Rap & Order

Case 168: My Name Is My Name

For this episode, the guys revisit Pusha T's debut album, My Name Is My Name and pinpoint when the shift in his subject matter happened.

Case 167: KING.

For case 167 of the Rap & Order podcast, we dig into T.I.'s fourth album, KING. Was he ever truly worthy of the title?

Case 166: FM!

For Case 166, we revisit Vince Staples’ album FM!, and ponder why he isn’t mentioned amongst other west coast greats in music.

Case 165: The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick

For this episode, we breakdown Slick Rick’s groundbreaking release “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick,” while wondering how different his career could’ve been if he never went to prison.

Case 164: Already Platinum

For Case 164, we take a deep-dive into Slim Thug’s 2005 debut Already Platinum.

Case 163: Royalty

For Case 163, we take a look at Childish Gambino's Royalty mixtape and his career trajectory. Should he be recognized as an elite rapper?

Case 162: In Search Of...

Case 162 brings us to N.E.R.D's debut, In Search Of...
Considered to be a groundbreaking release, why was N.E.R.D not accepted by Rock and Alternative radio?

Case 161: The Ecstatic

For Case 161, we revisit Yasiin Bey, (formerly known as Mos Def)’s The Ecstatic album. We also begin to ponder what makes him so slept on.

Case 160 College Dropout

For Case 160, we revisit Kanye’s monstrous debut to see how much replay value remains.

Case 159: The Eminem Show

Case 159 has us revisiting The Eminem Show. Was it Eminem’s best work?