#REALTALK: Women Runnin' Rap Viral Virus Random Statement on Kanye, Travis Scott & Tyler The Creator Ari Lennox album review Father of Asahd album review Old Town Road Video Chris Brown's potential Indigo features With the release of the Wu-Tang documentary on Showtime, we decide to craft another episode on rap groups/labels. We revisit the criteria for the ideal rap, we then debate on who's the best group between Wu-Tang, G-Unit, Dipset, Roc-a-Fella, Ruff Ryders & Bad Boy. We discuss which of those groups

For this episode, we focus on the makings of a classic album. We start off with the elements that makes a classic, we debate on a list on the best classic album ever, whether the general public cares about classics anymore, whether artists care, if it is possible to have a classic in today's market, the decline in album quality, whether artists, consumers or labels are to blame for the decline of album quality, how award show snubs may detrimental to the album creation process and much more.

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#REALTALK: - Beyonce & HOMECOMING - Jay-Z & B Sides II - Bey & Jay slander - Artists & live bands - Artist Led Festivals the new wave? - Is Pharrell the best producer ever? - Podcast Coincidences - Quiet music year thus far in 2019 For our main topic, we discuss the art of the co-sign. We start off with the history and origin of co-signs, how important they are in the music industry, whether it is necessary in today's era and whether artists even care, how has social media trumped the industry co-sign, whos

For the next installment in our Artist Analysis Series ™, we revisit the career of Chris Brown. We discuss our initial introduction to the 16 year old phenom, take a look back on his discography determining what is his best body of work and if he has a classic album, we debate on whether Fan of a Fan mixtape is a classic, whether he will forever be tarnished by his past, a big hot take, whether the Michael Jackson comparisons are fair, if he is a bigger pop star than Drake and lastly a discussion on his l

#REALTALK R.I.P. Nipsey Hussle Canceling Kodak Drake Growth: Natural or Reactionary? Megan The Stallion & her stance in the game Hov's Helping Hand Lil Nas X's Old Town Road Billboard Debacle Dreamville Festival Recap On this episode we get into rap collectives, we discuss what makes the perfect rap collective, do we prefer groups that are crafted or groups that naturally come together, we indulge in why they don't last, whether they are dead due to lack of lyricists and lastly discuss some prevalent groups

For the next installment in our Artist Analysis Series ™, we indulge in the career of Mr. Rubberband Man himself, T.I. We discuss our initial introduction to him and how we feel about him currently, we review his discography, his best body of work & whether he has a classic, his rap reefs, coming up with trap music and whether today's form of trap mimics what he started, whether he truly was the King of the South, Jay-Z of the South, his activist role and lastly determining what's his legacy, man or G.O.A

#REALTALK: No more clean albums Mixtapes + Tidal = #1 Streaming Service? Honest convo on Nas Drake & Ross vs. Drake & Hov Male music consumers Did Cardi perfect Bobby Shmurda's formula? Where's the love for the game The focus on this week's episode is on the phrase "falling off". We give it a true definition, discuss the factors involved, whether falling off is in the control of the artist, whether artists who fall off commercially be looked at the same way as artists who fall off artistically, how importan

Joined again by photographer & friend of the show, Antoine, we tackle the next installment in our Artist Analysis Series ™ focusing on Dirty South's own Ludacris. We start off as always with our first introduction of Ludacris and how we feel about him as an artist. We review his discography, determining his best body of work and whether he has any classics. Revisiting his beefs with T.I., Big Sean & Drake and whether the latter played a part in his relevance to consumers, how he hasn't been able to transi

#REALTALK: Offset growing up Thoughts on R. Kelly & Michael Jackson Russ spitting game De La Soul & Kanye legal battles Kanye's Sunday Service Solange album review With Bianca out again due to scheduling, friend of the show & photographer Antoine Bennett came in the studio to fill in as we cover our #RealTalk topics and the main topic on artists and the importance of marketing. We discuss why marketing is so important, whether artists should consider marketing when creating art, whether you need marketing t

Joined again by Uchechi of GrapevineTV, @InsideThePink & @RunTheTapePod, we tackle the next installment in our Artist Analysis Series ™ focusing on the Louis Vuitton Don himself, Big Sean. Big Sean may be one of the biggest mysteries in hip-hop as he been positioned as an artist who has immense talent with a slew of hits but also is seen as after thought in comparison to his contemporaries. We start off with our first introduction of Big Sean, a rundown of his discography, determining his best body of wor