Today on The Rap Report:

News

• Alpo was murdered
• Verzuz did its first Iconz concert, featuring reggae artist Battle Cat 
• Jay-Z and LL Cool J were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• • Jay-Z thanked Dame during his speech so now Dame wants to end the drama
  • Eminem performed LL's Rock the Bells
• URL had the Til Death Do Us Part battle, celebrating for Drake's birthday
• Fetty Wap arrested for drug charges
  

Music

• Che Noir - Hunger Games ft Ransom, 38 Spesh
• RJ Payne - Hellz Fury ft Royce and Rah Digga
• Curren$y - World Is Ours
• Reason, Wale, and Benny The Butcher - No More, No Less: Demo 1
• Big Sean and Hit-Boy - What You Expect

aka Depressed Legs, aka Keep the Shrutes Happy

Today on The Rap Report:

News

• MC War's New World Order III battle event including Vado vs Saigon
• The Rza and LeBron James start a Calm sponsorship
• An Aftermath "takeover" is coming, with new music from Snoop, Dre, and Mt Westmore
• KRS-One vz Big Daddy Kane happened and hip-hop won

Music

• Wale - Down South (Chopped and Screwed) ft Yella Beezy & Maxo Kream
• Masego - Garden Party ft Big Boi and JID
• Icewear Vezzo - Ghetto Ice ft Rio Da Yung OG (old, from dec 2020)
• Arsonal the Rebel - Big Jersey
• Vince Staples - Vince Staples
• Stalley - Gone, Baby Gone
• Maxo Kream - Weight of the World

You Can Only Dress Up A Pug But So Much For A Date

Today on The Rap Report:

News

• MC Wars New World Order battle
• Common opened a studio in a prison
• Black Thought starring in a musical where he composed and wrote lyrics
• Jay-z produced the Black Western The Harder They Fall that’s coming to Netflix 10/22
• 2021 BET Hip-Hop Awards
• Big Daddy Kane vz KRS-ONE
• Q-Tip lost a high-school battle to ODB

Music 

• Singles
• • Pooh Shiesty - Back in Blood ft Lil Durk
  • DJ Khaled - Every Chance I Get ft Lil Baby and Lil Durk
• EPs/LPs
• • Lil Wayne and Rich The Kid - Trust Fund Babies
  • Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B
  • Meek Mill - Expensive Pain

Today on The Rap Report:

• We complain about Common's "new" album and give further thoughts of Drake and Kanye's latest albums
• 12:51 The show actually "starts"
• Nikki Minaj accused of witness tampering and harassment by Kenneth Petty’s sexual assault victim
• Karen Civil accused of scamming and shadiness
• Hip-Hop labels (QC, Empire, and TDE) embraces new Riff app
• Fugees start a reunion tour for the 25th anniversary of The Score
• Fat Joe verzuz Ja Rule happened, JD verzuz Puff is next?
• Scarface doing much better after receiving kidney from son

Music

• Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt 2
• Gift of Gab - Finding Inspiration Somehow
• Baby Keem - The Melodic Blue

Today, The Rap Report: RIP Michael K Williams, Drake goes at Swizz Beatz on Certified Lover Boy, and 40 explains why R Kelly is credited on Drake's new song, TSU. In new music, we discussed Kanye's Donda and Drake's Certified Lover Boy albums.

Today on The Rap Report: Future plans to do a benefit concert for Haiti after it's devastating hurricane, Drake and Kanye's beef heats up again, and Kendrick Lamar's upcoming album will be his last on TDE. Music discussed:

• Benny The Butcher - Pyrex Picasso
• Boldy James - Bo Jackson
• Asher Roth - GEV3-Piece
• Tsu Surf - Until Further Notice

Today on The Rap Report, DaBaby loses DaMoney, gives DaApology, and then deletes it, The Lox Verzuz Dipset, and De La Soul's music will finally be available for streaming soon!

Reasonable shouts: Dave East - Hoffa

Album reviews:

Isaiah Rashad - The House is Burning

Nas - King's Disease II

Today, on the Rap Report: DaBaby, trying valiantly to get canceled, gets homophobic at Rolling Loud, performs Cash Shit, brings out Tory Lanez, doubles down on not fucking with gay people, loses clothing deal. Some new albums are coming in August from people we've never heard of, and Kanye. Wack100 did an interview with Tekashi on DJ Akademiks podcast, Mysonne was NOT a fan.

Music discussed:

• Singles
  • Isaiah Rashad - Runnin 4rm Da Law ft Schoolboy Q
• Albums/EPs
  • Styles P - Ghosting
  • OMB Bloodbath - Blood Sample
  • IDK - USEE4YOURSELF

Fuck The Dare Bear, Fuck The War on Drugs, Invite Myself to her Throat, Hard on the Throat

Today, on The Rap Report: A Tribe Called Quest sells the royalties for their first five albums as an NFT, for...$85k? The BET Awards happened. Queen Latifah won a Lifetime Achievement Award and had a great tribute, as did DMX. Also, people won awards.

Music:

• Singles
• • Coi Leray - At The Top ft Kodak Black
  • Rico Nasty - Magic
• Albums
• • Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost

Go watch Harlem Nights

Today on The Rap Report: DMX will be honored at 2021 BET Awards, Dame Dash is trying to sell either his stake in Roc-A-Fella or an NFT of Reasonable Doubt, so they sued him, and Megan Thee Stallion ends her working relationship with DaBaby over his song with Tory Lanez and an alleged retweet glitch (eyeroll emoji).

New music discussed:

• Singles
  • Gucci Mane - Posse on Bouldercrest ft Pooh Shiesty and Sir Mix-A-Lot
  • Tyler, The Creator - Lumberjack
  • Vince Staples - LAW OF AVERAGES
  • Isaiah Rashad - Headshots (4r Da locals)
• Albums
  • Ransom - Se7en (Knowledge's thoughts)