This week the podcast is blessed with the presence of a living legend - DJ Premier. One of the best music producers of all time talks about his history with Travis Scott's family, his Top 5 MCs, why Nas isn't on the new album and the story behind that incredible 'Mass Appeal' sample! Oh, and also the least hip hop thing he'd done in the last 24 hours...

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Hip hop GOAT Pharoahe Monch blesses the pod to talk ‘Simon Says’, how he got his name, his love for film and so many more things inlcluding...

📽 Why he loves ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

🔥 Wishing he’d written Mos Def’s verse on ‘Respiration

👻 The Ghostface track he wishes he was on

🎶 Why he needs to jump on a Preemo beat

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Jay-Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ (1996) vs. GZA’s ‘Liquid Swords’ (19995) vs. Cypress Hill’s ’Black Sunday’ (1993) - which gets into Crate 808?

Show Notes

2.50: Least hip hop thing you’ve done in the last 24 hours

10.36: Reasonable Doubt

1.21.44: Hip Hop Rumour Roulette

1.25.14: Liquid Swords

2.24.54: Hip Hop Quotable Quiz

2.28:28: Black Sunday

3.21.25: Conclusion

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This week Queens spitter, chef and TV personality Meyhem Lauren joins the show. Chatting to host, Kambi Thandi, about...

🥘 New season of ‘F*ck That’s Delicious’

🤯 New album coming with Madlib

👀 ‘Hell on Earth’: Mobb Deep’s best album

🍟 Chip butties: yay or nay?

🤝 Lessons from DJ Muggs

💥 Best albums of last decade

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90s rap icon and man behind that Cypress Hill sound, DJ Muggs, sits down with host Kambi Thandi to chat all things hip hop. Topics we touch on include…

🙇‍♂️ Influences: Run-DMC, EPMD…and Picasso

💰 Becoming a millionaire by age of 23

🎤 His top 5 MCs of today

🇬🇧 Love for the British music scene

🔥 Why now is a new golden era of rap

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This week we were blessed by one of our favourite artists & comedians - Open Mike Eagle! We sat down and talked...

❤️ Why he loves MF DOOM

🎤 The art of freestyling

✍️ The De La Soul song he wish he’d wrote

👐 His Slept-On Wu Banger: ‘Diesel’

💪 Why podcasts are the future

💯 Rap as a meritocracy

🎭 Where comedy is heading

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This week we revisit Outkast’s debut album ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’ with DJ and promoter Rob Pursey. Talking:

 

This week we revisit Ice Cube's seminal debut album 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' with UK rapper, actor, host and all-round entertainer MysDiggi. Touching on various subjects from police brutality to the emergence of hip hop as a dominating art form, we dive back into the time when Ice Cube was the best rapper on the planet.

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Classics go head-to-head: Mase’s ‘Harlem World’ (1997) versus Rakim’s ’The 18th Letter’ (1997)...a battle nobody asked for, but we went and did it anyway.

Show Notes

Start: Least hip hop thing you’ve done in last 24 hours

8.06: Harlem World

1.02.35: Hip Hop Quotable Quiz

1.05.40: The 18th Letter

1.58.40: Hip Hop Rumour Roulette

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This week we're joined by one of the most consistent hip hop artists of the decade - Skyzoo. From working with Dr. Dre, Pete Rock and 9th Wonder, Skyzoo has been there and done it. 

Topics we touch on include: