Vibes and Stuff Podcast

(0:00) intro & preview (2:00) catchin' up on the crazy events from our week (7:15) Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion drop a new single- is it too raunchy and vulgar?? (14:15) Logic reacts to Joe Budden's criticism- is the younger generation of rappers just too soft & sensitive? (32:32) Jaguar Wright goes at her former colleagues with some explosive accusations against Common, The Roots, Ta...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:30) catching up (7:20) ideas for potential Verzuz match-ups are getting kind of ridiculous (13:15) Noname shades Beyonce yet again! Can she be trolling at this point or does she have a point? (22:35) R.I.P. Malik B- we discuss his legacy and our favorite verses from the late Roots member (29:45) You're Only New Once! We share our starting five Best Solo Debut Albums f...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:20) catchin' up (7:08) our thoughts on Logic's retirement announcement ( 14:30) what's going on with Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion??!? (18:45) Virgil Abloh is kind of a clown...(20:52) Kanye is still krazy; we react to his "rally" (31:25) our thoughts on the new Black Thought single 'Thought vs Everybody' (32:45) Misogny & sexi...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:30) catching up with special guest DJ Pham (7:45) Noname's Twitter fingers are at it again (14:25) Retraction (18:19) Troy Ave gives Meek Mill some bad advice (19:10) we list our favorite hip hop albums to have been released in 2020 so far (38:00) we weigh in on what we each personally felt was the dopest year in hip-hop musically (1:05:40) how important is being...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:40) we share our reactions to Dave Chappelle's '8:46' special (7:28) we weigh in on the recent back and forth between J. Cole and Noname....who's right and who's wrong? (19:30) In this day and age, is cancel culture going too far? (27:27) we revisit songs where underground artists made a concerted effort to make a hit radio song in an effort to crossover to a wider au...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:25) we discuss the recent killing of George Floyd, the protests, the looting & where do we go from here? (31:44) we dive into our Chicago Hip-Hop appreciation discussion; Common's 'Be' has turned 15 years old, what do we appreciate about that album? How did we initially respond to it? How has it aged? (44:05) we discuss what Chi-town artists are on our Mount Rushm...

(0:00) intro & preview (1:49) Rona update; are we ready to head back out there?! (8:58) Special, special shot out (10:46) More online IG battles on the way...why are they so popular now?  (15:28) Tekashi 69 is back and owning his 'rat' label, but also restarting his career! What has his saga taught us about the music industry? How will his story play out? (26:20) Doja Cat gets cancelled,...

(0:00) intro & preview (1:59) R.I.P. to Andre Harrell, Betty Wright, & Little Richard! We discuss their legacies (11:38) RTJ4 release date has dropped (12:26) why is the COVID19 pandemic apparently killing online music streams? (16:56) We dive into a brief history of underground hip-hop, when did it start? What makes a release "underground"? What was the first underground hip hop album we...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:40) COVID19 Update: R.I.P. Fred The Godson, Grammar Schools Getting In On These Online Battles (8:40) Statik Selektah Produces and releases a new Biggie track (12:25) for it's 30th Anniversary, we discuss A Tribe Called Quest's debut LP Peoples' Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm! What we appreciated and our favorite tracks (31:25) we dive into album cuts fro...

Ian & Jason review the third and newest LP from veteran MC R.A The Rugged, All My Heroes Are Dead. We go over what we liked, disliked, our favorite songs, and what our 1 to 10 rating was. Ian also presses Jason on his high and rigid standards as far as what he considers quality hip-hop...Enjoy!

(0:00) intro & preview (2:15) reactions to the Michael Jordan 'Last Dance' doc (6:36) we briefly discuss the merits of our winner for Best Album of the 2000s decade from the last show (11:50) we give our initial thoughts on the Salt N Pepa biopic trailer (14:06) we discuss the controversy over Netflix's #BlackAF, how much progress black cinema has made and still needs to make, &amp...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:55) COVID19 lockdown updates: what we've been doing, what shows we've been watching, and what other conspiracy theories are we hearing out there? (18:15) RIP Bill Withers (18:50) Live Online DJ/Producer Battles- is this going to be permanent feature of hip-hop? Do we love 'em or hate 'em? What producers would we like to see spar with each other? (40:51) we dive into v...

(0:00) intro & preview (1:45) we discuss how we've been doing during the COVID19 lockdown, and how we've been keeping ourselves occupied, along with a few R.I.P.s (23:30) Below average rapper, Russ, is back at it again, claiming he's going to be "bringing back soul samples" to hip-hop (29:15) DJ Jazzy Jeff has been hospitalized & how COVID19 will effect life from here on (32:15) Hip Hop Mo...

(0:00) intro & preview (1:28) Reggie talks art (3:55) how society is feeling the effects of that 'Rona (9:35) hotep conspiracy theories on the 'Rona (11:50) Ian loves the new RMR- Rascal video (14:10) we give an in depth review of Jay Electronica's long awaited debut album 'A Written Testimony', was it worth the wait? (47:20) Jamil asks if Erykah Badu ruined him & if we think we'll get mor...

(0:00) intro, preview & opening comments (4:50) New details have emerged about what to expect from Jay Electronica's upcoming album. How do we feel about it now? (11:36) Eminem admits that he is a guest in hip hop...so what was the beef with Lord Jamar about?! (32:48) we review Royce da 5'9's new album The Allegory (49:34) LYRICS MATTER!! We discuss how much lyricism factors into whether or no...

Ian & Jamil join up to discuss the legacy of the late, great J-Dilla! We discuss our first exposure to him, our favorite songs, favorite Dilla produced albums, under-appreciated Dilla joints, and more! TURN IT UP!

(0:00) intro, preview, & opening comments with special guest Jay Baxter (6:50) Jay Electronica announced his album is dropping in 40 days...what do we really expect from him at this point? (13:30) Mase calls out Puff for his exploitative business practices. Who's to blame when artists get "cheated" out of money? (26:13) Ghostface Killah's 'Supreme Clientele' just turned 20 years old! Where wer...

(0:00) intro, preview, & salutations (4:40) Tyler The Creator calls out the Grammys- do they pigeonhole black artists with labels like 'urban'? (13:35) the cause for the Royce da 5'9"/Yelawolf beef has been revealed...and its exactly what we predicted! (18:48) Southern Hip Hop appreciation discussion- we talk how we were exposed to southern artists growing up, what biases we developed against...

(0:00) intro *I forgot to hit the record button and lost the first 20 minutes of the conversation...sorry* (2:28) R.I.P. Kobe & Gianna (4:09) Kanye wants Danny McBride to play him in his biopic movie (7:37) Royce da 5'9" vs Yelawolf, what's this all about? (13:59) Noname sounds off with her frustration over her audience being majority white and so few black people supporting her music (23:10)...

(0:00) intro & opening comments (4:05) did Kanye ride a horse into a church only to get thrown off??  And special guest Vince weighs in on Ye's newfound zeal for Jesus and how exactly did one of Chicago's finest get to his current state (13:53) Pete Rock sounds off on the new generation of rappers (again!), is this just another example of an old head hating? Or are the points he brought u...

(0:00) intro & preview (2:40) R.I.P. Poppa Wu & Phase 2 (5:27) Juice Wrld also passed away...we discuss if this new wave of "drug rap" is bad for the culture (9:15) do we label late artists "legends" too easily just because they pass away? (12:22) Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport! (15:05) John Legend redoes an old Xmas song, and makes it more woke! (19:45) did Lizzo cross a line with h...

(0:00) intro & opening comments (2:25) recommended reading *book plug* (4:45) 40 Ounce discussion (6:20) Our thoughts on Madlib's interview revealing 'Bandana' sequel with Freddie Gibbs is in the works, update on the new Black Star album & what we hope to hear on it (9:45) brief Black Thought appreciation convo (13:45) Dr. Dre is due to get honored at the Grammys but his checkered past has...

(0:00) introduction & opening comments (2:45) the new Black Star album is allegedly finished, we discuss what we would expect and hope the album to be (7:25) the Popeye's chicken sandwich has been getting alot of unfair press (12:43) T.I.'s makes some controversial comments about parenting his daughter & we weigh in (21:42) we discuss Kanye's "conversion" to Christianity and whether or not...

Ian & Jerome break down the newest release from Detroit producer, Apollo Brown- Sincerely, Detroit. We do a song by song analysis, talk about our first exposure to Apollo Brown, give the album a 1 to 10 rating and discuss where it falls as far as our favorite albums of 2019. We also share what we've been bumpin' this week...Enjoy! (Ian's favorite songs: Stopwatch, Lettin' Go, Dominance, In The...

Ian & Jamil come back briefly to dive into the new, unexpected album from legendary hip-hop duo- Gang Starr, One Of The Best Yet!! We briefly go over the backstory of how this album came about, do a song by song analysis, highlight our favorite 5 cuts, discuss where it falls in the Gang Starr discography, and of course give it a 1 to 10 rating*. Then we share what else we've been bumpin' and p...