Listen to my voice New York. Listen Deeply, You are getting sleepy. On July 18th you're gonna get up go to the record store and you're going to buy 2000 B.C!

Canibus is the original Internet Emcee/Blog Era Rapper and I have a heck of a sidebar on this topic. Canibus was one of my absolute favorite rappers of the late 90's early 2000's. I was overly excited to buy his 2nd album since the first one left a lot to be desired.

From the Battle with LL, New Wyclef distain and The DJ Clue Promo Freestyle, nothing was going to stop me from copping and getting my ears on this! In a time where the "Sophomore Jinx" was a hot topic especially in regards to rap music, Canibus was one of few artist of his time to actually defeat the stigma; However, it largely fell on deaf ears and personally, I feel it's one of the most disrespected album in hip-hop ever!

Let's talk the album, the progression of Canibus and how labels and marketing truly make or break careers no matter how we feel about talent and skill. And of course we'll talk about how some emcee's may truly get in their own way and how that can not do you any favors long term.

The long awaited release of Clipse Let God Sort Em Out is here! Pharrell, Pusha T and Malice have reunited and from the looks of things, the world is pleased!

No reason to wait. I've listened at LEAST 8 times now. So lets talk about it!

Track for Track Analysis ,The Features ,The Content, Why Rappers 35-55 are NEEDED. Then let's pivot to Going Viral vs Building Legacy and doing what got you signed/noticed. It's been a great weekend for hip-hop! Let's celebrate!

Nicki blames Jay-Z for literally everything but Slavery....And that's not right.

Will Smith performing "Pretty Girls" goes viral...But have you seen the whole video?

Group Chat Talk: Ja Rule on Bag Fuel. Talking about how Beef is bad for Hip-Hop and when you think about the majority of beef/battles, he's not wrong.

@JRBang asks the question of the day "Why Shawn Carter the only one who said F IT and made hit records afterwards?......and I have an answer! LET'S FN GO!!!

It's new Drake out...I got thoughts on it. And honestly since this recording, I think it's even more positive.

Also King Combs drops "NEVER STOP" with Ye and Kanye West and man...The energy y'all had for Yeezus should have been applied here. Kanye's resume is undeniable, but now...It may be time to just stop trying to attach himself to the hottest topics and the new young energy

I hope you've been enjoying a safe and positive July 4th weekend.

Lets unpack an ugly truth about hip-hop and what can we do to repair the destruction. In 1993, C. Delores Tucker was calling for boycotts of rap artist such as Snoop, Pac and Ice-T. She said the misogyny, violent language of ourselves and towards each other were seeds being planted to brainwash black youth and destroying us.

The child I was then didn't understand. The man I've become lets me know, we should have let her cook. Let's discuss the good, bad, ugly, unfortunate and the why on today's episode.

Due to the time sensitive nature of the content, I couldn't wait on this! The cool thing about transitioning this into a music podcast is that I'm always ready to talk about music and the people in it.

The verdict is in! Diddy is found NOT GUILTY of Sex Trafficking and Racketeering charges. However is now absolutely considered a violent, drug abusing, domestic abuser who will buy prostitutes.

Where do we go from here?

How do YOU feel about Diddy now?

Why did they overcharge him?

How will the industry react?

Let's talk about ALL OF IT!

There's been a lot of changes going on in my world and some subtle and not so subtle changes to this podcast. But what's most important right now is that my cousin, MAFI is on the live with me this week and we talking music like we've been talking since we were kids!

Some topics for this week are

Stevie Wonder is ABSOLUTELY The Greatest R&B Artist of All Time! But the rest of this list has some crazy moments

Is Pusha T as good as he thinks he is?

T-Pain vs Drake??? The Game needs them both!

Does Kendrick Lamar REALLY have bars?

Timbaland BEEN Wildin...But Let's talk about the AI Thieving he doing

Can Andre 3000 and Jay-Z do the same things rap wise?

Nothing like a great music conversation to get me fired up! Enjoy!

It's been a while and I had some time after a nap to talk about things that have been on my mind. We need more black music nerds, a lot of Jim Jones narratives are false, not just the Nas one and I've been so inspired by so many artist and platforms that it's making me want to revamp and get better at everything that I do.

From New York Times Popcast to Aloe Blacc and Braxton Cook, I have a lot to say. I hope you've been well!