I hope you've been enjoying a safe and positive July 4th weekend.

Lets unpack an ugly truth about hip-hop and what can we do to repair the destruction. In 1993, C. Delores Tucker was calling for boycotts of rap artist such as Snoop, Pac and Ice-T. She said the misogyny, violent language of ourselves and towards each other were seeds being planted to brainwash black youth and destroying us.

The child I was then didn't understand. The man I've become lets me know, we should have let her cook. Let's discuss the good, bad, ugly, unfortunate and the why on today's episode.

Due to the time sensitive nature of the content, I couldn't wait on this! The cool thing about transitioning this into a music podcast is that I'm always ready to talk about music and the people in it.

The verdict is in! Diddy is found NOT GUILTY of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering charges. However is now absolutely considered a violent, drug abusing, domestic abuser who will buy prostitutes.

Where do we go from here?

How do YOU feel about Diddy now?

Why did they overcharge him?

How will the industry react?

Let's talk about ALL OF IT!

There's been a lot of changes going on in my world and some subtle and not so subtle changes to this podcast. But what's most important right now is that my cousin, MAFI is on the live with me this week and we talking music like we've been talking since we were kids!

Some topics for this week are

Stevie Wonder is ABSOLUTELY The Greatest R&B Artist of All Time! But the rest of this list has some crazy moments

Is Pusha T as good as he thinks he is?

T-Pain vs Drake??? The Game needs them both!

Does Kendrick Lamar REALLY have bars?

Timbaland BEEN Wildin...But Let's talk about the AI Thieving he doing

Can Andre 3000 and Jay-Z do the same things rap wise?

Nothing like a great music conversation to get me fired up! Enjoy!

It's been a while and I had some time after a nap to talk about things that have been on my mind. We need more black music nerds, a lot of Jim Jones narratives are false, not just the Nas one and I've been so inspired by so many artist and platforms that it's making me want to revamp and get better at everything that I do.

From New York Times Popcast to Aloe Blacc and Braxton Cook, I have a lot to say. I hope you've been well!

As we close out May, I want to talk to you about the journey I'm on and how serious I take it. This serious journey is taking up more of my time but for the better. As I take steps to educate myself to live deeper in my God given purpose to serve, I ask for your patience as this little platform of expression called, Made In The 1980's™ gets inconsistent for the remainder of the spring and summer.

This is far from a goodbye, but a definite, talk to you soon. As always, thank you for listening.

Good Day! THANK GOD I MADE IT!!!! I want to take some time out to just sit and talk with you on one of my favorite days of ALL TIME! My Birthday! And I would love to talk a little music with you all before I get into what may be an eventful weekend. Also got some music takes for y'all!

• The Midwest Listener is the MOST UNBIASED Listener EVER
• Joey BadA$$ going at Daylyt on the Red Bull Cypher
• The Big 3 was only a thing cause they were the only rappers the OG's could remember in interviews.
• Open Season

Let's Do Episode 60 Right!

Apologies for any audio issues with guest.

I'm a career changer in "The Real World" once again and it's pretty taxing in a lot of ways. The best thing for me to do is talk it out. I love the environment and a lot of the people I've had the pleasure of interacting with, but like many people, with new challenges you can get in your head. I've had a lot of those moments and still trying to push through.

This week, we talk aspirations and this new phrase I learned called "Head Trash".

I want to talk about Sinners real quick, No Spoilers though. Then I want to talk Shannon Sharpe and sends that make ME leave the Nasty Chat. Ironically, this all goes together. Sorry I left y'all last week. Highlights What's Dating Young? What's Dating Too Young? What's down right gross for a man to be doing? Consensual Relationships vs Transactional Relationships