He has been called “the producers’ producer. J. Dilla is one of the most talented and hardest working producers in hip hop’s history. Having worked with everyone from Pharcyde to MF Doom to Janet Jackson, Dilla’s catalog is as diverse as it is quality. Join us as we dedicate a whole hour to the man whose mother calls him James.
There are too many tracks played on this episode, so you’re on your own for the playlist. This is becoming a trend.
Never say we are biased against the West. We called in our west coast/canadian hip hop expert Eric Zemba to do a special guest mix for us. We also play a couple of voicemails we received recently.
Playlist:
Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew
Oh No – WTF f/ Wildchild
Living Legends – Blast Your Radio
Murs – L.A.
People Under the Stairs – On and On
Moka Only – The Taste
Beat Konducta – Breaks of Mediate
Oh No – Check it OUt f/ Wildchild
Murs – Way Tight (Remix)
Moka Only – Stringbean
One of the biggest hip hop stories of 2007, the “cold war” between 50 Cent and Kanye West. We all know that Kanye won the record sales battle, but we give our opinion on which man put out the better album. Herein lies an hour of some lesser known 50 and Kanye tracks, as well as some of the bangers off of their respective albums. We had a lot of people in the studio for this one, so excuse us if the subject matter wavers a bit!
Playlist:
Kanye West – Truth Freestyle
50 Cent – Your Life’s On the Line
Kanye West – My Way
50 Cent – Problem Child
Kanye West – Home
50 Cent – Ryder Music
50 Cent – Movin On Up
Kanye West – Everything I Am
50 Cent – Smile (I’m Leaving)
Kanye West – Good Night f/ Mos Def
50 Cent – All of Me f/ Mary J. Blige
Kanye West – The Glory
A hip hop podcast, dedicated primarily to the independent or underground genre. A group of friends, overwhelmingly male, get together, play dope tunes and talk about whatever they feel like. At times, the result is awesome, at others it is awesomely bad.
