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Sean Kantrowitz connects with hip hop's biggest fans – rappers, DJs, producers, writers, comedians, actors, and everything in between – to test their rap trivia skills, discuss their careers, dissect albums, and talk about how the music changed their lives.
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Masta Ace (Can't Knock the Shuffle Classic)
Original Broadcast April 21, 2020
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Masta Ace is one of hip hop's greatest storytellers. After making his debut on the Juice Crew's classic posse cut "The Symphony," Ace has many amazing accomplishments throughout his 30+ year career, including membership in hip hop supergroup Crooklyn Dodgers, classic concept albums, full album collaborations with producers like MF DOOM and Marco Polo, and so much more. In this Can't Knock the Shuffle classic episode, we break down the following songs from his catalog:
"Think I Am (feat. Big Daddy Kane and MF DOOM)" ('MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne', 2012)
"Crooklyn" (Crooklyn Dodgers) ('Crooklyn' soundtrack, 1994)
"Sunken Place" (feat. Pav Bundy) ('A Breukelen Story' w/ Marco Polo, 2018)
"Type I Hate" (feat. Leschea and Rah Digga) ('Disposable Arts', 2001)
"Bklyn Masala" (feat. Leschea) ('A Long Hot Summer', 2004)
"SlaughtaHouse" ('SlaughtaHouse', 1993)
"Mathematics" ('The Falling Season', 2016)
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Making Illmatic - Cam'ron 'Purple Haze' w/ Chong Wizard
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Killa! Sean and MidaZ the BEAST are back at it with another Making Illmatic, and they've got the podcasts 'castin' this time as they're joined by DJ Chong Wizard to assess Cam'ron's 'Purple Haze.'
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Thank You, DJ Mister Cee
Original Broadcast: May 21, 2020
NYC radio legend DJ Mister Cee gives The Questions a deep dive into all things Notorious B.I.G. with an all Biggie-themed game and episode. Plenty of great stories from the man who played a pivotal part in the beginning chapters of the greatest rapper of all-time's career. Also includes the full Patreon bonus segment/Q&A.
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Cipha Sounds (Questions Classic)
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Originally broadcast on August 3, 2020
We dip back into the IG Live archives for a classic episode featuring comedian/DJ/podcaster Cipha Sounds.
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Quelle Chris (Can't Knock the Shuffle Classic)
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Original Broadcast: May 3, 2021
After first making noise on a national scale through early collaborations with Danny Brown, Quelle Chris kicked off a prolific solo career of his own, including acclaimed albums such as Innocent Country with producer Chris Keys, his 2018 album ‘Everything’s Fine’ with fellow polymath Jean Grae, production work for some of indie rap’s finest, and contributing to the score for the film Judas and the Black Messiah. In 2022, he dropped the excellent album Deathfame,. That same year, he and his collaborator Chris Keys scored a major production and writing credit when Lizzo sampled their song Sudden Death on Innocent Country 2 for her song “Coldplay”on her album Special but we don’t talk about any of that in this episode because it hadn’t happened yet.
The seven songs we randomly explore in this episode:
"Ohsh" feat. Hannibal Buress (w/ Jean Grae, "Everything's Fine', 2018)
"Sickum" ('Lullabies for the Broken Brain', 2016)
"Birthdaze" (prod. by Swarvy) ('Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often,' 2017)
"Walk By Faith" (Homeboy Sandman 'Don't Feed the Monster', 2020)
"Nothing Moves" (w/ Chris Keys, 'Innocent Country', 2015)
"Another Blunt" ('Shotgun and Sleek Rifle', 2013)
"Black Twitter" feat. Mosel and Nelson Bandela (w/ Chris Keys, 'Innocent Country 2', 2020) -
Making Illmatic: Fat Joe 'Don Cartagena' w/ Zilla Rocca
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Potential sacred cow alert: Sean and MidaZ return to the Making Illmatic format for De La Soul's fourth album 'Stakes is High' with special guest DJ Steve1der. Which 10 songs make the cut?
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