🎙️ Welcome to another meeting of Book Club - where the books aren’t novels, and the club is just you and two dudes called Nic(k).📚 Join us this week as we crack open three new books, talk football heartbreak, the AI Revolution, as well as our usual tangents and shenanigans.

🏀 2019 NBA Finals: The fall of a dynasty [31/05/2019-14/06/2019]Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Kevin Durant lead the Golden State Warriors into their fifth straight Finals appearance, but face a new challenger: Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam, Serge Ibaka, and the hungry Toronto Raptors, making their first-ever NBA Finals appearance as a franchise.This one’s got injuries, iconic moments, the end of an era, and one burning question; is basketball coming home?

🎧 History of Hip-Hop: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [09/11/1993]We revisit one of the greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time. From Shaolin to your stereo, this 1993 masterpiece by RZA, GZA, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa changed the game forever.We go track-by-track, bar-by-bar, Wu-Tang-style.

🔥 Today in Hip-Hop: Wu-Tang Clan - Black Samson, the Bastard Swordsman [12/04/2025]Fast-forward 32 years to Wu-Tang’s newest release with Mathematics on production. We talk evolution, sound, and whether the Clan still reigns in the new era.

Check out Dissect Podcast’s breakdown of Kendrick's Super Bowl Show as we briefly mention it in this episode.

🗓️ Next Meeting: Homework       

HOHH: A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders [09/11/1993] 

TIHH: ⁠Joey Bada$$ vs. The World - shots fired from both coasts     

NBA: We take a break from our regular scheduled programming to bring you breaking news: a live watch of the 2025 NBA Finals as the Indiana Pacers take on the first seed Oklahoma City Thunder. We witness history as a franchise will win their first ever NBA championship.

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Follow along with our run-through of the History of Hip Hop

Check out our Spotify playlists:

History of Hip Hop 1990-1994 

Today in Hip Hop 2025

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