Episodes
3:05 - Roll Call
B: The Naptural Store
Retro: DJ Trackstar
11:02 - Taking Ls on SNKRS in real time
19:15 - Pops Playlist
B: Nas - King’s Disease
Retro: DJ Screw - 3 N the Mornin
32:37 - Heat Check
B: Air Jordan 11 Space Jam
Retro: Nike Air Ndestrukt
36:00 - Traveling during COVID times
45:30 - Crip barbershops, where walk-ins are NOT welcome
52:05 - Nesting SZN has arrived, and dealing with an incoming baby boy rather than another girl
1:00:00 - Don’t be afraid to ditch one daycare for...
Published 09/29/20
:40 - Redefining and repurposing the dad bod with Ant from Dad Bod Apparel!
4:38 - On the inception of Dad Bod Apparel
7:45 - Internet trolls are weird, man.
15:30 - Supporting your local business in order to scale properly
21:45 - Mild inconvenience is NOT oppression
23:45 - Ant and Retro getting into it over the Santa Barbara lifestyle
31:45 - There can be no growth without discomfort
32:38 - Heat Check
Ant: Air Jordan 11 Black Red
Retro: Air Tech Challenge II “Lava”
B: Air Jordan...
Published 09/15/20
5:12 - The problem with being a progressive Hip Hop head
11:00 - Romany’s escape from Hollywood
14:50 - Being able to make Tijuana Jackson while signed to a major ABC tv show
24:20 - Shoutout to John Cho for being able to play Gabrielle Union’s tv husband
32:50 - Kim Stamps ouchea making sure she getting her paper
40:00 - The shadiness of the Hollywood machine
49:52 - SIDE HUSTLE PAPI
59:30 - Timing is everything.
1:11:04 - True strength as a man is showing the totality of his em
1:21:50 -...
Published 08/31/20
0:45 - Magical pum pum!
3:00 - The Pops stumbling through gender identity (we’re trying though)
6:14 - Heat Check
Retro: Nike Zoom Flight The Glove
B: Air Jordan 1 Low Gold Toe
11:40 - Pops Playlist
B: 38 Spesh - 6 Shots
Retro: Benny The Butcher - The Respected Sopranos
15:15 - Lea and Kennedy keeping in touch outside of daycare via burner/Obama phones
17:16 - Roll Call
B: Roheen
Retro: Geo, Ron Holden, Ride For Black Lives
26:15 - Tantrum SZN is here.
36:30 - Sending your kids to daycare in...
Published 08/24/20
3:19 - The perfect match of podcast and music
9:25 - The “good ole Tumblr” days
10:40 - Abstrakt’s top 5 dead or alive MCs
18:00 - Roll Call
Abstrakt - Will The Shooter
B: Romany Malco
Retro: Andy Netkin
20:38 - Heat Check
Retro: Nike Kobe 4 Protro
Abstrakt: Nike Chancletas
B: Air Jordan 4 Motosport
25:20 - Pops Playlist
Abstrakt: Blu & Exile - Miles
B: Styles P - Ghost Your Enthusiasm
Retro: Kool G Rap - Genius of Rap 3
31:50 - Managing artistry and the 9 to 5 during the Covid era...
Published 08/17/20
5:20 - The evolution of Wordsworth MCing for staying power
12:50 - Wordsworth the MC turned dad turned teacher
19:00 - The story of Wordsworth hopping reaching the youth via cartoon soundtracks
30:40 - Shakespeare ain’t better than Nas!
34:50 - F*ck paying the same tuition for online courses.
38:15 Roll Call
Wordsworth - Twin Cutz
Retro: Mando and Crystal
B: Henrik
43:05 Heat Check
Wordsworth - Air Jordan 1 Celtics OG
B: Air Jordan 1 Mid Hyper Royal
Retro: Air Jordan 10 Shadow
47:00 -...
Published 08/10/20
5:55 - On threatening people over the Internet
9:00 - Mya Mondays and hall passes
11:40 Roll Call
B: The Drawing Dad
Retro: The Most Infamous P
Gotty: The PopsCast Crew
15:25 - General Release Boyz!
19:20 - Stepping aside from the ‘Ye slander
27:10 - The secret to a deep voice (it’s a pack of Kools or Newports a day)
28:32 Pops Playlist
Gotty: Mozzy - Beyond Bulletproof
B: Jay-Z - I Can’t Get With That
Retro: Tobe Nwigwe - Try Jesus
39:30 - Problematic Rappers
47:10 Heat Check
Gotty - Custom...
Published 08/03/20
1:25 - Angelenos have accents after all
5:20 - The Topo Chico Boys strike back against anti-DMX slander
10:12 - Heat Check
Retro: Nike Air CB 34
B: Air Jordan 4 SE “Neon"
15:10 - Realizing the difference between the Universe telling you “no,” and “not yet."
20:40 - Shoutouts
Retro: Steve B from A Pod Amongst Men
B: Shara and Brett
33:00 - On teaching your kids to do “white sh*t”
40:00 - Bruce’s Beach. Google it.
42:00 - Roy Wood Jr. wisdom.
47:20 - Catch B on some jet skis over the weekend!...
Published 07/21/20
Season 2 Episode 6 - Hell on Earth
4:00 - Workshopping the episode 98 questions.
6:37 - Pops Playlist
B: Masta Ace - Long Hot Summer
Retro: Conway x Big Ghost - No One Mourns The Wicked
13:42 - Heat Check
Retro: Nike Air Foamposite One XX
B: Air Jordan 12 Flu Game
18:39 - Roll Call:
B: All the good dadsClick to Download
Retro: B, KC Bounds (RIP)
26:00 - FATHER’S DAY FLEXING
34:00 - We’ve been lied to about ramen.
41:30 - On the importance of showing up for your kids, no matter the...
Published 06/22/20
:38 - Pops Playlist
B - RTJ4 by Run The Jewels
Retro - Sleeping With The Enemy by Paris
3:53 - Heat Check
Retro - Nike Cortez Nylon Black
B - Air Jordan 4 Fire Red
6:25 - Shoutouts
B - George Floyd
Retro - Black people in general, and Gerard
14:07 - Too many disrespectful opinions on #BLM
16:08 - The everyday dangers of being Black in America.
20:50 - Have the courage to have uncomfortable conversations and to be wrong, and learn from it
23:25 - BANANA MILK SALUTE to Ink Coffee and...
Published 06/08/20
:55 Covid conspiracy theory
2:00 Bidets = LUXURY
4:38 - More fiscal ratchetry from the boys
7:20 - Heat Check
B - Air Jordan 8 White/Red
Retro - Adidas chancletas
9:45 - Frugality competition!
14:20 - Retro being a reformed bad tipper.
15:35 - Roll Call
B: Himself! Also, Ant from Dad Bod Apparel
Retro: Rich King aka King of The Brights
18:20 - Pops Playlist (Rest In Power Fred Da Godson)
B - Ignatius by Jadakiss
Retro - Reasonable Drought by Stove God Cooks
23:30 - Speaking on Jay...
Published 05/25/20
2:00 - Dopest/wackest sneaker moments in music video history
5:58 Heat Check
B - Air Jordan 1 High Nouveau Navy Snake
Retro - Nike Air Max 95 Neon
8:30 - Nike conspiracy theories
10:01 - The Popscast is the Voltron of ignorance.
12:40 - Roll Call
B - LL Cool Joe once again!
23:04 - Discussing period poverty
25:35 - Is the Buffalo “underdog” mentality played for Griselda?
29:00 - Are there any prominent MCs that can legitimately battle Eminem?
33:23 - Another plural term for dicks!
35:10 -...
Published 05/05/20
Welcoming in our first guest for season 2, Kelvin Truitt! You might have seen him on Nailed It: Holiday on Netflix, cutting your favorite celebrity, or officiating a wedding near you.
2:04 - REFRIGERATOR CAKE MUST DIE
4:15 - Heat Check
B: Air Jordan 1 Team Red/Electric Orange
Kel: Vans Old Skool Black
Retro: Air Jordan 3 Cyber Monday
8:50 - Pops Playlist
Kel: Sirius XM 77 Kids Bop Radio (Not a joke)
B: David Bars Freestyle
Retro: LNDN DRGS - Affiliated
14:25 - Pre-diagnosing Fred Da...
Published 03/06/20
:44 Moisturizing advice for the winter months
1:22 Story behind the new soundtrack for Season 2
8:40 The great debate: Who's spicier, B or Retro?
12:40 Retro's context behind "safety spice"
13:30 Heat Check
Retro: Air Jordan 6 White/Navy
B: Air Jordan 1 "Letterman"
15:45 Roll Call
B: Ed from Since 1982
Retro: BIG GHOST LTD
18:30 Pops Playlist
B: The Price of Fame
Retro: Purple Haze 2
22:10 2019 in review
25:52 Retro feeling like a sidepiece when B ghosted him
27:00 In 2020, no apologies....
Published 02/14/20
:20 - Heat Check
Retro: Air Jordan 1 Black/Red
B: Nike Sacai "Green Gusto"
2:53 - Midsole pens
4:00 - The hosts getting love from JBL!
7:00 - B's most recent heartbreak re: fatherhood
10:08 - On Henny being the nectar of the ratchet gawds
13:29 - Roll Call
Retro: @camilohannibal / @houstonrazarapproject
B: @since1982
19:08 - Shoe Of The Year picks
B: Any Nike Sacais
Retro: Air Jordan 6 PSG
22:30 - Why Retro doesn't let people borrow his sneakers anymore
28:05 - The introduction of the...
Published 10/28/19
1:25 - Social media fails from the hosts.
2:52 - Our first white, Brett aka @thomforke!
5:50 - Heat Check
Retro: Air Jordan 7 "Raptors"
B: Air Max 1 "Rush Pink"
Thomforke: Allen Edmonds Strand Captoe
8:23 - Pops Playlist
Thomforke: Billy Joel (j/k), Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate, Good Food podcast, Producer's Guide podcast, Scriptnotes podcast, Super Soul Sundays (not kidding)
B: Young MA - HERstory
Retro: - 38 Spesh - A Bullet For Every Heathen
13:30 - Kay Slay apparently stopped doing...
Published 10/07/19
1:52 - The introduction of #fiscallyratchet
3:05 - Problematic Quentin Tarantino
6:12 - Heat Check
B: Nike Air Max 1 Parra (Funny side story here)
Retro: Nike AF1 SF "Black/Gum"
8:45 - Pops Playlist
Retro: Little Brother - May The Lord Watch
B: Joell Ortiz - Monday
13:02 - Roll Call
B: Dad Off Duty
Retro: Lui and Jorge
15:52 - Description of Freddy's spice levels (hint: they're not low)
18:40 - B improvising quality time when playing the 2-3 zone
25:55 - Conspiracy theories regarding baby...
Published 09/16/19
Another episode in the books. We’d like to thank single dad/fitness guru/all around great guy Demetrio Mills for being on the show and bringing insight into life as a young single dad.
:22 - Starting off the episode with the debate on if Money, Power, Respect was worthy of being called a classic album
1:50 - Dee speaking on eyebrow shaping being part of the self care regimen
2:23 - Heat Check
Retro: Nike Air More Money (B disapproved of this heavily being a Knicks fan)
B: Nike LD Waffle Sacai...
Published 09/02/19
:48 - Very, very brief history on the signature Houston sound
3:21 - Heat Check
B: Nike Air Max 1 "Puerto Rico"
Retro: Kith x Nike Air Maestro 2 High "Purple"
4:52 - Kith slander
6:42 - Chopped and Screwed sounds being mood music
10:00 - Fake voices in the wake of someone passing
13:25 - Retro's fear of seeing Ma Dukes in his dreams
18:25 - Unhelpful advice from Captains Obviouses
20:30 - Toddler kids not caring about what you're going through
23:00 - Coping mechanisms 101
30:35 - On mental...
Published 08/19/19
2:00 Heat Check
Retro - Nike Air More Uptempo "Olympic"
Paul - Nike Air Max 97 "Triple Black"
B - Nike Air Max 1 "Sketch to Shelf"
Fredz - Nike Air Max 1 "Inside Out"
5:50 Pops' Playlist
Retro - Benny The Butcher "The Plugs I Met"
B - Nas "Lost Tapes Pt II"
Paul - UBI "Under Bad Influence"
9:50 Roll Call
B - @_nappyheadedninja_
Retro - @elsencheng
Paul - @justin_goaledminds
15:45 - Child rearing memories and thoughts on being raised in the era of ass whuppings
27:40 - Asking Siri for...
Published 08/05/19
A Podcast platform created by The Hip Pop & Retro Boogie for pops of all ages and stages to share experiences, advice and managing this whole fatherhood thing. We tackle all topics including work/life balance, quality time to spend with your family, marriage, single dads, and my favorite topic, how to maintain your identity while still being a great dad!
Published 07/14/19
A Podcast platform created by The Hip Pop & Retro Boogie for pops of all ages and stages to share experiences, advice and managing this whole fatherhood thing. We tackle all topics including work/life balance, quality time to spend with your family, marriage, single dads, and my favorite topic, how to maintain your identity while still being a great dad!
Published 06/16/19