DJ Khaled's highly anticipated album came and went with no fan fare. On this episode Spike Lou and Animal Brown debate whether DJ albums are needed anymore. Should they stick to A&R'ing, putting out singles or just rocking shows? Also, beef was in the air as we discuss Meek vs Safaree and Migos vs Joe Budden. Ugly Go pulls the "do you know who i am?" card and should we care what type of women Kodak Black prefers?

Finally. After years and years of waiting the Tupac biopic released to mixed reviews. On this episode Spike Lou and Animal Brown give the definitive review on the film, breaking down what worked and where they dropped the ball and where it places in hip-hop biopic's. Also, Jay-Z has a huge week, Roscoe Dash has a new hustle, and Vic Mensa snaps on DJ Academiks.

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It's that time of the year again. You know, the time of the year when XXL drops their Freshman Class and the internet shits on them. Well luckily you have Spike Lou and Animal Brown to break down whether or not the list is actually trash or not. Listen as we give our predictions of who has the best chance of a long career. Also, Dream gets played by Drake, Nicki gets put on that Summer Jam screen and Tupac movie drops this weekend, we debate the impact it will have.

Will all these celebs getting in trouble for what they said/did over the weekend (s/o Bill Maher & Kathy G) we thought it was only right we debate the most controversial rap lyrics. Also, WTF is 4:44? Gucci has a new reality show and Birdman is selling Stunner Island!

Spike Lou and Animal Brown lived the rapper life for a day! Ok kinda sorta. They kicked it with the Stepbrothers (Don Trip and Starlito) for most of the day at their 43rd and final tour stop in Atlanta. Listen as they breakdown the events leading up to the show and the mood the entire day. Also, they got to chop it up with Red Dot (RED DOT FREE!) as he gave his experience from his first tour including his favorite cities. Also, Irv Gotti restarts Murder Inc, Jamie Foxx says he hated "Slow Jamz" when he recorded it and which major release won the weekend?

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Happy Birthday B.I.G!! Can you believe he would've been 45 years old. Crazy! On this episode Spike Lou and Animal brown debate Big's legacy in hiphop and how he changed the game forever. Also, Drake squashes a forgotten beef with Ludacris, Snoop announces his gospel album and which mystery west coast artist just got signed to MMG?

Let's be realistic. Every debut album isn't trash or classic. There's plenty of debut albums that ride in the middle of this two bars that have been forgotten about. Animal brown and Spike Lou give their top 3 most slept on debut albums with a few honorable mentions. Also, Blac Youngsta gets arrested in connection to the Dolph shooting, Travis Scott's last show gets him arrested and Jay Z signs a deal that will have him performing in his late 50's.

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Are mixtape officially dead? The answer isn't as clear cut as you think. Yes streaming services have made mixtape all but gone but if you look closely there may still be hope. Listen as Spike Lou and Animal Brown break down the origins of the tape, where its going from here and they give their most slept-on classic mixtape. Also, Bow Wow gets caught flexin, Diddy gets sued and Wale gets no respect.

We love our twitter followers and show supporters give dope show topics. S/O to @cash_gotti on twitter for suggesting we rank our favorite No Limit albums. On this episode Spike Lou and Animal Brown rank their top 7 albums from the tank! Also, Joe Budden tries to clown Yachty, people jump from the balcony of Travis Scott's NY show and will the Migos burn themselves out doing so many features?

Breakfast Club host Charlamagne the God has been shaking the hiphop scene all year on his huge morning show but he has now changed the game with his new book out. On this episode Spike Lou and Animal Brown are in a reading mode and decided to break down their favorite Hiphop books. Also, the Ruff Ryders concert was a slick fail, MGK suffers a heart attack during a show only to keep performing (?!) and an incident in Jeezy's past is coming back to haunt him.