Episode 343: Q3 Album Reviews
Hard to believe the year is already two-thirds done. 2026 has been a great year for rap, and don’t let any crusty-ass hater tell you otherwi...
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Hip-hop discussion podcast from an MC, a writer, and a record collector featuring interviews with well-respected figures from rap's past and present. A Stony Island Audio experience.
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20 of 369 episodesEpisode 342-2026 Mid-Year Review
The first half of 2026 has already delivered a stacked lineup of rap releases, so we fired up the mics to take stock of the year's best albu...
Episode 341-Stolen Pastrami Valor (Blu & Exile, sideshow, Nappy Nina album reviews) )
The three bad brothers that you know so well gathered on May Day/Cinco De Mayo weekend to renew their fraternal bonds and review a batch of...
Episode 340-Q2 Rap Up: Pompeii/Utility, I Guess U Had To Be There, and Miami Lice
What’s good party people, For those of you who religiously track new rap releases, the beginning of the year can be a slow and uneventful st...
Episode 339-Quiet Luxury (656 Album Review)
What's good y'all!? We’re back like we never left. The first Dad Bod Rap Pod episode of the year finds your humble hosts in awe of the new R...
Quibble Jam 2025
The wait is over! The best fake hip-hop awards show on the internet is finally here. 2025 was an incredible year for rap music, from the Cli...
Episode 336: E.1999 Eternal Retrospective
The year was 1995. Bill Clinton was president. The internet was still just a flicker in Al Gore’s eye. Gas was $1.15 a gallon, and a group o...
Episode #335 Just Grindin' with guest Chester Watson
Reports of rap music’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The rap game is alive and well, especially in the indie world, which is thrivin...
Episode 334-It Was A Good Year wiht guest Theravada
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."– Zora Neale Hurston In indie rap, as in life, the fruit of one’s labor doesn’t a...
Episode 333-Expensive Words with guest Lil Fame of M.O.P.
In the annals of rap history, there are countless tracks that spark instant, ecstatic reactions. Whether it’s Kid ’N Play inviting you to re...
Episode 332-World Ultimate Retrospective
Let’s fire up the wayback machine and head to 1995, a simpler time, no doubt. Back when commuting by bus, trying to meet girls, and rapping...
Episode 331- Soul Food Retrospective
It's hard to imagine an album more well-respected than Goodie Mob's debut, Soul Food. It gets well-deserved love from rap enthusiasts from a...
Episode 330-Untamed Inspiration with guest Radamiz
his episode has a lot of moving parts. Imagine a Rube Goldberg Machine with interview snippets pinging around a maze of album reviews and bl...
Talk Like Sex Ep.5: Hands-on Experience
This week, we break format for a very, very special spin-off episode. DEM ONE and Blockhead reprise their sex/relationship pod, Talk Like Se...
Episode 329- We Float Organically with guest Saul Williams
"If you've never walked through the woods listening to Nobody Beats the Biz then you ain't never heard hip-hop." The above quote is from one...
Episode 328-Sour Times with guest DJ Haram
Episode 328 Sour Times with guest DJ Haram Show notes from the bleeding edge… Far beyond the genteel pop music stylings that comprise our da...
Episode 327-The Best Albums of 2025 (thus far)
Serious question: Where does the time go? It feels like just yesterday I was nursing a New Year’s Eve hangover and wondering what 2025 would...
Episode 326- The Gestures of Jesters with guest Slug of Atmosphere
We've got a really big show for you this week. We have had the pleasure of interviewing Slug (and Ant, but never both together) of Atmospher...
Episode 325-Rhythm In Odd Places with guest August Fanon
Sometimes the curatorial bent of this show comes from a deep curiosity about the people behind the music we love. The question “What’s their...
Episode 324- Compounds & Punchlines with guest Lord Finesse
Every once in a while we are lucky to enough to be able to speak to a true hip-hop legend, and today is one of those occasions. Dad Bod Rap...