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I mean , this is like this week was , um , you know , we lost a lot of people this week . Yeah , yeah , a lot of people this week , yeah , yeah . So we're going to start .

You know , I guess hip-hop is most closely related and associated with sports , and so Dikembe Mutombo lost , I believe , to over almost two-year , over two-year fight with brain cancer this past week . What are our thoughts about Dikembe Mutombo , the basketball player and the philanthropist ?

You know , watching them , um , as I was growing up , watching them patrol the paint , and you know , but even more so than that , you know you spoke to it a minute ago , coop .

He was a philanthropist and he was just a joyful , you know , uh jovial human being like he always had a smile of his face , on his face and he was a great ambassador for the game of basketball .

Um , you know , he has one of our uh most celebrated um moments , or you know , um taunts in basketball history with the finger wave and , um , you know , but he was just always good spirited man , like and I didn't even me personally , I didn't know he was having a fight with uh brain cancer like you would have never known it .

Um , you know , by all his public appearances , uh , whether it be , you know , at the nba all-star games or you know whatever at the NBA All-Star Games or you know whatever , he always had a smile on his face and was always , you know , he seemed like he brought a lot of joy wherever he was at .

So I want to say rest in peace to Dikembe Mutombo , man , one of the greatest centers ever to play the game of basketball , and you know , if we're breaking it down to just defensively , you know he's definitely up there , man . So rest in peace to Dikembe . That one kind of hit me hard . I'm not going to lie .

And no three-point shots didn't have to do a midi , everything was in the post , everything was right there and he was one of those . Um , you know the the finger wag , right , that's what notorious for um .

When I , even when I think about that , I think about jordan dunking on him and doing it back to him right , because not many people was able to do that , not many athletes during that time , big men or whoever you know got the best of him because he always protected the rim .

He didn't care about , you know , getting dunked on or he didn't care about getting posterized , he protected the rim . He was , to me , maybe top five rim protectors of the league long arm width . He was the one that was able to actually stop everything for penetration for the whole Right .

So for me , to the point kind of caught me off guard , because we heard nothing about his health . There was no conversations around it , there was no news around it , it just happened . And they say he was battling for a couple of years now and unfortunately succumbed to it . So again , you know , we lost another one , another legend .

It's a shock for the NBA world and I know that you know .

One of the things that we always talk about is , just every week we come in here , we talk about these things , right , and I don't think Dikembe received his flowers as much as he should have while he was here , right , talk about him being in the pantheon of the big men of the NBA and he's one of those prototypes , especially for a defensive player .

He's one of those . Rest in peace , dikembe .

They didn't go to Dikembe as a scoring threat , right , but that alone it pushes them down for me in that ranking group .

But in his prime , sean , he was good for about 15 to 17 points a game , even with all those things . Because of offensive rebounds he had a little sometime he hooked shot that he had kind of came up with over time Like he had done some things . Like in his prime he was good for like 14 to 17 points .

So you know , he wasn't a total like he wasn't a liability on offense . Totally you know what I'm saying . Outside of mobility , defensively , as far as centers that I've seen , I think he is the second best defensive center I've seen other than Akeem Olajuwon .

I think that's what he should really hang his hat on , because outside of Akeem and Akeem is different , because Akeem Olajuwon and I think that's what he should really like hang his hat on , because outside of Akeem and Akeem is different , because Akeem has certain , like you know , abilities in terms of being able to guard different positions and just reaction time

and like foot speed and fundamental technique you know what I'm saying and it makes him a better defensive player than Dikembe , like overall all around . You know what I'm saying .

But like , yeah , like I mean when I think of Mutombo , outside of Hakeem , as far as the center is concerned , I can't think of a better defensive center that I've seen like in my lifetime . And he was even , according to people who knew him , a better person , a philanthropist and giver to every community that he had been in .

Like he did a lot of work when he was down here in atlanta , um , you know , I was talking to somebody who told me , yeah , he they're like he did the same thing when he was in philly , it's like .

So he had a reputation of wherever he was and just like being a really really uh kind , uh kind , open heart , gentle soul , really giving back to the community type of character . And so , like we lost a good one .

And , you know , somebody with a little bit more of a troubling history and a polarizing relationship also passed this past week and baseball's all-time hit leader , pete Rose , died . Now Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame

. I just want to list off some of his accomplishments , if I may , right quick before I let you guys kind of dive in about Pete Rose Three batting titles , 17 All-Star Game appearances , one MVP award no-transcript with these numbers , especially when you think about the fact that he only had like 160 home runs .

Like how many guys that don't hit for power end up with these types of numbers ? and so I think sometimes in the scandal power end up with these types of numbers , and so I think sometimes in the scandal we forget the special player . But Sean , what say you ?

You know , we all know what that is , but you cannot take away his skill man . There's no reason why Pete Rose should not be in the Hall of Fame . Pete Rose , in my opinion . Honestly , if you're talking about pure baseball , I'm talking about pure baseball hitting , having an IQ , knowing how to run the base , knowing what counts all of those things .

Know how to run the base , know what accounts , all of those things . He might be in that top 20 percentile of those that played the game period because of everything that he's done for the game from a skill set .

He's the one , he's the prototype of what a major league baseball player should look like and also should play like from a skill perspective and from a mind perspective . That is my opinion .

I used to watch baseball games with him all the time and he was a Braves fan . His favorite player was David Justice and um , but I was a Reds guy , you know , um , you know I just gravitated , you know , towards the Reds and you know , I think you know , for all my life I thought Pete Rose deserved to be in the Hall of Fame .

Like Sean said , he made a mistake and you know , I think he was humbled by that mistake and I think , now that he's been laid to rest , I think that they should go ahead and put him in the hall .

And it's kind of one of those situations where you don't give somebody their flowers when they can smell them and it'll be bittersweet , but at this point I think they should just , you know , concede and let him in the hall .

You know , as he's laid to rest , I think that would be the right thing to do because you know he's one of the greatest to ever play the game . You know he made a mistake and I think it's a forgivable one you know , in the annals of the sports of baseball , so yeah .

Like if you were going down the list of players all time , I don't think he would be in my top 10 objectively , but I could see him somewhere between 10 to 20 , definitely no , no lower than 25 . There aren't 25 better baseball players all time than Pete Rose , in my opinion .

Yeah , I'm going to take like a Barry Bonds , albert Pujols , miguel Cabrera type of player first . You know what I'm saying . I'm going to take a pitcher second , but after that I'm going to take somebody like Pete Rose . So that's what I'm saying . This is like , oh , as far as position , players like non-pitchers yeah , like top 20 , 25 .

If you're including pitchers , he probably slides further back , but definitely top 25 .

Yeah , it's something different , like it's something different because like you're dealing with like , like , like you're at the center of it , you You're dealing with everybody else . So , like , that's a totally different like science to me . But as far as like , yeah , yeah , top 25 as far as position players in my opinion .

Unfortunately , we're going with more posthumous news John Amos , mostly known as James Evans on Good Times , passed away this past week . Guys . So you know they say it comes in threes . You know , feeling like it's just coming more and more every week . To be honest with you , like this is crazy .

He's most notably known for his work on good times is james evans . Of course , he was on other syndicated shows , like the mary tyler moore show . I mean , we all know him . He's done countless roles on like countless shows over the years , guys . I remember him on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when he was playing the dad to Nia Long's character .

He's been all over TV , specifically , like you know , black TV . He played Tommy's dad on Martin . He's definitely been a part of our culture and a part of our life . What are our thoughts on his past ? And like what it means ? It feels like we're starting to lose a lot of those people that we grew up on , fellas .

I remember you were so happy when I gave you the you know , the power you like yo this is like , come on , like , come on , have some decorum .

Right , it's just nasty work , but that's in the hidden there , One of the first Black fathers of cinema , of TV shows and sitcoms , right , when you think about , you know the role that he played on Good Times , the stern father on Good Times , one who didn't play around , a strong father on Good Times , you know , and unfortunately they had some situations where his

character died off because they couldn't reach an agreement on the contract and everything . But he was the first father , the first Black father , if I'm not mistaken , of sitcoms and he , that character , portrayed a very stern , strong black man in .

Well , I think it was in chicago , right , I think good times is based out of chicago , based in chicago and during a , during a time when hard work with little money had to get the family through , and he played that part really well .

And of course he moved on to do other things in his career , you know , coming to America as Lisa's father , one of my favorite movies of all time . I don't know if y'all remember the Beastmaster as a superhero . I love that movie actually . But just the range man , just the range in his acting ability , being able to see him smile in Coming to America .

You know what I'm saying . And this biting culture where people steal your stuff and just tweak it a little bit . You know what I'm saying . But I've always found that you know to be my favorite role of his um , you know , and ironically enough , we just lost , uh , james errol jones too . So you know that .

You know , hit pretty hard all the way around the board and , um , you know , just rest in peace . And you know , um , I didn't that um news that sean just revealed about his daughter found finding out . When we found out I didn't know that . So that's something that has to hurt . You know , prayers and condolences goes out to his daughter for real .

Because that's , you know , I can't imagine that . You know , you finding out a month later about your father passing . That's kind of crazy .

Now , Sean , like explain something to me , because I'll admit I'm a little lost on this . In terms of what does Charlamagne have to do with this , Sean ?

They're doing a rundown on allegations , old and new , against Chris Brown , on this documentary and unfortunately , I guess Charlamagne's input is like he might be moderating it , he might be one of the voices on it or giving like a small portion of it or what have you .

But I think that's his connection , because this is an actual series that they're doing not just for Chris but for others , and this , I guess , is his turn . They're going to focus , of course , on the Rihanna situation , but they say they have new allegations out there . They have new people coming forward .

I don't think Chris really cares about this too much because I mean , hell , I saw where he just actually just filled up an arena in Africa . They just sold out a concert in Africa . So just sold out a concert in Africa . So he's still moving business , he's still taking pictures with people Charging $1,000 to take a picture .

So I don't know if this is going to help or hurt , not sure , but that's Charlemagne's , I guess his attachment to this situation .

Cool , we got some super chats . You guys want to get that real ? We got three strong super chats real quick if you guys want to get that .

We're going to have further commentary about your work soon , don't worry about it . 007 , queens get the money . Happy late B--day , coop . What up , champ , I see you . White tablecloth . You know how we do always . Yeah , yeah , you already . You already know what I did . Yep , nice little , yeah , little , something , something , all right . And then Boogs , boogs .

What up , boogs ? Hope you had a great birthday , coop , I did , I did , I had a great birthday . Send Coop . I did , I did , I had a great birthday . Send them big hugs . Yeah , much love Boogs . Well , here's what I think about the Chris Brown thing .

I think you know it's a little ironic to me how this is happening when his star is burning the highest and the brightest that it's ever burned . You know what I'm saying ? He is officially that guy in black R&B and contemporary adult music , correct ? He's that guy right now , right , like this is his moment . He's sitting on the throne .

It's funny how all of this is happening when he's sitting on the throne . Like not to be funny , guys , but when the Rihanna thing happened , we were all in our 20s .

This just reeks of hate at the end of the day . Now , when I'm saying it reeks of hate at the end of the day , that's not to cast any aspersions . If he has actually been physically violent and not defensive in terms of his actions , I'm not excusing those . I'm just questioning the timing of the inquiry and the expose of it .

It just seems a little odd to me that it's happening now , because the reality of the matter is that , well , if he's going to be a part of this and you're really taking domestic violence serious , this is something that actually shouldn't have taken this long for you to come up with it .

That's why I'm bringing up the fact that we were in our 20s when the Rihanna thing happened . It's like well , if you're going to use the Rihanna thing , it's like well , I can just tell you , like you know , well , people change . You know what I'm saying . People also get help . You know what I'm saying . People develop . Like .

Nobody stays like necessarily in the same form . Some people do . You know what I'm saying . So it's like , how valid are these assertions Like , like , are you using Chris Brown to sell this documentary ? Quite frankly ? Because what if it's a ? What if it's a three-hour documentary and you're talking about chris brown for like 15 to 20 minutes ?

But that's what you've used to sensationalize the documentary and make it seem like damn near like it's like chris brown , like sean , the way that he got fed the meat from you and I'm not saying this like in any sort of way , I'm just saying journalistically , like the way the information that you gave me , it damn near looked like the documentary was just about

him yeah yeah , I guess that's the tagline there's no excuse for abuse .

Ain't Riri hit him first . Ct , the devil got some nerve . His allegations about the girl in the Army Bay should shut all of . He was on the R Kelly joint too . How ?

So you know I've often made issue with a certain artist's lateness , but it feels like her lateness and some other things have caught up to her . Quite frankly , guys Praz is suing Lauryn Hill . Yeah , caught up to her .

Quite frankly , guys Pryze is suing Lauryn Hill and he is suing her for fraud , breach of fiduciary duty , breach of contract , breach of accounting , noncompliance , fictitious expenses being created and also her taking a portion of the budget that she was also in control of and then canceling the tour due to vocal strain .

So he is seeking an unspecified amount of damages . Ag , I'm gonna kick it to you . What say say you about Lauren Hill being sued by her own bandmate ?

Can I see lauren doing that stuff ? Absolutely , you know especially the like . You know ridiculous requests and expenses and all that stuff , and you know what I mean . I can see it , but you know . But let's , let's be real . You know he's trying to recoup these damages , but for the far as a reunion tour , who needed it more than Bronx , you know .

So you know I'm not mad that , he's mad that his , his money got messed up , you know , with this tour because he needed more than Wyclef or Lauren did . So I kind of knew this would happen one way or another . So I'm just interested to see how it pans out .

Look man , god hasn't been relevant since Ghetto Superstar and he got outshined on Ghetto Superstar even then . So he doesn't have any money and he needed this . He needed this reunion tour . He needed this opportunity to put some ducks in his pocket and unfortunately , this is another group that we're seeing disbanded because of whatever .

Because of maternal turmoil , and Lauren , she doesn't care . Her lawyers say they're going to defend this . She says that on a Nas joint I'm trying to save souls . I bet it was bullshit , but she said it . That was a hard bar .

Um , which I think he probably been like yo , I need this money right now . And then she's like yo , I'm good , and your wife looked like i'm'm good . So now Praz is on the outside looking in and it's on for you , yeah , per usual .

But no man , coop , if I'm the judge , I'm looking at Praz like yo , my dude , like really , we still got some stuff on your head right now you want to do this . He shouldn't even want to be inside of a courtroom talking about it . He should stay away from all of that . But yeah , it's some girl behavior . Man , I don't like that Nasty work .

Niggas Can't even steal on a nigga Motherfucker's a sue . Jake was right .

I'm glad that this is a group that broke up . I don't want to see food just messed up . I'm glad that this is a group that broke up . I don't want to see food just messed up .

What kind of team is this ? You want to know what we're going to have to talk about this .

Thanks , thanks , he might very well be that , but if we're just talking about the music , I do understand what Jermaine Dupri is saying in a lot of ways , because you have to understand that Michael Jackson and Prince , relatively early on in their solo careers , started making music .

That transitioned just to traditional black radio and black crap , like when Doves Cry might get played in R&B circles , but it's not your typical r&b record , and neither is billy jean , you know .

And so if we're all , if we're talking about traditional rhythm and blues , like you know , uh , otis redden , sam cook , aretha franklin , you know , if , like , if we're talking about what rhythm and blues is , is and represents , it's like , yeah , I don't consider him to be on a Prince or Michael Jackson or Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye level .

I don't think he's on that level , but I do believe , at the very next level below , that he is the first person at that level . You know what I'm saying , that he is the first person at that level . You know what I'm saying . And if you told me that you , some people , feel like he's on that level musically .

Well , if you actually want to include like all the stuff that he's written for other people , it's like well , shit , I really can't argue with you , right ? So he's like that . So jermaine dupree's not wrong , I think even with myself we need to learn to separate the man from the music . You know , music is fucking fire .

As far as male R&B solo albums are concerned , he has a better solo catalog , in my opinion , than Chris Brown and Usher combined . Like his solo catalog . Like his solo catalog , in my opinion , than Chris Brown and Usher combined . Like his solo catalog . Like his solo catalog , in my opinion , is better .

If you put their two catalogs together , you would have his catalog , and that's saying a lot in this era , especially with how the machine works , and by works I mean it doesn't fucking work .

But I do think , to a degree , the reason why , you know , in his case in particular , if we taking this on a case by case basis , um , it's hard to separate the music from the man , because a lot of the time , when you know artists is writing their music , they have a certain muse .

And for me personally , when I go back , you know , if I do hear r kelly song , it's not like I'm , you know , going back paying playing his records . But when I do hear one of those songs , for me it's hard to listen to because my brain automatically resorts to , well , like , well , who was he talking about when he made this record ?

Like , was it a , you know , saying very young underage girl versus , you know , when I was coming up listening to it , I thought he was talking about a woman . So in that way , for me it's hard to listen to and separate the man and the music and the art .

You know what I mean , because there's going to be like a gray area there where you're , um , you know , wondering about the muse to , uh , you know , create certain records , but but now for , like his , his pin game and you know all the hits that he had , you know , like I would , I would argue that too , that , um , nasty stuff aside , yeah , he has a better

discography than usher and , uh , chris brown .

It's like he's not blameless for his actions , especially a lot of the emotional and psychological abuse . No doubt Because you're dealing with impressionable minds . No doubt you know what I'm saying , because you're dealing with impressionable minds , you know . But if we're talking about like behavior , like let's not act like it's not uncommon .

It is it is unfortunately , sean

. What are your closing thoughts ?

Look man , Can you separate the sin From the talent from the music ? That's why I go with mine . Um , have I listened to any R ?

You know , like he , he , you know , in a lot of ways I feel like it's like yeah , right , I don't know if it's his best album . I think 12 play is still his best album because it's just like literally every song on there is a classic R&B record . Yeah , but as far as his pin game on Chocolate Factory , that might be his best pin moment .

As far as his solo projects , you know what I'm saying If we're just talking about the writing , I can agree with you on that part of it .

Quite frankly , tracy g with the 20 super chat question listening to a pod point made the reason drake comes with music yearly is because he can . He can do to talent . Doc can't do music every year because the masses will see quickly he's not as talented as Drake Thoughts . I was pretty much saying that Drake has more in the well than Kendrick does .

It takes Kendrick longer to create because his creative well is not as deep as Drake's . What are your ?

. Mad max , with the 999 super chat , r kelly , the king of r&b , and he has no peers and he is on marvin gaye level and kills better than prince . Now mj is over kills . Believe I can find with my graduation anthem , all five of them , right , mad Max ? Do you mean all five years you tried to graduate and failed until you finally graduated ?

Is that what you mean ? Is that what you mean ? Me and Mad Max are going to do addiction and writing class on the Super Chats . We're going to start editing the Super Chats . No , no , to start editing the Super Chats . No , no , no , he needs to be educated . No , no , no , mad Max can still learn , okay .

If we're just talking like an R&B album in general , like when I think of R&B , like in terms of , like you know before me , I think of Marvin Gaye's what's Going On , I think of Stevie Wonder on Intervisions and Songs in the Key of Life , you know , but yeah , yeah , 12 play would be up there , depending on how you would classify purple rain and um and

thriller um , can I say something real quick ?

I could tell you the same thing about Anthony Penny Hardaway Absolutely , he doesn't have an MVP award . And if you actually look at their careers , grant Hill and Penny had better careers than Derrick Rose . Are they in the Hall of Fame ?

We've had other great players with injuries , though they haven't had mvp awards , like you know , like they have . Like derrick rose is a three-time all-star and grant hill have more all-star appearances than him , right , hey , but two , just like him , have made first team all nba before both of them you .

So I think we just need to be fair and , like you know , that MVP might have been a little bit more lightning in a bottle and unfortunately , injuries are part of what comes with the game .

This guy was carrying Chicago on his back and I really believe if he did not get injured in that series against the Heatles , when they had D-Wade , lebron and Chris Bosh , they had a shot at beating those guys . Absolutely they had the best record in the league that year In the league that year .

He was on fire that year and I think that year was going to be his year . If he would have went all the way and eventually get to the finals or win the championship , I think that would have changed a little bit . He would have got into the Hall of Fame . The NBA might be the only sport that has that leniency when it comes to Hall of Fame .

I still don't think he gets seen . I would be very surprised if he gets seen because you think about in a vacuum , he was one of the best but , like you said , with T-Mac he was never T-Mac . Penny Harden was a beast , you know , until he got injured .

At one point he was the first ACC player to have over 1,500 points , 700 rebounds , 500 assists , 200 steals . You get what I'm saying . He had accolades and then he had NBA accolades very early in his career . D-rose didn't win no championship .

You know what I'm saying . Like he's , he was like , yeah , he'd be top five ish if he stayed healthy and like won some championships and stuff . Yeah for sure , yeah for sure . All right , finally some good fucking news . Finally the Grandmaster Awards . Gentlemen , two days , october 5th Award recipients Grandmaster Kaz , roxanne Jante , cool Moe D . Tell me something .

Fly about the recipients . Tell me what you think about this list . Oh , don't do that .

And of course , grandmaster Kaz All very well respected Legends of hip hop for their own respective reasons Roxanne being one of the first females out there battle rapping at the age of 14 , 15 , giving it to dudes .

You know Kumo D , we know what he is , you know how you like me . Now , all of that stuff , man . Grandmaster Kaz , one of the founding fathers , it just I wish it got more press . I wish you got more , you know , more notifications and more notice that this was happening , because this is something great that Nas has been doing .

This is the second one and no one is talking about it in the hip-hop media , but we're talking about it here in Hip-Hop Talks . No one is saying that these legends are getting honored this weekend . There was no roll-up to it . No one is talking about it on a major press run , but we're talking about it here . So I'm grateful for that as well .

But shout-out to those legends , man , and shout-out to Nas straight up .

Kool Moe D is one of the first early you know lyricists that was really put lyrics to the forefront . You know of the art and um . It's good to see him get in . But the one that I'm most happy about is kaz man . Like when we're talking about the legends and rap , kaz is probably one of the most unsung uh hip-hop artists ever .

You know , because a lot of people studied under kaz and um . You , I'm just happy to see him finally get his flowers like that . You know him as an honoree meant the most to me out of those three .

Saw him live a few years ago , uh , down here in uh in mableton with big daddy kane krs1 and rock him and he was the first one to come on and he gave a great performance .

And then I realized , like for the first time , how important he was to this culture because essentially , you know , he was the opening act but in a lot of ways he was the guy that inspired those three guys that were coming on after him . And so , shout out to Kaz , shout out to Roxanne Shante , shout out to Cool Moe D .

I love what Nas and the people involved with this are doing . Uh , we need to , you know , just quite frankly , you know , support black business more because this is like good for our community , like our hip-hop community , like there are things being set up .

It's funny like , um , a few years ago on on a podcast far , far , far , far away , I bought up like hip-hop actually needing to unionize itself and people was like yo don't talk like that . They will truly like shut this shit down if you talk like that . But no like .

We are in that place , in that phase , where we need to start doing things like these award shows and stuff for our legends , thinking about ways to take care of our legends . Endowments , funds , grants , funds , grants , hip-hop schools All these things are realities .

This is part of the growth and development and we're the ones that need to be in the support of it , digitally and the brick-and-mortar aspect of it and in all the things . We're going to get to some super chats and slide to the next subject . Somebody told me that's the Ohio side of your family that says slide into the shit .

They was watching the show last week CJ the Kid with the $5 super chat . Hopefully we can tackle that Illmatic of R&B and find what is the undisputed best R&B album of all time . Like Illmatic is to hip-hop , cj , I would tell you . A lot of people would even tell you that Illmatic isn't their number one rapper . A lot of people feel like the Chronic .

It Takes a Nation to Millions . Doggystyle , the Purple Tape , equimini , peyton , full different strokes for different folks . Cj , our man with the 199 Super Chat piece . Where do y'all rank Brown Sugar and Voodoo ? I rank Brown Sugar much higher than Voodoo . I think Brown Sugar is 12 play like in terms of its brevity , but a breath of greatness in it .

But it's not as impactful . It's more of a genre shifting album and I have it pretty high . I don't have voodoo is how voodoo was inconsistent , but it has some very , very high moments great mad max with the 999 super chat . D rose was next up for me after kobe and b roy .

Brandon roy up in port , him retiring broke my heart and him and he going to the hall of bill Walton and D watch and Hiller in the hall . Rose can get in . I meant T Mac in . Okay , t Mac , right , mad Max , one 99 super chat . Rose is greater than Pippen with some shaky . Sorry , grant , no , just stop talking . Stop talking More .

No , just Mad Max , stop talking . Mad Max , stop talking More from Mad Max in a moment . 007 with the 199 Super Chat . News Flash Knicks got Catley coming out the East . You better be coming out the East . We're going to talk about that . You better be coming out the East with that roster . Better be coming out the East with that roster .

I want to hear some Queens get the money from UN007 this year , sean , when the Knicks play basketball . I don't want to hear no excuses . This year it's time to end the droughts in the Big Apple . Mad Max with the 199 Super Chat unfortunately , laugh out loud . D Rose did more than T-Mac . T-mac never saw a round two . That is so disrespectful .

T-mac had a better career than Derrick Rose outside of the MVP Awards . Tracy G with the $5 Super Chat Glad I was able to take my son to D Rose's MVP year against D Howard , rashard , lewis . Magic Rose was a beast . Yeah , he was . That year is one of the best years that you'll find as far as NBA players are concerned .

I won't put him over Pippen , you know , matt Max , that's crazy but he can firmly say he's the third best player ever for that franchise .

I've been telling you all this whole time I was like this might be more of a four horsemen than three the hard way type of situation . And the future has been around the entirety of the time that all of these guys have had their careers and their peaks and their valleys and all that . And he's been here the entirety of his time and he still remains .

Because he remains with three number one albums this year . Yeah , do we have our big three wrong ? Do we have our big three wrong ?

I'm talking about quality and I appreciate Future more now than I did before , you know , because of the fact that I mean hell , he's putting out good music right now . Is it great or stellar music ? No , it's a vibe , and I think in this era of hip-hop we search for more of a vibe .

And I think in this era of hip hop we search for more of a vibe than we search for classic music , because we're quick to call something classic , because we vibe into it . And I think that what Future has done was created a vibe in his three album run that he's done so far this year .

I don't think any of it's classic material , you know , I think the first one may be tap dancing a little bit , or great , but not classic . But it's a vibe , it's a good vibration . The things that he's saying , he's not saying anything new under the sun . This is who Future has been for the past . What ? 15 years ?

There's no range , but he is good at what he do . If you're good at shooting the middie , and that's all you got in your repertoire , keep shooting the middie , and that's what he's doing . He's shooting a bunch of middies . No three points , no dunks , just middies all day long .

We look at Cole for the lyricist that he is . We look at Kendrick for the lyricist he is Drake's not traditional either , but when it's time for him to bar up , he bars up , you know . And Future's more on the outside of that , you know , and kind of like Sean was saying , it's more vibe music .

So when we're talking about the big three as far as like rappers music , so when we're talking about the big three as far as like rappers , then I think he's on the outside , kind of looking in at that . But all that aside , if we're not talking rappers , if we're just talking artists , I mean , like to me , I think he's artist of the year .

Now , of course you got to factor in what Kendrick did in the battle . That's major , but I mean this is nothing to sneeze at . Like three albums in the battle , that's major , but I mean this is nothing to sneeze at . Like three albums in the same year and all of them go number one . I mean that's heavy , that's heavy .

So you know , just on the artist side of things , like Future might be the artist of the year . If not , he's a very close runner-up , and the only reason why Kendrick gets it is because of all the fanfare around the battle .

I'm with you . Man , I don't know , ag , you might be running covert operations for the Kendrick camp .

Like thank Kanye for making 808s and Heartbreaks Album's not any good , and neither is most of the time when niggas do shit like this , but anyway , he has the hits though , guys . He's got the hits , he's got the hooks , he's got the numbers , he's got the number one albums , he's got the influence , the sound that exists down here today , still to this day .

Oh no , he's still the poster child of that . He's still the poster child of that .

Thug had it being conversational . You know what I'm saying , but we all know what's happened with that and it's like no , it's like no . I told you my cousin , mark Jr . His dad is the one that put me on the hip-hop . You know what I'm saying . Slick Rick was his goat . His son's goat is Future . He's raised down here in Atlanta , Georgia .

Future's influence is like that where people , when Wale is saying , oh no , they think he's top ten , it's like no , there are niggas down here that think he is the greatest , you know . And if you're looking at , like where he places for his era , it's like no , he has a conversational argument With anybody .

Until you get to the actual lyrics , part of it is what I would tell you . Like if we were making a criteria list . He would actually beat Drake and Kendrick and Cole at a lot of stuff , but of the rapping variety . You would say that he would . He would lose some of those things . You know what I'm saying . Like he would lose storytelling .

You know what I'm saying . He would lose , you know lyrical , you know ability . You know what I'm saying . Like he would that stuff but he wouldn't be losing a lot of the other stuff . To him it's like who got a better flow than Future of those three guys ?

Like , as far as numbers are concerned , for most of his career I feel like he's done numbers that are better than even like cole and kendrick . I would have to check to be sure , but it's like I know it's comparable he's doing . Yeah , they're all comparable .

It's like , well , he's not andre big boy or celo on the mic , you know what I'm saying and he's not ti ludicrous . You know what I'm saying .

And , to your point , future brings something stylistically that Drake , kendrick or Cole doesn't bring . You know so , you . So I'm rolling with your analogy .

it . Let's slide to the next conversational piece , which is with Future having these three number one albums and a producer by the name of Metro Boomin obviously being heavily involved . People are asking is Metro Boomin the best hip-hop producer today ? I don't think so I would put him third AJ go ahead , tell me your rationale , give me your thesis .

I think Hit-Boy even on one of the verses that he had with him in the song I believe it was with him and Alchemist he was like talking about like yo , I never heard Metro do boom , bap or whatever . You know what I'm saying , where he was talking about other producers . So I think Hip Boy has a little bit more range so I'll put him first Currently .

Al I would put second right now . I rank Al higher than Hip Boy all time , but currently I'll put him second to Hip Boy . Al is just killing the game right now and he's been in the game for 20 plus 25 years or more . And Metro I put in a close third to them .

But I mean , it's not like it's not , it's narrow margin between's , not , you know , it's a narrow margin between each placement .

Well , if you're just talking about a beat , there's nobody better to get a beat from .

But producing goes beyond a yeah , and so what I will tell you is is that , oh , he's the best beat maker , but he's not the best producer because he doesn't have that project , and usually most of the guys that we have like tops in the area usually have one or two or three projects that are reflective of their production status in totality , not just the beat

making can I ask you something with that analogy though ?

When we think about our greatest producers , we're talking about the owners of some of the best moments that we've experienced in rap . The reason that I have Dr Dre at number one is because , well , I mean , quite frankly , before 1995 , he made Straight Outta Compton , niggas For Life , the Chronic and Doggy Style . It's before 1995 . It's before 1995 .

He did all of that . And that's not even like digging totally into everything . That's not the above the law album . That's not the above the rim soundtrack . That's not the murder was the case soundtrack . You know the Friday soundtrack . He did keep the heads ringing on the Friday soundtrack easy solo joint yeah , easy does it .

The DLCs no one can do it better . It's before 9-5 . So when we talk about Dr Dre even for his great , his beat-making does don't you all notice how we always go to his albums ? When we talk about Pring , we talk about moment of truth . We talk about stepping to the arena .

When we talk about praying , we talk about moment of truth , we talk about stepping to the arena . When , when we talk about Kanye , we talk about as a producer , we talk about his contributions to the blueprint . We talk about B , talk about Daytona .

On an artist level , we talk about his first run of albums graduation , late registration , college dropout , my beautiful , dark , twisted fantasy like we talk . Like , when we talk about them as producers , we talk about the albums that they have created .

And what I'm saying is is that , well , the only reason that he's not in the lead is because he hasn't even made one album yet ?

I think that reflects the high level quality of beats that he actually makes , because if I wanted a beat , he would be the guy I'd go to , but if I wanted an album , I would take his beats and have Hit put it together for me . Yeah , yeah .

Our rap we're literally listening to the dudes we listen to in our teenage years . They're still making albums and projects that was unheard of when we were kids . So right , yeah , so hip-hop's in a different space and a good space . And nikki , apparently , is in a good space too , because she has recently announced that she is no longer with young money .

Like , is this news at all ? Fellas ? is nikki not being with young money news , because this news at all , fellas , is Nicki not being with Young Money news ? Because this is one of those things . I kind of assumed that it already kind of happened anyway . It just wasn't any official , yeah , I thought this was , I think , years ago .

Her not being with Cash Money and Young Money is pretty much like just the end of that era , if you will , and now it's entering into a new era for her as an artist , with Republic , which is a bigger you know , a bigger situation than anything else .

Yeah , it probably happened years ago , guys , maybe a couple months ago , but now she's feeling more comfortable talking about it because they're close to the end of that deal , or actually finalizing that deal with Republic . So that's why she's talking about it now .

As far as their flagship artists , with the superstars that Nicky and Drake became after Wayne was already one of the brightest superstars that we've seen . I can't think of anything that comes close from Rockefeller to just had Jay as the superstar , rough Riders , x , murder Inc . Ja Rule and Ashanti .

But the only thing I can think of is Bad Boy with Big Puff and Mace , and that was within a short , condensed , like two-year time span where you know they were larger-than-life superstars . So it's the end of an era and that's kind of sad to see . But it's a new chapter for nikki going forward . Wish her the best .

But I was talking to one of my homies the other day . He brought up a good point . He said nothing would smash the game now .

Uh , in the current state , with drake losing the battle , wayne getting um not getting his due to do the super bowl and you know , nikki kind of transitioning , um , nothing would smash the game now like a Young Money , cash Money compilation album with the three of them Just 10 bangers , like you know what I'm saying .

Like seeing Green , like that level joint that'll smash the game right now . But that's just speaking of hypothetics . I know that won't happen , but it would be dope to see but it would be dope to see .

very brief material , I would tell you that there have been comparable moments of having three like megastars like that Like you know what I'm saying Like in the same room , representing the same crew . In that sense , I think we haven't seen anything like it in the modern era . I think it's kind of ironic .

They've all gone through rough patches a little bit this year for various reasons , and so I think one of the topics that we're actually going to get to in the next segment , it would be a good way of actually , like you know , um , flexing some muscle , respectfully , but I think this is just .

You know business and politics , as usual , you know what I'm saying . Like , really , you know like people grow . You know people have their own teams , people have their own visions , people have their own dream , people want their own slices of pie . People fulfill contractual obligations and they move on . So we're going to move on to the next subject .

It seems that the old girl , bae , didn't get no hay at this year's CMA . Beyonce went zero for 17 at the CMAs . Guys , I'm not even going to say it , ag , what do you think is motivated by this zero for 17 for an icon , a superstar , a legend ?

Um , so I'm not really surprised by this and , um , I wasn't moved by you know her merits on doing the album in the first place , because you know it came on the heels of getting snubbed and taylor swift winning everything . So it's like you know I'm a shift and do the country .

And you know , and , granted , you know she's dipping into different genres with the house and dance music , with the Renaissance album , and then you know the country music .

But I mean , I think that just playing to the , to the people , for the sake of accolades you know what I'm saying Like , and I can't speak to Beyonce if that's really in her heart that she wants to do but to me it just looked like a move , like , okay , well , I'm going to make y'all recognize me by tapping into y'all's genre of music .

You know what I mean . And it don't surprise me that she's going to come up empty-handed because she wasn't welcomed .

And I'm not saying that's what they're saying , I'm just saying that's part of the feel . I spent some time in Nashville . You know country music city .

It's about a level of appreciation and respect for a great artist , and it feels like the doors have been closed on her in a lot of ways , and so it's just one of those things we just need to keep an eye on and be mindful , like , yeah , still see , it's 2024 , because at the end of the day , it's still got those vibes .

I don't care if this black girl from Texas is the most famous thing in the world . We're not letting her in here . You know it's got that type of vibe to it as well . It's just one of those things we need to be mindful of and pay attention to .

I'm about to get to these super chats and then we are going to move to our next segment that I can't wait to talk about Mad Max 199 . I said Pippin with some shake . Who is Grant Hill , first of all . You ever talk about Grant Hill like that again . Mad Max , I'm going to see you next time I come to NY .

Andre Miller , the streaming era is disqualified from talking numbers . No , we can't do that . They just , you know , they just don't know how to count Mad Max with the $9.99 super check . Big 3 is a myth . It's Drake and then the rest , and Future is closer to Drake than Dot and Cole . I mean , who bumping Dot ?

Performance art play raps and Cole's my first piece of cookie rhythm and blues song . Yo , mad Max is wild . Mad Max is wild . Sean , are you a Mad Max related ? Is this your cousin ?

We got to keep Mad Max off the yak , all right , I mean as long as he's super chatting . Andre Miller with the $2 super chat . All CMYB artists are broke or slaves . Okay , andre , tell us how you really feel playing , all right . Well , guess what we're about to do ?

We're about to potentially talk about some more former cmy and b artists because fifa has decided that they are going to do a halftime show that actually rivals the super bowl halftime show . I think this is an extremely big deal , fellas , because fifa has a global reach that quite , quite frankly , our Super Bowl doesn't even have . This is the global game .

The two biggest stars , actually , for the better part of our adult lives , have actually been Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of actual worldwide notoriety . Those are football players . So what do you think about FIFA having a World Cup halftime show ?

What do you think about the fact that it seems like Drake has already been easing his way into the conversation ? Are we going to see a potential break ? Lil Wayne , nicki Minaj at the FIFA halftime show for a global audience ?

And here's why FIFA doesn't cater to what we think it should cater to , because there's an African artist out there that's selling massive records more than anybody that we have in America combined , more than anybody that we have in America combined .

There's another artist out there that's selling massive records that we know nothing about , we don't even know , we can't pronounce their name , and that's what their halftime show gonna look like . They're gonna go with someone that is massive across the pond , as opposed to taking someone an American and like a Lil Wayne or Nicki and bring them on stage .

If Drake gets it , he's putting his . I think he's trying to politically get in there , but if Drake gets it , it will show what kind of draw he really has globally . Honestly , well , sean .

Next World Cup's being held in North America , though .

But I mean it , it's kind of it's kind of aligning for it to happen . Drake's from Canada , wayne's from New Orleans , nicky is from Queens Get the money . It's like man , you got Southern representation , you got East Coast representation .

It'll be a huge counter to what is kendrick's super bowl halftime show and for that reason , since wayne got , you know , snubbed , I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that if drake secures it , that he doesn't bring wayne out there , you know , for a short little set , because you know the reference that he has for wayne .

If wayne you , with the whole Superbowl in New Orleans , him not getting to perform , I don't see any situation where Drake gets it and doesn't bring Wayne out . That's just me . But Drake has the secure at first . Right now it looks like you know it's lining up as such .

But to your point , sean , it might be somebody we never heard of , but if , if Drake does get it , then that'd be a pretty good counter to Kendrick at the Super Bowl and I'm here for it . You know what I mean Because you know the battle's still kind of going in a different arena . You know what I mean . It's like it's kind of dope .

So Drake is now in the number one position for rap artists , passing Eminem . What does this mean ? What does this represent ? I think this is a pretty big deal too .

Yeah , well , it's been going down with everybody when it comes to drake . What's new ?

But you know , I think , in the situation , uh , cole , I wouldn't say cole clearly picked the side , but him being ambiguous and where his alliances lay , I think is enough for drake to , you know , kind of cut him off . You know what I mean .

And cole's the guy that don't want any problems with anybody but , um , he did the collab with asap rocky , which they said was before the beef , but then it got released but cole still had to clear it . And you know , the joint with Daylight , you know . So you got the TDE connection . So , um , I think he's just being real ambiguous .

And , like I'm Switzerland , I can , you know , collab and move and maneuver and stand next to anybody , but when you petty , like Drake is , you know you ain't , you ain't going to rock with that .

So I think , you know , for guys that were just on tour with each other last year and I took my son to go see and you know they were dapping each other up , hugging on stage and doing all that I think it's a totally different situation now , after this battle .

It's one of those where it's like well , if you want to make that decision at the end of the day , that's fine , but the way that you made the decision and the public display you chose to make the decision on , with the world essentially watching you , no , nigga no , you want to know what the nastiest part of that whole thing was , remember ?

Yeah , so you know , drake has unfollowed a bunch of people like lebron , playboy , cardi , aforementioned jermaine cole and speaking of jermaine cole , you know , on this verse that is a verse of the year contender , and I think we have agreed that it might be the verse of the year thus far he has said that he is the GOAT off of his features .

Fellas , can somebody be the GOAT off their features ?

You know , because when somebody hops on a track , does their thing for 16 bars , kills it , and we're raving about it and they go on a run of these , it's cool , it's dope , but it doesn't put you in any kind of goat contention , because are we talking about your personal catalog like that when it's just you ? You know what I mean when you're the main event .

And I think with cole , it's our fault because we put him in contention for that number one spot in the big three based off his feature run , because nobody was saying that . You know , I got on an offseason shirt from the tour , but when the offseason album came out we wasn't , you know , putting Cole on that level . It was based on the features run .

So I think some of this is our fault for putting features , to put too much stock in the features . And quite frankly , it's a lot of art and not a lot . But maybe a handful of artists that I'd take their feature runs over cold any day Give me Method man , give me Kiss , give me Wayne . You know what I mean .

It's quite a few that I would take their feature catalog over clothes . In the verses Let me .

is your ? Is Jay Cole the best guest appearance artist of his era , and where does he rank all time as a guest appearance artist ?

The feature run topic is so weird because we've seen these things . We've seen Nas feature run One of the most prolific feature run you will ever find in the first place . 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 . I mean , he was killing everything . Jay had a phenomenal feature run . I don't think Cole is in an exclusive category , he's just having a great feature run .

We've seen this happen so many times . Kanye had a phenomenal feature run when he was doing his thing . 50 had a great feature run . The list goes on , the list goes on . Why are we not overstating them and overstating Cole ?

Cole don't collab with nobody , so he made it a point to do out to , to set out and blaze all these features , like you know , because I'm not a feature heavy artist , so hats off to him for even making that a point to do that . But here's the other point His features are going to stand out more and people uplift it more .

Just like Coop was saying about 3000 , there's no Andre 3000 album to like go to other than outcast stuff . So all you have to rest your laurels on is the features with Cole . He has his solo catalog . But nobody puts his solo catalog up with the greats like that .

You talked about Nas's feature run , Jay's feature run , you mentioned Kanye , you mentioned Eminem , but they all have solo catalogs that can , like you know , that's some of the best we've ever seen . Cole doesn't have that . So if he's going to hang his hat on something , it's going to be the features , but it's up to us , as the fans , to say you know what ?

That's not enough if we're being honest .

Day ones it's been in our discord , man , we chop it up on a daily basis and we wanted y'all to have control over a segment , um , to have your stamp and have your input . So every week we're going to , you know , starting with next week , we're going to highlight an artist , a group or producer that gets voted on in our Discord chat to talk about .

It might not be somebody we had a heavy news week this week but it might be an artist . That's an unsung artist that you want to hear talked about . That's not in the current news cycle or whatever . So we take , you know , 10 nominees in our discord , our first 10 nominees every week . You know my son , jordan , shout out to him .

He puts them in a poll on the discord and we vote on it as a community discord and we vote on it as a community . And then the um the artists or a group or producer or whatever that wins that week we'll talk about on the next thursday night show . Give them a little segment where they can get their flowers and stuff . So over on our discord .

The poll is up right now . I think it closes in another day or so and then whoever wins , that we'll be talking about next week . We just wanted to make y'all have y'all's imprint on the show . You know what I mean , because y'all matter and we appreciate y'all .

I watch the things that you say in there . It's almost like how a book is more explicit than the movie . It's like you're even more explicit and worse on Discord than R Almost like it's like oh , this is nasty work . Writer , sean at work . This is .

This is horrible and frightening for the presence of my mind speaking of AG , we're also about to start a new segment where you're going to start sharing some of the things from your extensive

vinyl collection . Sir , do you have anything that you would like ?

But uh , it's a limited edition box set that all the um , all the vinyls are on seven inch vinyl um a side and b side . It comes with . You know , a lot of things in the collection items . You got this on the inside of the box . Wu-tang ain't nothing to you know , so it's dope . It also comes with . I'm a card collector .

I used to collect baseball cards . Got some Pete Rose doing some of the collection . You know what I'm saying . But it comes with a lot of 36 chambers behind the scenes photos , if y'all can see that , just different cards . Danny Hastings is who shot the art for the cover of 36 Chambers . So the joints , the pictures . They didn't make it to the actual album .

They put that in the vinyl box set and here's some of the . You know what I'm saying . They got the yellow A-side , b-side . You know what I'm saying . It's in the order of the album . You know what I'm saying . But it's like seven different seven-inch vinyls . So you saying but it's like seven different um , seven inch vinyl .

So you know it's just going to be showing a little bit . We got some vinyl collectors out there so we wanted to like show them some love and , uh , you know , show what's in the collection comes with a commemorative book . You know that talks about the make you go to album .

You know I'm saying 36 chambers right here , uh , the 12 inch . So I wanted to show Wu-Tang some love . They're currently doing their residency in Vegas and we're going to continue that Wu-Tang love . Sean got a segment he want to talk about , so I'll pass it to him to segue this ain't quantifiable facts .

I'm looking forward to this dunk . I've always wanted the Wu joints . I actually have a pair of the Pylons and I wish they had the Wu sign . You guys can see it had the Wu sign on the side , but they don't haveens . I wish they had the Wu-San . You guys can see it had the Wu-San on the side , but they don't have it . I wish they had it .

These joints are butter . The dunks are coming out this Saturday .

I'm a dunk , I like dunks , like low top dunks , um . But rizzo actually did , um , he did something at the residency last week where he actually sent , you know , notes to loyal fans through Spotify to get access to the shoes . And I'm not a Spotify user that much . I like the Spotify because they do , you know , play our joints on their platform .

But unfortunately I missed it . Ag also missed it as well , but they come out on a Saturday .

I tried to uh , cause I think I hit you up the next day because I was doing something on my daughter's phone . I just bought my daughter the iPhone 16 and her Spotify wasn't working and I was in my email trying to reset her password and looked at my email and I got the notification .

But by the time I checked my email it was an hour after the shoes had dropped and I got the Spotify link to buy them through Spotify . So I was tight . I missed out on them , but at any rate , I looked to cop those . You know what I'm saying . Before Sean gets to the next shoe joint , show what I look to . Cop those . You know what I'm saying .

Before Sean gets to the next you join , show what I got on feet today . Is that cool with you , sean ? Yeah , so I got on feet . You know what I'm saying . Rest in peace to the one and only Virgil Abloh Got on the off-white Jordan 2s . You know what I'm saying , beaverton , I don't know if y'all can see that .

Real good , good , but shout out to Virgil man Like rest in peace , man . Virgil got some of the best sneakers and clothes in the game . You know what I'm saying .

They hit us with the tag and then you know what I'm saying the baby on the tongue and then the leather part on the upper , on the ankle collar they had BIG on there and I don't think I don't think , I don't know . They're just regular basic Tim's with a little bit of extra sauce on them .

Now I'm gonna stay fly , man , I can't it , but my feet be screaming at work , bro .

Mad Max with 199 . Superchat means we got a block man selling the most in hip-hop again . See , you can't trust Mad Max . See , now the talk is getting incoherent again . Told you we gotta get more . Yeah , channel your inner pocket . 50 and Drake , fj , cole , pause . Mad Max with another $199 . Super Chat no , mad Max , pause on that , yet Pause .

Just put the bottle down . Come to the light . That is hip-hop talks . Mad Max again $199 . Drake , easily a better feature artist than Cole . I don't know if it's easily , but if you told me Drake , yeah , $199 with Mad Max , again . Drake made Block Boy JB have a run with Look Alive . That's all we got for the Super Chats .

Sean , I'm going to pass it over to you for press play .

I love Jay's verse on here . Kanye killed this . This is one of my joints . I loved it . We made you . Nas killed it straight up . This is the Joint I always felt that this was the bridge To heal everything Between Nas and Jay . Love it , don't get carried away . Featuring Nas and Busta I felt like Nas killed this one as well .

Had this on my tape deck All week . Also had played Some old Kendrick the Ronald Reagan era . Had RZA as a feature on here on the hook seeing his little piece on there . But I love this joint .

I thought this was one of Kendrick's best joints back during that Section 80 era and I went back to the vintage Cole Lights Please Always loved this song , always thought Lights Please was one of those ones for Cole . This one I thought that Cole was the one . The next one up , what Please was one of those ones for Cole . This one .

I thought that Cole was the one , the next one up . What Off of Lights , please .

We did the hip hop bar seminar for Pun on one of his joints as well , on the Posse cut John Blaze . But Triplets , they went crazy . The beat was crazy , joe went crazy , Pun left was crazy , joe went crazy , pun left . Earth Loved that album . But that wasn't my tip deck all week . Fellas Dope Dope list .

Everything about it the hook , it's just a perfect song all the way around . I think it's Kanye's best work . Next I got White Label by Nas , produced by Kanye Reason why I've been listening to this . Sean put in our Discord group it was footage of Kanye producing this in the studio , producing the record .

The mixing is a little bit off , but it's still my favorite record off Nas here . I think this is a banger . Next joint I got is no ideas Original . We talked about it last week , um , it was one of our bar seminars and , like Coop said last week , is arguably um Nas's best bar work .

Um on this album and maybe you know , in contention , uh for his career . Um , I also got pie from Might Delete . Later I went back and revisited this joint after the play to Collard Greens and I think that J Cole and Daylight got good chemistry on the tracks together and shout out to Absol on here too .

So I had to go back and revisit this and it's a lot of bar work here . Next I got Got Nowhere beanie , seagull and freeway off the first state property album , uh , oskino . Been in a lot of interviews lately and that made me tap tap back into the old um two state property albums and between the two albums this was always my favorite song .

Love this record . Um , so been listening to that . Um , next I got love I'm good by joe budden . Uh , I think this the song doesn't get enough credit . I think it's one of the dopest concept songs ever . And uh , me and the homie , trife shout out to trife , was talking about this album .

All love lost in the uh in the discord , which I think is a bob mike album , and um , that album was really special to me . It got me through a tough time . But this is one of my favorite joints on the album . If you haven't heard it , go check it out . Joe was in his bag on that . And the last joint I got is Paris Morton music .

You know me and my homie was having a discussion . He thinks this is Drake's best song of all time and I wouldn't say that . I would say it's top three to five , but I think it is one of the records that most encompasses him as an artist as far as singing .

And then what he did with the bar is like you know , if somebody said , you know , play me a song that represents Drake , this probably be one of the first ones I go to . And he did his thing on here , smoothed it out at the end of my playlist .

This is my birthday playlist too . Ratchet . Happy birthday , it's happy birthday .

Donna is actually written by baby face and baby face is actually doing the background vocals on Take a Bow , and they actually performed this song at the Grammy Awards and it was the number one hit for Madonna , and it comes off of Bedtime Stories , which I think is arguably her best album that she ever made .

So I got Take a Bow written by Babyface on my birthday . Shit . Every year around this time I play certain songs over and over again . Uh , you know , everybody has a birthday song . My birthday song is staying alive by the bgs because , well , quite frankly , I made it through another year . So , staying alive , praise god .

No , all praises do um , my birthday and I just want to tell a quick story about my birthday ritual . I know we're running behind and got to get out of here .

I actually wasn't a big fan of taken in blood when it it was written first came out like it wasn't like one of my top five songs I was listening to when it was written .

I was listening to live nigga rap , the setup shootouts I gave you power and silent murder and the message more than I was taken in blood and not saying that like I didn't , like you know , think that the record was dope , but I really didn't realize what was going on .

The night before my birthday I ended up on the phone I think it might have been with my cousin while Watch them Niggas was playing and as the song was about to go off , I remember putting my Remember he had the little radio that had the CD player at the top that you push the button to to stop it , but if you hit pause on that motherfucker , that

motherfucker would stay paused forever as long as you kept it plugged up . Yeah , so I hit pause while Watch them Niggas was on , but I ended up talking on the phone so long and fell asleep . So when I actually woke up on my birthday and started getting ready for school , I pressed play Taking in .

Blood came on , came on like right after watch the niggas faded out and that was the first time that the song really like gripped me , was like on my birthday , where I was like , oh shit , I'm like hold on like he's fucking crazy on here and that's why I play it every day on my birthday when I wake up .

So that's when it clicked for you , right , yeah , no , no , my birthday is when it clicked for me . That's when it clicked for you , right ? Yeah , no , no , no , my birthday is when it clicked for me , that's when it became my favorite Nas records Because , think about it , this is October of 96 .

So the album had been out for a few months already , right , right . So , like my birthday , my 16th birthday is actually like when it clicked I was like oh shit , like like damn so . So yeah , taking it by a little known record from the re-up gang , stay from around me . Now , this record actually doesn't have pusha t or malice rapping on it .

This is actually ab , lava and sandman going back and forth . I think ab and sandman are grossly underrated as rappers because if you think highly of pusha and malice and I think most of us do as MCs understand these guys were rapping right next to these guys , at the level of these guys for years , with no problem and no drop .

Those guys are dope Stay from around me , and I love that beat too . It's just like you know the re-up gang stuff . It was like different for around the time , like they were actually doing East Coast hip-hop better than a lot of the East coast guys were like at the time , like most of them .

Like if you were to hear like the aesthetics of a , of a mixtape like this , you would think they were from New York , not Virginia . Um , my next record is slide . You know I'm a big her fan . I think her is my favorite . Uh , you know I'm a big Her fan .

I think Her is my favorite R&B artist , male or female , of this era , and slide is a word that I obviously like use often when I talk about a slide to the next topic , and when I was having the conversation with the friend that talked about me using the word slide , it actually made me think of a song and start playing this song .

This is one of the best records off of her last project and hopefully we'll be hearing more from her very , very soon . Next record is from one of my favorite rap albums of all time , which is Illiduff Half-Life From the Roots . This is Push Up your Lighter with Bahamadia . This record is actually the first time I heard Bahamadia .

I didn't know who she was , I didn't know anything about her , but this was the record that got me acquainted with Bahamadiya and I think it's a top five song from one of the least talked about great rap albums of all time .

I think Illiduff Half-Life is one of those rap classics that kind of gets what I like to call some of that Hell Hath , no Fury treatment where it's like well , people kind of go to other pieces of their work that might have been like bigger and bolder , but I don't know necessarily better .

I still think Illiduff Half-Life might be the Roots best album , and it's Black Thoughts Coming Out Party has a top level emcee too . The last one I actually have is somebody who you know we've been supporting and that's I Am God with Wise Souls .

This is still probably , for me , the best intro song to a rap album that I've heard this year , and so I've been putting the More Suede back in rotation , and Wise Souls is probably my favorite record on More Suede . Just for me personally , that's my press play , no doubt . No bliss . We appreciate everybody for supporting Hip Hop Talks .

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Coop is younger than AG now , but he looks older than us . But it's all love , man . But shout-out to Coop man , I hope you have a great week , bro . I hope you have a phenomenal weekend . I know you had a good meal last night at Sizzler's and got you a good steak Coop had a hamburger steak he even had a hamburger steak . He had the chop joint the .

Salisbury joint the Salisbury joint for his birthday in a Colt .45 . That's crazy . It's all a joint too .