This week we continue our series discussing who had the best three-album run in ‘90s hip hop, and we’re diving into the world of the Funk Doctor Spock - yes, we’re going Redman heavy. And to dig into ‘Whut? Thee Album’, ‘Dare Iz a Darkside’ and ‘Muddy Waters’, we welcome on one of the dopest rap podcast crews in the game - Take it Personal Radio 🙌

The rest of the series includes…

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)

Show Notes

• Opening argument (01:30)
• Whut? Thee Album (07:20)
• Dare Iz a Darkside (16:12)
• Muddy Waters (28:00)
• Redman and Ras Kass had best features in 97/98 (45:10)
• What happened after this album run? (50:00)
• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (59:50)

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

🔲 The weirdest dream 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?

🔲 Least hip hop things you’ve done in the last 24 hours

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 welcome back on a true rap GOAT for the THIRD time - yes, we complete our hat-trick of episodes with the incomparable Pharoahe Monch. Talking on his group Th1rt3en with Daru Jones and Marcus Machado, Pharoahe breaks down their new album ‘A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism’, being inspired by Black Sabbath and rock and remembers his experiences with MF DOOM.

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:26)
• Breaking down Th1rt3en’s new album ‘A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism’ and merging hip hop with rock music (02:28)
• What the thinking was behind the album title (08:05)
• Breaking down the song ‘Fight’ and working with Cypress Hill (15:00)
• Being inspired by Black Sabbath on ‘666’ (20:53)
• The making of ‘Scarecrow’ and playing it for Talib Kweli and Common (25:05)
• Getting advice from peers and talking to Posdnous about this new project (29:00)
• Has he ever been offered the chance to sell out? (29:43)
• Remembering MF DOOM and the time they both talked technically about rapping in Paris (32:30)
• Remembering Paul C and his pure love for making music (37:30)
• Playing a game of word association with his classic cuts (39:15)

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🔲 The weirdest dream you’ve had about a rapper

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

🔲 The most ludicrous lyrics you’ve ever heard?

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

🔲 Least hip hop things you’ve done in the last 24 hours

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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We return to our series discussing who had the best three-album run in ‘90s hip hop, and this week we speak on A Tribe Called Quest’s People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders 😱🔥 Bringing the argument for these incredible records, we have DJ, promoter and writer from Southern Hospitality, Rob Pursey in the hot seat! 🙌

Prepare for deep dives into our most rewindable joints and hidden gems, as well stories about seeing Tribe perform in Newcastle in front of 80 people and why ATCQ’s music is good for people below average height 😂

The rest of the series includes…

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)

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:18)
• Opening argument (03:09)
• People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (05:50)
• How Tribe sampled Sgt. Pepper on this album and aiming for greatness (12:15)
• Why ‘Can I Kick It’ is a banger (21:40)
• Low End Theory (30:14)
• Why this is good music for average height people (36:00)
• Seeing Tribe perform Low End Theory in front of 80 people in Newcastle (52:13)
• Midnight Marauders (56:28)
• What happened to ATCQ after this run? (1:10:15)

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

🔲 The weirdest dream you’ve had about a rapper

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

🔲 The most ludicrous lyrics you’ve ever heard?

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

🔲 Least hip hop things you’ve done in the last 24 hours

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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‘Ay yo yo, you can’t stand right there…’

This wasn’t the start to a new year anybody wanted, and since the passing of MF DOOM hit the hip hop community so hard, we decided to get together with other DOOM fanatics to remember the man, the myth, the legend that was Daniel Dumile.

So coming up we have writers, journalists, DJs, bloggers, YouTubers and historians in the mix to speak on DOOM, including Shawn Setaro, Dart Adams, Andrew Barber, Rob Pursey, Andrew Emery, Luke James, Yemi from Rhymes Like Dimes, Tom Shotgun the Aux and Chris from Breaking Atoms.

Get ready for some incredible love for KMD, remembering so MANY memorable lines and mesmerising beats, amazing stories of Doombots in Chicago and THAT Mass Appeal magazine cover (which may not be MF DOOM at all?! 😱). So much great insight on the legendary artist that was Zev Love X aka MF DOOM aka Viktor Vaughn aka King Geedorah.

R.I.P. to the Super Villain, an eternal resident in our Top 5 and certified hip hop legend.

Show Notes

• Shawn Setaro (02:35)
• How Dante Ross saw DOOM’s evolution from KMD (04:35)
• That time DOOM said he would be ‘the mayor of these kids’…and was (16:30)
• Dart Adams (18:00)
• The last verse on ‘?’ And Subroc’s photo (27:15)
• DoomStarks and the cover of Mass Appeal (28:50)
• Dart on DOOM being booed because fans thought he was a Doombot (38:05)
• Andrew Barber (38:27)
• The infamous story of DOOM x Mos Def concert with a Doomposter (42:40)
• Rob Pursey and Andrew Emery (54:00)
• DOOM was on Rap Rushmore by 2000 + Love for KMD (1:00:30)
• Luke James (1:13:26)
• Yemi Abiade from Rhymes Like Dimes podcast (1.29:19)
• Tom Comey from Shotgun the Aux podcast (1:43:05)
• Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms podcast (1:59:09)

You can also catch our 2020 breakdown of ‘Operation: Doomsday’ with Dad Bod Rap Pod right here too:

Apple: https://apple.co/2VmpU5s

Youtube: https://bit.ly/2T3V9AL

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Th4Z13

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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://bit.ly/2W7GCVh)

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

🔲 What is the worst beat of 1995?

🔲 Your favourite verse of 2020

🔲 What’s the best album you’ll never listen to again?

🔲 Your feature of 2020

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

🔲 What’s the worst merch you’ve ever seen?

🔲 If one 90s artist drops music is 2021…who do you want it to be and why?

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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In this second part to our summary of 2020 in hip hop we speak on our Rap MVP of 2020, Verse of the Year, Feature of the Year, Bangers of 2020 and so much more! Catch the first part where we break down our top five favourite albums of the year right here: https://bit.ly/2KWjUNw. Drop us your thoughts on 2020 via email [email protected] or on our socials 🙌

Show Notes

• Best album you’ll never listen to again? Ft. Negro by Pink Siifu and A.D.H.D by Joyner Lucas (01:35)
• Hip Hop Documentary of the Year: 69 - The Saga of Danny Hernandez (07:40)
• Rap MVP of 2020 ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Killer Mike, The Alchemist, Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn (07:53)
• Favourite Verses of 2020 ft. Black Thought, Benny the Butcher, Killer Mike, Lil Wayne, Ka (15:16)
• We were named Podcast of the Year by B-Boy Document magazine (21:00)
• 90s Re-Discoveries of 2020 ft. World Renown, Da Lench Mob, Diamond D, Das EFX, Pete Rock’s InI, CRU (22:48)
• Best Hip Hop Moments of 2020 ft. Westside Gunn crashing our Boldy James interview (29:05)
• If One 90s Rapper Drops in 2021…Who and Why? (36:22)
• Favourite Feature of 2020 ft. Slick Rick, Vince Staples, Black Thought, Conway, Lloyd Banks (40:00)
• Best Least Hip Hop Album of 2020 ft. Sault, Perfume Genius and Idles (42:30)
• Bangers of 2020 ft. Che Noir, 38 Spesh, Megan Thee Stallion, XP the Marxman, Ransom, KXNG Crooked, Skyzoo, The Koreatown Oddity, David Wolves (46:00)

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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://bit.ly/2W7GCVh)

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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! 🙌

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

🔲 What is the worst beat of 1995?

🔲 Your favourite verse of 2020

🔲 What’s the best album you’ll never listen to again?

🔲 Your feature of 2020

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

🔲 What’s the worst merch you’ve ever seen?

🔲 If one 90s artist drops music is 2021…who do you want it to be and why?

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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We wrap up a historic year with a two-part special breaking down hip hop in 2020. For the first part, we’ll be diving into our personal top five favourite albums of the year (despite someone bringing a 2019 mixtape to the table 😭). Drop us your thoughts on 2020 via email [email protected] or on our socials 🙌

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:05)
• Rudebwoy by CJ Fly (08:30)
• Alone Time by YL (13:15)
• Lulu by Conway the Machine and The Alchemist (18:30)
• Descendants of Cain by Ka (19:40)
• Don’t Feed the Monster by Homeboy Sandman (25:16)
• Manger on McNichols by Boldy James and Sterling Toles (30:00)
• Directors Cut Scene 3 by Ransom (33:50)
• RTJ4 by Run the Jewels (39:45)
• Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist (47.26)
• Marlowe 2 by Marlowe, L’Orange and Solemn Brigham (54:40)
• Pray for Paris by Westside Gunn (1:00:45)
• Àdá Irin by Navy Blue (1:09:15)
• The Weeklys, Vol. 5 by KXNG Crooked (1:12:55)
• Honourable Mentions ft. R.A.P. Ferreira, Che Noir, R.A. The Rugged Man, Jay Electronica, Blu and Exile, Roc Marciano, Elzhi (1:20:00)

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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://bit.ly/2W7GCVh)

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

🔲 What is the worst beat of 1995?

🔲 Your favourite verse of 2020

🔲 What’s the best album you’ll never listen to again?

🔲 Your feature of 2020

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

🔲 What’s the worst merch you’ve ever seen?

🔲 If one 90s artist drops music is 2021…who do you want it to be and why?

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

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This week we take a dip into our overflowing mailbag of correspondence from the listeners - pretty mad how many of you got in touch on our list of subjects! So big up everyone who emailed [email protected] or hit us up on our socials…this episode is light on the cultural dives, but an incredibly fun journey into the minds of our audience 😂 So strap in for some chat that touches on…

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? Ft. Benny the Butcher or…Andy Townsend?! (02:15)
• Rap Rotation: What’s everyone listening to? Ft. Goodie Mob, Busta Rhymes, Ransom, 645AR (07:02)
• Why was Kurupt heartbroken? (14:35)
• What if Kool Keith or LL got with your mum? (18:40)
• Weirdest dreams about rappers ft. sleeping under Method Man’s bed (22:43)
• Ridiculous lyrics (25:55)
• Worst merch you’ve ever bought feat. Kanye West (29:30)
• What is the worst beat of 1995? (31:25)
• What is Raekwon’s best verse ever? (35:25)

🚨 REMEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE 🚨 We’ve been dropping episodes looking at the best 3-album runs in 90s rap, catch them 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://bit.ly/2W7GCVh)

🚨 REMEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER 🚨 We’re trying to build this community, so to keep you informed with our updates, we’d love for you to sub to our newsletter. Simply head to crate808.com and throw in your email! Many thanks peeps!

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! 🙌

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

🔲 What is the worst beat of 1995?

🔲 Your favourite verse of 2020

🔲 What’s the best album you’ll never listen to again?

🔲 Your feature of 2020

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

🔲 What’s the worst merch you’ve ever seen?

🔲 If one 90s artist drops music is 2021…who do you want it to be and why?

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808

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We get back to our series discussing who had the best three-album run in ‘90s hip hop, and this week we have Gang Starr’s Daily Operation, Hard to Earn and Moment of Truth on the table 🔥 To talk through these immense albums, we have music journalist, author, historian, lecturer, and general all-round hip hop matrix Dart Adams in the house!

We talk on how DJ Premier interludes changed the game, why Guru sounded so different in the game, breaking down the genius of DWYCK and Mass Appeal and Dart tell us that time he spoke to Inspectah Deck about ‘Above the Clouds’ 😱

The rest of the series includes…

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)

Outkast with Justin Hunte

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey

Mobb Deep with Breaking Atoms Podcast

Redman with Take it Personal Radio

Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:28)
• History of Gang Starr (02:19)
• Daily Operation (05:15)
• Hard to Earn (29:40)
• Moment of Truth (53:50)
• Conclusion (1:07:45)

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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! 🙌

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

🔲 The weirdest dream you’ve had about a rapper

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

🔲 The most ludicrous lyrics you’ve ever heard?

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

🔲 Least hip hop things you’ve done in the last 24 hours?

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 bring you one of our biggest guests yet - The Talented Mr. Trotter, Black Thought jumped in the Crate 808 hot seat 😱🐐 As a living rap GOAT and founding member of The Roots, we had a LOT to talk about with the legend himself, including…

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:30)
• Reaction to ‘Streams of Thought: Vol. 3’ (02:30)
• Breaking down his rapper/producer collaborations (05:10)
• Using Dave Chappelle’s work on his latest album (07:13)
• What he would like to add to his legacy (10:50)
• Breaking down the artwork to each ‘Streams’ project and behind The Roots’ classic covers (13:45)
• How he hits up other MCs (Roc Marciano, Royce, Yasiin Bey, Monch, Common and Griselda) for advice (17:05)
• Latest on the Black Nickel project with Royce Da 5’9” (19:40)
• How Big Pun was supposed to feature on ‘Adrenaline!’ and working on ‘Super Lyrical’ (20:40)
• Which songs and verses people ask him about the most (25:37)
• The legendary Funkmaster Flex freestyle (26:45)
• How he settled on the name Black Thought, and what The Roots were previously named (28:40)
• How seeing LL Cool J at the After Midnight changed his life and made him want to rap (33:16)
• Future music including tons of features on ‘Streams: Vol. 4’ and ‘Dangerous Thoughts’ with Danger Mouse (37:40)
• New work with DJ Premier and Q-Tip, including a supergroup of Preem, Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Cassandra Wilson working on a new project tentatively called ‘Dopamine’ (40:08)
• Talks The Roots and ‘Things Fall Apart’ (42:37)
• How he found living in London in 1994 (45:00)

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

🔲 The weirdest dream you’ve had about a rapper

🔲 Is Posdnuos the most underrated MC in rap history?

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

🔲 The most ludicrous lyrics you’ve ever heard?

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

🔲 Least hip hop things you’ve done in the last 24 hours?

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 one of our favourite MCs in the game - Detroit legend and former member of Slum Village, Elzhi is in the house 🔥 Talking on his storied solo career as well as working with the likes of J Dilla and Kanye West, while touching on…

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:14)
• Starting rhyming at the age of eight...and drops the first bars he ever wrote (01:50)
• How Rakim blew his mind (04:45)
• Making ‘Out of Focus EP’ in 1998 (10:00)
• Linking up with JR Swift on new album ‘Seven Times Down Eight Times Up’ (11:10)
• Working with Griselda, wanting to work with Just Blaze (15:00)
• Making the banger ‘Jason’ (17:33)
• Breaking down the cover of the new record (23:30)
• Storytellers who influenced him: Slick Rick, Nas, Ice Cube, Tarantino (27:30)
• How he made ‘Thugged Out Zombies’ (28:40)
• Talks on potential super group with Black Milk, Royce Da 5’9” (30:35)
• His thoughts on his ‘Europass’ record (32:30)
• Debuting on J Dilla’s ‘Welcome 2 Detroit’ and witnessing Jay Dee make a beat in FIVE minutes (35:30)
• Making ‘Jericho Jackson’ with Khrysis (41:20)
• Why he loves Thom Yorke and Radiohead (43:25)
• Why he’d have loved to sit in on the Souls of Mischief studio sessions (45:47)
• Working with Kanye West (49:00)
• Touring in South Africa…and getting robbed (51:00)

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