Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65662682

What if Ghostface did a full-on R&B album? Well, he actually did this exact thing, so Kam and Ray had to drop their takes on this pretty amazing left-turn from Tony Starks.

Get ready for chat about Raekwon watching BBC programmes, one of the most disgustingly explicit songs in hip hop history, GFK’s more vulnerable side…and what is it with his infatuation with Natalie Portman?

Other Patreon exclusive episodes include…

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 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa’s ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥

Blahzay Blahzay ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3ImFkvd 🗣

Ghostface Killah’s ‘Fishscale’ + ‘More Fish’ reviews https://bit.ly/3pjYkUF 🐟

Why I Love J Dilla’s ‘Hold Tight (Remix)’ https://bit.ly/37QNq38 🎶

Ghostface Killah’s ‘The Big Doe Rehab’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3skJDST 💰

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘No Snakes Alive’ as King Geedorah https://bit.ly/38yxJxl 🐍

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It’s about that time again people, who’s ready for more Dilla chat bonus episodes?! 🙋‍♂️

Well, this month we’ve got writer, producer and podcaster Sean Kantrowitz in the house to speak on why he’s loves’s Dilla’s work on the remix of Slum Village’s ‘Hold Tight’. This one was so much fun, Dilla heads are built different.

Last up in our round of new hip hop album reviews we dive into If Cocaine Could Talk 7 by RJ Payne, and the superb MOOR CHORES by Lord Kayso 🔥

Other albums we jump into in upcoming episodes include…

🔲 God Don't Make Mistakes - Conway (https://spoti.fi/3E1BZRD)

🔲 Tana Talk 4 - Benny the Butcher (https://spoti.fi/3E4O4Wj)

🔲 Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse - KXNG Crooked + Joell Ortiz (https://spoti.fi/3jx4fm2)

🔲 Man Plays the Horn - Cities Aviv (https://spoti.fi/37dywUr)

Also enjoy our Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist…2022 is turning into an epic year: https://spoti.fi/3sDOZbd

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Show Notes:

• If Cocaine Could Talk 7 - RJ Payne review (01:00)
• James hasn’t seen New Jack City! (04:48)
• Kam and Ray escorted Ice T to his afterparty (09:xx
• MOOR CHORES - Lord Kayso review (17:40)

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Now we jump into one of Kam’s favourite albums of 2022…and one of Ray’s most hated 👀 Sparks fly as we review Cities Aviv’s latest record!

Other albums we jump into in upcoming episodes include…

🔲 God Don't Make Mistakes - Conway (https://spoti.fi/3E1BZRD)

🔲 Tana Talk 4 - Benny the Butcher (https://spoti.fi/3E4O4Wj)

🔲 Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse - KXNG Crooked + Joell Ortiz (https://spoti.fi/3jx4fm2)

🔲 If Cocaine Could Talk 7 - RJ Payne + MOOR CHORES - Lord Kayso

Also enjoy our Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist…2022 is turning into an epic year: https://spoti.fi/3sDOZbd

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Show Notes:

• Man Plays the Horn review..is this a masterpiece? (00:00)
• Ray melts down in anger at this album (05:00)
• Making the case for this album (11:05)

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Next up, we talk about the drama happening with Slaughterhouse and the new album from KXNG Crooked and Joell Ortiz 👀

Other albums we jump into in upcoming episodes include…

🔲 God Don't Make Mistakes - Conway (https://spoti.fi/3E1BZRD)

🔲 Tana Talk 4 - Benny the Butcher (https://spoti.fi/3E4O4Wj)

🔲 Man Plays the Horn - Cities Aviv

🔲 If Cocaine Could Talk 7 - RJ Payne + MOOR CHORES - Lord Kayso

Also enjoy our Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist…2022 is turning into an epic year: https://spoti.fi/3sDOZbd

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Show Notes:

• Slaughterhouse album review (00:37)
• KXNG Crooked in Ray’s Top 5 MCs (10:16)

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Did Benny just drop the album of the year? Let’s find out…

Other albums we jump into in upcoming episodes include…

🔲 God Don't Make Mistakes - Conway (https://spoti.fi/3E1BZRD)

🔲 Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse - KXNG Crooked + Joell Ortiz

🔲 Man Plays the Horn - Cities Aviv

🔲 If Cocaine Could Talk 7 - RJ Payne + MOOR CHORES - Lord Kayso

Also enjoy our Crate 808 Bangers Spotify playlist…2022 is turning into an epic year: https://spoti.fi/3sDOZbd

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Show Notes:

• Tana Talk 4 review (00:25)
• Why do people love coke rap? (09:11)
• Odd production on the album + favourite tracks (12:20)

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This week we’ve split our Patreon livestream chat (The 808th Chamber) up into solo reviews of the music we’ve been bumping up until March 2022. First up, a bonafide album of the year contender from Conway the Machine 🤖

But what are YOUR thoughts to this album? Hit us up in the comments 🗣

Other albums we jump into in upcoming episodes include…

🔲 Tana Talk 4 - Benny the Butcher

🔲 Rise and Fall of Slaughterhouse - KXNG Crooked + Joell Ortiz

🔲 Man Plays the Horn - Cities Aviv

🔲 If Cocaine Could Talk 7 - RJ Payne + MOOR CHORES - Lord Kayso

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (05:20)
• God Don’t Make Mistakes review (13:20)
• Conway bringing that Tupac energy, and what is feature of the year? (21:00)
• Conway’s best verse? Verse of the Year on this album? (25:30)
• Why Conway’s music video for John Woo Flick is amazing (27:10)

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This week we dive into a groundbreaking run from the Hieroglyphics crew - Souls of Mischief’s 93 ’til Infinity (1993), Del the Funky Homosapien’s No Need for Alarm (1993) and Casual’s Fear Itself (1994).

And to break it all down we get a key insider’s view from Domino - Hiero’s producer and manager 💥

You’ll hear some gems dropped from Domino and Del, as well as contributions from…

Myke C-Town (Dead End Hip Hop): https://bit.ly/3x2JQNt

Alaska Atoms (Call Out Culture): https://apple.co/3NLFhgG

Nate LeBlanc (Dad Bod Rap Pod): https://dadbodrappod.com

Uncommon Nasa: https://uncommonrecords.bandcamp.com

Dan O (Freemusic Empire): https://freemusicempire.com

Weird Rap: https://weirdrap.com

Volume 1 of our 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:52)
• How Hiero stood out in hip hop (02:53)
• Alaska Atoms on this album run (05:37)
• Andre 3000 and Eminem’s love for Hiero (08:20)
• Why these three records are special and Del deleting demos (09:23)
• The genius of the song ‘93 ‘til Infinity’ w/ Opio (13:25)
• Domino breaking down the classic anthem (16:05)
• How Hiero influenced a legion of great rappers (18:55)
• Myke C-Town and Hiero’s relationship with skateboarding (20:04)
• Hidden Gems on 93 ‘til Infinity (26:02)
• Start of B Sides music inserts (30:25)
• Dan O from Freemusic Empire on Hiero (34:41)
• No Need for Alarm + what each Hiero member brought to the group (36:24)
• The genius of Del the Funky Homosapien (43:40)
• Favourite cuts on No Need for Alarm inc. ‘Worldwide’ and Unicron (50:24)
• Nate LeBlanc (Dad Bod Rap Pod) talks Hiero (56:53)
• Fear Itself + Casual being ‘hip hop hard’ (58:15)
• Uncommon Nasa talks Hiero (1:05:00)
• How Hiero became timeless…despite average Source reviews (1:07:32)
• Weird Rap speak on this run (1:09:30)
• The Hiero battle with Hobo Junction (1:12:33)
• Heiro going independent and utilising the internet (1:19:20)

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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 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa’s ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥

Blahzay Blahzay ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3ImFkvd 🗣

Ghostface Killah’s ‘Fishscale’ + ‘More Fish’ reviews https://bit.ly/3pjYkUF 🐟

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! 🙌

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Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

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This year we bring you Vol. II of our GOAT 3-Album Runs in Hip Hop series...and to kick off we talk J Dilla with esteemed author, Dan Charnas. 🍿 Go check out his incredible new book on J Dilla right here: https://dillati.me/

We run through Jay Dee’s history and legacy, as we break down these classics: Welcome 2 Detroit (2001), Ruff Draft (2003), Donuts (2006) and The Shining (2006) 😱

This one took a LOT of work to lift off the ground, but we hope you guys are enjoy and get something from it. As well as Dan, you'll hear from...

Dart Adams: https://twitter.com/Dart_Adams

Dan O (Freemusic Empire): https://freemusicempire.com

Weird Rap: https://weirdrap.com

Volume 1 of our 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs

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Show Notes:

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:56)
• How J Dilla changed music forever (02:30)
• Q-Tip and The Pharcyde’s reactions to Dilla’s music (07:30)
• How he’d create aural illusions for the listener (10:36)
• Dart Adams’ thoughts on this album run (13:30)
• Welcome 2 Detroit and leaving the Ummah (16:26)
• Ruff Draft (22:50)
• Donuts (27:20)
• Dan O from Freemusic Empire on the importance of Dilla’s time signatures and Detroit (32:29)
• How Dilla felt about people biting his style (34:38)
• Hidden Gems: Shake it Down, Pause, One (38:36)
• Hidden Gems: Nothing Like This, Wild (41:11)
• Breaking down the myths of Jay Dee (43:13)
• Weird Rap talk on The Shining (46:46)
• The Shining (48:20)
• Why Jay Dee COULD rap and describing his basement (51:52)

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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 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa’s ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥

Blahzay Blahzay ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3ImFkvd 🗣

Ghostface Killah’s ‘Fishscale’ + ‘More Fish’ reviews https://bit.ly/3pjYkUF 🐟

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! 🙌

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Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

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Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

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Welcome again to our Wu-Tang Chronicles series, looking at every Ghostface Killah solo album 👐

Last month we went back to 2006’s ‘Fishscale’ AND ‘More Fish’, with writer and producer Son Raw. Some excellent takes on the genius of Ghost and these records in particular..BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK TO THESE ALBUMS? Let us know in the comments 🍿

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Also on our Patreon…

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 👐

Why I Love MF DOOM’s ‘Figaro’ https://bit.ly/3lXu6Fo 🎶

Ghostface Killa’s ‘Bulletproof Wallets’ album review https://bit.ly/3mLV7vI 💰

Masta Ace’s ‘SlaughtaHouse’ Album Review https://bit.ly/3KuRftm 🔪

Ghostface Killa’s ‘The Pretty Toney Album’ album review https://bit.ly/3HalnrX 🔥