The Struggle Plate Podcast

They tried to frame meFor the pictures, I paintOh, to cry and singBut I, I won't let 'em, I won't let 'em change meI'll remain forever (forever), forever remain

I got this fire burnin' in me from withinConcentrated thoughts on who I used to be, I'm sheddin' skinEvery day, a new version of me, a third of me dementedCemented in pain, juggling opposing kinds of fameI don't know how to make friends, I'm a lonely soulI recollect this isolation, I was four years oldTruth be told, I've been battling my soul, tryna navigate the real and fakeCynical about the judgement day

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Certified boogeyman, I'm the one that up the score with 'em --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

A new era is officially here! At least for the 5th time. It's time to go down memory lane and see what revitalized Doug's passion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Here's a tale of two GOATS who are battling it out over one thing..........principle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Let's talk about the apology heard around the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Day two of Podcast Bonanza is here! Today we focus on the reason behind the pod's big move --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

It's time to get back business, cuz that's what we're standing on this week! We have a major life update as we start the first day of Podcast Bonanza! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Delayed Not Denied. After a major technical difficulty the show is back on track and focused on the Super Bowl Halftime Show with the one and only Usher! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

What do you get when you mix R&B and a new Grammy Category? Afro-Rhythm & Beats. That's what you get! You also receive some hilarious flashbacks from music's biggest night including tracks from nominees and a past winner. More importantly we dive into the explosive genre that's crossing the Atlantic and invading the hearts of TikTokers, Americans, and people who are clearly late to the party. Better late than never. Welcome to a bonus episode of The Struggle Plate Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Hip-Hop is gone? Where is it? Some say it's in the underground? Others beg for it to be back on the airwaves. The real hip-hop that is. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

It's the first episode of the new year and Baylor tried it.......again......so we have to take off the gloves.....AGAIN. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

When hip-hop speaks to you, you have to let it. Do the talking. and when you understand the essence of this general? Great music will start pouring out from your soul. enjoy the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

The state of music is always evolving. Everything from Hip-Hop to R&B to the rise of Afrobeat we always look for the next big thing. So let's breakdown a song from a successful artist who's still rising. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Grammy season is here! And it's time to rep for the city of New Orleans and all hometowns across the nation. But first we have to discuss the power of a duo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Let's get back into the sing of things by honoring the newly inducted Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame artist Missy Elliot and talk about the songs that changed NorthSide Doug's life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

When opportunity knock, you don't send anyone to get itAnswer the door, welcome it, let it in, or regret it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Time to put a bow on this! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Time for part 2 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

It's time to explain this hiatus and reconnect with the music that we all love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

The R&B Warz continues and names were said. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

When I was sleeping on the trainSleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rainWithout even a single slice of pizza to my nameToo proud to beg for change masterin' the pain --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Put your wrist in the airPut your wrist in the airYou gettin' money, they aware (they aware)You gettin' money, they awareIt's a lot of bosses up in here (whoa, yeah)It's a lot of bosses up in here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Fresh off Hip-Hop's 50 year anniversary we get back into our R&B bag! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Bonus Episode for Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

How many times I gotta tell y'all I'm second to none?No magazine's top ten cause I'm negative one So I don't pay attention to them dumb folkCause I'mma always be in first like the clutch brokeI'm from where the cut-throats cut cokeCause school ain't cut it, they cut out to puff smokeAnd guess what? That's who I hang with --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

All my life (all my life)They been tryin' to keep me down (they been tryin' to keep me down)All this time (all this time)Never thought I would make it out (never thought I'd make it out)They couldn't break me, they couldn't break me (no, no)They couldn't take me, they couldn't take me (no) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

I wish I could hurt you backLove, what would you do if you couldn't get me back?You're the one who's gonna loseSomething so special, something so realTell me, boy, how in the fuck would you feel? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Where I come fromThey used to sing it on the cornerWhere I come fromMaking somethin' outta nothingBecause everybody fifty centsFrom a quarterWhere I come from --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

I have been up three daysAdderall and redbullThis call is a mistakeThere's something strong in this water bottleI hear you got a new chickA dancing little Barbie dollI feel so patheticBut you still haven't heard it all --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

And his daddy strung out on dope that's from the drug dealerWho you think he wanna be, his daddy or the drug dealer? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

You'll not hurt my pride if right now you decideThat you are not ready to settle downBut if you want my heart, then it's time that you startTo act like you're mine in the light and the dark If you love me say it, if you trust me do it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

I think about you in the morningI think about when I'm yawningThey think I'm phony, all of your homiesTell you I'm playing but they don't even know me, uhI just wanna get to k now youTell me what you got to loseA couple guy friends, a little timeI can love you better than themThey ain't doing nothing with it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

I'll love you like I've never, ever loved somebodyI'll give you things you didn't even know you wantedDon't tell me that it's not enoughMy time is up, you're over us'Cause I think I might do anything for youIf you just let me --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Look I'm comin straight out of Slauson, a crazy motherf****r name Nipsey!I'm turfed up cause I grew up in the Sixties!Caution! To you rap n****s try and diss me!I go hard that's why yo' b***h wanna flip meBig guns n****s turn rivals into rosariesExtended clips I give a f**k who you 'posed to beStraight off the block I sold dope to buy groceries --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Still in they mother's basementThe pretty face men, claiming that they did a bid menNeed to take care of their three and four kids thenThey facing a court case when the child's support lateMoney taking, heart breaking now you wonder why women hate men --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

I done been through the pain and the sorrowThe struggle is nothing but loveI'm a soldier, a rider, a ghetto survivorAnd all the above --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Gun raised parade streets servin this yayo100 ways but pay em knee deep for a kayoRing box of things poppin for green patnaSling rock for profit pockets like betty crocker --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

It's getting hard for me to hold my ownSee, nobody wants to be in love aloneSo I'm trying my best not to overreactBut I need to know right now, no lies, just facts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

The power of the platform is the foundation of this episode. Should we just use it when we're upset? Will the message get across? And how do you tap into hunger after you've achieved everything you could dream of? Songs Played: The Fugees: How Many Mics The Game: One Blood 2Pac: Hit Em Up Jadakiss: Checkmate Breakdown: J. Cole: procrastination (broke) Rotation: J. Cole: Grown Simba DIXSON: HEAT (Feat. Tinashe) Usher: Nice & Slow (Ryan James Carr Remake) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

During this show we celebrate 200 episodes, but we also resume the R&B Playlist Wars with Baylor The Great! LISTEN RIGHT NOW!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

As the pod nears 200 episodes let's figure out what an undeniable hit is and play some chart-topping singles. Songs Played: Lauryn Hill: To Zion (Feat. Carlos Santana) Keyshia Cole: Let It Go (Feat. Missy Elliot & Lil Kim) Usher: Best Thing (Feat. Jay-Z) Trey Songs: I Need A Girl TLC: Red Light Special TLC: Creep Muni Long: Hrs & Hrs Chlöe: Told Ya (Feat. Missy Elliot) Breakdown: Chance The Rapper: No Problems (Feat. 2 Chains & Lil Wayne) Rotation: Jermaine Dupri & Curren$y: Never Enough Sauce Walka: Crash Mahalia: Terms and Conditions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

If you had 24 hours to live what would you do? who would you tell? Songs Played: 50 Cent: Magic Stick (Feat. Lil Kim) Fat Joe: It's Nothing (Feat. Tony Sunshine) Breakdown: Mase: 24 Hours To Live (Feat. The LOX, Black Rob, and DMX) Rotation: DJ Drama: Raised Different (Feat. Nipsey Hussle, Blxst, Jeezy) Larry June & Alchemist: Porche In Spanish Allita: Savages --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

Recognize that this game can be hard. Long as you roll with me, we are down. Here by your side always to hold you down Songs Played:Bobby Caldwell: My FlameNotorious B.I.G.: Sky's The Limit (Feat. 112) Breakdown:The Alchemist: Hold You Down (Feat. Prodigy, Nina Sky, Illa Ghee) Rotation:Millyz: Moonroof (Feat. Jadakiss)Nym Lo: A Kid From TheTown (Feat. Statik Selektah, Curren$y) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/88ec2/message

When we're stuck in the past past and lost in the future it's easy to overdo things. Songs Played; Blxst: Ghetto Cinderella (Feat. Mustard & Terrace Martin) Breakdown: Jacob Latimore: Remember Me Rotation: Muni Long: Midnight Snack (Feat. Jacbo Latimore Luna Elle: 9 To 5 Kali Uchis: Moonlight --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

So let's get into the business and celebrate the release of De La Soul's music catalogue being released on all digital streaming platforms. Songs Played: Jadakiss: Ain't Nothin New (Feat. Nispey Hussle & Ne-Yo) De La Soul: The Breaks Westside Gunn: Westheimer (Feat. Boldy James, Sauce Walka, and Stove God Cooks) Che Noir, Big Ghost Ltd: Bad Apples Conway The Machine: Metallic 5's (Feat. Jae Skees) Big Jade: Gangsta Activity --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

Sometimes you just need to go back to the basics and just feel the songs that are flowing through your body. Ladies and gentlemen let's buckle up and feel the power of Hip-Hop. Question, have you ever had to constantly explain yourself to someone? Songs Played; Nas: Funkmaster Flex (97 Freestyle) Jadakiss: Show Discipline (Feat. Nas) Breakdown: T.I.: You Know Who Rotation: Rome Streetz: Big Steppas Snow The Product: Don't Judge Me (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign) Lola Young: Don't Hate Me --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

Let's talk about that guilty conscience that's embedded in our minds but not our hearts. Songs Played: Logic: Paradise II (Feat. Norah Jones) Breakdown: Jorja Smith: Blue Lights Rotation: Omarion: MIA (Feat. Wale) Dinner Party: Love You Bad Macklemore & DJ Premier: HEROES --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

So this week in response to a fellow podcaster who called me out over my taste in R&B music. Therefore, we're going to create an R&B playlist in honor of Valentine's Day. Songs Played: Jay-Z: Run This Town (Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) Musiq Soulchild: Just Friends (Sunny) Snoh Aalegra: I Want You Around Deep Cuts: Usher: Dot Com Ne-Yo: Say It Grown Folk Music: Aaliyah: At Your Best (You Are Love) Bobby Brown: Roni Breakdown: Sevyn Streeter: Taboo Sample: Alexander O'Neal: If You Were Here Rotation: Robert Glasper: Invitation (Feat. Emily King) Floetry: Say Yes Lauryn Hill: Can't Take My Eyes Off You --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

I've been patiently waiting for a track to explode on! This episode will recap The Grammy Awards Show. Songs Played: Joell Ortiz: Battle Cry 50 Cent: Many Men 50 Cent: Don't Push Me (Feat. Eminem & Lloyd Banks) 50 Cent: What Up Gangsta Priscilla Renae: Lovesick Muni Long: Hrs & Hrs Cardi B: Red Barz Songs Played: 50 Cent: Patiently Waiting(Feat. Eminem) Rotation: Westside Gunn: BDP (Feat. Rome Streetz & Stove God Cooks) Emahalni (Su'lan): Talk About It BANKS: Skinnydipped --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message