Loaded Deck

We open the pod up speaking on self love, our friendship and how long we been podding (4:00) what love means to us, how our weekends went (recorded 2/19/25), Loaded Deck (Pause) (12:23), Ant Edwards’ texts leaked from the mother of his child which also leads into fatherhood and the responsibility that comes with it (13:32) a story about James picking his son up from school leads into double standards in parenting and also Valentine’s Day (29:15), Quick Takes start with Lyor Cohen open letter to Ye and his response, Justin Tucker allegedly have 16 women alleging things, New music snippet from The Clipse, Mal says Usher never had a year like 2024 Kendrick, Soulja Boy dissing Marlon Wayans, JBP 10 year anniversary and more (46:01) we take some time to acknowledge some “legends” in the game (1:05:51) Drake and PND new album review (1:08:34), 2 Chainz, Alchemist, and Larry June album review (1:45:28), and Westside Gunn “12” album review (1:57:34), with the landscape of where hip hop is today, who is the face of NY? And what is the sound of NY? Which also leads us to Joey Badass new EP that includes a song with heatmakers and the resurgence of blog era rap (2:05:37), Taking shots at the crown as a lower tier MC including JID apparently taking shots at Kendrick and seemingly leads to a Pusha T hot take (2:20:19),