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Episode 69 is a brief history and scoring of Tyler, the Creator (2009) and Staten Island native and personal friend, Squeegie O (2009) in our very last episode of our final calendar year of season 3, 2009! We will be taking a 1+ year break before the podcast picks back up with Season 4: The Shift on Wednesday, January 6th, 2027 @ 5:00 PM

Episode 68 is a brief history and scoring of Hopsin (2009) and Wale (2009) in our next to last episode of our final calendar year of season 3, 2009!

Episode 67 is a brief history and scoring of Staten Island prospect & Wu-Tang affiliate, Trife Diesel (2009) and West Coast rapper, Fashawn (2009) as we near the end of our final calendar year of season 3, 2009!

Episode 66 is a brief history and scoring of an artist who was accidentally not covered when they should have been in G-Eazy (2008) and Maino (2009) as we continue on in our final calendar year of season 3, 2009!

Episode 65 is a brief history and scoring of an artist who was accidentally not covered when they should have been in Yelawolf (2005) and Curren$y (2009) as we move on to a new and final calendar year of season 3, 2009!

Episode 64 is a brief history and scoring of Cashis (2007) and Oddisee (2008) as we near the end of 2008!

Welcome back to Tale Of The Tapes as we return today from our summer break for the continuation of Season 3. This is Episode 63 which is a brief history and scoring of Kid Cudi (2008) and underground rapper Elzhi (2008) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2008!

Episode 62 is a brief history and scoring of mixtape rapper Freck Billionaire (2008) and Brooklyn firefighter, Ka (2008). This is our last episode before our summer break and we will return Wednesday, Sept 24, 2025 at 5:00PM to continue on in the calendar year of 2008. I hope everyone has an awesome summer!

Episode 61 is a brief history and scoring of underground rappers Spider Loc (2008) & Ransom (2008) as we near our summer break and continue on in the calendar year of 2008!

Episode 60 is a brief history and scoring of underground rapper Nino Bless (2008) & Tyga (2008). This is our first full episode in the new calendar year of 2008 here today!

Episode 59 is a brief history and scoring of Red Café (2007) & Flo Rida (2008) as we have both our last artist in 2007 as well as our first artist of new calendar year, 2008 here today!

Episode 58 is a brief history and scoring of a couple of friends of mine NExt1dEr, Kritikal, & Jay Rawz of Staten Island hip hop group, Tha Dirtbagz (2007). This is the last episode in 2007 and next week on Episode # 59, we will be moving into a new calendar year of 2008!

Episode 57 is a brief history and scoring of Eto (2007) and Percee P (2007) as we continue on here in the calendar year of 2007!

Episode 56 is a brief history and scoring of underground rappers 38 Spesh (2007) and Jay Electronica (2007) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2007!

Episode 55 is a brief history and scoring of Canadian underground rapper, Snak The Ripper (2007) and Grafh (2007) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2007!

Episode 54 is a brief history and scoring of myself, J-Formz (2007) and Slaughterhouse member, Joell Ortiz (2007) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2007!

Episode 53 is a brief history and scoring of my personal friend and former Ghostown member, CiG (2006) and Love & Hip Hop Star, Consequence (2007) as we both finish off our current year of 2006 and move into a new calendar year of 2007!

Episode 52 is a brief history and scoring of Lupe Fiasco (2006) and underground rapper Celph Titled (2006) as we near the end of calendar year 2006.

Episode 51 is a brief history and scoring of Wiz Khalifa (2006) and underground rapper Skyzoo (2006) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2006!

Episode 50 is a brief history and scoring of Dipset prospect 40 Cal (2006) and underground rapper Kenn Starr (2006) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2006!

Episode 49 is a brief history and scoring of rapper/producer Pharrell (2006) and the boss, Rick Ross (2006) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2006!

Episode 48 is a brief history and scoring of underground rapper Rhymefest (2006) and Dipset prospect J.R. Writer (2006) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2006!

Episode 47 is a brief history and scoring of underground rapper Apathy (2006) and the 2nd of my personal friends, Staten Island's own, AC (2006) as we continue on in the 2nd half of the podcast!

Episode 46 is a brief history and scoring of underground rapper Termanology (2006) & Terror Squad member, Remy Ma (2006) as we enter a new calendar year of 2006 here, which officially brings us to the second half of this podcast as a whole!

Episode 45 is a brief history and scoring of Linkin Park & Fort Minor member Mike Shinoda (2005) & rapper/singer T-Pain (2005) as we we cover our last two artists in the calendar year of 2005 here.

Episode 44 is a brief history and scoring of G-Unit member, Tony Yayo (2005) & The Pharcyde member, Fatlip (2005) as we we continue on in 2005 here today.

Episode 43 is a brief history and scoring of G-Unit member, The Game (2005) & underground rapper, Jakki Tha Motamouth (2005) as we have our first full episode of 2005 here today.

Episode 42 is a brief history and scoring of the first Asian American solo rapper to be signed to a major record label in the United States, battle legend, MC Jin (2004) & the first artist being covered in 2005 in Macklemore (2005) as we move into a new calendar year!

Episode 41 is a brief history and scoring of Dipset member, Juelz Santana (2003) & underground rapper Wordsworth (2004). Next episode we move into a new calendar year of 2005.

Episode 40 is a brief history and scoring of G-Unit member, Young Buck (2004) & Dipset member Jim Jones (2004) as we near the end of 2004.

Episode 39 is a brief history and scoring of G-Unit member, Lloyd Banks (2004) & the very first of my friends to be covered in the study, Mic Beatz (2004) as we continue on in 2004.

Episode 38 is a brief history and scoring of battle rapper Cassidy (2004) & the very last Wu-Tang member, Masta Killa (2004) as we continue on in 2004.

Episode 37 is a brief history and scoring of both members (Young Chris & Neef Buck) of Philly Roc-A-Fella duo, Young Gunz (2004) as we continue on in 2004.

Episode 36 is a brief history and scoring of underground rapper R.A. The Rugged (2004) and rapper/producer, Kanye West (2004) as this is the first episode moving into a new calendar year, 2004.

Episode 35 is a brief history and scoring of Bad Boy artist, Loon (2003) and rapper/actor, Nick Cannon (2003) as we come to the last 2 artists in the calendar year of 2003 which means next episode we move into a new year, 2004.

Episode 34 is a continuation of Da Band who were started on Episode 33. Last week we covered Freddy P & Chopper, this week we will cover the remaining two rappers in Da Band, Ness (2003) & Babs (2003) as all four rappers from the group did make the cut. This episode also brings us one just week away from the end of 2003.

Episode 33 is a brief history and scoring of Shady Records artist Obie Trice (2003) & the first two members, Freddy P & Chopper of MTV's Da Band (2003) as we continue on here in the calendar year of 2003.

Episode 32 is a brief history and scoring of west coast rapper 40 Glocc (2003) & Insane Clown Posse's Violent J (2003) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2003.

Episode 31 is a brief history and scoring of southern rapper Killer Mike (2003) & Joe Budden (2003) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2003.

Episode 30 is a brief history and scoring of Philly Native, Roc-A-Fella artist, Freeway (2003) and southern underground group Little Brother (2003) as we move into a new calendar year of 2003 on this episode today!

Episode 29 is a brief history and scoring of Houstan Texas natives Paul Wall (2002) and Chamillionaire (2002). These 2 artists are the very last 2 artists to come out in 2002, so next episode we move into a new calendar year of 2003!

Episode 28 is a brief history and breakdown of female emcee Jean Grae (2002) and 1 hit wonder, southern hip hop duo, Smilez & Southstar (2002) as we move towards the end of 2002!

Episode 27 is a brief history and scoring of underground artists Journalist (2002) & Cage (2002) as we move closer to the end of 2002.

Episode 26 is a brief history and scoring of boxer Roy Jones Jr. (2002) & Copywrite (2002) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2002.

Episode 25 is a brief history and scoring of CeeLo Green (2002) & Mac Lethal (2002) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2002.

Episode 24 is a brief history and scoring of all three official members Ill Bill, Sabac Red, and Goretex of Brooklyn underground hip hop group, Non Phixion (2002) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2002.

Episode 23 is a brief history and scoring of Bad Company member, producer/rapper, El-P (2002) as well as the only member of Memphis group, Three 6 Mafia, to make the cut; Juicy J (2002). Bad Company was out in 1995, so accidentally, we are covering El-P later than we should. Three 6 Mafia was also out in 1995, however, Juicy J was the only member of the group to qualify for the study so Three 6 Mafia and all their material won't count. Taking all that into consideration, we will cover each artist from when their debut solo albums came out in 2002.

Episode 22 is a brief history and scoring of Clipse member Pusha T (2002) and underground artist Sage Francis (2002) as we continue on in the calendar year of 2002.

Episode 21 is a brief history and scoring of Royce Da 5'9" (2000) and Lil' Flip (2002) as we enter a new calender year of 2002 here today. On today’s episode, we get a special feature from R-Forms again!

Episode 20 is a brief history and scoring of underground hip hop artist and Army Of The Pharoahs member, Virtuoso (2001) and Bad Boy artist G. Dep (2001) who are the very last artists in the calendar year of 2001!