Boom Bap Chronicles

Ep 95 | Is it Tricking if You Got It? Claressa Wins! Best of 1995!

Ep 94 | 38 Spesh vs NYC, Argentina and Race, Top Hip Hop Producers...

Ep 93 | Jadakiss vs 38 Spesh, Jay Z and more

Ep 92 | Jay-Z Yankee Stadium Show and more

Ep. 91 | 'Spend Dat' Controversy, Is Yung Miami Wrong?

Ep. 90 | BET Awards, Jay Z, Big Tigger and the Best Hip Hop Duos

Episode 90. A round-number milestone, and the universe gave us the perfect setup: two stars on opposite ends of the PR spectrum in the same news cycle.

Jay-Z just turned a Target boycott storm into nothing. He surfaced in a NY subway moment, told a baby-hair story about Reasonable Doubt with Beyoncé narrating, and not a single person mentioned Target. That's the PR shield only a billion dollars can buy. We unpacked it.

Big Tigger doesn't have that shield. His wife went public this week with domestic violence allegations — a laceration above her eye, plans to divorce, claims he's cheating with his new radio co-host. Same week as Jay's subway moment, opposite outcome. The contrast is the story.

Plus the 2026 BET Awards: the Lauryn Hill tribute (and the running complaint that the idea of Lauryn Hill carries Lauryn Hill more than her actual performances do — though her clean-water work in East Africa and youth-group efforts deserve real respect), Bob Marley's grandkids on the stage, the Cardi B check, and whether Drake should've been on the show.

We close with Top 3 Rap Duos of all time. JA banned Outkast up front to make it harder. RunDMC, Eric B & Rakim, Salt-n-Pepa, Black Star, EPMD, Dog Pound — all in the mix. Surprise #1picks. Subscribe and spread the word.

Ep 89 | Did Jay Z Sell Us Out? Does Hip Hop Do More Harm Than Good Now?

Ep 88 | Offset Protects Women, Are Diss Records Done?, and more...

Ep 87 | Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Griselda News, Drake vs Sauce Walka

Three headlines and a Top 5. (1) Neil deGrasse Tyson on Shannon Sharpe — the Pluto bit, the brilliance, the Bronx. (2) Griselda news: Conway hopped on the same Drake "Free" beat we called out last week ("Conway heard us"). On the freestyle he addressed Cassandra, the Griselda-split rumor, and the Jay-Z meeting where Hov told Westside to give Conway and Benny 10%. (3) Drake vs Sauce Walka — the Breakfast Club Houston bar from years ago,Drake hooking up with Sauce's baby mama, and Adam 22 confirming "Make Them Cry" is about Sauce.

Plus Cassie's "moving out the country" Diddy claims, Jadakiss vs Beanie Sigel, and our Top 5 Music Videos — KRS-One, Slick Rick, DMX, Kendrick, Eminem, Biggie, Public Enemy and more. Spread the word.

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BBC Ep 86 | Jay Z responds to Everybody and Special Interview with Kase Klosed

Special guest episode. We sit down with Buffalo MC Kase Klosed for the first half — her "I'm Only Human" EP, the follow-up "Lean Back," how her grandmother named her, and what she thinks makes a great artist. Then we get into Jay-Z's Roots Picnic freestyle in Philly: the State Property reunion (Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Freeway), the bars at Drake("you looking at the wrong charts"), the bars at Dame Dash ("chatty Patty"), the "10 rappers away" Reasonable Doubt callback, and the moment of hip-hop history that we didn't see coming.

Plus: Complex Top 50 MCs ranking, and our own Top 5 NY MCs debate

Shoutout to Kase Klosed. Spread the word. More at boombapchronicles.com

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