Live From The Basement

This episode we dissect QD3 & FlavorUnit’s new flick “The Art of Organized Noize“, a documentary about the musical career of one of the most prolific music production crews of all time, Organized Noize. We also took this opportunity to get a young listener on the show to talk about his music choices in 2016. As always, drop us a comment or hit us up on twitter, facebook or email!

This episode we discuss what’s next. We’ve been producing and releasing this show for over 10 years and we’ve decided to take it back to the earlier days. To when we wouldn’t take ourselves so seriously and have more fun. It’s been one hell of a ride and it wouldn’t have been as amazing as it’s been had it not been for everyone who has worked on this show, and more importantly all of you who have downloaded, listened, called, emailed, tweeted and supported us over the years. We appreciate all that you’ve done for us over the years and we hope we can continue to make you laugh, think and have more fun on the train ride, at your job, during the commute or wherever we are with you. Thank you, and see you all next episode! Drop us a message, let us know what YOU wanna hear! * Major on Twitter

Just added to this feed April 11, 2016, this is the second of a two-part episode, Episode #67 we released back on July of 2008 featuring an interview with Bishop Lamont. We released it on the blog but never dropped it on the feed. Wow. Hope you enjoy the memories yall!

This episode we discussed the painful Keith Murray battle with Fredro Starr, checked out The Game – The Documentary 2 for Blend It or Bump It and more! Download it and check it out!

This episode we talked about the Drake & Future album. We also spoke with Brooklyn Bodega‘s Wes Jackson to talk about his article aimed at a Complex magazine writer’s blog post disparaging true hip-hop heads. Also this episode we started our first Hip-Hop Draft, reviewed Jay Rock’s 90059 album and more!

Major, JMack and Mola1 sit down and have a convo with one of the unsung heroes of West Coast hip-hop, former DJ to Ice-T and right-hand man to Dr. Dre, Chris “The Glove” Taylor. This was by far one of the most enlightening interviews we’ve had. Also this episode, Hip-Hop Essentials and odd couples in hip-hop.

Major wasn’t in this week so JMack and MOLA1 decided to hang out in the basement and go through some of our favorite interviews over the past 10 years of the show. Interviews this episode included Daz Dillinger, Sean Price, Billy Corbin Director of Cocaine Cowboys, Bishop Lamont, Raphael Saadiq (kinda), Joe Budden, Stat Quo, Buck Shot, Killer Mike, Treach and AZ. Check it out, let us know what your favorites were!

We’ve taken rap lyrics from your favorite songs, and turned them into plain, proper English. We also talked about Macklemore paying respect to the classics and we reviewed Scarface’s new album Deeply Rooted. Review this album and play Rap Wordz with Friends with us!

This week we ask you what hip-hop biopic do YOU want to see? We picked ours and discussed them too! We also went in on the MTV Video Music Awards and of course you know we had to talk about Ye's rant. Also this episode it was time for our hip-hop essentials, this time we picked essential mixtapes! What are some of your essential picks?

This week, we spun tracks from the West Coast, review of the Straight Outta Compton movie, Dr. Dre’s Compton Soundtrack for Blend It or Bump It, and we had a special guest interview with none other than NWA’s own MC Ren!

This week we discussed all things beef. From Meek Mill vs. Drake to Ghost vs. Action Bronson, we picked each apart, threw it on the barbecue and sliced it up into delicious edible pieces for you to enjoy. Also this episode, to keep the beef theme going, we put together a special hip-hop essentials for you and selected our top three essential hip-hop diss tracks of all time! Bon apetit!

This week we discuss what makes a #1 record (in light of Joey Bada$$ twitter comments), we also played a game to see if we could tell the difference between three mediocre beers, and we reviewed A$AP Rocky’s sophomore effort “At. Long. Last. ASAP” for Blend It or Bump It. Of course you know we also have some GREAT new music! Download episode 31 and get in on the convo!

We’re excited to be back and recovered from the recent flood! We can’t thank you all enough for your kind words and support to help us get back recording the show! This episode discuss the Rachel Dolezal situation, same sex marriage in the U.S. and pick our hip-hop essentials

Oddisee’s “The Good Fight” is on the chopping block and we discuss Jay-Z’s B-Sides Concert and controversial freestyle on Tidal. We hope this episode ‘tides’ you over as we ‘Fight the Good Fight’ to repair the Basement and get back on the air for Episode 30!

It’s all about Soundtracks this week. We asked what happened to great urban and hip-hop films, as well as their soundtracks and selected a few for our Hip-Hop Essentials picks this week! We also pulled some special Root Beer out of the StashBox from Small Town Brewery that had the crew buzzing…literally. All that and a surprise call from a special guest, the legendary Fatman Scoop!

This week we review Raekwon’s latest album “F.I.L.A.”, discuss some of the most overrated MC’s of all time, review Tecate beer for the stashbox and talk about some of our current Netflix favorites and more! Listen in to see how it all went down.

This week we discuss some of the most underrated MC’s of all time as well as the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight. We invited our friend John Nash aka HeyNotTheFace, a writer BloodyElbow.com to come over to get into the discussion as well as comment on his recent article about where this fight ranks among the biggest matches of all time. Also this episode, we got into our essential hip-hop album picks and got a surprise call from King Kirk of Sporty Thievz!

This episode Major, JMack and Mola1 discuss #WorstRapLines, Jay-Z’s Tidal music service and Wale’s The Album About Nothing was up for Blend It or Bump It!

This episode we celebrated the birthday of a very important album in hip-hop history made this episode’s picks for Essential Hip-Hop Albums and played our brand new game “Say Something Nice”.

This episode we reviewed some new candidates for our open intern position here at the show, we also spoke to our long-time friend of the show, Bishop Lamont to talk about what he’s working on, get his opinion on the Kendrick Lamar album. All that AND we ran through our essential album picks this episode. Check it out!