What Josh Clark has said about Hip-hop
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 18, 2026
Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Hip-hop once in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on July 18, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Clark, citing articles, says Cornelius saw hip-hop as a step backward from integration-era aspirations, and personally thinks it clashed with his smoothness.
“My own personal take is that he was a smooth customer and he appreciated smoothness in hip hop, especially 80s hip hop was the opposite of smooth”
Stuff You Should Know: Selects: The Soul Train Episode (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 48:34
Episodes
Selects: The Soul Train EpisodeStuff You Should Know · Jul 18, 2026 · 47 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant trace the history of Soul Train and its creator Don Cornelius, from Chicago origins to cultural legacy.
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