The Crate 808 Podcast

YouTube Versions 📺

Pt.1 https://youtu.be/f8KMEde7tPo

Pt.2 https://youtu.be/kWwjylZ3-oc

This week we jump into our Patreon livestream chat (The 808th Chamber) to review the following albums...

Magic - Nas

Gold - DJ Muggs + Rigz

Metatron's Cube - AJ Suede + Televangel

Sick! - Earl Sweatshirt

Beautiful Payne 4 - RJ Payne

And we also ask the following questions - hit us up in the comments or via [email protected] for your takes…

• Is 'As High as Wu-Tang Get' a Top 20 All-Time Wu Banger?
• Is Hit Boy a 'B Class Producer'?
• Where does 'Magic' rank in Nas' discography?
• Has Nas ever been in your Top 5?
• Verse of the Year: Has Mr. MFN eXquire dropped the best one of 2022?
• Is DJ Muggs on the Mt. Rushmore of hip hop producers?

The choice cuts can be found on our Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3sDOZbd

🤩 Don't forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔

Hope you guys enjoy!

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM's 'One Beer' https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa's 'Ironman' album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla's 'Shake it Down' and 'Nag Champa' https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa's 'Supreme Clientele' album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM's 'Figaro' https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa's 'Bulletproof Wallets' album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace's 'SlaughtaHouse' Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa's 'The Pretty Toney Album' album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥

Now if you don't know about Patreon, it's a website you can go help support our show and for a small donation every month, you get some extra episodes, early access and a chance to chat with us live for general rap chat and hearing your takes on some of the classic hip hop records from the 90s.

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (03:08)
• Is 'As High as Wu-Tang Get' a Top 20 All-Time Wu Banger? (10:37)
• Nas' 'Magic' album review (14:30)
• RJ Payne's 'Beautiful Payne 4' review (47:52)
• DJ Muggs and Rigz's 'Gold' review (53:05)
• AJ Suede and Televangel's 'Metatron's Cube' review (01:05:50)
• Verse of the Year: Has Mr. MFN eXquire dropped the best one of 2022? (01:13:00)
• Earl Sweatshirt's 'SICK!' review (01:20:35)

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uSa552

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crate_808

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crate808

Website: https://www.crate808.com

Full episode: https://bit.ly/3HalnrX

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons to be notified of new episodes 🔔 

Welcome once more to Crate 808’s Wu-Tang Chronicles series - looking at every Ghostface Killah solo album 🐝

And today we take it to 2004, to discuss ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ with Wu aficionados - Zilla Rocca, Alaska Atoms and Curly Castro from the Call Out Culture podcast 👐

Make sure to hit us up with your takes on the album, including…was Ghost on the decline in 2004? Let us know 🤔

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa’s ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥

Full episode: https://bit.ly/3KuRftm

Our Masta Ace interview: https://bit.ly/3i8TF2w

This week the patrons asked for a Hidden Gem album review from the 90s…and picked out Masta Ace’s 1993 cult classic ‘SlaughtaHouse’ 🔥

Hit us up with your takes on the album, Masta Ace himself and definitely your favourite lyrics from the album...and please help spread the word by letting people know what we've got going on our Patreon. Enjoy!

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons to be notified of new episodes 🔔 

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Hit us up with your takes on the album, Masta Ace himself and definitely your favourite lyrics from the album...and please help spread the word by letting people know what we've got going on our Patreon. Enjoy!

This week we welcome on one of our favourite acts to ever come out of the UK - DJ Format! And not only does he talk about his stellar career, we also dive into a cult classic record from the 90s - Aceyalone’s opus from 1998, 'A Book of Human Language' 🔥

Hit us up with your thoughts on the album and your favourite Format records in the comments 🗣

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔 

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Now if you don’t know about Patreon, it’s a website you can go help support our show and for a small donation every month, you get some extra episodes, early access and a chance to chat with us live for general rap chat and hearing your takes on some of the classic hip hop records from the 90s. 

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? Shamans and psychedelic toads (03:40)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 (07:55)
• How these beats could’ve been used to the Beastie Boys…or Master P?! (15:15)
• Why Format loves ‘The Balance’ (21:20)
• How does this album use jazz different to Tribe, Gang Starr, De La Soul etc.? (27:43)
• Hidden Gems: All the skits and transitions (30:15)
• Format on his career and newest music ‘Devil’s Workshop’ (36:46)
• How ‘A Book of Human Language’ was supposed to be part of a trilogy (58:00)
• Why ‘Grandfather Clock’ is still amazing and work today and the brilliance of ‘The Hurt’ (1:03:30)

Now, the Crate 808 Mailbag - thank you ALL the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

To get involved, email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads? 

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uSa552

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crate_808

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crate808

Website: https://www.crate808.com

The Crate 808 crew get together to break down their five favourite records from a stellar 2021 in their Patreon livestream 🍿 Also on the menu: honourable mentions, Verse of the Year, Songs of the Year and our shout for 2021’s MVP 👑

Part One: https://youtu.be/K8xPD6NVlC8

Part Two: https://youtu.be/fBeC46dOdnk

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔 

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

Show Notes:

• Kam No.3 - A Martyr’s Reward by Ka (00:00)
• Ray No.2 - Blacklight by Apollo Brown and Stalley (10:22)
• James No.2 - Dialogue by Ol’ Burger Beats and Vuyo (15:28)
• Kam No.2 - Haram by Armand Hammer (20:23)
• Ray No.1 - CHOMP 2 by Russ (31:23)
• James No.1 - Call Me if You Get Lost by Tyler the Creator (44:44)
• Kam No.1 - Pray for Haiti by Mach-Hommy (51:00)
• Honourable mentions ft. Lukah, Evidence, Injury Reserve, JPEGMAFIA, Madlib, DJ Muggs (1:01:40)
• Verse of the Year ft. Chika, Lauryn Hill, Andre 3000, Dave, RJ Payne, Mach-Hommy, Billy Woods, Cambatta, KXNG Crooked (1:03:40)
• Songs of the Year (1:15:13)
• MVP of the Year: Jadakiss (1:20:15)

Crate 808 Songs of the Year (Kam’s list)

1. Stonefruit (Armand Hammer)
2. Grape Soda (Wiki)
3. The 26th Letter (Mach-Hommy)
4. Vamoose (Zilla Rocca)
5. Labou (Mach Hommy)
6. Hot Water Tank (Boldy James + The Alchemist)
7. Peach Cobbler (Navy Blue)
8. Lori Saved Me (L’Orange)
9. Lil Fade (Vince Staples)
10. Tell Me Bout the Stars (Semiratruth)
11. Hopprock (Madlib)
12. Brickmile to Montana (Boldy James + The Alchemist ft. Benny the Butcher)
13. Lost in Time (Park Jams) (Evidence)
14. Menacing (Fat Ray)
15. Nobles (The Alchemist + Earl Sweatshirt + Navy Blue)
16. F Stands for Hampton (Curly Castro)
17. Rollin Stone (Little Simz)
18. Trim the Fat (Flee Lord + Roc Marciano ft. Stove God Cooks)
19. Margiela Split Toes (Westside Gunn ft. Mach-Hommy)
20. Ammo/Pearl (Lukah)
21. I’m A Instrument (Bruiser Wolf ft. Danny Brown)
22. Hall of Fame (Tha God Fahim + Nicholas Craven)
23. Flying Spirit (The Alchemist ft. Bruiser Brigade)
24. Tombstone (Juga-Naut + Giallo Point)
25. STFU and American Cheese (DJ Muggs + Hologram)
26. Warm Dust (DJ Format)
27. Early Exit (Lloyd Banks ft. Roc Marci)
28. All I See is Wreck (Necessary People: Zilla Rocca, Curly Castro, PremRock)
29. Prairie Burn (PremRock)
30. Alarmed! (MIKE)

And just more artists that you need in your rotation:

• Lukah ’s Why Look Up, God’s in the Mirror + When the Black Hand Touches You
• Navy Blue’s Navy's Reprise
• Curly Castro’s Little Robert Hutton
• Boldy James & The Alchemist’s Bo Jackson
• Fat Ray’s Santa Barbara
• Little Simz’s Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• Madlib’s Sound Ancestors
• Zilla Rocca’s Vegas Vic
• Evidence’s Unlearning: Vol 1
• DJ Muggs’ American Cheese
• Semiratruth’s I Got Bandz for the Moon Landing
• H31R, Maassai and JWords’ Velocity
• Giallo Point and Nowaah the Flood’s Right Over Left
• JPEGMAFIA’s LP!
• Anklejohn’s As a Man Thinketh
• SmooVth and Giallo Point’s Amongst Wolves
• Asun Eastwood’s Prophecy is my Present
• Bruiser Wolf’s Dope Game Stupid
• Flee Lord’s Delgado
• Cartel Madras’ The Serpent and the Tiger
• Alchemist’s This Thing of Ours 2
• Tanya Morgan’s Don & Von
• YL’s Adaption
• Elucid’s Dirtee Deacon (in TSO Pea)
• MIKE’s Disco!
• L’Orange’s The World is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better
• DJ Format’s The Devil’s Workshop
• Lloyd Banks’s The Course of the Inevitable
• Th1rt3en’s A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism
• PremRock, Droog, Lucky Seven, Mother Nature, Hus Kingpin, Fatboy Sharif, Sankofa, LESLEY SNYPES

The Crate 808 crew get together to break down their five favourite records from a stellar 2021 in their Patreon livestream in part one of their yearly summary 🍿

Part One: https://youtu.be/K8xPD6NVlC8

Part Two: https://youtu.be/fBeC46dOdnk

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔 

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:23)
• Ray No.5 - Imaginary Everything by L’Orange and Namir Blade (08:08)
• James No.5 - The YOD Fahim by Your Old Droog and Tha God Fahim (19:25)
• Kam No.5 - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B by Westside Gunn (23:10)
• Ray No.4 - HOFFA by Dave East and Harry Fraud (32:35)
• James No.4 - Camera of Sound by Jazz Spastiks (39:53)
• Kam No.4 - Half God by Wiki (42:05)
• Ray No.3 - Coup De Grace by Ransom and Rome Streetz (53:00)
• James No.3 - Bob’s Son by R.A.P. Ferreira and Scallops Hotel (1:00:30)

Now, the Crate 808 Mailbag - thank you ALL the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

To get involved, email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads? 

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uSa552

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crate_808

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crate808

Website: https://www.crate808.com

#AlbumOfTheYear #HipHop2021 #AlbumReview

Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-wu-60536507

Our last Patreon outing for 2021 was a dip back into the Wu-Tang Chronicles series - looking at every Ghostface Killah solo album 🐝 We chop it up over 2001’s Bulletproof Wallets with contributing editor of Pitchfork, podcaster, writer and journalist - Dylan Green aka Cine Masai! 👐

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Also, hit us up with your takes on the record, Ghostface himself and definitely your favourite lyrics from the album...and please help spread the word by letting people know what we've got going on our Patreon. Enjoy!

We round off the year with an absolute bucket-list guest - senior staff writer at The Ringer, podcaster and author of FOUR New York Times bestsellers, Shea Serrano is in the house 💥

And he’s bringing a classic rap record to the table too - we dig into UGK’s 1996 album ‘Ridin’ Dirty’ as well as which Ghostface swag he’d like, favourite three-album runs…and why being on a sodium diet is actually really hip hop 😂

YouTube Version 📺 https://youtu.be/N_b7WEFRHno

🤩 Don’t forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔 

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Now if you don’t know about Patreon, it’s a website you can go help support our show and for a small donation every month, you get some extra episodes, early access and a chance to chat with us live for general rap chat and hearing your takes on some of the classic hip hop records from the 90s. 

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:40)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 and car culture in the South (03:30)
• 5-Mic Moments: The first five songs (12:06)
• How Bun B is god-level rapping on ‘Pinky Ring’ and ‘Murder’ (14:30)
• Shea’s great Bun B stories and his one-take masterpiece on ‘Murder’ (19:18)
• The utter genius of Pimp C (25:30)
• Hidden Gems: ‘3 in the Morning’ and the ‘Outro’ (29:38)
• What hip hop moment would Shea watch an 8-hour documentary on? And ‘What If’ moments in hip hop (31:40)
• How deep is Shea’s love for ’Ridin’ Dirty’? (40:30)
• Talking Grantland and breaking down his new book - Hip Hop (and Other Things) (45:30)
• Which Ghostface swag he’d take (52:10)
• Shea’s favourite 3-album runs in rap (53:33)

Now, the Crate 808 Mailbag - thank you ALL the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

To get involved, email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads? 

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

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This week we’re joined by record exec and manager to Anderson .Paak, Adrian Miller - a man who helped build the LA hip hop scene and work with Good Life Cafe, Easy E, Ras Kass, RZA, DJ Muggs, House of Pain, Freestyle Fellowship and many more.

We spoke on a whole host of subjects, including…

🔥 How DJ Muggs and House of Pain changed hip hop

👀 Did Ice Cube really steal Volume 10’s style?

💥 Making ‘Pistol Grip Pump’…and DJ Mugg’s superb reaction

🙏 His relationship with Eazy E and Jerry Heller

🗣 Origins of the Good Life Cafe

✍️ Helping Freestyle Fellowship get signed

😱 How nobody wanted to sign Anderson .Paak

🤝 What it’s like being family to Freeway Rick - the man that Franklin Saint is based on from Snowfall

YouTube Version 📺 https://youtu.be/fvHxOQUHSVc

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Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Now if you don’t know about Patreon, it’s a website you can go help support our show and for a small donation every month, you get some extra episodes, early access and a chance to chat with us live for general rap chat and hearing your takes on some of the classic hip hop records from the 90s. 

Every week, join Kambi Thandi for engaging rap chat via live hangouts with patrons, exclusive playlists, fun polls and a wide-ranging selection of episodes diving into the work of the Wu-Tang Clan, MF DOOM, J Dilla and more. Subscribe to listen and join in the fun: patreon.com/crate808 🎉

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00)
• What LA hip hop was like in the early 90s (05:20)
• Being there at the origins of the Good Life Cafe (11:40)
• Helping Freestyle Fellowship get signed (17:22)
• Working with Ras Kass and meeting The Pharcyde (19:56)
• Did Ice Cube really steal Volume 10’s style? Plus making ‘Pistol Grip Pump’…and DJ Mugg’s superb reaction (24:45)
• What lessons he learnt working with The Pharcyde (29:30)
• What hip hop NEEDS right now: Togetherness and becoming a family unit (31:00)
• DJ Muggs and House of Pain: Why they changed hip hop (35:20)
• How nobody wanted to sign Anderson .Paak (41:40)
• His relationship with Eazy E and Jerry Heller (44:34)
• Meeting Eazy E (46:03)
• Memories of Death Row Records (called Godfather Entertainment at the start) (47:40)
• What it’s like being family to Freeway Rick - the man that Franklin Saint is based on from Snowfall (49:22)

Crate 808 Mailbag, so thank you all the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

To get involved, email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads? 

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

Be sure to check out our merch - jump on crate808.com to buy a tee or a hoody (or have a look at our Instagram shop), and help support the pod please. It all goes back into the pot for us to try make even more great content for you! 🙌

And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uSa552

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crate_808

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crate808

Website: https://www.crate808.com

Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-59753050

Subscribe to our Patreon for more dope rap chat: https://www.patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Continuing our  'Why I Love' series, we welcome on Jon Bass (Notorious P.O.D.) to chop it up about an all time cut - ‘Figaro’ from the 2004 classic album, Madvillainy. We got into it over the CRAZY bars, his relationship with Madlib and so much more 🔥

Join us for more bonus episodes, early access, fun polls and live chats every month with other rap nerds 🍿 Also on our Patreon…

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://bit.ly/3HuhgHP 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://bit.ly/30DW7Ko 🐝

Why I Love J Dilla’s ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ https://bit.ly/30xjXaF 🍩

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ album review https://bit.ly/3FP2CZM 👐

Drop your comments to us on your thoughts on ‘Figaro’, DOOM, Madlib or anything else that takes your fancy...and please help spread the word by letting people know what we've got going on our Patreon. Enjoy!

#MFDOOM #Madlib #Madvillain