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Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.2 Top 5 Albums, Verses, Songs, MVPs + More | Ep. 184

Release Date: 12/23/2024

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Yo yo yo, welcome back to our ongoing series looking at the greatest three-album runs in hip hop history - and today is a special one. Today we’re talking about a run that transcended hip hop and smashed straight into mainstream pop culture…yes, it’s all about that man DMX. And with us to discuss this colossus is a stacked guest list, including founder of Trapital and podcaster who digs into the business of hip hop…Dan Runcie is in the house! As well as Dan, we’ve got takes from the likes of Dart Adams, Justin Hunte, Zilla Rocca, SonRaw, The Next Movement Podcast and the...

Nas + DJ Premier’s ‘Light-Years’ DELIVERS | Ep. 192

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This one is truly special, as two GOATs combine to bring us what most heads deemed the Holy Grail form back in the day - Nas and Preemo finally combine for a whole record, and drop ‘Light-Years’. We review the album and speak on numerous topics, including thoughts on Preemo’s production style in the modern era, Nas’ elite pen, what this album means to us and much more. Show Notes Track-by-track review (08:40) One Hand on the Steering Wheel Tracks (55:00) 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: ...

Why De La Soul’s ‘Cabin in the Sky’ is Essential | Ep. 191

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Today we dig into one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time - De La Soul. After losing Trugoy in 2023, the group are back proving that the magic number is still THREE 🙏 As they drop their latest release, ‘Cabin in the Sky’, we bring thoughts on why this may be one of the albums of the year, how Nas and Mass Appeal bet big on the hip hop golden era and won, and ask if Nas is the Feature King of 2025 👑 Show Notes Nas: Feature King of 2025? (16:20) Album review (19:50) 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap...

'Supreme Clientele 2': Worth the Wait? | Ep. 190

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THANK GOD FOR MY WALLABEE SHOE, IT DONE SAVED ME! Yes people, Ghostface Killah returns with the sequel to his landmark classic - 'Supreme Clientele 2' is here 🤯 But is it worth the wait? Or yet another false dawn in the Wu-Tang Clan chronicles? Tune in to get our breakdown 🎧 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's collection 📲 Wu-Tang Chronicles Series 🐝 Our Wu series travels through the entire...

Is Clipse's ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ Album Of the Year? | Ep. 189

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YELLOW DIAMONDS LOOK LIKE PEE PEE!! Yo yo yo people, today we bring you our thoughts on one of the best drops of 2025, as we welcome back one of the greatest rap duos going. Pusha T and Malice team up with Pharrell to get us all nostalgic about hip hop again, and boy does it deliver ❄️ 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's collection 📲 Wu-Tang Chronicles Series 🐝 Our Wu series travels through...

Did Aesop Rock Drop Verse of the Year? (Patreon Clip)

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Full Episode: Kam digs into Aesop Rock’s RIDICULOUS rhyming in 2025, and asks…are these the best verses of the year so far? Let us know in the comments, on our socials or - your verses, albums, artwork, MVPs, rookies and songs of the year so far. 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's collection 📲 Wu-Tang Chronicles Series 🐝 Our Wu series travels through the entire Clan dynasty, giving you...

Big L ‘The Big Picture’ Album Review (Patreon Clip)

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FULL EPISODE: Yo yo yo, this month we take it back to the year 2000 in our Rawkus Chronicles series, to revisit Big L’s ‘The Big Picture’ record. Joining us is another stacked guest list, with Call Out Culture’s Zilla Rocca, Dead End Hip Hop’s Beezy, and author Ben Pedroche aka Grown Up Rap breaking it all down - some stellar takes in this one! Also, go check out Call Out Culture, Dead End and Ben’s latest book - ‘Independent As F**: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005.’ 🔥 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole...

Slept-On Wu-Tang: ‘The Sun’ Track Review | Ep. 188

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SUUUUUUU! Welcome to another dip into the Wu-Tang Clan chamber. We jump into our Slept-On Wu Bangers Spotify playlist () and pick out a song to break down on the show. Back in 2001, Ghostface Killah was hitting his apex, and one of the best songs to encapsulate this is ‘The Sun’. A deep cut that never got the chance to open his album ‘Bulletproof Wallets’, thanks to RZA being too high to remember the sample for clearance, this song may well be the best example of Wu-Tang being for the children. Featuring Raekwon, Slick Rick and RZA, we bring your our takes on this...

Armand Hammer 3-Album Run w/ PremRock | Ep. 187

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Welcome back to our series digging into the greatest three-album runs in hip hop history, and today we bring you some modern classics from one of the best rap duos putting in work - Armand Hammer. We dig into the genius of billy woods and Elucid with rapper PremRock, travelling through 2017’s Rome, 2018’s Paraffin and 2020’s Shrines, looking at why this run is so special, and how it taps into the entire history of rap in just three records. Featuring a ton of amazing guest contributions, from the likes of rapper Defcee, writer Ginger Slim, producer SonRaw, and the elite rap...

Slept-On Wu-Tang: ‘Careful (Click, Click)’ Track Review | Ep. 186

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SUUUUUUU! Yes, we are back with you, digging into the Wu chamber once more, as we jump into our Slept-On Wu Bangers Spotify Playlist () and pick out a song to break down on the show. This episode we travel back to the year 2000, and Wu’s album ‘The W’, where Kam breaks down his love for the abundantly erratic song ‘Careful (Click, Click)’. Show Notes That’s That Shit promo (03:00) Track review (06:10) 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: Wu-Tang Chronicles Series 🐝 Our Wu series travels...

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Continuing our two-part special episode, we bring you our final takes on this stellar year in rap, as well as more incredible guest contributions

Show Notes

Roc Marciano - Marciology (01:14)
Cavalier - Different Type Time (06:14)
NAHReally + The Expert (13:30)
Dan O + Ken B. Inge (29:50)
Estee Nack - Stone Temple Pyrex + Systematically We Were Never Free (50:56)
Max Bell + The Rap Music Plug Podcast (57:30)
MAVI - Shadowbox (1:07:30)
Ginger Slim + Dobson (1:22:50)
Ransom + Harry Fraud - Lavish Misery (1:34:30)
Schoolboy Q - Blue Lips + Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN (1:38:40)
Zilla Rocca + Beezy + Alaska Atoms (1:46:09)
Jay Royale - The Bea Gaddy Soup Kitchen (2:01:10)
Songs of the year (2:07:40)
MVPs + artwork + best moments of 2024 (2:32:30)

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