Motown & Coney

On today’s espisode we take a break from the “Top Five” lists. We talk about some of the most unlikely celebrity beefs. Some of the beefs we talk about; The Rock Vs. Vin Diesel, Chris Brown Vs. Drake. At the six minute mark we talk about the many beefs of Ye and Nicki Minaji. We recap the 50 Cent and Mayweather beef. The many beefs of Eminem. [11:30]. We touch on the J-Lo and Mariah Carey beef. 

We touch on how the music industry has become water down. [24:00] How has Hip Hop changed over the years? [29:00] Find out why Tommy blames Gucci Mane for changing Hip Hop.

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Episode 10! Wow! For episode 10 we tackle one of the hardest categories to rank in Hip Hop, the “Top Five Producers” in Hip-Hop. The fellas start off the discussion on whether Hit- Boy should make the list. [3:30] Should Swizz Beatz be on the list? Why does Tommy have Timbaland at five? [7:00] The fellas debate the merits of each other lists. Why the fellas both agree on who should be number 2 and 1. [15:00] The fellas list their honorable mentions. [34:30] The fellas debate if “The Black Eyes Peas” are a hip hop group? [37:00] The fellas discuss the Final Four, and whether the Lakers will make the play-in. [44:00]

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The fellas decided to do a bonus episode! With all the craziness  going on in the last few days the fellas discuss many of the week events.

The fellas start by discussing Will Smith and the slap heard around the world. What should happened to Will Smith? Is there a right or wrong in the situation? Is there a moral high ground, is America to blame? 

On the second half of this episode the fellas jumps to sports, and the great week it’s been to be a Detroit Lions fan. [33:00] The fellas discuss the men’s and women’s Final Four. [35:30] The fellas end the podcast discussing the Lakers. Should the Lakers sit Leborn down? [50:00]

On this episode we go back to 1994! We look back at the top albums of 1994. Was 1994 the best year of Hip Hop? We started off discussing why Redman or Biz Markie don’t make either one of our top fives or  honorable mentions. Rodney starts off the top fives discussing why Common made his top five, even though Common does not make Tommy’s top five. Tommy starts off his list with Method Man. [5:45] We discuss why our list are different from spots five to three. Why we both have “Illmatic” and “Ready to Die” us our top two albums but in different orders. [19:00] The fella discuss the good old days of MTV. [27:00] We discuss Joe Louis Arena place in hip hop history [34:00] We discuss dealing with celebrities. [42:30]

On episode eight we discuss who is the Top-Five Detroit rappers. The fellas start off debating could Floyd beat Sugar Ray?  Could Mike Tyson beat Muhammad Ali? The fellas discuss the new HBO MAX series, “Winning Time.” We start off the debate of who are the Top-Five Detroit rappers. [7:00] We discuss the placement of Earlly Mac, and Supakaine on our list. We debate whether Payroll counts as main stream artist. [15:30] We both agree with who the number 1 and 2 artist should be. Our honorable mentions [25:00] We discuss our Five go to Detroit artists [29:00] To end the ppodcast we discuss which artist had the biggest influence on us. [38:00]

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Taking it back to 1992! We debate if NaS and Bun B was right, was 1992 the best year for Hip-Hop? The fellas realize that some of the albums from 1992 did not age well. We both agree that Common had the 5th best album from 1992. Find out why we don’t agree on spot 4, and why Redman’s Whut? Thee Album is both our #3 pick. Why we feel like our number 1 and number 2 albums are in class by themsleves. We talk about some of favorite skits from albums. We share our Honorable Mentions. [34:00] On the next podcast we explore the Top-Five artist out of Detroit.

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We are six episodes in! Who is the greatest female MC of all time? The fellas started off talking about the impact of the Kanye documentary. [3:30] We discuss The Game saying Kanye did more for him than Dr. Dre did. “Top Five” lady MCs [15:00]Where does  Lil Kim, Queen Latifah, Eve, Nicki Minaj, Lauryn Hill? Why does Rodney have Rapsody at #2? [28:00] Why the fellas have the same MC at #1? [31:00] Honorable Mentions [35:00]

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Top Five 30 and under

We discuss if the NBA needs to get rid of the Slam Dunk contest. Can the Slam Dunk contest be fixed? How are the top MCs under the age of 30? [6:00] We discuss the impact of Kodak Black on the culture [9:00]

Where do the following artist rank on our list?

@chancetherapper

A Boogie wi da Hoodie

@kodakblack

@joeybadass

@liluzivert

@vincestaples

Young Thug

@cordae

@travisscott

We discuss why Roddy Rich, Gunna, 21 Savage, 4 2 Dugg and Tyler the Creator and others does not make our list.

On the next podcast we discuss the top albums of 1992.

Welcome to epsiode four!! The fellas discuss the top albums from 1988. Was 1988 the, “Golden Year” of Hip-hop? The fella discuss the Super Bowl, with Rodney congratulating Tommy for picking the Rams to win the Super Bowl. The fellas go back and forth with their “Top Five” albums from 1988. Tommy explains why 1988 would be great introduction for someone just starting to listen to Hip-Hop. [5:00] So which albums were the best of 1988? [9:00] Why Tommy does not have, “Straight Outta Compton” at number 1. [20:00] The fellas discuss the Super Bowl half-time show. Was it the best half-time show ever? [28:00] They give their dream half-time show. 

On this week's episode the fellas discuss their "Top-Five" Hip-hop groups. Rodney's starts with his "Top-Five" starting with The Roots one of the groups that Tommy left off his "Top-Five." Rodney's gives his Top Two and why it's not too much separation between his Top Two. [10:00] Tommy gives his, "Top Five" [15:00] Tommy discusses why Rodney's #1 is his #5. The fellas give their honorable mentions [25:00] The fellas discuss the lack of current Hip-Hop groups. [30:00] The fellas discuss their picks for the Super Bowl and why they are rooting for different teams. The fellas discuss their disappointment with the Washington Commanders name. [41:00]

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