Hester & I had Vale-Smith on as a guest to talk about Kanye West’s classic 2013 album, Yeezus. There’s also some discussion around the term “experimental” and whether or not it makes sense as a descriptor for a musical subgenre. We then briefly discuss The Game & YG in the wake of their recent Verzuz battle. Finally, we end the podcast with several recommendations, including music from Elzhi, Kahlil Blu, Khalil Nasim, and Cambatta. Check it out and let us know what you think about anything we discussed in the comments.

0:00 Height Keech Intro
6:08 Yeezus review
38:35 Freestyle 4 & Wash Us in the Blood
44:02 What was the last Kanye album you enjoyed?
47:29 Industrial Hip Hop
48:31 How to make Hip Hop that OG NICK MARSH likes
54:32 The word “experimental.”
1:00:33 The Game or YG?
1:09:33 Dr. Dre’s Compton
1:14:05 Triva (or lack thereof)
1:18:41 Recommendations
1:19:52 Sauce & Flour restaurant in Maidenhead
1:20:50 Sunn O)))’s Black One
1:23:00 Julee Cruise’s Into the Night
1:25:23 Elzhi’s Lead Poison
1:26:00 Kahlil blu’s *Metropolis
1:28:22 Khalil Nasim’s STILL SOBER
1:30:25 Listening to unfamiliar artists (Teller Bank$, McKinley Dixon, Sleep Sinatra)
1:39:20 Cambatta’s LSD: Lunar Solar Duality
1:53:37 New Vale-Smith LP, electronic music!, out 8/13
1:55:48 TLR Outro

p.s. This show is also available on Apple Podcasts (unless you’re in Israel) & YouTube (probably the best place to listen tbh).

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Thank you to Kosey ! for joining Hester & I to talk about the classic debut full-length release from Noname, Telefone. We also talk about other stuff such as 80s rap music, IQ tests, ducks, Obsession, cults, and probably some other stuff that I can’t think of right now. Thank you as well to the Komplainer for joining us to complain again. Let us know what you think of this project from Noname in the comment section. Check us out on YouTube. We got video now, so tap in if you wanna see me smilin’ n’ laughin’ n’ cheesin’ with my friends.

Kosey !’s links

Hester Valentine’s links

My links

p.s. This show is also available on Apple Podcasts (unless you’re in Israel) & YouTube (probably the best place to listen tbh).

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This episode is quite different for us because we were kinda just hanging out and talking about random shit. At one point we have a guest complainer call in to the show, which was cool. Try to guess who that is if you can. We talk about a bunch of movies and shows and stuff including but not limited to: The Amazing Spiderman 2, Disclosure Day, Celebrity Deathmatch, and Lil Ak. We finish off the episode with a vital discussion about my recent “mumble rap” shitpost. I don’t have the timestamps ready for release, but I’ll edit them in after this is out. This shit is already mad late so I just gotta get this up. Anyway, be sure to leave a comment, and hit me up if you want a link to the Discord server.

p.s. This show is also available on Apple Podcasts (unless you’re in Israel) & YouTube (probably the best place to listen tbh).

In our latest episode, Hester & I discuss Lil Wayne’s inglorious 2013 album, I Am Not a Human Being II. We go on to discuss two new films: Scary Movie 6 & I Love Boosters. The episode ends with our thoughts on the latest releases from JPEGMAFIA, Mike G the Writer, Sylvan LaCue, Blu & Exile, Kill Bill: the Rapper, and Rich Jones. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comment section.

0:00 – Height Keech Intro
0:53 – Agenda
2:53 – Trivia Question
3:28 – IANAHBII Review (pt.1)
17:31 – Gunplay has a WHAT???
18:38 – IANAHBII Review (pt.2)
20:41 – Wayne’s approach to crafting albums
22:01 – IANAHBII Review (pt.3)
25:37 – Wayne’s discography
31:48 – IANAHBII Review (pt.4)
38:46 – Soulja Boy
43:09 – IANAHBII Review (pt.5)
45:28 – Trukfit
47:46 – IANAHBII Review (pt.6) 
1:04:40 – Guest for next episode?
1:06:19 – Final thoughts on IANAHBII
1:09:42 – Big Sean
1:15:43 – Scary Movie 6
1:27:17 – Reel Notes?
1:27:52 – I Love Boosters
1:40:59 – The Coup
1:42:46 –  Credits soundtrack
1:44:21 – Final thoughts on I Love Boosters
1:45:32 – Comment Commentary
1:52:39 – DEHH Discord server
1:55:19 – FHH Discord server
1:57:04 – JPEGMAFIA’s EXPERIMENTAL RAP
2:11:29 – Kid Cudi
2:17:22 – Mike G the Writer’s THE VILLA EP
2:19:46 – Sylvan LaCue’s Hoarding EP
2:29:02 – Blu & Exile’s Time Heals Everything
2:30:00 – Kill Bill: The Rapper’s I THINK I FOUND THE END
2:36:56 – Rich Jones’ Bar Talk
2:39:45 – Wrap-up
2:41:29 = TLR Outro

p.s. This show is also available on Apple Podcasts (unless you’re in Israel) & YouTube (probably the best place to listen tbh).

To anyone who got finessed by my clickbait Drake reactions, I’m sorry. I’ll make it up to you by giving you this new episode of Greetings Earthworms in which Hester & I discuss all three of the new Iceman Aubrey albums. After a long discussion about Drizzy Drake the 6 God, I quickly recommend new releases from Vic Spencer, Stik Figa & Heather Grey, Isaiah Rashad, and Sage the 64th Wonder & pty. Afterward, Hester recommends new music from Sasco, and DJ Haram & Sha Ray. Then we talk about two upcoming films we are planning on seeing: Scary Movie 6 (not me tho that’s a solo mission for Hester), and the new film from Boots Riley, I Love Boosters. We finish the episode with a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Thank you to Height Keech & TLR for creating the new intro & outro respectively. Check this episode out and leave a comment if you have thoughts on anything in this discussion.

0:00 – Height Keech Intro
0:53 – New Theme Music
3:07 – Agenda / Drake released three albums
5:28 – Trivia
7:47 – HABIBTI
11:11 – Bryson Tiller & J. Cole sidenote
13:59 – HABIBTI again
14:45 – HABIBTI features
19:20 – Best songs on HABIBTI
20:20 – ICEMAN
25:06 – Drake’s last few albums
30:14 – Best songs on ICEMAN 
30:48 – Corny bars
40:54 – MAID OF HONOUR
42:51 – The eventful release of these albums
49:40 – Overall thoughts
51:09 – MAID OF HONOUR closing track
53:24 – So Far Gone
54:16 – AI ICEMAN
55:40 – Iceman was a nice man
58:02 – Kendrick beef
1:02:27 – Pitchfork ICEMAN review
1:03:28 – Production
1:05:24 – ICEMAN again
1:07:48 – MAID OF HONOUR Cover Art
1:08:53 – Popcaan & Amazing Shape
1:11:29 – Where’s Your Stuff Interlude
1:12:29 – Repetitive melodies
1:14:11 – Princess concept 
1:21:18 – OG Recs: Vic Spencer – Inspire Your Idols
1:21:54 – OG Recs: Stik Figa & Heather Grey – Cold Comfort
1:22:18 – OG Recs: Isaiah Rashad – IT’S BEEN AWFUL
1:24:06 – OG Recs: Sage the 64th Wonder & pty – Turtle Style: Sagewav
1:24:20 – Hester Recs: Sasco – Misophonia V
1:25:03 – Hester Recs: Sha Ray & DJ Haram – Champagne & Bouquets
1:26:22 – Scary Movie 6?
1:28:48 – I Love Boosters
1:29:43 – SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
1:35:15 – TLR Outro

p.s. This show is also available on Apple Podcasts (unless you’re in Israel) & YouTube (probably the best place to listen tbh).

In our latest episode, Hester and I discuss a classic album in the genre of “experimental rap.” I have notoriously named Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs as the most disappointing album I’ve ever heard in my life, and this was my first time revisiting it in full since the year it was released. We also talk about Hester’s latest release, an EP called This Is Phil Spector. After that, I recount my experience at Armand Hammer’s Mercy tour before discussing releases from Sage the 64th Wonder, Iceberg Theory & LUNAR, and Lync Lone & Bloodblixing. We end the episode on the latest single by DOOKIE HOMICIDE, Wild Boar Rampage: An Exercise in Jestermaxxing. Enjoy!

For the very first guest on our podcast, we came out swingin’. Hate Island is a perfect album to me, and Teller Bank$ is at this point one of my favorite artists of all time, so I’m pretty ecstatic that I was able to speak to him for about three hours. I didn’t start recording until like 45 minutes into our discussion, so this episode is a little over two hours. Shoutout to my co-host Hester Valentine for even having the idea to get Teller on as a guest. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, but as soon as he brought it up to me I was like yeah we doin’ that. This is honestly probably the best interview I’ve ever done. Thank you to Teller for joining us. The standard edition of Hate Island is available on streaming platforms, and the definitive Director’s Cut version is available on Bandcamp. Check that shit out.

In this latest episode, Hester & I discuss 2 Chainz’s classic album from 2012 before getting into projects from MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt & SURF GANG, Teller Bank$, Elucid & Sebb Bash, Dope KNife, a selection of releases from Duck Down Music, and Roc Marciano’s classic groundbreaking record, Reloaded. A lot of dope shit was discussed in this episode, so I hope y’all enjoy.

In this latest episode of the Greetings Earthworms podcast, Hester Valentine and I talk about six different albums that I listened to since the last episode. We originally planned to talk about ten albums, but we kinda ran outta time, so fuck it. We’ll get to them in the next episode. In this one we discuss releases from Lil Tecca, EsDeeKid, Sleep Sinatra, Bankroll Fresh, and Lync Lone. We also talk about some other stuff like Tech N9ne and Timothee Chalamet. Check it out, and let me know what you think of these projects if you’ve heard any of them. They’re all worth listening to honestly. I enjoyed all of ’em. Check ’em out.

In this episode, Hester and I talk about new releases from Baby Keem & BBGuns before discussing Isaiah Rashad’s 2014 debut, Cilvia Demo.