Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 20 of 3,584, 10 of 3,862, 13 of 4,115, 19 of 4,226, 12 of 4,731, 6 of 4,438, 11 of 4,230, 5 of 4,319, 5 of 4,515, 8 of 4,419, 4 of 4,624, 7 of 4,594.
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Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 0, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 4, 0, 3.
Artists should focus on their unique sound, personal stories, and long-term craft rather than chasing commercial trends or popularity.
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Havoc believes that an artist should stay true to their own sound rather than attempting to conform to current musical trends.
“I just kind of like that's all I wanted to do is just stay in our lane and not try to go above and beyond and try to sound like I'm doing some drill music or something like that. You know what I'm mean? I just wanted to stay Mobb Deep.”
The Breakfast Club · Oct 2025 · 3 episodes · 206K views on this topicArtists must remain true to their own strengths and stick to their unique lane rather than attempting to copy what is currently popular in the industry.
“You got to stick to where you good at and instead of trying to jump in other [ __ ] lane. You got to be the boss of your lane.”
The 85 South Comedy Show · Aug 2026 · 2 episodes · 475K views on this topicA true MC should perform their own lyrics and not rely on ghostwriters, as using one compromises the integrity of the craft.
“if you got to pen my [ __ ] then it's it takes it kind of takes away. That's like looking at a painter saying, "Yo, I went and bought a painting." Right. Yeah. And you thought you painted it and then you said, "Nah, Melo [ __ ] ghost painted this shit."”
7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 132K views on this topicHip-hop is fundamentally defined by technical lyrical skill, competitive spirit, and the ability to hold one's own in a battle.
22 people · 20 episodes
G Herbo claims that he considers himself primarily an MC who focuses on the technical craft of rapping.
“I'm a MC. So, it's like I don't care if I'm not even all the way tapped into like my confidence and all of that [ __ ] I'm always going to be able to rap good.”
The Breakfast Club · Nov 2025 · 3 episodes · 950K views on this topicDaBaby asserts that he is among the best artists in the industry when it comes to raw lyricism and rapping in front of a microphone.
“Like I definitely like I know I understand like I'm one of the best in this right now at doing this, so I ain't shy away from it.”
The Breakfast Club · Feb 2026 · 2 episodes · 42K views on this topicHe believes that the conflict between Kendrick Lamar and Drake was a necessary event for the hip hop culture.
“I'm not just going to say, you know, reignited, but I felt like, you know, that was something that was necessary. It was something that, you know, the streets needed, the culture needed.”
Bootleg Kev · May 2025 · 2 episodes · 271K views on this topicHip-hop functions as an essential medium for documenting lived experiences, processing struggle, and reflecting the environment truthfully.
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Gillie Da Kid believes that artists who are going through difficult times should use the studio to channel those feelings into their music.
“If you going through some [ __ ] that's when you supposed to go to the studio and rap about what you going through, [ __ ]”
Million Dollaz Worth of Game · Jun 2025 · 23 episodes · 15.5M views on this topicDocumenting urban street life in hip hop is not glorifying the lifestyle but reflecting the reality of the environment.
“I don't feel like us documenting Street Urban culture or the lifestyle itself is celebrating or glorifying it I think is a is I think when you in that circumstance right you have to kind of have some sense of Pride because you don't have nothing else until you get something else”
Brilliant Idiots · Oct 2023 · 2 episodes · 384K views on this topicArtists should write about reality and life rather than just death and negative outcomes to avoid manifesting those destructive fates.
“that's why when I got to the Dog Father album I started writing about life cuz I felt like my generation was writing about death and we was cool with it right you know all of us we just we just wrote about death cuz that's what we expected to die so we wrote Death in our lyrics”
R&B Money Podcast · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 167K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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