Host Darwan chats about hip hop sub-genres, artists, albums, songs, and other related topics with a rotating lineup of guests. Some guests are big fans of the topic discussed while others are reacting to music they are unfamiliar with.
The podcast explores the history of the topic being discussed, provides an in-depth conversation about how the host and guest feel about it, and often finishes with discussing favorite albums and songs from a particular artist or sub-genre.
The goal is to challenge popular narratives, provide insight, and share hidden gems that a listener may want to add to their playlists.
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Host Darwan chats about hip hop sub-genres, artists, albums, songs, and other related topics with a rotating lineup of guests. Some guests are big fans of the topic discussed while others are reacting to music they are unfamiliar with.
The podcast explores the history of the topic being discussed, provides an in-depth conversation about how the host and guest feel about it, and often finishes with discussing favorite albums and songs from a particular artist or sub-genre.
The goal is to challenge popular narratives, provide insight, and share hidden gems that a listener may want to add to their playlists.
In this episode Whit and I chat about the origins of the subgenre that launched the Golden Era of Hip Hop
Key Songs to listen to:
Run DMC - Sucka MCs
T La Rock - It's Yours
Dar-1 and Whit continue there RR&B series with a top 10 selection for the 2010s decade.
Playlist of the songs can be found below.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SvVZllDZIkkTIHjBu51er?si=ca69dea856404615
Coinciding with our RR&B series, Dar-1 and Whit visit The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. A classic album recently deemed the greatest music album of all time by Apple Music. Everything is Everything
The biggest album from one of the biggest women group acts of all time. At the time it captured the Pop, R&B, and Hip Hop audience and became a Hip Hop Soul classic.
The wife and I discuss the blending of rap and R&B in the 2000s and do a countdown of our favorite tracks.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uxvdc0zq6ofwnxf8G2Se3?si=03a165afa37e4494
Does the ATL one-album wonders really got more Bullets in the Chamber?
We talk about what we think about this hidden underground gem.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6EENjaqIbnd4R1C9phFMiU?si=-jig4yTORMGpIDVMtIxidQ
Dar-1 and cousin Neri talk about memories and their favorite tracks from 1995.
Platinum Era playlist is listed below.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hTildumhJWFLVWANUvuzO?si=c0762413004a4722
Dar-1 and Cousin Neri chop it up to introduce the Platinum Era Series. We give some thoughts on why the era was special to us and the ways Hip Hop shifted out of the Golden Era.
Closing Track: Dar-1 - Second Life
Platinum Era Hip Hop Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hTildumhJWFLVWANUvuzO?si=12fae4a756d542c4
Dar-1 rolls solo to set up the Hustler Rap series.
Key Tracks: Kool G Rap - Road to the Riches
Hustler Rap Spotify Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Jb8cyzjYLXgBh2oGjbXJs?si=6aa580b501384ac5
Dar-1 and Whit speak on the third installment of the King's Disease series that has resurrected Nas' career.
Key Tracks: Beef, Serious Interlude
Best of Nas' King's Disease Series
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0zg0HSeSeMjpec2uyqZw3m?si=14ecd99e7f7746d2
Host Darwan chats about hip hop sub-genres, artists, albums, songs, and other related topics with a rotating lineup of guests. Some guests are big fans of the topic discussed while others are reacting to music they are unfamiliar with.
The podcast explores the history of the topic being discussed, provides an in-depth conversation about how the host and guest feel about it, and often finishes with discussing favorite albums and songs from a particular artist or sub-genre.
The goal is to challenge popular narratives, provide insight, and share hidden gems that a listener may want to add to their playlists.
