#REALTALK: So Far Gone on streaming platforms Dreamville vs TDE New songs to albums post release Lloyd Banks retirement...again Drake/Cole vs Cole/Kendrick Co-signing new acts We had GrapevineTV, @RunTheTapePod & @InsideThePink Ucechi to step in for Bianca as we discuss artists and their need to capitalizing on their shot. We discuss why it is so important, the ideal window to strike at the right time, whether current rappers think about capitalizing on their shot, how the art form and business does not mat

It has now been a decade since 2009. Looking back, 2009 may have been the most important year in recent memory. We start off by discussing how that year carries so much weight, how it was pivotal in the landscape of music & the years to follow, we review albums & mixtapes reaching their ten year anniversary, artists of 2009 & 2010 of XXL Freshmen list and where they are now and we wrap things up on whether a year like this can be duplicated again.

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#RealTalk: Sza turning into Bryson Tiller? Is it the end for Nicki Minaj? Cardi star grows & it is just the beginning Cardi stardom = copy cats? Is Chris Brown wasting his talent? College Dropout: 15 Year Anniversary For EP. 37 we discuss on how an artist's identity and sound is instrumental to their success. We divulge into how artists create their sound & identity and why it is important, whether you can be successful without an identity/sound & how that ties into ghost writers. We then jump into the vari

For EP. 36 - Off The Top, we focus on the freestyling. We start off by pointing how there are two forms of freestyling & how people have blurred the lines, whether off the dome or written freestyles are better, we get into the art of the freestyle, whether Steven is wrong for feeling cheated when freestyles end up on official records, whether freestyling is dead and what killed it, why major acts do not freestyle anymore, whether to consider the feature as the new form of freestyle, is Lil' Wayne the best f

#REALTALK: G-Unit vs. Dipset Nicki Minaj & Future: lack depth? Soulja Boy vs. Drake (Stealing bars) Are music videos dead? Cole & Dreamville Watch The Throne: Kanye or Jay-Z? The Documentary: Classic or Nah The main topic for EP. 27 is just an overview of how we feel about the culture. We give our assessments of the various decades and music trends, we touch on how we feel about the culture currently, we ask whether the culture is declining and who fault it is and other hand if the culture is evolving, if t

For EP. 34 - Ghost Protocol, we decided to focus on the topic of ghost writing, we start off by properly defining what a true ghost writer is, the difference between a ghost writer & inspiration from your colleagues, creative suggestions & collaborative writing, whether it is truly bad to have a ghost writer, why there is such a negative connotation with having a ghost writer, whether you can hold the top spot and have a ghost writer, can someone still be lyrically great while having a ghost writer, are the

For the first episode of the new year, we tackle a bunch of topics in the culture. We start of with the beauty of music & how we need to appreciate it more, we follow that up with a slew of J. Cole topics as we get into him being on billboard for 207 weeks whether that speaks to his greatness or lack of competition, the talks about his year of 2018, whether we will finally get the Kendrick & Cole album, we move on to whether Fab has been affected by the death of mixtapes, why more people have not used Lil'

To end 2018, we do another episode of our #RealTalk segment. We do some album reviews on MetroBoomin, Swizz Beatz & Dipset's releases, we go over Meek Mill's Championships album, how we felt about the use of his popular samples, whether it was too feature heavy, whether Drake gave him a throwaway verse, defining Meek's role & importance in the game, what is Meek's peak? And what is his benchmark when we talk albums? We get into albums of the year, which rappers did not live up to their potential? What it is

On December 4th, best rapper alive was born. For our final installment in the Artist Analysis series for 2018, we get into the life and times of S. Carter. We revisit our introduction to Jay-Z, review as much of his discography as we possibly can, discuss his best album, determine how many classic he has, whether Kingdom Come was really that bad, his most underrated album & whether he has an overrated album. We then TRY to pick our favorite and best Jay-Z bars, verses, songs & albums; determine who is the b

For EP. 30, we decided to do an entire episode dedicated to our Real Talk segment. We cover a bunch of topics starting with recapping our DJ Clark Kent episode, how we feel about Friday release dates, where we rank Swizz Beatz, a potential Drake & Chris Brown album, whether Drake should mend things with Tyga, Meek Mill album expectations, the whereabouts of B.o.B, how GS9 is still relevant, our thoughts on Bryson Tiller's career & lastly the passes we give some white artists.

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