Catch Up

This week on Catch Up, James and Jordan are back to answer more of your mailbag questions. The two weigh in on Spotify and YouTube's recent attempt remove certain controversial artists (0:45), the best albums for very specific situations (7:25), the myth of the 'OVO Sweatshop' (10:05), who represents hip hop's next evolution (14:30), the top five female rappers to watch (18:05).

Also referenced in this episode:

Meek Mill's 'I'm a Boss', Beat King's Club God 5, Golden Turtle vs Pho Tien Thanh, Mo-G's $500 OVO payday, PartyNextDoor's 'Legend' Reference Track, Juice Wrld's Tim Westwood Freestyle, Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges' Liberated

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

This week on Catch Up, James and Jordan are back to answer more of your mailbag questions. The two weigh in on Spotify and YouTube's recent attempt remove certain controversial artists (0:45), the best albums for very specific situations (7:25), the myth of the 'OVO Sweatshop' (10:05), who represents hip hop's next evolution (14:30), the top five female rappers to watch (18:05).

Also referenced in this episode:

Meek Mill's 'I'm a Boss', Beat King's Club God 5, Golden Turtle vs Pho Tien Thanh, Mo-G's $500 OVO payday, PartyNextDoor's 'Legend' Reference Track, Juice Wrld's Tim Westwood Freestyle, Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges' Liberated

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

It's a Toronto centric episode of Catch Up, with James and Jordan discussing the Prime Boy's debut album 'Koba World', as well as Jazz Cartier's new LP 'Fleurever'.

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This week on Catch Up, James and Jordan answer your questions in our first ever mailbag episode! The two discuss which city has the best chance of becoming "the next Atlanta" (1:30), the first rapper they would feel comfortable introducing their future children to (4:50), their first musical obsessions (8:00), and the best forgotten rappers of all time (21:30).

Also referenced on this episode: The Swishahouse Freestyles, D12's 'Revelation', Charles Hamilton's 'Brooklyn Girls', Fam-Lay's 'Rock n' Roll', Clipse's 'Fam-Lay (freestyle)', Gunplay's 'Bible on the Dash', Kendrick Lamar's 'Cartoons and Cereal'.

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

This week on Catch Up, James and Jordan discuss A$AP Rocky's latest effort 'Testing' (1:15), Teyana Taylor's Wyoming Session album 'K.T.S.E' (20:00), and finish things off with some thoughts on Future's surprise mixtape 'BEASTMODE 2' (31:20).

Also reference on this episode:

A$AP Rocky's 'LSD', ASAP Rocky working with Skrillex, The Legacy of ASAP Yams, Big Pun and Cam'ron's Getting Jiggy With It, David Carr's Obituary, Kanye West's 'Fade' Video, Beyonce's 'Ring the Alarm' Video, Kanye West's 'Christmas in Harlem',  Alicia Key's 'You Don't Know My Name', DJ Esco's 56 Nights in Dubai, Future's 'Turn On The Lights', Future's 'Shit'

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

Catch Up is taking a short summer vacation so no new episode this week.

In the mean time we encourage you to check out our back catologue, starting with episode #1 which includes the Boosie Fade origin story, as well as discussions on J. Cole, Rae Sremmurd and Post Malone (pre-"Always Tired" face tat!).

We'll see you next Friday!

This week on Catch Up, James and Jordan discuss the tragic losses of Smoke Dawg and Koba Prime, and then give their takes Drake's highly anticipated double album 'Scorpion'. 

Also referenced in this episode:

Mo G and Smoke Dawg's 'Still', Drake's 'Diplomatic Immunity', Drake's 'God's Plan', Drake and Migo's 'Walk It Talk It', BlocBoy J.B's 'Look Alive', Drake's 'Nice for What', Jay-Z's 'Take Over', Who is J Prince?, Meek Mill's 'Stay Woke', Joe Budden breaks down of Scorpion.

If you can, please check out the GoFundMe pages aimed at covering the funeral costs for Smoke Dawg and Koba Prime.

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]

With 2018 at the halfway point, James and Jordan use this week's Catch Up to highlight the best albums and songs of the year, so far.

Albums discussed include:

Bloc Boi JB's 'Simi' (3:15), Juice WRLD's 'Goodbye and Good Riddance' (6:00), L'il Baby's 'Harder Than Ever' (8:50), Cardi B's 'Invasion of Privacy' (12:00), Black Panther OST (14:20), Maxo Kream's 'Punken' (19:45), Playboi Carti's 'Die Lit' (24:30), Tierra Whack's 'Whack World' (25:45), 03 Greedo's 'The Wolf of Grape Street' (28:15), and The Carter's 'Everything is Love' (32:45).

Songs discussed include:

Frank Ocean's 'Moon River', Gunna's 'Sold Out Dates', NBA Youngboy's 'Outside Today', A$AP Rocky's 'Praise the Lord', Kevin Gates 'Change Lanes', Octavian's 'Little', Royce the 5'9's 'Boblo Boat', YNW Melly's 'Blue Balenciaga', and Tierra Whack's 'Hookers' and 'Hungry Hippos'.

To listen to the music mentioned in this episode subscribe to Catch Up's Spotify Playlist, and please feel free to reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]