Podcast
The Realness
Hosted by Jeannes Robinson · EN
The Realness
From WNYC Studios
10episodes
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Go See About the God E6P4
Jul 26, 202100:12:08Tap to summarizeIt's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and soon after, P is headed upstate. But even Prodigy says prison changed him for the better. - PART 4
Transcribe →Go See About the God E6P3
Jul 26, 202100:11:23Tap to summarizeIt's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and soon after, P is headed upstate. But even Prodigy says prison changed him for the better. - PART 3
Transcribe →Go See About the God E6P2
Jul 26, 202100:05:48Tap to summarizeIt's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and soon after, P is headed upstate. But even Prodigy says prison changed him for the better. - PART 2
Transcribe →Go See About the God E6P1
Jul 26, 202100:05:35Tap to summarizeIt's The Alchemist's birthday, but thanks to the NYPD's "Rap Intelligence Unit," he and Prodigy are forced to celebrate in a jail cell, and soon after, P is headed upstate. But even Prodigy says prison changed him for the better. - PART 1
Transcribe →A Realness B-Side Roxanne Shanté E4P1
Jul 26, 202100:03:59Tap to summarizeRoxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake, we talk with Roxanne about meeting Prodigy, encouraging Hav to go solo, and how the water in Queensbridge bestowed her with rap superpowers. - Part 1
Transcribe →A Realness B-Side Roxanne Shanté E4P3
Jul 26, 202100:05:46Tap to summarizeRoxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake, we talk with Roxanne about meeting Prodigy, encouraging Hav to go solo, and how the water in Queensbridge bestowed her with rap superpowers. - Part 3
Transcribe →A Realness B-Side Roxanne Shanté E4P4
Jul 26, 202100:05:07Tap to summarizeRoxanne Shanté is the queen of Queensbridge rappers. As a teenager in the 1980s, she lyrically demolished all comers. In this B-side outtake, we talk with Roxanne about meeting Prodigy, encouraging Hav to go solo, and how the water in Queensbridge bestowed her with rap superpowers. - Part 4
Transcribe →The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County E5P1
Jul 26, 202100:05:01Tap to summarizeWhen Prodigy goes on trial for violating parole, his lawyer files over 90 pages of P's medical records in his defense. We find those records buried deep in a Brooklyn courthouse, and they open a window into how Prodigy's body was at war with itself. - Part 1
Transcribe →The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County E5P2
Jul 26, 202100:09:13Tap to summarizeWhen Prodigy goes on trial for violating parole, his lawyer files over 90 pages of P's medical records in his defense. We find those records buried deep in a Brooklyn courthouse, and they open a window into how Prodigy's body was at war with itself. - Part 2
Transcribe →The Most Racist Judge in Nassau County E5P3
Jul 26, 202100:12:34Tap to summarizeWhen Prodigy goes on trial for violating parole, his lawyer files over 90 pages of P's medical records in his defense. We find those records buried deep in a Brooklyn courthouse, and they open a window into how Prodigy's body was at war with itself. - Part 3
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