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Beyond Beats and Culture, 104 episodes. Page 1 of 2.

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Location Gate | NLE Choppa's Identity Crisis, Is R&B Coming Back?, The Bigger Picture Is Gone?, etc.

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Sunny Storms | Cabin In The Sky, Is GNX A Classic 1 Year Later, Kid Cudi's Deleted MJ Tweet, etc.

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Elephant In The Room | everything is a lot., FInally Over It, BigXThaPlug Wants To Branch Out?, etc.

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No Pen, No Pad | Danny Brown's Stardust, 2026 Rap/R&B Nominations, J. Cole vs Cam'Ron, etc.

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HAUNTED BY CHARTS | Big L's Harlem's Finest, The Reinvention, Is Hip-Hop Dying?, etc.

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DAY BY DAY!! | Reuben Vincent & 9th Wonder's WELCOME HOME, Are Casual Listeners Actual Fans?, etc.

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Celebrity Worship | AMERIKA'S NEXT TOP PARTY!, RIP D'Angelo, Tyler The Creator & His Past, etc.

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Taj Mahal | Mobb Deep's Infinite, PLUTO WORLD, Is Kendrick Lamar Hip-Hop's North Star?, etc.

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Money Trees Deuce | 90059, Ab-Soul's Mafiathon 3 Fumble, Pitchfork's Top 100 Best Rap Albums, etc.

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Whoopty Doo | UY Scuti, Is Podcasting The New Hip-Hop Retirement Plan?, What/Who Is Hip-Hop?, etc.

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All 4our The Drama! | AM I THE DRAMA?, ᐸ/3³, Hip-Hop's Internet Era Is Over, etc.

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The Biggest Colored Show On Earth | The Minstrel Show, Young Thug's Apology, Radio RICO, etc.

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Certified Drama Boy | Certified Lover Boy, Who Has The Biggest Impact In Hip-Hop?, etc.

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Bridging The Gap | Lonely At The Top, Heels Have Eyes 2, Hip-Hop’s Future Star Prospects, etc.

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PAUSE! | Supreme Clientele 2, Kid Cudi's Free, Live Laugh Love, What's Missing In Hip-Hop?, etc.

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Back To The Go! | STAR LINE, Late Registration, Is Hip-Hop The Best Genre?, etc.

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All Mics Matter! | GDLU, The Coldest Profession, The Last Wun, Jay-Z vs Black Thought, etc.

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An Unfair Summer | A Futuristic Summa, DANGEROUS SUMMER, Do Rappers Need Rollouts, etc.

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The Future Is Now, Old Man! | Alfredo 2, DON'T TAP THE GLASS, Does XXL Need To Change?, etc.
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Move The Algorithm | The Emperor's New Clothes, Is Hip-Hop A Young Man's Game, Cultural Shift, etc.

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Culturally Inappropriate | Let God Sort Em Out, Is A$AP Rocky In Trouble?, Is Drake Pandering?, etc.

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(C)LOCK IN! | Drake's What Did I Miss, What Makes An Album Great, Are Clipse Top 10?, etc.

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2025 Mid-Year Hip-Hop Review | Is Mainstream Hip-Hop In Trouble, Soundcloud Mount Rushmore, etc.

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Para-Social Framing | A Lost Language Found, The Color Chocolate 2, Clipse's Messy Rollout, etc.

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MUSIC SKYNET IS HERE! | Thank Me Later 15 Year Anniversary, VICTORY, Timbaland Caught Stealing, etc.

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Vitriol | Tha Carter VI, Boy In The Blue Hoodie, Is "Graduation" Hip-Hop's "Thriller"?, etc.

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Steel Work | While The Iron Is Hot, Trainspotting, Reacting To Complex's Top 50 LA Rappers, etc.

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Intention Was Attention | Mystic Stylez, AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, Joey Bada$$ Beats The West Coast, etc.

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Boss Calls | Control System, Does Chris Brown Have A Classic? Joey Bada$$ vs The West Coast, etc.

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Free Week | MIKE's Pinball II, Akademiks vs Loren Lorosa, Bobby Shmurda's Canceled Tour, etc.

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BBC Wuz Here | K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Common's Be, Drake vs Kendrick Lamar 1 Year Anniversary, etc.

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Trauma Dump | The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu, Ab-Soul Crashing Out, RAGE Isn't Hip-Hop?, etc.

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Sin-bolism | Kush + Orange Juice 2, Sinners Spoiler Discussion, Ken Carson The New Lil Baby, etc.

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The Infamous BBC | The Infamous, The Kings of Atlanta, Is Hip-Hop Discourse Dead?, etc.

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Crash The Poddy | Kush & Orange Juice, 4our's CRASH DUMMY, Do Albums (Reviews) Matter, etc.

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Act Like A Rapper | Will Smith's Based On A True Story, YG's 2004, The Best Verse on "Control", etc.

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Stay Consistent | Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, Like Water For Chocolate, What's Culture, etc.

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TPABBC | MUSIC, To Pimp A Butterfly, Me Against The World, Is Kendrick A Hypocrite?, etc.

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Jail Cell | PETERSON, What Defines a Classic Album, Is It Time to Let Biggie & 2Pac Go?, etc.

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Hold That | I Love You Again, Lyricism Doesn't Matter, Worst Songs On Classic Albums, etc.

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Melody Week | Melody of a Memory, How's The Weather Where You Are? Why Reason Left TDE, etc.

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$BBC4U | $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, Food From The Gods, Kendrick Lamar Accolades and Awards, etc.

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YEAR ONE | Goyard Ibn Said, Life Is Beautiful, Kendrick's Halftime Show, Best Blog Era Songs, etc.

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Artist of the Century | Showbiz!, Hurry Up Tomorrow, 67th Annual Grammy Awards Reaction, etc.

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ONE | Supreme Clientele, Is Hip-Hop Too Judgmental, DJ Akademiks & NourGxd, "Streaming 2.0", etc.

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Star67 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Balloonerism, Rappers Performing For Trump, etc.

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The Chameleon | The Documentary, EMBER2, TikTok's Ban & Hip-Hop, etc.

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O-Region-Ality | WHAM, Regional Sounds NEEDED MORE In Hip-Hop, 2025 Hip-Hop Predictions, etc.

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New Year, Same BBC! | Muddy Waters Too, FBAs versus Fat Joe, Rappers Don't Have a "Prime," etc.

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BBC Hip-Hop Awards 2024 | Best, Worst, Overrated and Most Slept On Hip-Hop Albums of The Year!

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Eat A BBC | Missionary, Dlow Curry, The Skeleton Key, Modern Day Hip-Hop Classics, etc.

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Unc Ears | Maybe In Nirvana, Bad A** F***ing Kid, Chaos 3, Jay-Z's Allegations, etc.

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Rhymes Like Dimes | Operation: Doomsday, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Talking Numbers In Hip-Hop, etc.

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Get Out My Igloo! | Man Down, GNX, Somewhere In Ohio..., Days Before, Drake Sues UMG, etc.

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bbc at the garden | Our First Impressions on Kendrick Lamar's GNX!

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Real Conversations | Cadillactica, The Crossroads, Personification, Albums We Came Around On, etc.

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MM..SOUL FOOD | Soul Burger, MM..FOOD, Ghost In The Vinyl, Hip-Hop Grammy Nominations, etc.

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FEAST WEEK | You Only Die 1nce, The Hunger Era, Still Pray, PERFECT FANTASY, Eternal Atake 2, etc.

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What's The Identity? | CHROMAKOPIA, The Lotus Child, MEGAN: ACT II, WHY ALWAYS ME?, etc.

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ORCHESTR-HATË | LYFESTYLE, Goodbye Horses, STABBED & SHOT 2, BOUT A BAG, the New Big 3, etc.

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Queen of Memphis! | GLORIOUS, Last Lap, KAST GOT WINGS, Port Antonio, Big 3 Only Posting on IG, etc.

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Breaking Down "Ask A Magnolia" With Quadry! | A BBC Interview

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Bold Moves! | COYOTE, Ask a Magnolia, Is Future Top 10 All Time?, Top5's Corny Drama, etc.

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State of the Culture | MIXTAPE PLUTO, Love (the) Ominous World, What's The Dirt Controversy, etc.

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WE RANKED OVER 40 BLOG ERA MIXTAPES!

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No Dusty Flows! | The FORCE, Gap Year, Ready To Die, MOTM, Kendrick Lamar For Superbowl LIX, etc.

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Too Much Glazing! | Alligator Bites Never Heal, BETTER ME THAN YOU, Black Music Losing Its Soul, etc

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Stay Underground! | May The Lord Watch, PLAY CASH COBAIN, 100 Gigs Pt. 2, Dr. Umar vs Hip-Hop, etc.

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RIP Club Godzilla | Days Before Rodeo, Hotel 1105, Tyler's Comments on Ian, Top 50 ATL Rappers, etc.

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Big Butchy! | Ultra 85, shadowbox, Sugar Honey Iced Tea, Drake's 100 Gigs, Big KRIT vs J. Cole, etc.

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Cybergluck | Vultures 2, I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, Songs For Sinners and Saints, Yachty Hate, etc.

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Judged Differently! | Y2K!, G.O.D.'S NETWORK, Charlamagne vs Elliott Wilson, Swae Lee & Kamala, etc.

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Like What You Like! | Bando Stone and The New World, City Cinderella, KOTMS2, Big Sean Leaks, etc.

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Do It To Them Meatballs! | The Auditorium Vol. 1, The Death of Slim Shady, Billboard's Top 100, etc.

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2024 Mid Year Wrap Up! | Not Like Us Music Video, The Drake Stimulus, Top 10 Albums So Far, etc.

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Every Album Ain't AOTY! | Bad Cameo, Samurai, DEADSTOCK, MEGAN, Did The South Ruin Hip-Hop?, etc.

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Kendrick's Victory Lap! | The Pop Out Reaction, 2024 XXL Freshman List, Rapper Foolio, etc.

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Does Drake Have a Classic Album?

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Executed Perfectly! | WHY LAWD, GEMINI!, HARDSTONE PSYCHO, White People Abusing Hip-Hop, etc.

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Our Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of the 2020s

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Is the Rap Game All Cap?! | 11th Dimension, TIMELESS, Bun B a Snitch, Lil Wayne Reference Track, etc

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Guess Who's Back! | Is Hip Hop Pop?, Eminem's Houdini, Cardi B vs BIA, Apple's 100 Best Albums, etc.

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Does "The College Dropout" STILL hold up as a CLASSIC Hip-Hop Album?

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End of a Trilogy! | Dark Times Review, Underground Sound vs Popularity, Grippy Track Review, etc.

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How Will This Age? | Diddy's Finished, Atavista Review, Igor Review, Valedictorian Review, etc.

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A Week of Mid? | Set The Tone (Guns and Roses), MM&TBS, One of Wun, Is The Beef Over, etc.

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Southern Made St4rs | Southernplaya 30th Anniversary, 4batz EP Review, etc.

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Drake vs Kendrick: The Best Hip-Hop Beef of All Time

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Go Back & Restructure! | P4 Review, Eminem's Coming with a new album, MF DOOM biography, etc.

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Is the Beef Spoiled? | Illmatic 30th Anniversary, Kanye Jumps In the Beef, Chris Brown vs Quavo, etc

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Drake Is Hip-Hop's Thanos! | Honest 10 Year Anniversary, Drake's Beef With Everyone, Push Ups, etc.

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He Ain't Like That! | Might Delete Later Review, J. Cole Apologizes, Colorism in Hip Hop, etc.

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Instant Glazification | Cowboy Carter, Lizzo Quitting Music, Rappers That Peaked, etc.

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The Villain Always Wins | Madvillainy 20th Anniversary, Big 3 Getting Boring, etc.

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Thug Rappers Aren't Respected Anymore?

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Things Just Ain't the Same For Hip-Hop

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The BBC Don't Trust You! | We Don't Trust You Album Review & Kendrick Lamar's Diss

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Quality Projects over BBLs

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Our February 2024 Monthly Hip-Hop Wrap Up

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Our Most Anticipated Rap Albums for 2024

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