Don’t Quote Me

In this episode, the pod sits down with Skinny and Scales of the legendary Nappy Roots to trace their journey from rapping in Kentucky to becoming multi-platinum icons. We talk everything from the early days of signing to Atlantic Records and going platinum in just 8 months, to the importance of A&Rs and the shift from technical rhyming to making records that move the culture.

 

Timestamps:

 

0:00 Intro

2:53 Rapping in Kentucky

8:03 Signing to Atlantic Records

12:53 Importance of A&Rs

16:12 Music Influences

20:31 Technical Rhyming vs Feeling

26:03 Battle Rapping

32:30 Hit Records

38:20 Working with Anthony Hamilton

42:21 Chitlin Circuit

50:50 Working with Kanye

53:58 Andre 3000 Story

1:00:00 Having a Black-Owned Brewery

1:08:17 Surviving Robbery

MJ, PC, Wolf & Eli break down the newest drama surrounding Offset and Lil Tjay's beef over a gambling debt.

MJ, Eli, Wolf & PC talk about the biggest headlines in hip hop right now.

In this episode, the pod sits down with Poison Pen (of Rebel Armz, Team Homi fame.)  He talks everything from the transition between Indie and Commercial Rap to the era of The Tunnel, and the real history of bringing Battle Rap back to New York.

We chop it up about the wild reality of seeing Fat Joe and Big Pun terrorize the Lyricist Lounge, his personal Eminem story, and the hilarious truth behind Taylor Swift joining Team Homi. Plus, we get into his Brooklyn Mt. Rushmore, meeting Nas and Biggie, the Chino XL vs 2pac situation, and tell some legendary rap stories you won’t hear anywhere else.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

6:01 Indie vs Commercial Rap

8:32 Fat Joe’s stories

13:33 Tunnell

15:17 Bringng Battle Rap Back to New York

19:18 Rebel Armz

21:21 Pen Bet Against Drect 😂

26:41 Fake DJ’ing

30:15 Craziest Battle Rap Moment

34:25 Meeting Biggie

37:15 Brooklyn Mt. Rushmore

40:18 Meeting Nas

45:11 Chino XL vs 2Pac

50:18 Eminem Story

55:55 Taylor Swift is in Team Homi

59:14 Most Underrated Rappers

"I don’t know that battling needs to be a part of the culture anymore." - Jay-Z.

 

Hov just broke his silence in a massive GQ cover story, and he’s coming for the foundations of the game. He claims breakdancing is dead, and now he’s questioning if Battle Rap even belongs in Hip Hop anymore. Is this "growth," or is the billionaire mogul officially out of touch with the streets? The DQM crew goes in on this one.