New format for Season 3, three blocks in and out! Basketball season eats me alive, but the music never stops.. Two blocks of old school music from the boom bap era, and a block of new jams. Classic tracks this week from Mobb Deep, Nas, Organized Konfusion, OC, Showbiz & AG, Kool G Rap, MOP, Nature, Mos Def, Biggie, Busta Rhymes, and Craig Mack! New records from Black Thought, Conway, Benny, and Masta Ace! That's how you open a season, BRING IT!

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A Thanksgiving weekend bonus! Crazy new music popped out so we had to drop an episode this weekend to bless it. New tracks from Benny the Butcher, Pounds, Black Thought, Smoovth, Method Man, Roc C, Masta Ace, Elzhi, Lil' Fame, Terminology, Willie The Kid, Dave Bars, J.Cole, and more! Vintage tracks from Redman, Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, The Roots, Blackstar, Eric Sermon, Pharohe Monch, Nas, Sporty Thievz, OC, Mike Zoot, and more! Two and half hours of boom bap hip hop to close out your holiday weekend

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The finale of Season 2! The theme this week is commercial records that didn't suck.. From 1998-2003, hip hop entered a dark phase of club records that filled entire albums of sludge, HOWEVER.. There was still some great music nestled inside, and we highlighted it tonight. Jams from Biggie, Noreaga, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Joe Budden, Puff Daddy, The Alkaholiks, Ludacris, Cam'Ron, The Game, Nas, DMX, Ja Rule, and so much more! Longest episode to date, a perfect way to wrap up Season 2

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So many topics touched on this week! We start with a tribute to the movie "Belly" with a few songs from the soundtrack, we discuss the anniversary Heavy D's passing, and touch on the story that came out this week about Ol' Dirty Bastard's connection to the classic Mariah Carey remix. So many great tracks as always, music from Jeru the Damaja, Masta Ace, Talib Kweli, J.Cole, Large Professor, Brainsick Mob, and Blahzay Blahzay.. New tracks from Ras Kass, Dave Bars, Westside Gunn, Joell Ortiz, Awar, OC and more.. Unreleased music from The Firm, Vince Staples, and Mike Zoot.. This one is a classic, click it!

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Another whirlwind tour of 25 years of hip hop.. We start off with classics from Group Home, Jay-Z, Flipmode Squad, MF Doom, Masta Ace and more.. Dip into newer classics from Elzhi, Royce the 5'9", Joey Bada$$, J-Live, Mobb Deep, Ghostface Killah and more.. New music this week from Benny, Westside Gunn, Nas, Willie the Kid, Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs, and Alchemist.. Closing it out with unforgettable music from MHz, Kanye West, Louis Logic, and Godfather Don.. Get familiar!

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Another 25 year tour of hip hop culture! Tracks from Big L, Big Pun, Dr. Dre, Common, The Beatnuts, Brooklyn Academy, Nature, The Gravediggaz, and more! New music from OC, Conway, Elzhi, J-Live, Knowledge the Pirate, and more! LET'S GO!!

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Wu-Tang WEEKEND! Our second tribute to the transcendent sound of the Wu-Tang Clan. Centering in on the 25th anniversary of their debut album we take a look at some of their best tracks as well as for of the influences that made this a cross-generational phenomenon. This one is a personal favorite, dive in and enjoy a trip down memory lane

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Another 25 year tour of hip hop culture! Old school jams from Blahzay Blahzay, DITC, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, and Kool G Rap.. New tracks from Roc Marciano, Knowledge the Pirate, Westside Gunn & Conway, Willie the Kid and more.. Straight heat end to end, get familiar!

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The Native Tongue movement drove me through my formative years, I present a tribute to a positive and jazzy era of hip hop voiced by A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Brand Nubian, Black Sheep, Busta Rhymes, Common, and many others.. Not the best 30 tracks of the era, but my own spin on what this movement meant to the culture and the positivity and good vibes that it birthed. So proud of this 2 hours, mixed better than your mother's grilled cheese, let's GO!

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A whirlwind tour through 25 years of music.. All the way from Tribe Called Quest to Logic. Boom bap hip hop including Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang, Mos Def, Big Pun and more... Along with new music from Roc Marciano, Knowledge the Pirate, Westside Gunn, Tragedy Khadafi, and more.. Trust the process

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