The Crate 808 Podcast

Wow. Wee. What we have here may well be our favourite episode of 2021, with legends Kurupt and Ras Kass sitting down to talk all things hip hop…and even inviting on Slaughterhouse’s very own Kxng Crooked for a special cameo 😱

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The legends touched on some UNREAL stories, including…

😱 Their most memorable rap battles: UNREAL stories from Ras battling Terror Squad, Kurupt battling outside The Tunnel nightclub, and Crooked I battling for Death Row Records and Suge Knight

😳 There may be a HRSMN track out there with Pharoahe Monch, how Mos Def was a extended member and whatever happened to ‘House of Horses’…their collab with SlaughtaHouse

🐐 Speaking on ‘The Chronic’, ‘Stranded on Death Row’, Kurupt signing for Death Row and their big breaks

🔥 When they realised they were elite MCs through KRS-One and Biggie Smalls, and remembering their first raps

👑 Breaking down the return of the HRSMN with Canibus and Killah Priest, and their album ‘The Last Ride’

😬 Why they have a no-rewrites rule in the HRSMN

🤩 ‘Pinch Myself Moments’: Ras Kass performing with hip hop gods and memories of The Good Life

🎙 Huge love for Ice Cube, who named Ras Kass in his Top 5

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:03)
• Breaking down the return of HRSMN with Canibus and Killah Priest, and their album ‘The Last Ride’ (03:09)
• Why they have a no-rewrites rule in the HRSMN (11:29)
• There may be a HRSMN track out there with Pharoahe Monch, how Mos Def was a extended member, whatever happened to ‘House of Horses’…their collab with SlaughtaHouse (12:40)
• When they realised they were elite MCs through KRS-One and Biggie Smalls, and remembering their first raps (17:00)
• Pinch Myself Moments: Ras Kass performing with hip hop gods and memories of The Good Life (26:51)
• Their most memorable rap battles: UNREAL stories from Ras battling Terror Squad, Kurupt battling outside The Tunnel nightclub, and Crooked I battling for Death Row Records and Suge Knight (32:40)
• Speaking on ‘The Chronic’, ‘Stranded on Death Row’, Kurupt signing for Death Row and their big breaks (47:00)
• Huge love for Ice Cube, who named Ras Kass in his Top 5 (1:01:00)
• Last great music they heard…and ‘Love is a Battlefield’ / ‘No Easy Way Out’ love (1:06:50)

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

#Kurupt #RasKass #CrookedI

This week we sit down with one of our favourite new artists out there - Ohio’s very own, Kipp Stone is in the house to speak on a stone-cold 90s hip hop classic…Mos Def’s 1999 record, ‘Black on Both Sides’ 🔥

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

We also dive into the curious case of Lesley Snypes - a rapper we made up on the show…but is now somehow an ACTUAL rapper with two songs out?!! 😱 Check it out here, fantastic: https://lesleysnypes.bandcamp.com

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?

Show Notes:

• Mailbag: Least hip hop thing in 24 hours…listening to Kanye’s Donda and loving Hieronymus Bosch?! (01:15)
• The curious case of Lesley Snypes (05:10)
• The Crate 808 Mailbag: Good football references in rap and another great Ghostface Killah story (07:55)
• Best year in 90s hip hop and best MF DOOM live stories (15:00)
• Kipp Stone talks on Mos Def’s ‘Black on Both Sides’ (22:10)
• Hidden Gem: ‘Climb’ and ‘May December’ (36:20)
• Kipp drops his best fishing tips! (45:00)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

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

#MosDef #Rawkus #YasiinBey

This week we welcome on the Forrest Gump of hip hop, the legend that is MC Serch is in the house to talk all things MF DOOM, KMD, Subroc, Tupac, Nas, Illmatic, Eminem, UK’s Cookie Crew, Del the Funky Homosapien, Woodstock 99 and SO much more! 🔥 Expect some superb stories, including battling MCs and tales of Tupac, MF DOOM, Shock G and Subroc all freestyling around a piano about how much they love one another 😱

🚨 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? (01:46)
• Love for London, Cookie Crew and full length coats (04:04)
• Seeing Del the Funky Homosapien and Hiero for the first time (09:35)
• The time when The Queen of England got the Gas Face (12:20)
• His new MF DOOM podcast series (23:16)
• How Subroc gave him the famous ‘3rd Bass’ fade (28:41)
• Stories of Tupac, MF DOOM, Shock G and Subroc all freestyling around a piano (32:39)
• Hardest battles he’s been in (36:47)
• First impressions of Nas and hearing Illmatic (44:42)
• Still has his check from Woodstock 99 (54:20)
• Thoughts on his album ‘Return of the Product’ and Eminem (1:00:03)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

Also, we’d love to hear from you for our mailbag episodes, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

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

🎙 Which MCs dropped the best features in the 90s?

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

👀 Is Jay-Z’s ‘It’s Like That’ a Hidden Gem…or absolutely awful?!

🤔 Who has the best verse on ‘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

Yo yo yo! This week we welcome actor and NCIS legend, Sean Murray, onto the pod, to speak on a bonafide classic 90s record - DJ Shadow’s 1996 masterpiece, ’Endtroducing…..’ 💥 So get set for a wicked hip hop chat that delves into love for Aphex Twin, Madlib and (as always) Burial. 🍿

🚨 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? (01:06)
• Why this album should be in Crate 808 - and Sean’s love for Aphex Twin (02:30)
• He saw Kyuss perform in the desert (08:00)
• Why ‘Stem / Long Stem’ and ‘Midnight in a Perfect World’ are classics (08:30)
• Great Twin Peaks trivia to the album (18:23)
• Most Rewindable Moments: ‘Midnight in a Perfect World’, ‘Organ Donor’ (20:14)
• Hidden Gem: ‘Mutual Slump’ (26:55)
• Love for ‘Building Steam from a Grain of Salt’ (29:46)
• Thoughts on the album cover and title (31:30)
• Digging into ‘The Number Song’ (34:59)

And the superb dubstep documentary we spoke on from Timbah.On.Toast is here: https://bit.ly/3kdBBpX

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

Also, we’d love to hear from you for our mailbag episodes, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

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

🎙 Which MCs dropped the best features in the 90s?

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

👀 Is Jay-Z’s ‘It’s Like That’ a Hidden Gem…or absolutely awful?!

🤔 Who has the best verse on ‘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

#DJShadow #Endtroducing #90sHipHop

We conclude our three-part debate with our closing album - The Pharcyde’s incredible 1995 effort, ‘Labcabincalifornia’ 🔥

Catch part one of the debate, focusing on Ghostface’s ‘Ironman’ album: https://youtu.be/VcPXjS5HblY

And part two, diving into Jay-Z’s ‘Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life’: https://youtu.be/mtn_S-NEEhQ

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

Along the way, Ray, James and Kam hit up some new categories for our mailbag episode - we’d love to hear from you, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

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

🎙 Which MCs dropped the best features in the 90s?

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

👀 Is Jay-Z’s ‘It’s Like That’ a Hidden Gem…or absolutely awful?!

🤔 Who has the best verse on ‘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?

Check our chat with Pharcyde’s SlimKid3:  https://bit.ly/3kRItaX

Show Notes:

• Why The Pharcyde deserve to be in Crate 808 (01:20)
• 5-Mic Moments: ‘Drop’ and that incredible music video (05:00)
• The genius of J Dilla on this album (12:00)
• Hidden Gems: ’Pharcyde’, ‘The Hustle’ and ‘Just Don’t Matter’ (22:53)
• Big love for J Dilla’s remix of ‘Y?’ and xylophone and flute hip hop (29:13)
• Why ‘Splattitorium’ is great…but tell Chris Rock that (31:00)
• Non-90s Rappers / Which Track Are You Putting Pusha T On? (39:31)
• 30-Second Conclusion (51:00)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

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

#ThePharcyde #JDilla #JayDee

We continue this week’s debate with a dive into Jay-Z’s third album - ‘Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life’ 💥

Catch part one of the debate, focusing on Ghostface’s ‘Ironman’ album: https://youtu.be/VcPXjS5HblY

And keep it locked for the final instalment of this debate - The Pharcyde’s ‘Labcabincalifornia’ 🔥

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

Along the way, Ray, James and Kam hit up some new categories for our mailbag episode - we’d love to hear from you, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🔲 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🔲 Is ‘It’s Like That’ a Hidden Gem…or absolutely awful?!

🔲 Who has the best verse on ‘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 Ghost’s apex?

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

🔲 What are your best opening tracks in 90s hip hop?

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

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

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

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

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

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

Show Notes:

• Should this album get into Crate 808…and did Jay-Z steal too many ideas from his peers? (00:27)
• Most Rewindable Moments: ‘Money Ain’t a Thang’, ‘Money, Cash, Hoes’ (06:57)
• Is ‘It’s Like That’ a Hidden Gem…or absolutely awful?! (14:00)
• Most Rewindable Moment: ‘Reservoir Dogs’…but who has the best verse and did Young MC use the beat better? (15:30)
• A tense argument over ‘A Week Ago’, ‘Hands Down’, the value of Memphis Bleek and what are the best guest openers on rap albums? (26:30)
• How has ‘Can I Get A’ aged? (31:13)
• 5-Mic Moments: Where does ‘Hard Knock Life’ stand in Jay-Z’s career? (35:30)
• Why ‘The Blueprint’ makes Kam think of kebab meat and chips (39:46)
• Sample Corner: A callback to Tim Dog (41:02)
• Why our ‘Non-90s Rappers’ category should become ‘Which Track Are You Putting Pusha T On?’ (46:39)
• 30-Second Conclusion (54:50)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

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 squad FINALLY returns to talk classic 90s albums, and see which record we can put into our very own Hall of Fame - Crate 808. This is part one of a three-part episode, discussing Ghostface Killah’s ‘Ironman’, Jay-Z’s ‘Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life’ and The Pharcyde’s ‘Labcabincalifornia’ 🔥

And first up, we dive into ‘Ironman’, while hitting the regular Crate 808 staples - so get set for some dope golden era chat. Keep it locked for parts two and three where we bring up Jay-Z and The Pharcyde 👀

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Along the way, Ray, James and Kam hit up some new categories for our mailbag episode - we’d love to hear from you, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🔲 What are your top 5 rap ballads?

🔲 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

🔲 What is Ghost’s apex?

🔲 What song off of ‘Ironman’ (if any) would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

🔲 What are your best opening tracks in 90s hip hop?

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

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

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

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

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

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:09)
• Is Ironman the most overrated album of 1996? (07:45)
• Why Ironman should be in Crate 808…and is Ghost speaking nonsense? (10:33)
• Why Raekwon and Cappadonna’s bars on ‘Iron Maiden’ are classic (23:46)
• Big love for ‘All That I Got is You’…and what are your top 5 rap ballads? (34:00)
• The time Ghostface stayed with Brett Ratner (39:20)
• Aged the Worst: ‘Wildflower’, ‘Camay’ and the speaking Ghostface doll (42:51)
• Hottest Bars: Raekwon on ‘Faster Blade’. Email us: What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?! (49:45)
• The genius of Cappadonna on ‘Winter Warz’ (53:10)
• 5-Mic Moment: What is Ghost’s apex? (1:00:21)
• Track You’d Play to an Alien: ‘Daytona 500’ (1.07:28)
• Hidden Gems: ‘260’, ‘Assassination Day’, ‘Poisonous Darts’ and more (1:09:45)
• Non-90s Rappers on the Album: Freddie Gibbs…and Action Bronson?! (1:23:37)
• Why the album artwork is banging (1:28:49)
• 30-Second Conclusion (1:43:26)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

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

#GhostfaceKillah #WuTangClan #WuTang

This week we speak on another classic 90s record - Del the Funky Homosapien’s 1993 album, ‘No Need for Alarm’ 🔥 And to break it down with us we’re honoured to have on hip hop artist, author, podcaster, founder of Uncommon Records and one-time head engineer at Def Jux - Uncommon Nasa is in the house! 🙌

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Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:15)
• Thoughts on Mistadobalina and Del’s look (03:31)
• How Del’s incredible rhyming style was so fully formed as a teen (09:30)
• Most rewindable moments: ‘You’re In Shambles’ and the dope sampling (12:59)
• Breaking down the classic album artwork (16:36)
• Thoughts on Jonah Hill’s film ‘Mid90s’ (23:36)
• How ‘Worldwide’ convinced him Unicron was real (26:50)
• How Hiero made their music so HARD and art of sampling (32:00)
• Love for ‘Burnt’, ‘Undisputed Champs’ and Del’s B Sides; The Hiero vs. Hobo Junction beef (36:20)
• Breaking down Nasa’s career, New York, Def Jux and new album ‘Only Child’ https://bit.ly/3f0tL0Y (42:00)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

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

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

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

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

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 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

This week we’re joined by a living hip hop legend - rapper, producer and co-founder of Hieroglyphics, we’ve got Del the Funky Homosapien in the house 😱

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

We dove into Del’s incredible career to speak on….

😱 Seeing Ice Cube write ‘F the Police’ and ‘Amerikkkas Most Wanted’

🐐 MF DOOM and Subroc…and how much they loved Nintendo

🔥 Making ‘No Need for Alarm’ and inventing Unicron

👑 Love for Kool Keith and Suga Free (and a new project with Kool Keith called ’Subatomic’)

🐝 Why he loves Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘The W’

❤️ Love for Griselda, Mach-Hommy Frank Zappa…and word on his new podcast

🎸 Psychedelic rock, Black Flag and working with J. Mascis

📸 Getting on Midnight Marauders album cover

💥 Talking on battle rap today and how choking isn’t the same

🙏 Recovering from his fall in Denmark while performing with Gorillaz

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:10)
• How he fell in love with funk and how he went from poetry to rap (03:13)
• Battling from corners to at school and love for Lord Finesse and Chill Rob G (06:55)
• How he landed on his MC name (09:10)
• His love of psychedelic rock, Black Flag and working with J. Mascis (11:11)
• Thoughts on psychedelics (14:05)
• Getting on Midnight Marauders album cover (16:58)
• Working with Ice Cube, Sir Jinx and the cut ’Smoked Out Charlie’ (18:05)
• His relationship with Cube and CIA (19:45)
• Seeing Ice Cube write ‘F the Police’, working with DJ Pooh, Da Lench Mob and love for ‘Amerikkkas Most Wanted’ (24:00)
• Remembering MF DOOM, Subroc and KMD (31:15)
• Gaming with DOOM, favourite DOOM projects and MC Serch stories (38:22)
• Making ‘Sleeping on My Coach’ (43:13)
• Making ‘Wish My Brother George Was Here’, ‘No Need for Alarm’ and working with Sophia Chang (44:50)
• How he invented Unicron and the ‘No Need for Alarm’ artwork (50:23)
• His love for Kool Keith and Suga Free…and a new project with Kool Keith called ’Subatomic’ (53:27)
• Talking on battle rap today and how choking isn’t the same (1:00:00)
• Still recovering from his fall in Denmark while performing with Gorillaz, and working on Mid90s with Jonah Hill (1:06:15)
• Love for Griselda, Mach-Hommy Frank Zappa…and word on his new podcast (1:09:30)
• Why he loves Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘The W’ (1:11:40)

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

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

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

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

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

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 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

#DelTheFunkyHomosapien #Hieroglyphics #IceCube

This week we dip back into the 90s vaults to shine a light on a cult classic - Dr. Dooom’s ‘First Come, First Served’ from 1999 💥 So Kool Keith fans rejoice, because to chop it up with us is writer, journalist and founder of the brilliant Cabbages newsletter (as well as producer and co-presenter of the Cabbages podcast) - Gary Suarez is in the house! 🥬

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:48)
• Why he had to talk about ‘First Come, First Served’, how the bias with Dr. Octagon was real…and who is the real Kool Keith? (01:55)
• Is Dr. Dooom playing on excess in 90s rap? And how this album was made in a week (11:40)
• What space does Kool Keith occupy in the hip hop universe? And how humour-based rap emerged (15:50)
• A dope interview with Kool Keith and Bobbito Garcia (22:26)
• The relationship between MF DOOM and Dr. Dooom (24:14)
• Love for Kool Keith rabbit holes and hidden gems ft. ‘We Are the Horsemen’ and ‘Grandma’s Boy’ (28:55)
• Breaking down Gary’s Cabbages podcast and newsletter (30:13)
• Breaking down the incredible artwork to the album and why ‘Welfare Love’ is brilliant (44:30)
• Addressing the work on the album that’s aged badly and his distaste for Kool Keith fans (51:07)

🚨 Don’t forget to click the SUBSCRIBE button to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔

Check out Gary’s superb Kool Keith interview: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com › ...Kool Keith: The Cabbages Interview

And his great piece on MF DOOM x Dr. Dooom: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/the-time-we-faced-dooom

Subscribe to Cabbages for free: www.cabbageshiphop.com

Also, the Crate 808 Patreon is coming 🚨 To make sure you keep updated on the launch and amazing new hip hop shows we’ll be bringing, go to crate808.com and subscribe to the newsletter - we’ve got episodes looking at hidden gems albums from the 90s, the catalogues of MF DOOM and J Dilla and a new series focusing on the Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, it’s gonna be big, so subscribe to the newsletter for all the news 💯

For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at [email protected] with your takes on…

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

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

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

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

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

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 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