Sick MF DOOM art right here 🔥🤩

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What does Loud Records mean to you? 💎

Arguably the best record rap label of the ‘90s brought the streets to your bedroom with a huge variety of artists. Big up @freemusicempire.bsky.social for bringing the fire as always 🔥

Sent this to so many friends

What cuts make your Top 10 GZA songs list? 🐝

We discuss this and so much more on the Genius’ legacy with @freemusicempire.bsky.social Tokyo Cigar 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

I mean that is NASTY 🔥

Yeah absolutely - the roots of alt rap run DEEP!!

Man I fucking love when early 90s hip hop got weird with it

MF DOOM and Roc Marciano share the same energy 💎

Where does ‘656’ rank in Roc Marciano’s discography? 🤔

We check in with the rap GOAT who’s a dick, who insists to piss in the lobster bisque!

Review spoiler: We live in a golden era of bars people 🔥

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Ah man I actually still love the skits!

This is something we hope to rectify even a little in this episode 👊

yes, unambiguously yes

Does Little Brother’s three-album run deserve more shine? 🧐

We dig into the group's genius with @seandammit.bsky.social and hear from stellar guests @dartadams.bsky.social, @extraordinaryrap.bsky.social and Nate LeBlanc from Dad Bod Rap Pod ✨

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All-time track title btw

Oh he’s on it!!

Incredible MF DOOM art right here 🤩🔥🐐

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YOU MEAN LIKE CHUCKY?! 😈

Unreal DMX art right here, RIP the legend 🕊️

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Plus much love to the dope writings of @passionweiss.bsky.social used in this episode, which brought into sharp focus my own feelings about Dark Man X 🫡

🚨 NEW EPISODE

Digging into the legend of DMX and his classic 3-album run 🔥

This is a biggie, on the mic we got Dan Runcie and takes from @dartadams.bsky.social, Justin Hunte, Zilla Rocca, @sonraw.bsky.social, The Next Movement Pod and Extraordinary Rap crew 🤩

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Huge props going out to our fans & all our guests in 2025 - despite us taking the foot off the gas to deal with life shit, you came through 👊

Big up for all the support, the rap nerd outs & sharing your love of hip hop with us 🙌

Now here’s some Spotify 2025 ‘awards’ we won 🤷‍♂️

Oh STOP it EPMD still blessing us with heat!

This one making me want to dig into that stacked catalogue 🔥

This year we’ve been blessed by rap GOATs - I wanna shout out the artists who’ve held it down for YEARS in the meantime.

I’m talking Conway, Skyzoo, billy woods, Ka, Wiki, MIKE, Ransom, Craven, Conductor, Boldy, Apollo Brown, Al, Mach, Aesop and more.

Thank you and long live hip hop.

🚨 NEW EPISODE

How Nas and DJ Premier massively exceed expectations with ‘Light-Years’ 💯

Plus thoughts on…

🤔 Modern Preemo beats
✍️ Nas’ elite pen
🏎️ Top ‘One Hand on the Steering Wheel’ tracks
🤩 How this album is a rap love letter

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🚨 NEW EPISODE

Diving into De La Soul's bright new album 'Cabin in the Sky' and touching on...

🕊️ Missing Trugoy
💪 How Nas bet big on hip hop
🤩 Why it's one of 2025's top albums
👑 Is Nas the Feature King of 2025?

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Jump on next week for our live listening session for Nas and DJ Premier’s ‘Light Years’ album - and yes, we will go down numerous rabbit holes of the duos past works too: www.patreon.com/posts/144965...

Who’s cutting onions up in here?! 😭

De La Soul have managed to deliver on so many levels with Cabin the Sky - wordplay, production, joy, leaning into the art of making an ALBUM, insight, maturity and EMOTION.

They’re GOATs in any rap convo anyway. This record just cements it.

DJ Premier and Alchemist tearing it down in London, bringing out Common for New York State of Mind 🔥

I remember the age of wondering if this would ever happen

Ha ha, not quite 🤣