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As noted in the last post, this episode was delayed because the earthquake that hit just off the coast of Taiwan not only put several cracks in my apartment wall, but knocked out Southern ...

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Well, I had to do it. Today's show contains more than a few joints that a lot of people out there would consider blasphemous. That's fine. Before you call Focus on the Family on me though, (happened once before), think for a second about shit like the crack epidemic, about Katrina, about Sudan, and then tell me that there's no good reason that people should feel like they've been shut out. Let's move. Mobb Deep feat 50 Cent - Pearly Gates. Exile on the beats here. This is the joint that was censored by Interscope - as in you can't even get this version that you're about to hear here in stores. I mean, you've got Prodigy saying shit like that he's going to "see [Jesus] when he sees him" or that he's gonna beat Jesus up "like the movie" (I'm assuming he's talking about The Passion of the Christ). But of course, I don't know what happened in the movie because I didn't see it, because of the White Jesus factor. Also, why are people whining about Fiddy singing on hooks? I think he sings good hooks. Please leave Fiddy alone. Dude wants to sing, let him sing. He's had a rough life. Poor guy.

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how do I listen to the show? Damn, we been on this interview ish for a minute now. Next show is a music joint, promise. This week on the best hip-hop mixtape podcast on the internets, we got The Source's Unsigned Hype alumni Akir. Dude has been making serious moves for a minute now, and I finally caught up to him for an interview. He's dodging buses or some shit while we talk via celly so the audio's a bit hectic, but Akir still drops some serious shit about his artistic philosophy, the international market, the state of hip-hop in the US, and what it's like doing shows at the historically non-rap-oriented Vans Warped Tour.

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how do I listen to the show? Damn, this took me a minute to get out. I'm gonna keep the intro short to this one, considering that I've been writing mad articles on this ish lately. Basically I'd been thinking on doing an all-"conscious" mixtape for a minute now. There's a lot of tracks I'd love to put on here, but I'm limited to what I can get permission for. Fortunately for you, every goddamn song I put out here is quality, and this episode is no exception - this one might actually kinda suprise you. The mixdown is dirty, but the songs is hot, no joke. Let's have that tracklist...