Freedom Thursday – Hip Hop Heavy Hitters

This week’s Freedom Thursday was a pure hip hop celebration, two hours locked into nothing but bars, beats, and timeless flows. I doubled up on every single artist in the set, making it an unapologetic ride through rap history and culture.

We kicked things off with Keith Murray, from “Nobody Do It Better” to The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World, reminding us why he’s one of the most animated storytellers in the game. Jadakiss followed up, bringing that Yonkers grit with By Your Side and the Swizz Beatz-assisted Who’s Real.

Ras Kass slid in with West Coast wisdom (Ghetto Fabulous and Miami Life), while Pharoahe Monch took us to the heart of lyricism with The Light and The Truth. From there, we tapped into Detroit with Courtney Bell, who came heavy with Issues and Westside alongside Royce Da 5’9”.

The message got even sharper when Add-2 teamed up with Rapsody on Kool Aid and Stop Play Rewind, before Chicago legend Iomos Marad kept it rooted with Appetite to Write and Black Jesus.

Classics hit the speakers to, with LL COOL J (Luv U Better and Back Seat), DMX (Slippin’ and Ain’t No Way), and Redman (All I Do with Faith Evans, plus Smoke Buddah). Wiz Khalifa pulled up with smoke filled anthems from Rolling Papers and Rolling Papers 2.

We couldn’t close it out without honoring lyrical giants: Big Pun (You Came Up, 100%), Big L (Ebonics, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous), and O.C. (Time’s Up and My World). A lineup stacked with nothing but MCs who shaped the game.

🎤 If you love hip hop, you’ll have no problem bumping this show front to back.

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