The Crate 808 Podcast: Jeru the Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises in the East’ Album Review with Call Out Culture

Jeru the Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises in the East’ Album Review with Call Out Culture | Ep. 97

May 16, 2021

This week we dive into one of the best New York rap records ever with one of our favourite podcasts out there - Curly Castro, Alaska and Zilla Rocca bring the Call Out Culture podcast flavour to talk Jeru the Damaja’s 1994 classic ‘The Sun Rises in the East’ 🔥 This was FUN, so enjoy!

Show Notes

Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:39)
How this album works well with Illmatic and how Biggie and Jeru repped Brooklyn hard (02:55)
How Jeru’s flow stood out (09:45)
Why ‘Come Clean’ is a masterpiece (18:05)
Love for the ‘Come Clean’ soap and condoms and Jeru’s style (19:57)
Diving into DJ Premier’s weird period with this and Group Home (21:30)
What is Preemo’s 5-Mic Moment? (31:43)
Feeling on ‘Wrath of the Math’? (37:39)
The time Alaska brought a spreadsheet to a Nas pod episode (50:16)
How Zilla caught fire from Sauce Money and the producers of Raekwon’s ‘Immobilarity’ (55:20)
When Alaska interned for Puff Daddy at Bad Boy (57:58)

Go check out the dope Call Out Culture pod right here: https://li.sten.to/zFtoZbL

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Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

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