ShopTalkPodcast EP513

The fellas are back with classic Westside energy and a conversation that moves from rap debates to real-life paranoia.

J and Dame open up reflecting on petty origins, hip-hop nostalgia, and the grind of selling CDs out the trunk. From there, the episode dives deep into J. Cole’s The Fall Off — ranking it among the greatest double-disc albums ever and debating whether it deserves top-tier placement next to Pac and Big.

The convo shifts into Super Bowl halftime politics, Bad Bunny discourse, culture wars, and whether people decide to love or hate things before they even experience them.

Then it gets heavier: Ring cameras, facial recognition, AI surveillance, and the uneasy tradeoff between security and privacy. If twenty million cameras are scanning for lost dogs… what else are they scanning for?

Music. Conspiracy. Culture. Classic ShopTalk.