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**The Questions Hip-Hop**

Sean Kantrowitz connects with hip hop’s biggest fans – rappers, DJs, producers, writers, comedians, actors, and everything in between – to test their rap trivia skills, discuss their careers, dissect albums, and talk about how the music changed their lives.

Latest Episodes:

Torae (Questions Classic) Nov 18, 2024

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Originally broadcast on August 10, 2020.

Throwing it back to a classic episode from the IG Live days featuring Torae.

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Making Illmatic - The Game 'The Documentary' w/ Psalm One & Optiks Nov 11, 2024

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Sean and MidaZ are joined by Psalm One and Optiks – who just dropped their collaborative album 'Is This a Safe Space?' – to put The Game's debut album 'The Documentary' under the Making Illmatic microscope. What are the 10 best songs on the album, and does editing help or hurt the LP?

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Psalm One & Optiks 'Is This a Safe Space?'

Making Illmatic - RZA 'Bobby Digital In Stereo' w/ TzariZM Nov 04, 2024

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We're going digi! Sean and MidaZ are joined by return guest TzariZM to unpack the RZA's solo debut album, 'Bobby Digital In Stereo.' What are this album's 10 best songs, and does trimming it down help or hurt the record?

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The Chronicles of DOOM with S.H. "SKIZ" Fernando, Jr. Oct 28, 2024

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A conversation all about MF DOOM and 'The Chronicles of DOOM' – the new biography about the masked villain– with author S.H. "SKIZ" Fernando, Jr.

Order the book:

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Homeboy Sandman aka Visitor (Can't Knock the Shuffle Classic) Oct 14, 2024

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Original broadcast: November 4, 2020

Revisiting the appearance of Visitor (aka Homeboy Sandman) on Can't Knock the Shuffle, in which the artist and Sean explore the stories behind seven randomly-selected songs from his catalog:

"Nuts" ['Nourishment (Second Helpings)', 2007]

"Lightning Bolt, Lightning Rod" ('Actual Factual Pterodactyl,' 2008)

"Trauma" ('Don't Feed the Monster', 2020)

"Heaven Too" ('Hallways', 2014)

"Always" ('Dusty', 2019)

"Unforgettable" ('Subject: Matter', 2012)

"Fat Belly" ('White Sands', 2014)

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MC Paul Barman (Can't Knock the Shuffle) Oct 07, 2024

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Many years in the making, Sean sits down with MC Paul Barman to explore the stories behind seven randomly-selected songs from his imaginatively incomparable catalog:

"Circumcision Suite" (prod. Memory Man) ('Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud,' 2009)

"Blessings" (prod. Glen Brady) ('TECTONIC TEXTS,' yet-to-be-released)

"Put Me On Your Do Not Call List" (prod. Michel Gondry) ('Blue Moon Kaboom,' 2017)

"Anarchist Bookstore, Pt 2" (prod. MF DOOM) ('Paulellujah!', 2002)

"Believe That" feat Open Mike Eagle (prod. MF DOOM) ('((echo chamber))', 2018)

"Props" (prod. Questlove and James Poyser) ('Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud,' 2009)

"Mtv Get Off the Air, Part 2" feat Princess Superstar (prod. Prince Paul) ('It's Very Stimulating,' 2000)

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Making Illmatic - Rjd2 'Deadringer' w/ Nate LeBlanc Sep 30, 2024

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Sean and MidaZ are joined by Dad Bod Rap Pod's Nate LeBlanc to put Rjd2's debut album 'Deadringer' under the Making Illmatic microscope. Which 10 songs will make the final cut?

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Mic Geronimo (Questions Classic) Sep 23, 2024

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Originally broadcast on February 24, 2021.

We revisit a classic episode from the IG Live days featuring Mic Geronimo.

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'Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys' w/ Jason Pollard and Young Dirty Bastard Sep 16, 2024

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We're uncovering the making of this summer's Ol' Dirty Bastard documentary 'Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys,' streaming now on A&E. Sean connects with the film's co-director Jason Pollard and one of the film's producers, Young Dirty Bastard (son of ODB).

All audio clips from the film appear courtesy of A&E/Four Screens Management.

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