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Boo! CABBAGES' TOTALLY '90S season celebrates Spooky Season with rapper SKECH185 as our ghastly guest. The Chicago native turned Brooklyn denizen behind the incredible He Left Nothing For The Swim Back haunts our Zoom with a discussion of gothic cult classic The Crow (1994, dir. Alex Proyas, starring Brandon Lee and Ernie Hudson). Audio issues from 10/31 version have been corrected with this update.

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CABBAGES' TOTALLY '90S season continues with turntable scratch-master and cinephile Marcus Pinn as our guest. Boasting two solid releases in 2024 thus far, including the solo outing Night Music, the NYC-based artist joins the show to discuss the R-rated tween/teen hostage drama Toy Soldiers (1991, dir. Daniel Petrie Jr., starring Sean Astin and Louis Gossett Jr.)

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CABBAGES' Rapper Movie Season addresses the perils and promises of A.I. with special guests AKTHE SAVIOR & sagun. As the Underachievers / Beast Coast rapper and his L.A.-based producer prepare to drop their joint album u r not alone on April 5th, they stop by the show to discuss the South African sci-fi flick CHAPPiE (2015, dir. Neil Blomkamp, starring Die Antwoord.)

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This episode of CABBAGES' Rapper Movie Season finally tackles the biggest rapper-turnt-actor of all time. With the help of Angry Blackmen, the Chicago duo who recently dropped their industrial-strength album The Legend Of ABM, the guys exhume the steampunk blockbuster flop Wild Wild West (1999, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Will Smith.)

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CABBAGES' Rapper Movie Season is proud to host this week's guest Mega Ran. The veteran rapper behind projects like Live '95 and the Billboard-charting Buddy's Magic Toy Box joins the show to discuss the first-ever Black superhero movie, The Meteor Man (1993, dir. Robert Townsend, featuring Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, and Another Bad Creation.)

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Welcome to CABBAGES In Space! For the first time ever, Gary and Jeff take the show on the road, heading into OUTER SPACE (aka Philadelphia) to chat with special guest Zilla Rocca. The Wrecking Crew rapper brings his vast knowledges of basketball and hip-hop to this interplanetary exploration of the movie Blue Chips (1994, dir. William Friedkin, co-starring Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal.)

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Recorded live on location at The Infinite Order of Working Ideas studio (Philadelphia, PA) with ialive.

CABBAGES' Rapper Movie Season speeds along, this time with very special guest Erick The Architect. The Flatbush Zombies / Beast Coast member drops his highly anticipated solo album I’ve Never Been Here Before on February 23rd, mere weeks before embarking on a world tour. He joins the show this week for a dizzying discussion of Fast & Furious 6 (2013, dir. Justin Lin, co-starring Vin Diesel and Ludacris.)

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Erick The Architect's The Mandevillain Tour dates:
March 25 - Austin, TX - Come and Take it Live

March 26 - Dallas, TX - HOB - Cambridge Room

March 27 - Houston, TX - HOB - Bronze Peacock

March 29 - Orlando, FL - The Social

March 30 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade (Hell)

April 01 - Washington DC - Union Stage

April 02 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall

April 03 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere (The Hall)

April 04 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry @ The Fillmore

April 06 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground (Showcase Lounge)

April 08 - Toronto, ON - The Velvet Underground

April 10 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups

April 11 - Detroit, MI - El Club

April 12 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's

April 16 - Vancouver, BC -Fortune Sound Club

April 17 - Seattle, WA - Neumos

April 18 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne

April 20 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

April 22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex

April 24 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad

April 25 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile

April 26 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room

May 01 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy

May 03 - San Francisco, CA - Brick & Mortar

May 04 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst (The Atrium)

May 08  - Manchester, UK - Gorilla

May 09 - London, UK - Scala

May 11 - Cologne, Germany - CBE

May 13 - Brussels, Belgium - Orangerie @ Botanique

May 14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet

May 16 - Paris, France - Badaboum

May 17 - Zurich, Switzerland - Plaza

May 18 - Vienna, Austria - Flex

May 20 - Warsaw, Poland - Hybrydy

May 21 - Berlin, Germany - Frannz Club

May 22 - Copenhagen, Denmark - VEGA Small Hall

May 23 - Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen Klubb

May 25 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret

The Rapper Movie Season saga continues with special guests Revival Season. The Atlanta-based duo of Brandon ‘BEZ’ Evans and Jonah Swilley are about to drop their debut album GOLDEN AGE OF SELF SNITCHING (Heavenly Recordings/PIAS) on February 23rd. They stop by the show to discuss Tupac Shakur's final movie: Gang Related (1997, dir. Jim Kouf, co-starring Jim Belushi and 2Pac.)

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Revival Season tour dates (**with Kneecap):
2/23 – 529, Atlanta, GA
3/18 – Foundry, Philadelphia, PA**
3/21 – Axis Club, Toronto, ON**
3/23 – Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY**
3/26 – Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC**
3/27 – Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC**
3/28 – Barboza, Seattle, WA**
3/30 – New Parish, Oakland, CA**)
4/2 – Voodoo Room, San Diego, CA**
4/4 – Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA**

CABBAGES Season 6 picks up right where Rapper Movie Season left off. Our special guest this time is Kid Acne (Lex Records). A seasoned practitioner of the hip-hop pillars, the Sheffield, UK-based artist and emcee has been dropping dope albums for over two decades, including his latest LP HAUNTOLOGY CODES. He stops by the show to discuss a seminal moment in rap cinema: Krush Groove (1985, dir. Michael Schultz, starring Run-DMC and The Fat Boys.)

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The CABBAGES Podcast Network proudly presents CABBAGES All-Stars, a new and ongoing series where esteemed prior guests return in pairs to explore movies that demand discussion.

This third installment reunites billy woods and Blockhead, the two hip-hop masterminds behind 2013's Dour Candy. With new respective albums under their belts for Backwoodz Studioz, they join forces once again to discuss the flawed yet fascinating drama Street Smart (1987, dir. Jerry Schatzberg).

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