The Crate 808 Podcast

YouTube Version 📺 https://youtu.be/zcYfJGxv-N8

We’re back with our Patreon livestream chat (called The 808th Chamber) with more shouts for our alien playlist - 100 90s Songs You’d Play to An Alien to Define Hip Hop (full list https://www.crate808.com/alien-playlist). So much to dive into from 1994, including Gravediggaz, DJ Quik, Notorious B.I.G, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Warren G, Dogg Pound, Jeru the Damaja…and also Sam Sneed and Vanilla Ice 😭

🚨 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 👐

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 🎉

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

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

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (08:45)
• Tracks from ’94: Sam Sneed’s ‘U Better Recognize’, Vanilla Ice’s ‘Hit ‘Em Hard’, Notorious B.I.G’s ‘Juicy’, Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s ‘All the Places’, Warren G’s ‘Regulate’, Shyheim the Rugged Child, Volume 10’s ‘Pistol Grip Pump’ (22:00)
• Gravediggaz’s ‘1-800-Suicide’, The Boogiemonsters’ ‘Old Man Jacob’s Well’, Redman’s ‘Can’t Wait’ (36:30)
• DJ Quik’s ‘Dollaz + Sense’, OutKast and Gang Starr (44:30)
• Dogg Pound’s ‘What Would U Do?’, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube’s ‘Natural Born Killaz’ (51:15)
• Craig Mack’s ‘Flava in Ya Ear’, Beastie Boys, Casual, Organized Konfusion’s ‘Stray Bullet’ (54:30)
• Jeru the Damaja’s ‘Come Clean’, OC’s ‘Time’s Up’ (1:00:10)
• Wildcard: Pharoahe Monch’s ‘Simon Says’ (1:07:56)
• Wildcard: Ice Cube’s ‘When Will They Shoot?’ (1:12:14)
• Wildcard: MF DOOM’s ‘Rhymes Like Dimes’ (1:14:39)

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

#90sHipHop #90sRap #HipHopPodcast

This week is special as we go full Wu-Tang Clan and speak to the Captain of the Dons, The Original Cappa Slappa himself - Cappadonna is in the house! 😱👐🐝 Honoured to have on the legend to speak on Ghosface Killah, Raekwon and ODB, as well as insight into all-time Wu bangers like Ice Cream, Triumph, Careful (Click, Click), Winter Warz and coming up with ridiculous words like ‘discombumberate’ 😂

🚨 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 👐

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 🎉

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

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

Show Notes:

• Supreme Clientele Patreon clip (01:11)
• Cappadonna interview (14:40)
• Cappadonna intro (15:11)
• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (16:30)
• Reacting to Raekwon’s words of praise (18:15)
• What’s so special about the trinity between Cappa, Ghost and Rae (19:30)
• When he clicked with Rae and Ghost…sending kites in class! (21:51)
• Cappa’s costume changes in the Triumph video (23:10)
• Remembering the Ice Cream video (24:05)
• Describing the Wu-Tang Clan to aliens, Ironman and Winter Warz (30:20)
• Winter Warz: How did he come up with the word ‘discombumberate’ (33:02)
• Talking The Pillage (34:45)
• Making Careful (Click, Click) (38:00)
• Breaking down every Wu member (40:48)
• Meeting ODB and spitting lyrics with him (43:57)
• How it felt taking a break from hip hop (47:00)
• How he was supposed to work with Nas, Rae and Ghost on a track (49:05)

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

#WuTang #WuTangClan #Cappadonna

This week we chop it over one of the best hip hop records ever - a personal favourite, 1998’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star album by Black Star 🤩 And bringing this classic album to the table is writer, DJ, blog era OG and co-founder of indie label Closed Sessions, Alexander Fruchter is in the house!

🚨 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 🍩

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 🎉

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

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:54)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 (01:38)
• Most Rewindable Moments: Mos Def on ‘Thieves in the Night’ (21:45)
• Mos Def or Talib Kweli: Who you got? (26:30)
• 5-Mic Moments: ‘Definition’ and ‘Re:Definition’ (30:27)
• Hottest Bars: Thieves of the Night (36:25)
• 5-Mic Moments: Respiration (39:47)
• Non-90s Rappers and Feature Trinity: Would you put Kanye on here? (56:03)

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/58614806

Crate 808 Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/crate808

Yes, it's here, you can now subscribe to our Patreon right now! Link is below if you fancy bonus episodes, early access, fun polls and more live chats heading your way! We kick off our ‘Why I Love: J Dilla Edition’ series with a look at not one, but two classic Jay Dee cuts - ’Shake it Down’ and ‘Nag Champa’ 🔥 And bringing those amazing records to the table, we have Yemi and Peter from the Rhymes Like Dimes podcast, so get set for some full-on Dilla love…and some more ridiculous categories coming your way 😂🍩

Let us know your thoughts in the comments, on these cuts and Dilla tracks you’d bring to the table...and please help spread the word by letting people know what we've got going on our Patreon. Enjoy!

Helpful guide: For people trying to figure how to hear it on your podcast player, you can grab all Patreon content via this RSS feed link: https://www.patreon.com/rss/crate808?auth=no5QiTGdKgxRPjzEyq8XTFyRa25T3Yo8

I know, RSS?! What's one of them?! 😆 Well this is the feed that you should be able to incorporate into your podcast player, or simply listen via the Patreon desktop or app. Hopefully it's seamless enough, but any questions hit us up or simply check this helpful link: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/212055866

We kick off our first ever Patreon livestream chat (called The 808th Chamber) with a dip into the mailbag, and more shouts for our alien playlist - 100 90s Songs You’d Play to An Alien to Define Hip Hop (full list https://www.crate808.com/alien-playlist). It got heated but the crew had such a laugh with the patrons, talking on songs from Masta Ace, Onyx, Souls of Mischief, Tupac and Digital Underground, De La Soul, Smif-N-Wessun, The Coup…and Montell Jordan?!! 🤷‍♂️

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Patreon-only episodes:

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-57224988 🍺

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Ironman’ album review https://www.patreon.com/posts/57935952 🐝

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 🎉

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

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? If you had to listen to one hip hop track on repeat for 60 mins in a float tank…which one and why? (08:45)
• Crate 808 Mailbag: Worst beat of ‘95 - LL Cool J’s ‘Ain’t Nobody’; football references in rap - shout out to Cousin Feo (12:35)
• Alien Playlist: 93 ’til Infinity by Souls of Mischief (28:08)
• I Get Around by Tupac and Digital Underground (35:22)
• I Be Blowin’ by De La Soul (38:13)
• Bucktown by Smif-N-Wessun (44:08)
• This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan (48:22)
• Funk by The Coup (53:18)

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

#90sHipHop #HipHopPodcast #RapPodcast

Get your Wallys on and your eagle wrist-pieces cleaned - Crate 808 is kicking off it’s Wu-Tang Chronicles series by looking through every Ghostface Killah album…and we start with the classic record, ‘Ironman’ 🔥 And to dive into it we have on one our favourite hip hop podcasters out there - Call Out Culture’s very own Zilla Rocca! We get into it for one of my favourite chats about Ghost ever 💯

To get the full episode subscribe to our Patreon right now - link is below if you fancy bonus episodes, early access, fun polls and more live chats heading your way!

Episode link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57935952

👉 https://www.patreon.com/crate808

This week we dive into the Ruff Ryders canon with a superb guest - TV presenter and actress, Joelah Noble brings Eve’s 1999 album,‘Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders First Lady’, to the Crate 808 table. Such a wicked chat touching on Eve, The Roots, Swizz Beats, DMX, Jay-Z, dreams about Puff Daddy and even tongue scrapers 👅😂 A great wide-ranging convo right here, so enjoy!

🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨

Latest Patreon-only episode: Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-57224988 🍺

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 🎉

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

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:40)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 (03:55)
• How Eve influenced her and her ‘Thugged Out Barbie’ nickname (09:32)
• Thoughts on Swizz Beats’ production and ‘Philly Philly’ (11:46)
• Joelah wants to stalk Eve in London (27:00)
• Why she loves Jay-Z (34:38)
• Discovering Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri…and liking JD more (38:55)
• Strangest dreams about rappers: Disgusting thoughts about P Diddy (45:11)

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

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This week we’re joined by two rap legends - Blu and Exile are in the hot seat talking about their storied careers, their 2020 album ‘Miles’, KRS-One, Tribe vs. Gang Starr and Exile becoming a Ghostface flasher (yes, it got strange 😂)

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Latest Patreon-only episode: Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘One Beer’ https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-57224988 🍺

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. 

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:10)
• Talking about their album ‘Miles’ a year later (01:52)
• ‘Roots of Blue’ and ‘The Feeling’ (04:25)
• Speak on their love for crate digging (09:22)
• How they hooked up with Jacinto Rhines and making ‘Roots of Blue’ (11:14)
• How they feel a duty to make hip hop that connects to the human spirit (15:30)
• Some of their favourite KRS-One stories (20:50)
• What they miss from the 00s: Blu and Exile is a gourmet meal! (25:17)
• Their favourite 3-album runs of the 90s (29:23)
• Slept-On Wu-Tang Clan Bangers…what Ghostface swag would they wear? (32:14)

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

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Yes, it's here, you can now subscribe to our Patreon right now! Link is below if you fancy bonus episodes, early access, fun polls and more live chats heading your way! https://www.patreon.com/crate808

So, kicking off our new Patreon 'Why I Love' series, we dive into MF DOOM's 'One Beer' with Shotgun the Aux's Tom Comey. So expect some diving into those brilliant lyrics, gushing over Madlib beats and finally testing Tom's love for this classic cut in our new section: 'How Deep is Your Love'.

Drop your comments to us on your thoughts on 'One Beer', DOOM 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!

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One thing about us here at Crate 808, we seem to work on our own schedule…and that’s what we’re reviewing our favourite albums of 2021 so far in September and not the midway point 🙃 So get ready for some heated chat around the likes of Ka, Lloyd Banks, Armand Hammer, Navy Blue, The Alchemist, Tyler the Creator, Your Old Droog, Benny the Butcher, Skyzoo and much more 🍿

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00)
• Ray No.5: TIME by Your Old Droog (07:02)
• James No.5: The House Is Burning by Isaiah Rashad (12:35)
• Kam No.5: Bo Jackson by The Alchemist and Boldy James (17:25)
• Ray No.4: The Course of the Inevitable by Lloyd Banks (25:30)
• James No.4: Camera of Sound by Jazz Spaztiks (30:45)
• Kam No.4: Navy’s Reprise by Navy Blue (34:20)
• Ray No.3: All the Brilliant Things by Skyzoo (41:48)
• James No.3: Tha YOD Fahim by Your Old Droog and Tha God Fahim (48:33)
• Kam No.3: Pray for Haiti by Mach Hommy (54:00)
• Ray No.2: The Plugs I Met 2 by Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud (1:02:26)
• James No.2: Dialogue by Ol Burger Beats and Vuyo (1:09:16)
• Kam No.2: Haram by Armand Hammer and The Alchemist (1:13:10)
• Ray No.1: Hitman for Hire V2 by JoJo Pellegrino (1:22:05)
• James No.1: Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler the Creator (1:30:30)
• Kam No.1: A Martyr's Reward by Ka (1:35:50)

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