Big Rap Cookbook

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Drummer to the stars, Daru Jones joins us to reminisce on family meals, speak on American eating habits, how to eat for peak drummer performance and tails from tours!  We also found out about how the female gender have influenced his dietary changes throughout life! 

Bon appetit!

Instagram: @darujones @bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Th1rt3en - "Scarecrow"
Jack White- "Lazaretto"
Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killa, Cappadonna & Method Man - "Ice Cream"

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Kofi Stone joins us to talk about university survival skills, the perils of pride around hot sauce and pescatarian eating. This is the Jollof rice episode where Kofi recounts memories of his mums Jollof rice at the start of the episode and picks the dish as part of his death row meal at the end! 

Bon appetit!

Instagram: @kofistone_ @bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Kofi Stone - "Stories in Pyjamas"
Kofi Stone - "It's Ok to Cry" ft. Loyle Carner 

Places Mentioned:
Nando's
Earth Kitchen, Digbeth
Blue Marlin, Digbeth

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Press1 delves into the "forgotten cuisine" of his Turkish Cypriot roots, guides us through his career as a chef including his most embarrassing moment and everyone gets into a three way battle royale about the ethics of hunting.... 

Bon appetit!

Instagram: @pressuno @bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Press1 - "Selfish"
Press1 - "Lemonade & OJ"

Places Mentioned:
The Begging Bowl, Peckham, London
Maddy's Fish Bar, New Cross, London
Hart's Bakery, Bristol
The Athenian, Bristol
BOX-E, Bristol
The Ethicurean, Bristol
The Pig, Bristol
St Nicholas Market, Bristol

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Ivan Ave, fresh off his Norwegian Grammy nomination joins us on zoom from oslo to teach us about classic Norwegian dishes, his deer hunting aspirations and the inspiration behind his food lyrics. Big fan of Ivan so it was a pleasure to connect with him on this one!  

Bon appetit!

Instagram:
@ivanavenu
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Ivan Ave - "Now You See Me"
Ivan Ave - "Running Shoes"

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: The king of the bass lines, Kev Brown joins us to talk about pop's legendary BBQ's, Crab flavoured crisps, how Pete Rock gets down in the kitchen and what's on the menu at Red Lobster.

Bon appetit! 

Instagram:
@kevbrownpictures
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Kev Brown - "Alone Again"
Kev Brown - "Montenegro"

Places Mentioned:
Applebees
Red Lobster
Chesapeake Bay
Boombap Festival

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Detroit Hip Hop legend, Phat Kat schools us on the Air Fryer, reminisces on the early days of Detroit hip hop open mics in a Chinese restaurant and talks us through his favourite TV Chef's.  Not one to be missed!!

Instagrams:
@phat_kat_aka_ronnie_euro
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

Phat Kat - "Get It Started"
Guilty Simpson - "I Must Love You"

Places Mentioned:
Rhythm Kitchen @ Stanleys Chinese Restaurant, Detroit
Sweet P's, Ipswich, UK
Buddy's Pizza, Detroit

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcast explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers. And we are back for Season 2!

On this episode: Drummer for the Du-Rites, author of Root for the Villain, host of the Red Bull podcast Give the Drummer Some and MC in a previous life, J-Zone. As the lucky few of you who own a copy will know, J contributed a recipe to the first issue of our cookbook and we got to spend some time with him in Manhattan back in 2018. We still recount the stories he told us to this day so it was only right we got him on the podcast to tell them himself!

We spoke about his Greg Nice inspired weight loss program, how he stays fuelled to play drums and his unique way of whipping up meals at home using his favourite takeaway spots.  

A big shout out to The Last Skeptik for providing us with the intro & outro music!

Instagrams:
@jzonedontig
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

Nice & Smooth – "Funky for You"
The Du Rites - "Can't Buy Groove"
The Du Rites - "Du-Vibrations "

Places Mentioned:
Eva's Kitchen, Manhattan

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: MC, Producer, coffee fiend - Oddisee joins us for the last episode in series one and what a way to end it! We speak about the origins and highlights of Sudanese food, what Oddisee used to take in his packed lunches and, of course, Coffee! Thanks to everyone who's listened to the first series of the podcast and of course, the guests! Episode 2 and issue two of the Cookbook, soon come!

Instagrams:
@oddisee
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

Oddisee – "Slow Grooves"
Oddisee - "Rights & Wrongs"
Oddisee - "No Skips"

Places Mentioned:
Honest Chops, Brookyln 

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: A certified legend is in the building. Masta Ace joins us to catch up on how we survived through lockdown, how changing his diet help with his battles with MS and the Food & Drug industry.  He also schooled us on the benefits of sea moss gel and gave us an insight on his emergency food stash when on tour.

Instagrams:
@mastaacepics
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

Marco Polo – "Nostalgia" (feat. Masta Ace)
Crooklyn Dodgers - "Crooklyn"
Phonte - "Expensive Genes"

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: We speak with producer, MC and podcast legend - The Last Skeptik. Born and raised as a vegetarian who later introduced meat into his diet, Skeptik has a very interesting and informed perspective on food. As a well travelled man, we picked his brains on his favourite countries to eat and also discussed his brief stint as a chef in the states.

Instagrams:
@thelastskeptik
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

The Last Skeptik - "You Make Me Wanna (Kill)"

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: We speak to Nottingham MC, Producer and Chef, Juga-Naut. Few people embody the Big Rap Cookbook project like Chef Jugs who is just as capable in the kitchen as he is in the mic booth.  Juga-Naut gave us the lowdown on his culinary upbringing,  a food tour of Nottingham cities best places to eat and even schooled us on the best ways to fry plaintain & octopus. 

Instagrams:
@juganaut
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:

Raekwon ft. Masta Killa  & Inspectah Deck - "The Musketeers of Pig Alley"
Gangstarr ft. Nice & Smooth - "DWYCK"
Juga-Naut - "Bone Marrow"
Juga-Naut & Sonnyjim - "Duck Season"
Juga-Naut ft. Cappo & Vandal Savage - "Duppy Feedback"

Places mentioned:
Shanghai Shanghai, Nottingham
Mandarin restaurant, Nottingham
Cafe Coco Tang, Nottingham
Homeboys, Nottingham
The Loft Movie Theatre, Nottingham
Rough Trade, Nottingham

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: Chicago's own Chris Crack gives us a culinary tour of his hometown and reminisces on mum's famous breakfast's growing up. Chris tells us the story behind his beef with Papa Johns, why he became vegetarian but why he will never go vegan and close encounters of eating possum.  He also gave two Brits an extensive education into what a biscuit is!

Instagrams:
@chriscrackndc
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Chris Crack - "Everything You Imagine Is Real"
Chris Crack - "Black People Can't Be Racist"
Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady"
Chris Crack "Jealousy in Jokes" ft. Tree & Conway The Machine

www.bigrapcookbook.com

The Big Rap Cookbook podcasts explores the connection between food and hip hop through interviews with MC's, DJ's & Producers.

On this episode: Long time Big Rap Cookbook fam & collaborators, Sonnyjim & The Purist stopped by the podcast during lockdown to chat about one of their favourite things, food. MC &Producer, Sonnyjim has an unchallenged work rate in Hip Hop, releasing albums quicker than you can heat up your M&S ready made meals while Daupe Media bawse, The Purist has sprinkled his production on numerous plaque-gathering releases. 

We discussed their paths to acquiring their fine dining tastes, £400 sandwiches in Tokyo and even got an exclusive wine review from SJ. 

Instagrams:
@mudinmymalbec
@ohsnapitsthepurist
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by:  @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by: @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Sonnyjim - Purple Patch 5
Sonnyjim - Red Mullet
Conway the Machine & Sonnyjim - Cristal & Cereal

Places mentioned:
Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels Seven Dials, Covent Garden
Yauatcha Soho, London
Wagyumafia The Cutlet Sandwich, Tokyo
Tsukiji Market, Tokyo
Wolfies of Hove, Hove
Simpsons Restaurant, Birmingham
Adams Restaurant, Birmingham
Riddle & Finns, Brighton
Wild Fleur, Brighton
Etch, Brighton

www.bigrapcookbook.com

Grim Sickers was catapulted into instagram culinary fame when he posted videos of him washing chicken fillets with lemon bleach and chucking them into the dryer for a quick spin. But make no mistake about it, Sickers can get down in the kitchen as those lucky enough to own Big Rap Cookbook volume 1 will know. His "Brown Stew Chicken" recipe was a favourite amongst our readership so we had to get him involved in the podcast.

We discuss buffet tactics, sports nutrition, his food experiences on tour and a recent car crash dinner date at an Indian restaurant. 

Instagram:
@grimsickers
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by: @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by @thelastskeptik

Music Featured:
Grim Sickers - "Kane" feat. JME
Grim Sickers x Capo Lee  "British BBQ"
Grim Sickers - "Tyson Fury 12 Round"

Food bar specialists, The Doppelgangaz drop by to talk about their food experiences growing up, culinary exploits on tour and MoF's romantic love for a certain TV chef.  From cow cod soup to fish & chips, we got the lowdown on their eating habits and how they've been surviving supermarket armageddons during lock down.

Instagram:
@thedoppelgangaz
@bigrapcookbook

Hosted by @samuelhemingway & @boodafrench
Podcast music by @thelastskeptik

Foodbars featured:
“Gotta learn to take advice with a grain of salt, eat fish and chips up in Maine with malt vinegar” The Doppelgangaz - Barbiturates

“Sittin’ on the settee, mixing booze with fresca, while hookers cooking this spaghetti alla puttanesca” The Doppelgangaz – Fall Thru

“My pain, wish it was quick to see, from sellin’ ‘caine ‘til brains was fried to a fricassee” Jay Z – Can I live

“Pelle’s butter soft, crabs in butter sauce, perhaps let a couple off, skin bubble off” Roc Marciano – Thug’s Prayer

“If ain't blazin' somethin with the MAC I'm in the shack bakin' muffins” Big Pun – My World

Places Mentioned:
Wingstop
A Salt & Battery, Brooklyn

www.bigrapcookbook.com

What a way to start a podcast with our first guest being none other than the legendary stic.man of dead prez fame.  

Stic tells his story about how contracting gout at a young age forced him drastically change his diet and spoke about the influence his wife & nutritionist, Afya Ibomu has had on his life. Check out their joint companies website : www.rbgfitclub.com 

Instagram:
@stic
@bigrapcookbook
Podcast music by  @thelastskeptik

Food bars featured:
KRS One "Beef"
stic.man "Drink Water"

Places mentioned:
Camden Market, London
Desta Ethiopian Kitchen, Druid Hills, Atlanta
Jolo's Kitchen, New Rochelle

People mentioned:
Afya Ibomu (@afyaibomu)
Erykah Badu (@erykahbadu)
@plantbaseddrippin
Coach Nym (@coachnym)
Chef Ietef (@ietef)

A podcast exploring the connection between food & Hip Hop featuring the biggest names in Rap. Hosted by Samuel "Fatty" Hemingway & Scott "Booda" French, co-founders of the Big Rap Cookbook - a limited edition series of cookbooks featuring recipes from MC's, DJ's & producers.

After the first issue of the cookbook sold out, we wanted to further explore the conversations we had with the artists, delving into their diets, food memories, favourite dishes and culinary skills.

This episode is the trailer - we explain the routes of the project, the reason we started the cookbook and discuss some of our favourite moments from the upcoming series.

Sit back and enjoy the meal - Let's Eat!

Hosts: @samuelhemingway  &. @boodafrench
Intro & Outro Music: @TheLastSkeptik
Songs featured: "What's Next on the Menu" - Pete Rock & CL Smooth, "Vivrant Thing" - Q-Tip, Oddisee - "No Skips",  Juga-Naut & Giallo Point "Concept Song"