(0:00) intro & preview (2:50) Special Announcements! (5:28) Tory Lanez gets stabbed in prison (18:56) how do we feel about the recent melee battle between Joey Bad@$$ and several west coast rappers currently? (49:23) Are dead rappers overrated?? (1:17:50) Nic drops in to share his opinion on Joey Bad@$$ dissing his home state MCs (1:27:47) Common's…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:25) NBA playoffs talk (8:38) what do we think of the addition of Dr. Marc Lamont Hill to the Joe Budden podcast? (35:48) can hip hop ever be radical again like it once was? Why or why not? (56:49) Billboard releases their list of the 25 Best Female MCs! Did they get it right? Did they leave out anyone important?? (1:39:30)…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:00) Spring is in the air! (5:00) a couple of special messages (8:03) Follow up on our last convo regarding Westside Gunn's most underrated album and 38 Spesh's lyricism (24:09) Mass Appeal Records announces they're releasing 7 albums this year! Whose album are we looking forward to the most? Whose are we looking forward to…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:32) when & how did we first hear Westside Gunn's or Griselda's music? ( 13:46) we share what we feel are the 10 greatest albums released from the Griselda crew starting with DJ (21:36) Reggie (30:43) Jamil (42:35) Ian (49:22) we debate what might be Westside Gunn's most underrated album (59:19) what are our favorite 10 Wes…

(0:00) intro & preview (5:31) Little Brother announces their final tour (10:05) Drake and his legal team score a minor legal victory in their case against UMG; but, what's next? And do we even care anymore? (32:06) the crew shares their Top 10 Southern Hip Hop Albums of All Time! (1:01:56) we do a retro review of the 2000 Spike Lee film 'Bamboozled…

(0:00) intro & preview (7:49) Is there a responsible way for hip hop media to cover Kanye West? Should it even engage with him in his current state?? (40:00) the crew shares their wishlists for MCs they would love to hear The Alchemist do a full length collab project with who he hasn't teamed up with before (50:37) Do we agree with Dr. Dre's commen…

(0:00) intro & preview (5:15) what did we think about Kanye West's latest offering 'BULLY'?? (14:09) many are criticizing Kendrick Lamar for collaborating with Playboi Carti, is the criticism fair or not? (27:55) we discuss songs where MCs who are women stole the show from their male counterparts (53:20) we do a retro review of Kendrick Lamar's "To…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:12) DJ is still on a Mickey Diamond high (5:18) Nelly defends Sexxy Red against critics; does he have a point?? (28:12) we share our top 5 underrated Jay-Z songs according to our personal opinions (57:12) Our Top 10 West Coast hip hop albums of all time!! (1:36:22) Album Faceoff: Mickey Diamond- Nobody Bleeds Like Flair vs…

(0:00) intro & preview (5:16) R.I.P. D'Wayne Wiggins, Roy Ayers, & Angie Stone (6:56) if we were boxers, what song(s) would we love to walk out to for fights? (14:42) what are our favorite Andre 3000 verses?? (33:13) why haven't we seen a solo Andre 3K rap album? And would we even want one now? (46:45) Ian defends his unpopular opinion that J. Cole…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:30) stay clean out there! (6:30) Wu Tang Clan announces their farewell tour (10:29) The Alchemist has at least 3 more collaborative projects dropping in 2025! Which one are we looking forward to the most? (15:36) why isn't Griselda embraced by the rap industry? (28:40) what are our 5 greatest hip hop concept albums?? (1:08…

Ian, Jamil, DJ and Spook review the latest album from Westside Gunn, entitled '12' and give it our divisive 1 to 10 rating.

Ian, Jami, DJ & Spook review the latest album from The Alchemist, Larry June & 2Chainz, 'Life Is Beautiful' and share our divisive 1 to 10 rating!

(0:00) intro & preview (2:20) catchin' up, getting shots & Ja Rule (7:00) quite a few of rap's OG's have been less than complimentary of Kendrick Lamar during his recent spike in popularity; why is that? (35:26) Fix Their Careers; we play A&R and discuss how we would craft the next albums of Black Star, Jadakiss, and Lil Wayne to get their discogra…

(0:00) intro & preview (4:17) we share our reactions and discuss our interpretations of Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance; was it everything we hoped it would've been?? (44:07) RIP Irv Gotti: we discuss his legacy and contributions to hip hop (51:01) Spook pops in a lil late to diss old heads (58:53) we dive into a retro review of Gh…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:52) what are our thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' sweeping the Grammys & Doechii and Rapsody's Grammy wins (13:08) DJ Akademiks gets banned on Twitch due to his bothersome grooming type behavior of minors online (29:40) Mailbag Question: what was the first rap song on the radio that we hated? (42:20) we review th…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:37) Lord Jamar falls out with comedian Godfrey over his flat earth theory crash out (22:49) There's a new potential hip hop music festival on the horizon: Unc Fest! Would we be interested in Unc Fest? Who should be on the bill? (32:01) Ian issues a clarification over his Drake criticisms (44:28) what are Outkast's 5 most u…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:00) catchin' up (6:46) Drake follows through with his lawsuit against UMG for defamation! (28:21) what do we think of the rappers who performed at Donald Trump's inauguration?!? (42:25) how and when did NYC lose its definitive hip hop sound and it's stature in hip hop?? (1:04:04) The Crew's Worst Takes Revisisted: Ian brin…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:07) we made it to 2025! (4:45) what did we really think of Joey Bad@ss's 'The Ruler's Back' track?!? (15:22) we react to Drake's Fighting Irish Freestyle and his latest getback against Lebron James via DJ Akademiks (37:11) did the crew ever listen to the Sir Rockabye EP??! (41:31) Complex names Kendrick Lamar the greatest …

(0:00) intro & preview (3:42) Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def & The Alchemist announce a joint album coming early 2025 (9:56) Fat Joe & Lord Jamar are going at it again + what do we think of Fat Joe saying 2024 was the worst year ever in hip hop (26:00) we dive into our 7th annual Vibes and Stuff Awards awarding the best & worst in hip hop in 2024 starting …

(0:00) intro & preview (4:56) was LL Cool J on point when he stated that he was the "most important" rapper ever?! (22:06) we dive into sharing our picks for the best 10 to 20 hip hop albums released in 2024 starting with (23:07) Dave (29:02) Reggie (38:17) DJ (45:05) DJ Kal (54:30) Vince (1:11:15) Jamil (1:19:48) Ian (1:37:27) we celebrate Festivu…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:49) R.I.P. Nikki Giovanni (4:18) Jaguar Wright has recanted her explosive allegations against Jay-Z; who could've seen this coming & what have we learned? (21:57) producer EMRLDBeats receives backlash for his comments on soul samples and boom bap (35:46) Is Doechii the female MC that we've all been waiting for? And what to…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:45) catchin' up & special shot out (4:05) Andrew Schulz gets very weird responding to a certain Kendrick Lamar lyric (29:50) we share our reactions to the latest allegations made against Jay-Z and discuss the veracity of the claims (59:22) Mailbag Questions: what is the worst thing about our favorite MCs? (1:07:28) what hi…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:35) DJ shares his top 5 songs from MM...FOOD & top 10 O.D.B. songs (8:27) The real reason Metro Boomin has beef with Drake (11:15) Ian has to do some street politics (12:15) what's going on at Dreamville? Is J. Cole just a bad label head? (22:16) What happened to the counter culture? Who are the counter culture artists in …

Ian & Jamil discuss and review the latest album from Freddie Gibbs, 'You Only Die 1nce', and give it our final 1 to 10 rating.

Ian & Jamil discuss and review Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' album and give it our final 1 to 10 rating.

(0:00) intro & preview (3:05) special shot out (4:05) RIP Saafir (5:13) Lil Wayne seemingly responds to Kendrick Lamar's 'Wacced Out Murals'; is this a potential beef brewing? (20:01) Drake sues his own label UMG for allegedly taking sides in his feud with Kendrick Lamar (28:22) who won our 2010s Hip Hop Album Draft? (34:18) MF DOOM's MM...FOOD alb…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:32) revisiting the beef between Pete Rock & CL Smooth and why MC/Producer duos are an endangered species now (10:15) should MAGA supporters have the right to participate in & enjoy hip hop music? + who really controls what musicians get heard by listeners? Record labels? Algorithms? Fans? Radio? (41:49) we review the hip h…

Ian, Jamil, & Nic sit down to review the latest album from Griselda's Westside Gunn and give it our final 1 to 10 rating.

Ian, Jamil, & Nic sit down to review and discuss the latest album from Tyler The Creator and give it our final 1 to 10 rating!

(0:00) intro & preview (1:15) catchin' up & how bout dem Bears?! (4:35) R.I.P. Quincy Jones (7:47) In defense of our Greatest Storytellers in rap list from last week....(8:46) who won our 2000s Hip Hop Album Draft?? (12:21) Method Man sounds off on remixes and says they steal artists' intellectual property; is he right? (34:02) Is the west coast cu…

(0:00) intro & preview (4:15) RIP DJ Clark Kent (7:21) Lil Durk lands in some legal trouble (11:42) A Tribe Called Quest was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame...so why don't I care all that much?!??! (23:32) Are the BET Awards calling it a wrap? + no more award show cyphers & The Alchemist upsetting the Producer of the Year category! (34:…

(0:00) intro & preview (3:22) R.I.P. Ka, a true hip hop legend (11:25) J. Cole drops 'Port Antonio' to mixed reactions; is he trying to rewrite history? (38:46) Piers Morgan lands himself in hot water with Jay-Z's legal team thanks to his controversial interview with Jaguar Wright (50:54) Pharoah Monch's "Internal Affairs" album turns 25 years old …

(0:00) intro & preview (1:35) catching up and anticipating the fall season (3:36) Is Common's 'The Auditorium' a top 5 release in his discography? (9:49) Notorious B.I.G. has been getting removed from rap fans' top 5 rappers lists due to people retroactively examining his most extreme lyrics (17:19) we discuss the most frustrating parts of the conv…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:30) catchin' up & DJ shares his thoughts on last week's Album Faceoff (8:40) CL Smooth reveals that he wishes to do one more album with Pete Rock (22:56) Psalm One vs Kid Cudi, and the battle over stolen intellectual property (39:05) we discuss and review Method Man and Redman's album 'Blackout' album on its 25th anniversa…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:00) catchin' up (7:30) we share the results of last week's 90s hip hop album draft! (13:40) more details have been released about the circumstances around Diddy's arrest; what do we think? How will this all end? Will we miss him? (35:30) we dive into our Best Common Song Bracket until there is only one song left standing! …

(0:00) intro & preview (1:30) catchin' up & how to cover topics sufficiently (6:48) RIP Rich Homie Quan, Frankie Beverly & Tito Jackson (8:56) Ice Cube once again surfaces during an election cycle with an unpopular message & why black Twitter might be sick of him (27:33) Diddy Arrested!!! (28:43) we discuss the fallout from the announcement of Kend…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:35) catchin' up & our kids going back to school (6:36) R.I.P. Fatman Scoop (12:44) Flipmode rapper Rampage calls out rappers from his era for switching up to stay popular; does he have a point? And where's the line between growth & adaptation, and selling out? (27:37) Hoteps vs. Hip Hop: cultural talking heads have been cr…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:05) catchin' up & a "celebrity" sighting (8:04) Drake is at it again...teasing more diss tracks aimed at Kendrick Lamar & releasing new music; is this the best approach to take to get his career back on track?? (34:24) we dive into a retro review of Foreign Exchange's 'Connected' LP on its 20th anniversary & discuss our fi…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:00) catchin' up & how our summer has been (7:43) Tyler The Creator calls out rapper Ian; does he have a point? (27:00) we dive into our obligatory Kendrick Lamar discussion, starting with 10 hot takes that have been put out there in the wake of his victory over Drake (59:27) we list what we feel are Kendrick's most underra…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:40) catchin' up (8:40) we share our thoughts on the first breakdancing competition in the Olympics (18:16) 9th Wonder & Q-Tip bring up opposite arguments concerning whether an "Adult Contemporary" sub-genre would work for hip-hop? Who should be included in it, and why? (56:39) Give Them Their Flowers: Our favorite 10 Gang …

(0:00) intro & preview (1:35) catchin' up (3:15) RIP Chino XL (8:32) Is Lupe Fiasco Hating On Kendrick Lamar? We go through his long history of saying less than flattering things about K Dot & what could be the true source of his criticism? Does he want smoke with Kendrick? (32:02) Cam'ron has an opinion about Chicago rappers (40:00) co-host DJ sha…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:30) catchin' up (5:10) Andre 3000 weighs in on why so many new artists sound the same (12:51) we review Complex's Power 25 Ranking of Hip Hop Media Personalities- who belongs and who doesn't (1:04:18) we break down the discography of Westside Gunn to determine his GOAT album, most divisive album, overlooked masterpiece, fa…

(0:00) intro & preview (2:00) we react to the apparent attempted assassination of 45 (9:12) we weigh in on the debate between Lord Jamar & KRS One on who created hip hop, black Americans or blacks along with Puerto Ricans and other minority groups? (28:21) Common & Eminem both dropped "comeback" albums on the same day! Did they recapture their glor…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:30) catchin' up & Ian's NYC trip (11:04) we share our reactions to & discuss Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" music video (43:30) Is Jaguar Wright a reliable source of insider gossip? Or is she just peddling conspiracy theories out of bitterness? (1:12:43) Donald Glover went on a humorous rant at the recent BET Awards, but d…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:30) catchin' up & the heat in AZ (5:20) we share our thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's Pop Out concert and what it meant for the culture (17:11) what should Drake do now? How can he rebound from such a public and thorough humiliation? (29:41) Is The Game going out sad?? (42:25) Unpopular Hip Hop Opinions (57:56) the crew shares…

(0:00) intro & preview (1:45) catchin' up, the heatwave & Ian's cicada project (8:48) Lauryn Hill's 'Miseducation' is crowned the greatest album of all time by Apple Music; do we agree? (22:28) Method Man vows to never perform at Hot 97's Summer Jam; fair or foul? (30:01) 9th Wonder compares Caitlin Clark's rise in the WNBA to Eminem's rise in hip …

(0:00) intro & preview (3:52) special guest DJ has a different angle on the DJ Vlad vs black Princeton professor incident (25:27) R.I.P. Brother Marquis (26:46) Wu Tang Clan's 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' album is premiering in....Australia(?!?), how do we feel about that album rollout? (45:00) Skips 2 Bumps: what songs did we used to skip that we…

Ian & Chas review the latest album from Mach Hommy 'RICHAXXHAITIAN', we'll share our likes, critiques, favorite 5 tracks & give our final 1 to 10 rating!

After chewing the fat for 11 eleven minutes, Ian & Chas dive into reviewing Rapsody's latest album 'Please Don't Cry'. We'll share our likes, critiques, favorite 5 tracks & give a final 1 to 10 rating!

(0:00) intro & preview (1:50) Ian's bad and no good week (12:45) Rappers we would (and wouldn't) trust to babysit our kids (25:20) what MF DOOM songs would we love to hear used to introduce Dr. Doom in the MCU films? (36:41) Give Them Their Flowers: The Alchemist; we discuss his legacy and why we appreciate his catalog (45:57) we list our favorite …