The Questions Hip-Hop

By The Questions Hip-Hop

Sean Kantrowitz connects with hip hop's biggest fans – rappers, DJs, producers, writers, comedians, actors, and everything in between – to test their rap trivia skills, discuss their careers, dissect ... more

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The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.

The Questions Hip-Hop episodes:

September 22, 2025 RPM: Visionaries 'Pangaea' (Live at Beat Junkie Institute of Sound)
Recorded live at the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Sean joins the Beat Junkies (DJ Babu, DJ Rhettmatic) for their RPM listening series, unpacking Visionaries 'Pangaea' album.

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58min
September 08, 2025 RPM: D-Styles 'Phantazmagorea' (Live at Beat Junkie Institute of Sound)
Recorded live at the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Sean joins the Beat Junkies (DJ Babu, DJ Rhettmatic) for their RPM listening series, deep diving into D-Styles' seminal 'Phantazmagorea' album.

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52min
August 25, 2025 RPM: Mobb Deep 'The Infamous' feat. Big Twinz, Big Noyd, House Shoes, & More (Live at Beat Junkie Institute of Sound)
Recorded live at the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Sean joins the Beat Junkies (DJ Babu, DJ Rhettmatic) for their RPM listening series, this time diving deep into Mobb Deep's classic 'The Infamous' with Rapper Big Noyd, Big Twinz, House Shoes, and Schott Free.

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1h 9min
August 11, 2025 Making Illmatic - Clipse 'Lord Willin' w/ Kap Kallous
Making Illmatic returns from a hiatus to The Questions Hip-Hop, as Sean Kantrowitz and MidaZ the BEAST are joined by emcee/artist Kap Kallous to explore Clipse's debut album 'Lord Willin' and attempt to trim the album down to its 10 best songs. How do you trim this LP down to 10 songs and does doing so help or hurt the album?
8:16 - 'Lord Willin' Background
20:55 - Album Ratings
28:33 - Intro
33:26 - Young Boy
40:23 - Virginia
48:51 - Grindin'
59:18 - Hot Damn feat Ab-Liva and Rosco P. Coldchain
01:04:44 - Ma I Don't Love Her feat Faith Evans
01:11:31 - FamLay Freestyle
01:16:56 - When the Last Time
01:21:29 - Ego
01:27:18 - Comedy Central feat Fabolous
01:30:56 - Let's Talk About It feat. Jermaine Dupri
01:37:43 - Gangsta Lean
01:43:52 - I'm Not You feat. Jadakiss, Styles P, & Rosco P. Coldchain
01:49:07 - Grindin' Remix feat. Birdman, Lil Wayne, & N.O.R.E./Grindin' (Selector Remix) feat Sean Paul, Bless, & Kardinal Offishall
01:52:31 - Final Ten/Outro

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1h 57min
August 04, 2025 RPM: Blu + Exile on 'Below the Heavens' (Live at Beat Junkie Institute of Sound)
Recorded live at the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound, Sean joins the Beat Junkies (Mr. Choc, DJ Babu, DJ Rhettmatic) for their RPM listening series, with Blu and Exile sitting in for a conversation and breakdown of their debut album 'Below the Heavens.'
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1h 1min
July 28, 2025 Shawn (Setaro) + Sean (Kantrowitz) on Sean ("Diddy" Combs)
Sean Kantrowitz connects with journalist/author/hip-hop podcast OG Shawn Setaro to talk about the ins and outs of covering the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial for Complex.
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58min
July 21, 2025 Esthero (Can't Knock the Shuffle Classic)
Originally broadcast on May 10 and May 17, 2021

Can't Knock the Shuffle features Sean Kantrowitz exploring the discography of an artist, and leaving it to an algorithm to choose which randomly-selected songs to ask the artist about. This classic episode features singer/songwriter and artist Esthero.

Songs:
"O.G. Bitch" (2003)
"Junglebook" feat Andre 3000...kind of ('Wikked Lil Girls,' 2005)
"Everything is Expensive" ('Everything is Expensive', 2012)
"Streetlights" (Kanye West, '808s and Heartbreak', 2008)
"Amber and Tiger's Eye" ('We R in Need of a Musical Revolution!', 2004)
"Breath From Another" ('Breath From Another,' 1998)
"Gimme Some Time" (2019)

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1h 38min
July 07, 2025 Zilla Rocca (Questions Classic)
Originally broadcast on August 26, 2021.

Zilla Rocca (Call Out Culture podcast, Wrecking Crew) hops in the hot seat to talk all things hip-hop/music and puts his trivia skills to the ultimate test.

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39min
July 02, 2025 Independent as F***: Ben Pedroche (Grown Up Rap)
Sean Kantrowitz speaks with London-based author Ben Pedroche, whose book 'Independent as F***: Underground Hip-Hop from 1995-2005' offers a comprehensive overview of the albums, artists, 12" records, and labels that shaped the genre in its arguably most-potent decade.
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37min
June 16, 2025 2005 Draft w/ Justin Hunte and The Last MJ
The second Draft episode of The Questions Hip-Hop podcast takes an in-depth deep dive into the year 2005. Sean Kantrowitz, MidaZ the BEAST, Justin Hunte (The Company Man) and The Last MJ (Don't Quote Me podcast) comb through the year 2005, selecting their picks for Best Mainstream Album, Best Independent Album, Best Beat, Best Emcee, Best Verse, Best Guest Feature/Verse, Best Producer, Best Album Cover, and Best Video. Buckle up and get ready for some hot takes, debates, and a thoughtful look back at what was happening in hip-hop 20 (!) years ago.

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2h 34min

FAQs about The Questions Hip-Hop:

How many episodes does The Questions Hip-Hop have?

The podcast currently has 165 episodes available.

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