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Making DOOMatic Oct 31, 2022

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Sean and MidaZ pay tribute to MF DOOM on the second anniversary of his untimely passing by offering up their individual picks for Top 10 DOOM songs.

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Peter Rosenberg - Questions Classic Oct 24, 2022

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Original livestream date: June 22, 2020

2020 isn't a year most of us are thrilled to revisit, but this classic episode with radio personality Peter Rosenberg (HOT 97, Juan Ep is Life, ESPN) is reason enough to hop back in the time machine.

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Making Illmatic: Common 'Like Water for Chocolate' w/ DiViNCi Oct 17, 2022

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The 'Making Illmatic' series continues! Sean Kantrowitz and MidaZ the BEAST are talking about Common's 2000 album 'Like Water for Chocolate' as they attempt to pare it down to 10 songs. They're joined by producer/musician/Studio Sensei founder DiViNCi.

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Open Mike Eagle Oct 10, 2022

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Sean does his first in-person podcast episode with Open Mike Eagle, friend and former guest of The Questions as well as the founder of Stony Island Audio. The two talk about aging in hip-hop, the current podcast space, the importance of cassette tape mixes, Mike's latest album 'Component System with the Auto Reverse,' and of course...there's some hip-hop trivia.

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Best Posse Cut Bracket Breakdown! w/ Optiks & Mean Joe Scheme Oct 03, 2022

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Sean is joined by friends of the show Optiks and Mean Joe Scheme to go through listener submissions for the Best Posse Cut Bracket Tournament and to break down some of their own picks.

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RJD2 - Questions Classic Sep 26, 2022

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Original livestream date: July 2, 2020

Diggin' in the crates with producer/DJ RJD2! In this classic episode, RJ talks about the records that shaped his identity as a musician, shares stories from the heyday of his Def Jux days, goes seriously granular on the art of re-creating drumbreaks, and more.

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A Very Special Episode of The Questions Sep 19, 2022

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State of the union micro-episode, including news about the next Bracket Tournament.

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Phonte - Questions Classic Sep 12, 2022

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Original livestream date: June 10, 2020

Phonte is practically a living, breathing encyclopedia of music. And between his own solo career and the catalogs of his groups Little Brother and Foreign Exchange, he's made quite a contribution to the game himself. In this classic episode, Tay puts his trivia skills to the test, shares stories from his career, and answers live questions from the chat.

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Making Illmatic: Busta Rhymes 'When Disaster Strikes' w/ Chris Mitchell (Breaking Atoms) Sep 05, 2022

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We return with another installment in the ' 'Making Illmatic' series. Sean Kantrowitz and MidaZ the BEAST attempt to trim Busta Rhymes' 1997 sophomore album 'When Disaster Strikes' down to 10 songs. They're joined by Chris Mitchell aka Kinetik of the excellent Breaking Atoms podcast.

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