Just in time for summer solstice, Yinka drops what has now become an annual selection of sounds spanning the African diaspora. The summer starts now. #ThatLife https://soundcloud.com/yinka/ah3

Given the recent passing of Dave Jolicoeur aka Trugoy the Dove, the 80z Babies discuss The Grind Date by De La Soul - released October 5, 2004. Timestamps: (0:28) RIP to Dave, Trugoy the Dove (1:00) Why this album? (2:47) Where was Yinka? (5:18) Where was Outlaw? (9:03) Critical reception (10:15) Outlaw grades the album (12:00) Overarching highlights (18:30) Overarching lowlights (21:00) Track for track analysis (57:15) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies pay tribute (mostly) to The Roots' classic fourth studio album entitled Things Fall Apart released February 23, 1999. Timestamps: (0:22) Why doesn't this album excite Yinka? (1:15) Why aren't Be and Stillmatic albums worthy of tributes? (4:27) A brief mention of Jay Z's Unplugged (6:03) Is Black Through transcendent on this album? (9:45) Where was Yinka? (11:10) Where was Outlaw? (13:30) Did Things Fall Apart become a part of Outlaw's identity? (14:25) Critical reception (16:45) Overarching lowlights (21:21) Common's a pervert (25:38) Overarching highlights (37:03) Track for track analysis (1:10:50) Yinka attempts to make it a classic (1:18:20) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies discuss the Top 5 hiphop related movies. Timestamps: (1:22) Outlaw's #5 (5:17) Outlaw's #4 (7:07) Outlaw's #3 (14:13) Outlaw's #2 (22:00) Outlaw's #1 (25:50) Yinka's #5 (27:44) Yinka's #4-1 (31:05) Yinka's Hon Mention (32:47) East Coast vs. West Coast Picks (35:15) recap

The 80z Babies discuss the Top 5 hiphop record labels of all time.

The 80z Babies are joined by special guest Haas to discuss the debut solo album from the legendary Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage released June 11, 2002. Timestamps: (1:30) Where was Yinka? (3:38) Where was Jaz? (4:06) Where was Outlaw? (6:14) Is Saadiq being extra with "Instant Vintage" and "Gospel-Delic"? Is he a neo soul artist? (7:48) Critical reception (9:14) How weird is Saadiq? Does he still have his mystique? (11:37) Overarching highlights (15:47) We need more projects helmed by bassists (17:35) Overarching lowlights. Is the songwriting suspect? (25:06) Track for track analysis (25:21) Is "Doing What I Can" one of the strongest basslines and intros ever? Yinka's 'Highlight of Highlights' (28:44) The team pokes fun at the "Body Parts" lyrics (31:29) D'Angelo's participation wasn't always reliable (34:57) Jaz' 'Highlight of Highlights' (35:35) The tuba is such a striking choice for "Still Ray" (50:45) Lyrically, is Saadiq's "love" and "i miss you" bag better than his "sex" bag? (53:42) Is "Faithful" a fuck boy anthem? (55:53) Outlaw's 'Highlight of Highlights' (1:10:30) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies discuss the Top 5 whitest songs of all time. Timestamps: (1:13) Outlaw #5 (3:26) Outlaw #4 (4:30) Outlaw #3 (6:16) Outlaw #2 (7:39) Outlaw #1 (9:30) Yinka shares a story about Outlaw's #1 pick (12:17) Yinka #5 (13:37) Yinka #4 (15:20) Yinka #3 (16:28) Yinka #2 (16:55) Yinka #1 (18:33) Honorable mentions

The 80z Babies discuss the 4th studio album by ScHoolboy Q entitled Blank Face LP released on July 8, 2016. Timestamps: (0:25) WHy are we doing tHis album? Is it ScHoolBoy Q's best? (1:17) Outlaw skips aHead to rate tHe album (3:04) WHere was Yinka? (5:38) WHere was Outlaw? (7:54) Critical Reception (9:15) Yinka was Hurt by CrasH Talk (10:08) OverarcHing lowligHts (12:38) OverarcHing HigHligHts (17:40) Track for track analysis (25:54) Outlaw's "HigHligHt of HigHligHts" (55:33) Yinka's "HigHligHt of HigHligHts" (1:05:15) Closing thougHts

The 80z Babies cover the fifth studio album from Queensbridge legend Nas. Timestamps: (0:18) Is this album Tribute worthy? (1:18) Is this album inextricably linked to Blueprint? (2:03) Is this Nas' Makaveli? It's centered around a diss track, and addresses his haters (4:35) Critical Reception. The Source is the only major publication to give it a stellar rating (6:35) Outlaw is disappointed in Nas' catalog (9:26) Is Nas one of the most frustrating Hip Hop artists ever? (13:10) Where was Yinka? (18:45) Where was Outlaw? (20:35) When did 'ether' become a verb? (26:00) Outlaw calls bullshit on the 5 mic rating from The Source. Yinka recaps the How 97 vs Power 105 beef. Why was Nas flirting with Murder INC? (28:35) Outlaw and Yinka unpack their love/hate relationships with both Nas and Jay Z (31:01) Overarching highlights (34:32) Overarching lowlights (35:22) Is '2nd Childhood' Premier's worst beat? (37:43) Track for track analysis (39:15) Exploring Benzino's relationship with Nas (1:03:10) Outlaw makes it a classic

The 80z Babies discuss the debut album from Bompton, California's YG entitled My Krazy Life released March 18, 2014.

The 80z Babies are joined by Haas to discuss the 25 year anniversary of Velvet Rope by Janet Jackson. Timestamps: (0:47) Is this a "woman empowerment" album? What does a "woman empowerment" album feel like? (5:04) Where was Jaz? (11:09) Where was Yinka? (16:15) Where was Outlaw? (19:25) Critical reception (34:33) Overarching highlights (36:40) Is Velvet Rope the crown jewel of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' production catalog? (43:06) Overarching lowlights (47:14) Track for track analysis (50:35) Did Janet make any money from Got 'Til It's Gone? (1:20:47) Obligatory Madonna rant

The 80z Babies tackle the latest album from Freddie Gibbs, Soul Sold Separately. Timestamps: (0:21) Is it fair to call this his first major label album? (1:57) Don't let the trolls win (3:45) Yinka didn't know how Outlaw would receive the album (4:24) Outlaw feels the high volume of output devalues the art (6:58) Yinka was salty that Couldn't Be Done uses the same sample as his song God Willin' (8:40) Overarching lowlights (9:40) What does Soul Sold Separately even mean? Is the theme even fully explained or explored? (11:15) Does Gibbs offer anything more than just a good sampler platter? (13:25) How much thought did Gibbs put into the lyrics? (14:38) Were the voicemail personalities questionable? (18:27) Overarching highlights (20:50) What is muzak? (22:13) Is Freddie Gibbs the breath control king? (28:47) Track for track analysis (1:02:29) Closing thoughts and album rating

The 80z Babies discuss Jesus Price Superstar by the legendary Sean Price. Disclaimer: Yinka was under the weather during the recording of this episode so please bear with us. #80zBabies Timestamps: (0:49) Why this album? Who is Sean Price? Does he have the best rebrand in Hip Hop history? (1:48) Boot Camp Click discussion (6:05) Where was Yinka? (7:20) Where was Outlaw? (10:50) Sean Price was a man of the people (12:22) Critical reception (14:55) Overarching highlights: Sean Price, skits, production, features, length, sequencing, cohesiveness (27:03) Overarching lowlights: no "mainstream" records, dull stretches, redundancy and lack of substance (36:08) Track for track analysis (43:15) Circa 2007, a lot of these albums from underground rappers came from mixtapes (1:04:34) A discussion on the Young White Avatar (1:19:05) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies are joined by Nick Rosenberg in a full on rap nerd discussion stemming from the conversation on Madvillainy. The conversation takes us from Nick's hiphop beginnings as a fan of "Parents Just Don't Understand" to the early days of the Low Budget crew and even a stint at Rawkus Records. Enjoy the tangents! (1:20) Introducing Nick Rosenberg (3:05) Rap radio and WOL (5:15) Reminiscing about the DMC Hip Hop scene (8:02) What was it like being at an underground label? (8:45) The lost Kool G Rap album on Rawkus (10:58) Was Mos Def too "anti" for trying to level up? Why is his album on Luminary? (12:12) Did Mos have the most potential of any Hip Hop artist ever? (13:05) The beginnings of Rawkus Records (14:47) Why didn't Rawkus sign Kanye West? (17:28) Was there a Hot 97 reality show? (19:25) How does Nick get into music and entertainment law? (22:18) When did Nick start "managing" Peter? (23:43) What is Nick's relationship to Eminem and Paul Rosenberg? (25:14) Is there a lot of money in sample packs? The headache of sample clearances (33:33) Music nerd tangent discussing Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys (39:45) A random tangent discussing how music breaks cultural barriers (44:30) A random tangent discussing Lootpack and Planet Asia (46:16) Do you ever cringe at your takes from your younger years? Outlaw defends the younger, pretentious Outlaw from high school and college (50:09) Is Yinka too manly to bang Meg the Stallion in the car? (52:25) Nick shares his Spotify streaming challenge guessing game he plays with his friends (53:07) MF DOOM is inexplicably popular with Gen Z (56:40) Is Phonte one of the most talented artists around? (59:50) Turn it up to 11, Spinal Tap appreciation (1:02:45) Obligatory Biggie appreciation chat (1:03:45) Biggie ghost wrote every person's lyrics in Junior M.A.F.I.A (1:05:09) Is Biggie a "god"? Must you be dead before your portrait is painted on walls? (1:08:32) Ready to Die vs Life After Death (1:09:12) What's your top 5 albums? (1:10:36) Carter I vs Carter II vs Carter III (1:11:42) Mos Def and Mannie Fresh did an album together? Did Mos revoke his citizenship? (1:12:57) Did Pusha T live in Bethesda, MD? (1:14:18) Nick shares the most apt Nas description of all time (1:15:15) Revisiting the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop and Rap (1:19:50) The run of music circa 2005 (1:21:45) G-Unit discussion (1:25:18) One last Doom story

The 80z Babies pay tribute to The Fix which is the seventh studio album from the legendary Scarface. Time Stamps: (0:38) We're finally doing a Scarface episode. Why the long wait? (3:40) Where was Outlaw? Is Scarface big in Chocolate City DC? (7:12) Where was Yinka? Is "My Block" Scarface's most representative song of what the artist is about? (10:00) Critical reception. Was this album catered to an East Coast audience? How did his traditional fans receive the album? Did Scarface sellout with this record? (13:15) Why was Scarface on Def Jam South? (16:40) Overarching highlights (20:57) Overarching lowlights. Is Scarface better in tandem? Is The Fix too accessible to New York listeners? (26:40) Track for track analysis (27:00) Is that Scarface singing on the intro!?!?! (28:08) Does Scarface grow tiresome on "Safe", or is it one of the best songs on the album? (32:38) Is "In Cold Blood" the start of the strongest run on the album? (33:51) Talk to me, man. Is "Guess Who's Back" a perfect song? Is Beanie Sigel's verse a necessary inclusion on this song? Does Outlaw even like Beans? (37:04) Is "My Block" universally relatable? (40:04) Is "Keep Me Down" the thematic start to the album? (42:47) Is Scarface too dramatic on "What Can I Do?" Should Pimp C be on this track? (44:57) Does Nas outshine Scarface on "In Between Us"? (48:15) Why does Outlaw hate "Someday"? Did Scarface phone it in on this song? (51:00) Is Scarface just talking shit on "Sellout"? Is Outlaw a square? Does any other rapper keep track of their win/loss record in fights? (53:42) Why did Scarface add the T-Mix production to "Heaven"? (56:30) Is "I Ain't the One" WC's worst verse? Does Scarface's last verse do a good job wrapping up the album? (59:45) Closing thoughts. Should we do more tributes for Scarface?

The 80z Babies pay tribute to the debut album from supergroup Blu & Exile. Timestamps: (0:57) This is an album we think our fans will enjoy (1:13) Is this the last great underground hip hop album? (3:40) Where was Yinka? (4:45) Where was Outlaw? (10:42) Critical reception (11:22) Is this a throwback album even for 2007? (12:15) Overarching highlights (18:00) Track for track analysis (1:06:22) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies attempt to tackle the 9th studio album from hiphop titan Jay-Z, entitled Kingdom Come, with another Make it a Classic. Timestamps: (0:32) What was Jay Z doing before this release? (1:45) Did anyone actually believe Jay Z was retired? (2:40) Why do we cover so many Jay Z albums? What can you expect from every project? (6:15) Can a rapper make 14 studio albums and NOT make a few mistakes? (8:07) Had Jay Z actually grown up by this point? (9:30) Was there any potential to make this a classic? Did he execute the themes? Breaking down the Kingdom Come title (14:15) Is Jay Z the Mike Jordan of recordin? (15:15) Where was Yinka? (18:19) Where was Outlaw? (20:55) Is this the start of Jay Z's worst period? Is the Black Album a classic? (22:25) Critical reception (23:53) Highlights (26:30) Lowlights (27:40) Yinka breaks down all of Jay Z's poor stylistic flow choices (31:49) Track for track analysis (58:00) Yinka makes it a classic (1:01:28) Outlaw makes it a classic (1:07:47) Closing thoughts

The 80z Babies pay tribute to Funkmaster Flex's 60 Minutes of Funk Vol. 3. Timestamps: (0:30) Why this Funk Flex project? (2:53) Where was Yinka? (5:30) Where was Outlaw? (10:53) Is Vol 3 Funk Flex's best mixtape? (12:02) Critical Reception (14:52) Overarching Lowlights (18:44) Overarching Highlights (20:27) Track for track analysis (21:36) Do we need to have a discussion about Wylcef as an executive producer? (24:20) Was Cam'ron great before Dipset? (25:36) West Coast artist over East Coast beats vs East Coast over West Coast beats, who's better? (26:27) Does any other verse embody KRS-One like this freestyle? Is it the only actual freestyle on the mixtape? (29:42) Was Busta Rhymes a good executive producer? How did Rampage get on the 'Flava in ya Ear remix'? (37:40) Did Smif n Wesson fall off when they changed to Cocoa Brovaz? (38:38) Do we appreciate Mariah Carey's artistry enough? What was the inspiration for this hook? (43:10) Is "Get Money" Biggie's best verse? (54:27) Who is DJ Pooh? Who is Kam? Was Kam responsible for the W? (1:03:15) Is Shaq the best ballplayer/rapper of all time? (1:05:10) What artists did this mixtape introduce you to? How did it inform what kind of rapper you wanted to be? (1:06:30) Is 1998 peak KRS-One as an emcee? (1:08:35) Why wasn't Eminem on this project? (1:09:08) Closing thoughts

Back by Popular Demand: The 80z Babies own DJ Yinka Diz drops another summer selection with an eclectic blend of AfroBeats, Trap, Dance, and.....y'all get the picture. #ThatLife #AH2 Tracklist Yinka Diz – Black Panther Intro Eazi – Thank You (Acoustic) Ckay – Love Nwantiti Burna Boy – Last Last Drake – Controlla Tems – Free Mind Capella Grey – Gyalis Wizkid – Ginger Ckay – Emiliana Burna Boy – Pull Up Joeboy – Sip (Alcohol) Wizkid – Come Closer Juls – Give You Love Burna Boy – Secret Pheelz – Finesse Wizkid – Mood Wizkid – Energy (Stay Far Away) Burna Boy – Soke Rotimi – In My Bed K Da Great – Never Too Much Wizkid – Essence LADIPOE – Feeling Burna Boy – On the Low Olakira – Maserati (Remix) Fireboy DML – Peru Young T – Don’t Rush Asake – Sungba (Remix) Burna Boy – Killin Dem Lojay – Monalisa DJSPINALL – PALAZZO Kizz Daniel – Buga (Lo Lo Lo) Gravez – All These Girls Davido – Skelewu Master KG – Jerusalema Wande Coal – Iskaba Wantigga – Maisons a Horta Vitus Tribe – Calor Goldlnk – Crew (Sango Edit) Blckflwr - Heist Yaeji – Raingurl TRVE HILL – Que Se Sepa (Rmx) KiaBHN – Jersey Anniversary

The 80z Babies discuss the "Gatekeepers" conversation as is relates to the tiff between Conway and Funkmaster Flex