The Crate 808 Podcast: Best 3-Album Runs in Rap with Dead End Hip Hop

Best 3-Album Runs in Rap with Dead End Hip Hop | Ep. 98

May 23, 2021

To cap our first series on the best three-album runs in 90s hip hop we had to reach out to one our favourite rap channels out there for a roundtable chat - we’re delighted to bring on the Dead End Hip Hop crew 🔥 We speak on runs from MF DOOM, El-P, 8Ball & MJG, The Roots, Nas, Jay-Z and many more! So get ready for some dope chat on classic runs (inside and out of the 90s) with Ken, Rod, Beezy, and Myke.

Show Notes

Ice Cube and Tupac’s album runs (02:25)
The Roots and Gang Starr’s album runs (05:20)
8Ball & MJG and UGK’s runs (10:03)
Master P’s album run (17:25)
Mobb Deep’s album run (21:24)
What makes a good album run? (25:40)
MF DOOM, Ka and Roc Marciano’s album runs (28:10)
El-P’s three-album run (37:10)
OutKast’s album run (38:39)
What about Nas and Jay-Z? (44:00)
Lil Wayne’s album run and who is capable of dropping a classic run now? (47:46)

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For the next mailbag episode, we’d love to hear from you guys, so email us at crate808@gmail.com with your takes on…

🔲 The strangest dreams you’ve had about a rapper

🔲 Where’s the weirdest place you’ve met a rapper?

🔲 What’s the best AND worst merch you’ve ever bought?

🔲 What rapper’s swag would you wear to a wedding, funeral or job interview?

🔲 You have to get a rap song tattooed on you…which one, where and why?

🔲 What’s the worst rap beat of 1995?

🔲 Best and worst rap memorabilia?

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG