The Crate 808 Podcast

FULL 3-HOUR EPISODE: https://tinyurl.com/2cygqg9a 🤯 Ranking Top 36 Ghostface Killah Songs https://bit.ly/3s98hoE 👻   Ever since he went to war with the melting pot, Raekwon the Chef has cooked up some marvellous shit during his illustrious rap career. And after digging into every single solo album in his vault, including a wild mixtape era, we've arrived at our final episode in Rae's Wu-Tang Chr...

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH BABY!! Today we tackle one of our all-time favourite artists on this show - Big Pun 💥 We list our love for his art, his legacy and our top five songs from his catalogue. Joining us in the hot seat is our Boom Bap Crusader, Ray Ridge, and returning guest SonRaw 🔥   Show Notes Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00) John Blaze (49:00) 100% (1:03:20) Boomerang (...

Hey, Crate 808 fans! If you are listening to this show you're probably a 90's rap nerd like the rest of us, and if so, you gotta check out the newest show from Open Mike Eagle's podcast network Stony Island Audio. It's called "Stories About Songs with Kevin Beacham"  The host Kevin Beacham is a documentarian, journalist, radio host, and all-around rap superfan. Some of you may know him as the co-f...

FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-78823713   We dive back into MF DOOM's catalogue, specifically Viktor Vaughn 's ' Lactose Lecithin' from his 2003 cult-classic album, Vaudeville Villain 💥   And joining us is SonRaw to break down why this song stands out in that incredible body of work...and boy did we go in 🍿   Now, remember to check our our EPIC 3-Album Run series: ht...

'Yes, this ain't rock  ' n '  roll,  ' cause the rap is in control' - Welcome to a HUGE chat for your ears, it's three hours plus on A Tribe Called Quest 🍿   And we'll be breaking down our top ATCQ cuts, with two legends in the building - Dylan Green and SonRaw 🔥   Show Notes Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00) Midnight (28:09) Award Tour (32:17) Footprints (40:33) Skypager (44:07)...

FULL 2 HOUR+ EPISODE 📲 https://tinyurl.com/2ofpm3d4   When EXACTLY did Raekwon the Chef become truly great? That's just one of many, many topics we cover on this gargantuan review of ' Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II '. We also dig into Rae's magic mixtape era, as we continue our Wu-Tang Clan Chronicles series. Get primed for over two hours of pure Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and general Wu rap c...

We bring you a behemoth of an episode breaking down hip hop in the year 2023 (so far) 🍿 We bring the ruckus with some awesome convos with some equally awesome people, this week we have:   Rohan from The Rap Music Plug Podcast, beat maker and writer, SonRaw, and our very own Boom Bap Crusader, Ray Ridge. Enjoy this smorgasbord of nerdy rap chat, as well as Kam's Top 40 albums of the year so far be...

Yes people, we're back talking about which 90s rap songs we'd play to an alien to define hip hop. 👽 This one ran deep with some HUGE love for Busta, Del the Funky Homosapien, EPMD and hidden gems from Biggie 👀   Alien playlist in full: https://www.crate808.com/alien-playlist Our 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs   Exclusive Episodes: Ranking the top 36 Ghostface Killah son...

Yo yo yo, you braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical, approach to the course and the force is sen-trif-i-cal! Yes people, today we're talking about a man who flows with the greatest ease, who never did care about the haters, please - rap legend Masta Ace is in the hot seat once again to talk about his incredible 1990s output of ' SlaughtaHouse ' (1993), ' Sittin' On Chrome ' (1995) and ' Dispos...

Full episode: https://bit.ly/3GDzp7X   Time to dip into that monumental MF DOOM catalogue, with a look at his classic cut with Madlib - All Caps (off of the classic Madvillainy album) 🔥 Ray Ridge breaks down why this song means so much to him…and take the How Deep is Your Love test 👀   Subscribe to the Patreon, which is STACKED with DOOM, Dilla and Wu-Tang content, as well as Hidden Gem album re...

One our favourite artists out there right now, Pan Amsterdam, jumps in the hot seat to talk...   🐝 Breaking down ODB's genius 🔥 How Juvenile compares to Louis Armstrong 👽 Love for Kool Keith 💪 Working with Kanye, Mos Def and more 💥 Competing with Beyoncé, Robert Glapser in his youth 🦆 'EAT' and working with Damu the Fudgemunk 🐐 Iggy Pop discovering Pan Amsterdam + hanging with Henry Rollins...

FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-i-79959923   Ray Ridge jumps into his 'Why I Love' series debut with both feet, as we talk about Dilla's STELLAR work on Busta Rhymes' Show Me What You Got song, off his Anarchy album in 2000 🔥   More Exclusive Episodes: Ranking the top 36 Ghostface Killah songs https://bit.ly/3s98hoE 👻 Ghostface Killa's 'Ironman' album review https://bit...

Strap in because this one is a big one - we breakdown our Top 5 2Pac songs and dive into what he means to us and hip hop at large, with special guest Robert Kuehl from the Next Movement Podcast. A bit of a love letter to Kam's first true hip hop obsession, so enjoy 🍿   Do check out our big 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs   Exclusive Episodes: Ranking the top 36 Ghostface...

Yes yes, it's time for more Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror fun 🔪 We dip into one of the biggest horror releases of 2023, Scream 6. Joining us for this deep dive are Myke-C Town (Dead End Hip Hop) and Alaska Atoms (Call Out Culture).   Do check out our big 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs   Exclusive Episodes: Ranking the top 36 Ghostface Killah songs https://bit.ly/3s98hoE 👻 R...

FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-4-77910649     We kick off our next Wu-Chronicles series, dipping into Raekwon the Chef's solo album run! And first up is a bonafide classic record, all the way back from 1995 - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...   This may be one of the funnest rap chats I've ever had, as we bring on board some of the best voices in hip hop to chat about OB4CL: Zi...

This week we drop our takes on a truly gargantuan musical moment - the first three records from the Wu-Tang Clan 😱 Special guest GENG PTP joins us to break down Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993), Wu-Tang Forever (1997) and The W (2000).   And we're joined by an arsenal of amazing voices in the rap podcast universe - you'll not only hear takes from Wu members, but also John Morrison, Zilla Ro...

We return with our series looking at the most historic three-album runs in hip hop, and this one is BIG. We bring on writer Max Bell to break down the incredible slate of records from the one and only DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name (1991), Way 2 Fonky (1992), Safe + Sound (1995), as well as Rhythm-al-ism (1998).   You'll hear from a dope spectrum of rap voices, including Jeff Weiss, Dart Adams, Pete T...

'It was all a dream…' 💭 We kick off 2023 with a BIG one, as we list our top songs by Biggie Smalls…and figure which one we'd play to an alien to teach it hip hop. It got hectic, and we REALLY got into Frank White's catalogue with Dan O from Freemusic Empire and Jon Bass from Notorious P.O.D. 👑   100 Rap Songs You'd Play to an Alien: https://www.crate808.com/alien-playlist   All our favourite ban...

Full episode: https://bit.ly/3Vfog1E     Today we're talking about Russel Tyrone Jones aka Big Baby Jesus aka Osiris the Father aka Freeloading Rusty aka The Drunken Master aka Ason Unique aka Blunted Sultan aka Dirt McGirt aka The Professor aka The Bza aka The Beatbox Specialist aka Joe Bananas…AKA THE OL' DIRTY BASTARD !   Yes, we've finished off our Ghostface series, now it's time to move into...

It's the end of the year and we're breaking down a STELLAR 2022 with Yemi Abiade (Rhymes Like Dimes podcast) - we hit up our annual categories of top albums and songs, as well as our favourite features, verse and artwork. Oh, we also name our MVP of the year too! 👑   YouTube: https://youtu.be/8I10ZcNQ0E4   All our favourite bangers of 2022 can be found on our regularly updated Spotify playlist: h...

Yo yo yo, I know we're a hip hop podcast, but as some of you know, we've been dipping into our love of horror films with fellow rap nerds on the show...and we combined for an end of year special.   We're joined by Dead End Hip Hop's Myke-C Town, Call Out Culture's Alaska Atoms and journalist Thomas Hobbs for a rundown of our top picks.   YouTube: https://youtu.be/Af1I1HHf_EI   Our 3-Album Run seri...

One of the GOATs of hip hop blessed us with another project with Hit-Boy…and it's one of the year's best. We dig into the stand out cuts and breakdown where this album stands in his all-time discography.   Our 3-Album Run series in full: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs   🤩 Don't forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly/2U76bba 🔔...

This week we're joined by stellar guests GENG PTP aka King Vision Ultra and Yemi Abiade (from the Rhymes Like Dimes podcast) to discuss our Top 5 Hip Hop Films 🍿 This one is a mammoth episode, so enjoy digging in!   Our 3-Album Run series in full: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs   🤩 Don't forget to hit the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons on YouTube to be notified of new episodes - https://bit.ly...

Full THREE HOUR episode 🍿 👉 https://bit.ly/3s98hoE   The Ghostface Killah Avengers assemble as SonRaw, MidaZ the Beast and Alaska Atoms join us for this marathon Patreon episode - I'm still tired from compiling this episode together, so I really hope you heads enjoy it!     🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨   Patreon-only episodes: Ranking the top 36 Ghostface Killah songs https://bit...

This week we're joined by our patrons on our monthly livestream to talk Jay-Z's verse on 'God Did', Your Old Droog's EPs, OK Nice's 'Have You Tried Being Happy', Roc Marciano + The Alchemist's 'Elephant Man's Bones', Pan Amsterdam + Damu the Fudgemunk's 'EAT', Black Thought + Dangermouse's 'Cheat Codes', Mach Hommy + Tha God Fahim's 'Dollar Menu 4' and JID's 'The Forever Story'.   Our 3-Album Run...