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June 2024 Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tvcPTZdmoBI7YX2GZaleo?si=455ed5a9c4e94c7b

Order of play:

  • Discuss top, recurring picks
  • Highlight some of our individual, non-recurring selections
  • Kendrick Lamar's performance ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Friends’ concert in Los Angeles
  • More Drake Vs. Kendrick Talk (sorry it's still going on)
  • Touch upon this weekend’s/June’s releases - KAYTRANADA, Action Bronson, MAVi Album pending?, The return of Chip?, Central Cee is Versatile?
  • Glastonbury 2024 (Right at the end)

Other:

  • Share some of our favourite non-rap albums of the year so far
  • Most anticipated for the remainder of the year (e.g. Em, Bashy, Common & Pete Rock, Denzel Curry, Mustard, Rakim, A$AP Rocky…)

Our top 5s:

Sam:

1. Vince Staples - Dark Times

2. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

3. Don Toliver - HARDSTONE PSYCHO

4. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

5. Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Black & Whites

Sean:

1. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

2. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

3. Vince Staples - Dark Times

4. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Penalty of Leadership

5. Boldy James & Conductor Williams - Across the Tracks

Kiran:

1. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai

2. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

3. Boldy James & Conductor Williams - Across the Tracks

4. Vince Staples - Dark Times

5. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

Theo:

1. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

2. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

3. Vince Staples - Dark Times

4. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Penalty of Leadership

5. Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Black & Whites

Neil:

1. J. Cole - Might Delete Later

2. Tierra Whack - World Wide Wack

3. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

4. Ghetts - On Purpose, with Purpose

5. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

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June 2024 Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tvcPTZdmoBI7YX2GZaleo?si=455ed5a9c4e94c7b

Order of play:

  • Discuss top, recurring picks
  • Highlight some of our individual, non-recurring selections
  • Kendrick Lamar's performance ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Friends’ concert in Los Angeles
  • More Drake Vs. Kendrick Talk (sorry it's still going on)
  • Touch upon this weekend’s/June’s releases - KAYTRANADA, Action Bronson, MAVi Album pending?, The return of Chip?, Central Cee is Versatile?
  • Glastonbury 2024 (Right at the end)

Other:

  • Share some of our favourite non-rap albums of the year so far
  • Most anticipated for the remainder of the year (e.g. Em, Bashy, Common & Pete Rock, Denzel Curry, Mustard, Rakim, A$AP Rocky…)

Our top 5s:

Sam:

1. Vince Staples - Dark Times

2. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

3. Don Toliver - HARDSTONE PSYCHO

4. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

5. Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Black & Whites

Sean:

1. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

2. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

3. Vince Staples - Dark Times

4. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Penalty of Leadership

5. Boldy James & Conductor Williams - Across the Tracks

Kiran:

1. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai

2. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

3. Boldy James & Conductor Williams - Across the Tracks

4. Vince Staples - Dark Times

5. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

Theo:

1. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

2. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

3. Vince Staples - Dark Times

4. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Penalty of Leadership

5. Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Black & Whites

Neil:

1. J. Cole - Might Delete Later

2. Tierra Whack - World Wide Wack

3. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN

4. Ghetts - On Purpose, with Purpose

5. ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

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