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Welcome to 2026 with The Idea Of… where we explore the noise, the nuance, and everything in between. Bassey and Mike kick off the year by circling back to a “unhinged” hip hop take from last season, the Drake vs Kendrick wars, and a YouTube commenter who decided Mike is a full-blown Drake stan. From there, the conversation opens up into something bigger: who gets to label you, what those labels do to us, and how hip hop discourse turned into a political litmus test.
This is a New Year episode about self-trust, authenticity, and what it means to show up in public with a mic, a catalog of 52 episodes, and a shifting sense of who you are becoming.
Here's to 2026! Let's get it!
By Bassey Ikpi and Mike Andrews4.8
1919 ratings
Welcome to 2026 with The Idea Of… where we explore the noise, the nuance, and everything in between. Bassey and Mike kick off the year by circling back to a “unhinged” hip hop take from last season, the Drake vs Kendrick wars, and a YouTube commenter who decided Mike is a full-blown Drake stan. From there, the conversation opens up into something bigger: who gets to label you, what those labels do to us, and how hip hop discourse turned into a political litmus test.
This is a New Year episode about self-trust, authenticity, and what it means to show up in public with a mic, a catalog of 52 episodes, and a shifting sense of who you are becoming.
Here's to 2026! Let's get it!

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