We wrap up a historic year with a two-part special breaking down hip hop in 2020. For the first part, we’ll be diving into our personal top five favourite albums of the year (despite someone bringing a 2019 mixtape to the table 😭). Drop us your thoughts on 2020 via email [email protected] or on our socials 🙌

 

Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (02:05)
• Rudebwoy by CJ Fly (08:30)
• Alone Time by YL (13:15)
• Lulu by Conway the Machine and The Alchemist (18:30)
• Descendants of Cain by Ka (19:40)
• Don’t Feed the Monster by Homeboy Sandman (25:16)
• Manger on McNichols by Boldy James and Sterling Toles (30:00)
• Directors Cut Scene 3 by Ransom (33:50)
• RTJ4 by Run the Jewels (39:45)
• Alfredo by Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist (47.26)
• Marlowe 2 by Marlowe, L’Orange and Solemn Brigham (54:40)
• Pray for Paris by Westside Gunn (1:00:45)
• Àdá Irin by Navy Blue (1:09:15)
• The Weeklys, Vol. 5 by KXNG Crooked (1:12:55)
• Honourable Mentions ft. R.A.P. Ferreira, Che Noir, R.A. The Rugged Man, Jay Electronica, Blu and Exile, Roc Marciano, Elzhi (1:20:00)

 

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Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://bit.ly/2W7GCVh)

 

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For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from more of you guys - so email us at [email protected] with your takes on our mailbag questions, including… 

 

🔲 What is the worst beat of 1995?

🔲 Your favourite verse of 2020

🔲 What’s the best album you’ll never listen to again?

🔲 Your feature of 2020

🔲 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

🔲 What’s the worst merch you’ve ever seen?

🔲 If one 90s artist drops music is 2021…who do you want it to be and why?

 

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

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

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

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

 

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