Work N Progress Podcast

Episode 40, recorded on election night: why your vote matters, Halloween costumes nobody recognized, and the question of the night: is there a difference between your persona and who you really are? The songs too personal to perform, a comedian's soft lover era, and what happens when you can never turn business mode off. One call away: if a payphone could reach anyone from the past, who are you ca...

Twenty years after Like Father, Like Son, the story behind "No More" with Birdman and Lil Wayne, and the Wayne verse that never came out. Then Big Michael, the AI Michael Jackson rapper getting booked for shows: harmless satire or too far? Plus a first half marathon, the King of the Waffle House, and a Dr. Pepper debate that earns a yellow card. Déjà vu: a glitch, a warning, or proof you're on the...

Costumes on (well, most of them) for a homecoming-weekend episode: TSU and Vanderbilt celebrating the same weekend, worlds apart and walking distance from each other, the halftime show, the tailgate debate, generations of pride on Jefferson Street, and why alumni give so differently. Then the childhood lessons the fellas still live by. Jay-Z is headlining the Super Bowl he helps pick. Conflict of...

Loso is back from Vegas with a vegan food tour and a wedding DJ who rocked the room while blind, which kicks off a real question: once you do it for a living, can you still just enjoy the show? Louis CK front row at the Ryman, breath control and rapping the whole 16 straight through, the Nashville acts who impressed live, and Shute on court in Dyersburg, Z. Alexander Looby, and getting asked "are...

The fellas come in hot off a run club HBCU tour lap down Jefferson Street. Shute runs through practicing law in four states (and why Florida makes you retake the bar), Starlito shares how 75 Hard keeps humbling him (asleep on page three, back to day one) and meets Nike's Chris Bennett, whose book just named his next album. Then: health is gangster, as Wiz, Jim Jones, Styles P and Larry June make r...

The fellas break bread over a Trap Fusion vegan spread and settle the Fangtastic 5K: a three-second finish, a dropped phone, and the asterisk that comes with it. Then it's a 75 Hard restart after a sold-out night in Birmingham, a weekend in Orlando, a race somebody skipped while still asking where everybody parked, and why running across bridges you've driven over a thousand times hits different....

The fellas open with HBCU band culture and the Sonic Boom of the South sample behind "Bands," then get into what self-care actually looks like when you've spent your adult life fighting sleep — including whether booking a sleep study makes you less of a man. From there it's Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford, the teams and players that betrayed us, and a full run through the shows everybody's locked i...

Shute's back from St. Lucia, the album's out, and the table gets into it: Boosie going on 60 Minutes about a $600,000 pardon that never came, what actually makes somebody a snitch, and 30 years to the day since September 13, 1996. Then ATLiens turns 30, and the Shadow Work card asks about the Jester — the one who keeps everybody laughing while he's falling apart inside. That last half hour is the...

D-Mo slides into Shute's seat while he's out the country, and the table gets into the conversation nobody actually has out loud — who's supposed to pass the game down, why so many OGs don't, and whether you were ever really ready for the room you thought you deserved. It runs almost twenty-five minutes and it's the realest stretch of the season. Plus Kanye in Chicago, the best food cities in Ameri...

The fellas are back around the table and this one goes deep. What starts as sloths, snakes and the book table turns into a real conversation about how success gets punished, what actually happens when someone uses your lyrics, and why forgiveness might be the hardest work there is. Plus a scammer with a 49ers helmet, and an album reveal at the buzzer. --- 🏃🏾 Titans 5K — September 26 | Fantastic...

Episode 30 opens with first-day-of-school energy — the crew compares notes on parenting versus being a kid, morning routine chaos, and how excitement flips to something bittersweet once you're the one dropping them off. Book club digs into The Celestine Prophecy and The 5 AM Club, then the conversation turns to whether work is an escape or the thing you're escaping from. A cryptic Don Trip tease l...

Starlito announces "Strict Over Here" is officially out in the world — then the whole crew sits down and breaks down "Lowdown Dirty" bar by bar: the Rick Ross flip, the Shameless theme, the Van Cleef bracelet that's actually a hospital bracelet, and why "I'm just being Frank" means two things at once. The book club digs into masculine energy and polarity from *The Way of the Superior Man*, Loso re...

Ep. 28 brings in Robin Raynelle — singer, event band contractor, healthcare worker, and one of the crew's day-ones — to rank every Starlito x Robin collab from the jump. From "26's" to the new collaborations featured on Starlito's project *It's Strict Over Here*, they break down which songs hit hardest, what happens inside the studio when they build together, and how a childhood Little League conn...

Ep. 27 opens with StarlitoHere are some of the names and words that might be used to. paying homage to Alley Boy and Bigga Rankin. Then: the concert ticket debate gets spicy (Usher/Chris Brown floor seats question), fan Q&A finally reveals where Jimmy Hatcher got his name, and the crew runs through every show that was always on at your grandparents' house. The back half goes deeper — heartbrea...

Starlito kicks the episode off with a book care package for the whole crew — three books, no warning — before they get into NBA Summer League highlights, Archie Goodwin going 1-on-1 against Nasir Kaur in Vegas, and the Sweet Poison vs. GloRilla debate that's been burning up the timeline. Then it gets deep. Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium show had Blue Ivy playing piano live, Nas on stage, and Jay-Z giving...

Starlito & the WNP crew catch up on 4th of July weekend, break down their 5K race times (including a near-blackout and a Lion King phone stampede), and officially kick off their shared reading experience journey with *The Way of the Superior Man*. Then: Boyz n the Hood turns 35, and the crew goes all in on why that movie still hits, what Furious Styles meant as a father figure, and why the sax...

The crew is back. Loso, Starlito, DJ Part T, and Jimmy recap their night 5K at Geodis Park ("the castle"), settle a basketball wager that's sending the losers to ballet class, and preview the July 4th race at Centennial. Then it's quarter-end book check — Gladwell books on deck, David Goggins in the earphones, and Starlito drops the story behind his *75 AM Hard Club* mixtape, which he wrote entire...

The Work in Progress podcast landed in the Tennessee Tribune, Nashville's Black Press.. From there, the fellas get into a full Juneteenth weekend recap, a real Father's Day conversation (stepdads, biological fathers, and everything in between), a Moment in History saluting Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel, and a debate nobody asked for but everybody needed — O-Dog vs. Bishop. Then it gets heavier. We pay re...

This week: Lito performs at Exit/In during CMA Fest weekend, gets interviewed on News Channel 5 as a "CMA artist," and runs into Shaboozy, Waka Flocka, and Big Krit all in one night. Then the crew breaks down what it felt like to walk through two completely different Nashvilles in the same evening. Also on deck — the AI Juneteenth flyer controversy, Fisk University's data center getting less pushb...

Another epic episode of Work N Progress! Starlito, Jimmy Hatcha, Carlos Partee, and Shute are back with more real talk, laughs, and insights!! The crew talks about Jimmy's Rap, the last days of school, and some of their tussles. Tap in! 🔥 #WNP #WorkNProgress #WorkNProgPodcast #Starlito #JimmyHatcha #CarlosPartee #Shute ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 🎬 Intro 0:45 🍉 Solely Fruit Jerky  3:22 🤝🏾 New Bet bet...

Another epic episode of Work N Progress! Starlito, Jimmy Hatcha, Carlos Partee, and Shute are back with more real talk, laughs, and insights!! The crew tries cold-pressed juice and talks Summer songs, samples, shadowwork, Spurs, Shabang & such. Tap in! 🔥 Find more juice here: The City Juicery https://www.instagram.com/thecityjuicery/ Starlito's At War War with MySelf 🎙️https://livemixtapes.co...

Another epic episode of Work N Progress! Starlito, Jimmy Hatcha, Carlos Partee, and Shute are back with more real talk, laughs, and insights!! The crew talks about Jimmy's Rap, the last days of school, and some of their tussles. Tap in! 🔥 #WNP #WorkNProgress #WorkNProgPodcast #Starlito #JimmyHatcha #CarlosPartee #Shute ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 🎬 Intro / Jimmy's Rap Review 5:00  🎙️ Starlito's writing...

Another epic episode of Work N Progress! Starlito, Jimmy Hatcha, Carlos Partee, and Shute are back with more real talk, laughs, and insights, talking about more BBLs, artists that did/didn't age well, and who would win a versus between Lil Wayne and Kanye! Tap in! 🔥 #WNP #WorkNProgress #WorkNProgPodcast #Starlito #JimmyHatcha #CarlosPartee #Shute ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 🎬 Intro / What's Good w/ the...

The crew is back in the studio chopping it up on everything from hoop talk and real‑life transitions to business, consistency, and what “work in progress” really looks like behind the scenes. Across this full episode, we hit on the wins, the Ls, and the lessons in between while keeping it honest, funny, and unfiltered. 💯 👍 Like, comment, and subscribe to stay tapped in with every drop. 🔔 Turn o...

We’re back with Part 2 of our deep dive into Nashville’s grind, creative hustle, and the pizza mind mentality it takes to build something from scratch. From hot chicken and hometown stories to business, growth, and staying locked in on your goals, this episode packs real talk, laughs, and game you can actually use. Tap in, grab a slice, and rock with us for the full conversation. 💼🏀✈️ 📲 Follow...