Crate 808 duo, Kambi Thandi and Ray Ridge, go digging in the crates while in quarantine due to COVID-19. Pulling out cuts from the Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist (https://spoti.fi/2U8MQE4), they talk the resurgence of live streaming, the least hip hop thing you’ve done in the last 24 hours, as well as…

🤣 Lil Wayne’s new lyrics

💥 Run the Jewels are back

👀 The 90s MC you’d HATE to isolate with?

😬 Swizz vs. Timbaland: Who won?

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The Crate 808 crew go digging in the crates while in self-isolation due to the coronavirus, pulling out hits from the Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist (https://spoti.fi/2U8MQE4). Along the way, Kambi Thandi and Ray Ridge touch on subjects such as…

🤔 Which 90s rapper would you isolate with?

🥁 Thoughts on Jay Electronica’s new album

🧼 What to rap while washing your hands

👀 Does ‘Tha Doggfather’ need a revisit?

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The Crate 808 crew dive into their biggest debate so far - pitting three stone cold 90s classics up against one another. Kambi Thandi hosts the mass convo with regular heads Simon Ward, Ray Ridge and James Midwinter, who break down each record while touching on wild claims that RBX used to eat in morgues; deciding whether Nas only has two flows; and ask who exactly is Wallet Head?!

 
Show Notes:

2:40 - Least hip hop thing in last 24 hours

9:17 - Illmatic

1:24:40 - Rap Rumour Roulette

1:29:25 - Doggystyle

2:12:26 - Hip Hop Quotable Quiz

2:14:27 - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

3:08.32 - Conclusion

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This week we chat to the man behind one of the UK’s top hip hop labels (High Focus Records) and member of The Four Owls - Fliptrix. Speaking on a bunch of 90s topics, including…

🦉 New album…plus a fresh Preemo collab

🐐 Why he loves Biggie, Pun and Big L

🔥 The art of freestyling

💡 Getting the name ‘Fliptrix’

💪 His relationship with Skinnyman

🎙 Top 5 MCs

🧠 Expanding his mind with psychedelics

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We revisit the 1999 classic with guests Nate LeBlanc, David Ma and Demone Carter from the Dad Bod Rap Pod 🤝

Prepare for maximum geek-out moments, speaking on…

🐐 Why this is THE underground rap record

🔥 DOOM’s wildest bars

🤣 Using ‘Jheri curl’ soul samples

🎭 The legacy of DOOM’s mask

🙌 Why Bobbito Garcia needs more props

💎 Hidden gems on the record

🤔 Naming non-90s rappers that could feature

⏮ Most rewindable tracks

😐 What’s aged the best…and worst

(As well as all the usual Crate 808 staples)

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This week we go back to 1994 with guest, Luke James - YouTuber and seasoned rap critic. Get ready for major G Funk chat, as well as…

🤔 What’s aged best / worst on the album

🎙 Luke’s Top 5 MCs

🖥 Rap reviewing on YouTube

🚨 OUR NEW CRATE 808 COMPETITION (more details soon)

(As well as all the usual Crate 808 staples)

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This week we dip into Gang Starr’s quintessential classic boom bap record ‘Hard to Earn’, with Take It Personal Radio’s very own Philaflava. Diving into such things as…

🤔 Did Preemo have the GOAT 90s run for a producer?

💥 Why this album is Gang Starr’s finest moment

👑 Top 5 MCs

🎧 The future of indie hip hop podcasting

(As well as all the usual Crate 808 staples)

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This week we sit with UK’s First Lady of rap - Sarah Love! The MOBO Award-nominated DJ (and key figure in the Kung Fu hip hop movement) talks about one of her favourite albums of the 90s - Organized Konfusion’s ‘Stress: The Extinction Agenda’. Gear up for hot takes on 90s rap, how Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po raised the bar for lyrics, the state of modern culture and breaking down the rapping vs. MCing debate (plus all the usual staple Crate 808 staples).

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This week we speak to Vie Marshall - music historian, journalist for Hip Hop Connection, Blues & Soul, i-D (among many others) and founder member of Muthaland club nights. We sit down to talk through LL Cool J’s ‘Mama Said Knock You Out’ album, as well as hear tales from hip hop history, including her interviews with the likes of Ice T, Busta Rhymes, and LL himself.

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This week we drop our track-by-track review of Eminem’s 11th album, touching on many topics, including…

😳 The argument for corny punchlines

🐐 Is Em still in your top 5?

😭 Love for that Ed Sheehan track

🤔 Should Em do more producer collabs?

🤬 A war over if albums should stick to a concept
 
Show Notes:

2:50 - Least hip hop thing in last 24 hours

4:45 - Premonition

13:30 - Unaccommodating

22:35 - You Gon' Learn

33:46 - Those Kinda Nights

43:05 - In Too Deep

46:44 - Godzilla

53:56 - Darkness

1:04:13 - Leaving Heaven

1:01:40 - Yah Yah

1:06:10 - Stepdad

1:09:04 - Marsh

1:13:40 - Never Love Again

1:17:38 - Little Engine

1:20:24 - Lock It Up

1:21:38 - Farewell

1:23:34 - No Regrets

1:25:37 - I Will

1:29:50 - Conclusion

 
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