645: The Culture Custodians, BET’s Pivot, & Real Trauma

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This week on the Mr. Throwback Thursday Podcast… We are celebrating a landmark victory for foundational preservation as New York State officially earmarks one million dollars to help launch the new Hip-Hop Museum right in the birthplace of the culture, the Bronx. Plus, BET is rebuilding its house with a blueprint for cultural relevance, tapping original founder Bob Johnson and foundational architects Queen Latifah and LL Cool J for their new Board of Advisers.

It is not all celebration, though, as we break down the crushing legal update from the 11th Circuit, declaring that 2 Live Crew cannot reclaim their classic masters catalog, and we analyze the zeitgeist shift that elevated a somber 1995 hip-hop masterpiece to the status of ultimate pop royalty.

We’ve also got high-end moves as JAY-Z and D’USSÉ honor ten years of the blueprint with an ultra-limited anniversary box set, Senator Marco Rubio dropping questionable Kanye lyrics to define international conflict on the Senate floor, and The Source delivers the definitive gift-giving guide for every hip-hop loving dad.

Then, for a deeply emotional edition of Wu News, Method Man gets candid about navigating mental fortitude to overcome early career depression, and Ghostface Killah completely strips away the armor to reveal the raw, tragic inspiration behind his definitive classic ‘All That I Got Is You.’ What else? Let’s listen!

1. Million Dollar Earmark  
2. Yo, I’m Bankrupt Baby
3. Guess Who’s Back  
4. The Source For Father’s Day Gifts
5. Queen of the Board  
6. D’USSÉ
7. Pop Goes the Weasel 
8. New School News
9. Wu News
   a. A-DDIC-TION-AND-DE-PRES-SION-MAN
   b. Ghost-peration
10. One and Done – Too Brown
11. Record of the Week – DoPE “No Country For Old Men”    
12. Artist of the Month – The D.O.C.  
13. Old to the New –  Ludacris “Pull Over”
14. Bill Reads Lyrics –  verse 1  

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