Rap Rankings

In 2014, Future became a Monster, releasing a pivotal mixtape to kick off a run of releases that'd propel him to a new level of stardom. Moulz & Mel jumped back in time to review the origins of the eventual toxic king. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @alshipley --------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:36 - 11:18) -- The Rap Rankings Game (33:17) -- RAB Express: Shaquille O'Neal, Shaq-Fu: Da Return (2:00:49) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:48:09) -- Monster Info (3:05:21) -- Track 1: "Intro" (3:27:16) -- Track 2: "Radical" (3:47:13) -- Track 3: "Monster" (3:55:56) -- Track 4: "Abu's Boomin" (4:55:16) -- Track 5: "Fuck Up Some Commas" (4:57:38) -- Track 6: "Throw Away" (4:58:31) -- Track 7: "After That" [w/ @alshipley] (5:11:52) -- Track 8: "My Savages" (6:35:04) -- Track 9: "2 Pac" (6:54:54) -- Track 10: "Gangland" (7:05:41) -- Track 11: "Fetti" (7:09:22) -- Track 12: "Hardly" (7:27:37) -- Track 13: "Wesley Presley" (7:37:04) -- Track 14: "Showed Up" (7:51:57) -- Track 15: "Mad Luv" (8:00:40) -- Track 16: "Codeine Crazy" (8:15:45) -- Ranking Monster (8:27:25) -- Outro (8:29:02)

How did Moulz & Mel follow the S9 finale, their largest episode ever? By recording their largest episode ever. S10: The Mixtape Season kicks off fittingly with a nearly 12-hour review of Lil Wayne's Dedication 2. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @yungestilos ---------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:59 - 9:40) -- The Rap Rankings Game (31:58) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (2:03:50) -- RAB Express: Ghostface Killah, The Big Doe Rehab (2:18:30) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:56:54) -- Dedication 2 Info (3:18:01) -- Track 1: "The Best In The Business" (3:54:50) -- Track 2: "Get 'Em" [w/ @yungestilos] (4:00:56) -- Track 3: "They Still Like Me" (5:33:32) -- Track 4: "I'm The Best Rapper Alive" (5:44:55) ---------------- Pt. 2: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s10e01-lil-wayne-dedication-2-pt-2

Pt. 1: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s10e01-lil-wayne-dedication-2-pt-1 ---------------- Track 5: "Cannon [AMG Remix]" (0:00) -- Track 6: "Workin Em" (36:57) -- Track 7: "SportsCenter" (57:51) -- Track 8: "Welcome To Tha Jungle" (1:32:02) -- Track 9: "Spitter" (2:09:09) -- Track 10: "South Muzik" (2:22:24) -- Track 11: "This What I Call Her" (2:37:43) -- Track 12: "Dedication 2" (2:53:48) -- Track 13: "Weezy On Retirement" (3:24:40) -- Track 14: "Poppin Them Bottles" (3:34:15) -- Track 15: "What You Know [Remix]" (3:43:09) -- Track 16: "Where Da Cash At" (3:50:49) -- Track 17: "Ridin Wit The AK" (4:01:19) -- Track 18: "Weezy On The Streetz Of N.O." (4:10:14) -- Track 19: "Walk It Off" (4:13:18) -- Track 20: "Hustlin" (4:21:32) -- Track 21: "Gettin Some Head" (4:29:05) -- Track 22: "A Dedication After Disaster" (4:37:44) -- Track 23: "No Other" (4:40:15) -- Track 24: "Outta Here" (5:02:46) -- Track 25: "Georgia... Bush" (5:05:30) -- Ranking Dedication 2 (5:24:11) -- Outro (5:28:09)

Coming August 17, 2022, on all podcast platforms.

Rap Rankings Replay S0E04 - Masta Ace, A Long Hot Summer. 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) -- A Long Hot Summer Info (21:28) -- Track 1: "The Count" (56:24) -- Track 2: "Big City" (1:07:56) -- Track 3: "Good Ol Love" (1:11:44) -- Track 4: "Fats Belvedere" (1:14:51) -- Track 5: "Da Grind" (1:15:19) -- Track 6: "H.O.O.D." (1:18:57) -- Track 7: "The Stoop" (1:22:30) -- Track 8: "Beautiful" (1:23:33) -- Track 9: "F.A.Y." (1:26:11) -- Track 10: "Fats Crib" (1:28:43) -- Track 11: "Soda & Soap" (1:30:49) -- Track 12: "Do It Man" (1:30:50) -- Track 13: "Bklyn Masala" (1:39:05) -- Track 14: "The Proposition" (1:43:32) -- Track 15: "Travelocity" (1:44:02) -- Track 16: "The Ways" (1:49:40) -- Track 17: "Wutuwankno" (1:52:24) -- Track 18: "The After Party" (1:55:41) -- Track 19: "Oh My God" (1:55:53) -- Track 20: "Cellmate" (2:02:36) -- Track 21: "Revelations" (2:04:49) -- Ranking A Long Hot Summer (2:06:29) -- Outro (2:15:10) ------------------ [Note: After finishing this review, we highly recommend listening to The Skit Summit from S0E05.]

Reaching "Respiration" during the Patreon-exclusive review of the debut Black Star LP sparks an argument over the best verse, @fromoldharlem reveals how he got banned from OkayPlayer and Moulz shares how the video was his first YouTube experience.

Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rap-rankings-s9-69788061

Season 9 finale. 11 hours. Two parts. The largest episode yet. Moulz & Mel review Kendrick Lamar's robust sophomore album, To Pimp A Butterfly. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @fromoldharlem ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (9:44 - 12:26) -- Introducing... RAB Express (34:18) -- The Rap Rankings Game (49:51) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:07:24) -- To Pimp A Butterfly Info (2:29:06) -- Track 1: "Wesley's Theory" (3:23:01) -- Track 2: "For Free? (Interlude)" (4:16:21) -- Track 3: "King Kunta" (4:45:33) -- Track 4: "Institutionalized" (5:15:22) -- Track 5: "These Walls" (5:30:59) ---------------- Pt. 2: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s9e12-kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-pt-2

Pt. 1: https://raprankings.captivate.fm/episode/s9e12-kendrick-lamar-to-pimp-a-butterfly-pt-1 ---------------- Jesse's House (0:00) -- Track 6: "u" [w/ @fromoldharlem] (32:48) -- Track 7: "Alright" (1:41:31) -- Track 8: "For Sale? (Interlude)" (2:05:54) -- Track 9: "Momma" (2:21:14) -- Track 10: "Hood Politics" (2:35:38) -- Track 11: "How Much A Dollar Cost" (2:52:24) -- Track 12: "Complexion (A Zulu Love)" (3:12:42) -- Track 13: "The Blacker The Berry" (3:24:44) -- Track 14: "You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)" (3:58:13) -- Track 15: "i" (4:15:20) -- Track 16: "Mortal Man" (4:33:27) -- Ranking To Pimp A Butterfly (5:08:50) -- Outro (5:15:02)

They're not gynecologists, but this week on Rap Rankings, Moulz & Mel have to inspect Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na. ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (4:47 - 7:28) -- The Rap Rankings Game (32:45) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (1:30:18) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (1:33:46) -- Ill Na Na Info (1:54:09) -- Track 1: "Intro...Chicken Coop" (2:17:08) -- Track 2: "(Holy Matrimony) Letter To The Firm" (2:23:54) -- Track 3: "Foxy's Bells" (2:48:48) -- Track 4: "Get Me Home" (3:08:35) -- Track 5: "The Promise" (3:23:28) -- Track 6: "Interlude...The Set Up" (3:40:12) -- Track 7: "If I..." (3:47:13) -- Track 8: "The Chase" (3:55:43) -- Track 9: "Ill Na Na" (4:03:37) -- Track 10: "No One's" (4:21:34) -- Track 11: "Fox Boogie" (4:33:38) -- Track 12: "I'll Be" (4:42:35) -- Track 13: "Outro" (4:54:28) -- Ranking Ill Na Na (4:56:03) -- Outro (4:57:58)

Prehistoric times have returned this week on Rap Rankings, as Moulz & Mel review Homeboy Sandman's "first real album", Actual Factual Pterodactyl. ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (10:15 - 12:57) -- The Rap Rankings Game (38:14) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (2:09:18) -- Actual Factual Pterodactyl Info (2:49:43) -- Track 1: "Sosa's Crossroads" (3:09:04) -- Track 2: "Food Glorious Food" (3:19:23) -- Track 3: "I-tunes Song" (3:41:17) -- Track 4: "City Darker (Monstrocity)" (4:10:30) -- Track 5: "Wise Up" (4:30:41) -- Track 6: "Eyes On Vinyl" (4:50:00) -- Track 7: "Mambo Tail Tale" (5:08:43) -- Track 8: "God Fire Breathe" (5:25:25) -- Track 9: "Lightning Bolt. Lightning Rod." (5:38:04) -- Track 10: "Or" (5:51:06) -- Track 11: "Airwave Air Raid" (6:04:34) -- Track 12: "Opium" (6:23:58) -- Track 13: "The Big Band Theory" (6:40:45) -- Track 14: "Gggrrraa!!" (7:01:45) -- Track 15: "2 Hungry Bros Outro" (7:11:02) -- Ranking Actual Factual Pterodactyl (7:16:47) -- Outro (7:19:19)