Low End Marauders

Episode 86 is up and running with a brand new show for 2026. Nick is hosting and holding the fort down, as he has a lot to discuss since the last episode. We start things off with one of the most anticipated albums of the last five years, with J. Cole's The Fall Off. Nick gives his honest thoughts about the two disc album and applauds it for the songs, samples, and interpolations, but boos it...

The Classic Rap Report Card Review is back and with another review of the best-selling rap album of 2000, The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem. We discuss the album track by track and dive into the album's dark and disturbing themes from "Kim" to masterful storytelling in "Stan". The episode also takes a look back at how much backlash Eminem has faced with the album's release, especially with its vio...

For our final episode of 2025, Nick is back to discuss more hip hop topics and is giving more takes on what is happening. First off, with his Gangsta Grillz mixtape online, The Game stops by a podcast to answer why he was absent from Kendrick's Pop Out Show back in June 2024. He gives and doubles down on his take for that show, BUT, fans are remembering a video that he posted days after the show,...

The Classic Rap Report Card Reviews are back in effect and for this episode, cohost Nick dives into Drake's debut album from 2010, Thank Me Later. Nick gives his honest thoughts track by track on Drake's songs and also offers insight into how music was changing as it transitioned from the 2000s into the 2010s. He also explains how the music watchers and listeners were affected and how it plays a p...

Happy Halloween! Back again with another episode of the show, and Nick is in costume and ready to give his take on Drake's lost and revived defamation lawsuit against Kendrick's "Not Like Us". After that, Verzuz is BACK after a long hiatus to give us a battle of the New Orleans labels: Cash Money Records vs. No Limit Records. Nick gives his thoughts on the good, the bad, and the...

Back with another episode of the Low End Marauders Podcast, as host Nick dives into the latest in hip-hop drama, including the ongoing Twitter feud between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, Young Thug's revelations about his legal battles and industry betrayals from his interview with the Perspektives with Big Bank podcast. Later, Nick takes a deep dive into Dame Dash's controversial Breakfast Club...

Back again with a new Classic Rap Report Card Review, this time with Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy! From his exile at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to now in 2025, Nick reviews each track in order and gives his thoughts on how well or terribly the album has aged and how things were never the same for him after the 2010s. Follow the show on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter/X: @l...

Ever wondered how some of your favorite albums have aged well over 10+ years from today? With our newest side series, Classic Rap Report Card Reviews, you'll see how well or how badly they have! In our first episode, we will review Kanye West's The Life of Pablo , following the rapper's claim that the album surpasses My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. (Spoiler alert: that's episode two!) How has i...

Season six starts now! With Nick at the helm, he dives into Drake's two newest singles "What Did I Miss?" and "Which One". He gives his honest thoughts about the singles and gives a take on Drake's lawsuit against damn near everyone that you can think of. Next R&B singer Ari Lennox hates Martin's barbs against Pam from the show Martin and tells why she hates them along side with Bernie Mac and...

Back at it with another episode of the show! Nick holds things down for the crew and in this episode of the Low End Marauders podcast, Nick discusses the ongoing beef between Joey Badass and West Coast rappers, particularly focusing on Ray Vaughn. The conversation dives into the competitive nature of rap, highlighting Joey's diss tracks and the responses from his rivals. After that, Nick also cove...

Back at it with episode 80, Nick holds the fort down this episode. We kick things off with a celebration of one of the greatest hood movies of all time: Friday. The movie turns 30 in 2025, and Nick asks if it is the greatest hood movie of all time, over Boyz in the Hood, Menace 2 Society, and more. His answer may surprise you based on quotables, longevity, cast, and messaging in the movie. After t...

In this episode of the Low End Marauders podcast, Nick holds the fort down and discusses Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance, which garnered mixed reviews despite being the most-watched halftime show in history. Nick dives into the visuals, themes, and audience reactions to Kendrick's performance. Following this, Nick reviews the new collaborative album by Drake and Party Next Door, '...

Happy 2025 ladies and gentlemen! As 2024 is now in the rearview mirror, our 1/3rd cohost Nick takes a look back on some of the best albums to hit streaming services over the last 12 months. With records from the East and West Coasts, some down South and the Midwest, see what Nick chose as his best rap albums from 2024. More episodes are dropping in 2025! We'll see you there! CHAPTERS: 0:00: Intro...

Back at it again with another new episode of the podcast as Nick is here to talk about the label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). The label celebrated 20 years of being around in hip hop and to celebrate, the website HipHopDX made a list of their 20 greatest albums. From Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and SZA, find out who made the list along with their respective album(s). After the list, Nick gives his...

Back again for the second episode of season five of the show. Nick holds it down and talks about OutKast. Everyone knows that Andre and Big Boi are one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time, but what is the greatest song from the duo? Dissect podcast did a Last Song Standing season on which song is the one to rule them all and the answer that was selected may surprise you. Nick weighs in on t...

Back at it again with another new episode and another new season of the Low End Marauders podcast! Nick kicks season five off by describing how some season five episodes will change throughout the season and gets right into the big news and uproar that has been going around. On September 8th, just hours before the beginning of kickoff on NFL Sunday week one, The NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar w...

Back again with the season four finale! Nick holds down the fort as he kicks things off with his review on the 2024 BET Awards. The lone marauder gives his hot takes on the best, worst and WTF moments of the award ceremony and asks if or how BET can make their summertime ceremony more enjoyable for the at home viewers. Next, Kendrick Lamar popped out and showed people how to unite Los Angeles with...

Back again and apologies for the late upload! Nick holds it down again with a brand new episode with A LOT to talk about! With everything going on with the Kendrick Lamar/Drake rap battle, we decided to spend this episode covering the entire saga, from it's beginning with Drake and J. Cole's "First Person Shooter" (October 3, 2023) and everything in between to Drake releasing "The Heart Part 6" (M...

Late upload, but we are back again with another new episode of the Low End Marauders podcast! Nick holds things down again as he talks about how everyone is coming after Drake thanks to Future and Metro Boomin's new album We Don't Trust You. Nick gives his takes on Kendrick Lamar's verse on the much talked about track "Like That", if Kendrick does drop a diss track on Drake and if he should respon...

After a long break the show is BACK for 2024 and back with another new episode of the show! Only Nick holds things down for this time around as he kicks things off by touching on why fans were underwhelmed by Jeezy's Tiny Desk performance. Fans called out the show by saying the audience in attendance was bad for the show, the setlist that he had and the location of the show. Nick gives his tho...

Been gone for a minute but we are BACK with another new episode of LEM! Nick and Jared are back at the helm and we kick things off with the breaking news of the split between Cardi B and Offset. Cardi recently told fans on Instagram Live that she is now single, only to fuel the fires (again) of Offset cheating on her, especially with rumors going around the he slept with Chrisean Rock at a party t...

On our 2023 NFL Week 3 Miami Dolphins massacre over the Denver Broncos episode, Nick and Jared hold things down and kick things off over the huge news that Usher will be headlining the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The marauders touch on if Usher's halftime show will be better than Rihanna's and what we should expect when he hits the stage in 2024. Next up, Chris Brown and R...

Been gone for a minute but we are finally back with another new and funny episode of the podcast. We kick things off with LL Cool J's comments on rappers retiring on Sway In The Morning. Before kicking a freestyle on the show, he talks about how rap isn't a sport and calls out those who flirt with want to retire as a way of being bored with their careers. The marauders give their take on L...

We are BACK with a brand new episode and a brand new season of the Low End Marauders podcast! Jared and Nick are back once again with new topics to talk, debate and discuss. We kick things off with Drake on tour with 21 Savage and with the first stop in Chicago (July 5), Drake calls out Childish Gambino for his 2018 hit "This is America" by calling it overrated and over awarded while per...

It's the end of season three and Nick and Jared are here to take us out in style. We sadly kick things off from where we left last time with the unfortunate passing of Wild N Out/85 South Show cast member DC Young Fly's girlfriend Jacky Oh. Oh passed away (May 31) due to a surgical procedure called a "mommy makeover". The marauders talk and give their condolences to her and discuss if the toxic cu...