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Here’s Episode 73,  second part of the long, and abruptly ended (sorry about that) Episode 72.  Hope you all enjoy it and we can’t wait to get back to the basement again!!

Let’s get this thing going again!  Here’s Episode 72 which we recorded back in May.

Just a few short days after Notorious BIG’s birthday (May 21), here’s a playlist of dope remixes to celebrate!  Happy 45th Big we miss you! Episode Playlist: * Notorious BIG – “Juicy” (JeeJuh x JMack Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Machine Gun Funk” (Woody’s Produce Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Dead Wrong” (Soul Pete Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Just Playin” (Gezi Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Everyday Striggle” (L’indecis Remix) * Notorious BIG ft Ma$e & Puff Daddy – “Mo Money, Mo Problems” (Woody Remix) * Notorious BIG ft Carlitta Durand – “One More Chance” (Woody Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Suicidal Thoughts” (Loop Skywalker Remix)

This week everything is amazing and I wanted to share some music with you that reflected that.  Hope you all enjoy this! -Mack Episode Playlist: Koncept & McNasty – “Gone” Flawless Real Talk – “Intruder” Quartermaine – “Get Me Down” Gizelle (@GizzyWorldWide) – “Shine” (cover) Buddy – “Shine” Nef The Pharaoh – “On My Way” Abhi The Nomad – “The Last Supper” PJ – “Nickles & Dimes” Big K.R.I.T. – “K.R.I.T. 4Eva” IAmOnlyMook ft. Phil Swish – “Pep In Your Step”

Last week marked the 25th Anniversary of the acquittal of the four officers who beat Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots.   JMack recounts his memories of that day. Episode Playlist: * King Los ft. Marsha Ambrosius – “War” * Bobby Sessions – “Black America” * J. Dilla – “F*** The Police” * 2Pac – “Crooked N*** Too” (QB Remix) * James Watts ft AP – “The Other Side”

Grab a couple cold ones and sit on the patio at the local bar with us.  Has Kendrick Lamar reached “GOAT” status?  Also, K.Dot vs. 2Pac, Beyonce’s longevity, the Facebook Live shooter and more. Episode Playlist: * 2Pac – “Old School” (Cookin Soul Remix) * Notorious BIG – “Big Poppa” (Emiljo A.C. Remix) * Nas & Damian Jr Gong Marley – “Nah Mean” (DJ Nu-Mark Remix)

Our review of Kendrick Lamar’s latest album “Damn.” as we were rollin in the car.   What we’re your thoughts on the album? Episode Playlist: * Cadillac Freeze – “This Feeling” * Freeway ft. Dave East – “Hold The Fort” * Gods’Illa ft. Stic Man of Dead Prez & Joe.D – “Plugged” * Anik Khan – “Kites”

Mack forgot to stop recording on Episode 64, here’s a little piece of what happens in The Basement when recording stops with a playlist of tracks at the end!  Enjoy! Episode Playlist: * Matt Citron – “New Reign” * Wuntayk Timmy – “Regular” * Gold Link – “New Black” (Shagabond Remix) * Freddie Gibbs – “Andrea” * Dizzy Wright – “Wanna Remind You”

A random conversation about the love and relationships within the Peanuts cartoon. Episode Playlist: * Wale – “The Perfect Plan” * Innanet James – “Only Human” * Anh – “Light” * Mazhe – “Shit Talk” * Sean Price – “Bobby MC Bars” * Illajide ft. Clear Soul Forces – “Dinner Time” * Ad.D+ – “When Paris Smokes”

Blame it on 2016. The episode is dropping four months later. Back to our regularly scheduled programming. Here's episode 64, we talk about 2016, some of our favorite and most disliked albums of the year as well as a review of The Lox new album (which was new at the time) "Filthy America .... It's Beautiful".

It’s the annual holiday episode and Major, Mack and Martin were in the Basement! This episode we talked about 2016 XXL Freshmen class, the holidays and we reviewed an album we missed this year, Smoke DZA and Pete Rock’s “Don’t Smoke Rock” album. Happy Christmahannukwanzadan y’all! Episode Playlist: * Gold Link – “Gold Links Flow” * Cadillac Freeze – “Ladies Love Kool James” * Lalo Lloyd ft. Mia – “That Part” Remix

Due to a snow storm we didn’t have Major in the basement this week.  So JMack took the opportunity to address a LOT of feedback we’ve been getting regarding the J.Cole “4 Your Eyez Only” album review he and MOLA1 did in the last episode, Episode 61. In this rewind episode, we go back to August, 2013 to Episode 215 of the HoodHype Podcast featuring an interview with one of our favorites, Midaz The Beast.  Hope you enjoy it! Episode Playlist: * Sikai – “Horoscopes For Real Nggas” * Leon Marin – “Living Viciously” * Midaz The Beast – “Champion Of The Block” * Midaz The Beast – “Jane Doe” * Midaz The Beast – “Coma” * The Procussions &#

This episode JMack & MOLA1 are in the basement.  We talk about J.Cole’s new album “4 Your Eyez Only”, Shia Labouf’s diss track and we play a new game we like to call “Rap Roulette”.  Welcome back! Episode Playlist: Notorious BIG – “10 Crack Commandments” Remix Nipsey Hussle ft. Freeway & Cuzzy Capone – “Fucc Em” Brass Tracks ft. Sinatra & Alexander Lewis – “Let Me Put This Cup Down” Koda The Friend – “Sunny Day Music”

A playlist full of an HOUR of RAP, RAP and more RAP.   New full episode the whole team coming soon! Episode Playlist: * Joyner Lucas ft. Busta Rhymes – “Jumanji” * K.A.A.N. x Logic ft. Castro – “Disgusting Kaancepts” (Remix) * Sam Gellaitry- “Arriba” (Lege Kale Remix) * Amine – “Caroline” * Elujay w/ Just Rese- “EBMUD” * Cadillac Freeze – “Ladies Love Kool James” * Freddie Gibbs – “Red Blooded” * Slum Village ft. Kam Corvet- “We On” * MOLA1 – “Knock Knock” * Nick Weaver – “What You Doin These Days” * Mazhe – “Way Too Long” * Tito Lo (Tito Lopez) – “U Know” * Vann – “Future In You” * Oddisee – “Slow Groove” * Jerreau – “Hold It Down̶

It’s a messy one. We hope you have fun with it! We’ll be back soon enough!

Back at it with a VERY important announcement for all of you!  LET’S GO! Episode Playlist: * Sean Price – “Rap Professor” * Flawless Real Talk – “Tax Season” * Audio Push ft. Musiq Soulchild – “Praise You” * Yelawolf ft. Ben Hameen – “Soul Everyday” * Larry Fisherman ft. Cee Lo – “We” * Koncept – “Time To Go”

We checked out the last stop of the Art of Rap Festival in Detroit.  It wasn’t what we expected.   Check out the YouTube Video here, and listen to the episode in the Podcast! Episode Playlist: * Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 – “Superrappin'” * EPMD – “Crossover” * Naughty By Nature – “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” * Mobb Deep – “Survival Of The Fittest” * Ice-T – “6 In The Mornin'” * Public Enemy – “Don’t Believe The Hype”

We put together another playlist episode with a chill summer vibe to calm that “Summer Madness”.  More episodes EVERY week! Episode Playlist: * Big L – “MVP” (Summer Madness Remix) * Denmark Vessey & Gensu Dean – “Whole Food” * Phil Swish ft. Choice Gaines & DJ DDT – “Die Enormous” * Loaf Muzik – “Timeless” * PHORA — “Halos & Devil Horns”

We dive deeper into the topic about the “hip-hop wall” and creating a manifesto for a new genre of rap. Episode Playlist: * Bobby Sessions – “Peyton Manning” * Common – “Chi City” * Snoop Dogg – “Coolaid”

This week we talk about SnapChat, the Joe Budden vs. Drake Beef, and putting up a wall up on the Canadian border. Episode Playlist: * Joe Budden – “Making a Murderer” * Logic ft. Pusha T – “Wrist” * Jurassic 5 – “Customer Service”

We put together another installment of some of our favorite joints to have playing in the background when you're having a barbecue! It's our second installment of the BBQ Boogie! You can check out volume 1 on Episode 205 over at HoodHype!

The opportunity to speak to one of the most influential legends in hip-hop is one of the highest honors in this culture. So when we had the opportunity to speak with one of the greats we gave him a call.   Grandmaster Caz of The Cold Crush Brothers was not only one of the very first MC’s to ever start actually writing his rhymes for his songs, but he was also THE first ghost writer in hip-hop music.  We talked to Caz about all of these things, his experience working with Macklemore and the early beginnings of hip-hop.  Enjoy and have fun with it! Twitter: @GrandMasterCaz Facebook: GRANDMASTER-CAZ-FAN-PAGE 

Heres another bangin’ playlist episode full of some dope instrumentals for you to vibe out to all week!  Also, Major’s Question of the Week: “In hip-hop, who’s death would have the biggest impact on you?” Episode Playlist: * !llmind – “Prometheus” * TEK.LUN – “That’s What Makes it Hip Hop” * R-kay – “No Strings Attached” * OCTOBR — “Sleepyhead” * Ebrahim x Häzel — “Zilch” * Mikos Da Gawd — “Arpee” * Teemid — “I.N.Y.L. (Like The Sunshine)” * SwuM. — “Finess” * Birocratic x Flamingosis – “Passing By”

Live From The Basement on the road this episode!  We started off reviewing Chance The Rapper‘s highly anticipated album “Coloring Book” and ended up on Big KRIT‘s previously released “It’s Better This Way“.  What are your thought’s on these two albums? Episode Playlist Chance The Rapper – “Coloring Book” * Chance The Rapper ft. Kanye West & Chicago – “All We Got” * Chance The Rapper ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – “No Problem” * Chance The Rapper ft. Jeremih & Francis – “Summer Friends” * Chance The Rapper – “D.R.A.M. Sings Special” * Chance The Rapp

Major gets personal and talks about his recent separation, his new adventures and how he’s “Off The Leash”. Episode Playlist: * Big KRIT & Warren G – “No Static” * Royce Da 5’9″ ft. K.Young – “Misses” * DJ Quik ft. Shy Carter – “A New Nite (Rosecrans Groove)”

Here’s an INTERVIEW EPISODE for this week featuring an interview with Parrish Smith (aka PMD) of EPMD!  We had a lot of fun talking with Parrish about his history with hip-hop, some of his tour stories as well as the future of EPMD, with some great music from the era throughout the episode. Twitter: @PMDofEPMD Instagram: @pmd_mic_doc Episode Playlist: * EPMD – “Underground” * EPMD – “Please Listen To My Demo” * DAS EFX – “They Want Efx” * EPMD – “I’m Mad”

This episode we talked about the infamous Birdman visit to the Breakfast Club and Drake’s “Views from the 6” for a minute.   Also this week, the return of the Stash Box and we talk Tidal and the effects of holding content hostage! Episode Playlist: Nipsey Hussle – “Ocean Views” Nicholas May ft. Jared Evan – “StillStanding” Havoc + Alchemist ft. Method Man – “Buck 50’s” Advertisement Are you sick and tired of paying cellphone bills? Tired of being disconnected for late payments. Then you should to go to www.nomonthlycellphonebill.com

You asked, we’re delivering.   Here’s a new playlist episode full of some great music with heart to get you through the week!  Rock out and get in the groove with JMack this episode! Episode Playlist: * Joyner Lucas – “Panda” (Remix) * Bobby Sessions – “Black Neighborhood” * Sugar Tongue Slim – “Radio Activity” * Torae – “What’s Love” * C.L. Smooth ft. Skyzoo & DJ Devastate – “Perfect Timing” (Max I Million Remix) * Kipp Stone – “Cult Classic” * Murs & 9th Wonder – “God Black / Black God” * Rapper Big Pooh – “Don’t Change” * Allan Rayman – “Lucy The Tease”

We put together a few words and songs as we mourn the loss of a musical legend and celebrate his life and incredible influence to music across all genres.   This episode is dedicated to the Purple One.  Rest in Power Prince.

This episode we dissect QD3 & FlavorUnit’s new flick “The Art of Organized Noize“, a documentary about the musical career of one of the most prolific music production crews of all time, Organized Noize.   We also took this opportunity to get a young listener on the show to talk about his music choices in 2016. As always, drop us a comment or hit us up on twitter, facebook or email!

This episode we discuss what’s next.  We’ve been producing and releasing this show for over 10 years and we’ve decided to take it back to the earlier days.  To when we wouldn’t take ourselves so seriously and have more fun.   It’s been one hell of a ride and it wouldn’t have been as amazing as it’s been had it not been for everyone who has worked on this show, and more importantly all of you who have downloaded, listened, called, emailed, tweeted and supported us over the years.    We appreciate all that you’ve done for us over the years and we hope we can continue to make you laugh, think and have more fun on the train ride, at your job, during the commute or wherever we are with you. Thank you, and see you all next episode! Drop us a message, let us know what YOU wanna hear! *    Major on Twitter *    JMack on

This episode we showed up, we pushed some buttons and talked about some things.  Hope you like it.

Are you getting too old? Let’s talk about age, Steve Harvey’s mistakes and Logic’s album “The Incredible True Story”.

We bid farewell to 2015, some of our favorite show moments, Steve Harvey, a debate over Complex’s latest list of rappers and more!

This episode we discussed the painful Keith Murray battle with Fredro Starr, checked out The Game – The Documentary 2 for Blend It or Bump It and more!  Download it and check it out!

This episode we talked about the Drake & Future album.  We also spoke with Brooklyn Bodega‘s Wes Jackson to talk about his article aimed at a Complex magazine writer’s blog post disparaging true hip-hop heads.   Also this episode we started our first Hip-Hop Draft, reviewed Jay Rock’s 90059 album and more!

Major, JMack and Mola1 sit down and have a convo with one of the unsung heroes of West Coast hip-hop, former DJ to Ice-T and right-hand man to Dr. Dre, Chris “The Glove” Taylor.  This was by far one of the most enlightening interviews we’ve had.  Also this episode, Hip-Hop Essentials and odd couples in hip-hop.

Major wasn’t in this week so JMack and MOLA1 decided to hang out in the basement and go through some of our favorite interviews over the past 10 years of the show.  Interviews this episode included Daz Dillinger, Sean Price, Billy Corbin Director of Cocaine Cowboys, Bishop Lamont, Raphael Saadiq (kinda),  Joe Budden,  Stat Quo, Buck Shot, Killer Mike,  Treach and AZ.  Check it out, let us know what your favorites were!

We’ve taken rap lyrics from your favorite songs, and turned them into plain, proper English.  We also talked about Macklemore paying respect to the classics and we reviewed Scarface’s new album Deeply Rooted.  Review this album and play Rap Wordz with Friends with us!

This week we ask you what hip-hop biopic do YOU want to see? We picked ours and discussed them too!  We also went in on the MTV Video Music Awards and of course you know we had to talk about Kanye’s rant. Also this episode it was time for our hip-hop essentials, this time we picked essential mixtapes!  What are some of your essential picks?

This week, we spun tracks from the West Coast, review of the Straight Outta Compton movie, Dr. Dre’s Compton Soundtrack for Blend It or Bump It, and we had a special guest interview with none other than NWA’s own MC Ren!

This week we discussed all things beef. From Meek Mill vs. Drake to Ghost vs. Action Bronson, we picked each apart, threw it on the barbecue and sliced it up into delicious edible pieces for you to enjoy. Also this episode, to keep the beef theme going, we put together a special hip-hop essentials for you and selected our top three essential hip-hop diss tracks of all time! Bon apetit!

This week we discuss what makes a #1 record (in light of Joey Bada$$ twitter comments), we also played a game to see if we could tell the difference between three mediocre beers, and we reviewed A$AP Rocky’s sophomore effort “At. Long. Last. ASAP” for Blend It or Bump It.  Of course you know we also have some GREAT new music!  Download episode 31 and get in on the convo!

We’re excited to be back and recovered from the recent flood!  We can’t thank you all enough for your kind words and support to help us get back recording the show!  This episode discuss the Rachel Dolezal situation, same sex marriage in the U.S. and pick our hip-hop essentials

Oddisee’s “The Good Fight” is on the chopping block and we discuss Jay-Z’s B-Sides Concert and controversial freestyle on Tidal. We hope this episode ‘tides’ you over as we ‘Fight the Good Fight’ to repair the Basement and get back on the air for Episode 30!

It’s all about Soundtracks this week.  We asked what happened to great urban and hip-hop films, as well as their soundtracks and selected a few for our Hip-Hop Essentials picks this week! We also pulled some special Root Beer out of the StashBox from Small Town Brewery that had the crew buzzing…literally. All that and a surprise call from a special guest, the legendary Fatman Scoop!

This week we review Raekwon’s latest album “F.I.L.A.”, discuss some of the most overrated MC’s of all time, review Tecate beer for the stashbox and talk about some of our current Netflix favorites and more!  Listen in to see how it all went down.

This week we discuss some of the most underrated MC’s of all time as well as the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight. We invited our friend John Nash aka HeyNotTheFace, a writer BloodyElbow.com to come over to get into the discussion as well as comment on his recent article about where this fight ranks among the biggest matches of all time. Also this episode, we got into our essential hip-hop album picks and got a surprise call from King Kirk of Sporty Thievz!

This episode Major, JMack and Mola1 discuss #WorstRapLines, Jay-Z’s Tidal music service and Wale’s The Album About Nothing was up for Blend It or Bump It!

This episode we celebrated the birthday of a very important album in hip-hop history  made this episode’s picks for Essential Hip-Hop Albums and played our brand new game “Say Something Nice”.

This episode we reviewed some new candidates for our open intern position here at the show, we also spoke to our long-time friend of the show, Bishop Lamont to talk about what he’s working on, get his opinion on the Kendrick Lamar album.   All that AND we ran through our essential album picks this episode.  Check it out!