Hip Hop In the After Hours

Jay Z, Drake, Kanye West and more nominated for music's biggest night next year The Grammys. As well as DMX. I read out the nominations and give my thoughts and hopes for who I want to win.

Another rapper gone to soon. Young Dolph got shot and killed in a drive by shooting Tuesday November 16, 2021.

Lil Wayne is dropping another mixtape on streaming services in January of 2022. I'm very excited and congrats to Nicki Minaj on another great achievement.

Travis Scott who is one of the newer artists out had his Astro World Fest a concert he has yearly since 2018. A crowd serg happened and 8 people got killed and 11 injured. Prayers to all of them and my thoughts and reaction.

This year there has slowly been concerts and festivals coming back. My thoughts and hopeing more come back next year

Its been a very busy week for me. So im sorry for the mixed topics on this episode. Send love to Snoop. And Elton John really has a song with Young Thug and Nicki Minaj?

A thing that I noticed it seems like songs and albums are getting shorter? Is it labels? What is going on?

A very interesting collaboration abum yet fun album between 2 friends. My thoughts and review on the album.

Finally! Rappers are performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. In 2022 a few Hip Hop artists will hit the stage and make history.

Its been a year September 21 2020 when I started this podcast. Thanks to everybody who listens!!! I take a look back at how I thought of this podcast and certain episodes.

Where to begin. After rumors since earlier in the year to a back and forth with Kanye West Drake drops his long time coming album a week after Kanye dropped Donda and went number 1. My thoughts and favorites off the album.

After a month of rumors and weeks of 3 listening parties which broke streaming records Kanye West's Donda album named after his late mother Donda West who died from surgery complications in 2007 is finally out. The number 1 album last week and he broke more records. Here is my thoughts on it and listening to it and streaming the listening parties.

Its really been 10 years since Lil Wayne dropped Tha Carter IV. I take yall back at a time when he was making it from singles to everything in between to when it dropped. I also speak and remember the best day ever of my life!!! To my friend that did it with me. I will always be so greatful and thankful. Not enough words or things to say. Thank you.

Sorry for this short episode. Hopefully this will be one of them rare times. So many dope songs came out this summer. I name a few of mine.

Coming from a conversation on a podcast that T Pain was on. I talk about relevance in Hip Hop and what it is. I think T Pain made a great point.

A lot happened this week. From Kanye West's still missing Donda album to new music from Nas. Listen in for all the dopeness.

Just some things i noticed when Hip Hop is played on Pop or top 40 stations or when they featured on Pop songs.

Sorry 4 Tha Wait by Lil Wayne is a mixtape that he put out for Carter 4 getting pushed back. I give my memories and favorite songs from it. Crazy its been 10 years since it dropped on July 13, 2011.

Last week T Pain went on a rant? Not sure what to call it but saying we doing the same things in music. Is he right?

This is a question I always wondered. But seeing Nicki Minaj on her Instagram Live talking how they told her she shouldn't work with other female artists reminded me of the topic? Why does this happen? Nicki showing love and working with a new female Hip Hop artist shows me they are wrong and we should show love.

So after lots of rumors and then finally making it official Soulja Boy and Bow Wow had their Verzuz battle June 26 2021. My thoughts and favorite parts.

It felt good to hear the BET awards sound normal compared to last years when it was all virtual. So many great performances and favorite parts.

Hip Hop has a long history even though it's a young genre of music. But even through all the growth and changes one thing has always been there. Fun.

Lil Wayne dropped Tha Carter III on June 10, 2008 and made history selling 1 million coppies in the first week when nobody else could and so much more. I go track by track and in the history of the album. And add in my own memories.

From Nickelodeon to Disney or movies. Hip Hop has always had a place in cartoons even in todays. I talk about some that Ive watched as a kid and more.