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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 –...
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”...
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”...
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...
Our review of Kendrick Lamar’s latest album “Damn.” 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 –...
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 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...
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...
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...
A playlist full of an HOUR of RAP, RAP and more RAP. New full episode the whole team coming soon!
We checked out the last stop of the Art of Rap Festival in Detroit. It wasn’t what we expected.
We put together another playlist episode with a chill summer vibe to calm that “Summer Madness”. More episodes EVERY week!>
We dive deeper into the topic about the hip-hop wall and creating a manifesto for a new genre of rap.
This week we talk about SnapChat, the Joe Budden vs. Drake Beef, and putting up a wall up on the Canadian border.
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!
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?
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“.
Major gets personal and talks about his recent separation, his new adventures and how hes Off The Leash.
Here’s an INTERVIEW EPISODE for this week featuring an interview with Parish Smith (aka PMD) of EPMD! We had a lot of fun talking with Parish 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. Follow Parish on...
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!
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”...
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. We also took this opportunity to get a young listener on the show to talk about his music choices in 2016. As...
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...
Just added to this feed April 11, 2016, this is the second of a two-part episode, Episode #67 we released back on July of 2008 featuring an interview with Bishop Lamont. We released it on the blog but never dropped it on the feed. Wow. Hope you enjoy the memories yall!
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 mand 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...
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. 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...
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...
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...
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, gay rights in the U.S. and pick our hip-hop essentials
This week we review Oddisee’s “The Good Fight” and we also discuss more on Jay-Z’s self-proclaimed good fight with his “free” Tidal show and the motives behind it. We had a LOT of fun, we had some great new music and a LOT more you gotta hear it for yourself! Go!
It’s all about Soundtracks this week. We ask what happened to great urban and hip-hop films as well as there soundtracks? We talked about some of our favorites and the songs on them, some honorable mentions and a surprise call from 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...
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...
Our long awaited review of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly is finally here! Not only did we check out this album from Blend It or Bump It, Mack talked about his frustrations with “over used” break beats, we also discussed frat house racism and the morning television show that followed, the stash box and a whole...
The Kanye vs. argument continued this episode as Major and Mola1 took to court over who was the better producer with Judge JMack presiding. Who won? Find out in this weeks episode! We also checked out Big Sean’s new album Hall of Fame for Blend It or Bump It, Drake trying to get fired from...
This episode we talked about Kanye trying to steal the spotlight again, how MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” was all a sham and how Eddie ruined what could have been an amazing moment on Saturday Night Live. All this and we had a very VERY special Stashbox segment featuring Russian River Brewing’s “Pliney Elder” brew as […]
This episode we went through Pac’s letter in detail. In it, he mentioned his growing beef with Notorious BIG and his idea of forming a massive supergroup. We also reviewed Joey Bada$$ album B4DA$$ for Blend It or Bump It!
This episode we talked about taking bets on Hip-Hop Grammy categories. But it didn’t come without it’s fair share of drama. Also this episode, Stashbox and we pick our Essential Albums!
This episode we talked about taking bets on Hip-Hop Grammy categories. But it didn’t come without it’s fair share of drama. Also this episode, Stashbox and we pick our Essential Albums!
This episode we talked about Kanye vs. Just Blaze (and eventually vs. Dr. Dre) we touched on “inflategate” and reviewed Lupe Fiasco’s final album Tetsuo and Youth. Don’t forget to come watch us LIVE on Friday, February 27 @ 8pm EST!
This episode we talked about Grammy nominations, TLC’s Kickstarter campaign, drinking too much, essential albums and all kinds of your calls! Keyword this episode, “HAMM’s”.
This episode, JMack crafted a playlist of hip-hop tracks from artists in and around the city of New York, complete with an interview with Bronx native, Ray West about his album with O.C., “Ray’s Cafe”....
This episode Major, Mack & Mola1 spent the show discussing the Iggy Azalea vs Azalea Banks debate. Also this episode: essential albums, some dope hip-hop tracks and your calls and messages!
Episode #14 our official Year In Review for 2014 and reviewed Fabolous latest “effort”. We talked our favorite drink of the year, favorite music, news items and more. Get in on this episode it was a fun one!
In Episode 13, we toned it down, had a few more drinks and slurred our way through some more peaceful, fun topics. We talked about our essential hip-hop albums, buying wifeys Christmas gifts, one’s gotta go and this can’t be life. Hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording! We hope […]
This episode we discuss all of the social issues happening over the past few months including the Mike Brown situation, Eric Garner, Bill Cosby, our essential albums, and of course J. Cole’s latest “2014 Forest Hills Drive” album was up for Blend it or Bump it!
This week JMack brings an hour of some great indie music inspired by daylight savings time and the extra dark hours we get during the
This week JMack invited special guests The Regiment (Osi and Ise) from Detroit to talk about their album Live From the Coney Island. We sampled a few songs and talked about the album.Download Live From the Coney Island via BandCamp or iTunes!
With special musical guest coming to sit in with us Ben Miles who came downstairs to tell us about his latest album The Wishing Tree. We also had another special guest Jules sitting in with us this episode to give us a different perspective on music for the younger generation. Also, a mystery classic album for […]
This episode we went through DJServicePack.com’s “Top 7 songs in 7 Cities” list. A list of the “hottest” songs in in 7 cities determined by spins, DJ support and other data. How do you think this is gonna go?
This episode we talked Macklemore’s win(s) at the Grammy’s, the SuperBowl and we reviewed Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet for Blend It or Bump It. How do you think it did?
As we still feel out our new home we get into some more fun topics. We probably had too much to drink and listened to some great music. On the chopping block this week was a random Detroit joint, Denmark Vessey’s Cult Classic. We also talked about Kanye vs. Sway and much more!
Our first episode! For those who are new to “The Basement”, this show is a spinoff from our original 8 year-old podcast “The HoodHype Show”. The Basement is hosted by Major & JMack who discuss everything from the latest in hip-hop news, to movies, to gaming, to social political issues, to racial talk. We’re just […]
Where is the HoodHype Show? We are still here! Check out the details on a ton content you may have been missing from your boys JMack Major and Phro at LiveFromTheBasement.com and ThreeSixteens.com. Its still HoodHype FOREVER!!
Its our 8-year Anniversary and we're gonna keep this thing going 2005 til infinity! We spin some new indie hip-hop, with our special guest indie spotlight Traum Diggs. Also, a tribute to the last 8 years of the HoodHype Show as JMack takes you for a spin in Doc Browns time machine all the way back to 2005 with a gift for our die hard fans at the end of this very special episode!
A little hangover recovery music the day after a night of celebration. This is The Day After. For all of our live show fans, listen to the end of this episode for a special announcement!
This week we pay homage to New Zealand's incredibly diverse, talented and soulful hip-hop scene! Special guest this week is Christchurch New Zealand's own, Ladi6! Make sure you cop her album "Automatic" on iTunes and Bandcamp!
Lets relax (kind of) and chill for a minute to episode 217 aptly titled The Big Chill. LETS GO!