The Bigger Picture

In this episode DJ Hed and Jeremy recap their crazy week reporting in the sports world while Elliott went viral on Twitter reacting to J. Cole’s new podcast venture where he recaps his journey to the top. They debate about TDE’s Top 20 albums, Apple Music’s pick for 2024 Rapper of The Year, discuss Tyler The Creator’s Flog Gnaw festival, review Cordae’s new album and spotlight some new music as always.

In today's episode, hosts DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht speak about Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY nominations and they debate who should win each of the rap categories. They review new albums from Ab-Soul and A$AP Ferg and they debate how many classics Drake has along with the influence of Jay Z's 4:44 and Kendrick's Mr. Morale albums.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Marathon

8:00 - No Nuance

9:00 - Andre 3000 Album of the Year????

15:00 - Taylor Swift vs Kanye Story

24:45 - Kendrick’s GRAMMYs

36:00 - GRAMMY Snubs

39:50 - Best Rap Album of 2024?

45:30 - Best Rap Songs of 2024?

51:00 - Shaboozey vs. Kendrick

58:00 - Kendrick’s Acceptance Speech

1:02:00 - Elliott Apologizes to SZA

1:07:00 - Is Her Loss a Classic?

1:11:00 - How Many Classics Does Drake Have?

1:20 - Ab-Soul Album Review

1:30:00 - Ferg Album Review

1:35:00 - Mr. Morale’s Influence

1:41:00 - 4:44 Impact

1:50:30 - Spotlight

In Episode 25 which begins season 2 of The Bigger Picture, the hosts dive into the latest music news and album releases. They kick things off with the breaking news of Young Thug’s release, discussing its potential impact. They give their reviews of recent album drops fromFreddie Gibbs, Lil Uzi Vert, and Westside Gunn. Plus, they wrap up with a recap of Lil Wayne’s festival and its highlights.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Bigger Picture

9:00 - Drake & Future Clear Up

26:00 - DeMar DeRozan & Drake Controversy

40:00 - Young Thug Is Free!!!

51:00 - Freddie Gibbs Album

“We did get some music this week”

1:03:00 - West Side Gunn Album

“Westside Gunn dropped a new album”

1:18:00 - Lil Uzi Vert Album

1:22:00 - Spotlight

1:27:00 - Lil Weezyana Fest

On today’s episode TBP hosts review Tyler The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA album, they discuss Tyler’s status as a superstar and his sales. They give a review of EARTHGANG’s new album before discussing Lil Durk’s complicated case and the implications it has towards other street artists and the music industry as a whole. They pay tribute to DJ Clark Kent and Elliott drops a huge scoop about Drake & Future reuniting. Along the way the guys also toss some jokes about American History and Halloween.

The Bigger Picture hosts couldn’t stay out of the stories this week. From Cardi B inviting Elliott to the studio, to DJ Hed’s Ab-Soul interview where he cleared the air about J. Cole, to Jeremy clearing things up with TDE’s Punch. The guys were out in the mix this week also, attending Rapsody’s concert in LA where Jeremy’s spot was replaced and a Spotify Event where Jeremy pranked DJ Hed.

The guys talked about Kendrick Lamar’s “interview” with SZA for Harper’s BAZAAR magazine, Tyler the Creator’s album roll out, the state of Hip Hop Media, Akademiks crashing out at DJ Hed over his “Stay On Stream” comments and Elliott admits he was wrong about GKMC.

Today’s episode starts with the guys talking about Kendrick’s Broccoli snippet blowing up again after their last episode and F1 even using the song, Jeremy explains sparking a debate after TDE Punch replied to his tweet about Ab-Sould and J. Cole, Tyler The Creator announced a new album, they debate who has the greatest run in discography history, if we're ever getting another Frank Ocean album, Elliott minorly crashes out on Tommy Richman after The GRAMMY categories are announced, they review GloRilla's new album and Pharrell's new movie, talk about Kendrick sweeping the BET Hip Hop Awards and they of course give some spotlight to their favorite songs from the week.

In this episode DJ Hed, Jeremy Hecht and Elliott Wilson discuss J. Cole’s new song “Port Antonio” where he replied to critique about dropping out of the battle and addressed Drake (7:00), they breakdown the relationship between the former Big 3 (23:00), Elliott’s Big Sean cover story (50:00), DJ Hed’s back and forth with Tommy Richman about Hip Hop (56:00), Not Like Us reaching new chart milestones (1:18:00), Jeremy sends a DM to Kendrick (1:21:00), Travis Scott’s superstar status at Metlife Stadium (1:29:00) & more. The guys also reply to comments (1:56:00) and discuss their Halloween episode. The Bigger Pictuuuure!

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture debate show, DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson discuss the state of rap media and why people are looking into Drake’s following, LeBron being able to see the Future, Tee Grizzley & J. Cole’s new song and whether Cole has had the best feature run of all time while comparing to Jay’s and Lil Wayne’s features, JID dropped a new freestyle and they debate about if he can be a superstar, they try to name who the superstars are right now if you can’t name Kendrick, Cole, Future, Drake or Nicki Minaj, they debate who the current rap superstars are, Future might be in love and Jeremy wants a love album from him, they debate the best songs and albums of the 2020s so far after Pitchfork made a random list, The Weeknd’s new song with Playboi Carti, we went through DJ Hed’s IMDB, Reviews of Tommy Richman and Leon Thomas’ albums, the most influential one hit wonders, and question whether J. Cole, Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar should be more active participants in the culture. They close off with a spotlight and a celebration of 20 episodes.

DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht dive into the biggest topics in Hip Hop this week and debate things from different perspectives as always. DJ Hed starts off by talking about meeting CM Punk (2:00), Elliott mourns his relationships with Drake and Kendrick as Nothing Was The Same turns 11 (7:00), a new theory about Kendrick’s 6:16 in LA involving Mike Zombie emerges online (13:30), What’s The Dirt & Justin Hunte’s Hip Hop media exchange explained (17:10), Tommy Richman leaves his two biggest singles off of his debut album (24:00), the guys argue about if J. Cole can be the greatest rapper right now after bowing out of his battle with Kendrick (29:00), Daylyt calls in to talk about his new song with Cole, DJ Hed has a great story about Tyga’s “Taste” which just went Diamond (44:00), DJ Hed addresses why people may not like the West Coast (47:00), songs that may surprise you as being Diamond (53:00), Daylyt calls back to talk about his relationship with TDE and his working relationship with Drake (56:00). They review Future’s mixtape (1:20:00), and talk about balance and responsibility in the game (1:34:00), Jeremy gives a dramatic reading of Meek Mill’s best tweets (1:38:00), the guys give a spotlight to some new music (1:43:00), and Elliott has an issue with Metro Boomin’s latest interview (1:50:00).

In this episode, the guys couldn’t avoid the Diddy in the room. DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht discuss the ramifications of Diddy’s indictment, how it affects Hip Hop and how much further beyond Hip Hop it could go. Elliott even shares a wild story where Diddy told him to ask about Tupac (7:00). They talk about the one person who is loving all of the news, 50 Cent and DJ Hed actually used the word love for the first time (55:00). They talk about how much lyricism matters in today’s music, sparked by the editorial desk of Russ (1:00:000), Playboi Carti sounding like Future on “All Red” (1:04:00), reactions to Complex’s best rappers in their 20s list and DJ Hed even makes his own list (1:09:00). Elliott has a theory about Nicki Minaj’s album drop involving Cardi B (1:23:00), DJ Hed heard conflicting reports about Drake turning down the Super Bowl (1:15:000), Jeremy heard a theory about First Person Shooter that could add meaning to Kendrick’s Not Like Us lyrics about J. Cole (1:38:00) and of course, the guys give a spotlight to some artists they like right now (1:44:00).