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Moulz & Mel hook up yet again to review Rah Digga's Dirty Harriet . Will the album make their day? Or will they end up a couple of unlucky punks? ------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (10:19 - 13:11) -- Dirty Harriet Info (1:04:58) -- Track 1: "Intro" (1:27:19) -- Track 2: "Harriet Thugman" (1:41:09) -- Track 3: "Tight" (1:52:18) -- Track 4: "What They Call Me" (2:00:25) --...

This week, Moulz & Mel register for Camp Flog Gnaw to review Tyler, The Creator's Wolf . Swag them the fuck out. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @ fromoldharlem ------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:40 - 9:50) -- Wolf Info (41:50) -- Track 1: "WOLF" (1:24:23) -- Track 2: "Jamba" (1:31:24) -- Track 3: "Cowboy" (1:40:30) -- Track 4: "Awkward" (1:49:49) -- Track 5: "Domo23" (2:00:46) --...

Everybody broke! Moulz & Mel scrounge up just enough money to pay their podcasting host and record their review of Young Jeezy's The Recession . But is the album money or an empty piggy bank? ---------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (5:22 - 9:38) -- The Recession Info (55:24) -- Track 1: "The Recession (Intro)" (1:06:00) -- Track 2: "Welcome Back" (1:23:10) -- Track...

Moulz & Mel blast off into space to review Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon: The End of Day . Will the apparent patron saint of emo rap bless them, or is The Man Who Saved Everyone's Life pushing a bad religion? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @BrandonLyniv ------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (7:10 - 10:43) -- Man on the Moon: The End of Day Info (35:47) -- Track 1: "In My Dreams (Cudder Ant...

Season 3 begins with none other than the arguable greatest hip-hop album of all-time, Nas' Illmatic. Will Moulz & Mel bow before its towering legacy? Or will they dare dispute the canon and risk uproar? ----------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (7:34 - 11:56) -- Illmatic Info (37:55) -- Track 1: "The Genesis" (1:05:37) -- Track 2: "N.Y. State of Mind" (1:21:55) -- Track 3: "Life...

For the first time in Rap Rankings history, there's a guest sitting in for the entire review. And it's none other than The 3rd Member himself, @fromoldharlem, joining Moulz & Mel to talk the new Busta Rhymes album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God . --------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (29:31 - 34:30) -- Track 1: "E.L.E. 2 Intro" (18:28) -- Track 2: "The Purge" (35:...

In the Season 2 finale, Moulz & Mel head to the art gallery for their final meeting with Jay-Z's discography, Magna Carta Holy Grail . Is it a masterpiece? Or will they chop an ear off, finally driven mad by Hov's shenanigans? --------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:57 - 9:58) -- Magna Carta Holy Grail Info (49:28) -- Track 1: "Holy Grail" (1:21:53) -- Track 2: "Picasso Baby"...

Jay-Z returns to his flagship series with The Blueprint 3, his third post-retirement album. Is it a worthy addition to the lineage, or is it DOA? Only one way for Moulz & Mel to find out. ---------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (7:43 - 10:53) -- The Blueprint 3 Info (50:58) -- Track 1: "What We Talkin' About" (1:22:06) -- Track 2: "Thank You" (1:41:39) -- Track 3: "D.O.A....

Moulz & Mel crash the set of Jay-Z's American Gangster . Will they find stellar audio cinema, or will it be a dollar bin disaster? ------------------------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (12:25 - 15:26) -- American Gangster Info (39:58) -- Track 1: "Intro" (1:17:03) -- Track 2: "Pray" (1:24:49) -- Track 3: "American Dreamin'" (1:40:29) -- Track 4: "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" (2:00...

Don't call it a comeback. Jay-Z returns from retirement, as promised, with Kingdom Come . But was it "like Jordan, wearing the 4-5" like he claimed? Or was he more like Wizards Jordan? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @JibriHashim ----- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (7:20 - 10:17) -- Kingdom Come Info (34:40) -- Track 1: "The Prelude" [w/ @jibrihashim] (1:04:08) -- Track 2: "Oh My God" (1:58...

Grand opening, grand closing. Only two-thirds of the way through their Jay-Z season, Moulz & Mel somehow arrive at his "retirement" with The Black Album. Will Hov go out on top, sad, or not at all? ------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:21) -- The Black Album Info (53:28) -- Track 1: "Interlude" (1:17:36) -- Track 2: "December 4th" (1:26:33) -- Track 3: "What More...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? Moulz & Mel unwrap The Gift and grapple with The Curse of The Blueprint² . Will this blueprint be as masterful as the first, or should Jay not have tried to fix what wasn't broken? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @yungestilos ---------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:52 - 9:47) -- The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse Info (33:10...

Jay-Z's The Blueprint is considered one of his indisputable classics. But did Hov truly show the world how to design a timeless album? Or was it a blueprint for disaster? Moulz & Mel examine. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @fromoldharlem ---------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:02 - 9:08) -- The Blueprint Info (37:01) -- Track 1: "The Ruler's Back" (1:06:49) -- Track 2: "Takeover" (...

This week, Moulz & Mel prick their fingers and join Jay-Z's Roc La Familia, then promptly break their oath of omertà to bring you tales from inside the dynasty. Don't tell Don Jigga! SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @NotYouRaps ------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (5:14 - 7:55) -- The Dynasty: Roc La Familia Info (31:22) -- Track 1: "Intro" (52:05) -- Track 2: "Change The Game" (1:...

A stabbing, a reluctant Pimp C verse and the turn of the millennium. Just some of the events surrounding Jay-Z's infamously leaked Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. Moulz & Mel investigate. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @AYoo0509 ---------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (2:43 -4:50) -- Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter Info (31:25) -- Track 1: "Hova Song (Intro)" (45:11...

Moulz & Mel put on their shiny suits and get jiggy with The Jigga Man for Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life , the latest entry in their Hov-themed, "Back In Black" season. ---------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (4:30 - 6:42) -- Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Info (29:42) - Track 1: "Intro - Hand It Down" (52:42) -- Track 2: "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" (1:13:45) -- Track 3: "If...

Moulz & Mel check in on Nas in the hospital, as he presents his brand new album, King's Disease, produced by Hit-Boy. Will he succumb to the disease's effects and lose the crown, or will he pull through and return to the throne? -------- Intro (0:00) -- Track 1: "King's Disease" (10:45) -- Track 2: "Blue Benz" (23:55) -- Track 3: "Car #85" (26:59) -- Track 4: "Ultra Black" (39:04) -- Track 5:...

Continuing their Hov-themed season, Moulz & Mel tackle Jay-Z's sophomore album In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Will Jay fall victim to the sophomore slump, or will Young Hova deliver back-to-back classics? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @Slangdini ----------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (3:30 - 6:54) -- In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Info (33:30) -- Track 1: "Intro / A Million And One Qu...

The journey through Jay-Z's discography begins, as Season 2 kicks off with Reasonable Doubt . Will Moulz & Mel discover 24 years later that he was actually guilty of impersonating a rapper, or will the exoneration stand? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @KilApt5B --------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:10 - 11:05) -- Reasonable Doubt Info (35:46) -- Track 1: "Can't Knock The Hustle" (...

Rap Rankings. Season 2. Back In Black. Every Jay-Z album. Reviewed. Rated. Ranked. Coming August 12th, 2020, on all podcast platforms.

The first season of Rap Rankings concludes with a MASSIVE, nearly eight-hour review of Take Care. Is it the best Drake album like many say? Or will mans turn that narrative into a duppy? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @ottergawd -- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (12:13 - 15:33) -- Take Care Info (32:52) -- Track 1: "Over My Dead Body" (1:07:22) -- Track 2: "Shot For Me" (1:39:12) -- Track 3...

Moulz & Mel head back to the West Coast for a funkified adventure with DJ Quik. Is the album hot enough to give them a perm, or is Rhythm-Al-Ism a philosophy not worth pursuing an education in? ----- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (3:36 - 7:35) -- Rhythm-Al-Ism Info (42:48) -- Track 1: "Rhythm-Al-Ism (Intro)" (1:04:36) -- Track 2: "We Still Party" (1:13:41) -- Track 3: "So Many W...

Punch a hole in your wall, bleach your hair, take a seat next to Ken Kaniff and quiet down. We're at The Eminem Show. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: Jesse Fairfax (@fromoldharlem) ------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:09) -- The Eminem Show Info (33:20) -- Track 1: "Curtains Up (Skit)" (50:59) -- Track 2: "White America" (53:58) -- Track 3: "Business" (1:15:11) -- Track 4: "Cleanin...

Who'd dare approach the throne of Nicki Minaj?! Those idiots Moulz & Mel, of course. Are they humble subjects of Her Majesty, or disrespectful fools, destined to be slaughtered by Barbz at the palace gates? SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @Ad8AndFriends ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (3:06 - 8:26) -- Queen Info (24:29) -- Track 1: "Ganja Burn" (41:33) -- Track 2: "Majesty"...

Moulz & Mel travel to Atlanta to meet up with Ludacris and find out what that mouf do. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @K1ngEljay ------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (3:41 - 7:58) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (24:46) -- Word Of Mouf Info (41:48) -- Track 1: "Coming 2 America" (1:09:10) -- Track 2: "Rollout (My Business)" (1:18:33) -- Track 3: "Go 2 Sleep" (1:27:10) -- Track 4: "Cry...