The holidays are over, and the Must Not Sleep Podcast has returned from our break. “The State of the Union” is our rundown of hip hop in 2018. Last year’s topics to come out of Neil’s random generator (it’s a thing!): Maybe our views on hip-hop right now? (10:30) Kendrick winning the Pulitzer (19:00) Cardi …
It’s your favorite podcast’s favorite podcast! Neil and Erik explore Vince Staple’s album FM! on this ep. Before that though, we answer the question everyone’s been asking: What exactly was Jermaine Dupri (11:20) thinking during his TMZ interview? Then we give our first impressions of FM! (23:20) before exploring Vince’s seemingly random lyrics and beats …
And we’re back! It’s been a long time, but Neil and Erik return with a discussion on Lupe Fiasco’s DROGAS WAVE and so much more. If you haven’t been down this particular internet wormhole, we provide some background to Lupe’s concept album (21:55). Erik compares Lupe to the Reddit age and shows like Westworld (34:00) …
This Ep is Part III of Must Not Sleep’s epic trilogy also known as Neil & Erik had a lot to say on this one. If you’ve listened to the other two parts, you know that this one is all about Lauryn Hill and the piece she wrote on medium.com a couple of weeks ago. …
“Nooooo growth” is Part I of Must Not Sleep’s epic trilogy also known as Neil & Erik had a lot to say on this one. In this part we go in on Eminem and his surprise album release Kamikaze. We give you some first impressions (13:35), consider all of the things wrong with his song …
We tackle some important problems we had with our last episode (6:22), and Erik offers some loan advice. Then Neil describes his special relationship with R. Kelly (24:04) before we dive into R’s 19 minute manifesto “I Admit”(35:55). We think it’s a good episode, but we’re biased (that’s a joke…it makes more sense if you …
Now that it’s “over” we take a look back at the Drake & Pusha T battle (4:10) including unpacking Pusha’s dis of Drake’s Black identity (24:42). Later we consider if Kanye really was “cancelled” & how Ye scares us (43:29). We think it’s all pretty funny and thoughtful. You should listen! (Don’t forget that you …
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