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The Crate 808 Podcast

Missing the golden era of hip hop? The Crate 808 podcast travels back to the 1990s with lively debates around classic albums, arguments over Top 5 GOATs and interviews with instrumental people from the culture. Every week, join Kambi Thandi, a long-time hip hop head and pod producer, as he interviews insightful guests to provide a healthy dose of nostalgia, and a fresh look on the decade that shaped the genre.

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58:50

'Supreme Clientele 2': Worth the Wait? | Ep. 190

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/09/17

THANK GOD FOR MY WALLABEE SHOE, IT DONE SAVED ME! Yes people, Ghostface Killah returns with the sequel to his landmark classic - 'Supreme Clientele 2' is here 🤯 But is it worth the wait? Or yet another false dawn in the Wu-Tang Clan chronicles? Tune in to get our breakdown 🎧 🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's

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01:09:47

Is Clipse's ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ Album Of the Year?...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/07/18

YELLOW DIAMONDS LOOK LIKE PEE PEE!! Yo yo yo people, today we bring you our thoughts on one of the best drops of 2025, as we welcome back one of the greatest rap duos going. Pusha T and Malice team up with Pharrell to get us all nostalgic about hip hop again, and boy does it deliver ❄️ 🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's

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29:13

Did Aesop Rock Drop Verse of the Year? (Patreon Clip)

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/07/05

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/thats-that-shit-131902178 Kam digs into Aesop Rock’s RIDICULOUS rhyming in 2025, and asks…are these the best verses of the year so far? Let us know in the comments, on our socials or crate808@gmail.com - your verses, albums, artwork, MVPs, rookies and songs of the year so far. 🚨 Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808 🚨 Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness: MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a

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50:44

Big L ‘The Big Picture’ Album Review (Patreon Clip)

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/06/23

FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/big-ls-big-album-123159840 Yo yo yo, this month we take it back to the year 2000 in our Rawkus Chronicles series, to revisit Big L’s ‘The Big Picture’ record. Joining us is another stacked guest list, with Call Out Culture’s Zilla Rocca, Dead End Hip Hop’s Beezy, and author Ben Pedroche aka Grown Up Rap breaking it all down - some stellar takes in this one! Also, go check out Call Out Culture, Dead End and Ben’s latest book - ‘Independent As F**:

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38:36

Slept-On Wu-Tang: ‘The Sun’ Track Review | Ep. 188

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/05/27

SUUUUUUU! Welcome to another dip into the Wu-Tang Clan chamber. We jump into our Slept-On Wu Bangers Spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iESHJ2ZPR33rhl9mHEmRx) and pick out a song to break down on the show. Back in 2001, Ghostface Killah was hitting his apex, and one of the best songs to encapsulate this is ‘The Sun’. A deep cut that never got the chance to open his album ‘Bulletproof Wallets’, thanks to RZA being too high to remember the sample for clearance, this song may well

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02:37:48

Armand Hammer 3-Album Run w/ PremRock | Ep. 187

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/05/13

Welcome back to our series digging into the greatest three-album runs in hip hop history, and today we bring you some modern classics from one of the best rap duos putting in work - Armand Hammer. We dig into the genius of billy woods and Elucid with rapper PremRock, travelling through 2017’s Rome, 2018’s Paraffin and 2020’s Shrines, looking at why this run is so special, and how it taps into the entire history of rap in just three records. Featuring a ton of amazing guest contributions, from

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40:08

Slept-On Wu-Tang: ‘Careful (Click, Click)’ Track Review

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/04/08

SUUUUUUU! Yes, we are back with you, digging into the Wu chamber once more, as we jump into our Slept-On Wu Bangers Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iESHJ2ZPR33rhl9mHEmRx) and pick out a song to break down on the show. This episode we travel back to the year 2000, and Wu’s album ‘The W’, where Kam breaks down his love for the abundantly erratic song ‘Careful (Click, Click)’. Show Notes That’s That Shit promo (03:00) Track review (06:10) 🚨 Join Our Patreon:

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01:34:41

OutKast ‘Stankonia’ + Eminem ‘Marshall Mathers LP’...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2025/02/25

Stankonia full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-97658593 The Marshall Mathers LP full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-lp-97480136 Here’s another sneak peek into what’s going on at our Patreon (patreon.com/crate808), a place where you can support the show and hear tons of bonus episodes talking about the hip hop universe. Coming up, get ready for some elite rap chat from the likes of rapper Brian Ennals, producer Infinity Knives, as well as heads, Dan O from

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01:06:20

The Alchemist + Prodigy 'Bible Paper' Track Review w/...

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2025/01/28

Time to roll a spliff with a bible, and boogie board on a tidal wave, yes it's and another episode of our Digging in the Crates series - The Alchemist edition 🧪 We’ve done 'We Gonna Make It' and 'Terry', so now we travel all the way back to 2013 to talk about 'Bible Paper', Al’s cut with Prodigy from Mobb Deep. And in the hot seat is our man PremRock to break down his love for this cut with us. Show Notes Why Prodigy is a GOAT + great Schott Free story (1:00) Love for Alchemist and this album

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02:59:13

Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.2 Top 5 Albums, Verses, Songs,...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/12/23

Continuing our two-part special episode, we bring you our final takes on this stellar year in rap, as well as more incredible guest contributions Show Notes Roc Marciano - Marciology (01:14) Cavalier - Different Type Time (06:14) NAHReally + The Expert (13:30) Dan O + Ken B. Inge (29:50) Estee Nack - Stone Temple Pyrex + Systematically We Were Never Free (50:56) Max Bell + The Rap Music Plug Podcast (57:30) MAVI - Shadowbox (1:07:30) Ginger Slim + Dobson (1:22:50) Ransom + Harry Fraud - Lavish

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02:38:56

Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.1 Ka Tribute, Top 5 Albums +...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/12/23

Our end of year special is here, and as always it is STACKED. This is a two-part special, and over the next 5+ hours, Kam, Ray and SonRaw bring you an epic Ka tribute, our Top 5 albums of the year, and all our fave verses, songs and MVP shouts. Featuring some truly incredible contributions from the rap scene, we have a huge guest list, including… Yoh Phillips NAHreally The Expert Professor Skye Elsie not Elise Uncommon Nasa Gary Suarez (Cabbages) Max Bell Ken B. Inge (Dead End Hip Hop) Zilla

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01:39:46

Roc Marciano ‘Tek to a Mack’ Track Review w/ MidaZ...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/12/10

Yo yo yo, welcome to another episode of our Digging in the Crates Series - the Roc Marciano edition 💎 And today we travel back to one of his best opening cuts of all time, ‘Tek to a Mack’ from his 2012 classic ‘Reloaded’. And to discuss the genius of Roc, we have a guy who’s personally worked with the underground icon (as well as constantly dropping fire himself), rapper MidaZ the Beast is in the house 🔥 Show Notes Getting into Roc Marciano (02:20) Hearing Marcberg before it dropped (16:20)

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01:38:32

Company Flow’s ‘Funcrusher Plus’ Album Review w/...

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2024/11/12

FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/company-flows-w-103477086 Today we’re keeping it independent as fuck, rugged like Rwanda and hardcore like Kool G Rap music made for concert piano!! Yes, we are opening up our Rawkus Records Chronicles, to talk about their first major rap release - 1997’s Funcrusher Plus from Company Flow. This here is a clip of what's happening over at our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/crate808) where we've been building a hell of a dip back into the world of 90s

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02:23:17

‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Film Review: 50th...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/10/29

BREAK OUT THE HEAD CHEESE PEOPLE! Yes, it’s our final episode of Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror series for this Halloween, and we go out with a bang - celebrating FIFTY years of one of the best films ever made, 1974’s ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ 🪚 And joining in the fun, their families have always been into meat…Myke C-Town, Alaska Atoms and Thomas Hobbs break down the genius of TCM, while adding some dope hip hop flavour on top. In addition, we have an incredible set of special guests

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01:48:27

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Film Review: 40th...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/10/15

One, two, Crate 808 is coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, here’s your hip hop fix! Today we hope to keep your Halloweens spooky by continuing our Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror series, and this one is big. We sit down to celebrate 40 years of an iconic, genre-shifting, pop culture behemoth - Wes Craven’s classic ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ from 1984. Joining in the fun, we have Myke C-Town and Alaska Atoms, with dope contributions from hip hop heads Simon Ward and Tom

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02:07:23

'The Terminator' Film Review: 40th Anniversary (Hip...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/10/07

We kick off our Halloween season with more Hip Hop Heads Talking Horror, celebrating a titanic film from 1984 - James Cameron’s ‘The Terminator’. Joining in the fun is Call Out Culture’s Alaska Atoms and Curly Castro, as well as dope contributions from other hip hop heads like writers SonRaw and Simon Ward. Lock in for the hip hop x horror crossover you need for spooky season! Show Notes Why this film has lasted (00:00) Why everyone wants to see the apocalypse (13:40) Simon Ward contribution

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01:48:59

MF DOOM Rapp Snitch Knishes + Gazzillion Ear + Great...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/09/03

MF DOOM FANS REJOICE - we bring you a sneak peek of some stellar Supervillain chat, with what we’ve got going on at our Patreon…check it… MF DOOM Series 🐐 Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into MF DOOM's collection 📲 https://www.patreon.com/collection/96548 In this series of clips we hit up Dead End Hip Hop’s Beezy, rapper PremRock and hip hop producer Ol’ Burger Beats to talk on a whole host of topics surrounding the legend. As well as digging into what makes

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01:20:30

billy woods ‘Soundcheck’ Track Review w/ Ol’ Burger...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/08/06

Yo yo yo, we bring you another episode of our Digging in the Crates series - the billy woods edition ✨ And today we’ve got Norwegian producer Ol’ Burger Beats in the house, talking on the amazing cut ‘Soundcheck’ by billy woods (featuring Quelle Chris) on 2023’s ‘Maps’ 🔥 Show Notes Least hip hop thing (00:00) How he fell in love with woods’ music (03:00) Why ‘Soundcheck’ is amazing (15:30) Digging into billy woods on ‘Black Sabbath’ + working with Quelle Chris (38:00) Sampling and its code of

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07:00:51

Hip Hop Midyear Awards 2024 ft. Top 5 Albums, Songs,...

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/07/21

YO YO YO!! We are back with a SEVEN-HOUR rap extravaganza for all you heads out there, summing up hip hop in 2024 so far. And boy did we dig in, as writers and podcasters Dylan Green and SonRaw join in the fun. Get set for our Top 5 albums of the year so far, verses of the year, songs of the year and MVP shouts...and a lot of Kendrick Lamar talk. Featuring incredible contributions from the underground rap scene: Yoh Phillips Ken and Beezy (Dead End Hip Hop) PremRock Defcee Tokyo Cigar Rob Kheul

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02:52:51

Roc Marciano's 3-Album Run ✨ | Ep. 177

The Crate 808 Podcast ·

2024/06/18

Yo yo yo, today we dig into another GOAT 3-Album Run, discussing the man who has Lamborghini dreams and Nissan nightmares…Roc Marciano 🔥 On board we have returning guest, contributing editor of Pitchfork, podcaster, writer and journalist - Dylan Green aka Cine Masai! And the album run we're talking on included 'Marcberg' (2010), 'Reloaded' (2012), a dip into 'The Pimpire Strikes Back' (2013) and 'Marci Beaucoup' (2013). Featuring contributions from producer Nicholas Craven, rapper MidaZ the

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