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The Absolute Ghetto is a space that leans into Blackness, the ingenuity of Black culture, and its power as a creative and innovative community. Brought to you by Malcolm Thomas (B.A. Political Science; B.A. Economics) and Sadé Oresegun (B.S. Psychology & Criminology; M.A. Social Science, Psychology track), and delivered with plenty of spunk and Black scholarship. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-absolute-ghetto/support
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Telling Seattle stories...long form interviews with the creators, innovators and legends of our Seattle Hip-Hop community. With the pioneering Seattle 2nd wave hip-hop group Tribal Productions our home base, the Do The Math Podcast with Deven Morgan aims primarily to shed light on a often forgotten period of Seattle's hip-hop history - after Sir Mix-A-Lot and before Macklemore. This critical time produced stacks upon stacks of beautiful music that was criminally under appreciated - both beca ...
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The Absolutely Ghetto Love Quiz: A Valentine's Day & Black Love Day Special
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PSA! This episode includes an answer key to The Absolutely Ghetto Love Quiz. You can take it with us, or take it beforehand! Find it on our Instagram @theabsolueghetto, Twitter @Absolute_Ghetto, or Facebook page "The Absolute Ghetto". Thank you! On this special Valentine's Day (Feb 14th)/ Black Love Day (Feb 13th) episode of the Absolute Ghetto, Ma…
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“ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI” Movie Review: Are These Black Legends Rolling In Their Grave?
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This week in The Absolute Ghetto, Malcolm and Sadé give their first movie review for One Night in Miami, the directional debut of Regina King. This movie depicts a fictional account of a conversation between the Black legends Malcolm X, Cassius Clay (before changing his name to Muhammad Ali), NFL star Jim Brown, and singer Sam Cooke, especially kno…
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In Our Feelings: Relationships & Sexuality with Daryl Williams
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The Absolute Ghetto is back with our first episode of 2021! 2020 was rough, so what better way to kick off this year with a Woke Wine Hour about a topic everyone loves to kiki about amongst their friends: relationships and sexuality! We believe that embracing the joys of romance, intimacy, and sexuality is one way to practice radical self love, esp…
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"Nawl, You First!": Medical Racism, Health Conspiracies, & Black Perspectives on the COVID-19 Vaccine
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This week in the Absolute Ghetto, Sadé and Malcolm seek to thoroughly address concerns regarding the impending COVID-19 vaccine that has now been official approved for distribution by the FDA (Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, specifically). The purpose of this episode is to contextualize the response amongst some Black people to news about the development and…
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Twerkability Politics: True Kitchen & Respectability Politics in Black Spaces
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This week in The Absolute Ghetto, Sadé and Malcolm discuss the True Kitchen controversy and respectability politics. On November 29th, 2020, footage surfaced of the manager (Kevin Kelley) of True Kitchen in Dallas, Texas, ranting at a party of Black women and the rest of the restaurant after the women had been twerking to "Back Dat Azz Up" as the D…
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It's Too Early to Tell: A Ghetto Election Watch Party
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During another Woke Wine Hour with your lovely hosts Sadé and Malcolm, they enjoy some wine while watching the fall of democracy, I mean election night, in the United States. Okay, a lot of wine. And they might take a swig every time the anchorperson says "It's too early to tell". Their anxiety was acting up, alright?! However, they take this time …
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Protecting Black Women in the Age of Thee Stallion {Intersectionality Series}
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This week in The Absolute Ghetto, Sadé and Malcolm discuss the now infamous shooting incident between rappers Megan thee Stallion and Tory Lanez through the lens of intersectionality. The term intersectionality was coined in 1989 by Kimberlé Crenshaw (a Black woman), providing an innovative framework with which to analyze and address the forces at …
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The 20-Something Pandemic Survival Guide
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While trying to decide on the subject matter for episode 4, Sadé and Malcolm realized they wanted to make space for joy in the midst of a tumultuous and emotionally taxing year. Therefore, they present to you: The Absolute Ghetto’s 20-Something Pandemic Survival Guide. This is also the first installment of a new series: The Woke Wine Hour, where th…
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Ghetto Archives: AAVE, Black Studies, and Music
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In Episode 3, Sadé and Malcolm discuss a few of the products of Black ingenuity that are salient and inspiring to them in their everyday lives. The cultural impacts of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), the Black Studies movement, and innovative Black music styles, namely Jazz and Hip-Hop, are highlighted. But with impact comes imitation, …
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Ghetto Forever: Celebrating Chadwick Boseman's Legacy
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Sadé and Malcolm discuss Chadwick Boseman's inspiring commencement speech to their graduating class at Howard University, his global impact through dignified portrayals of Black people, and what we can learn from his journey about ableism. They also discuss differing perspectives on the nature of death within the African Diaspora, and how mass Blac…
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Malcolm and Sadé explain their conceptualization of "The Absolute Ghetto". They detail their journeys to rejecting elitist narratives about Black people they'd been exposed to throughout their childhoods, and how attending Howard University facilitated this process.Show notes:~"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?: And Othe…
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In this episode we sit down with Samson S from Samson & Swift / 22nd Precinct / Tribal Productions. This 2 hour conversation covers deep rap history, the pervasiveness of the original New York sound and it's affect places as far away as Seattle and Atlanta, Samson S's beef with DJ Shadow, listening to early soul and funk records before the genesis …
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In this episode we sit down with Seattle MC Draze to talk about all sorts of issues including his video for the song "The Hood Ain't The Same" (**disclaimer** I directed it) and gentrification, mandatory minimum sentencing laws, the crack epidemic, racism, manhood, and dreams dying hard. Fabulous conversation. Please enjoy.…
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In this episode we sit down with Tribal Productions member James "Truth" Browne. James was one of the founding members of Tribal Productions - perhaps before Tribal was Tribal - and was active as a solo artist within Tribal and also in the group Union of Opposites. We speak about his time in Tribal, watching the formation of the group, the Pharmacy…
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In this episode we sit down with Freedom Allah, lifelong Seattle resident, to talk about Seattle hip-hop history, the Central District and the South End of Seattle and their gentrification, the Seattle Public School's mandatory bussing program of the 90's, messages in hip-hop, life, love, contentment and the conditions of the modern world. Perhaps …
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In this episode of the Do The Math Podcast we sit down with Seattle's own, the legendary Grammy nominated producer, album cut assassin and blap architect Jake One. Jake has a particularly interesting perspective on the Tribal Productions crew, seeing them from their absolute genesis point as kids performing at Garfield High School talent shows to p…
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In this episode of the Do The Math Podcast we sit down with Seattle's own DJ Topspin AKA Blendiana Jones to talk about the genesis of his involvement in DJ'ing, learning production, his attendance of the recent sold out Macklemore show at Key Arena, the idea of musical curators, and a variety of other topics.…
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Hello and welcome to the Do The Math Podcast! In our first episode we will be giving you a prelude of sorts of the content to come. Our goal: Telling Seattle stories...long form interviews with the creators, innovators and legends of our Seattle Hip-Hop community.
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