Welcome to a milestone episode as we make it to the 8th meeting of Book Club. This week we take on the 2012 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat big 3 of Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh against Kevin Durant, Russel Westbrook, James Harden, and the Oklahoma City Thunder. In Hip Hop, we talk 2Pac and his 1991 debut studio album 2Pacalypse Now and we introduce a new segment to Book Club: Today in Hip Hop. To kick off this new era, we cover Kendrick Lamar and his surprise 2024 album, GNX.

Follow our run through of the History of Hip Hop. You can listen along on with the Spotify playlists History of Hip Hop 1990s and Today in Hip Hop 2024. At the next meeting, we discuss Erik B & Rakim and their 1992 album Don’t Sweat the Technique as well as Ice Cube’s 2024 Man Down.

Head to NBA.com to watch the NBA Finals along with us. Next up is the ⁠2013 Finals featuring the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs.

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Welcome to another Book Club meeting.

This week we tackle the 2011 NBA Finals rematch between Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks against the Miami Heat big 3 of Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh. We also talk Ice Cube and his 1991 classic, Death Certificate.

Follow our run through of the History of Rap. You can listen along on with the Spotify playlist A Brief History of Rap 1990s. Next meeting we discuss 2Pac’s 1991 debut solo studio album, 2pacalypse Now.

Head to NBA.com to watch the NBA Finals along with us. Next up is the ⁠2012 Finals featuring the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

If you have any feedback or comments, write to us at [email protected]⁠.

Welcome to another meeting of Book Club as we have a catch-up and casually talk Tyler the Creator’s new album, Chromakopia, as well as the usual hip-hop, football and current events chat.

Follow along with our run through of the History of Rap. Next meeting we discuss Ice Cube’s Death Certificate.

Head to NBA.com to watch along with the NBA Finals. Next up is the ⁠2011 Finals featuring the Dallas Mavericks⁠ and the Miami Heat.

If you have any feedback or comments, write to us at [email protected]⁠.

Welcome to the fifth meeting of Book Club as we pivot to a new format and discuss 2 books

and as usual, discuss football and Fantasy Premier League.

Welcome to the first in-person meeting of Book Club. This week we discuss the new meeting format and talk about the 2024 NBA Finals match-up between the Jaylen Brown/Jason Tatum/Derrick White Boston Celtics and the Luka Dončić/Kyrie Irving led Dallas Mavericks.

We also introduce a new segment to Book Club as we talk Eminem and his 2024 album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

If you want to follow along with our run through of the History of Rap, find the link to the spreadsheet here: Definitive Rap Albums⁠

Next week we discuss Rapsody’s latest album, Please Don’t

Big shout out to NBA.com who have the NBA Finals to view from 1990-Present. Next week we watch the ⁠2006 Finals featuring the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks⁠.

If you have any feedback or comments, write to us at [email protected]⁠.