Rap Rankings

Money, Power & Respect are supposedly the keys to life -- plus the title of The LOX's polarizing debut album -- so Moulz & Mel are hoping they gain all three from their review. ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (7:45 - 10:26) -- The Rap Rankings Game (38:21) -- RAB Express: Trippie Redd, Trip At Knight (1:48:50) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:19:14) -- Money, Power & Respect Info (2:32:34) -- Track 1: "Yonkers Tale (Intro)" (2:58:56) -- Track 2: "Livin' The Life" (3:06:06) -- Track 3: "If You Think I'm Jiggy" (3:25:36) -- Track 4: "The Interview, Pt. 1 (Interlude)" (3:42:40) -- Track 5: "Money, Power & Respect" (3:45:55) -- Track 6: "Get This $" (3:59:49) -- Track 7: "Let's Start Rap Over" (4:20:39) -- Track 8: "Mad Rapper (Interlude)" (4:32:34) -- Track 9: "I Wanna Thank You" (4:36:06) -- Track 10: "Goin' Be Some Shit" (5:08:43) -- Track 11: "The Heist, Pt. 1" (5:19:10) -- Track 12: "Not To Be Fucked With" (5:26:19) -- Track 13: "The Set-Up (Interlude)" (5:30:02) -- Track 14: "Bitches From Eastwick" (5:34:02) -- Track 15: "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (5:43:49) -- Track 16: "All For The Love" (6:13:52) -- Track 17: "So Right" (6:21:04) -- Track 18: "The Snitch (Interlude)" (6:30:54) -- Track 19: "Everybody Wanna Rat" (6:32:01) -- Track 20: "The Interview, Pt. 2 (Interlude)" (6:38:36) -- Track 21: "We'll Always Love Big Poppa" (6:39:34) -- Ranking Money, Power & Respect (6:43:42) -- Outro (6:50:32)

Lupe Fiasco's Lasers is an album born of conflict and intrigue, forcing Moulz & Mel to grapple with more than just the music to fully review it. --------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (21:42 - 24:24) -- The Rap Rankings Game (1:07:52) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (3:01:17) -- RAB Express: Bubba Sparxxx, Dark Days, Bright Nights (3:06:31) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (4:19:35) ---------------- Pt. 2: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s12e05-lupe-fiasco-lasers-pt-2

Pt. 1: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s12e05-lupe-fiasco-lasers-pt-1 ---------------- Lasers Info (0:00) -- Track 1: "Letting Go" (1:34:58) -- Track 2: "Words I Never Said" (1:56:04) -- Track 3: "Till I Get There" (2:22:12) -- Track 4: "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" (2:46:24) -- Track 5: "Out Of My Head" (2:51:00) -- Track 6: "The Show Goes On" (2:56:40) -- Track 7: "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)" (3:17:44) -- Track 8: "Coming Up" (3:28:22) -- Track 9: "State Run Radio" (3:33:39) -- Track 10: "Break The Chain" (3:41:40) -- Track 11: "All Black Everything" (3:51:35) -- Track 12: "Never Forget You" (4:21:54) -- Track 13: "I'm Beamin'" (4:33:14) -- Track 14: "Shining Down" (4:54:56) -- Ranking Lasers (5:14:04) -- Outro (5:19:29)

After tackling the crown jewel of Nas' catalog, Illmatic, in Season 3, Moulz & Mel are back in front of the legend to reach a verdict on what many consider to be the polar opposite in his catalog, 1999's Nastradamus. --------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (11:12 - 13:53) -- The Rap Rankings Game (33:11) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (1:57:10) -- RAB Express: Wu-Tang Clan, A Better Tomorrow (2:03:10) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:38:57) -- Nastradamus Info (2:54:38) -- Track 1: "The Prediction" (3:17:02) -- Track 2: "Life We Chose" (3:22:40) -- Track 3: "Nastradamus" (3:58:17) -- Track 4: "Some Of Us Have Angels" (4:32:26) -- Track 5: "Project Windows" (4:36:42) -- Track 6: "Come Get Me" (4:56:11) -- Track 7: "Shoot 'Em Up" (5:11:02) -- Track 8: "Last Words" (5:26:45) -- Track 9: "Family" (6:00:42) -- Track 10: "God Love Us" (6:09:38) -- Track 11: "Quiet Niggas" (6:17:59) -- Track 12: "Big Girl" (6:31:27) -- Track 13: "New World" (7:34:52) -- Track 14: "You Owe Me" (8:17:49) -- Track 15: "The Outcome" (8:25:54) -- Ranking Nastradamus (8:27:29) -- Outro (8:35:22)

Moulz & Mel debate the cult classic status of "Beautiful Bliss", the collaboration between then-newcomers to the rap game, Wale and J. Cole, during their Patreon-exclusive review of Attention Deficit.

Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rap-rankings-s12-79443761

Riding a hot streak into the release, Rick Ross clearly aimed to make a statement by titling his album God Forgives, I Don't. Moulz & Mel can only hope he makes an exception and forgives them if they decide it's a disappointment. ----------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:25 - 11:06) -- The Rap Rankings Game (32:29) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (1:46:21) -- RAB Express: Jeru The Damaja, Wrath Of The Math (2:17:35) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:51:57) -- God Forgives, I Don't Info (3:26:38) -- Track 1: "Pray For Us" (4:10:05) -- Track 2: "Pirates" (4:17:42) -- Track 3: "3 Kings" (4:41:44) -- Track 4: "Ashamed" (5:11:17) -- Track 5: "Maybach Music IV" (5:29:46) -- Track 6: "Sixteen" (6:25:39) -- Track 7: "Amsterdam" (6:38:49) -- Track 8: "Hold Me Back" (6:48:31) -- Track 9: "911" (7:00:08) -- Track 10: "So Sophisticated" (7:04:02) -- Track 11: "Presidential" (7:21:43) -- Track 12: "Ice Cold" (7:29:18) -- Track 13: "Touch'N You" (7:35:22) -- Track 14: "Diced Pineapples" (7:43:23) -- Track 15: "Ten Jesus Pieces" (7:53:06) -- Track 16: "Triple Beam Dreams" (7:58:08) -- Track 17: "Rich Forever" (7:58:20) -- Ranking God Forgives, I Don't (8:01:31) -- Outro (8:14:18)

After five years, Mos Def, a.k.a. Yasiin Bey, finally delivered The New Danger in 2004, the follow-up to his heralded debut and an infamously polarizing work that Moulz & Mel aim to reckon with once and for all. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @CrowleyHead -------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (9:06 - 11:48) -- The Rap Rankings Game (36:35) -- RAB Express: Arrested Development, Zingalamaduni (1:45:02) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:25:20) -- The New Danger Info (2:52:25) -- Track 1: "The Boogie Man Song" (3:43:01) -- Track 2: "Freaky Black Greetings" (4:12:34) -- Track 3: "Ghetto Rock" (4:31:38) -- Track 4: "Zimzallabim" (4:36:15) -- Track 5: "The Rape Over" [w/ @CrowleyHead] (4:46:20) -- Track 6: "Blue Black Jack" (6:31:04) -- Track 7: "Bedstuy Parade & Funeral March" (6:53:02) -- Track 8: "Sex, Love & Money" (6:58:13) -- Track 9: "Sunshine" (7:03:13) -- Track 10: "Close Edge" (7:15:26) -- Track 11: "The Panties" (7:21:37) -- Track 12: "War" (8:09:34) -- Track 13: "Grown Man Business (Fresh Vintage Bottles)" (8:16:11) -- Track 14: "Modern Marvel" (8:21:56) -- Track 15: "Life Is Real" (8:31:08) -- Track 16: "The Easy Spell" (8:42:27) -- Track 17: "The Beggar" (8:48:28) -- Track 18: "Champion Requiem" (8:52:17) -- Ranking The New Danger (8:59:24) -- Outro (9:02:51)

After fighting through COVID and neck injuries, amongst other things, Season 12: Biggest Disappointments finally kicks off with Moulz & Mel going 14+ hours -- the new largest episode ever -- on Eminem's Encore. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @fromoldharlem ----------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (11:13 - 13:54) -- The Rap Rankings Game (36:12) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (1:49:14) -- RAB Express: Busta Rhymes, Anarchy (2:18:07) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (3:16:39) -- Encore Info (3:41:18) -- Track 1: "Curtains Up (Skit)" (5:01:21) -- Track 2: "Evil Deeds" (5:03:01) -- Track 3: "Never Enough" (5:48:04) -- Track 4: "Yellow Brick Road" (6:55:24) ---------------- Pt. 2: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s12e01-eminem-encore-pt-2

Pt. 1: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s12e01-eminem-encore-pt-1 ---------------- Track 5: "Like Toy Soldiers" (0:00) -- Track 6: "Mosh" (40:01) -- Track 7: "Puke" (1:03:20) -- Track 8: "My 1st Single" (1:30:32) -- Track 9: "Paul (Skit)" (1:53:10) -- Jesse's House (1:56:53) -- Track 10: "Rain Man" [w/ @fromoldharlem] (2:54:04) -- Track 11: "Big Weenie" (4:09:50) -- Track 12: "Em Calls Paul (Skit)" (4:33:16) -- Track 13: "Just Lose It" (4:38:29) -- Track 14: "Ass Like That" (5:21:48) -- Track 15: "Spend Some Time" (5:43:34) -- Track 16: "Mockingbird" (5:52:36) -- Track 17: "Crazy In Love" (6:21:18) -- Track 18: "One Shot 2 Shot" (6:31:56) -- Track 19: "Final Thought (Skit)" (6:41:27) -- Track 20: "Encore / Curtains Down (Skit)" (6:45:46) -- Track 21: "We As Americans" (6:59:39) -- Track 22: "Love You More" (7:05:15) -- Track 23: "Ricky Ticky Toc" (7:11:36) -- Ranking Encore (7:17:11) -- Outro (7:21:20)

Rap Rankings Replay S0E03 - Missy Elliott, Da Real World. Episodes from Season 0 (The Beta Test Season), previously existed on SoundCloud only. This version is remastered to resemble current show standards for your enjoyment. ------------------ Intro (0:00) -- Da Real World Info (25:15) -- Track 1: "Mysterious (Intro)" (1:15:31) -- Track 2: "Beat Biters" (1:16:41) -- Track 3: "Busa Rhyme" (1:25:40) -- Track 4: "All N My Grill" (1:33:53) -- Track 5: "Dangerous Mouths" (1:43:55) -- Track 6: "Hot Boyz" (1:50:14) -- Track 7: "You Don't Know" (1:53:16) -- Track 8: "Mr. DJ" (1:57:39) -- Track 9: "Checkin' For You" (2:03:08) -- Track 10: "Stickin' Chickens" (2:06:15) -- Track 11: "Smooth Chick" (2:08:13) -- Track 12: "We Did It" (2:15:38) -- Track 13: "Throw Your Hands Up" (2:18:25) -- Track 14: "She's A Bitch" (2:19:10) -- Track 15: "U Can't Resist" (2:22:30) -- Track 16: "Crazy Feelings" (2:24:34) -- Track 17: "Religious Blessings" (2:32:56) -- Ranking Da Real World (2:37:28) -- Outro (2:48:04)