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One of the greatest Heavy Metal bands to emerge out of the 1980's, Twisted Sister became a massive success with their balls to wall hard rock/heavy metal sound and their crazy slapstick comedy videos and "twisted" image. Tune in as I rank their five albums from 1982-1987.

One of the greatest emcees of all time and one that still remains influential to hip hop and pop culture this day, I'm ranking the first six albums of the late great Tupac Shakur.

System of a Down is one of the greatest and most unique rock/metal bands of our time. Blending heavy metal with such styles as folk, progressive rock, Greek, and Middle Eastern sounds, the band has managed to carve an outlasting mark and make history in the world of music. Tune in as I rank all five of their classic albums from worst to best.

With live shows being on halt, I've been pondering what bands I would want to see live that I've haven't yet. Here I discuss 10 bands that I would hope to catch live in concert once shows and tours are able to happen again.

Ranking the Red Hot Chili Peppers albums from 1984-1991. This period of the band's career focuses on their more funk rock and rap rock style, as well as the development of their signature sound that would turn them into rock stars.

For Valentine's Day, I decided to make a list of my top 10 favorite romantic songs by Prince. Tune in as I talk about some of my favorite Prince love ballads that are perfect for Valentine's Day or any time you're in a romantic mood.

In my first Albums Ranked episode, I'm ranking the albums of one my favorite emcees, R.A. The Rugged Man. An underground hero within the hip hop community with an extraordinary story, tune in as I rank these albums and discuss what I enjoy about each one.

In this episode, I'm discussing another one of my favorite subgenres, industrial metal. Here in part one, I'll be discussing five albums that are my personal favorites, as well as gateway records for those new or unfamiliar with industrial metal.

Groove metal is one of my favorite subgenre's in metal and continues to have a lasting impact on metal music today. Tune in as a I give a run down of my Top 10 Favorite Groove Metal Albums.

Snoop Dogg finally responds to Eminem's diss in "Zeus" song. Benzino goes back and forth with Royce Da 5'9 and Joyner Lucas over Eminem comments.

On December 31st 2020 (New Years Eve) it was revealed that legendary emcee MF Doom had passed away 2 months ago on October 31st (Halloween). #RIP #MFDOOM.

After work last night, I was fortunate to get see a good portion of the Too Short & E-40 verzuz battle live. Tune in to listen to my recap of this exciting night as two legends lace us with game and give us a history lesson with their huge catalog of hits.

Eminem dropped a new album, Music To Be Murdered By: Side B. One song in particular, Zeus, has gotten a lot of attention for shots takened at certain artists.

Hip hop legends E-40 and Too $hort announced a verzuz battle for this weekend plus minor details on their supergroup with legends Snoop Dogg & Ice Cube.

2020 produced countless releases from metal bands all over the world, so many that it was hard for me to zero in and develop a list of best albums of this year. Instead, I narrowed it down to the top 5 bands I discovered in 2020. Tune in to hear what 5 metal bands made my list for 2020.

Brooklyn rapper Casanova was recently indicted by the FBI with connections to a notorious gang. After turning himself in, twitter went ablaze calling for the boycott of VladTV blaming his interviews for Casanova's plight. Tune in to hear my perspective on whether Vlad is truly all to blame or does the responsibility fall more on the rappers.

It seems that becoming rapper nowadays puts a target on your back. In the last month or so, we've lost several rappers to gun violence as well as some being injured. This begs the question, has rap music be come to violent these days??

In this episode, we discuss the debut album from Digital Underground Sex Packets. One of the earliest alternative hip hop albums, Sex Packets served as a precursor to the later G-funk subgenre of West Coast hip hop by utilizing a P-funk inspired hip hop sound that broke barriers and separated them from other rap crews of the time.

In less than a week, we have been graced with new music from Rob Zombie and System Of A Down. The first new music we have heard from both bands in a long while, tune in as I break down these songs and give my thoughts on these exciting new singles from these great bands!!

In this episode, I break down a landmark album in the industrial metal subgenre. CITY is the second studio album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. An quintessential album in their discography, it is considered to be the bands finest work and has become a timeless classic that is still astonishing listeners today.

In keeping with it's 40th Anniversary this year, I wanted to review one of my favorite Prince albums, Dirty Mind. A radical departure from his 1st two records, Dirty Mind raised eyebrows upon it's release, with it's jaw-dropping subject matter and sonically different sound.

In this episode, I review one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, The Slim Shady LP. Eminem's major label debut, it catapulted the emcee into a rap super star.

In this weeks episode, we discuss the fire storm of criticism legendary rapper/actor/filmmaker/ Ice Cube has recieved for meeting with president Donald Trump. Hear my thoughts on the matter, as to whether the criticism is justified or not.

On this episode, I discuss the controversy surrounding DJ VLAD after his misquote of Louis Farrakhan. Tune in to get my take on whether his platform will suffer from this situation or will it continue to be business as usual.

The first episode of The Boom Box Guru. Welcoming the listeners and discussing my purpose for starting this podcast. Also, I touch on the death of one of rock/metal's guitar virtuosos, Eddie Van Halen. This episode was recorded on 10/06/2020.