Take It Personal Radio

For our 17th episode of 2026, we’re doing something we rarely do on TIP: play new music. This is our first new music episode since January, and we’ve got some catching up to do. 

We put together a bunch of ’26 bangers that represent what we’ve been feeling this year. The goal of these shows is to expose us dinosaurs to good music being made today—and there’s a lot of it.

As we get older, our tastes change, our listening habits change, and the time we have to keep our ears to the street isn’t what it used to be.  So we do the heavy lifting, and hopefully you walk away with some new tracks for your playlist. 

We’ve got music from Czarface, AZ, Benny The Butcher, Bruiser Wolf, MC Eiht, Rome Streetz, Mathematics, Tash, The Game, Open Mike Eagle, Natural Elements, Tierra Whack, 38 Spesh, Hus Kingpin, Apollo Brown & Skyzoo and much more.

Plus, we debut our first live HipHopTrivia.com game with host Quest. At the break, the crew battles it out while you play along at home. 

We’ve also teamed up with Coalmine Records for giveaways all fall long, so listen for details on how to enter and leave your comment below! Get ready.

This is our New Music Episode.

 Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words. 

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Meyhem is back for his sixth appearance on Take It Personal. Episodes 12, 18, 61, 99, 116 and now 193, for those keeping track at home. This time, we’re talking about his brand-new album, Table for One.

No guests. Just Meyhem doing what he does over some incredible production from DJ Muggs, The Alchemist, Buckwild, Daringer, Don D, Ern Dogg, Ghost Dave, IceRocks and Real Bad Man.

Fall is officially here, and if you missed it, we had a huge TIP merch drop last month. New tees, hats, hoodies and even some TIP coffee mugs.

All inspired by our logo series, paying homage to EPMD, De La Soul, MF DOOM, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Public Enemy and Metallica. We’ve got super soft Comfort Colors tees and Champion hoodies. Enter promo code FALL15 at checkout to save 15% on your entire order.

Represent your favorite podcast in style. And if you want to support Take It Personal, there’s no better way than becoming a Patreon member. Join today and start enjoying all the great benefits.

Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words.

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 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠@takeitpersonalradio⁠⁠

🛒Store: ⁠⁠takeitpersonalradio-shop.fourthwall.com (NEW MERCH DROP)

💖 Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TakeItPersonal⁠⁠ 

Our Fall Classic is here. Episode 194 is our Timz ’n’ Hood Chek episode. The times they are a-changin’.

Cool mornings, crisp nights and leaves changing colors. Football Sundays, October baseball and some hot soup, muthafucka, like Clarence Williams III wanted in that one Attica movie. 

Speaking of movies, Halloween raised us many of us. Those Thanksgiving plates and driving with the windows cracked just enough to feel that chill. Every season needs a soundtrack. 

We’ve got Group Home, Das EFX, Big L, Miilkbone, Lord Finesse, The Fab 5, Tragedy, Bahamadia, Redman and M.O.P. to help set the mood. 

Throw on a flannel, turn it up (or light it up) and watch the original heads come out to play. This is our Fall Classic. 

Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words.

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On Episode 193 of Take It Personal Radio, we’re joined by our old friend Meyhem Lauren.

Meyhem is back for his sixth appearance on Take It Personal. Episodes 12, 18, 61, 99, 116 and now 193, for those keeping track at home. This time, we’re talking about his brand-new album, Table for One.

No guests. Just Meyhem doing what he does over some incredible production from DJ Muggs, The Alchemist, Buckwild, Daringer, Don D, Ern Dogg, Ghost Dave, IceRocks and Real Bad Man.
Fall is officially here, and if you missed it, we had a huge TIP merch drop last month. New tees, hats, hoodies and even some TIP coffee mugs.

All inspired by our logo series, paying homage to EPMD, De La Soul, MF DOOM, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Public Enemy and Metallica. We’ve got super soft Comfort Colors tees and Champion hoodies. Enter promo code FALL15 at checkout to save 15% on your entire order.

Represent your favorite podcast in style. And if you want to support Take It Personal, there’s no better way than becoming a Patreon member. Join today and start enjoying all the great benefits.

Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words.

 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠@takeitpersonalradio⁠⁠

🛒Store: ⁠⁠takeitpersonalradio-shop.fourthwall.com (NEW MERCH DROP)

💖 Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TakeItPersonal⁠⁠ 

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Over the last 10 years, we’ve interviewed some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Some of our favorite rappers, some of your favorite rappers and plenty of people in between. Rappers, producers, record label executives and even media personalities.

But Take It Personal has never just been about playing the records you already know. Anybody can play the fucking hits.

We want to remind you why those records mattered, introduce you to the ones you might have missed and give you the stories and context behind the music. Because sometimes knowing the story can make a record sound completely different.

Sometimes the lesson comes from a classroom. Sometimes it comes through your speakers.

So after 10 years, we wanted to do something a little different.

COLD CASE FILES: The Stories You Never Heard.

We’re still chopping it up with guests, but this time we’re putting the spotlight on people who might not have gotten enough of it the first time around.

The names you remember but don’t know enough about. The records you know, but not always the stories behind them. The people who helped build this culture without always getting the attention, credit or flowers they deserved.

More eyeballs. More ears. More attention. More flowers while they’re still here to receive them.

Our first Cold Case File: Deadly Threat.

We get into:

• His East Coast influence
• Rakim & Kurupt
• Growing up with DJ Pooh & Bobcat
• Breaking with the Wild Style Crew
• The origins of the Likwit Crew
• Befriending Ice Cube during his Above the Law beef
• Debuting on Color Blind and how the record came together
• Working with King Tee and being around Tha Triflin’ Album and 21 & Over
• Writing for 2Pac, Eazy-E & Yo-Yo
• The St. Ides commercial
• Touring with then-labelmates Edo G & Black Sheep
• Walking from the Bronx to Brooklyn with Edo G just to get some weed
• The Friday soundtrack
• The story behind NY ’87
• Working with Dr. Dre
• Breaking down Sickinnahead
• The Mack 10 origin story — when he was still the rappers’ barber
• Bumping into LL Cool J at Sylvia’s
• Jumping on Nas’ Where Are They Now remix
• The 300–400 unreleased Deadly Threat songs sitting in the vault
• RC cars
• His 10,000+ sports card collection

Cold Case Files. The Stories You Never Heard.

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You’re listening to Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored,
and the music always speaks louder than words. 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠@takeitpersonalradio⁠⁠🛒Store: ⁠⁠takeitpersonalradio-shop.fourthwall.com💖 Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/TakeItPersonal⁠⁠ 🎧 Listen on: 

On Episode 192 of Take It Personal Radio, we debut our newest series, Cold Case Files.

Over the last 10 years, we’ve interviewed some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Some of our favorite rappers, some of your favorite rappers and plenty of people in between. Rappers, producers, record label executives and even media personalities.

But Take It Personal has never just been about playing the records you already know. Anybody can play the fucking hits.

We want to remind you why those records mattered, introduce you to the ones you might have missed and give you the stories and context behind the music. Because sometimes knowing the story can make a record sound completely different.

Sometimes the lesson comes from a classroom. Sometimes it comes through your speakers.

So after 10 years, we wanted to do something a little different.

COLD CASE FILES: The Stories You Never Heard.

We’re still chopping it up with guests, but this time we’re putting the spotlight on people who might not have gotten enough of it the first time around.

The names you remember but don’t know enough about. The records you know, but not always the stories behind them. The people who helped build this culture without always getting the attention, credit or flowers they deserved.

More eyeballs. More ears. More attention. More flowers while they’re still here to receive them.

Our first Cold Case File: Deadly Threat.

We get into:

• His East Coast influence
• Rakim & Kurupt
• Growing up with DJ Pooh & Bobcat
• Breaking with the Wild Style Crew
• The origins of the Likwit Crew
• Befriending Ice Cube during his Above the Law beef
• Debuting on Color Blind and how the record came together
• Working with King Tee and being around Tha Triflin’ Album and 21 & Over
• Writing for 2Pac, Eazy-E & Yo-Yo
• The St. Ides commercial
• Touring with then-labelmates Edo G & Black Sheep
• Walking from the Bronx to Brooklyn with Edo G just to get some weed
• The Friday soundtrack
• The story behind NY ’87
• Working with Dr. Dre
• Breaking down Sickinnahead
• The Mack 10 origin story — when he was still the rappers’ barber
• Bumping into LL Cool J at Sylvia’s
• Jumping on Nas’ Where Are They Now remix
• The 300–400 unreleased Deadly Threat songs sitting in the vault
• RC cars
• His 10,000+ sports card collection

Cold Case Files. The Stories You Never Heard.

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You’re listening to Take It Personal Radio—where hip-hop lives, legends are honored,
and the music always speaks louder than words. 

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On Episode 191 of Take It Personal Radio, we're hitting you with the final installment of our Summertime Series.

As we head into the long weekend, we put together a show to keep you bouncing through all your Labor Day activities.  Two killer mixes featuring Ill Al Skratch, Nice & Smooth, O.C., Masta Ace, Davina, Erykah Badu, Black Moon plus a homage to D'Angelo, Biggie, Mary J. Blige, 2Pac, Jay-Z and Tha Dogg Pound. 

At the break, we discuss what some of us did on our summertime hiatus, bicker, banter—you know, the usual TIP activities. 

Hit play, enjoy, and then hit play again. 

You’re listening to Take It Personal Radio—
where hip-hop lives, legends are honored,
and the music always speaks louder than words. 

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On Episode 190 of Take It Personal Radio, we're resuming our Summertime Series, but this time with a little help from the Spike Lee classic Do the Right Thing.

What better way than to marry this quintessential summer classic along with some hip-hop classics? So whether you're on a stoop in Brooklyn sweating your balls off or fishing somewhere in the Florida Keys, this episode is for you. 

What better way than to marry this quintessential summer classic along with some hip-hop classics? We have two mixes for you, done in free-form, spanning decades and different styles of hip-hop, yet all perfect for the summertime grooves. 

So whether you're on a stoop in Brooklyn sweating your balls off or fishing somewhere in the Florida Keys, this episode is for you. 

DJ 360 lets the poison out on this one with a classic bedroom mix like back the day with innovating blends, newly inspired remixes and bangers from from P.E., ATCQ, Brand Nubian, Digable Planets, Gang Starr, Double Trouble, Jigmastas, Kenny Dope, Special Ed, Blahazay Blahzay, Fela Kuti, Slick Rick and much more.

You’re listening to Take It Personal Radio — where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words. 

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On Episode 189 of Take It Personal Radio, we're taking a brief intermission from our Summertime Series to remind everyone that no matter how far we go into the commercial abyss, especially during these summer sessions, we can easily do a 180 and showcase the beautiful side of the obscurities of the '90s. 

We've got music from Company Flow, CRU, Organized Konfusion, No I.D., Diamond D, Boogiemonsters, Atmosphere, Del, Casual, Latryx, Royal Flush, Ram Squad, Chubb Rock, Krumb Snatcha and Capone-N-Noreaga. 

At the break, Dick Knickerbocker returns with a game of Hip-Hop Jeopardy, where you can play along with us, test your knowledge and see if you can hang with the TIP crew. 

You're listening to Take It Personal Radio—
where hip-hop lives, legends are honored,
and the music always speaks louder than words.

Peace to our listeners worldwide, our Patreon family, and our summer sponsors. We appreciate you all!

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On Episode 188 of Take It Personal Radio, we're continuing our summertime sessions. Last episode we hit you with the party vibes. This time, we're taking it to the basement.

We've got music from Masta Ace, AZ, Mos Def, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Hieroglyphics, People Under the Stairs, Styles of Beyond, Dilated Peoples, Kardinal Offishall, Brother Ali, The LOX, Freeway, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, and much more.

At the break, we're going to upset a bunch of listeners with some of our hip-hop revelations. Who has the worst takes? Let us know!

Peace to our listeners worldwide, our Patreon family, and our summer sponsors. We appreciate you all!

📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠@takeitpersonalradio⁠⁠

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• Mike’s Hot Honey• B-Side Buttons — use code TIP25 for 25% off
• Get On Down
• Homage
• Mr. Chico International
• Boundless Audio
• Late Night Record Pool — use code TIP10 for 10% off You’re listening to Take It Personal Radio — where hip-hop lives, legends are honored, and the music always speaks louder than words.