Rhymes Like Dimes Podcast Rhymes Like Dimes Podcast

We're doing things a little different this week. We start with dissecting journalist Brian 'B. Dot' Miller's Best Rappers of the Midyear list (0:36), before discussing Young Thug, Gunna and YSL's legal troubles and whether rap lyrics should be used in a police investigation(25:35).

We talk sampling and whether it's becoming too simplified in commercial rap (58:41) and name our favourite non-rap features on rap songs (1:22:35).

We also want to thank all of the listeners for getting us to over 30,000 streams! We are eternally grateful for your listenership.

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A special one this week! We’re joined by returning guest and one half of the This Could End Terribly podcast, Abiade, to review one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’ (4:41).

Later, after Little Simz announced her inability to tour the USA due to financial reasons, we dissect the grind of independent artists and their standing in the music industry at large (58:02). We then run a topic back by revisiting London and voting which area of the UK capital has produced the best MCs. The 2022 edition (1:19:38).

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This week we’re joined by Asher Kosher, a London-based rapper, artist manager, community organiser and co-founder of Root 73, the artist hub and label that is home to one of the UK’s hottest young MCs, Enny.

We take a deep dive into his career, including finding rap music through old skating videos, opening up for KRS-One and The Pharcyde, running Root 73, working with Tion Wayne, discovering new artists and cultivating networks through music.

What we’ve been listening to:

Asher

Knucks - Alpha Place

Peter

JVCK JAMES - On The Rocks

Moe

Jack Harlow - Come Home The Kids Miss You

Yemi

Surya Sen - At What Cost?
Nia Archives - Forbidden Feelingz

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The 70th! We assess the rap game and whether its going through a golden era similar to the late 1980s and early 1990s and what a golden era looks like in 2022 (11:45).

We talk female rappers and why we’ve never seen all women rap supergroups over the years and the challenges they face in general (36:43). For fun we then name the part of New York that has produced the best MCs (1:03:54).

What we’ve been listening to:

Peter

Pusha T - It’s Almost Dry
Phabo - Soulquarius
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Syd - Broken Hearts Club
Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Yemi

Vince Staples - Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Syd - Broken Hearts Club
Sunni Colon - Juju & The Flowerbug
Digga D - Noughty By Nature
Fly Anakin - Frank

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We’re talking all things UK this week! We get into what we’ve been listening to this week (3:46) before analysing when might be the time British Rap is acknowledged by the Grammy Awards, following the recent ceremony (11:14).

We get into one the UK’s most treasured collectives, The Movement, and why the team of Ghetts, Scorcher, Wretch 32, Devlin and Mercston never became a fully fledged group (35:48) and, after listing the best US producers every year since 1990 on the last pod, we take it to the UK to list the best beat makers every year since the year 2000 (59:29).

What we’ve been listening to:

Peter

Alex Isley & Jack Dine - Marigold
Max Roach - Members Don’t Get Weary
Fela Kuti - Confusion

Moe

J Hus - Big Conspiracy
Pusha T ft JAY-Z & Pharrell - Neck & Wrist

Yemi

Shae Universe - Unorthodox
Cruel Santino - Subaru Boys: Final Heaven
Iblss - raja’s sun

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Another week, another pod! We give some much deserved flowers to Kojey Radical by reviewing his debut album ‘Reason To Smile’ (6:47) before discussing whether Chicago’s very own Chief Keef is a hip-hop legend (31:15).

We’re also talking producers by naming the best producer alive every year since 1990, thanks to the good people over at Complex (55:22), and end by naming the greatest beatmaker ever (1:24:28).

What we’ve been listening to:

Peter

Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 4
Conway The Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes
Lucky Daye - Candydrip
Robert Glasper - Black Radio 3

Moe

Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity
Digga D - Life of a Real G (Freestyle)

Yemi

Hak Baker - Misled
Ego Ella May - Field Notes II
Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 4

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