The Bigger Picture

In today's episode, hosts DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht speak about Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY nominations and they debate who should win each of the rap categories. They review new albums from Ab-Soul and A$AP Ferg and they debate how many classics Drake has along with the influence of Jay Z's 4:44 and Kendrick's Mr. Morale albums.

Timecodes:

0:00 - The Marathon

8:00 - No Nuance

9:00 - Andre 3000 Album of the Year????

15:00 - Taylor Swift vs Kanye Story

24:45 - Kendrick’s GRAMMYs

36:00 - GRAMMY Snubs

39:50 - Best Rap Album of 2024?

45:30 - Best Rap Songs of 2024?

51:00 - Shaboozey vs. Kendrick

58:00 - Kendrick’s Acceptance Speech

1:02:00 - Elliott Apologizes to SZA

1:07:00 - Is Her Loss a Classic?

1:11:00 - How Many Classics Does Drake Have?

1:20 - Ab-Soul Album Review

1:30:00 - Ferg Album Review

1:35:00 - Mr. Morale’s Influence

1:41:00 - 4:44 Impact

1:50:30 - Spotlight

In this episode, the guys couldn’t avoid the Diddy in the room. DJ Hed, Elliott Wilson and Jeremy Hecht discuss the ramifications of Diddy’s indictment, how it affects Hip Hop and how much further beyond Hip Hop it could go. Elliott even shares a wild story where Diddy told him to ask about Tupac (7:00). They talk about the one person who is loving all of the news, 50 Cent and DJ Hed actually used the word love for the first time (55:00). They talk about how much lyricism matters in today’s music, sparked by the editorial desk of Russ (1:00:000), Playboi Carti sounding like Future on “All Red” (1:04:00), reactions to Complex’s best rappers in their 20s list and DJ Hed even makes his own list (1:09:00). Elliott has a theory about Nicki Minaj’s album drop involving Cardi B (1:23:00), DJ Hed heard conflicting reports about Drake turning down the Super Bowl (1:15:000), Jeremy heard a theory about First Person Shooter that could add meaning to Kendrick’s Not Like Us lyrics about J. Cole (1:38:00) and of course, the guys give a spotlight to some artists they like right now (1:44:00).

The Bigger Picture hosts couldn’t stay out of the stories this week. From Cardi B inviting Elliott to the studio, to DJ Hed’s Ab-Soul interview where he cleared the air about J. Cole, to Jeremy clearing things up with TDE’s Punch. The guys were out in the mix this week also, attending Rapsody’s concert in LA where Jeremy’s spot was replaced and a Spotify Event where Jeremy pranked DJ Hed.

The guys talked about Kendrick Lamar’s “interview” with SZA for Harper’s BAZAAR magazine, Tyler the Creator’s album roll out, the state of Hip Hop Media, Akademiks crashing out at DJ Hed over his “Stay On Stream” comments and Elliott admits he was wrong about GKMC.

On this episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys talk gave Elliott a rocking chair based on his Nicki Minaj spat from last week. Elliott wasn’t done talking about Drake’s 3 pack drop and the shots at A$AP Rocky, Mustard and The Weeknd (5:30). The guys review Latto’s album and discuss her place within the female rap world (16:00), the also discuss the landscape of female rappers and why there is so much competition within it (22:16). Pras dissed Lauryn Hill (48:00), if there should be a new category of adult contemporary hip hop (54:00), Jeremy had a controversial take about Kendrick’s Control verse (1:00:00), Hed & Elliott debate if Snoop Dogg is bigger than Jay Z culturally (1:22:00), Break dancing’s quick stint at the olympics (1:31:00), Jeremy breaks down the weird case against Kanye’s dentist (1:34:00), if being the best lyrical rapper matters today (1:38:00), and the Jeremy and Elliott debate Quavo’s new song with Lenny Kravitz (1:44:00), debating if Quavo and Offset can be solo stars (1:50:00), and of course they give their spotlights also (1:58:00).

In this episode DJ Hed and Jeremy recap their crazy week reporting in the sports world while Elliott went viral on Twitter reacting to J. Cole’s new podcast venture where he recaps his journey to the top. They debate about TDE’s Top 20 albums, Apple Music’s pick for 2024 Rapper of The Year, discuss Tyler The Creator’s Flog Gnaw festival, review Cordae’s new album and spotlight some new music as always.