Stitch Gang Tha Tour

One year anniversary of Stitch Gang Tha Tour folx! This is one of the most fulfilling projects I've ever done, thanks to all the listeners and guests. We review a record that's very fitting for our discography going back to Astroworld and SR3MM, Quavo of the Migos' Quavo Huncho. Also live reviews of Chief Keef, Kamasi Washington, and Not Dead Yet! Do it! #teamfollowback: @frrrrrrrank and @drinkmaaan  

Our review of Eminem's brave and controversial new record Kamikaze. We also discuss his previous album Revival and our childhoods in New York City and Gallup, New Mexico. Oi oi, whoop whoop, it's a new Stitch Gang 4 you loko mother effers!

A bag of gift-rapped goodies are these four songs, Joe. Listen along as we cover all this hot NEW hip hop. Here is a YouTube Playlist to follow along with: Grab Bag 3 Playlist — https://tinyurl.com/SGTTGB3 [5:00] "80 Bands" -Z Money p. Lil Mexico Beatz [13:20] "Da Move" -Shoreline Mafia and SOBxRBE p. ZachOnTheTrack [22:11] "BILAP" -Trippie Redd f. Chief Keef p. ChopSquadDJ [30:55] "Change On Me" -70th Street Carlos p. JaeRocTheTracka Listen to the So Many Shrimp Radio episode we mentioned, with Rio Mac, and read David Drake's epic profile of Frank Tha Lucky Dog for Mass Appeal.  

(yeah) (it's lit) (straight up) You know we had to cover our man Travis' new album, Astroworld. We spend the entire time comparing it to Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and some of the time comparing it to ASAP Rocky's Testing. We talk about super producer Mike Dean a lot, Kanye's right hand man. He doesn't play anything as epic as the guitar on on "Devil in a New Dress" on here. Oh well. Stay tuned to the end where I basically have a breakdown. One of our longer episodes here as we reckon with this rap giant. Subscribe on Apple Follow us on twitter @frrrrrrrrank and @drinkmaaan

We review Rico's Nasty. We love Rico. We discuss anime, maggots, and how to get our clout up. Also I know we hinted at a big guest this week, but no Fantano is not on this episode (as we discuss after the review section). Still, it's part 21 dude, do it! Twitter: @stitchgang

In their review, Stitch Gang Tha Tour called the record "lame," "cynical," and "melodramatic," while questioning the authenticity of the Juice WRLD persona, but ultimately decided to rate the record a 7, above Pitchfork Media's score. That's an example of what you can insert into the Wikipedia article for Juice WRLD's Goodbye & Good Riddance. As not many outlets have covered it, we think you could get away with it. Please. Anyone who knows how to edit Wikipedia. I spend a lot of time here talking crap but I love this record. I guess I find it more interesting to discuss negatives, which is probably a fault as a critic and as a person. Okay, enjoy! and here's a photo of Tyrone (bachelor) in thai shorts! We mention XXXTentación quite a bit here, which is a testament to his huge influence. We recorded the episode before he was killed. I'll not shed any tears for him, but we have way too many young people with way too much potential getting cut down like this.

We open up by arguing about which was the worse beat on the album, but I think we really did enjoy Rae Sremmurd's SR3MM, which we review in this episode. Still, it was a little too much Rae Sremmurd. We discuss our own burnout on the record and whose stock rose and fell. We didn't discuss Future's verse, but it's very good and we are lucky to have him. Here's proof Swae Lee retweeted! Follow me @frrrrrrrank

We review Adamn Killa's (KILLA!) Adamn Everlasting. Dang, Chicago is going off right now. Sorry for all of Tyrone's plosives, I'll fix that. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and follow us on Twitter @StitchGang

Live to tape from Paris, France and Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, it's Part 17! We review the major label debut from Atlanta's Trouble, Edgewood, produced by the prolific Mike Will. If you're in the Southwest, make sure to catch DJ Drinkman's Cinco de Mayo gig in ABQ (flyer). Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Twitter @StitchGang

Happy fourth anniversary to Rich Gang: Tha Tour, Pt. 1! My Birdman impression came out like Barrack Obama? I'm now thinking of what we can do for the 5th anniversary, I think it can be huge. After the tribute, we get into Wolf of Grape Street from 03 Greedo, the best crip rapping today. Even though he disrespected Tupac by saying that All Eyez On Me (Benny Boom, 2017) was so bad that Biggie rolled in his grave hard enough to drill over to Tupac's grave and beat him in an undead rap battle. Check out the the interview we mentioned in Billboard, his interview in LA Weekly, and Paul A. Thompson's P4k review.

Lots of singing on this, the second Stitch Gang grab bag; you have to wait till the end to hear Tyrone sing though. Listen to the tracks on our Youtube playlist. [ 3:30 ] // "Trust Issues" - Rico Nasty p. Kenny Beats [ 10:45 ] // "BBC" -Bbymutha p. Rock Floyd [ 15:50 ] // "Juice & Gin" - Valee p. Rio Mac + "Dim Sum" - Valee and Vic Mensa p. Apex Martin w. Mike Dean and Cubeatz Correction: I kept saying Rico Nasty is from Chicago, she's actually from the DMV.      

Kendrick Lamar's "Inspired by Disney/Marvel Studio's Black Panther" album! We go over "King's Dead," T'Challa's jui-jitsu, who we're generally sick of in this hip hop game. Also Tyrone's Nature World Night Out review. We didn't cover the music in depth too much, but when we actually hung out in Albuquerque a couple weeks ago the only song we played in the car was "King's Dead," so... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts and book DJ @Drinkmaaan for your party/bar/strip club in the Southwest and Southern California.

After discussing Gunna's "Almighty" in Part 11's grab bag, we discuss his latest full-length, Drip Season 3. We are joined by George Potter aka @yayodancing, founder of the original No Jumper site [keywords no jumper podcast adam22 podcast lil yachty lil pump] and pillar of rap tumblr in its heyday. Somehow I'm still not into Max B after all these years so I will never be one of the cool kids. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen and tell a friend! Follow us on Twitter: @yayodancing @StitchGang @drinkmaaan @Frrrrrrrrank  

We welcome Chicago's David Drake aka @somanyshrimp to discuss the new album from cupcakKe, Ephorize. A very meta convo where we get into where she's at and where she's going as pinpointed and shadowed by this new record. I forgot to say cupcakKe reminds me of KRS-One, that would've sounded smart. Read David's interview with cupcakKe and his piece on cupcakKe and irony. Also read this profile by Myles Tanzer in the FADER that I should have read before recording this show. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Tha first ever Stitch Gang Grab Bag. This is like a pit stop, I guess. Let's check in with *Joe Budden Voice* The Culture. I promised a DJ Trilly Ocean mix, but again the Southwest's hottest new DJ did not come through. You will have to go to Albuquerque at this point. Listen to this episode's playlist on Spotify. [2:32] Drake - "Diplomatic Immunity" [15:12] OT Genasis - "Too Blessed" [19:38] Lil Pump p. Carnage - "i Shyne" [27:24] Gunna f. Hoodrich Pablo Juan p. Turbo - "Almighty" Subscribe on Apple Podcasts    

We review the work of Lil Peep (1996-2017), the prolific rapper/singer who put out five full-lengths in two years before passing away in November. We discuss his vision, his potential, and what could have and would have been, as well as my realization that he would have have ushered in my long-anticipated return of mainstream rap-rock. We mostly talked about Hellboy and "The Song They Played (When I Crashed Against The Wall)". We call him emo and pop punk, sorry Lil Tracy. I couldn't get the DJ Trilly Ocean mix so please listen to my "100% Bangerz All Day But Chill" playlist on Spotify. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts

Our Charli XCX coverage continues as we are joined by Pitchfork contributor Meaghan Garvey to review Charli's newest tape, Pop 2. Topics include a review of Takashi 69's yah mon sandwiches, Pop 2 vs. Number 1 Angel, Farrah Abraham, the past, present, and future of PC Music, and how many times we cried listening to the record (Tyrone didn't for the record, cold). Sorry I couldn't think of a better title. Read Meaghan's review in Pitchfork and her Pitch article on PC Music. Follow her on twitter @Meaghan_Garvey. Charli/A. G. Cook interview on Pop 2 in the FADER. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Tweet us @StitchGang, @Frrrrrrrank, @Drinkmaaan  

We bring out musician and freelance writer Al Shipley (real-life music critic!) to discuss the collalbum from Big Sean and Metro Boomin. We examine the phenomenon of Big Sean, his self-care routine, and my top three least favorite rappers! (I say Travis Scott twice, but I meant him and 21 Savage.) Al's daughter also makes a cute cameo you won't want to miss! Al's Twitter: @AlShipley, Metro Boomin playlist by Al on Dowser's, his 2017 Top 20 Radio Hits. Here's a link to the interview we reference, with Big Sean and Metro.

I said this is Part 8 but it's 7. I was faded off Legal Lean I'm sorry. Tyrone visited me in NY, where the hottest rapper is--WHO!!? We danced awkwardly and didn't catch Nitty Scott but here we talk about her new album Creature! Here's a video of her performing on Chris Gethard, not sure if this is what Tyrone was referencing. As always, support our sponsor Legal Lean by pouring up a deuce and queuing up tha Stitch! Please contact us for sponsorship opportunites, esp. if you're a clothing brand Tyrone will do it for hoodies.  

Stitch Gang Tha Book Club. We discuss The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, published September 19, 2017. We also discuss UFC 218 (holy shit) and, briefly, UFC 100 yay MMA! For the record my favorite Gucci Tape is the Burrrprint 3D and The Return of Mr. Zone Six and Tyrone's is Chicken Talk (he shares this opinion with Gucci, actually). As always thank you to our sponsor Legal Lean. It will not leave you constipated for years on end. Pour up a deuce and queue up the Stitch! Hit us up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drinkmaaan https://twitter.com/frrrrrrrank http://twitter.com/StitchGang