Milkcrates & Microphones

Milkcrates&Microphones is back with ep.22 featuring one of the pioneers of the modern battle rap scene and a battle rap legend, Stockton based Emcee Okwerdz! We sit down with the man himself to discuss his journey from being a kid at Scribble Jam to seasoned vet and coach to the stars on the TBS hit tv show Drop the Mic. Okwerdz drops some knowledge on the MCMP crew and opens up our musical palate...

Episode 21 of Milkcrates&Microphones live from International waters features our first special guest of 2019, he's man of many travels, never ending stories, a friend of 15 plus years and loyal MCMP listener its B-R to the U NO, Drew Bruno! We catch up with Bruno and his lady Lauren over a few cocktails and a couple of stories before he takes a crack at the 5 Questions of Fury! Then we get right i...

Its the first episode of 2019 and its also a very special episode 20 of Milkcrates&Microphones. The show starts off with this Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) we take you way back to January 1, 1958. Grand Master Flash(Joseph Saddler) was born so we take a quick listen to some classics. Next we do a top 3 of our favorite songs of ALL TIME! We talk a little about UFC 232, Floyd Mayweather's big pay day "exh...

Happy New Year and a brand new episode 19 of milkcrates&Microphones, we start the show of with This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH), we look at the soundtrack to the movie Juice. on December 31,1992 the album was released and we find out if it truly holds up. We also listen to a few of our favorite clips from 2018, our 1st year and what a year it was and so we look forward to 2019 and music we would like...

MERRY CHRISTMAS, and if that doesn't offend you then you might just like this show. Milkcrates & Microphones episode 18 is something of a holiday special, not really but we are celebrating DMXmas in This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH). On December 22, 1998 DMX released Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, an album that had a impact on the lives of a couple of us then we make a correction to last weeks T...

Milkcrates&Microphones episode 17 is here and we've have us a guest. Underground emcee/producer DEOK joins us to discuss a variety of topics including a little about his journey through the hip hop scene and where he's at now. Then we get back in the groove of what MCMP is all about as Nonsense brings us This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH). On the 16th of December 1997, Eminem released Slim Shady EP, we...

Its episode 16 of Milkcrates&Microphones, Bsiic, Infamous and Kevpro deliver some ground breaking content as usual, not really but we do kick it off with This Week In Hip Hop(TWIHH), Rakim "The Master", his second studio album and the last for nearly a decade, we learn a lot we didn't know and vowed to listen to the album front to back to learn more, lets see if it happens. Then we talk a little a...

Its a all new Milkcrates&Microphones ep.15 and as good ol' JR would say,"business is about to pick up".In This Week in Hip Hop (TWIHH) we take a look at one of the most influential records of our generation,November 16, 1999 Dr. Dre released Chronic 2001. This album is produced masterfully and we go over that and more right before bSICC takes us to our next conversation with one of the greatest se...

Milkcrates&Microphones brings you Episode 14, and we get the show started with This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) as we take listen to Method Mans record "Tical" dropped on November 15, 1994 and we discuss the impact the album and the rapper had on the culture. Then we play a few rounds of Who's Rhyme Is It Anyway, spit a couple of freestyles and talk about how streaming farms could really help this pod...

The show hits all new lows in episode13 of Milkcrates&Microphones and officially becomes the worst podcast of all time, but first we take you back to November 8,1988 when the Jungle Brothers released "Straight Out the Jungle" in This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH). We listen to "The Promo" and with it the birth of A Tribe Called Quest. The wildfires in Cali are burning at both ends and the town of Paradi...

Milkcrates&Microphones is back with episode 12 and In This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) November 9, 1993 A Tribe Called Quest released Midnight Marauders their third studio album. As we quickly learn, that wasn't the only classic album released around this time( WU Tang released Enter the Wu Tang(36 chambers).This sends us into the very undebatable fact that hip hop music has continued to regress with...

Its Halloween time so episode 11 of Milkcrates&Microphones goes in on that subject,but first we start off with This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH), a discuss the beef between Dr. Dre and Eazy E. October 19, 1993 Eazy released "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa" and on that record was "Real Muthaphuckkin G's", a diss track aimed at DR.Dre and his protege Snoop Dogg. We listen to dre day and the find some inte...

As promised Milkcrates&Microphones is back with episode 10. Infamous gets this historic episode kicked off with This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) October 12, 1999 Mos Def released his solo debut "Black On Both Sides", his first record with out BlackStarr partner Taleb Kweli. Then in true McMp fashion we spark a conversation about what rappers would make good superheroes and what superheroes we think mi...

Another week in the books and we're back to bring you Milkcrates&Microphones ep. 9 the "time machine episode". In This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) Nonsense gets cool, maybe even Cool As ICE? Well, on October 18, 1991 the movie "Cool As Ice" was released and forgotten about just as fast( scoring 7% on rotten tomatoes) but hey we didn't think it was that bad. Its defiantly no TMNT II The Secret of the O...

On this very special episode 8 of Milkcrates&Microphones we are joined by a man that is fitness nutritionist, CrossFit athlete and all around good guy( that has also been know to spit a few freestyles from time to time), "Hulk" Logan Mayfield. After everyone gets settled in we start the show off like we always do with This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH),Nonsense brings us up to date on the Suge Knight tr...

The show of shows is back with episode 7 of Milkcrates&Microphones and in This Week In Hip Hop (TWIHH) Infamous brings you the release of 2pacs record "2pacalypse Now" on September 25, 1991 ad we discuss if this album would be successful in todays PC world, and if the music its self still holds up to the high standard Tupac set with his music. Then we take on the 5 questions of fury, which are a s...

This all new episode of Milkcrates&Microphones features Nick Conrad, a fisherman, freind and a man that likes to slump some bay area gangsta shit. We jump straight into the show with this week in hip hop (the debut of Fresh Prince of Bell Air) and we get sucked into the vortex that is Will Smith and the movies he's stared in, we pay trubute to 9/11 (this episode was recorded on 9/13) and that conv...

The Milkcrates & Microphnes podcast is bringing you Episode 5 from an all new location. In this weeks show we do our best to pay tribute to pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, this episode was recorded on the day that we learned about his untimely death. This week in hip hop we discuss the Tupac shooting, and we reopen the door to the question, is he still alive? Eminem and MGK beef fires up and its got...

On this weeks episode we are reunited with another special guest, he's a emcee, writer and freestyle master and he also happens to be one of our best friends its r-e-a-l-i-z-e REALIZE!!! We get straight into the conversation with this week in hip hop (outkast-ATLiens albulm),then we play a couple of rounds of Who's Rhyme Is It Anyways and Realize puts it down and walks away with a easy W. We also...

In a very special episode of Milkcrates & Microphones we have a guest, William Cahoon from Chattin With The Folks podcast, hes a musician and a very intresting human. We take Will down the rabbit hole that is our show and we touch on a number  of diffrent subjects including the prescription drug epedemic that has swept the nation, social media and the stress it has on society. Matt tries to convin...

In this episode of milkcrtaes & microphones we dive into the NFL anthem conflict and debate the definition of freedom. This week in hip hop, Sugar Hill Gang did their thing, we also listen to an amzing song inspired by Alex Jones. Matt makes a very intresting comparsion between Abe Lincoln and JFK that might just blow your mind. Plus we spit a couple freestyles, song picks including our favorite 8...

In this very first episode of MIlkcrates & microphones we try and figure this mandela  effect out and if its even a thing, we also have a suprise call in from a man that survived a swim from Alcatrz! Then we attempt to find out who the greatest hip hop group of all time is, in the form of a tournament! We also discuss how algorithms could be affecting your music listening experince plus our song p...