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857 is an innovative, independent hip-hop act from Long Island, New York that creates music to remind listeners that thoughtfully-crafted, message-driven hip-hop still exists for those left unsatisfied from the repetitive, manufactured offerings perpetuated by commercial radio and major record labels.
The 857 Music Podcast showcases the entertaining, charismatic personalities behind the music as the members (and sometimes guests) humorously provide smart commentary while engaging in deep discussions on interesting, popular, and many times controversial music-related topics, news and trends.
New episodes are released biweekly and available every other Monday!
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 73: Eminem's "Revival" - Album Review Discussion from 2018-03-06T03:26:50
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 73: Eminem's "Revival" - Album Review Discussion. With Eminem's Revival getting mixed reviews upon release, we let the dust settle a bit and are now ready to give a ...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 72: The Absolute Worst Hip-hop Fashion of All Time from 2018-02-24T03:32:55
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 72: The Absolute Worst Hip-hop Fashion of All Time. In this podcast, we discuss the worst hip-hop's worst fashion moments and attempt the difficult task of choosing ...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 71: The Absolute Worst Hip-hop Tattoos! from 2018-02-06T01:48:33
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 71: The Absolute Worst Hip-hop Tattoos. In this podcast, we reveal the most horrible looking tattoos we've ever seen on a hip-hop artist or fan before we scratch ou...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 70: All-Time Most Controversial Hip-Hop Album Covers from 2018-01-28T00:42:49
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 70: All-Time Most Controversial Hip-Hop Album Covers. In this episode, we discuss some of the most cringe-worthy, grotesque and misogynistic hip-hop album covers to ...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 68: Hip-hop Predictions For 2018 from 2017-12-27T04:25:15
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 68: Hip-hop Predictions For 2018. In this podcast, we compare our previous hip-hop predictions for 2017 as well as make new hip-hop predictions for 2018.
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The Best and Worst Moments In Hip-hop for 2017 from 2017-12-13T04:10:42
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 67: The Best and Worst Moments In Hip-hop for 2017. In this podcast, we share our opinions for what we felt were high points and unfortunate low moments for hip-hop...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Jay-Z's "4:44" (Album Review Discussion) from 2017-11-27T03:36:04
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 66: Jay-Z's "4:44" (Album Discussion/Review). In this podcast, we give our brutal honesty for how we felt about Jay-Z's critically acclaimed album, 4:44!
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 65: Kendrick Lamar "Damn." (Album Discussion/Review) from 2017-11-15T03:02:44
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 65: Kendrick Lamar "Damn." (Album Discussion/Review). In this podcast, we go in depth with Kendrick's Lamar's critically acclaimed album, Damn., and discuss it's hig...
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The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 64: BET Hip-Hop Awards 2017 Discussion from 2017-10-30T15:53:27
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 64: BET Hip-Hop Awards 2017 Discussion. In this episode, we share our thoughts on this year's BET Hip-hop Awards and how well it represents hip-hop when compared aga...
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VH1 2017 Hip-hop Honors Review from 2017-10-15T19:43:58
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 63: 2017 VH1 Hip-hop Honors Discussion. In this episode, we discuss the hits, misses, best and worst things about the 90's throwback themed 2017's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors!
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We Had No Idea These Artists Were Related! from 2017-10-03T02:49:18
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 62: Hip-hop Artists And Producers That Are Related. In this episode, we discuss and discover to our surprise several hip-hop artists and famous producers that we ne...
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How'dja Like The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards? from 2017-09-17T21:44:22
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 61: 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (Discussion). In this podcast, we share our thoughts, opinions of what we liked and hated about the MTV's 2017 Video Music Awards!
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Know Any Rappers Affected By Drugs & Alcohol? from 2017-09-06T03:34:07
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 60: Know Any Rappers Affected By Drugs & Alcohol? In this episode we discuss famous artists who lives and careers have been severely impacted from drug and alcohol ...
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Most Expensive Hip-hop Music Videos! from 2017-08-21T03:58:53
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 59: Most Expensive Hip-hop Music Videos! In this podcast, we discuss the most expensive music videos in hip-hop history some expensive music videos from other genr...
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Hip-hop Artists Who Had A Major Body Transformation from 2017-08-07T02:55:58
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 58: Hip-hop Artists Who Had A Major Body Transformation. In this podcast, we discuss hip-hop acts who had a major body transformation during their career whether it ...
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Hip-hop Acts Who's Skills Took A Hit When They Got More Famous! from 2017-07-23T18:05:30
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 57: Hip-hop Acts Who's Skills Took A Hit When They Got More Famous! In this podcast, we discuss hip-hop acts who's lyrical and musically offerings were much better ...
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What Did You Think Of The 2017 BET Awards? from 2017-07-10T00:48:31
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 56: What Did You Think Of The 2017 BET Awards? In this episode, we discuss the controversies and performances of the 2017 BET Awards.
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Successful Solo Careers From Rappers Who Debuted In A Duo/Group from 2017-06-25T16:36:59
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 55: Rappers From A Group/Duo That Went Solo Successfully? In this episode we discuss hip-hop artists from a group/duo who've had successful solo careers. And whethe...
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Horrible Hip-Hop Haircuts! from 2017-06-11T18:37:52
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 54: Hip-hop Haircut Mishaps! In this episode we critique some of the most hideous hairstyles seen in hip-hop from past to present.
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Hip-hop's Best Storytellers! from 2017-05-29T14:44:34
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 53: Who're Hip-hop's Best Storytellers? In this episode we talk about rappers who are unparalleled for their, lyrically narrative story telling and descriptive ima...
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Who Is The Most Memorable Hype Man In Hip-Hop? from 2017-05-15T03:07:29
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 52: Who's Hip-hop's Most Memorable Hype Man? In this episode we discuss the role of the hype-man and list hip-hop's popular and most memorable hype-men.
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The Controversy Surrounding Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" Is Stupid! from 2017-05-02T03:47:50
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 51: Why Did Kendrick Lamar's "Humble" Cause Controversy? In this episode we discuss the stupid controversy caused over the single "Humble" and why it even existed i...
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Which Nominee Gets "Best Guest Spots But Worst Albums Award"? from 2017-04-17T00:38:31
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 50: Best Guest Rappers With The Worst Albums. In this episode we share our opinions on the best guest rap artists with unfortunate lackluster solo albums.
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Can A Diss Track Kill A Rap Career? from 2017-04-02T23:39:20
Can A Diss Track Kill A Rap Career? by The innovative hip-hop act, 857 (857ent.com)
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You'll Never Guess Which Rappers Went Broke! from 2017-03-19T18:05:30
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 48: Rappers Who When Broke. In this episode we list and discuss famous hip-hop artists that unfortunately, mismanaged their fortune and lost it all.
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So... Whatcha Think About The 59th Annual Grammy Awards? from 2017-03-06T02:59:24
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 47: So... Whatcha Think About The 59th Annual Grammy Awards?! In this episode we review the the good and bad performances of the Grammys.
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These Are The Dumbest Purchases By Famous Rappers from 2017-02-20T02:39:49
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 46: The Dumbest Purchases By Famous Rappers! In this episode we discuss the ridiculously stupid items bought by some of hip-hop's well known rappers.
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Was Justice Served? Let's Talk About The Biggest Trials in Hip-Hop! from 2017-02-05T21:19:16
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 45: Hip-hop's Biggest Criminal Trials! In this episode, we take a look at the some of hiphop's most memorable criminal trials and determine if justice was really se...
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Who Belongs On The List Of Hip-Hop's Worst Rappers? from 2017-01-22T23:05:46
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 44: Hip-hop's Worst Rappers! In this episode, we take a look at popular worst rapper lists and determine who really belongs on them and who doesn't!
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Watch Out Nastradamus, Here's Our Hip-Hop Predictions For 2017! from 2017-01-08T20:20:06
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 43: Our Hip-Hop Predictions For 2017. In this episode, we determine how many of our 2016 predictions actually came true and we make a few new ones for 2017.
It's been a crazy year! What was the best and worst hip-hop of 2016? from 2016-12-27T02:07:01
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 42: The best and worst hip-hop of 2016! In this episode, we review everything hip-hop related from the best and worst albums and performances to freestyles and cyphe...
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It's Time To Talk About The Art Of Organized Noize! from 2016-12-11T20:40:57
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 41: The Art of Organized Noize (Review)! In this episode, we review the biopic "The Art of Organized Noize" and discuss its revelations, as well as the significant c...
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We Review A Tribe Called Quest's Final Album! from 2016-11-28T04:08:23
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 40: We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Review! In this episode, with the help of Dark Kent [co-host of the on YAK Radio] we discuss the pros, cons, and...
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Athletes That Lauched (Or Tried To Launch) Rap Careers from 2016-11-13T20:30:12
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 39: Athletes turned Rappers. In this episode, we talk about athletes who were able (and unable) to successful launch rap careers.
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So How Was The BET Hip-hop Awards?? from 2016-11-02T00:36:17
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 38: BET Hip-Hop Awards 2016. In this episode, we discuss the highs, lows, mids, and what we liked and didn't about the 2016's BET Hip-hop Awards show.
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Who Had The Worst Hip-hop Album Cover? from 2016-10-16T23:50:04
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 37: Worst Hip-hop Album Covers. In this episode, we try our best to hold a straight face as we unveil hip-hop's worst album covers ever created and then pick the win...
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Mumble Rap: Subcategory or Devolution of Hip-hop? from 2016-10-02T18:10:59
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 36: Hip-hop Versus Mumble Rap. In light of Pete Rock's recent beefs with newer artists like Lil Yachty, we discuss the significance of mumble rappers and what part t...
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Who Wins The Title For Best Hip-Hop Group? from 2016-09-19T02:14:13
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 35: The Best Hip-hop Groups of All Time. Since hip-hop groups are nowadays a scarce resource, we think it's fitting to discuss hip-hop's greatest and most influenti...
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So Who's The Best Rapper... That's Currently Deceased? from 2016-09-04T21:42:01
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 34: RIP To Hip-hop's Greatest Rappers Who Passed To Early. In this episode, we discuss the contributions and impact of hip-hop's most famous deceased rappers and our...
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What Was The Worst Cringe-Worthy Hip-hop Movie Performance? from 2016-08-21T21:40:32
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 33: Cringe-Worthy Hip-Hop Movie Perfmormances. In this episode, we review the worst hip-hop movie performances and see if one (or more) rises above the pack!
Whatcha Think Of The 2016 VH1's Hip-Hop Honors? from 2016-08-04T00:00
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 32: VH1's Hip-Hop Honors 2016. In this episode, we give our opinions, thoughts, perspectives, pros/cons, and what we liked and didn't like about the 2016 VH1's Hip H...
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Who Are Hip-hop's Most Underrated Rappers? from 2016-07-25T05:15:49
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 31: Most Underrated Lyricists. In this episode, our good friend Tina stops by to help us complete the ultimate list of hip-hop's most underrated lyricists.
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Famous Singers Caught In Lip Sync Scandals! from 2016-07-11T00:11:03
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 30: Music History's Funniest Lip Sync Sandals. In this podcast we discuss famous and funny lipsync scandals in music history... and give our thoughts whether they de...
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Hip-hop's Most Memorable Video Games! from 2016-06-24T04:10:21
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 29: Memorable Hip-Hop Video Games. With E3 coming to a close we'd thought we'd show some support and discuss that best (and worst) hip-hop video games ever released...
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The Worst Stage Names In Rap Music History from 2016-06-12T19:13:06
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 28: The Worst Stage Names In Rap Music History. In this episode, we list the absolute worst stage names for rappers in history and give our thoughts behind why they...
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Who Are Your Favorite Hip-Hop One Hit Wonders? from 2016-05-28T23:23:41
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 27: Legendary Hip-Hop One Hit Wonders. In this episode, we discuss popular and often times legendary hip-hop one hit wonders and their contributions.. then pick our...
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Happy One Year Anniversary... To Us! from 2016-05-13T16:00:46
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 26: One Year Anniversary Celebration. In this episode, we show off our new layout as we celebrate The 857 Music Podcast's first year run while discussing our favori...
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If Its Part Of A Song's Lyrics... Is It Cool To Say The N-word? from 2016-04-29T00:52:48
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 25: N-Word's Usage In Hip-Hop (Discussion). For the misinformed, we took it upon ourselves to breakdown the mecessary conditions for when usage of the N-word would ...
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Name Some Artists Who Abuse Social Media... A Little Too Much from 2016-04-16T00:02:07
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 24: Artists Who Abuse Social Media. In this episode we discuss the obsession some artists have with social media and give some examples of how they abuse it.. for o...
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Gene Simmons Predicts Hip-hop Will Disappear In Ten Years... Is He Right About That? from 2016-03-31T03:10:25
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 23: Hip-hop's Expiration Date. In direct response to Gene Simmons and Talib Kweli's Twitter spat over Hip-hop's grand departure from the music industry, we discuss ...
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Name Some Artists Who've Been Screwed By Their Labels from 2016-03-19T21:56:27
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 22: Famous Artists Who've Signed Bad Contracts. In reflection of Kesha's recent legal drama, we discuss her dilemma as well as other artists who've also been screwe...
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Whatcha Think About The 58th Annual Grammy Awards? from 2016-03-04T02:55:25
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 21: 2016 Grammy Awards Review. In this podcast we discuss the highs'n lows, ins'n outs, and what we loved'n hated about the 2016 Grammy Awards.
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So... What Exactly Makes A Bad DJ??? from 2016-02-18T00:55:52
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 20: Revenge of the Bad DJs. In this podcast we discuss the unfortunate prevalence of successful, horribly-bad deejays and breakdown what makes a deejay good and.......
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Let's Talk About Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's – White Privilege II from 2016-02-07T22:09:40
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 19: Review On Macklemore And Ryan Lewis's – White Privilege II. We talk about the motivation behind Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's ambitious single, White Privilege II...
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Why Doesn't Hip-hop Respect Its Elders (ahem... Pioneers)? from 2016-01-26T18:40:46
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 18: Hip-hop's Apparent Lack Of Respect For Its Elders. In this podcast, we discuss why hip-hop today feels like the only music genre that perpetually demonstrates s...
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Here's Our Hip-hop Predictions For 2016! from 2016-01-11T00:59:42
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 17: Hip-Hop Predictions for 2016. We start off this year's first podcast with sharing our predictions on what hip-hop has in store for us in 2016. At the end of th...
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The Best and Worst Hip-hop and R&B Albums of 2015. So Many Choices... from 2015-12-27T19:09:15
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 16: The Best Hip-hop and R&B Albums of 2015. For this year's final podcast we tell ya which albums of 2015 will make great gifts and which ones you should avoid lis...
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So... Who Are The Worst Rappers In Recent Memory? from 2015-12-14T02:31:57
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 15: List The Worst Rappers In Recent Memory. After discussing the Billboard's Top 10 MC's of All Time list, we felt the need to list the worst rappers over the last...
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Let's Talk About Billboard's Top 10 Greatest Rappers Of All Time List... from 2015-11-29T23:35:44
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 14: Billboard's Top 10 Greatest Rappers Of All Time Discussion. In this podcast, we discuss what's right and wrong about the Billboard's top 10 list and then do our...
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NY Based Hip-Hop... Thing Of The Past Or Due To Return? from 2015-11-16T00:09:22
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 13: The Current State Of NY Hip-hop. In this podcast, we discuss the sudden absense of New York based hip-hop in the mainstream music scene. We go over rhyme, reaso...
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DMX Cooks At IHOP After Being Released From Prison... Do We Smell A Comeback? from 2015-11-01T22:55:09
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 12: DMX Discussion. In this podcast we start off discussing DMX's recent charitable gesture of working the grill at IHOP after recently being released from prison. ...
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Straight Outta Compton Synopsis: Is It Worth Checkin' Out? from 2015-10-19T01:29:21
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 11: Straight Outta Compton Movie Discussion. In this episode, we discuss the positives, negatives, highs and lows and our thoughts regarding everything about NWA's...
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The Feminization of Hip-hop: Is It Real Or Just An Illusion? from 2015-10-04T22:35:57
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 10: The Feminization of Hip-hop. In this podcast, we discuss whether hip-hop has fallen victim to feminization and if so who's to blame and how long will it last?
2015 MTV Video Music Awards Synopsis: Where... Do We Even Start? from 2015-09-21T04:38:15
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 9: Afterthoughts On The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. In this podcast, we discuss the highs and lows of the VMAs including what performances we liked, what we didn't...
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50 Cent Declares Bankruptcy... Get Rich Or Lie Tryin'? from 2015-09-07T13:29:05
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 8: 50 Cent Declares Bankruptcy And Wiz Khalifa Exercises His Right To Ride Segways In Airports. In this podcast we discuss the motivation behind 50 Cent declaring b...
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Action Bronson Snubs His Idol During Interview... Bold Or Stupid? from 2015-08-23T22:31:18
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 7: Action Bronson Steps Over The Line And Disrepects His Sound-A-Like Idol, Wu Tang Clan Hip-Hop Legend Ghostface Killa. In this episode we discuss details and the s...
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So, Drake Doesn't Write His Own Rhymes... Shocking Development? from 2015-08-10T05:19:43
The 857 Music Podcast - Episode 6: Meek Mill Reveals To The World That Drake Has A Ghostwriter. In this episode we put a spotlight on the often-times frowned upon practice of ghostwriting and disc...
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Puff Daddy And Rick Ross Get Arrested Within A Few Days Apart From Each Other... Conspiracy? from 2015-07-26T19:41:53
The 857 Music Podcast, Episode 5: Sean Combs (aka, Puff Daddy; P.Diddy) swings a kettlebell in defense of his son and life imitates art for Rick Ross (aka, Ricky Rozay) after his alleged pistol whi...
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Snoop Dog feels sorry for Suge Knight's latest legal drama... Wait, that's not a good sign! from 2015-07-11T16:22:55
The 857 Music Podcast, Episode 4: Suge Knight's Downward Spiral. In this episode, we discuss Suge Knight's rap sheet over last few years, compare his troubles to OJ Simpson and give our opinions re...
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Iggy Azalea Wins Top Rap Artist... And Ice-T's Not Cool With It. Seriously, What's The Problem? from 2015-06-29T00:45:35
The 857 Music Podcast, Episode 3: Ice-T (and others) Respond Negatively to Iggy Azalea's Winning Top Rap Artist. In this episode, we discuss Iggy Azalea's controversial win of the coveted Top Rap A...
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Afterthoughts on the Justin Bieber Roast: Can He Make A Comeback? from 2015-06-14T00:00
The 857 Music Podcast, Episode 2: Justin Bieber Roast Synopsis. In this episode, we share our thoughts and opinions of the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber and whether he can make a comeback a...
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Pharell/Robin Thicke Lose "Blurred Lines" Lawsuit... Was Justice Served? from 2015-06-01T23:37:11
The 857 Music Podcast, Episode 1: Pharell/Robin Thicke Lose "Blurred Lines" Lawsuit. In this episode, we discuss the details surrounding the infamous "Blurred Lines" lawsuit and how its decision ma...
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