J. Cole is a ICON; in music and in North Carolina especially. I had the pleasure of attending the largest Hip Hop event NC has ever seen. The fact that it was thrown by one of it's own is unbelievable. I'm a 43 year old man from Raleigh. If someone had asked me if this was possible when I was 16, I would've responded with a resounding hell no! But here we are. And it's amazing. We talked about it all on this ep. From beginning to end. We gave Dreamvillefest all the praise it deserves. The performances, the vibes, the meaning to the city and the state, what it means to us; we cover it all. Hope you enjoy it! And make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

We couldn't help y'all. And this movie deserved it. So we discussed the Jordan Peele movie Us this week. Even though we DID fit Hip Hop into this conversation, consider this episode a bonus. I'm not gonna kill you with the spoiler alerts in the description. There's enough of those during the episode lol. If you haven't seen Us yet you may not want to listen quite yet. But hey...You're going to have to see this movie more than once anyway so what difference does it make? With that being said, enjoy the episode and make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

What started as a stylish Bboy accessory ended up being a full fledged sub-genre in Hip Hop; a word synonymous with underground. Backpack...I won't go into great detail in the description. Just know we paid just due to the ones that brought the knapsack to the game. And how the game, ; as Hip Hop often does, morphed it into something totally different. Enjoy the episode and make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

Wha't good Few Tang? I'm not even gonna try and go in depth on what we talked about in this episode. What I will do is explain our intent. In the effort to allow you all to get to know us better, we decided to ask each other off the cuff questions about each other's "Hip Hop favorites". This convo covers a little of everything and goes a little everywhere. But we enjoyed it and hopefully you will too. Even more, we hope this episode helps you understand us as life-long Hip Hop fans. Make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

Imagine Hip Hop without sampling; without the loop from Chic's "Good Times" as the soundscape to "Rapper's Delight". I don't know about you, but my mind can't even work out or imagine those thoughts. Artists and producers have been sued, criticized and ridiculed for sampling; mostly by people that don't understand or are not of the culture. However, even inside the culture of Hip Hop there are differences of opinion on sampling and its validity. For example, there are those of us that reward the Just Blazes of the world and shame the Puff Daddys. Aren't they both sampling? So what makes a Hip Hop purist look at them differently? Maybe it's not that they sample but HOW they do it. There are tons of hairs to split on this topic and we take aim at them all. This show gets deep. Deep as the mind of the abyss. Now how many emcees must get dissed? I couldn't help myself lol. Enjoy the show and make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

If you're of a certain age and/or era it's hard to imagine Hip Hop without sports. There's a clear demarkation in time where Hip Hop and sports became inseparable to the visible public. In this episode we stumble on a deeper relationship between the two. 2Chainz "hiring" Lebron James to A&R his latest project, Rap Or Go To The League, coupled with an ESPN press run spawned a long overdue conversation. We started with Chainz but of course we broadened the topic to the relationship between sports and Hip Hop overall and over time. There's SO MUCH in this episode. I think we were pretty efficient though. We cover rapping ball players, ball playing rappers, Allen Iverson's impact, Rucker Park and a bunch more. Oh! Shout out to our guests on the episode. Check out Capri, "Nights In Tokyo" on all streaming platforms. And be on alert for @SelfMadeNuski, "Born Star" dropping 4/20/19. Preciate y'all for coming through and joining the talk.Yo Few Tang, hope y'all enjoy it as much as we did. Make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew.

Does 12 have it out for rappers? Did the music industry use Hip Hop to conspire against its creators? Does the most present narrative in Hip Hop lead its listeners astray? Are today's artists making it too easy for the police? Are being young and stupid good enough excuses for the influx of rapper arrests? If yes is the answer to any of those questions, did we, "Hip Hop", bring this on ourselves? If so, how? I know. I know. Lots of questions this go' round. Any way, we answered all these questions and more during this convo. Enjoy and make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

What up Few Tang Clan! Through boycotts, snubs and receiving awards off camera before the show even starts; we still celebrate winning a Grammy. The award still holds just as much weight today as it did 40 or 50 years ago. And because the Grammys matter we must discuss the winners and losers. This year was interesting for a lot of reasons. I'm sure a few (pun intended) of our takes will raise an eyebrow or two. We chop it up about Childish Gambino and whether he deserves his award and why maybe it should have come with an asterisk. Of course we get into why we think Cardi B won Rap Album of the Year. There's tons more on this episode. You KNOW our convos go deeper than the usual. Enjoy and make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

Chance the Rapper, Russ, Young Dolph, Blueface...What do these rappers have in common? Each of them has been rumored to be an Industry Plant. Exactly what IS an Industry Plant you might ask. Well no one knows exactly but on this episode we OUR definition. We also speak about the false narrative of independence of the young artist. Our belief is it all created by the record labels. We hope we're wrong. However, we KNOW the music industry relies on the excitement and ignorance of young talent. But like I said; I hope we're wrong. Enjoy the show! And make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew

Rap battles sure have changed! Tory challenged everyone in Hip Hop to a battle and a few New York emcees accepted the challenge. Mysonne, J.R. Writer and yes, Don Q. Not particularly the line up we might've expected but it is what it is. From all of this we got at least one official squabble. Tory and Don Q had a pretty intense back and forth; especially because their "friends". Like I said, rap battles sure have changed...It's us. So you can guarantee this lead to a more global Hip Hop conversation. We take some time to discuss the components of the battle nowadays. It's hilariously different than a rap battle in 2000 or 1990. With that being said, one thing we're happy still exist in these battles are BARS. No we're not in the era of Jadakiss and Styles going at Beanie Sigel.  But hey! We've got our memories; and YouTube to refresh them lol. Enjoy the show! And make room for the tag...#ConversateForAFew