Hip Hop Albums of The Year 2021 So Far | Ep. 113

podcast September 26, 2021

One thing about us here at Crate 808, we seem to work on our own schedule…and that’s what we’re reviewing our favourite albums of 2021 so far in September and not the midway point 🙃 So get ready for some heated chat around the likes of Ka, Lloyd Banks, Armand Hammer, Navy Blue, The Alchemist, Tyler the Creator, Your Old Droog, Benny the Butcher, Skyzoo and much more 🍿

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Show Notes:

Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (00:00)
Ray No.5: TIME by Your Old Droog (07:02)
James No.5: The House Is Burning by Isaiah Rashad (12:35)
Kam No.5: Bo Jackson by The Alchemist and Boldy James (17:25)
Ray No.4: The Course of the Inevitable by Lloyd Banks (25:30)
James No.4: Camera of Sound by Jazz Spaztiks (30:45)
Kam No.4: Navy’s Reprise by Navy Blue (34:20)
Ray No.3: All the Brilliant Things by Skyzoo (41:48)
James No.3: Tha YOD Fahim by Your Old Droog and Tha God Fahim (48:33)
Kam No.3: Pray for Haiti by Mach Hommy (54:00)
Ray No.2: The Plugs I Met 2 by Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud (1:02:26)
James No.2: Dialogue by Ol Burger Beats and Vuyo (1:09:16)
Kam No.2: Haram by Armand Hammer and The Alchemist (1:13:10)
Ray No.1: Hitman for Hire V2 by JoJo Pellegrino (1:22:05)
James No.1: Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler the Creator (1:30:30)
Kam No.1: A Martyr’s Reward by Ka (1:35:50)

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?

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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)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG