Living Off Borrowed Time Podcast

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio   On this quick little episode your hosts cover one of their favorite albums to quickly make a splash into this year early. "Sick!" by Earl Sweatshirt is a continued artistic growth and evolution for Earl and his sound and both Patrique and Optimal are happy to highlight that along with just generally gushing about this album.  ...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  diction  battered_sphinx   The finale to the 3 part DOOM trilogy for the podcast is here! After sometime to reschedule and re-edit somethings the podcast is rejoined by their guest hosts from the previous two parts to discuss the real meat of MF DOOM's legendary discography. From his early years collabing with MF Grimm all...

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED LAST YEAR, THIS WILL BE EXPLAINED IN PART 3*   Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  battered_sphinx   In this second part episode the podcast enlisted returning guest battered_sphinx to go over the post-highlight run career of MF DOOM. Beginning with his collaborative project with both Adult Swim and Danger Mouse with DA...

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED LAST YEAR, THIS WILL BE EXPLAINED IN PART 3* Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  Diction   In this episode the podcast is joined by Diction to begin a 3 part tribute retrospective into the life and career of the one and only MF DOOM. In this first part, your hosts dive into the early beginnings of DOOM / Zev Love X as they c...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  Traviud   Is that time of the year again! The podcast is joined by Traviud and all three hosts breakdown their top 10s for the past year in music. From the energy of Pop Punk band Origami Angel, to the political dopeness of Armand Hammer to the soft acoustics of Sufjan Stevens; the whole gamut is ran here down everybody's list t...

Your hosts this episode:  OptimalAudio  CreatedByRejection   As the guys get busy with finalizing their Top 10 lists for 2021 Caleb is joined by CreatedByRejection this week to provide a nice breaker as they gush over up and coming Plugg rapper Yeat. Detailing his entire discography up to current day going even down into the nitty gritty of their favorite singles. Along the way they...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio   It's that time of year again! The guys come together to discuss their honorable (and dishonorable) mentions for the year of 2021 before they get to their top 10s. Disappointments, surprises and strong recommendations galore this episode as they cover everything from JPEGMAFIA, Tyler the Creator, Griselda, Chief Keef and more. Along...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  TooBroketoCare   In this episode the podcast discusses one of the most influential and important groups to modern Hip Hop today, Memphis icons Three 6 Mafia. This episode looks to cover the main group projects of the collective, from the early lo-fi Horror-inspired grime of their 90's output to the glossy and mainstream crunk ba...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio   In this special mini-episode the guys quickly cover one of the best For-Halloween albums with "Without Warning". The collab project between 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin. They discuss how this projected the eventual rise in popularity to 21 Savage even with older heads, how it is a defining crown of Metro Boomin's production...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  Traviud In this episode the podcast crew takes a look at the current ongoing top dog battle of rap. Drake and Kanye West both dropped their recent and highly awaited albums "Certified Lover Boy" and "Donda" and the group gets together to breakdown how each album is quality-wise and how this beef / album battle has gone before, when,...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  destroyxme (aka 108mics)  Jayward   In the second part of the podcast's two part breakdown of the Swedish Cloud Rap group Drain Gang, the cast is joined by Jayward as the march forth post-"Red Light" into arguably the group's most prolific era that continues to this day in both attention and output quality. Beginning with B...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  Hector'  Zackauz   It's a brand new segment on the Living Off Borrowed Time Podcast! As the gang is joined by fellow Discord members Hector and Zackauz to talk about a slew of movie selections they've been picking out for the past month. From B-movie horror, to cheap future-noirs and the epics of Japanese action goodness th...

Your hosts this episode: Patrique OptimalAudio  In this return to form of the podcast's main duo the guys recap the annual midyear of 2021 for music and give off their top listed releases as well as some honorable mentions that they can't help but recommend to their fellow podcasters and listeners. Along the way they also discuss the bad releases that they have had the displeasure of listenin...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  battered_sphinx   In this episode resident host Patrique is joined by frequent guest battered_sphinx to play a game of "musical cultural exchange" in tasking the other to check out some projects from artists their very much interested in. With sphinx attempting to sway Patrique's long held dismissal of the label Anticon's offerings through project...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  Kosa12   It's a double shot! Patrique is joined by RYM user Kosa12 once again to discuss the most recent project by the enigmatic duo of Billy Woods and Elucid, otherwise known Armand Hammer, and produced by The Alchemist: "HARAM". They discuss every facet of the project from its impactful cover art choice, the continuously solid production of Alc...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  Kosa12   *This episode was recorded in DECEMBER and thus may have dated references or points*   In this episode Patrique is joined by fellow RYM user Kosa12 to do a deep dive breakdown of one of their favorite albums of the past year in "BRASS" by the collab of Billy Woods and Moor Mother. While doing so they also discuss the underrated statu...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  Thoughtfoul   *This episode was recorded in DECEMBER and thus may have dated references or points*   In this episode the podcast is joined by fellow RYM alumni Thoughtfoul to discuss and breakdown the discography of prolific New York rapper Roc Marciano. From his early days as a Busta Rhymes prodigy in Flipmode squad to his...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  battered_sphinx   *This episode was recorded in DECEMBER and thus may have dated references or points*   In this episode of the podcast, host Patrique is joined by battered_sphinx to rant and rave about one of their shared favorite albums, "XXX" by Danny Brown, and the mastery of lyricism, storytelling and flow dexterity that it is. Along the...

Your hosts this episode:  Partrique  OptimalAudio  1Chops   *This episode was recorded in DECEMBER and thus may have dated references or points*   In this episode the guys are joined by longtime RYM user 1Chops to have a broad look back on the influential and forward thinking genre of Cloud Rap, and its many rule breaking artists. From the godfather of 21st century rap Lil...

Your hosts this episode:  OptimalAudio  pswjt   *This episode was recorded in DECEMBER and thus may have dated references or points*   In this episode OptimalAudio is joined by fellow RYMer and PassionoftheWeiss writer, pswjt to discuss the current bubblings of the ATL underground. From Duwap Kaine and 10kdunkin to full groups like SOS and SlimeGang to experimental artists like...

Your hosts this episode:  Patrique  OptimalAudio  TooBrokeToCare   *THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED WELL AFTER OTHER EPISODES BEING REFERENCED*   It's time to celebrate the the new decade and to do that the podcast says goodbye and F-off to 2020. A year that was horrible and almost everything but the music. In this episode the guys rattle of the albums they just couldn't fit int...

Your hosts this episode:  OptimalAudio  kittenpuke  influentialdetour   In this episode your hosts are joined by Troy AKA influentialdetour to discuss one of the more underrated major legend influences in today's underground rap scene, Black Kray (AKA Sickboyrari). Discussing his early days as a Raider Klan affiliate, his amazing era of mashing Witch House with Cloud Rap and hi...

Your Hosts This Episode:  Patrique  battered_sphinx   In this episode Patrique is joined by fellow RYMer, Discord member and Abstract Hip-Hop connoisseur battered_sphinx to discuss the journey and early musical output of one El-P. Traversing what is essentially the trifecta of late 90's / early 2000's Indie Rap. From the underground epicenter of Company Flow's "Funcrusher Plus", to...

Your Hosts This Episode:  Kittenpuke  Patrique  OptimalAudio   It was speculated and hinted at for many episodes, but it's finally here. The pod are forced by - ,er I mean, - indulges their producer Wyatt by joining him on a journey through the discography of the Horrorcore icons the Insane Clown Posse. Will Wyatt be able to convince his two podcast hosts that there's more to I...

Your Hosts This Episode:  Patrique  G.O.Z.   In this episode Patrique is joined by G.O.Z. of RYM's Hip Hop discussion scene to discuss one of the most eclectic but also at times mislabelled groups in Rap: The Roots (and also Black Thought solo). The boys discuss everyone nook and cranny of The Roots expansive career and try to determine the perspectives many hold and have created fo...