Episode 352: Axel Foley Waits on No Man’s Pleasure
The Overthinkers and guest Jordan Harbinger from “The Art of Charm” discuss success, authority, and Coach.
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Lil Wayne on Overthinking It
Open Thread for December 17, 2010
Golden Globe nominations, rappers entering and leaving prison, and the first winner of our 2010 T-shirt giveaway!
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The Musical Talmud: Like a G6
What is a G6? Who is Three six? And why does everybody keep popping bottles?
Open Thread for November 5, 2010
For relaxing times, make it Open Thread time. I promise this is the last time we’ll talk about Lil Wayne for a while: Lil Wayne released from prison yesterday! Young Money Records is throwing a massive party for him on … Continued
Open Thread for October 22, 2010
Keep on a-rockin’ me, baby. In TV news, U.S. President Barack Obama is all over the place. Not only did he tape an episode of The Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters, revisiting a myth about Archimedes, but he’ll be appearing on The … Continued
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The Musical Talmud: Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
He’s going to tell you like Wu told him.
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Open Thread for March 12, 2010
Open Thread for March 12. Lil Wayne, TRON Legacy, Corey Haim and an exciting OTI announcement.
Open Thread for October 23, 2009
Let’s take a look back at some developing pop culture news: In a rap crime shocker, Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to criminal gun possession in New York and could face up to a year in prison. Said Plaxico Burress: … Continued
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Episode 44: Where’s The Beef?
The Overthinkers go through some listener feedback, pick on the host, talk racial normativity, and engage in an epic rap battle on the merits of Kanye.
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Poetics of Rap: Lil’ Wayne and, um, kenning
In a recent post on Lil’ Wayne, a fellow OTI blogger claimed that “Thus, Lil Wayne is not great because his metaphors and similies are tight, but because he mixes these metaphors with an avalanche of tropes and techniques including … Continued