Episode 104: Are The Beastie Boys Culture Vultures?

Before you completely flip out over the title, just listen to the episode. At this point, you should already know that the conversation is way more deep than the title. A discussion about the recently released Beastie Boys documentary is what leads to the initial question (11:13), followed by a question about why the label "culture vulture" never seems to be applied to white producers (58:07), attempting to separate the systemic issues from the individuals (1:12:38), thoughts on how the success of any white rapper contributes to the larger issue of cultural appropriation (1:27:48), finally a consensus—kinda (1:38:30), and so much more in-between. We then somehow got into a completely different conversation thanks to Milan that we may or not turn into an episode by itself, but it nearly became one here (2:09:36). As always, #PullUpAChair, press play, and rate, subscribe, and comment to give us your thoughts on the matter.