Take It Personal Radio

For our 17th episode of 2026, we’re doing something we rarely do on TIP: play new music. This is our first new music episode since January, and we’ve got some catching up to do.  We put together a bunch of ’26 bangers that represent what we’ve been feeling this year. The goal of these shows is to expose us dinosaurs to good music being made today—and there’s a lot of it. As we get older, our taste...

Meyhem is back for his sixth appearance on Take It Personal. Episodes 12, 18, 61, 99, 116 and now 193, for those keeping track at home. This time, we’re talking about his brand-new album, Table for One . No guests. Just Meyhem doing what he does over some incredible production from DJ Muggs, The Alchemist, Buckwild, Daringer, Don D, Ern Dogg, Ghost Dave, IceRocks and Real Bad Man. Fall is official...

Our Fall Classic is here. Episode 194 is our Timz ’n’ Hood Chek episode. The times they are a-changin’. Cool mornings, crisp nights and leaves changing colors. Football Sundays, October baseball and some hot soup, muthafucka, like Clarence Williams III wanted in that one Attica movie.  Speaking of movies, Halloween raised us many of us. Those Thanksgiving plates and driving with the windows cracke...

On Episode 193 of Take It Personal Radio, we’re joined by our old friend Meyhem Lauren . Meyhem is back for his sixth appearance on Take It Personal. Episodes 12, 18, 61, 99, 116 and now 193, for those keeping track at home. This time, we’re talking about his brand-new album, Table for One . No guests. Just Meyhem doing what he does over some incredible production from DJ Muggs, The Alchemist, Buc...

Over the last 10 years, we’ve interviewed some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Some of our favorite rappers, some of your favorite rappers and plenty of people in between. Rappers, producers, record label executives and even media personalities. But Take It Personal has never just been about playing the records you already know. Anybody can play the fucking hits. We want to remind you why those r...

On Episode 192 of Take It Personal Radio, we debut our newest series, Cold Case Files . Over the last 10 years, we’ve interviewed some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Some of our favorite rappers, some of your favorite rappers and plenty of people in between. Rappers, producers, record label executives and even media personalities. But Take It Personal has never just been about playing the record...

On Episode 191 of Take It Personal Radio , we're hitting you with the final installment of our Summertime Series. As we head into the long weekend, we put together a show to keep you bouncing through all your Labor Day activities .   Two killer mixes featuring Ill Al Skratch, Nice & Smooth, O.C., Masta Ace, Davina, Erykah Badu, Black Moon plus a homage to D'Angelo, Biggie, Mary J. Blig...

On Episode 190 of Take It Personal Radio , we're resuming our Summertime Series , but this time with a little help from the Spike Lee classic Do the Right Thing . What better way than to marry this quintessential summer classic along with some hip-hop classics? So whether you're on a stoop in Brooklyn sweating your balls off or fishing somewhere in the Florida Keys, this episode is for you...

On Episode 189 of Take It Personal Radio , we're taking a brief intermission from our Summertime Series to remind everyone that no matter how far we go into the commercial abyss, especially during these summer sessions, we can easily do a 180 and showcase the beautiful side of the obscurities of the '90s.  We've got music from Company Flow, CRU, Organized Konfusion, No I.D., Diamond D,...

On Episode 188 of Take It Personal Radio , we're continuing our summertime sessions. Last episode we hit you with the party vibes. This time, we're taking it to the basement. We've got music from Masta Ace, AZ, Mos Def, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Hieroglyphics, People Under the Stairs, Styles of Beyond, Dilated Peoples, Kardinal Offishall, Brother Ali, The LOX, Freeway, Pete...

On Episode 187 of Take It Personal Radio , we're officially entering the summertime season. Last episode was full of beef, murder and mayhem, so despite being Ep 187, we decided to hit you with our first summertime show. Just good party vibes for the car rides, poolside lounging, beach days and backyard barbecues. We've got music from Little Shawn, Miilkbone, Tracey Lee, AZ, Junior M.A.F.I...

On Episode 186 of Take It Personal Radio , we're diving headfirst into one of hip-hop's most compelling traditions: the beef record . We've assembled some of the greatest diss tracks and rivalries in rap history and woven them into one cinematic audio documentary. From Boogie Down Productions vs. MC Shan and LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee, Hammer, Ice-T and Canibus  to N.W.A vs. Ice Cube ,...

On Episode 185  of Take It Personal Radio , we’re bringing you the second installment of our Hip-Hop Quotables series. This time around, we’ve got verses from Kurupt, Common, Prodigy, Keith Murray, Jadakiss, Scarface, Eminem, Black Thought and more. At the break, we dissect some of these quotables. We talk Biggie, Keith Murray, and even get into a few unpopular opinions—which is always fun.   Shou...

On Episode 184 of Take It Personal Radio , we bring you the first installment of Hip-Hop Quotables . We’ve selected a collection of memorable verses and put them together for an incredible show. Featuring verses from Big Daddy Kane, Kool G. Rap, LL Cool J, Redman, Nas, Pharoahe Monch, Big L, Canibus, Big Pun, Inspectah Deck, Mos Def, Black Thought, Andre 3000, Jay Electronica, Kendrick Lamar, MF D...

On today's flashback episode, we're hitting you with our '92 celebration,  and we couldn't think of a better way to pay homage than with the legendary Sports Illustrated cover featuring the '92 Dream Team. Episode 89 is an appetizer, as we take a quick-trip down memory lane before making a hard stop on one of the greatest years hip-hop. Instead of feeding you the played-out &#3...

On Episode 183 of Take It Personal Radio, we're delivering you another special sample driven episode. Like we did a few episodes back with Method Man , we're now giving Nas the same treatment. All these songs feature a Nas sample. Many of which you'll recognize and some maybe new discoveries. We've got music from Real Live, Royal Flush, Black Attack, Bahamadia, Scientific, Masta Ac...

On Episode 182 of Take It Personal Radio, we pay homage to the late, great Bob Power. More than an engineer, Bob was an architect of sound — helping shape the standard in hip-hop. From A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Common, to De La Soul, his legacy is woven into the culture. This episode is dedicated to that legacy. At the break: we dive into Bob’s catalog, announce our G...

On Episode 181 of Take It Personal Radio, we’re doing something a little different. After 10 years and more than 180 shows, you’ve got to get a little creative. So we put together two remarkable mixes with one common theme: Method Man . These aren’t all songs that feature Method Man (although there are a few of those in here). Instead, these are joints that sample Method Man. And since there are s...

On Episode 180 of Take It Personal Radio, we're celebrating one of the most influential artists in hip-hop history — a rapper, producer, DJ, and sonic architect best known as Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest . We’ll be playing a wide range of tracks produced by Q-Tip — bootlegs, B-sides, and remixes — spanning artists like Apache, Diamond D, Run-D.M.C.,  Boogie Down Productions, Nas, Mobb Deep, H...

On Episode 179 of Take It Personal Radio , we're hitting you with some random rap — or as Kevlar calls it, good nuggets . This episode features music we've never played before in the show’s 10-year existence. You’ll hear joints from Young Zee, O.C., Ten Thieves, Dr. Oop, Brainsick Mob, Main One, Marley Marl, Big Tabb, Grand Agent, Prince Po, Terra Tounge, Lord Finesse, Junclassic, Da Young...

First show of 2026. We’re rewinding to 2025 with new(er) joints from the last six months that stayed in heavy rotation. If you were in a coma in 2025 and want to know what you missed, this one’s for you! Longer talk breaks on this episode as we get into the year’s standouts, the nonstop grind of Skyzoo, DJ Premier, The Alchemist, and Conductor Williams, Method Man’s resurgence, and finally locking...

If rock music isn’t your thing, this episode probably isn’t either — and that’s fine. We’ve got 176 others waiting for you. But if you live for great records, bold ideas, and the kind of genre-bending that Danger Mouse mastered and the legendary DJ Spinbad (R.I.P.) made feel effortless, you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Big Pun over Journey. Biggie over Pink Floyd. Scarface over The Eagl...

We hit you with the bangers in Part 1… But Part 2? That’s the one for the real heads . It seems like Part 2s are always the fan favorites — more obscure, more cohesive, more personal. We came out swinging for the masses last time, but this round, we’re diving deep. The music isn’t in strict chronological order, but it feels like a journey — from Pac’s earliest work all the way to Makaveli . You’ll...

We’re joined by  New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman , who stops by to talk all things 2Pac. Jeff’s new book,  Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur , is in stores now. This isn’t your typical biography — it’s honest, unfiltered, and deeply researched. It’s arguably the most complete and insightful 2Pac bio ever written.  Over the course of  two-plus hours , we dive de...

Coming off our Eminem tribute, we’re going back-to-back with another one. This time, we’re paying homage to one of the most polarizing artists of all time:  2Pac .  You might remember way back in episode 16, we dropped a 2Pac mini-mix for our  West Coast Classics  series. Well, here we are —  158 episodes later  — finally giving you our official  2Pac Tribute .  We’re joined by  New York Times bes...