ALL CAPS The Podcast

Hello! Today we're mostly chatting Schoolboy Q's latest album. We also give our first impressions of the Vince Staples Show, and Chad chats Kanye's collaborative project with Ty Dolla $ign. Hope your year is going swimmingly. Stay blue Cappers. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Guess what heaux, we on. Len and Chaddy are back from a belated New Year break to chat rap beefs, new drops and a very controversial installment of the Grammys. First up, ScHoolboy Q teases new music from his upcoming March 1 album: TDE is dropping, all is well. Next we jump into a silly lil' rap beef between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion. Big high school energy on this one. Finally, we're chatting Killer Mike, Travis Scott and *gulps* Taylor Swift at this year's Grammys. Tune in as we shake off the rust and bring you another of hip-hop podcasting finest 45-minutes. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Happy New Year! Join us for the final recording of 2023 where we lay out our favourite tracks, favourite albums, and introduce the inaugural ALL CAPS awards. Chad and Lenny break down the the year in hip hop, handing out virtual trophies to our favourite producers, MCs, features. samples and up-and-coming chart-toppers. Come for the Chad, stay (til' the end) for an accidental guilty confession from the hermit lord Lenny. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

With the 2024 Grammys around the corner, Chad and Lenny got together to chat predictions. Although we want a clean sweep for Kendrick and Andre 3000, we hash out the likelihood of Drake, Doja, SZA and more walking away with a gold-plated gramophone. We also dive into our general thoughts and the Grammys and recap a bit of history on how the penultimate music awards have treated Hip Hop nominations to date. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Ahoy! Back at it after an unintentional hiatus, talking Andre 3000, Danny Brown and Drake. After three decades in the game, 3 Stacks has pulled through with his debut solo album - alas, no bars. An ambient, jazz-inspired, and flute-centric project, Lenny and Chad break down our experience with New Blue Sun and Andre's long awaited return. We also jump into Quaranta, Danny Brown's latest in his long-running but short series of age-based albums following last decade's XXX. Finally, a word for Drake and the fabled six tracks he's appended to For All The Dogs. Is the real Drake back or is he just running those streams up? All this and more Cappers. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Today the boys have dive into Drake's latest album, For All The Dogs , and ask the age-old million-dollar question among aging hop hop aficionados: are we becoming oldheads? Tune in for talks on TikTok, Spotify, streaming and distribution, Wu-Tang and of course, Drake. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

This week the ALL CAPS boys - all two of 'em - bring on the prolific champion-of-the-people Noah daCosta. Noah wears many hats (interviewer, curator, radio host and rapper to name a modest few), but runs by the all-encompassing title of creator. Making good use of Noah's insights, expertise and maxed-out charisma stats, we chat the process of creating and critiquing music in today's hip hop landscape - particularly when it comes to artists in (so-called) Australia. Join for saucy banter ranging from flattery to harsh criticism of acts both local and international. Laughs and titillating observations abound. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Lenny and Chad had beers. Lenny and Chad talked about The Bear. Chad asked Lenny who Carmy would listen to if he was into hip hop. Then we hit record 🙃 This week, the ALL CAPS boys philosophise over the hypothetical hip hop tastes of the characters from FX's hit culinary TV drama, The Bear. From the refined palettes of Carmy and Syd to the old-school machismo of Richie and Uncle Jimmy, we assign likely rapper choices and penultimate hip hop theme songs for the characters of our mutual favourite TV show. Check out our Hip Hop Playlists for a 'The Bear' catered mixtape of seven select tunes from this episode, serving as respective theme songs for Carmy, Richie, Syd, Marcus, Sugar, Uncle Jimmy and (bless her heart) Tina. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

This week, Chad and Lenny are on the moon crying black and blue balloons (reviewing the new Mick Jenkins and Noname projects). We kick things off with a few lyrics and sample-guessing games, then dive into two long-awaited Chicago projects: Sundial and The Patience. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Guess who's baaaaaaaaack? But she never left! - Nadia Rose Today Chad and Lenny are joined by the film-makin', story-tellin', wicked-ly talent-ed, Justin Macawili! Justin graciously agreed to talk music video craft over a few cold brews with the guys - he's a natural extension of the ALL CAPS crew so the conversation joyfully careens into a music nerd free-for-all. Expect favourite music videos, info on top-tier directors, waxing reminiscent over the 2000s and after-school binge watching of Rage, and hot takes on AI and Hip Hop in the social media age. Chad gives unusual praise to Eminem, Lenny gives a run down on Lupe Fiasco's AI-driven TextFX tool and Justin shares creator insights on filming and creating with emerging artists. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Chad and Lenny record a more loose-form episode - chatting as if it's another day at the café. From rap beefs and "lil" rappers through to soundtracks, deluxe albums, and theorizing what LP would make the best movie, the boys go through as many topics as there are inputs on the Konami cheat code. We also do a micro-dissection of Little Simz 'Gorilla' music video and share our thoughts on the Scaring the Hoes DLC project from Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA, before laughing at some of the most questionable rapper tweets to have ever graced the internet. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Chad, Lenny and Chad's fiancée saw Little Simz at Margaret Court Arena this week - it was incredible, and this episode talk's about said incredibility. Lenny compares the performance to her Richmond Corner Hotel gig in 2016, and Chad likens Simz's pedigree to other arena titans like Tyler The Creator and Kendrick Lamar. Before all that we warm up with a blind bracket on top 5 rappers, and discuss Spotify's top 10 most-streamed rap songs ever. Word of mouth is mightier than the sword. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, and your preferred ⁠⁠streaming platforms⁠⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Welcome to ALL CAPS season two! In this season debut, Chad and Lenny react to the new Tupac Shakur FX docu-series 'Dear Mama', covering our thoughts on both the rapper's and the Shakur family's legacy. From there, we're talking sophomore albums. What should they be? How do artists live up to expectations from their debut? Can sophomore projects make-or-break an artists moment to enter the pantheon of goats? We explore these questions through Pac, Biggie, Tribe, the Wu, Noname, Tierra Whack and more. Word of mouth is mightier than the sword. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠ Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, and your preferred ⁠streaming platforms⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

TL;DR - Have you ever wondered what country singers and rappers have in common? Wanna get into hip hop but can't put down the Taylor Swift? Today, Chad and Lenny discuss hip hop tracks based on their proximity to other genres - think what Old Town Road did for country, but with other tracks touching folk, metal, EDM and more . --- How time flies! One minute you're starting a hip hop podcast with a dude from the café, the next you're asking him if you can borrow $500.00 for the end of the financial year. Anyway... cough. Season finale! Don't worry, we'll be back in precisely seven days for season two. We're wrapping up season one with something for both the music nerds and the hip-hop newbies in our audience: a recommendation gauntlet based on rap tracks that share a bed with pop, rock, metal, EDM, folk, jazz and/or soul. If you're the kind of person who needs their hand held through a new experience, think of this episode as the gentle arm of your favourite genre accompanying you to the classroom of hip hop. Don't worry, says your Scandinavian Black Metal parent, they aren't so different to us. We also react to the new 2023 XXL Freshman Class, lament on the absurdity of new rappers' names, clarify the difference between crump and krunk, talk about growing out of musical tastes and have a sincere, impassioned conversation about Chad's dad reacting to TPAB and the misinterpretation of hip hop in the mainstream. Finally, the guys run through some end-of-season housekeeping, and announce our brand new newsletter; the ALL CAPS Weekly. As always, thank you for tuning in, reading and just being you, you loveable ALL CAPS the Podcast listener you. Word of mouth is mightier than the sword. Share us with your friends! We'd appreciate it so much. --- Playlists for our episodes can be found by clicking here: ⁠ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up.⁠ Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, and your preferred ⁠streaming platforms⁠. Subscribe to the ⁠ALL CAPS Weekly⁠ for regular hip hop news, best-of track roundups and much more. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

This week, the guys round up the new artists on their respective radars, Lenny gives a first-time listen to the new Kendrick and Baby Keem track 'The Hillbillies', and as is mandatory in the year of 2023, we finish off with some thoughts on AI and the arts. From Miss Kaninna and Redveil to Enny and Jordan Ward, tune in and let us put you on to some of our favourite growing talents in the game. --- Playlists for this episode can be found by clicking here: ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Give some love to the socials and episode Q&A . Share us with your friends. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Whoof! Back-to-back travels for Lenny and Chad - although the latter was six weeks and the former was only four days, the boys are both glad to be back in Brunswick and on the at-least-fortnightly grind. This week we're joined by our first guest, the cinema-going, pen-flipping, Missy Elliot-stanning, wickedly talented Chrisi Camp! Step into the podcasting booth (CBCB) as we dive into a well-intentioned exploration of women in hip-hop, only to find ourselves consumed by an hour-plus superfan smackdown of Missy Elliot facts, faves, takes, and trivia. For real though - Chrisi bought a clipboard worth of notes strictly for Missy📋 From sharing our early experiences catching Missy on TV to speculating on the queen of music videos' future ventures, we flip it, reverse it and give some of the well-overdue flowers Missy Elliot deserves. Other topics include Chrisi's first try of Little Simz, and Lenny's dope experience catching an impromptu hip-hop gig in Sydney. Massive thank you to Chrisi for joining the guys and temporarily boosting the 50/50 cool/whack ratio on ALL CAPS to a cool 66.6/33.3 😎 --- Shoutouts to Munashe - find this incredible emerging artist's music here: Munashe SoundCloud Playlists for this episode (catered by Ms Camp) can be found by clicking here: ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Give some love to the socials and episode Q&A . Share us with your friends. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

We're back! This episode was recorded via Zoom while Chad was wrapping up the tail-end of his travels - the audio comes out a bit more rustic than usual. In a more loose-form ALL CAPS convo, we cover AI voice generation (particularly of Drake and the Weekend) and chat about what hip hop artists and listeners can expect moving into the age of learning algorithms. We then get into Chad's travels from Greece through to Egypt, lament a suspicious bout of illness after some equally suspicious roadside KFC, and discuss the music drops we've been binging during the past month (The Estate Sale, Scaring the Hoes, Princess Diana and more). Artists discussed in this episode include Tyler the Creator, Kaytramine (Kaytranada + Amine), JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown, Hit-Boy and the Alchemist, Ice Spice, Drake, Zeloopers, Navy Blue, Jay Electronica, Rory, reggie and Jay Z. Come to think of it, this may be the first episode where we don't mention Kendrick! --- Playlists for this episode can be found by clicking here: ALL CAPS Playlists presented by Pour Up. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Give some love to the socials and episode Q&A . Share us with your friends. Hit us on IG DMs or allcapsthepodcast@gmail.com with any questions or thoughts on this episode.

Chad and Lenny run back Lupe Fiasco's 2006 landmark release, Food & Liquor. Catch the first of our recurring segment 'Put Me On', where we explore releases that our respective ALL CAPS co-host has been sleeping on. Today, Chad introduces Lenny to the Fiasco project that kicked off his career and paved the groundwork for much of the mainstream conscious artists we here today. We also cover Chad's latest escapades in drumming lessons as he shapes up to become Brunswick's Anderson Paak 2.0. Lenny shares his fears over a 100 person house-party taking place above his small studio apartment, and we also send thoughts & prayers to Danny Brown after a recent revelation in the Danny Brown Show that our favourite hip-hop uncle is setting out for rehab. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Let us know what you think of the episode by leaving a comment or answering the Q&A below - we love the discourse almost as much as the algorithm does 🙏

K-Dot. oklama. The biggest hypocrite of 2015. Kendrick Lamar is a man of many names and many songs - 82 songs according to Wikipedia, but I'm pretty sure it's actually heaps more than that. Today, Chad and Lenny take 32 songs out of K Dizzle's discography and run 'em through a tournament bracket. We're pitting track against track until one comes out on top. The bracket we've used is courtesy of the good people at Dead End Hip Hop, with a couple of minor adjustments from our side to replace the tracks we knew weren't making it past round one. You can find their bracket episode here: The Kendrick Lamar Bracket | Dead End Hip Hop Conversations We made a playlist for you to follow along with on Spotify - whenever you need a refresher on a track, just click here: Kendrick Bracket Playlist Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Let us know what you think of the episode by leaving a comment or answering the Q&A below - we love the discourse almost as much as the algorithm does 🙏

Chad and Lenny - central authorities on hip hop - rattle off the most important qualities a rapper needs to have before joining the G.O.A.T pantheon. Think of this episode as the live creation of a G.O.A.T scorecard - a sheet of categories you can use to argue and definitively disprove anybody's trash G.O.A.T takes. We also talk a little about vinyl shopping in Melbourne, before getting into some news regarding: Check out this episodes' goatish playlist here: The Hip Hop Scorecard Playlist Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and your preferred streaming platforms. Let us know what you think of the episode by leaving a comment or answering the Q&A below - we love the discourse almost as much as the algorithm does 🙏