About this episode

The episode discusses the second semifinal of the Rap Debut Album Tournament, focusing on the competition between OutKast and Black Star.

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 features the second semifinal in the Groups Bracket based on the 12th article in the RDAT series - Tina and Amy vs. Bugs and Daffy . Is the rookie effort by OutKast clouded by their later success? Is Black Star serving as an ideal Mos Def vehicle to drive, like in The Italian Job? Or was that a Cooper? Group with greater influence - 4:30 Best New Native sound? - 14:30 What stands out later? - 19:50 Top 5 favorite OutKast tracks - 29:50 How much for just being different? - 42:00 Who moves on? - 49:15 Tonight's Trivia Answer - 24 years (1998 to 2022) YouTube - https://youtu.be/r9HP2aJ4QdE MartinKester.com

People in this episode

Host: Martin Kester

Topics covered

• Rap Debut Album Tournament
• OutKast
• Black Star
• Rookie rap albums
• Music influence
• Trivia

Keywords

• Rap Debut Album Tournament
• OutKast
• Black Star
• Nas
• Illmatic
• music influence
• trivia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OutKast, Black Star

Books & works: Illmatic, The Italian Job

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