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XXL has dropped their annual Freshmen list and of course it stirs up the conversation of it their list is hit or miss and if it needs to evolve beyond the cyphers. Plus, India Arie speaks out on Yung Miami's "Spend Dat" hit

voices: HMTWN, Jaz, Jay, Ace

mixed by Ace

BNC Pod discuss some of their favorite hiphop albums of 2026 for the first half of the year. What albums met the moment and exceeded expectations or not?

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HMTWN, Jay Browne, Jaz, Tyree

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Tyree

BNC pod crew gives Drake's latest anticipated album "ICEMAN" the (review) treatment and discuss Jay-Z's "Roots Picnic" freestyle.

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HMTWN, Jaz, Raul, Tyree, Ace

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Ace

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Tyree and Daniel

HMTWN here... i'll be honest.. this episode alone is what caused us to not release any episodes out of order... a post production NIGHTMARE... but fuck it.. its out enjoy it if you can.. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.. WE WILL DO BETTER...

HOMETOWN OUT!

just skip this episodes.. its literally not our best but the show must go on...

Voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree, Patrick

BNC podcast talks about their expectations on Iceman, a "What if?" imagining of Kanye and talks, Mary J. Blige speaks on the Burger King ad years later and more..

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HMTWN, Tyree, Patrick Hughes, Raul, Jaz

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Tyree

recorded on 3.28.26

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HMTWN, Patrick Hughes, Bobby Bronz, Tyree, Raul, Daniel, Jaz

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Ace

How many nicknames could you find of Jack Harlow's "Blacker" era? Did you know that we're all heaven sent? Even you? When niggas when Oscars.... Wham Bam 83!

voices: HMTWN, Raul, Pat

recorded on Mar. 16, 2026

Hiphop doesn't need new leaders. We need more community that leads with innovation in the culture. The big wigs of the music industry are paying attention to the little guy with each platform they acquire that helps indies. But as always, we discuss everything under the sun from new releases and pop culture.

voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree, Patrick, Ace, Jay

recorded: Feb. 28, 2026

mixed by Ace

On the night of RnB and Soul at BNC Live! The topic of discussion was all things RnB. Indie/local RnB artists getting left out of live shows and consumers expectation of song output and more.

Voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz

recorded by Ace

recorded on 02/27/2026

Live at The Bricks Ybor

In the world of first listen reviews and same week release reviews... comes along a pod that gives a generous week to talk about one of the most anticipated hiphop albums this decade from one of the greatest hiphop artist of all time. The Beatsnchill pod presents the audio only version of "The Fall Off" album review

WATCH full episodes only on PATREON [SUBSCRIBE HERE]

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voices: Jaz, Raul, Patrick, Bronz, Ace, Daniel, Tyree

recorded and mixed by Ace

recorded on 02/14/26

Grammy predictions for the warmup (Were we right?), J. Cole & DJ Clue releases "Birthday Blizzard" mini tape, Kanye drops an apology in the Wall Street Journal, Nicki continues the Trump train, and wtf is going in Minnesota?! F*ck ICE

voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree, Bobby Bronz, Ace, Jay Browne

recorded and mixed by Ace

recorded at Studio 22

recorded: Jan. 31, 2026

2nd live pod, 1st of '26, and we actually had an audience this time. Introducing Dez Nicole as the new face of Okay Sis.

Credits.

Cast: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Jay Browne, Dez Nicole

Recorded by Ace

Location: The Bricks Ybor

Asap Rocky drops, J.Cole gives an official date for "The Fall Off", Can Larussell get 100k in 30 days?, White cinema awards, and more.

Credits.

Cast: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree, Jay Browne

Audio by Ace

Video by Tyree

Recorded at Studio 22

HNY! The crew is back for year 6 of the pod. Still gotta lotta work to do!

As we record the last pod of the year, the crew goes over their top 5 albums and favorites of 2025. And no kendrick is not on anyone's list.

Johnny Champagne chops it up with HMTWN about Saturday Sermons, living in NYC, Cigar City records, producing and more.

Jotta talks with HMTWN about St. Pete origins, building connections with Bauxmonk, prioritizing his passion for music and more.

Watch Jotta's episode of Saturday Sermons Season 4, Episode 5 on Beatsnchill's Youtube and IG right now produced by Bauxmonk.

Hey we did our first live show since 2023! How'd we do? lol. It was really cold outside.

People are finally looking at Spotify with the side-eye. However, we have to let our supporters know that there's more than just Apple Music and Spotify to support artist and value music.

...But do the streets care?.. Jay stopped thru to kick shit with us. Where you from is based on where you busted ya 1st one.. we don't make the rules.. Roc Nation want 15%.. and Wale's "Everything Is A Lot" was pretty impressive.

K Wales shares insights about his upbringing, his transition from writing to performing, and the significance of unity in the current state of hip-hop. The conversation also touches on K Wales' upcoming projects and his aspirations for the future.

Watch season 4 of "Saturday Sermons" on Instagram & Youtube.

Who actually gives a f*ck about billboard? We got hiphop back! Sauce Walka got “Lean Mocktails”. And should white rappers beef with black rappers?

ItsJustMikey and HMTWN discuss episode 2 of Saturday Sermons

You can't see it but we have on costumes.

JC Tha God chats with HMTWN about his experience with filming for "Saturday Sermons", going over his writing process, his most recent release "The Conquering" and upcoming work.

Watch “SATURDAY SERMONS” SEASON 4 EP. 1 featuring JC Tha God x Whoa1.0 on YouTube, Instagram & TikTok

A Murder Of Crows album review and discussion by your faves.

"Like What You Hear?" support Mick Jenkins directly by purchasing this album on EVEN.biz.

Link: A MURDER OF CROWS

topics on this episode:

1. Alfredo 2 Tour Recap in Tampa, FL by Raul & Jaz (1:55).
2. Young Thug goes "White Face" on UY SCUTI (32:22).
3. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj Beef continues (35:32).
4. Drake v. UMG lawsuit dismissed (46:36).
5. The return of VERZUZ ft. No Limit v Cash Money (51:52).

Jordan Patrick stops by the studio to talk about his latest releases "Slide" and "Can't Have You" and what he's been up to working with Asap Rocky and more.

We breakdown Gat$' lastest album "Life On Film" and his life lately as a Los Angeles resident.

recorded and mixed by Ace

filmed and edited by Sheepish Narco

add'l camera work by Daniel

TBW week 2 recap (11:30). Young Thug snitch? (28:12). Cardi B on trial (36:05). Drake in "family court"? (37:50). Highest @ Lowest movie reactions (44:50). 37U (49:00).

a quick message from HMTWN. Sorry Mila. We'll get you back on soon...

BNC LIVE IS BACK!

God Does Like Ugly (album review) - (50:45).

Fantastic Four movie reaction - (04:53).

Tyree & Raul goes to Clipse concert in Orl - (25:00).

Trump enforcing more policing and ICE in D.C. (41:10).

Topics.

1. Drake releases "What Did I Miss?" - (00:40).

2. RG3 knows better than that... - (12:40).

3. Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion the new couple launch... - (19:35).

4. Nicki Minaj v. Roc Nation/ TDE? (24:40).

5. "Culturally Inappropriate!" (34:15).

6. Let God Sort Em Out album review (40:00).

voices: HMTWN, Jaz, Tyree, Ace

tracked by Ace

mixed by Scott (Surround Sound Audio)

filmed and edited by Tyree

Hey, HMTWN here... Welcome to side (b) of the pod. I explain what all that means at the beginning of this episode. enjoy.

1. "Let God Sort Em Out" review - (03:03).

2. Drake headlines Wireless Fest in the UK - (17:55).

3. "SWAG" review - (26:17).

4. Nicki Minaj v RocNation gate - (35:50).

5. "Jackboys 2" review - (39:00).

recorded and filmed at the crib.

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HMTWN & Jaz go over their top 5 albums of 2025 so far. (We listen we don't judge lol.)

Back to regular schedule programming...

Topics.

1. BET Awards recap (28:35).
2. New Grammy Award Categories (46:50).
3. ICE protests in LA (51:30).
4. GNX Tour visits Canada (57:30).
5. Tampa 50 DJ list (01:18:01).
6. Timbaland & the A.I problem PT. 2 (01:05:23).
7. New Clipse Rollout: "So Be It" (01:16:50).

So we listened to Tha Carter 6...

Topics.

1. NBA Finals (03:40).
2. Timbaland x SUNO "A.I. Artist" (17:01).
3. Tha Carter 6 (54:00).
4. New Clipse music and drama (01:17:32).
5. Elon Musk v. Trump (01:26:32).
6. Kai Cenat's "Streamer University" (01:29:44).

*recorded 5/24/25 at Studio Twenty Two*

Special Guest: Novacane

- International touring poet and spoken word artist, 5x "Best of The Bay" award recipient for Best Open Mic, Author, Model, Host, and Entrepreneur. For 10 years, Novacane has created a safe space for all walks of life to have a stage to express themselves in music, comedy, poetry, dance and more.

Topics.

1. NBA Playoffs - OKCvMIN & NYCvIND (game 1&2 recap), Caitlin Clark is already # 3 in WNBA triple-doubles? (00:30).
2. Joey Bada$$ v. Tha We$T [the end] (14:25).
3. Novacane joins the pod (32:05).
4. "New Evidence" in Megan v Tory case, Tory prison stabbing, Glorilla's unintentional repost, DREAM Con social media fail "again" (33:55).
5. Diddy a nasty negro man.. reactions to Diddy trial (45:45).
6. Jail Break of '25; Legendary Drop Queen Free (58:02).
7. A quick non-dramatic story of how she became "Novacane" (01:09:25).

Voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree

Guest: Novacane

Engineers: Ace; Scott

(This episode was recorded on May 10, 2025 at Studio Twenty Two)

Topics:

1. Donald Trumps 1st 100 days recap (16:44).
2. New Pope Who This? (28:43).
3. Met Gala looks '25 (32:30).
4. GTA6 Trailer reactions (39:55).
5. BET Awards & Nominations (45:00).
6. JID new album title: "God Does Like Ugly" (52:42).
7. Sailor release "From Florida's Finest" (56:42).
   

Voices: HMTWN, Jaz, Raul, Tyree
Engineers: Ace; Scott
Cameras: Tyree; Daniel

Sometimes you gotta go and touch some grass... meanwhile, Ryan Coogler does it again.

(Date episode recorded 04.26.25)

** Audio only due to technical issues**

Topics.

1. "Sinners" movie recap - (03:12). *Spoiler Alert*
2. NBA Playoffs Round 1 recap - (26:12).
3. NFL Draft - (32:14).
4. Shannon Sharpe v. Allegations - (42:55).
5. Kanye.. "Cousin"? - (50:50). *Trigger Warning*
6. Ari Lennox "Soft Girl Era" response - (38:34).
7. Wiz Khalifa release Kush & OJ 2 - (01:09:35).

Voices: HMTWN, Jaz, Raul, Tyree

Add'l background voices: Daniel

Recording engineer: Ace

Mixing engineer: Scott A. (Surround Sound Audio)

Jaz took a vacation. The guys did not. Another rare episode with the THE BOYS.

Topics:

1. Women's NCAA Final Four in Tampa (02:49).
2. Ja Morant's Celebration explanation (20:29).
3. The issue with "YN" (31:30).
4. Black Americans have culture (58:48).
5. Luther music video vs Nokia music video (01:02:00).
6. The "Last" Dreamville Fest (01:08:00).

Credits.

Voices: HMTWN, Raul, Tyree, Ace (Background: Jayda).

Engineers: Ace; Scott Aye (Surround Sound Audio).

Visual Team: Tyree; Daniel

We're hiphop media and we stand with Mick Jenkins.... we could also do a bit better too....

Topics.

1. Jess Hilarious issues with The Breakfast Club (07:10).
2. Pop Balloon For Love goes to Netflix? (19:10).
3. LeBron James v. Stephen A. Smith (27:17).
4. Reaction to Mick Jenkins' issues with Hiphop Media reviewing music on "Curtiss King Podcast" (48:02).
5. HMTWN's Top 20 Artists list discussion. (01:06:05).

Back from technical difficulties *equipment was trippin breh*

Show Notes:

1. "I AM MUSIC" discussion because.... yea (01:11).

2. Doechii "industry plant?!" (16:30).

3. Lebron vs Stephen A Smith (01:14:34).

recorded and filmed at Studio Twenty Two

Filmed by Tyree

Audio Mixed by Scott Aye (MBS) @ Surround Sound Audio

Recorded on 03/15/2025.

With our first guest of 2025, Taylor Moon joins the show to talk about Grammy's, Super Bowl, new music and more.

time stamps.

Valentine's Day Recap (01:52).

Ye back on X (07:08).

Coulda Been Love (17:08).

Taylor Moon joins the chat (23:57).

Grammy's Recap (26:49).

Super Bowl Performance Recap (45:00).

Taylor Moon Interview Con't (50:00).

voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree

Guest: Taylor Moon

recorded by Ace

mixed by Scott

Filmed and Edited by Tyree

Exec. Producer: Derrick/ HMTWN

*Recorded on Feb 1, 2025*

Topics discussed.

- Dank Demoss sues LYFT (01:23).

- Drake vs UMG (Defamation update) (11:52).

- ASVP Rocky case (26:42).

- Akademiks "grooming?" (34:30).

- Trump Back (42:30).

- Fat, Juicy & Wet? (58:28).

- Tommy Richman back with "Actin Up" (01:03:30).

- Kendrick Halftime Predictions: (01:43:22).

voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree

add'l voices: Jayda, Ace, Daniel

recorded by Ace

mixed by Scott

Exec. Producer: Derrick

Happy New Year!

Topics:

1. LA Fires (2:55).
2. New Music: SZA's "SOS Deluxe: Solana" (09:14).
3. TikTok Ban (13:30).
4. Carter 2 v. Carter 3 (17:07).
5. Gelo's "Tweaker" song goes viral (26:30).
6. Tyler The Creator responds to Jaz's tweet with "Hey Now" freestyle and music video (28:07).
7. Joey Bada$$' "The Ruler's Back" (33:10).
8. Drake premieres "Fighting Irish" freestyle; Lebron Diss?(38:48).
9. Elliot Wilson's frustration with "new media" from Rory&Mal podcast clip (54:54).
10. FOX Sports 1 Lawsuit; "sexual relationships with co-workers" (01:09:30).

Voices: HMTWN, Raul, Jaz, Tyree

Recorded at Studio Twenty Two

Recording engineer: Ace

Mixing engineer: Scott (MixedbyScott)

ETA Productions (Everyone Talks Alot)

As we wrap up 2025, the squad reflects on the year in music and culture.

Spotify Wrapped/Apple Music Replay (25:40).

Great weather is among us in good 'ol Tampa. Doechii came back home for her mixtape tour and Raul was out sick. What a show.

Doechii's "Alligator Bites Never Heal" unofficial-official afterparty | (09:22).
- What happens if Doechii wins a grammy for any of her nominations?| (21:20).
Camp Flognaw (Recap) | (23:40).
Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" album recap | (37:31).
- Is there another album or deluxe to "GNX"?| (48:20).
J.Cole & IB's "Inevitable" audio series "Would you pay for a podcast?" | 01:05:28).
Understanding Kai Cenat's "Mafiathon 2" | ( 01:17:27).

America has made their decision, Trump is back for 2025...

- Election night aftermath (6:49).

- Long live the GOAT - Quincy Jones (31:15).

- Tyler Perry "Slave Movie" auditions (34:00).

- Free Young Thug (Backwards) (38:00).

- Megan Thee Stallion's Documentary (43:00).

- Let's Talk Music (48:00).

- Best album released under TDE? (57:50).

- Ab-Soul: "Soulburger" recap (01:03:55).

- Grammy Nominations 2024 (01:08:55).

- What if Doechii wins a Grammy? (01:18:40).

- Doechii (continued)/ QC Media- Q.Foe's comments (01:23:36).

- HMTWN highlights the importance of marketing yourself (01:23:36).

- Chromakopia recap (01:35:05).

Voices: HMTWN, Jaz, Raul, Tyree

Filmed and recorded at Studio Twenty Two in Tampa, FL

Surviving yet another hurricane in FL.... here's the episode breakdown:

1. New music (11:36).

2. Lil'Durk arrested (15:58).

3. Big Meech released (18:32).

4. The melodic rap debate (43:15). *cut short due to tech issues.

** technical difficulties with audio cut the episode short**

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