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OutKast ‘Stankonia’ + Eminem ‘Marshall Mathers LP’ Album Reviews (Patreon Clip)

Release Date: 02/25/2025

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...

OutKast ‘Stankonia’ + Eminem ‘Marshall Mathers LP’ Album Reviews (Patreon Clip)

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Stankonia full episode: The Marshall Mathers LP full episode: Here’s another sneak peek into what’s going on at our Patreon (), a place where you can support the show and hear tons of bonus episodes talking about the hip hop universe. Coming up, get ready for some elite rap chat from the likes of rapper Brian Ennals, producer Infinity Knives, as well as heads, Dan O from Freemusic Empire and Tom Comey from Shotgun the Aux. Show Notes Stankonia (01:50) Marshall Mathers LP (55:20) 🚨 Join Our Patreon: 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of...

The Alchemist + Prodigy 'Bible Paper' Track Review w/ PremRock | Ep. 185

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Time to roll a spliff with a bible, and boogie board on a tidal wave, yes it's and another episode of our Digging in the Crates series - The Alchemist edition 🧪 We’ve done 'We Gonna Make It' and 'Terry', so now we travel all the way back to 2013 to talk about 'Bible Paper', Al’s cut with Prodigy from Mobb Deep. And in the hot seat is our man PremRock to break down his love for this cut with us. Show Notes Why Prodigy is a GOAT + great Schott Free story (1:00) Love for Alchemist and this album (15:00) A chat about beat switches (25:50) Hottest bars on this song (40:30) How...

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

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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...

Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.1 Ka Tribute, Top 5 Albums + More | Ep. 184

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Our end of year special is here, and as always it is STACKED. This is a two-part special, and over the next 5+ hours, Kam, Ray and SonRaw bring you an epic Ka tribute, our Top 5 albums of the year, and all our fave verses, songs and MVP shouts. Featuring some truly incredible contributions from the rap scene, we have a huge guest list, including… Yoh Phillips NAHreally The Expert Professor Skye Elsie not Elise Uncommon Nasa Gary Suarez (Cabbages) Max Bell Ken B. Inge (Dead End Hip Hop) Zilla Rocca Dan O Dobson Alaska Atoms The Rap Music Plug Podcast Beezy (Dead End Hip Hop)...

Roc Marciano ‘Tek to a Mack’ Track Review w/ MidaZ the Beast | Ep. 183

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Yo yo yo, welcome to another episode of our Digging in the Crates Series - the Roc Marciano edition 💎 And today we travel back to one of his best opening cuts of all time, ‘Tek to a Mack’ from his 2012 classic ‘Reloaded’. And to discuss the genius of Roc, we have a guy who’s personally worked with the underground icon (as well as constantly dropping fire himself), rapper MidaZ the Beast is in the house 🔥 Show Notes Getting into Roc Marciano (02:20) Hearing Marcberg before it dropped (16:20) Thoughts on drumless hip hop (33:20) Hottest bars (56:20) DITC catagories...

Company Flow’s ‘Funcrusher Plus’ Album Review w/ Breeze Brewin, GENG PTP + Myke C-Town (Rawkus Chronicles - Patreon Clip)

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FULL EPISODE: Today we’re keeping it independent as fuck, rugged like Rwanda and hardcore like Kool G Rap music made for concert piano!! Yes, we are opening up our Rawkus Records Chronicles, to talk about their first major rap release - 1997’s Funcrusher Plus from Company Flow. This here is a clip of what's happening over at our Patreon ( where we've been building a hell of a dip back into the world of 90s hip hop, specifically the importance and legacy of Rawkus Records. And our first special guests are major - rapper Breeze Brewin from The Juggaknots is in the...

‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Film Review: 50th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 182

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BREAK OUT THE HEAD CHEESE PEOPLE! Yes, it’s our final episode of Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror series for this Halloween, and we go out with a bang - celebrating FIFTY years of one of the best films ever made, 1974’s ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ 🪚 And joining in the fun, their families have always been into meat…Myke C-Town, Alaska Atoms and Thomas Hobbs break down the genius of TCM, while adding some dope hip hop flavour on top. In addition, we have an incredible set of special guests contributing, including hip hop artist Sadistik, and Crate 808 regulars Simon Ward...

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Film Review: 40th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 181

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One, two, Crate 808 is coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, here’s your hip hop fix! Today we hope to keep your Halloweens spooky by continuing our Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror series, and this one is big. We sit down to celebrate 40 years of an iconic, genre-shifting, pop culture behemoth - Wes Craven’s classic ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ from 1984. Joining in the fun, we have Myke C-Town and Alaska Atoms, with dope contributions from hip hop heads Simon Ward and Tom Comey 🔪 Show Notes Why this film has lasted (00:00) How Freddy Krueger...

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Stankonia full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-97658593

The Marshall Mathers LP full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-lp-97480136

Here’s another sneak peek into what’s going on at our Patreon (patreon.com/crate808), a place where you can support the show and hear tons of bonus episodes talking about the hip hop universe. Coming up, get ready for some elite rap chat from the likes of rapper Brian Ennals, producer Infinity Knives, as well as heads, Dan O from Freemusic Empire and Tom Comey from Shotgun the Aux.

Show Notes

Stankonia (01:50)
Marshall Mathers LP (55:20)

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