The Bigger Picture

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). 

Kendrick Lamar dropped a new song Watch The Party D*e where he addresses the entire culture and the guys have a lot to say about it (4:00), they also discuss Kendrick’s Super Bowl pick and the reaction to Lil Wayne not getting the call, (25:00) They talk about Jay Z’s potential involvement and his weird relationship with Drake and Wayne over time (37:00), Kendrick’s potential set list (57:00), J. Cole & Drake’s current relationship after Cole hopped on A$AP Rocky’s new song (1:19:00), accountability hour (1:35:00) and of course they spotlight some of their favorite new artists (1:40:00). 

Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht discuss media rap beef, best media rappers, Big Sean’s album and the overall perception of Sean, Doechii’s album and the impact it’s going to have, they debate if artists should hold responsibility for what they say on songs if they don’t live it in real life, predictions for The Clipse new album and who they think will be the unknown feature, they remember Fatman Scoop including Jeremy’s insane introduction to him, and after finding out mid episode about the loss of Rich Homie Quan, the guys dedicate the last segment to remembering his life.

On Episode 15 of The Bigger Picture podcast, the guys talks about Elliott’s viral tweet about people’s favorite crash outs, DJ Hed replies to Akademik’s shots at him online, how to empowering people in media, Kendrick album rumors, the guys can’t go an episode without talking about Drake after he keeps dropping new music & gigs, what Jay Z did after the Nas battle, they discuss if beef changes the way they listen to music, how Meek moved after the Drake battle, the anniversary of Forever and the best posse cuts of all time, Kendrick and Drake’s lost collab, Chance The Rapper’s new songs, Big Sean’s new album, Juicy J’s jazz album, Cash Cobain’s wild lyrics and of course they give their spotlights.

On This Episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys show love to New York after Jeremy and Hed’s trips to the East Coast (0:00), Snoop Dogg reacted to TBP’s debate about him and Jay Z that had the timeline in shambles (6:30), 9th Wonder made DJ Hed change his mind (12:00), if we create a classic hip hop category (17:00), Drake charting on Billboard with his “leaks” (23:00), Jeremy apologizes to Dora Cat (27:00), the guys react to Tyler the Creator and Russ’s comments about new music and why some of the newer artists haven’t had as strong of a connection with their fans (29:00), DJ Hed has a take about Drake’s Pusha T battle (40:00), ScHoolboy Q shows in LA (50:00), Big rappers writing hits for others artists (53:00), best wrestling walk up songs (55:00), Complex’s Top 50 Atlanta rappers list (1:03:00), YG and The Game uniting LA (1:20:00) and of course they give their Spotlights (1:32:00). 

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys talk gave Elliott a rocking chair based on his Nicki Minaj spat from last week. Elliott wasn’t done talking about Drake’s 3 pack drop and the shots at A$AP Rocky, Mustard and The Weeknd (5:30). The guys review Latto’s album and discuss her place within the female rap world (16:00), the also discuss the landscape of female rappers and why there is so much competition within it (22:16). Pras dissed Lauryn Hill (48:00), if there should be a new category of adult contemporary hip hop (54:00), Jeremy had a controversial take about Kendrick’s Control verse (1:00:00), Hed & Elliott debate if Snoop Dogg is bigger than Jay Z culturally (1:22:00), Break dancing’s quick stint at the olympics (1:31:00), Jeremy breaks down the weird case against Kanye’s dentist (1:34:00), if being the best lyrical rapper matters today (1:38:00), and the Jeremy and Elliott debate Quavo’s new song with Lenny Kravitz (1:44:00), debating if Quavo and Offset can be solo stars (1:50:00), and of course they give their spotlights also (1:58:00).

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, Elliott starts off hot by going IN on Drake’s latest moves (2:00), the guys review the 100gig content drop from Drizzy and Certified Cover Boy found some things (10:00), Young Guru replied to Elliott with some info about Jay Z’s “Talk Up” verse (26:20), Elliott replied to Nicki Minaj’s latest shots (39:00), the guys give props to Parks from Joe Budden Podcast after snubbing him last episode, they give a review of Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 (1:00:00), they look back at Watch The Throne after 13 years of its release (1:18:00), Jeremy reacts to his Charlamagne Tha God shoutout (1:24:00), the guys talk about getting respect from their idols in the game (1:26:30), DJ Hed breaks down album sales and DJ Mustard vs Gordo (1:34:00), and the guys spotlight some of their favorite albums and songs (1:50:00)

Listen to all of the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U7KVeE7pdGhp2QME2DMIP?si=5c64ed6ea6944d76

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On this episode of The Bigger Picture podcast with Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht, the guys talk about Joe Budden calling Jeremy that white boy (1:00), Drake and Toronto cancelling Sir and Schoolboy Q’s concerts (10:00), Elliott and DJ Hed’s frustrations with Lil Yachty (26:00), what if Kendrick disappears again (32:00), the guys review DJ Mustard’s album (42:00), Ice Spice’s album and her place (48:00), Mike Will Made It’s run as a producer (1:01:00), Lil Wayne’s best features (1:04:00), DJ Hed and Elliott have Jeremy list his favorite songs with the N word in the title (1:20:00), the guys try to make a top 10 rappers list (1:29:00).