This Week in Hype
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This Week in Hype
Every week Nathan S. of DJBooth.net grabs a hip-hop luminary to discuss the week's biggest stories...or whatever happens to pop into our alcohol-aided brains. Either/or.
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21 ਐਪੀਸੋਡIntro to Marijuana Smoking Edition: This Week in Hype Podcast
Special edition of the podcast this week, I'm a 32-year-old man about to smoke medical marijuana for the first time. Help?
The Personal Top 5 Rappers Edition (This Week in Hype Podcast)
I finally bit the bullet and listed my personal Top 5 emcees of all-time. I'm never doing this again, but I had to do it at least once.
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Freeway on Beards, New Album & “Duck Tales”
This week, I bring on Freeway to talk about his status as an OG in the beard game, his love for the cartoon Duck Tales, the time he was considering si...
This Week in Hype: The Full Tech N9ne Interview
This week, I devote the entire episode to my recent conversation with Tech N9ne, the audio was just too good to let it go unheard. We talk about how h...
Young Thug & Tidal Flop & True Indie Rap With Rich Quick: This Week in Hype
This week, I'm recovered from my mid-life crisis and back at it. I talk about Young Thug's Barter 6 album flopping, Tidal flopping, soccer players flo...
Tax Season Life Crisis & Bodega Bamz: This Week in Hype Podcast
This week, if you'd like to hear a man have a mid-life crisis brought on by filing his taxes and realizing he's going to leave his children with absol...
Wale & Luda Review, Death of Free Streams & DJ Hoppa: TWIH Podcast
This week, I do a quick review of both Wale and Ludacris' new albums, break open the Illuminati vault again to explain why the days of free music may...
This Week in Hype: The Kendrick Lamar Classic Album Rant Edition
This week, I had a rant building up inside me that I just had to get out. Ever since Kendrick dropped his To Pimp a Butterfly album there's been seemi...
This Week in Hype: Wrekonize on Art, Mayday & Strange Music
This week, I figure out how to test whether you're really friends with a rapper and then devote the episode to my talk with Wrekonize, who's just stra...
This Week in Hype ft. Big Sean (Special Edition)
On a special Monday edition of the podcast, I talk to Big Sean about the dark skies that have clouded his paradise over the last year, his place in th...
This Week in Hype: Yeezy Back, Fashawn on Working With Nas & More
Can you believe it? How could you be so lucky? What could you have possibly done to deserve another "This Week in Hype" podcast? Blessings on blessing...
This Week in Hype: Drake's a Legend, Hitting the Club With BeatKing
This week, I attempt to figure out if Drake really should be considered a hip-hop legend, plus I bring on Houston's Club God BeatKing to talk the birt...
This Week in Hype - The Fight Against Hip-Hop Elitism
This week, I devote the episode to bringing in Yoh and talking about his huge article about hip-hop elitism (aka "I Don't Like Illmatic"). It's a topi...
This Week in Hype - Lil Wayne, Birdman & Cash Money at the Crossroads
This week on the podcast I talk about the pending Lil Wanye and Birdman divorce - is this the biggest split in hip-hop history? What happens to Cash M...
This Week in Hype: Best Music Year of My Life, Time Larew & More
I kick things off my doing some serious reminiscing - shout out to Andy Bonfilio for putting me onto Tribe Called Quest in high school - and then brin...
This Week in Hype - My Life in the Music Industry
Strap in (pause?) because this week you're just getting a whole lot of me telling stories about the times I've crossed over from my keyboard to the ac...
This Week in Hype: This Week in Hype: The Squad on Wale, Kendrick, Resolutions & More
Fresh for 2015 you suckers!!! The "This Week in Hype" podcast is officially back for yet another year filled with me talking about rap, we talking abo...
This Week in Hype: The Mega 2014 Wrap-Up Edition With Justin Hunte
Holy...sweet...baby...jesus. I just spent ANOTHER year doing the "This Week in Hype" podcast. When I started this I didn't know if I'd make it to week...
This Week in Hype: Storm Warning Edition ft. DJ T-GUT & Kendrick vs. Cole
I won't lie, it's been a crazy week in Berkeley. The first half of the week armored trucks were arresting protesters outside my house, the second half...
The Tragedy of Eric Garner & Poetry of Danez Smith
Heartbreakingly, we've been here before.
On one hand I'm not sure it's my place as a white man who mostly writes Rick Ross fat jokes t...
This Week in Hype: The John Gotty Mega-Episode
This week's episode is one I've been wanting to make happen for a long ass time. I talk to John Gotty, aka the don of The Smoking Section, about being...