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For the final 20/20 show on Recharged Radio, Rob profiles the greatest hip-hop festival on the planet: Hip-Hop Kemp. The tracklist showcases the most recent event in the Czech Republic, and it's a banger. And there's an absolute monster track to kick off the show, too... We Are Africans - Rob One, Modenine, Core Wreckah, Dominant 1, Holstar, Wulffy, Adict and Dark Spark It Ain't Hard To Tell - Elzhi Worst Comes To Worst - Dilated Peoples Dilated Junkies - Beat Junkies and Dilated Peoples Hip-Hop - Mos Def Scatta - Foreign Beggars Watch Me - Jean Grae Back At It - MOP and Snowgoons Grumer Sant - Marsimoto Kouwe Kermis - Kraantje Pappie Brutality - Dope DOD Blow The Horns On Em - Madlib When It Pours It Rains - Diamond D Jena Treba Llubi - Majk Spirit Sen - Majk Spirit
A new Talib Kweli is always cause to celebrate - and here, he's got one of his finest tracks in years. Push Through is an awesome beat, with kick-ass verses from Curren$y and the man of the moment, Kendrick Lamar. All that and more on 20/20 Push Thru - Talib Kweli The Blast - Reflection Eternal Time For Some - Action Bronson and Statik Selektah Drinking from the Sun - Hilltop Hoods Extras- Zubz No Introduction - Nas Back When - Nas HiiiPower - Kendrick Lamar After The Lights On - Lostribe Wake Up- Danny Brown and Black Milk Drones Over BKLYN - El-P Fuckmaster Sex- Celph Titled and Buckwild Slap Boxing - Sean Price Survival Skills- KRS-One and Buckshot The Sun God - DJ HiTek
After five years as the best hip-hop show on planet earth, 20/20 is taking a break at the end of August. We'll be off the air while Rob One shoulders his backpack - literally. He's off travelling, and that means the show is going to stop for a bit. Fortunately, until then, it's all systems go... Extras - Zubz I Remember - Ben Sharpa Back When- Nas On My Way 0 Oh No Full Circle0 The Holstar Perdormitum (Prologue)- CunninLynguists Darkness (Dream On) - CunninLynguists Bambezela - Tumi Rainy Day Science- Skitz Murda - Klashnekoff Chana Masala - Looptroop Sixteen- Rick Ross We Made It- First Serve
NEW NAS. That's the only thing you need to know. This 20/20 is all about the killer album cuts from Life Is Good, which we think is album of the year thus far. No Introduction - Nas World's An Addiction - Nas Back When - Nas WOH - Curren$y and Harry Fraud Bite The Thong - JJ Doom Can't Stop The Change - Reason A Star Is Born - Jay-Z Heads In The Clouds - Zenith Time For Some - Action Bronson and Statik Selektah I Want It All - Emilio Rojas Time's Up - OC Blackout - DMX Take Us There - Holstar Inspiration - Eternia Third Eye Lotus Tree - Inspiration
Reason triple-threat on this one - dude's got a brand new album out called #Audio3D, and it's worth a listen. That alongside beef between Lord Finesse and Mac Miller, a new 20/20 artist - K-Flay - and some slick tunes from Curren$y and Harry Fraud. It could only be 20/20. Still Speeding - Sway Can't Stop The Change - Reason Don't Kill The Children - Reason Walk On Water - Reason Stay - Mingus Of The Soul - Mac Miller Day One - DITC Stop, Focus - K-Flay Leaving The Dock - Curren$y and Harry Fraud Loco-Motive - Nas The Beat - C2C Violent Dreams - Dekay Really? - Akala Back 2 The Drawing Board - Jehst
We're still on our Nas tip this week with a new drop from Life Is Good - it's with Large Professor, and it's called Loco-Motion. Everybody do it. Only on 20/20. Loco-Motion - Nas Accidental Murders - Nas The Beat - C2C Questions - Strong Arm Steady Keep Goin' - Tylo How I Get Down - Marco Polo Golden State (Of Mind)- Copywrite Power Circle- Rick Ross Mind Yourself - Modenine Spit My Shit - Modenine BBQ- Evil Ed and Conspicuous Let It Go- Little Brother Black Girl Jedi - Rapsody
NEW NAS! Escobar (as we will never, ever stop calling him) has a new album coming, entitled Life Is Good. So is the music: a joint with Rick Ross, a heartfelt cut called Daughters, and then for good measure the classic joint Purple. All that and more on this week's 20/20. Accidental Murderers -Nas Daughters - Nas Purple - Nas Hip Hop Forever - Dominant1 Bring It Back - The Forum Step Into a World - KRS-One Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest One Time - The Roots Contact- Foreign Beggars Body Bags - Cory Gunz Swordfish (Remix) - Pumpkinhead O.P.G Theme - Reef The Lost Cause Tragic - Â Grieves Join The Dots - Roots Manuva Gutter Rainbows - Talib Kweli
A twenty minute track? Quite appropriate for 20/20. Fortunately, we know your time is short, so we've chopped the best bits up from the epic South African joint 16 16s for June 16th. Oh, and there's a little bit of Rozay! BAWSE. Power Circle - MMG Hip-Hop Forever - Dominant 1 Feels Like 1995 -Â Dominant 1Â L City Boys -Â Dominant 1Â 16 16s For June 16 - Motif Records Bring It Back - The Forum Down By The River - Bliss n Eso I Love It - Hilltop Hoods On The Bus - Illy Party For Your Right To Fight - Public Enemy Violent Dreams - Dekay and D'Mans Troop Jackets - Copywrite
New Akala, new Copywrite - two massive triple plays for ya, only on Recharged Radio - and only on the best hip-hop show on planet earth: 20/20. And as always, there's loads more music, including joints from Masta Ace, Evidence and more.
Due to a couple of technical issues, the new Copywrite we were planning to drop will be playing out next week. Don't worry, it's worth the wait - and the music we've got for you on this episode is banging as hell... I'm On 2.0 - Trae Tha Truth I Love It - Hilltop Hoods Big Dreams - Holstar Zero Dark Thirty - Aesop Rock What You Sayin' Though - Jefferson Price Page From A Book - Ill Skillz The Train - Fore Panorama - Torae Wright Or Wrong - DMX All Said And Done - Evidence Izulu Lelam - Driemanskap Walk On Water - Reason What Have You Done, My Brother? - Reason, Tumi and Youngsta
20/20, where we weigh in on the Lupe and Pete Rock beef, play some Will Smith (but good Will Smith), drop some classic Inspectah Deck and do inappropriate things to food... War Is My Love - Kendrick Lamar TROY - Pete Rock and CL Smooth Worldwide Choppers - Tech N9Ne Fuck Food - Tech N9ne Thoughtcrime - Horrorshow Everything's OK - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik It's Like That - Inspectah Deck So Fresh - Will Smith For Everything - Rapsody Lampin' - Rapsody Super Evil - Waddy Jones Prove Me Wrong - Apollo Brown and OC All Said and Done - Evidence
GRRRR...ARF ARF ARF! Sorry, DMX has new joints out, and we're loving 'em. Especially since one features Dr Dre on beats and Snoop on the hook. All X, plus new The Saurus, Prose, Driemanskap and more. It can only be 20/20. Wright Or Wrong - DMX Shit Don't Change - DMX Where Da Hood At - DMX Sound Off - Slaughterhouse Top of the Food Chain - The Saurus Illuminate- Ab-Soul Izulu Lelam - Driemanskap Legends In The Making - Optic Nerve Still Here - Last Days Keep Livin' - Jean Grae White Noize - Chemo Fire - Prose Ignorant Shit - Jay-Z
Another killer 20/20 episode - kicking off with Apollo Brown and moving swiftly onto new joints from Tumi and Reason, Brother Ali and more. Plus, Holstar retains his Challenger crowd... Prove Me Wrong - Apollo Brown and OCFriction - Boog Brown and Apollo BrownWhat Have You Done, My Brother? - Tumi, Reason and YoungstaWriter's Block - Brother AliI'm On 2.0 - Trae Tha TruthBig Dreams - The HolstarBBQ (Remix) - Evil Ed and ConspicuousHell Of A Life - Kanye WestPanorama - ToraeDaylight - Aesop RockZero Dark Thirty - Aesop RockThe Top Chefs - First ServeHip-Hop Blues - Snuff The Ablist
My Life from Slaughterhouse got a nice response last week - some of you loved it, some of you hated it. Either way, it's worth another play, here on 20/20 - along with the new Brother Ali, which is unbelievably cool. Even if his album title is a sodding mouthful! Writer's Block - Brother Ali Letter From The Government - Brother Ali I Love It - Hilltop Hoods My Life - Slaughterhouse Big Dreams - The Holstar The Morning Star - Pneumatic and Sloth Lá Vai MarÃa - Batida The Train- Fore Everything's OK - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik Page From A Book- Ill Skillz What You Saying Though - Jefferson Price Hold Your Head - Homeboy Sandman Nostalgia - Marco Polo
A new Slaughterhouse joint is always cause for celebration - especially since they're due in the UK in two weeks. That being said, let's hear what you think of My Life, their new cut with Cee Lo Green. It's...interesting. This is 20/20, the only show where you can hear a group signed by Eminem played next to a group from Burkina Faso... Curtains - Mawe2My Life - SlaughterhouseStill Speeding - SwayGo - IllyMy Way - IllyOn The Bus - IllyThe Life Of Kings - PhonteBlack Roses - Big JussWilika Djo - Waga 3000Good Mantis - King KronosThe Work - First ServeHiiiPower - Kendrick LamarStay Down - El-PMIA - Missin' LynxWhen It Pours It Rains - Diamond DYou Noble Diggers - Sloth
Brand new El-P and Doc Syntax, a sick 20/20 challenger, classic hip-hop tunes. It can only be 20/20, on Recharged Radio... Tougher Colder - El-P Scatta - Skrillex I Need A Break - Dr Syntax Look Out - Homeboy Sandman Back II Da Streets - Ill Skillz Turn Up The Mic - DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles Of The Soul (Remix) - Mac Miller Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix) - Mac Miller Dear Moleskine - Whosane Watch What You Say - Optical Illusion Tearing The Sky Down - Verb T NC To CA - Evidence African - Rob One Fo Yo Sorrows - Big Boi One Time - The Roots
Dr Dre x Kendrick Lamar. It's a good look. Detox may be delayed until the point when the sun crashes into the earth, but it doesn't mean Dre has stopped recording. He and Kendrick go in hard. It's our opening track on 20/20 - and that's all you really need to know. Actually one more thing: a super controversial track by Slikour. Outraged reactions to rob@rechargedradio.com The Recipe - Kendrick Lamar Turn Up The Mic - DJ Premier and Bump yKnuckles They - Stig Of The Dump Back On The Scene - Slaughterhouse The One (Soul Cypherz Remix - Slaughterhouse Loud Noises - Bad Meets Evil Live Beat Box - Infinite Jozi Meets Durban -Infinite and Ewok Keys Open Doors - Clipse Keep Pouring - The Diaz Brothers Blacks R Fools - Slikour Utecenec - Decko City Lights- Method Man
Dr Dre x Kendrick Lamar. It's a good look. Detox may be delayed until the point when the sun crashes into the earth, but it doesn't mean Dre has stopped recording. He and Kendrick go in hard. It's our opening track on 20/20 - and that's all you really need to know. Actually one more thing: a super controversial track by Slikour. Outraged reactions to rob@rechargedradio.com The Recipe - Kendrick Lamar Turn Up The Mic - DJ Premier and Bump yKnuckles They - Stig Of The Dump Back On The Scene - Slaughterhouse The One (Soul Cypherz Remix - Slaughterhouse Loud Noises - Bad Meets Evil Live Beat Box - Infinite Jozi Meets Durban -Infinite and Ewok Keys Open Doors - Clipse Keep Pouring - The Diaz Brothers Blacks R Fools - Slikour Utecenec - Decko City Lights- Method Man
This week, our 20/20 Challenger - in other words, the top track submitted this week - is none other than the amazing Souljazz Crew, sharing space with new cuts from El-P, Caxton Press, Slum Village and ScHoolboy Q. WhO liKes pUTTing CAPItals where they shouldn't go. 20/20. Get your grammar on. Just The Past - Slum Village Hands On The Wheel- ScHoolboy Q The Full Retard - El-P The Press -Caxton Press Palm Of My Hand - Foreign Beggars Everything's OK - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik Falling In Love - SoulJazz Ocean - Pete Philly Heat - Marco Polo Incredible - Mickey Factz Shutterbugg - Big Boi Drivin' Down The Block (Remix)- Kidz In The Hall Ghetto Beautifulness - Optical Illusion Antenna - Zion I The Day Doesn't Die - Classified Lampin' - Rapsody
This episode is all about the Last Skeptik and Rewd Adams: a rapper/producer combo that are making the UK explode right now. Triple play from them, plus a triple play fo the best Wake Up Show freestyles, plus a brand new 20/20 feature. What is it? Listen to find out... Of The Soul (Remix) - Mac Miller Everything's OK - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik Bring It Back - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik Nukey - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik The Full Retard - El-P Kill The Universe- PHFat I'm On Everything- Bad Meets Evil No Mercy - M.O.P. and Snowgoons Wake Up Show Freestyle- Big L and Jay-Z Wake Up Show Freestyle - Chino XL and Crooked I Wake Up Show Freestyle - Slug, Eyedea and Abilities Scheming (Lames) - AKA, Smashis and Da Kid X I Want It All - Ceize Come On Baby - Saigon
Ever heard of Jefferson Price? Us neither, until recently. But the UK MC - who came up in the rap battle leagues of his home country - just dropped an EP titled Just Assume I'm Everywhere, and it's utterly bananas. Especially the opening track, which opens up this episode of 20/20. Welcome to it. Alongside Jefferson: Last Skeptik, Action Bronson, Bad Meets Evil, Lyrics Born...you know the score. What You Saying Though - Jefferson Price Nukey - Rewd Adams and The Last Skeptik The Future - Joe Budden (Last Skeptik Remix) Never Too Late - Marcel Cartier The World Renown - Statik Selektah and Termanology Time For Some f/Lil Fame - Action Bronson and Statik Selektah Fast Lane - Bad Meets Evil Shake It Off - Lyrics Born Pack Up - Lyrics Born Pump Ya Fist - Sonnyjim Listen - Shas Got U - Nicolay Keep Pace - Mr. J. Medeiros All 4 Hip Hop - Micall Parknsun Embers - CunninLynguists The Session - Jyager
Slaughterhouse are about the most anticipated rap crew in the past two years. Their debut was excellent, but now they're on a label with some guy named Eminem. So we're a little bit excited. On this episode, a cut from the new Crooked I record featuring the Slaughterhouse crew, and we find that we're forced to pirate the new K'Naan record. Trust us, it wasn't out of choice. The South - CunninLynguists Scene Stealers - Skreintax They - Stig Of The Dump Back At It - M.O.P. and Snowgoons Monsters In My Head - Crooked I Underground Railroad- M-Phazes What It Means - Sounds Intense Nothing To Lose- K'Naan Shine On - Brother Ali Ghetto Dreams - Common Superstar - Lupe Fiasco My New Favorite - Esoteric The Stereotype - Inspectah Deck The Life Of Kings - Phonte I Don't Know Why - 9th Wonder and Buckshot
Believe it or not, 20/20's host Rob One has a real connection to Nas. He once featured on a mixtape with K'Naan. Who has just done a track with Nas. Ergo, Rob One is...no, this isn't working. But what Rob does do is play a lot of Nas, and K'Naan, and a whole bunch of other great artists, only on 20/20. Underground Railroad - M-Phazes Go - Kyza Nothing To Lose- K'Naan Earthquake - Eek Gladiator Shit - Gangrene Run The Numbers - El-P UFC (Remix) - The Mighty Underdogs BlaZeBlah - Epic I'll Be Around - Brother Ali Im On 2.0 - Trae Tha Truth Cloth- Common Invisible- Kashmere One Time - The Roots Love Psycle - Dumbfoundead and DJ Zo Losing Out - Black Milk
Slum Village are back! Well, almost - no new tracks yet, but T3, Elzhi and new members Young RJ and Illa J have decided to carry on the legacy of one of the finest rap crews of all time. 20/20 has the skinny, plus great tunes to keep them company. Im On 2.0 - Trae Tha Truth Plain and Clear- PdotO, J-Lawless and Blaklez The Bumbdigidy (JHB remix) - Trompie Black Vikings- Immortal Technique Alphabet Aerobics - Blackalicious Chemical Calisthenics- Blackalicious Da Villa - Slum Village and Pete Rock What It Used To Be - Nicolay All Black Everything - Lupe Fiasco Psychedelic Phlegm (Remix) - Jehst Vice Grip - Grieves HiiiPower - Kendrick Lamar Lampin' - Rapsody Rhythm Of The Rain - Kno