “T.R.O.Y.” by Pete Rock and CL Smooth. The classic track helps them reminisce about their own past, and frames a p…

Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery’s album, Alyosha, is a current CAPC Members Only offering and the man himself joined Cray to discuss his music. He also dropped fascinating thoughts on how h…

We continue our examination of Kanye West’s album, The Life of Pablo, with plenty of questions to walk through. Is Kanye torn between worldly and holy living, or is he burying his old life in Christ?…

In the first part of our deep dive on Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, we stand back in awe of the beauty of “Ultralight Beam” and argue that it illuminates the rest of West’s album in a gospel-centri…

After catching up with some news from around hip hop, Sam and Cray cover Kanye West’s latest album-related antics since they aren’t ready to give thorough opinions on the music itself. Is the trainwr…

A lot has happened with Kanye West since we last discussed his work. We catch you up, discussing the 2015 non-album releases, speculating on how good his upcoming “SWISH” album will be both musically…

In Macklemore’s latest…song? project? He explores his headspace as a successful white rapper in a genre (mostly) built for and by black artists. Is Macklemore on point? Is he indulging in some white …

Pusha T has a new mixtape/album thing out entitled Darkest Before Dawn, and true to his character, it’s mostly about dealing drugs and being a bad dude. We discuss whether we should enjoy an artist s…

This week, we look back at a simpler time when Run the Jewels 2 released in their first album in February of 2015. Sam and Cray dig into a track off their first album in this episode. Killer Mike and…

Sam and Cray cover a couple of tracks from Logic’s new album, The Incredible True Story . With some help from quotes he’s given, we try to parse out his worldview, which veers somewhere between posit…

Hannah Anderson from CaPC’s Persuasion,  joins us to talk about the Broadway production of Hamilton, and how it is helping her to fall in love with hip hop. We talk literature/craft, the enlightening…

Sam and Cray break down some news about wedding-crashing Kendrick Lamar and the now-presidential Pusha T, and then listen closely to Chance the Rapper’s “Angels”. It’s an ode to Chance’s community, i…

CAPC legend Brad Williams joins Sam and Cray to talk about his appreciation for Kendrick Lamar. Brad explains how he got hooked on Lamar, and how he learns about others through intentional listening.

Before comparing Black Milk’s lament in “Leave the Bones Behind” to Psalm 137, Sam and Cray look at the spiritual hip hop radar: blaspheming Yeezus, Drake and culture vulturing, Ben Carson’s rap ad, …

We return to Watch the Throne, trying to decide if “Made in America” completes a spiritual bookend started with “No Church in the Wild”. There is either more to the success of Jay Z and Kanye than th…

Sam and Cray play catch up after their time off. They round up hip hop news from the last few weeks: is Dee-1 being persecuted by his own label? Native American culture meets hip hop. Mac Miller as a…