Mos Def’s ‘Black on Both Sides’ Album Review with Kipp Stone | Ep. 111

This week we sit down with one of our favourite new artists out there – Ohio’s very own, Kipp Stone is in the house to speak on a stone-cold 90s hip hop classic…Mos Def’s 1999 record, ‘Black on Both Sides’ 🔥

 

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We also dive into the curious case of Lesley Snypes – a rapper we made up on the show…but is now somehow an ACTUAL rapper with two songs out?!! 😱 Check it out here, fantastic: https://lesleysnypes.bandcamp.com

 

Crate 808 Mailbag, so thank you all the listeners/viewers who hit us up with some amazing MF DOOM stories, shouts for best football references in rap and a look through the usual staples.

 

To get involved, email us at crate808@gmail.com with your takes on…

 

🤔 If you could see one hip hop act perform live (dead or alive), which one and why?

🤯 Tell us your best and worst rap concert stories

🎵 What are the best examples of xylophone and flute hip hop?

⚽️ Found a football reference in rap? THROW IT OUR WAY, we want to hear more!

💥 What are the best guest openers on rap albums?

🤔 Who has the best verse on Jay-Z’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’? Did Young MC use the beat better?

🎻 What are your top 5 rap ballads?

🎤 What is the BEST Raekwon verse ever and why?

📈 What is Ghostface Killah’s apex?

👽 What song off of ‘Ironman’ would get on a playlist you’d play to an alien to teach it hip hop?

😴 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

💎 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

😯 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

😬 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🖋 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

👎 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

😭 What’s your best AND worst rap memorabilia?

Show Notes:

• Mailbag: Least hip hop thing in 24 hours…listening to Kanye’s Donda and loving Hieronymus Bosch?! (01:15)
• The curious case of Lesley Snypes (05:10)
• The Crate 808 Mailbag: Good football references in rap and another great Ghostface Killah story (07:55)
• Best year in 90s hip hop and best MF DOOM live stories (15:00)
• Kipp Stone talks on Mos Def’s ‘Black on Both Sides’ (22:10)
• Hidden Gem: ‘Climb’ and ‘May December’ (36:20)
• Kipp drops his best fishing tips! (45:00)

 

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

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