About this episode

The episode discusses the finals of the Rap Debut Album Tournament featuring a matchup between 'My Name Is' and 'Through The Wire'.

A quorum about the Rap Debut Album Tournament (RDAT); A fictional invention from seven years ago essentially working backwards from the statement - Illmatic by Nas is the greatest rookie rap album. Tonight is the Finals of the NYC Bracket based on the 17th article in the RDAT series - My Name Is vs. Through The Wire The championship of the Outside NYC bracket features two artists who were outside the norm when they released their debut. Since then, the public has swayed closer to the persona their displayed way back when. Tonight's Trivia Answer - 45,000 YouTube - https://youtu.be/ss6vf1JYa3g?si=chpLhYVo32w-mMlY MartinKester.com

People in this episode

Host: Martin Kester

Topics covered

• Rap Debut Album Tournament
• NYC Bracket
• debut albums
• hip hop culture
• music trivia

Keywords

• Rap Debut Album Tournament
• Illmatic
• My Name Is
• Through The Wire
• hip hop
• music trivia
• NYC Bracket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube

Books & works: Illmatic, My Name Is, Through The Wire

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