Hot 16: The #1 Hip Hop Podcast

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Hear my opinions on the Nicki Minaj vs Cardi B "fight" over the weekend and the Drake and Meek Mill reunion. All about balance right?

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Take a listen as myself and Ace fill you in on what's been going on, what to expect from the show going forward and of course we break down the latest album from Drake!

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In headlines we discuss Lil Wayne and his health issues, Jay Z and Kanye ending their feud, Nipsey Hussle and YG's beef with radio, and what we expect from VH1's Hip Hop Honors next week. 

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State Line Jay - Dame Dolla

Ariela - Lil Durk

Ariela and Jay get into a pretty heated debate over who they find to be overrated in music. You might be surprised by these names. In headlines they discuss the drama of the VMA's, Taylor Swifts thirsty ass, and new music from Lil Uzi, XXXTentacion and even the Wu-Tang Clan. We are certainly all over the place in this one. Enjoy!

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State Line Jay - Kaydence 

Ariela - Giovanni

"Rake It Up" is climbing the charts but thats not why Jay love it. Find out what his favorite thing about this song is, here is a hint, it has alot to do with Snap Chat. In addition, Ariela and Jay give their opinions on Dave Easts Def Jam debut, "Paranoia", whether Lil Wayne can actually release Tha Carter V "whenever he wants" like he said, what the best Carter is and more!

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New Segment Alert! - we debuted a new segment call "Wins and Losses this week. In headlines we discuss the events in Charlottesville, VA, new and old music from Wiz Khalifa, Camp Flognaw lineup, The VMA's and more! 

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State Line Jay - Brie: Good Time Girl 

Ariela - Tish Hyman: Fairy Tales

Jay and Ariela are back for another episode of Hot 16. This week we breakdown our favorite songs on Vic Mensa's debut album The Autobiography, the different types of Hip Hop, Rick Ross said something stupid, R. Kelly's response and what artist Ariela has a crush on!

Man we missed you all. This week, Jay tells you where he has been and Ariela joins him to discuss all the new music that has been released over the last few weeks, and we rank our top 5 albums so far this year, enjoy.

Been gone so long we forgot to do #UEVERHEARDOF this week!

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This is the first of many #UEverHeardOf interview series with some of the independent artists that we have or will suggest in our "You Ever Heard Of" segment. This week Jay sat down with Ana Lou to discuss social media relationships turning into real ones, her writing style, musical inspiration and her journey from being in a girl group to going solo. Leave a review and let us know what you think!

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Introducing Jay's new co-host in Los Angeles, Ariela Anis! This week they discuss the new Tupac biopic "All Eyez On Me", don't worry no spoilers along with Jay Z's new album "4:44" coming later this month, the XXL Freshman cover, our thoughts on the new album from 2 Chainz and much, much more! 

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Jay is back in Vegas with Siril this week. They discuss the debut album from SZA, TDE's studio rules, Rob Stone vs XXXtentacion, our expectations for DJ Khaled's next album and more. Welcome back listeners!

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This week Dolla Bill joins Jay to discuss Logic's new album Everybody, Jay Z's new deal, Where we rank The Game as an MC and all the new music thats been released over the last couple of weeks. 

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This is our DAMN by Kendrick Lamar episode. He dropped an album for the ages and we are here to give our opinions and discuss the latest headlines in Hip Hop. Be sure to leave us a review!

Jay went to LA to sit down with R&B heartthrob and new comer Bianca Varela

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This week Jay is joined by Chop 808 and NovelTee to break down Kendrick Lamar's latest record "The Heart Pt. IV" and offer up their opinions on who he is talking to. Other topics include, Chance The Rapper is hiring, why Wiz Khalifa can't go back to Colombia and which music festival is worthy of our presence. 

Nicki stepped off her high horse and responded to Remy Ma with 2 verses. We discuss our thoughts as well as what we expect from Drake's playlist "More Life" as it seems to finally have an actual release date. Be sure to leave us a review.

We question where Nicki Minaj's response is, where Drakes "playlist" is and alot of tours announced for the summer!

Siril and Jay break down the timeline of events that led to Remy Ma vs Nicki Minaj

This week we "bounce back" with the homie Dolla Bill in the studio with us as we wish India Love a Happy Birthday, discuss Drake's pettiness, the Young Money reunion, and break down and give our opinions on the new albums from Migos and Big Sean plus much much more! Listen up and drop a comment and review!

That's right. This week we dissect the top headlines surrounding Hip Hop. Our "Hot Topic" is focused on an article from Complex this past week that ranked Kanye Wests Album from worst to best. After dishing our opinions on their list, we offer up each of our own lists of Kanye's albums. Let us know your list in our reviews!

This week we bring in the new year by dissecting the Grammy nominees in the Rap category and giving out our own nominees. If you've been with us since the beginning then you know how strongly we feel about the grammy committees selection abilities.

You miss us? We missed y'all too but we are back to close out a successful 2016. This week we get together to discuss J Cole's album, Lil Uzi Vert's new deal, and more. In addition we give our thoughts on the most under and overrated albums of 2016, and who we expect to own 2017. Thanks for rocking with us so far!

J. Cole announced a new album and Jay lost it. This week the fellas discuss the Dreamville creators upcoming album, the buzz he created this past weekend with the release of “False Prophets” and “Everybody Dies”and his apparent shots at Kanye West, Drake, Wale and more! In addition we discuss new music from Ab-Soul and why we have a problem with TDE and much much more!

This week's headlines consist of Kanye West and his current mental state, what the hell is the difference between a mixtape and an album nowadays, and new music that dropped. As always, you wont want to miss this weeks "You Ever Heard Of Segment" where we put you up on some lesser known artists! thanks for listening and be sure to drop that review for us!

This week’s title says it all…In headlines we discuss what Top Dawg had to say regarding Ab-Soul’s upcoming project, Drake wave riding, and an update in the Lil Wayne, Cash Money saga. Listen in!

We recap the Kanye West concert, and select our favorite celebrity Halloween costumes. in headlines we discuss Kid Cudi getting Twitter fingers from rehab, new music that was released and choose who we thought had the better album from the weekend, Meek Mill with DC4 or Young Jeezy with Trap Or Die 3. Enjoy!

Kanye vs Jay Z, Camron vs Jim Jones, Drake vs everybody and J.Cole still breaking records (with no features). These are just a few of the headlines we discuss. After, we got to chop it up with one of the music games secret weapons, K-Major. He’s written for numerous artists you like, including Usher on his latest album “Hard II Love” on the song “Rivals” featuring Future. listen up and enjoy!

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Jay went to LA to collect a very special interview with an artist by the name of TF. This is a shortened episode due to Siril being stuck in Vegas. Nonetheless enjoy TF discuss how his life changed since appearing on ScHoolboy Q’s album, his dream collaboration, why he enjoys rapping, what its really like on tour, and what #ErrythangSkanless means

TF Interview begins at 9:00

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Tommy, this episode is for you! We are back from A3C with plenty of stories to tell.

Sorry for the wait, but we promise it was worth it. We discussed the most significant topics in Hip Hop, suggest some dope music in "You Ever Heard Of" and end the show with a BIG announcement, ENJOY! 

P.S. Wont leave y'all hanging again

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The homie Chop 808 joined us for this weeks headlines where we discussed The Game's opening jab in his "beef" with Meek Mill, on "92 Bars", Kanye finally joins Instagram, his feud with Kid Cudi, The Cool Kids reunion and the upcoming album from Dave East. For the "Hot Topic" we sat down with Visual Director, Cristian Madero aka CMDelux. He shares his story of coming up, moving to Las Vegas, directing music videos for some of the biggest names in music, working with Kid Inc, Rae Sremmurd, etc and his upcoming tour with Dizzy Wright. Listen up for some inspiring words, and over all dope conversation. 

Jerry Hellers death and legacy, Lil Wayne’s “retirement”, new music from Fabolous and travis Scott, and the Colin Kaepernick drama continues. All of these are topics of discussion this week. We also offer up a review of Isaiah Rashad’s debut album The Sun’s Tirade. Also, find out what we thought about The Get Down

A wide range of topics to be discussed this week including Colin Kaepernick exercising his freedoms, Drake and Kanye joint album rumors, Teyana Taylor stole the VMAs, and one record label is putting a stop to streaming service exclusivity. Our “Hot Topic”? Lil Yachty says he cant name 5 Biggie and Tupac songs. Does there need to be a separate genre for the rappers that don’t care about the art of the MC and are all about the money? Hear our takes!

So much to discuss this week. We begin by telling Drake to shut up and be careful provoking Meek Mill and others. Jam packed week in headlines from Cash Money's deal with , Frank Ocean finally serves his fiends, Chance The Rapper is changing the game again and LOTS of new music to discuss. We end by reviewing Sremmlife 2 from Rae Sremmurd.

Sorry for missing a week but we are back with an array of topics to discuss including the #SoGoneChallenge, Prank..I mean Frank Ocean, our thoughts on PND3, Rick Ross’ platinum album, the POUTS’ summer playlist and more!

Malia Obama’s struggle twerk, Khaled Album, Kanye’s twitter rant are all topics of discussion this week. Not to mention, we had a chance to chop it up with Atlanta’s own Kelechi.

This weeks topic included Black Owned Banks, leaked music, PartyNextDoor, Gucci Mane and more. Plus, singer/songwriter, Oshea, calls in to tell us what makes him different and even a little bit of the same as other artists!

Check out our review of the latest album from TDE’s ScHoolboy Q, Blank Face. In this weeks headlines we touch on the Power Season Premiere (no spoilers), Rich Homie Quan’s apology, 21 Savage’s new tape, French Montana and Drake’s new record and why we hate the governor of North Carolina. 

State Line Jay went back to LA this weekend so you know he has a story to tell. This week he and Siril tackle an array of Hip Hop topics including Desiigner’s strange BET performance, Kanye’s “Famous” video and the release of “I Got The Keys” eating Jay Z and Future. Listen to our insights, opinions and feelings on the above topics and more. 

The Gonzalez Twins came through to the Hot 16 studio so its fair to say we winning! This is a jam packed episode with tons of laughs. Listen as the singing/ballplaying/Instagram dominating beauties Dylan and Dakota join the fellas to discuss topics ranging from the XXL Freshman cover, reality TV, DJ Khaled’s snap chat, how to approach girls, and also debut an exclusive records titled “Better” that you’re sure to enjoy. #bucketsoftears