About this episode
The episode revisits a previous discussion on P.O.S's album 'Never Better', exploring its cultural significance and musical style.
THIS WEEK ON FROM THE VAULT we revisit episode 25 and our dive into Never Better by P.O.S. It's a great example of what this podcast does best, and we hope you dig this episode if you haven't heard it before. In the intro Mark talks a little about what's happened to P.O.S since too, specifically around the allegations made against him in 2020, his apology, and where he is now. Original shownotes follow: Folks, we did it. We managed to find a hip hop record that Chris Cusack enjoyed. We're fairly sure that this is one of the signs of the apocalypse so we're probably just going to end the podcast here. Thanks to everyone who listened. Joking aside though, this is a screamer of an album. People have been drawing comparisons between punk and hip hop since...well, forever. The line between the two is drawn pretty clearly on this album. P.O.S himself was a punk kid, but growing up in the cultural and musical melting pot that is Minneapolis meant that there was a great deal of other influential music lurking just around the corner. Indeed, the diversity of the artists that come from the city is telling of the city's cultural and creative landscape. And did we mention that it was the…
People in this episode
Host: Mark
Topics covered
- hip hop
- music analysis
- P.O.S
- Never Better
- cultural influences
- punk
- album review
Keywords
- P.O.S
- Never Better
- hip hop
- punk
- Minneapolis
- album review
- music podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Prince
Places: Minneapolis
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