For today's episode, Desmond continues with more love for women in Hip-Hop as he breaks down "Freedom," a posse cut from the soundtrack for the 1995 film Panther. The song features rap verses from Queen Latifah, Yo-Yo, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, MC Lyte, Nefertiti, and Salt-N-Pepa, who all make a point to profess unity, strength, self-love, and of course, freedom for women.

Enjoy and share your thoughts! Thanks for your support! Everyday is a great to honor and celebrate women! - Dez

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Desmond is back with a special song breakdown in light of Women's History Month: Queen Latifah's 1993 single from her third album, Black Reign, and what has served as the most successful and impactful song of her career, "U.N.I.T.Y."

Enjoy and share your thoughts! Thanks for your support! Let's continue to honor, respect, and celebrate the women in our lives! - Dez

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In this episode, Desmond shares thoughts on what the near and distant future could look like for some teams and players as the season enters its last month and some change. Desmond touches on the following topics:

• The new-look Phoenix Suns (or the Mid-Range Avengers)
• Have the Lakers found their pieces?
• Kyrie & Luka: They can create for themselves, but can they create a bright future for Dallas?
• Don't sleep on Brooklyn!
• Kevin Love's fit in Miami
• Russell Westbrook's impact on the Clippers

Enjoy! Please share your thoughts! Thank you for supporting! - Dez

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Today, Desmond is joined by 19 Media Group teammate and co-host of Gimmick Infringement Tyler McDowell-Blanken to help provide some insight on Drake's place in Hip-Hop. Together they share thoughts on the following:

• First impressions of Drake
• What makes Drake so polarizing
• Why they have outgrown Drake
• Where Drake stands in Hip-Hop vs. Rap
• Drake's best work
• Favorite Drake bar(s)

Enjoy! We appreciate and welcome any and all thoughts and support. All for the love of Hip-Hop on this side - Dez

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Ty & Dez's Top 5 Songs of the 2010s Article: https://gimmickinfringementpod.com/the-writing-1

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Today, Desmond is joined by Shaw Calhoune for his second appearance on the show to preview his latest project Fly Langston, a Harlem Renaissance inspired album that includes similar themes of dreams, unity, and growth as seen in the 1920s and 30s. Dez and Shaw come together to give a small preview of how Shaw fuses the hungry, smooth emcee with the observant poet.

LISTEN TO FLY LANGSTON HERE: https://shawcalhoune.bandcamp.com/

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For the first episode of 2023, Desmond returns with more HOT NBA topics as the season reaches the halfway point to discuss the following:

• Shoutouts to some All-Star caliber forwards/bigmen (Randle's Redemption, Zion's Vengeance AND MORE)
• The STACKED MVP Race (Does Luka have a real shot? Did Jokic just lock it up? What about KD? AND MORE)
• The State of the Modern NBA (Ridiculous stat lines - good or bad? + Pros & Cons between recent eras)

Enjoy! Don't hesitate to share your thoughts!

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For the last episode of 2022, Desmond travels with you back to 1991 to shed light on a gem from 2Pac's first album 2Pacalypse Now: "Words of Wisdom."

Enjoy and share your thoughts! Thanks for your support! - Dez

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This week, Desmond is joined by two very special guests: the hosts of Hip-Hop Hidden Gems, TheMojoKing and Willie Freeman. The guys link up to have an insightful, genuine, and fun conversation that bridges Hip-Hop's past and present. They share early memories of Hip-Hop, touch on topics regarding the standard of emcees and the evolution of the culture/genre, give flowers to several dope emcees, and much more. As always, enjoy and share your thoughts!

Tap in with Mo & Willie!
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Willie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/williefreeman?t=ri0HCimL7v5_X7suq_7aJQ&s=09
Willie's IG: https://instagram.com/willie.freeman.3rd?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Desmond is back this week with more thoughts regarding the 2022-23 NBA season as December approaches:

- Shoutouts to six guys who are BALLIN'!
- Cleveland losing winnable games? Health? Donovan Mitchell dominance
- Dez admits he was WRONG about the Suns
- Celtics are ROLLING! Tatum MVP?
- Trae Young & Dejounte Murray: Fun, but is it sustainable basketball for ATL?
- LIGHT THE BEAM SACTOWN!

Enjoy! Don't hesitate to share your thoughts!

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To celebrate H2DG's 50th episode, Dez followed up with what some of you suggested and brought back Devaughn and Johnny to flip to the other side of the H2DG spectrum, talking about a range of Hip-Hop topics such as what makes Hip-Hop great, which artists do they wish they rocked with more, whether or not Hip-Hop is losing recipes, and MUCH MORE fun conversation. Enjoy and share your thoughts! Here's to FIFTY of them thangs!

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