Podcast project

The assignment for this podcast project was to discuss an event or person. With this event/person we had to show how it related to our group we had been studying throughout the term. The event I chose to discuss was Joey Bada$$’s new albumĀ All-Amerikkan Bada$$. I related this album to the #blacklivesmatter group because much of what Joey talked about in his album related to #blacklivesmatter stances.

My goal for this project was simple. I wanted to use Joey Bada$$’s album as a means to educate people on the plight of African-Americans in America. This ranged from an unfair justice system to everyday bigotry. This album was the perfect platform to help educate my audience who most likely doesn’t have a lot of background knowledge on the plight of African-Americans.

A lot of what I did throughout this assignment worked. This is because Joey’s album was very easy to use because it spelled things out very simply. I used two verse from his album that were very effective at getting their point across efficiently. I also did my best to make this sound like a professional podcast by using various audio effects. I approached the project with the mentality that I was going to use Joey’s album as the platform to show the oppression of African-Americans. I did this because Joey’s album was released less than 3 months ago so his album has a lot of relevance. Also, much of what he’s talking about relates to current #blacklivesmatter stances. The album was easy very easy understand for my audience, so it was the perfect combination of depth and breadth to enabled my podcast to be successful. One thing I wish I could have done differently was discuss verses from the album more so I could have shown more evidence that Joey’s album related to #blacklivesmatter, but this couldn’t be done because of time constraints.