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Episode 63: Spring Recap 2019 pt. 2 - De La Soul, Nas, Outkast, Da Baby, Skepta, and more...


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(0:35) De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
Yinka laments how streaming is erasing musical history; Outlaw feels Posdnous deserves credit for the flow and style of the early 90's conscious Hip-Hop sound.
(6:05) Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches
Outlaw notes the contrast between Public Enemy and The Bomb Squad projects, and others of the time; Outlaw highlights Black Thought's breakdown of Kool G Rap's lyrics on 'Road to the Riches'.
(8:08) Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
Guru shines on this album; Outlaw and Yinka salivate over DJ Premier classics 'DWYCK', 'Mass Appeal', 'Code of the Streets', etc;
(12:43) Nas - Illmatic
In the conversation for greatest Hip Hop album of all time; Yinka laments that this album was rushed, and feels it could have been even greater; Outlaw draws an odd comparison between Illmatic and the Twilight novels.
(20:06) OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Yinka recognizes how much he's underrated this album; props to Organized Noize.
(23:15) Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
Outlaw's never heard this album; DJ Premier in his prime; music for the throwback "hotep".
(25:12) Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality 1999
Krayzie Bone, in a way, is the transcendent talent and mastermind of the Bone Thugs sound.
(26:11) Snoop Dogg - No Limit Top Dogg
Yinka breaks down ?uestlove's podcast, 'Questlove Supreme'; Master P helped save Snoop Dogg's career; Snoop's first record on No Limit was a No Limit record, the second was a Snoop Dogg record.
(28:39) Slick Rick - The Art of Storytelling
Yinka gets shot for suggesting Big Boi had a better delivery than Andre in 1999; praise for 'Street Talkin'; Clark Kent is a criminally underrated producer.
(32:10) DaBaby - Baby on Baby
Outlaw listened to the album once and forgot how it sounded, but no diss, tho; DaBaby been in the news for fightin' people; 'Suge' goes hard; Outlaw recognizes that DaBaby will be consistent name for awhile.
(35:38) Blu & Oh No - A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night
Outlaw likens the album to Prince Paul's 'A Prince Among Thieves' without the skits; he thinks he understood what was going with the story.
(38:30) Birdman & Juvenile - Just Another Gangsta
Outlaw got clowned for bumping to the titular track 'Just Another Gangsta'; he appreciates the Juvenile is still making music.
(39:46) Erick Sermon - Vernia
It was aight.
(41:05) Statik Selektah & Bun B - TrillStatik; & Curren$y - Gran Turismo
Outlaw was blown away, prefers the Bun B; Yinka prefers the Curren$y; Yinka likens the album to the Big 3 Basketball League; praise for Haile Supreme, who is everything Pharrell should sound like; Statik Selektah is an early candidate for producer of the year; Yinka breaks down the producer's evolution.
(46:15) Pete Rock - Return of the SP1200
Yinka somehow missed this; it's exactly what you'd expect: dope.
(47:22) Styles P - S.P. The Goat: Ghost of All Time
Another dope project from Styles P; he's the best executive producer of The Lox.
(48:49) Diamond D - The Diam Piece 2
Outlaw challenges the notion that Diamond D is 'the best producer on the mic'; the back half of the album is dope; Talib Kweli actually delivers a good verse in 2019.
(51:52) YG - 4Real 4Real
As a YG fan, Yinka thinks it's bad; Outlaw enjoyed it, despite how cheap sounding studio quality; sounds like an album to just keep YG's name in the mix.
(53:33) Skepta - Ignorance is Bliss
Outlaw is unimpressed; Skepta is the Drake of the UK; Outlaw doesn't care for the inside jokes and references on the album; Yinka informs Outlaw that Skepta was dating Naomi Campbell.
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