The Crate 808 Podcast

Jan 28 2025 100 ep. 90 mins 1k
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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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The Alchemist + Prodigy 'Bible Paper' Track Review w/ PremRock | Ep. 185

Jan 28 2025 66 mins  
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

Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.2 Top 5 Albums, Verses, Songs, MVPs + More | Ep. 184

Dec 22 2024 179 mins  
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 R

Hip Hop 2024 Awards Pt.1 Ka Tribute, Top 5 Albums + More | Ep. 184

Dec 22 2024 158 mins  
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 Ex

Roc Marciano ‘Tek to a Mack’ Track Review w/ MidaZ the Beast | Ep. 183

Dec 09 2024 99 mins  
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), ra

Company Flow’s ‘Funcrusher Plus’ Album Review w/ Breeze Brewin, GENG PTP + Myke C-Town (Rawkus Chronicles - Patreon Clip)

Nov 11 2024 98 mins  
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 o

‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Film Review: 50th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 182

Oct 28 2024 143 mins  
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

‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Film Review: 40th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 181

Oct 14 2024 108 mins  
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

'The Terminator' Film Review: 40th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 180

Oct 07 2024 127 mins  
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 se

MF DOOM Rapp Snitch Knishes + Gazzillion Ear + Great Day Track Reviews (Patreon Clip)

Sep 02 2024 108 mins  
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

billy woods ‘Soundcheck’ Track Review w/ Ol’ Burger Beats | Ep. 179

Aug 06 2024 80 mins  
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) W