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Episode 96 - The Offensive Olympics
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Your boys are back! This week we dissect the current state of rap following the news that a rap single/album has failed to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 23 years, as well as recent comments from Ebro Darden that labels are now deprioritising signing rappers in favour of African and Latin artists. What is to blame for this shift? Does mainstream hip-hop need a reset?
Later, we examine the growing trend of rappers and producers selling their masters, including the likes of RZA, Pusha T and Future, and what that means for the game. We then name some of our favourite artists' album that have aged the worst. We got into what we've been listening to this week, chop up hip-hop 50 and more!
DISCLAIMER: this episode was recorded before the news broke out that Doja Cat's 'Paint The Town Red' landed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2023, becoming the first rap single to do so since August 2022.
What we've been listening to:
Peter
Phabo - Don't Get Too Cozy
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Don Toliver - Life of a Don
Moe
Skepta
URL Summer Madness
RBE
Yemi
Jordan Ward - FORWARD
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
Blanco - Rebourne
Digga D - Back To Square One
Travis Scott - UTOPIA
Music: LL Cool J - Doin It (Instrumental)
Follow Rhymes Like Dimes: https://linktr.ee/rhymesdimespod
113 episodes
Manage episode 377429046 series 3264577
Your boys are back! This week we dissect the current state of rap following the news that a rap single/album has failed to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 23 years, as well as recent comments from Ebro Darden that labels are now deprioritising signing rappers in favour of African and Latin artists. What is to blame for this shift? Does mainstream hip-hop need a reset?
Later, we examine the growing trend of rappers and producers selling their masters, including the likes of RZA, Pusha T and Future, and what that means for the game. We then name some of our favourite artists' album that have aged the worst. We got into what we've been listening to this week, chop up hip-hop 50 and more!
DISCLAIMER: this episode was recorded before the news broke out that Doja Cat's 'Paint The Town Red' landed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2023, becoming the first rap single to do so since August 2022.
What we've been listening to:
Peter
Phabo - Don't Get Too Cozy
Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music
Don Toliver - Life of a Don
Moe
Skepta
URL Summer Madness
RBE
Yemi
Jordan Ward - FORWARD
Mick Jenkins - The Patience
Blanco - Rebourne
Digga D - Back To Square One
Travis Scott - UTOPIA
Music: LL Cool J - Doin It (Instrumental)
Follow Rhymes Like Dimes: https://linktr.ee/rhymesdimespod
113 episodes
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