YouTube Version 📺 https://youtu.be/zcYfJGxv-N8

 

We’re back with our Patreon livestream chat (called The 808th Chamber) with more shouts for our alien playlist - 100 90s Songs You’d Play to An Alien to Define Hip Hop (full list https://www.crate808.com/alien-playlist). So much to dive into from 1994, including Gravediggaz, DJ Quik, Notorious B.I.G, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Warren G, Dogg Pound, Jeru the Damaja…and also Sam Sneed and Vanilla Ice 😭

 

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Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

 

Now if you don’t know about Patreon, it’s a website you can go help support our show and for a small donation every month, you get some extra episodes, early access and a chance to chat with us live for general rap chat and hearing your takes on some of the classic hip hop records from the 90s. 

 

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

 

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (08:45)
• Tracks from ’94: Sam Sneed’s ‘U Better Recognize’, Vanilla Ice’s ‘Hit ‘Em Hard’, Notorious B.I.G’s ‘Juicy’, Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s ‘All the Places’, Warren G’s ‘Regulate’, Shyheim the Rugged Child, Volume 10’s ‘Pistol Grip Pump’ (22:00)
• Gravediggaz’s ‘1-800-Suicide’, The Boogiemonsters’ ‘Old Man Jacob’s Well’, Redman’s ‘Can’t Wait’ (36:30)
• DJ Quik’s ‘Dollaz + Sense’, OutKast and Gang Starr (44:30)
• Dogg Pound’s ‘What Would U Do?’, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube’s ‘Natural Born Killaz’ (51:15)
• Craig Mack’s ‘Flava in Ya Ear’, Beastie Boys, Casual, Organized Konfusion’s ‘Stray Bullet’ (54:30)
• Jeru the Damaja’s ‘Come Clean’, OC’s ‘Time’s Up’ (1:00:10)
• Wildcard: Pharoahe Monch’s ‘Simon Says’ (1:07:56)
• Wildcard: Ice Cube’s ‘When Will They Shoot?’ (1:12:14)
• Wildcard: MF DOOM’s ‘Rhymes Like Dimes’ (1:14:39)

 

Crate 808 Mailbag, so thank you all the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

 

To get involved, email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

 

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads? 

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

 

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

 

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

 

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