The Rise & Grind Podcast

Welcome to Episode 107! This week, Roderick Cari, & Chef Hoppie return to their seats for another Pod. Today they'll talk a brand new project from DaBaby, & the highly-anticipated "An Evening With Silk Sonic" album from Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak. After the crew talks first weeks numbers from Summer Walker, Key Glock, & Megan Thee Stallion, they visit new singles from Juice WRLD, Lil Durk, Polo G...

Welcome to Episode 104! This week, Roderick & Cari return to talk more drops & news surrounding the rap game. Starting off, the guys recap Young Thug's first week of 'PUNK', as it arrives at No. 1 on the 'Billboard Top 200' chart, then move into new music from Wale, Moneybagg Yo, & a compilation tape from Kawhi Leonard. Once onto news, the R&G crew  talks new legal situations for NBA Youngboy, Dr....

On this episode: Roderick & Cari are back in to talk Hip Hop! After talking their past week & life, the guys take some time to first discuss Kyrie Irving & his recent NBA controversy (14:48). Onto music, the guys start with albums, taking on Dom Kennedy's 'From The Westside With Love Three' (20:55) first, then Young Thug's 'PUNK' (26:22), & finally a re-release of  Mac Miller's 'Faces' (37:50) & t...

Episode 100 is finally here! On this Episode, Roderick & Cari, along with friends, start the show off discussing their previous week, & then discuss a range of different topics from music to Hip Hop news!

Welcome to episode 99! With a short, yet very important week in hip-hop, listen to the R&G crew talk the week of Drake's 'Certified Lover Boy' release & the events surrounding it!

Welcome back for a episode 98! On this Episode, Roderick & Cari start the show off discussing their previous week, & then waste no time jumping into music reviews. They talk new singles by Meek Mill, as well as Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar. Moving onto album releases, the gang reviews new projects by Belly, Westside Gunn, Lil Yachty, & the highly-anticipated DONDA. Later on in the pod & int news, th...

Welcome back to another episode of The Rise & Grind Podcast! On Episode 96, Chef Hoppie returns to the pod, catching you up on his past 2 weeks, before the gang dives into music. The boys talk the release of Nas & Hit-Boy's "Kings Disease 2", as well as new projects from YNW Melly, K Camp, & Benny The Butcher. With still no "DONDA" this week, the crew talks when Kanye might pull the trigger on his...

Welcome to Episode 95 of The Rise & Grind Podcast! 

Welcome to Episode 94! Don't miss 2 weeks worth of R&G Hip-Hop coverage!

On this Episode: Welcome to episode 92 of The Rise & Grind Podcast! This week, the guys start off with a recap of their 4th of July weekend, as well as some goals moving into 2021. After that talk, the guys jump into music & news. With few drops out, the guys quickly review G Herbo's new album '25', a Brent Faiyaz & Drake collab, and talk about Tyler, The Creator's first week's sales numbers. Fina...

On this episode: Welcome to Episode 91! The guys are back to talk Hip-Hop! With Chef Hoppie out on vacation, Roderick & Cari kick off overviewing their past week, before jumping into albums this week, such as Tyler, The Creator's "CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST", Big Sean's 10th anniversary edition of "Finally Famous", & a new tape from Hoodrich Pablo Juan. On into news, the guys recap Bow Wow & Soulja B...

On this episode: Welcome to Episode 89! This week, all other artists virtually move out of the way to make for Lil Baby & Lil Durk's highly-anticipated collab album "The Voice of the Heroes", so the guys waste no time getting thru singles to discuss this album. Afterwards, the crew talks news, like Dababy's artist Wisdom arrested for attempted murder, Lil Durk's Brother is killed in Chicago, & a l...

On this episode: The guys are back for episode 88! With what might be the quietest music week yet, the crew goes over DMX's posthumous album release, "Exodus", before going right into news. Later, the guys talk Coi Leray's latest performance in Houston, Nicki Minaj breaks streaming records for mixtapes, JAY-Z joins Lebron's "The Shop", and an argument about the 2010's "Mount Rushmore" of rap.

On this episode: Welcome to episode 87! With a lot in store this week, the R&G crew jumps straight into the latest in singles, reviewing new songs by Polo G, Roddy Ricch, 42 Dugg, Lil Baby & more. They go on to discuss news, like the first week sales numbers of J. Cole's "The Off Season" & Kodak Black's "Haitian Boy Kodak", along with another great sales week for Moneybagg Yo. Finishing up, the gu...

On This Episode: Welcome to episode 86 of The Rise & Grind Podcast. Coming off of the biggest music week in 2021, the guys hold nothing back. The begin with news, clearing up a rumor that started last week about Pooh Shiesty. They then go on to discuss Pretty Ricky's Baby Blue pleading building to $24M PPP fraud, as well as Chicago's own Lil Reese being shot this weekend. Once onto music, the gang...

On this episode: Welcome to Episode 84! With a lot in store this episode, the Rise & Grind crew starts off covering the latest singles, including a song from 21 Savage, a part of 'SAW's new soundtrack (8:25), as well as a track by Joyner Lucas & Lil Baby (11:10). Moving onto albums, the guys briefly discusses rising NC artist Morray's new project (15:18), before moving into news. With news, the cr...