Hip-Hop Now Podcast
A weekly podcast discussing the latest in Hip-Hop music and Culture!
Episodes
December 3, 2025 • 16 mins
On this new episode, catching up on a new series of episodes...best albums from November 2025. Let's talk about it! ...Oh yea, De La Soul's album is called "Cabin in the Clouds." My bad.
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November 28, 2025 • 22 mins
On this new episode, what albums from the years 2020 through 2025 would you call a classic? Let's talk about it!
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November 21, 2025 • 32 mins
On this new episode, Vegas reviews De La Soul's new album, "Cabin in the Sky." Nas and Dj Premier give us a release date for their long awaited album. Stove God Cooks isn't dropping until 2026 and Vegas has thoughts about that. Let's talk about it!
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November 14, 2025 • 26 mins
On this new episode, Max B is free, now what? Grammy nominations are out and Kendrick could clean up again. No Hip-Hop records on Billboard's Hot 100 list equals Hip-Hop is dead?! Let's talk about it!
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November 5, 2025 • 21 mins
On this new episode, catching up on a new series of episodes...best albums from October 2025. This will become a monthly episode. Let's talk about it!
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October 31, 2025 • 30 mins
On this new episode, Cam'ron is suing J. Cole for breach of contract. Jay-Z says he is untouchable in a Verzuz battle. Vegas reviews Big L's new album, "Harlem's Finest: Return of the King." Let's talk about it!
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October 27, 2025 • 18 mins
On this new episode, Vegas reviews the new 2Pac biography "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur" by nest-selling author Jeff Pearlman. Let's talk about it!
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October 24, 2025 • 19 mins
On this new episode, catching up on a new series of episodes...best albums from each month. This will become a monthly episode. Let's talk about it!
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October 17, 2025 • 24 mins
On this new episode, The Verzuz series returns with Cash Money Records vs. No Limit Records. Vegas review's Mobb Deeps latest album, "Infinite." Big L's posthumous album is set to release on Halloween. Also, in a bonus segment, Vegas names five D'Angelo hip-hop collaborations. Let's talk about it!
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October 10, 2025 • 63 mins
MF DOOM is one of the most influential hip-hop emcees of all time. Hitting the scene in the 90s as Zev Love X with the group KMD, transforming his image and style after the passing of his brother (DJ Subroc), “Mad Flows”, “Metal Face”, “Metal Fingers” DOOM became an unmistakenly original and groundbreaking artist. His influence spans generations and YOU WILL SPELL HIS NAME RIGHT after this episode!
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October 4, 2025 • 20 mins
On this bonus episode, Vegas talks about Pitchfork's "Top 100 Hip-Hop Albums" list, and why so many media outlets make them. Let's talk about it!
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October 3, 2025 • 18 mins
On this week's episode, five of Vegas's favorite instrumental albums from Alchemist! Let's talk about it!
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September 25, 2025 • 46 mins
It's a brand new episode of "That Time in Hip-Hop!" It's a history based podcast co-hosted with Tony from "Enter Da Dome Podcast." We're talking about Drake's sophmore album, "Take Care" and it's place in hip-hop history! Is it a classic, is it hip-hop, and more!
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*No Ovhoes were injured during the taping of this episode ;-)
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September 19, 2025 • 30 mins
On this week's episode, Dr. Dre recorded several songs with DipSet that will never be released. Clipse perform at the Vatican?! Vegas re-reviews Jay Electronica's once leaked solo album, "Act II" along with a bonus release. Let's talk about it!
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Hip-Hop Classics from 2020 - 2025: Don't Call It A Classic
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September 5, 2025 • 26 mins
On this week's episode, is there a new Jay-Z album on the way? Will Stove God Cooks get the opportunity to finally drop a new album? Young Thug, and others, confuse "the streets" with hip-hop music and culture. Let's talk about it!
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August 23, 2025 • 30 mins
On this week's episode, Vegas reviews new albums from Ghostface Killah and Chance the Rapper! Fivio Foreign worked with Nas but says he doesn't really know his music. Jay-Z's "Imaginary Players" soars due to a Cardi B cover of it...and her version is hot! Let's talk about it!
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August 21, 2025 • 25 mins
On this week's episode, five stand out features in hip-hop history! Let's talk about it!
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August 15, 2025 • 41 mins
On this week's episode, we're ranking all of the albums in Mobb Deep's discography! Let's talk about it!
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August 8, 2025 • 30 mins
On this week's episode, Vegas review's JID's brand new album, "God Does Like Ugly." Salt-n-Pepa battle Universal Music Group for copyright. Kendrick and Drake do battle, again, but at the MTV VMAs! Let's talk about it!
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August 1, 2025 • 29 mins
On this week's episode, Ghostface Killah officially announces, "Supreme Clientele 2." Joey Bada$$ airs out Columbia Records on IG Live. Vegas reflects on 30 years of Raekwon's debut classic album, "Only Built for Cuban Linx." Let's talk about it!
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