WHAT'S UP W THE MINUTES is a Hip-Hop culture podcast comprised of MEGA, Ko !, and TreDoes hosted on the Secret House Against The World network where three blk individuals span the distance of Japan, The United Kingdom, and America to bring their own rap-relevant topics in an attempt to find (or not find) common ground.
I Wanna Be The Very Best (Rapper) , How To Be Black , Anticon & The White Rapper Paradox
THIS TIME : The Minute Crew wanna be the very best like no one ever was , but TREDOES asks whether that is the best way to build up the hip-hop community. Inspired by a conversation by Open Mike Eagle about Lupe Fiasco , the crew questions how the want to be "the best" informs our culture both positive and negative. Next , KOSEY's lame-ass nerd-ass book-reading-ass wants to talk about Stephen E. Henderson's ideas of "Saturation" , a concept that describes the parts of black art that denote blackness. As definitions of blackness continue to expand and contract , shift and solidify, the things we point towards as black do the same, and we aim to figure out how today's expressions contrast with those of the past. Finally, MEGA has a bone to pick with the discussions of Anticon's whiteness, feeling as though a lot of the conversations around how they operated have taken an ahistorical approach. Can whiteness exist within hip-hop without it being critiqued , or does whiteness require proximity to blackness to be taken seriously ? Find out this time on ... WHAT'S UP W THE MINUTES ?!?!?!
Find More Of Us Here :
https://linktr.ee/WUWTM.
Subscribe To Our Patreon :
https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES.
Shoutout to August for the GIFs + Animations :
https://x.com/augmeetsworld
https://augmeetsworld.bandcamp.com/.
Recommendations :
Kosey !
Turbines by DENT !
https://pebswako.bandcamp.com/album/turbines
Digger (2026) by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
I Love Nature by Big Flowers & Shemar
GrandMEGAFlowers
The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration by Jack Norton and Judah Schept
TreDoes
Yaphet by Curly Castro
State of the Game vol.316 - SCOUTING REPORT: Freddie Gibbs w/ Dylan Green & TreDoes
https://open.spotify.com/episode/71Z2vna9BBWuFuZyrRA1RS?si=706aa121ae9d4cb2
WHAT'S UP W THE TIMECODES ???
Intro : 00:00
I Wanna Be The Very Best (Rapper) : 12:39
How To Be Black : 44:15
The White Rapper Paradox : 1:18:45
Recommendations : 1:52:41
7 Oct 2026
Battle Of The Kast's , What? Hip-Hop is Evolving! , R.A.P is Rhythm & Poetry
THIS TIME :
The Minute Crew touch grass joined by OUTSIDE HOUSE alongisde , returning guest , HELENA KAY to discuss how to facilitate the evolution of hip-hop. With so many brilliant emerging rap styles cropping up , we have a duty to preserve the spaces where they are formed , and OUTSIDE HOUSE is giving us the keys to lock in. Before that , though , TREDOES has some old news to tell the masses. Did you know that Ovrkast and Outkast are the same dude ? The same ONE guy. I couldn't believe it either ! And now that one guy is suing himself for stealing his name ?? Just ridiculous , Let's talk about it ! Finally , HELENA KAY asks the age old question : are rap and poetry the same thing ? Nah , prolly not , but why ? And in which cases would it be more reasonable to say it is ? Find out this time on ... WHATS UP W THE MINUTES ?!?!?!CHECK OUT OUTSIDE HOUSE !!https://outsidehouse.bandcamp.com/album/on-freedom-sounds (https://outsidehouse.bandcamp.com/album/on-freedom-sounds)CHECK OUT HELSIE !!https://past-the-watershed.neocities.org/ (https://past-the-watershed.neocities.org/)Talk To Us On Discord :https://discord.gg/zMnmajNsz8 (https://discord.gg/zMnmajNsz8).Find More Of Us Here :https://linktr.ee/WUWTM (https://linktr.ee/WUWTM).Subscribe To Our Patreon :https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES (https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES).Shoutout to August for the THUMBNAIL + GIFs + Animations :https://x.com/augmeetsworld (https://x.com/augmeetsworld)https://augmeetsworld.bandcamp.com/ (https://augmeetsworld.bandcamp.com/).Recommendations :Helena KayRacical Frame by ActressGhettoville by ActressOutside HouseLeautoroiography by Heroes Are Gang Leadersi love nature! by Big Flowers & ShemarKosey !Slam (1998) by Marc LevinNepune Frost (2021) by Anisia Uzeyman & Saul WilliamsGrandMEGAFlowersYaphet by Curly CastroTredoes...WHAT'S UP W THE TIMECODES ???Intro : 00:00Battle Of The Kast's : 13:55What ? Hip-Hop is Evolving ! 1:44:45R.A.P is Rhythm & Poetry : 1:24:33Recommendations : 1:50:41
23 Sept 2026
The Jazz Rap Lineage , Musical Self Inserts , Haterade Family Feud
THIS TIME : The Minute Crew broadcast after dark alongside Past The Watershed's own writer, poet and friend, HELENA KAY !! After writing an insightful transgender reading of Billy Woods & Kenny Segal's "Maps" , HELENA is here to break down how your own subjective experience being imprinted onto the art affects your enjoyment of it. Afterwards, KOSEY takes on the old-as-hell jazz rap discourse, but expands on it by discussing the jazz rap lineage that has followed since its inception. And finally , TREDOES surveys our beautiful and lovely audience on which hip-hop figures they hate most , constructing a list to discern who truly deserves the hate they receive. Can we finally feel vindicated in our hate ? Will Drake and J.Cole finally be absolved of their sins ? Will most of the responses we get be people who are objectively horrible and not fun to discuss ? Find out this time on ... WHATS UP W THE MINUTES ?!?!?!
CHECK OUT HELSIE !!
https://past-the-watershed.neocities.org/
Talk To Us On Discord :
https://discord.gg/zMnmajNsz8.
Find More Of Us Here :
https://linktr.ee/WUWTM.
Subscribe To Our Patreon :
https://www.patreon.com/c/WHATSUPWTHEMINUTES.
Recommendations :
Helen Kay
Standing On The Corner "II" by Standing On The Corner
Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often by Quelle Chris
Helen Kay EP comin soon
TreDoes
He Left Nothing For the Swim Back by SKECH 185 & Jeff Markey
Kosey !
Slam (1998) by Marc Levin
Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why the Artist Must Take Sides by Saul Williams
Saul Williams Meets Carlos Nino & Friends At Treepeople by Saul Williams & Carlos Nino & Friends
Saul Williams Interview on Reel Notes by Dylan Green / Cinemassai
Saul Williams in General
WHAT'S UP W THE TIMECODES ???
Intro : 00:00
Musical Self Inserts : 11:24
The Jazz Rap Lineage : 53:10
Haterade Family Feud : 1:22:15
Recommendation : 2:02:56
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