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We put together another installment of some of our favorite joints to have playing in the background when you're having a barbecue! It's our second installment of the BBQ Boogie! You can check out volume 1 on Episode 205 over at HoodHype!

The opportunity to speak to one of the most influential legends in hip-hop is one of the highest honors in this culture. So when we had the opportunity to speak with one of the greats we gave him a call.   Grandmaster Caz of The Cold Crush Brothers was not only one of the very first MC’s to ever start actually writing his rhymes for his songs, but he was also THE first ghost writer in hip-hop music.  We talked to Caz about all of these things, his experience working with Macklemore and the early beginnings of hip-hop.  Enjoy and have fun with it!

Twitter: @GrandMasterCaz

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Heres another bangin’ playlist episode full of some dope instrumentals for you to vibe out to all week!  Also, Major’s Question of the Week: “In hip-hop, who’s death would have the biggest impact on you?”

Episode Playlist:

* !llmind – “Prometheus”

* TEK.LUN – “That’s What Makes it Hip Hop”

* R-kay – “No Strings Attached”

* OCTOBR — “Sleepyhead”

* Ebrahim x Häzel — “Zilch”

* Mikos Da Gawd — “Arpee”

* Teemid — “I.N.Y.L. (Like The Sunshine)”

* SwuM. — “Finess”

* Birocratic x Flamingosis – “Passing By”

Live From The Basement on the road this episode!  We started off reviewing Chance The Rapper‘s highly anticipated album “Coloring Book” and ended up on Big KRIT‘s previously released “It’s Better This Way“.  What are your thought’s on these two albums?

Episode Playlist

Chance The Rapper – “Coloring Book”

* Chance The Rapper ft. Kanye West & Chicago – “All We Got”

* Chance The Rapper ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – “No Problem”

* Chance The Rapper ft. Jeremih & Francis – “Summer Friends”

* Chance The Rapper – “D.R.A.M. Sings Special”

* Chance The Rapp

Major gets personal and talks about his recent separation, his new adventures and how he’s “Off The Leash”.

Episode Playlist:

* Big KRIT & Warren G – “No Static”

* Royce Da 5’9″ ft. K.Young – “Misses”

* DJ Quik ft. Shy Carter – “A New Nite (Rosecrans Groove)”

Here’s an INTERVIEW EPISODE for this week featuring an interview with Parrish Smith (aka PMD) of EPMD!  We had a lot of fun talking with Parrish about his history with hip-hop, some of his tour stories as well as the future of EPMD, with some great music from the era throughout the episode.

Twitter: @PMDofEPMD

Instagram: @pmd_mic_doc

Episode Playlist:

* EPMD – “Underground”

* EPMD – “Please Listen To My Demo”

* DAS EFX – “They Want Efx”

* EPMD – “I’m Mad”

This episode we talked about the infamous Birdman visit to the Breakfast Club and Drake’s “Views from the 6” for a minute.   Also this week, the return of the Stash Box and we talk Tidal and the effects of holding content hostage!

Episode Playlist:

Nipsey Hussle – “Ocean Views”

Nicholas May ft. Jared Evan – “StillStanding”

Havoc + Alchemist ft. Method Man – “Buck 50’s”

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You asked, we’re delivering.   Here’s a new playlist episode full of some great music with heart to get you through the week!  Rock out and get in the groove with JMack this episode!

Episode Playlist:

* Joyner Lucas – “Panda” (Remix)

* Bobby Sessions – “Black Neighborhood”

* Sugar Tongue Slim – “Radio Activity”

* Torae – “What’s Love”

* C.L. Smooth ft. Skyzoo & DJ Devastate – “Perfect Timing” (Max I Million Remix)

* Kipp Stone – “Cult Classic”

* Murs & 9th Wonder – “God Black / Black God”

* Rapper Big Pooh – “Don’t Change”

* Allan Rayman – “Lucy The Tease”

We put together a few words and songs as we mourn the loss of a musical legend and celebrate his life and incredible influence to music across all genres.   This episode is dedicated to the Purple One.  Rest in Power Prince.

This episode we dissect QD3 & FlavorUnit’s new flick “The Art of Organized Noize“, a documentary about the musical career of one of the most prolific music production crews of all time, Organized Noize.   We also took this opportunity to get a young listener on the show to talk about his music choices in 2016.

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