Kasting Cuzzins | Reformed White Rappers Reflecting On Their Sins

There's no time for games or game plans... This week, we're reviewing the pinnacle of our rap career, a cartoonish heist track aptly titled "The Heist." Along the way we explore some more famous tales of thievery by the Notorious B.I.G., Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah and more. To aid in the discussion, we're joined by our good friend (and unofficial KC historian) Brendan Roney. He poses some intere...

With All Hallows Eve upon us (that's Halloween for you dummies), the Kast is breaking format for one episode to celebrate all things spooky. We take a trip to the Louisiana Bayou where there's something hairy going on... a real mysterious  tail , if you get our drift...  Ok, werewolves. We're talking about werewolves. Specifically, we're playing the 1995 choose-your-adventure audio game, Terror T....

Wake up sheeple! This week we're reviewing the first of TWO "woke" tracks from our debut rap album. It's titled... "Untitled," which makes sense because it's not really about anything. Fortunately, the backing beat is muy caliente . And the discussion surrounding the track? Similarly fuego. Listen as the Cuzzins try to discern the meaning of Lil Wayne lyrics... talk about what they *would* do if t...

This week's track is a DOOZY folks. Rhymes about indie rock over a jazzy beat with an inexplicable synth rock chorus? Oh yeah! We're talking about "Hey Aren't You That Guy" from our debut rap album, We'll Burn That Bridge When We Come To It . In addition to trying to parse out just what the f*** is happening in that song, we discuss: cargo shorts... millennial Trumpers... Timbaland's obsession wit...

Wait... Is Kasting Cuzzins a goth podcast again ? In this week's episode we talk about the Uncle Flow pity party "My Bitter Half" from We'll Burn That Bridge When We Come To It . It's a real sad state of affairs as the boys try not to name the girl who had ol' Flow's heart hurtin'. And to aid in the discussion, we invited the one and only Notorious EBF! Together we pick apart the beats and lyrics...

"Brevity is the soul of wit" - Polonius "I don't want no one-minute man" - Missy Elliott In this week's Kast, we look back at the aptly-titled "Minute-Long Rap Song" from our debut album,  We'll Burn That Bridge When We Come To It . We dissect what may be our meanest beat... and ponder whether it would've served as solid ground for other rappers. Along the way, we also talk about some of our favor...

We've said it time and time again... This is a RAP podcast. And yet, apparently we didn't get the memo, uh, from ourselves. Say it ain't so! Because in this short bonus conversation - cut from episode 21 - we can't stop talking about pop rock mainstays Weezer. https://kastingcuzzins.com fb/twitter: @kastingcuzzins

It's time to roll up some of that ol' "wacky tobaccy" because in today's show we're reviewing the KC drug anthem "Intervention." All eyes are on Chris (aka Keef Herbin, Obscure the Model Student, etc.) as we pick apart his rhymes and the crazy true story that inspired them. We also lend an ear to the Proxy remix of the track and play a snippet of its Violent Femmes-sampling sequel, "The Reckoning....

We're off to the races! It's our 20th episode, officially, and the third ep of our season-long exploration of KC's first album, We'll Burn That Bridge When We Come To It . What a time to be alive... Today we look at the track "I'm Like the Following," which dares to ask... what's the correct way to pronounced Nicolas Cage's last name? We also discuss whether the bands White Town and Black Kids are...

In our latest "Too Hot for the Kast" segment, we discuss the important issues of the day with special guest Splattercat Records CEO Jon Carpus. Topics include: Alex's idea for a much better podcast... What Kanye just gifted 2Chainz... and "Is a Gundam a tank?" https://kastingcuzzins.com fb/twitter: @kastingcuzzins

Kasting Cuzzins has just received the prestigious honor of being the ONLY rap podcast to reference Korn and Ben Folds when they *should* be talking about... you know, rap. Listen to this week's episode to hear how those influences figure into our beatmaking. Plus: Bask in the splendor that is our special guest, Splattercat Records CEO (and all around mensch) Jon Carpus. Join us? https://kastingcuz...

The time has finally arrived. In this episode, we kick off a season-long exploration of the Cuzzins' first full-length rap album, We'll Burn That Bridge When We Come To It (2007). We take a cursory look at the 13 tracks that make up the record, from the aptly titled "Minute-Long Rap Song" to the title track, which takes some hard swings at Sarah Palin (remember her?). We also introduce the guy who...

What's Kasting Cuzzins... and who are those two bozos in the podcast art? Give us one minute and we'll tell you. https://kastingcuzzins.com fb/twitter: @kastingcuzzins

KC is BACK baby! After diverting from the Kissing Cuzzins project for two episodes, we're returning to form with an exploration of the multi-part rap ballad "Romance Suite." We pick apart the beats, which sample The Four Seasons and Elton John, respectively, and the bevy of bonkers lyrics. We also engage in a discussion about the use of blatant samples in hip-hop and shout out RJD2, Meek Mill, Das...

We're taking our podcast about terrible white rap to its logical next phase... terrible white industrial goth. (Ok, the "white" is probably redundant.) In this week's Kast, we explore the bizarre KC side project, Negablood Trancefusion. You'll meet Chris' alter ego, food court worker and multi-instrumentalist Ebony Talon... and Alex's second self, the bewitching Ophelia Nightwyntyr. Together, we'l...

Kissing Cuzzins is DEAD. It's all about The Royal Jelly now. Or, at least that's what the crew was thinking in late 2006 as they embarked on a new rap project. It's like how Wu-Tang and De La Soul begat Gravediggaz... except not good. Listen as we tear apart - and try to work through the politics of - the blatant Beastie Boys rip-off "Beastly" and misguidedly woke "Who Knows." Shout-outs doled to...

Too hot for the Kast?! In this special mini-episode, we talk to Steve about his Imaginatron project and some of his biggest artistic influences. We also get into all the times he challenged major rappers (Aesop Rock, Slug, Busdriver, Doseone) to battle... and which of those rappers were especially not having it.

Aw snap, this week's episode of Kasting Cuzzins is a real "posse cut," featuring - ok - just one other guy. But he's an especially talented and funny guy! It's collaborator and apparent fan of the show, Steve Pivalsky! We discuss his various musical endeavors over the years (Marco Polio & The New Vaccines, The Imaginatron) as well as his projects with Chris and Kissing Cuzzins. Detours are made, j...

Move over, System of a Down... This week we're exploring toxicity from a different point of view. Which is to say, we're reviewing the Proxy solo track, "The Trouble With." It's a real indictment of crappy, narcissistic boyfriends... and the gals who love them. We also take a look at the track "A Bit About MeSelf," which manages to reference both Time Cop and a prominent porn site (can YOU guess w...

Can we go one episode without (a) referencing Mindless Self Indulgence, and (b) someone doing a  bad British accent? As this weeks show proves, the answer is a resounding NO. Listen as the rap crew formerly known as Kissing Cuzzins discusses the track, "Yeeyah Sucka." Plenty of laughs are had, as well as a thoughtful discussion about whether n-word-adjacent terms like "nugga" and "ninja" are appro...

Oof. After a few episodes of not- too -embarrassing material, the Cuzzins are really stepping into it this week. In fact, "American Idle" may just be the worst track in the whole KC discography - both in terms of beat and rhymes, plus the fact that the only surviving version of the song is a f***ing RADIO EDIT. (Yep, there's a story there.) Listen to discover what a total lapse in artistic judgeme...

Wow. Has it really been ten episodes? My, how time flies. In this special 10th Episode Spectacular, the Cuzzins engage in a good ol' fashioned BEAT OFF, which is to say... they look back at some of their best rap beats from over the years. And if that weren't enough, they (well, Alex) even lay down some fresh rhymes for the first time in nearly a decade. Shout-outs and props dealt to Blockhead, Oh...

In this week's episode, the Cuzzins dissect a seminal KC track, the melancholic "Swollen Condolences." Well-deserved shout-outs are doled to Antihelix, Copywrite and Natalie Portman. Also included: A crucial discussion about when it's appropriate to utilize movie dialog in your beatmaking.

The Cuzzins welcome longtime friend and fair weather KC fan Biscuit to the show. It's a no-holds-barred conversation about hip-hop production, early 2000s pop punk and whether the similarly named Kissin' Cousins restaurant in St. Petersburg, FL is any good. Oh, and at some point the Biscuit-inspired track "The Tale of Jimmy Biscuits" is played and dissected. Though it's admittedly kind of an after...

Awww, it's KC's first rap collab! In a very special episode, the Cuzzins look back at multiple tracks they did featuring German hip-hop enthusiast Nico aka Nervous. The beats are hot and the rhymes are multilingual. Also: The boys get some new rap aliases! It's the perfect recipe for a gute Zeit . (That means "good time"... we think.)