On March 3, 2023, Bay Area native Mani Draper released his latest project in collaboration with Steven King, titled 33. A couple weeks later, he joined me on stream to talk about the album and a whole lot more.

Video episode: https://youtu.be/nLoJjLBKjMQhttps://youtu.be/nLoJjLBKjMQ

A little while ago, Complex named 21 Savage the best rapper of 2022, and as per usual, I had some thoughts. With that, there's a few other things to discuss this week, such as Yachty's album, Zaytoven selling his catalog, and Run-DMC officially breaking up.   

This podcast is a little different than others, as it was done on Twitch. There's a good chance this will be the format going forward, so let me know what you think!  

Also be sure to check out the stream at https://www.twitch.tv/barforbarpodcast where there's plenty of fun to be had during and after recording!  

00:00 Intro 

00:31 21 Savage rapper of the year 

10:36 Music announcements 

13:59 Lil Yachty - "Let's Start Here." 

18:45 Zaytoven sells his catalog 

24:36 Run-DMC final show at MSG   

Links from the video:  

https://www.complex.com/music/21-savage-best-rapper-of-2022-interview 

https://thesource.com/2023/01/27/zaytoven-sells-music-catalog-featuring-songs-from-migos-21-savage-and-lil-wayne/ 

https://rockthebells.com/articles/dmc-interview-run-dmc-is-over/

It's everyone's favorite time of year, list time! Here's my top 24 albums of 2022. This year was filled with some pretty solid music, and I definitely didn't listen to everything, so let me know what's on your lists in the comments! 

Video episode: https://youtu.be/uqnqPkBfz9o

Joining me this week to discuss his latest albums, ROUX and DELUXE EDITION, and a whole lot more is Oakland's very own Roux Shankle! Definitely be sure to check out his latest releases and tap in with him!

Video Episode here: https://youtu.be/OEpFiGBvlhQ

Brookfield Duece took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to me OUTSIDE about his latest album Coordinates. Throughout the conversation we touch on a few other topics including his time in Amsterdam and Grand Nationxl. 

Be sure to check out the project!  https://www.brookfieldduece.com/

Video Episode: https://youtu.be/Sc6EnpLXKyU

This morning Kendrick Lamar announced Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers will be released May 13, 2022. Now that we have a title and release date, what does it all mean? What is Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers? What's the album going to sound like? Where's the singles? All of these questions and more partially answered in this week's Bar for Bar Podcast.

Video episode: https://youtu.be/_9NUQboAgts

We've just gone through a quarter of the year, and a whole lot of music dropped. A lot of it was pretty dang good, so here's some of my favorites including Earl, Ian Kelly, Saba, Roux Shankle, D. Bledsoe, Mani Draper, KXNG Crooked & Joell Ortiz, Denzel Curry and Sadistik & Kno! 

I'm sure there's other projects I missed, so let me know what you've been listening to so far this year!

Video episode: https://youtu.be/mw0FdqVb_AI

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards just happened and because hip hop and hip hop adjacent awards are so prevalent, I have some thoughts. There should also be a discussion about the title "Hip hop fashion designer". Congrats to all the the nominees and award winners! 

Video Episode here: https://youtu.be/UTy0TIpsHGQ