The Crate 808 Podcast

Welcome back to our series digging into the greatest three-album runs in hip hop history, and today we bring you some modern classics from one of the best rap duos putting in work - Armand Hammer.   We dig into the genius of billy woods and Elucid with rapper PremRock, travelling through 2017’s Rome, 2018’s Paraffin and 2020’s Shrines, looking at why this run is so special, and how it taps into the entire history of rap in just three records.   Featuring a ton of amazing guest contributions, from the likes of rapper Defcee, writer Ginger Slim, producer SonRaw, and the elite rap pod voices of Nate LeBlanc (Dad Bod Rap Pod), Dan O (Freemusic Empire), Rohan (The Rap Music Plug Podcast), and the Extraordinary Rap crew. Yep, this one be STACKED!   Full 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs Armand Hammer interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkoiA6vA2TI billy woods ‘The Eucharist’ track review w/ Blockhead: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dLGh0gqgCWD5n952Vte8m   Show Notes Why this is a GOAT run (00:00) Nate LeBlanc (17:00) Rome (26:50) Rohan (33:30) Dan O + Paraffin (1:05:50) Defcee (1:26:20) SonRaw + Shrines (1:43:00) Tim Fish aka Ginger Slim (2:12:40) Extraordinary Rap crew (2:24:20)   Join Our Patreon: patreon.com/crate808   Help support the show and unlock a whole dungeon of rap goodness:   Wu-Tang Chronicles Series Our Wu series travels through the entire Clan dynasty, giving you reviews of every solo album from members, including some MARATHON sessions. A must for every Wu-Tang Clan fan https://www.patreon.com/collection/96560   90’s Hidden Gem Rap Album Reviews For the heads who wanna travel back to the 1990s golden era and discover the RIDICULOUS hidden gem albums. We're talking Diamond D, Funkdoobiest, Da Lench Mob and more https://www.patreon.com/collection/161267   00’s Hip Hop Album Reviews For the heads who wanna travel back to the noughties and discover the hidden gem hip hop albums from that decade. We're talking Nas, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Common and more https://www.patreon.com/collection/161275   The Rawkus Chronicles We chronicle the rise and fall of one of hip hop's most important record labels, with a roster that'll bring tears to your eyes https://www.patreon.com/collection/524894   J Dilla Series Our 'Why I Love...' series brings your a track-by-track deep dive into Jay Dee’s collection https://www.patreon.com/collection/96555   Nas: Digging in the Crates All the Nasir Jones fans can dig into our collection of episodes focused entirely on the GOAT https://www.patreon.com/collection/700748   ——————   Catch all our Spotify playlists here… Crate 808 Bangers: https://spoti.fi/3WjrSAj Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd   YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uSa552 Twitter: https://twitter.com/crate808 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crate_808 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crate808 Website: https://www.crate808.com