The Bigger Picture

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). 

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).