RDAT - Tina and Amy vs. Bugs and Daffy

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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