Special Guest AJ SNOW! - Lost Tapes | The Fall-Off Coming? | Jay's Casino!? & MORE!

I would like to have a job making six figures where I could be right about three out of every ten times and everybody will still love me . Fuck the me . I'll be the center of attention and I can be wrong . There ain't been nothing windy yet and I live close to Windy Hill . There ain't no fucking wind going on .

Playing quarterback which I always said was going to be a problem when you don't have an offensive line , defensive line , running back , wide receivers , linebackers , secondary competent ownership , thorough coaching yeah , you pretty much need a professional NFL quarterback to survive in the NFL .

And then when you don't have any of those things and you insert a rookie , you get . You know what happened to Bryce Young on top of that and being slight of frame . So that's how that started . But since we're on the NFL topic , gentlemen , just real quick . This is the start of week four . This is the start of week four , right ? Yeah week four .

Okay , so , as we approach week four of the season , who were your NFL MVP candidates ? Again , gentlemen .

He's about what this means . Let's talk about this like hip-hop-wise . Let's talk about this socially . Let's talk about this economically .

So I'm not surprised by this at all . There's a great chance he's going to get it . The people that Jay rubs elbows with those guys are very aggressive when it comes down to just investments and getting their hands into different things . This is another piece to Jay's portfolio .

This is something that he's been trying to do for years and now it seems like he's getting everything back in motion . I'm not surprised by this at all . Politics as usual , businessman .

Um , if I'm not mistaken , um , it's only what three casino licenses um , that can be in new york city and it's , you know they're both buying for that last license . That's up . So you know Nas and his team of investors , as well as Jay . So you know it'd be dope to see .

You know , either , either way it goes , you know it'll be good , you know , for the um the economy is going to bring . You know a lot of people you know to . Uh , you know that casino . So I mean it's going to be a moneymaker regardless . So , um , jay's and his team's bids pretty hefty . So you know , like Sean said , he got a good chance at getting that .

But you know , um , as far as the um , the resume as what each casino will bring , I thought you know both of them , the Nas one and the one that Jay's a part of look pretty good . So I'm just interested to see how it all pans out . Man , do either one of y'all , like you know , do the casino thing often ?

And my girl , like years ago she used to like manage inventory for a casino and stuff . So it's like you know it's pretty dope . You know what I'm saying ? Dope spot , we got a few here in West Virginia , so I don't probably doubted that . But we got a few Damn , that's crazy Dog tracks . You know what I'm saying Dog race and all that .

As far as supplying a lot of those jobs , what makes a lot of towns go I mean , sean , you know this from having been to the West Coast multiple times , I know this from having lived on the West Coast Casinos keep communities alive in certain areas , you know , and so I look at this economically as a really big deal in terms of the ability to actually provide

jobs . As long as we're providing jobs , you know , on some for us by us type of program and not like on the title program , where it's like , well , the artists are black , but 90 percent of who's working behind the scenes is white , things is white I would like to see kind of a reversal . I'd like to see an influx of Black . Afro-latino , african-american .

Even all the Hotep-ass Kendrick fans are welcome to get a job . Help it , they need jobs too . Hotep needs jobs too . You have to buy incense . You can't help it . You have to buy newspapers , candles , ouija boards . You have to buy those things , yo , that's wild . That is so we're gonna .

So we're gonna slide to the next topic , gentlemen , but shout out to jay and the casino bid . We , uh , we all do hope that it goes through , because all jokes it is . It is an opportunity for , like uh , opportunity for empowerment in terms of the economy .

More somber news the Young Dolph murder trial . I guess a portion of it . Sean has concluded James , is it ? James ? Johnson has been sentenced to life without parole . Is that correct ? That is correct . It began earlier this week .

There are also some implications that Yo Gotti's brother is the one who is responsible for putting the order out to make sure that Dolph is no longer with us . So how are we all feeling ? Like that , ag ? I'm going to start with you .

And you know , it seems like it's getting resolved now and coming to a close . So I'm just glad . Justice in that regard . You . So I'm just glad , justice in that regard . You know what I mean . But it's some some lot of greasy shit going on . But you know I don't like to speak on that .

I felt heavy because it's a classical niche when we talk about you know , watch them as close to you , and they were showing the pictures of you know the killer with him in the same picture , and we hear this all the time .

And sometimes you can become part of your environment or you can get out of your environment and become something greater or something different , something better , and it's almost the same if you do that , but you don't .

You leave the hood , you leave where you're from , you consider the sellout , you consider someone that turned your back on the hood , but you stay there and try to pump positive things into the hood or to where you're from , and now they're taking you out . I don't want to go further than that because , again , that's Memphis stuff .

I'm not from there , not from around there . Shout out to Memphis , shout out to my people in Memphis . But it's a sad situation because you lost two people on both sides . You lost Dorf and then they came back retaliated , and young Gotti lost his brother as well , who was the antagonist right . So it's just one of those things that man is sad .

He said the only thing he sampled was the hook and replayed everything else . Coop , you sat with the mayor . I sat with the guy who made Imaginary Players .

I only say that because Imaginary Players is a top 5 J track for you , coop . Lol , it's actually top 3 for me . That's one of my 3 favorite J records actually . I actually listened to Imaginary Players this week too . I love that record . Back to the Dolph thing . It's like both of you said A lot of this is unfortunate and unnecessary .

Animosity is really like my overall thoughts on this Unfortunate and unnecessary . Like all these pieces are close to home for each other , so it makes you wonder what really happened behind the scenes in terms of what went wrong . Dolph is no longer with us , Gotti's brother no longer with us , so a lot of it is left up to speculation .

The people who already know and we're not in the know to speak on it . Quite frankly , and when it comes to matters like this and when it comes to Memphis , you know what you don't know . You shouldn't speak on Right , Absolutely .

that took place with a deceased member of migos and takeoff . This is the definition of nasty work , gentlemenoff . This is the definition of nasty work , gentlemen . And since it is the definition of nasty work , we're going to go to Sean because he knows .

. When I started reading this , I'm like yo , I need to go take a shower . This is nasty . And they put all this stuff on Twitter , on social media . Low said man , keep us out of the chat . Keep us out of the chat Because we don't need to be seeing this . This is crazy .

If Shorty was messing with , you know , his cousin , deceased cousin or whatever that's nasty within itself . He was doing his thing . She's doing her thing . They got kids together . So much is going on . It's just , it's a mess man . I don't even want to go down that road with this one . Cool , I'm not going to lie . I hate seeing stuff like this .

It makes you cringe at the things that they're saying . The retaliation from her , retaliation from him . It's just nasty work , man . I think our expert in that area , ag , may have a better way of addressing something like that than I can . I'm a gentleman . I don't even know how to even speak on this kind of stuff , but this is nasty .

Takeoff is not here to confirm or deny or speak on you know his side of things . So just to insinuate that is kind of wild , whether true or false , you know in the statement . So nah , yeah , it's nasty work , it is . But yeah , ain't nothing like a woman scoring man For real .

Like , when I actually saw this , I was actually at work when , like , I caught , like what happened today and I said to myself , when I read what she said , I was like man . I was like hell has no fury Like a woman scorned . When a woman feels a certain type of way , she will ruin you .

She will run and tell her friends that you have the smallest dick of all time . She's like in the history of dick , this is the smallest dick of all time . Are the kids watching when they mad ? When they mad , it's a wrap . When they mad , it's a wrap . It could wrap around your neck .

She's like it looked like a cocktail shrimp that had been in cold water for 15 minutes .

What are your thoughts on Mixtape Pluto and what are your thoughts on Future taking the number one spot for what I would believe would be the 11th time with Mixtape Pluto ? Yes , the 11th time , with Mixtape Pluto Scheduled to move about 120,000 units between these crooked ass streams , these crooked ass sales , these crooked ass people AG , let's go .

Yeah , I mess with it . I've been running the album back .

I don't think that he did anything on his album to make me say that he had a grand slam . I think it was a solid effort . I don't think it's out of this world . I don't think it's something that I'll continue to go back to . I think it's just pretty much him saying , okay , I'm here , that's it . Nothing tells me about this album .

That's saying that Future is still one of them . I think Future is who Future is . He's a dope , dope artist . He up to Annie . A lot of kids out here . A lot of other Futures out here . Solid effort . I can't say nothing more than that . It's a solid effort .

When they make a project like 15 years in , where they're by themselves and they're pretty much in whatever it is their creative bag is and that's what this album is . This is . This is future's creative bag like this is where he's most comfortable and where he thrives . I do like the album . I think that this is one of those albums .

I've only listened to it all the way . I'm in the process of my second listen right now because , just off the vibe and who Future is ? Well , you'll listen to some shit from Future . That's good . After you hear it one time you'll be like man . It's the best , best turn up album I've ever heard in my life .

Nigga , you know like he'll give you that feeling the first time around . So for me with future , it's always about what songs are going to actually stick to your ribs , and so I'm in the process of finding that out . But I did find this to be an impressive project . Sean , I echo your sentiments and you're totally right .

He didn't necessarily do anything new here , but he did do it well , he did do it by himself . That's almost like , you know , when a power forward has been in the league 15 years and like man , it's like it's thinking , 15 years in he's still averaging 20 and 10 . So I kind of got to give him credit for that .

It's not like the year that he averaged 27 and 15 and you know , four assists and three blocks and two steals . It's like , well , those days are probably gone . But it's like , for who he is and for what he's done and this type of project and the way that it's put together , I am overall impressed with it .

He is future , so production wise , he's going to get the best of the best production . It's just about the redundancy of it because of the subject .

So probably going to be some highlights , but my overall thought and synopsis , really after listening to it , is that I like the project and I'm so tired of saying this because I've said it since I've been doing podcasting for four years now , more than I've said anything else . It's too long .

There should have been less songs on here , because I feel like the impact of the album would have been greater if this what 16-track project was 12 .

It's like , oh , you couldn't have taken 12 of these instead of 16 of these you had to keep 16 of these melodies yeah , I could have kept 12 of those and the impact of it would have been stronger because it would have been a more condensed and more concise project .

And when you're more of an elder statesman role , even if you are a legend , I find it's better to make a concise project . When you're fresh out the gate and you have everything in the world to rap about , nobody knows who you are it's a wise idea to make a concise project then .

So when you are 15 years in and you are a legend , it is even more apropos to actually make that type of album . And this album is borderline that , but not quite that , which is why this album is really good , but not like necessarily great , and I'm worried about the staying power depending on how these next couple lessons uh , listens go .

You know 11 or 12 joints , because we've been hearing from you all throughout the year , so you know that's a valid point well .

And I'm like you , I've listened to it twice within the last couple days , running it back , and I got more respect for it and I was vibing with it more . But the first night I listened to it . I listened to it after , uh , mc light dropped a new album , so I'm probably , you know , dating myself as an old head .

But um , mc light dropped a new album and I checked that out and then listened to the uh , you know mixtape pluto and that's a hell of a transition . Like palate cleanser , you can't listen to them two joints like back to back . So it kind of threw my ears off a little bit , you know what I mean .

Just because listening to MC Lights out before , which I thought was a solid effort too , but you know , I wouldn't recommend listening to that .

I needed that music as I was flying , I'll be honest , because I told you guys , I was all over the place this week since Monday and listening to AJ's album kind of helped me ease a little bit , especially coming back to the East Coast today because of the weather . I just needed something to keep me mellow . Listening to AJ join .

That whole album is a vibe man . When he get in here we'll talk about it , but our whole album is a vibe man . You got John Sport Jay on there . You guys know who John Sport Jay is , but it just felt good to have that kind of music , that contrast from Future to what AJ's know .

You listen , like you said , but you cool , it's supposed to be many times , you know , shout out to Future , but it's one of the times you can talk about Shorty . You know what I mean In so many different ways , right .

Yes , like , if , if , if the wave that you ride , if the wave that you ride like fits in your region , you can like have your whole region like a larry june , like an aj snow and just make that like like a currency , absolutely like a future . It's like .

When I listen to the future , it's like , oh man , it's like I totally am going to work out and go run to this . When I'm listening to the AJ Snow , it's like I'm totally about the smoke a cigar sip , a banana cognac and have an Uber XL take me to my closest cigar bar . When I put on my smoker's jacket , Women love banana cognacs .

The game don't deserve me , and we just wanted to sit down and chop it up with you for a minute . I'm gonna let sean like take over and kick it off . I appreciate you guys too . Thanks for having me over and kick it off .

We want to put your music in our rotation on station here so we can run the streams up on your new project and your other projects as well . So we want to get to know who AJ Snow is . Man . Can you tell the audience , those who need to get re-familiar with you ? Can you tell them who you are ?

don't really like I don't need , I just need the fans , like I just need the supporters , so like it's just like man , the game don't deserve me . It's like , man , I'm not about to play that game that that you're running over there .

I'm going to keep doing my thing over here , I'm going to keep living my life , I'm going to keep learning and , yeah , I'm just going to keep making dope shit .

You know I've been , you know , being around Hit-Boy , being around Alchemist Dom Kennedy and , like you know , being able to grab , you know , knowledge and pieces from them and you know it's cool .

It was like man , it's great to know I got relationships with all these guys or , you know , I know , you know they know these guys , but it was just like you know , nothing , nothing's ever gonna get handed to you , you know , I mean .

So this , I feel like this album was kind of like really my re , like , my reintroduction of , like man this is aj snow because a lot of people know , like a lot of people knew me because of me working with Jam Sport , jay , and you know that's my dog but I felt like it was kind of like a chip on my shoulder to show , because a lot of people didn't see

, like me , what I was doing , like touring with Larry , you know 2019 , 2020 , and they didn't see , like you know , all the stuff I was doing before then . They just see me like where I was at at that point in my career . So it was really like a big .

It was really , uh , you know , a big chip on my shoulder to really show like no , like I'm really , like , I'm really here to stay , you know yeah , peace .

Like the records that me and him have together is way more advanced , just the relationships that I , you know that I have like with the engineer Davis producer , that he also produced a few on those , like you know he definitely it's been a lot of learning . You know learning more about , like the music itself .

So you know being able to sit with him and you know getting the sound improved even better and it's just been . You know I've , I've been , you know my eyes have been open to a whole nother level . You know , in life and I'm able to see , you know see , newer things .

I get to talk about a lot of my experiences that I've been having recently and you know just just stories and stuff from you know that I that I could just talk about so much like real life experiences so that's dope , that's dope .

So , like you know , like , getting that that's , you know that definitely , like you know , inspired a lot of raps and you know it's just , you know , it's just , you know it's a great feeling . It's a great feeling , man , it's a great feeling to be , to be AJ Snow and to move the way I want to move .

And , like you know , it's just like man , I'm honored , but it's because it's because of , like the , you know , taking a longer route and now I'm really seeing the fruits of my labor .

So can you talk to me about that in terms of your writing process , and can you talk to me about how Dallas and Cali influenced your writing process ?

You know west coast he's playing like dj quick sugar free . You know , too short wasn't really that big of an influence to me . I do . I've been getting that a lot though , since you know , early on in my career . Uh , my dad , you know , he played , you know , ugk , able , mjg , those are like some of his favorites and he played a lot of odies .

So it's just like I get , you know , I UGK , a-boy , mjg those are like some of his favorites and he played a lot of Odie's .

So it's just like I get , you know , I always kind of like I could feel that when I , you know , I'm writing , you know , and that's like that what keeps me like going , that feeling I had when I was a kid , if that makes sense . But you know , those is like . You know , those are some great memories that I have .

It's just so much music that I heard as a kid . I was born in Dallas but I grew up in Springfield , illinois . Being in the Midwest , I got everything . I'm young enough to know what life was like without phones , but I'm also , you know , I was able to work the internet . You know what I mean .

So , even though being in the Midwest , I was still , you know , seeing what was going on in Cali , new York , you know , the South , you know , and so I was able to get a lot of influences growing up so .

And why are they your favorite tracks ?

All have a special meaning to me , but my favorite ones , I would say Black Excellence , is one Thuggin' Through the Pain Mushroom Ravioli Broke to Ballin' Cuban Cigar , you Got that Fire . Fine Art , you're damn near the whole album .

I just man , I really enjoyed that album because it's like I took a year off from releasing from let's Get Rich to the Game Don't Deserve Me .

So it was just so much like I was living through Black Excellence is like the first bars through , like you know , like black excellence is like you know the first bars is like , uh , it's time to level up , it's time to double up , fuck the label , I bet my own chips on me .

And it's just like you know , when that like my , my mentality , like I was telling y'all like I was like man , those first bars was like you know , I was like man , I can't , I knew like it's time to show the game , like you know , like . Or it's time to show like I'm here to stay like you know , I'm I'm very serious about this .

And then it's , like you know , like , as you know , I'm starting to take the . I'm starting to take those those meetings , those label meetings , and I'm hearing , you know , and it's just like like fuck it , like I'm gonna just keep betting my chips on me until the time is right . You know what I mean .

Because I heard like a different confidence in you if that makes sense on this album that I heard on the previous albums . So was there like a process you went through to actually find the right producer to unlock a different , different fervor out of you , if you will um .

You know , like you know I got , I got a great ear , like I feel like I'm very , I'm very confident in my ear and it's like you know I can , when I , when I hear a beat , or you know it's like I already know like which ones have potential . You know what I mean .

And like my thing was like take the 10 best that I have , and it's like these is what I feel most confident from . And you know I'm very like I line up every I can't think of the word , I line up every track list and it's like from one to 10 , this felt the most confident and it's just like I had other records .

You know on there that I was , you know , moving around . And it's just like I had other records . You know on there that I was , you know , moving around . But when it was time for the final , I'm like I feel I felt very confident with those 10 .

But there's a picture and the man in the picture might be the most powerful message deliverer in hip hop history . So tell me what your favorite pop song is and tell me what message that you hope listeners take away from your project okay .

I know it ain't the most powerful message in it , but you know , I just like All Eyes On Me is my favorite body of work because it's just like you know , I feel like like I love Tupac's music . I feel like I'm on that To Live and Die in LA . But you know , I know , you know he definitely , you know , man , he definitely a soldier .

You know we all know what Tupac meant to to to the black community , to life , to to hip hop world , and so you know he's very , you know he's definitely a big influence for myself , you know , and for the gang , don't deserve me what I , you know , what I hope people you know .

And for the game , don't deserve me what I , you know , what I hope people you know understand , or what the message that they get Damn man To man to bet on yourself , I feel like that's the biggest , to bet on yourself , to believe in yourself .

I feel like like we , you know , we as people , right , we all try to look for like advice and we want to hear the you know , hear like something that's going to change your life . Or we look at millionaires and be like , oh , like we're going to follow this one route to all and we all going to be millionaires and life don't work like that .

And it's just like the simple things that they teach us in life since we was kids . That's the shit that that matters the most . You know what I'm saying and it's just like believe in yourself . You know , that's how I made it this far is believing in myself and I keep believing in myself moving forward . You know I love it . Yeah , I've seen this . You .

This , you know like , like I said , I come from a small town in springfield , springfield , illinois . It was only like a hundred thousand people and it's like man . I , you know , I'm in california now , you know , doing what I love doing . So it's like .

But I believed in myself and I seen , you know , I believed in my sound too , when nobody understood it , you know , even when , you know , moms didn't understand it , friends didn't understand it . You know what I mean , but it's just like . And now it's just like . It's very beautiful to see . Like you know , like you know , they're placing us in our own genre .

Now we're having blogs that you know , that really support what we do . So it's like man , it's an honor , and I thank the guys before me . You know I love what larry doing . I love what currency's doing , I love what dom's doing , so it's just like man , it's a , you know , it's a blessing , and all those guys influence me , you know that's what's up .

And then so we lined up the studio session and you know , we got that record out the way . And then my homie Bells . I met Bells through , like , being around Hit Boy and Surf Club and you know , and we , you know me and Bells , we , you know , we , we gained a tight friendship . You know , we talk in there every day .

Springfield is a very small place . That's a very small area Really good pizza , to be honest . But what was like ? How did you feel like that influenced your music and this project within itself ? Because you have different elements . There's like really not a style that someone can point to because of the origins of where you're coming from .

Was there anything that influenced this project from this , the far apart from your life , your personal life and where you're from ?

You know I just keep sharpening my sword and you know , like the memory , you know , like I definitely could take like the memories that you know , that that I have , because those are , you know , those are part of those , are part of me .

So it's just like you know , it's certain things that I could say , like you know I could reflect to like damn , what more did I say ? You know , like we used to heat the stove . Now , da , da , da , da . And it's just like those humble beginnings , like you know what I mean , Like those , you , you know those definitely shape me and make me as a person .

You know , and it's just certain , you know certain things as a , you know as a , you know coming from that , you know that small area , you know it's just like you know to make it out of there .

You know , and you know , because there's not a lot of opportunity there , so it's like to figure it out , to make it out of there , and you know , you know it's , you know it's a blessing I'm thankful for real .

And then it's also too , is the . You know it was like um , it was a lot of lot of . You know it was a lot of people , like you know , so much chit-chatting in the air trying to get you off of you know .

You know I won't say off my square , but it's just , like you know , sometimes you got to you know respectfully , like you know , even the people the closest to you Sometimes you got to , you just got to . You know you got to mute .

You got to , you know , mute out all that , all that extra chatter and , like you know , trust yourself , believe that you know you're going to make the right decision . Yeah , it's people there that you know that want the best for you .

But sometimes it's hard to take advice from some people that you know that you know haven't done what you , what you've done , you know respectfully , so that you know I was going through that . You know dealing with the .

You know having meetings and stuff with labels and stuff and hearing what they're saying and you know trying to see , like you know , just the right decision to make . Or should I go this route or should I just keep pushing myself . You know a lot , you know little personal , you know personal stuff . You know that's gone , but that's life .

So you know you just , you know you just got to keep pushing , no matter what . Okay , sure , and I'll go ahead , I'm sorry . No , you go ahead . I'm just saying you know that's just . You know that's life like . You know , we all go through stuff , you know we all push through , but you know , uh , we , you know that's .

You know you just got to keep going , no matter what , no doubt absolutely .

It helped it helped my sound sound more polished and it more it's like it helps , it helped me , um , it helps , it helped me like , carve my own lane , because it's like you get to , like I feel like you get to , I feel like coming up , um , I feel like coming up , you know , as you know , as you're trying to be somebody new on the scene right , and you

get those , you get those comparisons , like you sound like this , you sound like that .

And I feel like it was a time where I was like man , I like that sound that sport has , because I didn't expect me to run into sport , but like that sound , I knew like I wanted to eventually grow into that as a art , you know , move into that way , into as an artist .

And it just so happened , you know , guideline me and sport up and um , you know , and then so we did the first album , we did the second album and then , you know , he helped me with the game Don't Deserve Me . So it was definitely like his , like his . That sport has a like , you know , like like Jay Dilla .

You know Jay Dilla is like one of his biggest influences and you know he has like that , that soul , that mid , like that Midwest soul , and you know I grew up in that . So it kind of goes hand in hand and yeah , it's interesting .

It's a lot of like bars that I have and they come from like , like , like when I was like sliding to the blue , sliding to blue bucks clan , and I know that you know this ain't really that you know deep or anything , but it's just like like when , when , um , it was big hit like birthday party , uh , his first birthday party .

When he got out and it's like the DJ was you know , he was , you know , jamming that blue buck . He had the Blue Bucks on the Year of Jerk , he had the vocals on top of that . I'm like that shit was sliding . I never really listened to the Blue Bucks , but after that it made me a fan . When they're borrowing , I'm sliding to the Blue Bucks .

It's like , yeah , I don't know , I know that's something so small in price .

I mean , is there any song that you guys want to know and I could kind of like , because it's just like you know so much so ?

And so I love Cabernet from Adelaide with Planet Asia yeah , and I actually know somebody from Adelaide and I'm like why the hell .

And so for me , when you're talking about like those nuances of the things that you remember well , that's kind of how it is for the listener too it's like so , cabernet from Adelaide stuck with me , it's like , oh no , I was like I know somebody from adelaide like fuck these west coast niggas talking about . You know what I'm saying .

That's fine , and and having planet asia on the record . Planet asia is one of the most underrated mcs of all time , in my opinion yeah , yeah , no , he's great , he's great .

But it's also too , it's like man , like like I respect the other mcs and I and I love the other mc so much because it's like their , their , their sword is so sharp . You know , I mean , and I know like over time I'm gonna keep getting better as mine .

But as of right now , it's just I really appreciate the older heads and it's like it's always dope too when , like the , you know the other , the older generation , they like , they accept you . You know , I mean especially when in rap , you know when they .

You know , because you know I know you guys were saying earlier about how music is so different now and it's just like you know when the , when the real emcees respect you , it's like okay , I'm doing something right so so I'm gonna finish my thoughts right quick , and then I'm sorry yeah , yeah , I'm sorry no , no , you're good .

You should try it with a little bit of veal on top and a cream sauce . Just okay , yeah , got that here . Some some veal on top of your mushroom ravioli with a cream sauce and leather and wood . I'm from the South , so the whole UGK , a-ball , mjg , it's like no . Leather and wood is the thing like on the cars and in the streets with the music .

So those were my four favorite records , but that's because those are the records that related back to me .

But what do you got next coming down the pipeline , like do you got any other new completing your album and you know , hopefully the people are diving in listening to it and enjoying it . But what do you got next coming down the pipeline , like do you got any other new uh music coming out or any tours ?

I was in the studio earlier working with Davis this morning on another project . I got a lot of work coming out . I'm really trying to flood for the rest of the year and then hit the road . I want to get . I want to get on the road by like spring , spring of 2025 , and keep loading up the clip and you know , just keep . You know I'm having fun .

So , yeah , I don't want to stop right now .

So , uh , I'm excited to show the world doom records , because that's a whole nother aj snow .

Uh , you know he , he recently just got married , so you know spent , you know all the time right , you know him and his wife and you know the family . You know all that good stuff . So you know it's very , it's very . You know it's a . You know it's we . We , our relationship started off with the music but you know we .

You know we got a good brotherhood going on . Uh , sport , he's , he's like the , he's the . You know he's . He's like my og in the game , where you know he . You know he sit down like we sit . He's the . You know he's like my OG in the game , where you know he . You know he sit down like we sit down we talk about .

You know he gives me , he gives me the advice . You know he . You know he puts his input on a lot of stuff and he also try to . You know he . I won't say he's trying , he like he tries to like . You know he kind of like . You know he got his arm around me , you know what I mean .

He's trying to make sure I dodge a lot of things that he had to deal with , which I appreciate . He's doing big homie shit . Yeah , he's doing big homie shit , and you know that . And then he helps Pretty much .

What I do is like , even if he doesn't , you know , like if I do an album and he doesn't touch anything on it , uh , you know , I still send him the album . You know he listened to it . He gives me his feedback .

What they , I feel like what the game don't really like , I feel like a lot of people , uh , like a lot of people , like they like sport is a great , like sport got a great ear too , and he's , you know , like , sometimes too , like like broke the ball and like that , that record I actually it was a different beat , it had that same drum pattern on there ,

but like sport , he he takes records to another level and like so Broke to Ballin' I actually rapped that on a different sample and then he went back and threw that Anita Baker sample on there and it's like . You know , sometimes I'll be like man , but I trust him , so like I'm like all right , cool . Like at first it was like all right , let me try it .

Is there anything that he had queued up like that you hadn't heard yet and he queued up the beat ? You know the how he used the sample . Is there anything that he had queued up like that you hadn't heard yet and he queued up the beat ?

You know one of the ones that made your record and that you just went crazy as soon , as you heard it mushroom ravioli .

But I was like , yeah , that mushroom ravioli got to come . Yeah , I need that . And uh , man , sport don't be stingy either . Like that's why I fuck with sport . Like that's why I fuck with sport . Like he opened the packs up for me , man , and you know , yeah To give you pinks out of that A folder , not the B folder .

Yeah , out the A folder and it's like man , like , even like floating , like when he got me floating I didn't think he was going to give me that , but like man , floating was hard . And just to throw this out there that on King Disease 3 , that WTF , smh , that fucking Nas joint when he rapped just on sport beat . I got that beat on my computer .

I didn't touch it . It's great to say damn , I passed on the beat that Nas jumped on .

But overall , kind of , you know , go back to like your question because I know I kind of like veered off on it Like one , like one of my biggest things , like takeaways , like with sport , and like we got a good , we got good chemistry in the , in the , in the studio , and like we both like it's a , you know , we're able to like freely create with each

other . Like you know , it's not like one because he's the Grammy nominated producer where he says go , you know , sometimes he do some stuff . I'll be like no , that ain't it , and it's some stuff that I say where he like you know , have a better ear , so we have that , that respect , and like we go , yeah , yeah , yeah .

So you know it's pretty , you know yeah that that relationship is so important .

It's different when you're building that relationship with somebody that's not necessarily somebody who you grew up with and you came up with . You do have to develop that rapport and kind of like , hear each other's creative genius , but also creative like differences as well .

And we , you know , like we understand each other , maybe because we're both creators , we both understand each other . So it's just like sometimes Sport might go mute and he , you know , he , might be taking care of some shit . Or sometimes we're like I might go mute and you know , some people might .

You know , in those type of relationships , some people will be like , oh , why are you not doing this , doing that ? But it's like , you know , we like it's a lot of unspoken rules with us . So we just , you know , we just do our thing .

And you know , and with sport , I don't , I don't ever have to ask him for beats , like it's just like with sport , like I learned him , and it's just like with him , it's just like he's going have to be on his back like man , sport , I need some beats . I need some beats .

Like nah , sports going to send that pack , and he sends a lot of them at a time .

That's when we first started the relationship and , like you know , he was on the DM , like you know , messaging and stuff , and he's , like you know , I didn't take sports serious at first because , like you know , like I say , it's so much like you hear that like the industry shit Like oh yeah , da , da , da da , I'm going to send you some beats or whatever .

So I'm like all right , whatever . But Sport kept his word . He dropped like 30 , 40 off that first time and , to be honest , with no Words for the Real out of that first pack we did a majority of those shits . And then it's just like .

Then again , when I I think about it , because I still have all those , like sometimes I go back , like you know , I go back to a lot of those records and I might create something new .

That's what I did with broke to balling , so like , even when I'm in like a little slow spot and it's just like all right , well , you know , let me check to see what I have on a hard drive .

I just , you know , I go back and it I might start a new idea where Sport would be like man , that shit , outdated , then he'll switch to Sample or he'll do something Sport . He really fuck with me , I think that too , it keeps me going too . It keeps me like you know . I got to get that approval .

Because you only have two guest appearances on here . One of them is a well-known independent california and legend and lyricist in planet asia . Other guy , bell's not as familiar with .

Uh , you know he grew up , uh , well , I'm gonna say he grew up , but you know he , he's an older cat but uh , you know he , him hit boy , been locked in for years and uh , uh , you know you know being around hit boy surf club , like you know I met , you know I met bills and uh , I think he on , I think he on his , like he dropped music before .

But what I know of him , like I know he's about to drop his , uh , like third album since I've known him , but you know he dropped the album . Um , shit , what's the name of the album ? He dropped the album with hit boy . Like hit boy and jen sport j produced .

And then it's like also to you know affiliation , because with me and jen sport , so like that's how you know I came across bells . But you know they got . You know he , he sounds very you know he's from pasadena , california . He sounds like an east Coast . You know he sounds like he's from the East Coast , like that 90s .

He kind of reminds me of like a Jay-Z , like that . You know what I'm saying . He a fly dude , you know . And yeah , no , it's like , yeah , he's tight . Then he dropped another . He had dropped the last album , life , death , somewhere in between . He dropped that and I was featured on that .

He got this record called Stay , and that shit , just man , it's phenomenal , check him out . He got a joint with Hit-Boy on that very first . That other album on a jam sport beat called Living that shit crazy too . So yeah , I'm a fan of his music , you know , just . You know just want to see him grow . You know , I'm a fan of anybody that I work with .

I'm a fan of and I truly believe in you know , and I want to see them grow and be great artists just as much as me .

Tell Jansport and Hip Hop Talks hey , what up ?

I think that an argument can oftentimes be made that it might be a top three Nas album , and I think most people are in agreeance about what the number one and number two are . I don't have a specific question for you , fellas .

I just kind of want you all to you know , elaborate , pontificate , talk about what the Lost Tapes is , what it means , what it represents , what you think of it , where you have it ranked in Nas' catalog , what are the mic performances like , what are the themes and the concepts Like .

I think it's one of his most magnificent pieces of work and I think it's his . I think this is , in a lot of ways , his most braggadocious album and I'll explain that when it's my turn to talk . But you know , since queens get the money and the house , sean , you know we're going to start it off with you .

November , december ? It caught us off guard because there was not a lot of promo for it . We didn't expect for Nas to really come back with something else that quick because he was still on high from Steelmatic and the victory of Ether . And when I heard it the first time , I remember just saying , like man this might be , it is Stillmatic .

Just from listening to it . Everything that you saw was fitting . The nostalgia was there , but it still sounds fresh . It sounded like it was like it was right for that time and even when you listen to it today , it still feels like it was right for that time . Even when you listen to it today , it still feels like it's right for that time .

But it also feels like it's still timeless . It's like one of those again timeless capsules For me . I think that my biggest takeaway in real time 22 years ago when that album came out , I was confused at first because I was like yo , yo , he's working , he's still working . Because we weren't getting nas albums , um , back to back like that .

We were getting nas albums like two years apart and to have , you know , uh , the lost tapes planted firmly right between stillmatic and god's son , to me was the perfect , perfect setup because you had a very highly commercially successful still a matic album , uh , phenomenal album , comeback album , all of those things .

And then you go right back to the essence when you're talking about , you know , the lost tapes . The lost tapes took you right back to the essence . And then you had God's Son . That came back and brought the full circle . I thought that to me .

I've always told someone a long time ago and I passed it to you , ag , I told someone a long time ago that I felt that Still Mad at Lost Tapes and God's Son was not a second trilogy , that was the repeat , that was the second three p , because you had it , was mad it , it was written and I still count I am it's that first three p and I felt like

still mad at lost tapes and god some of the second three p in his career no , but note that comment .

I remember that in the magazine that was the selling point . So I was like , okay , you know , and you know to that point , you know , there's no features on the album , it's just Nas , like in his purest form . You know what I mean . Point , you know there's no features on the album , it's just Nas , like in his , in his purest form . You know what I mean .

Probably you can argue this is his purest form as far as my performance . And just Nas the MC , like it's comparable to Illmatic in that way . You know , to me it was . You know what I mean .

And , um , a lot of these tracks people have been clamoring for for years , right , um , we've talked , you know , extensively about the uh , I am bootleg , that was supposed to be a double album . A lot of the classic tracks that was supposed to be on . I am ended up on here , like you know , uh , fetus blaze the 50 like excellent storytelling tracks .

You know what I mean . And oddly enough , I had a bootleg of steelmatic when it first came out this was a couple weeks before it dropped and do rags was the intro . It went from do rags into ether and when the now , remind you , when the retail came out and I heard the you know I I'm saying official Stillmatic intro , my mind was blown .

I was like , oh my god , this is crazy . You know what I mean . But I was like yo , where's Durag's at ? I need that , I need the song Durag .

So , and a lot of people might not remember this , but I had a Circuit City where I was living at the time and if you got the circuit city uh cd , it had an exclusive bonus track , no ideas original over a different alchemist beat .

So you know , and then we come to find out this later on lost tapes , you know I'm saying with a different beat and sample , so with the very white joy . So , um , I just love the album . I'm with coop . For me it's a top five album in Nas' discography , I would argue . I only have one gripe with the album , and this is just on some petty stuff .

I think it's a five-mic album but I think for me my favorite unreleased Nas song is Rise and Fall like bar none and I think this would have had a home on this album .

And I think that one song would have had a home on this album and I think that one song would have probably took this album from top five conversation to top two or three conversation , just adding that one song in . But that's just a nitpick for me . But I love the album .

I think it's five mics but I'm glad you asked that coop about where do we place it and his discography , because I think that that's been a point of contention with this album . If I can think of any controversy around his album , it's when I've argued with other people .

They say well , we don't count this in Nas' discography because all it is is a compilation .

And I feel like back then , uh , when we used to argue heavily more heavily than we do now about the whole jay-z and nas thing , a lot of times they would like say , well , you can't count that , because they knew that this was one of nas's best .

Like , well , that can't count , that's like cheating , you can't throw that in the mix when we're comparing discographies . But now Nas' discography is so extensive and so dense and has so much quality in it . You can name a top five and just leave out the lost tapes and still have a hell of an argument . But for me this remains a top five album of Nas .

And for those who say it's not a real album , I thought that BS , this is very much an album and I counted in his discography and I'll pass it to you , kool .

He has the entirety of all the other rap albums combined . You understand that they're like literal , and now we can look back on it and see why there are so many references to his mother on this project , Because during the process of recording this now we know well , she was not well and so what this actually is is the most reflective version of himself .

And now I begin to think , when I listen to it today , that it's not only the bootleggers that prevented this project from coming out , but it might've been him too , because some of these records might've been too close to home , Like . Listen to the records fetus , drunk by myself . Papa was a player . You know like he's Drunk by myself . Papa was a player .

You know he's digging in on this project . This is actually the Nas project , where you get to see Nas , the person as much as we love Illmatic and it was written that's about Queensbridge . That's not about Nas . Nas isn't talking about Nas on his first two albums . We're all clear on that , right , you don't know who Nas is after his first two albums .

You know who Jungle is . You know what I'm saying . You know who Corbin is . Yeah , and so this is actually his first real personal piece of work and it's brilliant . But because it's personal , it doesn't have the home runs that Stillmatic does . But I find myself in this constant debate between it .

Because and here's how I feel about this album this album is the leg up in the greatest three album run that he's ever had . Because this album is what makes the Stillmatic , lost Tapes , godson run the best three album run he's ever had . Because this album is what makes the Stillmatic Lost Tapes , godson run the best three album run he's ever had .

Because if Stillmatic is third in the run , if Illmatic and it was written are one or two , well , stillmatic and the Lost Tapes are three or four and Godson's way closer to being number five than I am is .

The Lost Tapes is actually the separation point , because you could say that Godson and I am are comparable , maybe , and you could say Stillmatic and it was written as comparable and you're saying , well , nothing compares to Illmatic . But the guy that exists on Illmatic , that's talking about Queensbridge .

He's not talking about Queensbridge , he's talking about Nas and what Nas is going through and what life looks like for Nas . On the Lost Tapes Like when he's talking on you , gotta Love it , finicky foul niggas , finicky foul niggas . It's a loud difference . Some cats , they ice grill me , they want to kill me . Put on the low , niggas , feel me , gotta love it .

He's not talking about the bridge on the Lost Tapes , he's talking about Nas . This is his most braggadocious performance , because this is him saying the shit that I don't release out to the masses is still better than your favorite rapper shit . Here it is . That's who he is .

Where l l cool j is that braggadocious that we can see and feel and hear instantly and attach the whole archetype of the hip-hop mc to . This is who naz is . It's like , yeah , my cutting floor shit that I don't even want to release it's better than your favorite rapper shit , though this is his biggest shit talking point .

This is the one that wasn't made for TV . This is the one that he didn't try to sell records for in his prime . All the other albums outside of Illmatic in this time frame were built to go platinum on some sort of level , including Godson with I . Can you know what I'm saying ?

Outside of Illmatic in this timeframe were built to go platinum on some sort of level , including God's Son with I . Can you know what I'm saying ? Like no , no , no . The Lost Tapes is that raw , uncut shit and it's a brilliant piece of work . I find myself saying that I did an order of the songs in terms of what I thought from the best of work was .

I have Purple at number six . I think Purple would be a top three record on I Am , and that's the difference , for me . Purple's better than everything on I Am than me , except for Nas' Like , as far as certainly Only Nas' Like is definitely better than Purple Purple's like is definitely better than purple purple's like .

The sixth or seventh best joint on here , maybe fifth , five , six , seven , somewhere in there , you feel what I'm saying round about so that's the quality that he's operating on on this album . It doesn't have like ag . I love that you brought up the cinematic intro and do rags . It's like I love do rags .

It doesn't have that feel that the stillmatic intro has , but it's actually better lyrically . Yeah , it is , and the and the hooks are comparable and you know what I mean . It's just still stillmatic . Is home run hitter Nas . You know what I'm saying . Like lost tapes , street poet , streets , disciple from it .

Like Nas that's on it ain't hard to tell is on the lost tapes . You know what I'm saying . Like that's what that is . The dude that's on it Ain't hard to tell is on the lost tapes . The dude that's on it was written is on still Maddie . You know what I'm saying .

So it's all about like like which guy you want it's , you want the guy from the message or you want the guy from it . Ain't hard to tell in terms of which albums are better . But this album doesn't have no fucking braveheart party or no rule .

The worst albums on here , I mean the worst songs on this album , to me , the last three songs from here everybody's crazy my way and nothing lasts forever all of those would be top records on nostradamus and borderline top five records on I am to me like he's fast on J on Everybody's , Crazy though he went . That's what I'm saying .

Everybody's Crazy is one of the bottom-end records on here . That's what I'm saying . He's blacking out on some of these records .

Drums kick and then the level that's on Blaze of 50 , oh well , it's a drop-off engineering-wise , but outside of the sessions being different , oh no , it's a top-five Nas album easy , possibly top three , depending on how you feel like . Imagine if this album had had one mic on it .

It had rise and fall my worst enemy and it had a one mic remix , right , and I love it was , and it was sitting on amazon , I think it was like , but it was something crazy , it was like 80 some dollars and I was like , damn , I'm not paying 80 some dollars for a cd .

And then , sure enough , I was getting ready to bite the bullet and do it and went back and it was gone , never to be seen again . But I was just like yo , I wish I would have caught that , you know , for collectors purposes , but yeah , but what do you ? What do you got to say to the naysayers that say that this ain't an album for real ?

It's like oh , you recorded that when and we got it when , so you recorded that three years ago , yeah it's like , and , to your point , that's the thing about it .

He pivoted from Nostradamus . He damn near pivoted from Still Maddie . There were different versions of those albums that he was working through . What we've got in the Lost Tapes are the pivot areas where he was going with it . You want to ?

Conceptually brilliant Blazer 50 , conceptually brilliant , and the execution is just as flawless as the concept . Ain't about to sell no records . Blazer 50 . Ain't about to make you go double , triple platinum .

If I Am comes out , we may not get a battle with Jay . We don't get a Lost Tapes album . You know what I mean . So it's like things happen the way they were supposed to . So for me , the Lost Tapes album is the saving grace of I Am Not coming out in its original form .

So it's like the guy that made black zombies and purple tried to make a whole album like it , except for don't none of them records sound like purple or black zombie , like that's like the lost tapes is the reason I don't like untitled , like if you want , if you want pro-black , if you want pro-black , socioeconomic conscious .

It's like go listen to the lost tapes , nigga , nigga . That's when we were lied to buying hair products before my generation started , before our awareness started penetrating and the awareness started disintegrating . We use potato making liquor just because we , some creative niggas .

Pro-black activities .

You know , I'm saying like you know how he was moving out here . Nobody has ever made that from that perspective before .

Yeah , like that's the archetype that we project as black men in the hip-hop sphere when it comes to our fathers . So that's what I mean . Conceptually , this album is like conceptually speaking , only it was written as better conceptually .

As far as the stuff that he conceived in these songs Some of his best concepts are on here no , I'm with you Some of his best concepts are on here .

I'm going to have to listen to Lights' album . I'm going to listen to Lights' album . She deserves more from me than that . Yeah , no , no , we're used to Sean letting ladies down and I'm not going to do it like that . I made a beat using only sounds from the samples , no drums or kicks added . Can I send it to you guys and get your opinions on it ?

Yes , but I'm going to tell you now , if you're making a song without a bass line , it better be when Doves Cry by Prince . Otherwise , send it to AG and Sean , because I'm going to be hard on you Next , next , next . Otherwise , send it to AG and Sean , because I'm going to be hard on you next , guys .

So let's get the Hip Hop Talk Presents Press Play , which is the seven songs that are in our spin cycle this week . Ag , kick it off . Tell me the seven songs in your spin cycle this week . Brother and Sean , are you going to actually create a playlist of these songs this week , like you promised last week ?

So I've been going back to 10,000 Hours . I've been listening to SZA Kill Bill and what prompted me to listen to that song ? I was talking to my son . I was listening to the Kendrick joint , the Let the Party Die , whatever . Then I realized it had the same melody in it . The beat had the same melody as a scissors kill bill song .

Like , if you listen to them back to back , same melodies in place . So I've been running that joint and then , um , also been uh , one of my homies man , we was having a debate .

He just threw out there that he thinks that , uh , michael Jackson's greatest song ever , like you know , vocally or what , whatnot , is a lady in my life and we was having a debate . And then you know , I do my due diligence and I go back and spin the record and I say you know what , you got a point . You know I might have to agree with you .

So I've been listening to that song a lot and , uh , last week we had a conversation about confessions as a major album versus little wayne's . Uh , carter three , and my favorite usher song ever is on that album , which is superstar . So I've been running superstar a lot . That's my um , let's see , I got like four .

And then five was , um , the big sean song that I love from his new album , that sample superstars called who are you . You know what I mean . So I think they flipped that sample . Crazy love that record . And uh , for my next joint , we were in the discord and we were having a discussion .

Um , I think it came from a twitter post , um , I think it was the homie , mad Slander , or whatever . He had made a post . Something about Echo was . You know , the Swiss Beats feature that Nas was on was arguably better than any of the songs from the Nas and Hip Boy run .

So it sparked a debate in that Discord and we were going through which Echo was one of them ones . So it will rank up there . I wouldn't say it's better than some of the joints in the Nas and Hip Boy run , but it caused me to revisit and go back to that song and tap in . So I love Echo and it's Nas on his storytelling shit once again .

And my last record is from our conversation yesterday I mean not yesterday , but last part . We were talking about all the songs that Nas and P were on together and who Got who . This is one of my favorite Nas feature verses of all time . Probably top five is Nas on his mind with Mobb Deep .

I've been going running that track over and over again and oddly enough little fun fact earlier this week Halle Berry was on Sway in the Morning and she confirmed that that wasn't just a bar . You know what I'm saying . She really did blow a kiss at Nas at the Barbra Streisand concert . So you know , sway got her to admit that .

Echo is one of his best guest appearances . Like if we're picking , picking if that's a guest appearance , yes , top 10 to 15 for him , which is saying a lot I think so because it came at the right time .

On my flight this week I listened to a lot of Nine Pines Shadow Bridges . You guys probably never heard that before . I'm so advanced when it comes to music so you guys probably haven't heard of it , but anyhow .

Top three for me for En Vogue , in my opinion . I remember when that song first came out . I listened to it one morning because I had a basketball game that night and I remember listening to it that morning blasting and I had my best game of the season and I contributed to that song . That song had me pumped up .

Why does he always have a random basketball story ? Coop , that's for Coop , because Coop didn't make the team . So I keep , you know , just you know , poking the bed a little bit Pause . I dropped 31 on their head .

Envogue Me from Niagara , yo , not them honey packs that Sean be doing Come on man .

I love that joint . My other one that I was listening to a lot this week was that Sosa joint from Pieces of a man , very slept on album . Came off the heels of the Firm album , if I'm not mistaken . Very dope album . Man , I thought this was one of AZ's best albums . To be honest . Production was great .

I think this was one of his better produced albums actually , but I love this album . I listen to Sosa a lot .

We don't talk about this project enough , but I love 7th Heaven . Last one I don't know why , man , I was listening to New Flame . I actually stumbled on the video .

They went crazy on it and I remember it took me back because remember , 8701 , with Usher broke out the glitch dance . Remember the glitch dance ? That was crazy . You did the glitch dance and it was crazy in this video , but it reminded me because I remember 8701 came out . My wits had dumped me .

You know the games are going well , the season about to be over , gotta get you back in the groove . So I was like yo , what if I learn how to do the glitch dance ? Go to the club and bust out the glitch dance . So my goofy ass in the mirror trying to NG . I was like trying to do the glitch dance . I couldn't do it .

I couldn't pull it off , I couldn't pull it off .

Just for those of you who aren't aware , that's why I love Diana Ross's Upside Down . Yeah , there we go . That's the picture . Just for those of you who aren't aware , that's why I love Diana Ross's Upside Down . In case you were wondering Okay , you missed the other picture , the one that's just got her face is the other one too .

That's how I know about that record . I was like who is this Put her shit on ? That's how I found out about Upside Down . Who ?

It's one of the most underrated stories in the history of hip hop because it pretty much talks about somebody who is arrested for not choosing to go to war for this country , like Allah , muhammad Ali , and what the incarceration looks like and what the prison system looks like .

Another one kind of stay in the same era , and this came on randomly , but when it came on I couldn't help myself from playing it over and over again . Love's Gonna Get you by Boogie Down Production . That still might be a top 10 rap story of all time .

It breaks down the dichotomy of the inner city black home during the crack epidemic almost better than any other song does , and that includes all the Public Enemy songs . It explains the impoverished nature of the situation . It involves the poor schooling . It involves the pressures to look fly in the black community . It involves the drug trade .

It is just a full and brilliant , all-encompassing record . Bought myself an Uzi and my brother a nine . That's been in my playlist this week Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder . His notes are top three . Is it Rocket Love ? Yeah , rocket Love by Stevie Wonder . Rocket Love is Stevie's most underrated song in my opinion .

I heard that , sean , we're just going to let you be who you are Damn shame . Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder is actually the interpretation was most notably in hip hop form used on the Cold World on the Jizz's album off of Liquid Swords .

So when you're listening to the hook to Cold World off Liquid Swords , that's actually an interpretation of Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder . But it's one of my favorite Stevie songs . I was playing Rocket Love a lot this week . My favorite record of the week . This is my pick of the week Young Boy by the Clips off Lord Willing .

So if you don't know who the clips are , this record actually explains who exactly they are . Like malice is literally on the first . My family got a tradition of hustling Little brother , big brother , mother to grandmother . It's tradition Playing hide and seek . You might find the key lying to the baby saying it's Ajax .

So their life story is a little bit more real than your typical rapper . Little bit more real than your typical rapper .

And the way that Pharrell and Chad , drum-wise and construction and hook-wise , gave them a soundscape to dance on for their style of music I mean , you know their dope boy talk to me is only rivaled by Jay in terms of how polished the sound of it comes off . And Pharrell and the Neptunes have a lot to do with that .

If the Neptunes were doing a versus battle , this would be one of the beats that I would play . Like . This beat is crazy . Like the horns , the drums the drums are some of the best drums that you'll find . That's Chad Like drum wise . It's like Dilla Q-tip level and actually a little harder in terms of how hard the drums hit .

It's one of the best beats that the neptunes has ever done . Um number six . I'm actually with the usher kick too , except for I've kept it a little bit more . Current usher featuring lma .

So this is like the closest thing to it and I love don't waste my time with lma , and I love the video as well I think it was dope .

Well , here's the thing about it he hasn't been bigger than Game , but he's been more consistent than even Game in terms of the quality of these projects , because I keep trying to go back to the last time that he made a project that wasn't good and then I have to keep reminding myself oh , he's never made a project that wasn't good .

Sold separately is a couple of records condensed away from being a five , but I think it's close . Like how about this ? This piñata ? Was it piñata or bandana first ? Piñata was first right piñata , piñata , bandana , alfredo and the soul soul separately .

As far as four album runs and this era is concerned , oh shit , show me , show them to me who only person is nice with katie one , two , magic of katie three , that's it he don't count . We're talking about these new niggas . Oh yes , nobody , don't , nobody .

That's what I'm saying if you actually look , and this is the real conversation to like actually have one day . So it's like we've done a lot this year talking about Kendrick Drake , future Cole , sean , asap . You understand We've been talking about these niggas all year .

None of them have a better catalog than Freddie Gibbs and he's been around the entirety of the time that they've all been in the game . Like , none of their catalogs is better than his zero . No , it's not better , not in the end , cause he don't have , cause he doesn't have their low points . There is no more .

There is no uh for the dogs or Mr Morale or KOD , like he don't have no albums like that . You understand that .

Or Ted Williams , he's somebody that's like oh no , every time he steps to the plate , though , he delivers when he steps to the plate and he doesn't strike out .

But he's the closest thing to face this era has in terms of no , if Freddie drops , that's going to be a dope ass album from a dope ass rapper that the streets is going to love and that everybody can listen to from beginning to end , and so much like . Scarface doesn't normally crack that biggie pop .

He need a way out , like Nas needed to Ethan , like Mike Vick , chased like PETA . Okay , that's where he is , that's where he is .

He needs this right now and it looks like he's delivering that , because never has an mc this great walked away from a potential battle like this , and so never has a great mc been scrutinized the way that he's been scrutinized this year , not like this .

And I've been saying it all along that nasty bastard R Kelly can make the chocolate factory , make everybody forget that he is a pedophile and a nasty bastard . Do not tell me that J Cole making album of the year doesn't wash all these sins away .

It does , sends away , it does , and so what I heard is some proof that he actually might be crafting album of the year . Between this verse and the trade of truth segment , where trey is like oh no , I ended down , but I haven't heard . Some shit . You niggas is in trouble .

He said you niggas is in trouble , and trey ain't the type of dude that walks around and bloviates about other people projects .

He rarely speaks about other people unless he's collaborating , and I've never heard him talk that way about any other rappers' projects , including Texas rappers , who are legends , that he has collabed with multiple times , and so I do believe that this is an album of the year that we potentially have on the way , and I'm excited , and the first thing that I'm going

to do is top dance on Sean's ass when he does make album of the year . I can't wait . I'm waiting for the name Tap dance , tap dance on your ass . It's not that type of tap dance . You want to know what you guys need to get help . Y'all are so child . You're too grown . I like them . I'm the one with the quote-unquote gray hairs .

You're the childish-ass niggas Wrong with both of you , the guilty , guilty childish you got me .

You know what I'm saying , and this is a 5 out of 5 , 10 out of 10 verse , whatever you want to call it Like . This has the feeling of the Johnny P Caddy verse . It has the same feeling .

We got a lot of stuff down the pipeline , sean . Next week we got to plug the event in South Carolina . Next week LT sent me the flyer . We got to get that plugged up . Shout out to LT . We got merch coming soon . We got all the things coming soon . Shout out to Andrew . Shout out to Stack . Shout out to the home team , sean AG . Any parting words ?