Ever wondered how some of your favorite albums have aged well over 10+ years from today? With our newest side series, Classic Rap Report Card Reviews, you'll see how well or how badly they have! In our first episode, we will review Kanye West's The Life of Pablo, following the rapper's claim that the album surpasses My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. (Spoiler alert: that's episode two!) How has it aged? Listen right now to find out!

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SOURCES:

Kanye saying The Life of Pablo is better: https://www.complex.com/music/a/treyalston/ye-tlop-over-mbdtf

Season six starts now! With Nick at the helm, he dives into Drake's two newest singles "What Did I Miss?" and "Which One". He gives his honest thoughts about the singles and gives a take on Drake's lawsuit against damn near everyone that you can think of. Next R&B singer Ari Lennox hates Martin's barbs against Pam from the show Martin and tells why she hates them along side with Bernie Mac and his jokes. Nick asks if she being way too sensitive about the jokes or should she just toughen up. Later, lyrical rap is back!! With everyone from the Clipse to Freddie Gibbs to Raekwon dropping albums, Nick gives you reasons on why you should be checking out these albums! All this and shoutouts, a lyrical rap album recommendation, laughs and more!!!

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CHAPTERS:

0:00: Intro/Welcome to Season Six

1:03: Drake's Newest Singles & Lawsuit

16:24: Ari Lennox's Critique on Martin

27:21: Lyrical Rap Albums!

SOURCES:

Drake's Which One at Number 23 on the charts: https://hiphopdx.com/news/drakes-which-one-fails-to-make-splash-on-charts/

Ari Lennox on Martin: https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/ari-lennox-backlash-stemming-martin-comments-1235094769/

Back at it with another episode of the show! Nick holds things down for the crew and in this episode of the Low End Marauders podcast, Nick discusses the ongoing beef between Joey Badass and West Coast rappers, particularly focusing on Ray Vaughn. The conversation dives into the competitive nature of rap, highlighting Joey's diss tracks and the responses from his rivals. After that, Nick also covers Pusha T's recent criticism of Travis Scott, emphasizing loyalty issues within the industry. He also asks if there's a way for Travis Scott to make amends with Pusha for what he did. Finally, the host reviews Lil Wayne's Tha Carter VI, sharing mixed feelings about its content and production, and reflecting on Wayne's place in the current rap landscape. All that plus shoutouts, a recent album recommendation, and more!

SOURCES:

Joey vs. The West: https://www.revolt.tv/article/joey-badass-ray-vaughn-daylyt-and-more-every-diss

Pusha T vs. Travis Scott: https://hiphopdx.com/news/pusha-t-destroys-travis-scott-labels-rapper-whore

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Chapters

00:00 Intro & Joey Badass vs. The West Coast

17:40 Pusha T's Beef with Travis Scott

21:55 Thoughts on Pusha T vs. Travis Scott

26:12 Tha Carter VI Review

42:08 Final Thoughts and Grade of Tha Carter VI

46:49 Shoutouts and Recommendations

Back at it with episode 80, Nick holds the fort down this episode. We kick things off with a celebration of one of the greatest hood movies of all time: Friday. The movie turns 30 in 2025, and Nick asks if it is the greatest hood movie of all time, over Boyz in the Hood, Menace 2 Society, and more. His answer may surprise you based on quotables, longevity, cast, and messaging in the movie. After that, social media is flooded with pictures left and right of Mt. Rushmore on certain subjects from Air Jordans, comedians, basketball players, etc. One that has struck with Nick for this episode to discuss is a picture of white rappers on Mount Rushmore. Nick gives his thoughts on the picture and gives his opinion of his version. Later, rapper Dody6 featured on Kendrick Lamar's "Hey Now" is now blaming him for being homeless after Dody claims that the song didn't do anything to help him financial wise. Nick asks questions about the entire situation and gives advice for Dody about what to do next. All that plus, shout outs, album recommendations and more!

CHAPTERS:

1:42: Friday's 30th Anniversary

20:00: Can Last Friday work?

26:38: White rapper Mount Rushmore

37:50: Dody6's grievances w/ Kendrick Lamar

43:04: Shoutouts & Album Recommendation

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SOURCES:

Mike Epps on Last Friday: https://hiphopdx.com/news/mike-epps-confirms-role-ice-cube-friday-plea-chris-tucker

White Rapper Mount Rushmore: https://www.complex.com/music/a/shawn-setaro/camron-mase-top-3-white-rappers-mount-rushmore-debate

Dody6 on Kendrick Lamar: https://hiphopdx.com/news/kendrick-lamar-called-out-dody6

Happy 2025 ladies and gentlemen! As 2024 is now in the rearview mirror, our 1/3rd cohost Nick takes a look back on some of the best albums to hit streaming services over the last 12 months. With records from the East and West Coasts, some down South and the Midwest, see what Nick chose as his best rap albums from 2024.

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Intro

5:58: Albums #10-#6

15:50: Albums #5-#2

29:14: Honorable Mentions

35:44: ...and the Number One Album Is...

Back at it again with another new episode of the podcast as Nick is here to talk about the label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The label celebrated 20 years of being around in hip hop and to celebrate, the website HipHopDX made a list of their 20 greatest albums. From Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and SZA, find out who made the list along with their respective album(s). After the list, Nick gives his thoughts regarding the list and names his top ten albums that came from the camp. Plus, he briefly discussed three albums that made the countdown that he felt was too early to include. All that plus, an album recommendation, shoutouts and more!

Back again for the second episode of season five of the show. Nick holds it down and talks about OutKast. Everyone knows that Andre and Big Boi are one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time, but what is the greatest song from the duo? Dissect podcast did a Last Song Standing season on which song is the one to rule them all and the answer that was selected may surprise you. Nick weighs in on the answer to which the show selected and gives his thoughts on what song should be crowned if not their answer. He also gives his personal picks on the best song from each album that the group has made. All that and a lot more, plus shoutouts, an album recommendation!

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Intro

1:04 - Exploring OutKast's Greatest Song

5:56 - Last Song Standing

11:51 - Elimination and Final Selections

17;53 - Nick's Personal Picks

25:56 - Shoutouts & Album Recommendation

Back at it again with another new episode and another new season of the Low End Marauders podcast! Nick kicks season five off by describing how some season five episodes will change throughout the season and gets right into the big news and uproar that has been going around. On September 8th, just hours before the beginning of kickoff on NFL Sunday week one, The NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar will be performing on the Super Bowl Halftime Show on February 9th, 2025. (Incorrectly announced on the 5th while recording.) While some people have expressed excitement on Kendrick performing, many are PISSED to say that it should have been Lil Wayne who should have the spot. Nick explains how the process is selected for the show, should Wayne have a Halftime Show in the future and more!!

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Time Stamps:

4:17 - Selection Process

9:34 - Reactions from Fans and Wayne's Camp

17:09 - Nick's Mixed Feelings

21:57 - Can Wayne Perform Hits on Prime Time TV?

28:09 - Expected Set List

30:02 - Anticipation of the Halftime Show

31:09 - Album Recommendation

SOURCES:

Kendrick goes to the Super Bowl: https://hiphopdx.com/news/kendrick-lamar-hidden-drake-diss-super-bowl-video

The Selection Process: https://www.sportscasting.com/news/heres-how-the-nfl-chooses-the-super-bowl-halftime-performers/

Mad Rappers: https://hiphopdx.com/news/every-rapper-upset-lil-wayne-super-bowl-snub

Back again with the season four finale! Nick holds down the fort as he kicks things off with his review on the 2024 BET Awards. The lone marauder gives his hot takes on the best, worst and WTF moments of the award ceremony and asks if or how BET can make their summertime ceremony more enjoyable for the at home viewers. Next, Kendrick Lamar popped out and showed people how to unite Los Angeles with a concert held at the Kia Forum in LA. The rapper surprisingly brought out rappers old and new to join him on stage on June 19th and dropped some Easter eggs for the viewers during the live broadcast. Nick gives his view on the entire live show and calls cap on someone saying that they weren't bothered on not being a part of the show. After that, Rick Ross gets punched in the face after a festival in Vancouver on June 30th. Seemingly due to the Teflon Don, playing Kendrick's "Not Like Us" on Drake's home turf. Nick will ask if the Kendrick/Drake beef is starting to go to far now that violence has entered the conversation. All that plus, laughs, album recommendations, shoutouts and more!!!

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SOURCES:

BET Awards: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-bet-awards-political-vote_n_66859d7ae4b0971108c1e872

Kendrick's Pop Out: https://www.xxlmag.com/kendrick-lamar-pop-out-concert-easter-eggs/

The Game siding with Drake: https://hiphopdx.com/news/the-game-supports-drake-kendrick-lamar-beef

Rick Ross' fight: https://hiphopdx.com/news/rick-ross-attacked-drake-goons-canada

Ross' response: https://hiphopdx.com/news/rick-ross-disproves-face-injuries-canada-attack-drake