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#1 - Ranking the Wu

Nov 5, 2020 • 1:17:42

From the release of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993, the Wu-Tang Clan have been one of the most
#2 - Posse cuts

Dec 19, 2020 • 1:14:47

Who doesn’t love a posse cut? If you’re not sure what they are, they’re when a group of MCs come
#3 - Women rappers

Jan 23, 2021 • 1:05:31

It’s fair to say that women rappers haven’t had the opportunities that male rappers have, and given the misogynistic nature
#4 - Aliens

Mar 2, 2021 • 1:15:41

On this episode we are joined by a special guest, Andy, who posed us a tough question: If you met
#5 - Great beats, bad rhymes

Mar 26, 2021 • 1:10:24

Hip-hop is littered with basslines and melodies that shakes you out of your seat or have you nodding until your
#6 - Best Guest verses

Apr 21, 2021 • 1:21:33

We’ve all been there, listening along to a track, when BOOM, on comes a guest artist and blows the track
#7 - Most consistent hip-hop artist

May 18, 2021 • 1:15:10

Who is the best MC? Who has the best bars? Best tracks? As fans of hip-hop, these are often the
#8 - Underrated artists

Jun 16, 2021 • 1:27:24

So what does it mean to be underrated in hip-hop? Is it a lack of commercial success, widespread notoriety, or
#9: Starting blocks

Jul 7, 2021 • 1:29:32

Open the wrapping, insert the disc into your CD player, and press play. This episode looks at albums that hit hard from Track 1.
#10: LGA - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are... Black Star

Aug 19, 2021 • 1:49:09

After a discussion about the Fugees' The Score as a classic album, we started to consider what other albums released afterwards could be deemed as classics. So this is the first in a mini-series we are calling 'the last great hip hop album'. When Mos Def and Talib Kweli first…