The Low End Theory, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic, Madvillainy, Be, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, To Pimp A Butterfly, etc
Chris is right, that album is easily top 5 goat. When I walked the streets of the world I had this album bumping and would play it for people who were blown away when they heard Kanye for the first time ever.
Yeah but quest is like "ok, look the thing is, first of all, when this was, let me back up, ok, you know like when" and he can't just tell a story without restarting like 10 times. He's like the character Fred Armisen played on SNL with the newspaper. And those dudes aren't start struck so they're just like talking all over each other while quest still wants to finish the first part to a story they already forgot about. He does this all the time. Watch the Red Bull video from back in 2005. Interviewer asked him a question and he answers it in a way that never even addresses it because he rerouted his response so many times mid-sentence.
Trust me its a masterpiece.Its been hated on cause it had a few pop songs but it has lucky me, u must love me, streets is watching etc.Some of rap's best verses on it.Plus that made him plat and a star.Vol2 took him to superstar
I remember the morning that I found out that Biggie died. I woke up to the radio as I used to do most morning. They were bumping a Biggie song. When that song finished playing, they bumped another Biggie song, then another after that. My blood immediately went cold! I turned to another hip hop station, and sure enough, they were bumping Biggie too. I knew he was dead!
?uestlove looks so frustrated. I love MBDTF. One of my top 5 hip hop albums of all time. But I respect Quest and the roots as musicians so much that I wish we could have heard more of why the album frustrated him. On top of that, if he found MBDTF challenging, he probly has even more to say on Yeezus.
Damn, I could listen to them 4 talk about hip hop all day. I thought I was the only one who thought "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" was Kanye's best album. Glad Chris agrees with me.
Gotta say it's easy to tell Amir is the only musician in this group - because he listens & tries to talk, but one after the other interrupts each other...
Please, please, pease make the VIDEO RECORDINGS of the podcast fully available somewhere, (I know that the audio is fully up on itunes and soundcloud I just want to see the full juan epstein videos)
I have to agree somewhat with Chris Rock. Dark Twisted does deserve to be mentioned among the great albums like Thriller and Purple Rain. I'm not sure I can co-sign that it was better than Purple Rain though. I will say that the only reason Dark Twisted didn't get it's just due is because the majority mainstream America was too anti-Kanye back then.
Real recognize real. Transcendent knows transcendent. Chris Rock (this generation's best comedian and sociological voice) acknowledges the genius of Kanye West (this generation's best musical talent, across all genres).
Thank you finally people are finally saying that eminem is not the best. Eminem is only good on features and thats only because technique wise nobody can beat him but what he says in his raps sucks ass.
Chike Walker I was more so referring to the fact that if they had the podcast available on their own platform everyone would be able to enjoy it. Like how ESPN has all their podcasts on their own website
I agree. They could at least put it on SoundCloud and put it in the description. (Yes I know it's on soundcloud but they dont put it on there themselves)
I'm going to assume Chris Rock feels that way because he seen where it was at some point in the project when he came in to do his part for the album and then to hear it all come together it means more to him...he sees the genius behind it...where we just see it as a project that has some hip hop elements and some of our favorite rappers sprinkled through it but doesn't quite sound all the way like hip hop...at least that what i get when i listen to that album
dasmobster Yeah I could definitely see more appreciation coming from it that way. It just shocked me even more that Chris Rock is way older. So he's lived through many eras and to chose that as his all time, just is wow. I'd expect that from anyone under 30. But it's his opinion at the end of the day.
***** To me College Dropout is always gonna be my favorite Kanye album. It was just an introduction into this new time of hip hop and culture where people were finally accepting to be themselves and do as they please.
This is why l hate debating who is the best rapper or rap album with people. When people become fanatics, they can't be objective about a rapper or albume. Chris Rock now thinks MBDTF is the best ever cus he worked with him and the features? Are you kidding me? Better than "Purple Rain" or "Songs in the Key of Life?". And Questlove likes "Blueprint" a lot because of 9/11. And Rosenberg doesn't like "All of the lights?" You will have a head ache trying debate people like that.
He's obviously biased. . .whenever anyone can just flat out say 'better than Purple Rain, Thriller etc' without even trying to put up a suitable argument lol you know they're not being truthful.
Lmao @7:11.. .they tell a story about being chastised by Puff for dissing him meanwhile in the conversation they diss him again lmao. Puff is always an easy target.
Oh and American Gangster was Jay Z's most underrated album by far, great concept album, and fucking PARTY LIFE was my shit and I know other songs from that album was others peoples shit...and when I say their shit I mean they played that one song (they loved) from that album a million times
For any1 that disagrees with Chris's opinion on MBDTF, you are some fucc bois who don't know SHIT about music and/or music production. That album is as decadent and beautiful as sonics can get. It's like 'Ye took all of the things that made his previous albums amazing and condensed it into a disc/iTunes media file. It's also him @ his darkest and most introspective moments with a lil (or a lot of) dichotomy on the side. It's the most critically acclaimed album out of any music genre in the 21st century so far and that's a fact Metacritic can even back up. GKMC, Take Care, NWTS and WTT can't even touch it. And that says A FUCKING LOT. Call me a Yeezy dickrider, but myself and many true music connoisseurs including a very noted hip-hop 1 like Chris will agree. Shittt, ppl who don't even like Kanye LOVE that album.
Better than Thriller? Better than Purple Rain? Lol two of the most critically acclaimed albums from two of the most critically acclaimed artists that shaped the life of generations INCLUDING KANYE. You're comparing this album against 1 Kendrick album and 2 Drake albums. Hip-Hop didnt start 10 years ago. I wouldnt've even waste my time listing classic 90's albums that are just as intricate, you're obviously already biased for w/e reason, but I just urge you to atleast look up some of the great albums in music of the last 20 years before speaking. Music isnt sports, it cant be quantified so you're allowed to have your OPINION. But dont state it as FACT because some b.s. internet website told you to. Negros listen 2 rap all day and think they know music lol. I might as well say something stupid like the Mona Lisa is the best painting of all time.
***** I will say Thriller is in the debate for that title, but more so culturally significant at the time than musically significant lol. And I never said my opinion was fact, but based on the odds they definitely are VERYYYYYYY close to it. And things in general get better over time as they're improved upon by new methods which is why I believe the best rap music is from 2000-present if you really look for it. And those albums I named are imo arguably the best rap albums of the past decade. Definitely the past half decade for sure. Like I'm way more impressed with the production of say a "Tuscan Leather" or a "All of the Lights" than fucking "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" or "Pop Life" lmfao. The only niggas in hip hop that I truly believe in right now is 'Ye, Drake, Kendrick, and J. Cole so those album picks in that regard are biased but odds also say it's not far from the truth. And it's not bad 2 be biased to those guys I just named. The only reason you probably look @ the projects I named the way u do is because they're relatively recent. It's like niggas is stuck in time periods they can't get out of and can't accept the new and modern and how this shit is way better and improved. These niggas is pushing the culture forward the way they're supposed to do it. Niggas need to get wit it
Honestly I wish this was the hot 97 morning show- maybe they'd beat 105. Rosenberg really shines here most times compared to him on hot 97 show. When u listen to 105 they are who they are at all on air times.
yall be disrespecting ye's imprint on not only hip-hop, but all the genre's in today's music, kanye fuckin began the mixing of genres in this generation
Who the hell thought that Biggie said "Invisible bully, like the Roots, vamoose, you're wack to me."? That shit don't even make any damned sense. He clearly said "The Gooch". Maybe I lived my whole life wondering what The Gooch, from Differnt Strokes, really looked like so I caught the reference. Maybe Different Strokes wasn't as popular as I thought it was. Either way for people to automatically think of some beef shit, without any other inference, what so ever, is pretty fucking lame. Chris Rock is trolling hard with the Kanye comments.
At the time it made sense that he could possibly have said "like The Roots" because of the What They Do video. It could have easily been a response from Biggie. So I don't think it was that far fetch for people to think that, unlike some of the stuff today that people pretend is a sneak diss now that rap beef will get you popular. Personally, I did get the reference because Different Strokes was my shit and it was a sick like by BIG to bring it up.
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Y'all can't deny MBDTF was one of the best albums ever made, that was literally a masterpiece and a sonic experience.
Sheesh it’s even been said album of the decade🔥🔥🔥
Best Hip Hop album ever.
Don't know if you are still alive or not, but you are STILL not wrong 🔥
Illmatic, MBTDF,Reasonable doubt, Blueprint ,Graduation, Late Registration, GKMC and Be (by Common) are all my favorite hip-hop albums of all time !!
The Low End Theory, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Illmatic, Madvillainy, Be, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, To Pimp A Butterfly, etc
This is a solid list brotha! almost my list exactly lol
Jarrel Ely I think Ye is the better artist but Cass definitely got him with the bars lol
Hardest Snot_rocket Be was so slept on...Ye and Common were in their bag those years
Chris is right, that album is easily top 5 goat. When I walked the streets of the world I had this album bumping and would play it for people who were blown away when they heard Kanye for the first time ever.
That kept cutting Questlove off....omg that shit is frustrating
I was thinking the same thing. I was getting mad myself.
He was like "aight lemme shut the fuck up than..." Lol
questlove took forever to tell the story and it wasn't that funny or interesting
Yeah but quest is like "ok, look the thing is, first of all, when this was, let me back up, ok, you know like when" and he can't just tell a story without restarting like 10 times. He's like the character Fred Armisen played on SNL with the newspaper. And those dudes aren't start struck so they're just like talking all over each other while quest still wants to finish the first part to a story they already forgot about. He does this all the time. Watch the Red Bull video from back in 2005. Interviewer asked him a question and he answers it in a way that never even addresses it because he rerouted his response so many times mid-sentence.
Cause they all know that Quest would take over the interview telling long ass stories if they let him go.
CHRIS ROCK UR A LEGEND FOR THAT HONESTLY SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT
Kanye discussion @ 9:15
thanks bruh
@@cuttaWunna You know it...
I wish this convo could go on forever "This don't make you wanna murder a chicken?"
I swear to God American Gangster is Jay's most underrated album. It's his best work post Black Album, period! It was so soulful and I loved it!
I agree. Definitely better than that last piece of shit album. The best song on it was like 30 seconds
yep
Fuck post black album that's jay 4th best album RD BP TBA AG period
sean24833 vol 1 aswell
Trust me its a masterpiece.Its been hated on cause it had a few pop songs but it has lucky me, u must love me, streets is watching etc.Some of rap's best verses on it.Plus that made him plat and a star.Vol2 took him to superstar
It's time to listen to MBDTF now.
you didnt?
...again... It is time to listen to MBDTF again.
Larry Wiggs ahh okey
American gangster is one of jays most slept on records and also one of the best.
So true that album is incredible!!!!!
Always loved Chris Rock!!!
I love this. Just an honest open conversation about hip hop with ?uestlove and Chris Rock. Very dope Rosenberg!
Coming back to this and Chris nailed it with American Gangsta
I remember the morning that I found out that Biggie died. I woke up to the radio as I used to do most morning. They were bumping a Biggie song. When that song finished playing, they bumped another Biggie song, then another after that. My blood immediately went cold! I turned to another hip hop station, and sure enough, they were bumping Biggie too. I knew he was dead!
I couldve watched these dudes for hours
Thank you, Chris Rock, for recognizing the genius that is Kanye West.
Rosenberg couldnt wait to make it known he is Amber Rose's friend.
Im with Chris MBDTF is the best album of the past 50 years
Quest loves impressions are spot on lmao
Don't sleep on kanye as a lyricist but Em is waaaay better than kanye lyrically but music in General kanye is on another planet
Rosenburg's hating on Ye cause of his friend Amber... #RoseyBitch
Yeah...and that's getting played out. I wonder what his wife thinks about his constant need to defend her. They can't be that close.
***** Let's not forget his wife and brother.
?uestlove looks so frustrated. I love MBDTF. One of my top 5 hip hop albums of all time. But I respect Quest and the roots as musicians so much that I wish we could have heard more of why the album frustrated him.
On top of that, if he found MBDTF challenging, he probly has even more to say on Yeezus.
is this a chopped up version of this interview or were they hella interrupting questlove?
nah they really off the shits
Seeing comments saying they're cutting off quest, i dont see it....seems like a casual free flowing conversation
Looking back..they kinda cutting him off
In my lifetime and life and times with s. Carter are Jays most underrated albums ever
Amazing!! I can listen to Chris Rock talking hip hop or any topic all day
Damn, I could listen to them 4 talk about hip hop all day. I thought I was the only one who thought "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" was Kanye's best album. Glad Chris agrees with me.
Holy FUCK this is so fucking awesome. WHEN ELSE do you get to see legends discussing and debating hip hop UGH this is like top 10 videos of all time
Thanks guys for doing Juan Ep’s.. It’s dope.. Everytime
Awesome conversation.
Keep these uploads to youtube as well hot 97 needs more youtube content
Can't wait to hear the full podcast
That Questlove story was epic
finally someone said it "better then eminem"
Lol oh shut up. You don’t even care that they’re talking about Kanye. You just want them to say somebody is better than Em no matter who they said.
Its nice to see this back!!!! Less ebro is nice too
Good interview! I agree with Chris Rock! :) Lol He knows his rap albums! lol
legendary
MBDTF is number 1 of the last 25 years... and you cant tell me nothing
Forgot to give props, great podcast guys!
Gotta say it's easy to tell Amir is the only musician in this group - because he listens & tries to talk, but one after the other interrupts each other...
Surprised to see this in my RUclips feed but I gotta go find this full podcast now
great interview! wanna hear the the rest!!!
Please, please, pease make the VIDEO RECORDINGS of the podcast fully available somewhere, (I know that the audio is fully up on itunes and soundcloud I just want to see the full juan epstein videos)
@ 3:59 when Chris Rock said the source... Classic... DASS RIGHTTT DASSS RIGHTT
Man I wish this full episode was still available somewhere
Kanye makes way better music than Eminem. And Jay's Blueprint, Black Album and RD are all just as good as anything Ye's done.
It's crazy I said the same thing about American Gangster, most underrated Jay z album
I have to agree somewhat with Chris Rock. Dark Twisted does deserve to be mentioned among the great albums like Thriller and Purple Rain. I'm not sure I can co-sign that it was better than Purple Rain though. I will say that the only reason Dark Twisted didn't get it's just due is because the majority mainstream America was too anti-Kanye back then.
Real recognize real. Transcendent knows transcendent. Chris Rock (this generation's best comedian and sociological voice) acknowledges the genius of Kanye West (this generation's best musical talent, across all genres).
Great podcast
Rock is right on with American Gangster from Jay-Z
Chris must have hit his head,G.O.A.T. LMFAO!!!
Thank you finally people are finally saying that eminem is not the best. Eminem is only good on features and thats only because technique wise nobody can beat him but what he says in his raps sucks ass.
damn quest, they did u dirty,
MBDTF is up there. I wouldn't call it the best of all time. But its debatable. The able is great
ima listen to dark twisted fantasy one more time since a lot of people hype it up
chris rock hit them with the FACTS
I wanted to watch the full episode but it had to be on iTunes smh.. You would think a big radio station wouldn't limit themselves like that..
Go to soundcloud.com and search for Juan ep.
Juan Ep on itunes... its their podcast. Interview is actually 2 hrs long. its amazing,,,, and its free.
Chike Walker I was more so referring to the fact that if they had the podcast available on their own platform everyone would be able to enjoy it. Like how ESPN has all their podcasts on their own website
***** Didn't you see my comment above his??
I agree. They could at least put it on SoundCloud and put it in the description. (Yes I know it's on soundcloud but they dont put it on there themselves)
Cipha never saw CB4? that's just crazy to me
...and he calls himself a comedian.
Y'all do know this is a podcast... this isn't your normal formal interview format. Downloan Juan Ep ASAP and enjoy the shows.
Good hip hop conversation...
I'd love to hear them talk about the Kanye album now
shout out to the D 12 plaque in the back... I got one biatch lol
Best album ever? Now that's the craziest thing I ever heard. That's not even Kanye's best album ever.
I'm going to assume Chris Rock feels that way because he seen where it was at some point in the project when he came in to do his part for the album and then to hear it all come together it means more to him...he sees the genius behind it...where we just see it as a project that has some hip hop elements and some of our favorite rappers sprinkled through it but doesn't quite sound all the way like hip hop...at least that what i get when i listen to that album
dasmobster Yeah I could definitely see more appreciation coming from it that way. It just shocked me even more that Chris Rock is way older. So he's lived through many eras and to chose that as his all time, just is wow. I'd expect that from anyone under 30. But it's his opinion at the end of the day.
***** To me College Dropout is always gonna be my favorite Kanye album. It was just an introduction into this new time of hip hop and culture where people were finally accepting to be themselves and do as they please.
College Dropout is before it IMO the way it was put together and the consistent vibe is just far too real
***** wtf?
This is why l hate debating who is the best rapper or rap album with people. When people become fanatics, they can't be objective about a rapper or albume. Chris Rock now thinks MBDTF is the best ever cus he worked with him and the features? Are you kidding me? Better than "Purple Rain" or "Songs in the Key of Life?". And Questlove likes "Blueprint" a lot because of 9/11. And Rosenberg doesn't like "All of the lights?" You will have a head ache trying debate people like that.
Forreal!
He's obviously biased. . .whenever anyone can just flat out say 'better than Purple Rain, Thriller etc' without even trying to put up a suitable argument lol you know they're not being truthful.
There's no such thing as objective in this case; it's all preference
Eros David yes, there is. He said MBDTF is the best ever, better than "Thriller, Purple Rain" Did you listen to the interview?
Completely different genres ...Like saying Wayne Gretzy is better than Michael Jordan lol
Rick Ross is RIDICULOUS! 👏👏👏👏👏 Chris Rock is right on it…what is better? Please, somebody tell me
Hey, ?uestlove,
Where's D'angelo's album?
If a hiphop conversation goes on long enough Kanye's name WILL come up
Lmao @7:11.. .they tell a story about being chastised by Puff for dissing him meanwhile in the conversation they diss him again lmao. Puff is always an easy target.
what the movie they were talking about at the beginning
More Juan Ep Videos!!!
CR knows what's up - American Gangster is f**kin ridiculous!!! Actual allegory the film........Madness!!
awesome interview! not sure if Chris Rock is trolling with all that Kanye's the best noise.. but ?love's story was crazy interesting!
I agree with chris rock on the kanye stuff, ppl just don't like kanye as a person so it makes ppl take away how great he is musically.
Chris rock was right all along with MBDTF
Pete Rock Q-Tip Jay Dilla have the best albums of all time.
?uest & Chris are Gods. Could hear them talk about hip hop for some time.
man chris is all over kanyes nuts!! best album ever!? chill
Lmao.
gotta see the rest
Juan Ep on itunes... its their podcast. Interview is actually 2 hrs long. its amazing
Ye is the best!
LET QUESTLOVE SPEAK
They won't even let Quest talk they keep over talking him 😂😂😂
Oh and American Gangster was Jay Z's most underrated album by far, great concept album, and fucking PARTY LIFE was my shit and I know other songs from that album was others peoples shit...and when I say their shit I mean they played that one song (they loved) from that album a million times
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11:34
For any1 that disagrees with Chris's opinion on MBDTF, you are some fucc bois who don't know SHIT about music and/or music production. That album is as decadent and beautiful as sonics can get. It's like 'Ye took all of the things that made his previous albums amazing and condensed it into a disc/iTunes media file. It's also him @ his darkest and most introspective moments with a lil (or a lot of) dichotomy on the side. It's the most critically acclaimed album out of any music genre in the 21st century so far and that's a fact Metacritic can even back up. GKMC, Take Care, NWTS and WTT can't even touch it. And that says A FUCKING LOT. Call me a Yeezy dickrider, but myself and many true music connoisseurs including a very noted hip-hop 1 like Chris will agree. Shittt, ppl who don't even like Kanye LOVE that album.
Better than Thriller? Better than Purple Rain? Lol two of the most critically acclaimed albums from two of the most critically acclaimed artists that shaped the life of generations INCLUDING KANYE. You're comparing this album against 1 Kendrick album and 2 Drake albums. Hip-Hop didnt start 10 years ago. I wouldnt've even waste my time listing classic 90's albums that are just as intricate, you're obviously already biased for w/e reason, but I just urge you to atleast look up some of the great albums in music of the last 20 years before speaking. Music isnt sports, it cant be quantified so you're allowed to have your OPINION. But dont state it as FACT because some b.s. internet website told you to. Negros listen 2 rap all day and think they know music lol. I might as well say something stupid like the Mona Lisa is the best painting of all time.
***** I will say Thriller is in the debate for that title, but more so culturally significant at the time than musically significant lol. And I never said my opinion was fact, but based on the odds they definitely are VERYYYYYYY close to it. And things in general get better over time as they're improved upon by new methods which is why I believe the best rap music is from 2000-present if you really look for it. And those albums I named are imo arguably the best rap albums of the past decade. Definitely the past half decade for sure. Like I'm way more impressed with the production of say a "Tuscan Leather" or a "All of the Lights" than fucking "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" or "Pop Life" lmfao. The only niggas in hip hop that I truly believe in right now is 'Ye, Drake, Kendrick, and J. Cole so those album picks in that regard are biased but odds also say it's not far from the truth. And it's not bad 2 be biased to those guys I just named. The only reason you probably look @ the projects I named the way u do is because they're relatively recent. It's like niggas is stuck in time periods they can't get out of and can't accept the new and modern and how this shit is way better and improved. These niggas is pushing the culture forward the way they're supposed to do it. Niggas need to get wit it
Kanye is the most overrated rapper ever. He made some good music. Personally, id say 808's is his best album.
seanbond8 BAD>MBDTF
Honestly I wish this was the hot 97 morning show- maybe they'd beat 105. Rosenberg really shines here most times compared to him on hot 97 show. When u listen to 105 they are who they are at all on air times.
yall be disrespecting ye's imprint on not only hip-hop, but all the genre's in today's music, kanye fuckin began the mixing of genres in this generation
Ridiculous cap! Let y'all tell it Kanye just invented it all lol
questlove is there to disrupt conversations and say nothing? lol
Questlove got no love on this interview lol
just typed pasta news into google looking for Posdnous
Damn...why did they stop
LOL "This don't make you wanna murder a chicken?" ?uestlove is funny
Btw, the most underrated Jay Z album is his 2nd one, In My Lifetime Volume 1.
Is that it?
Who the hell thought that Biggie said "Invisible bully, like the Roots, vamoose, you're wack to me."? That shit don't even make any damned sense. He clearly said "The Gooch".
Maybe I lived my whole life wondering what The Gooch, from Differnt Strokes, really looked like so I caught the reference. Maybe Different Strokes wasn't as popular as I thought it was. Either way for people to automatically think of some beef shit, without any other inference, what so ever, is pretty fucking lame.
Chris Rock is trolling hard with the Kanye comments.
At the time it made sense that he could possibly have said "like The Roots" because of the What They Do video. It could have easily been a response from Biggie. So I don't think it was that far fetch for people to think that, unlike some of the stuff today that people pretend is a sneak diss now that rap beef will get you popular.
Personally, I did get the reference because Different Strokes was my shit and it was a sick like by BIG to bring it up.
Where's the rest of the episode
Juan Ep on itunes... its their podcast. Interview is actually 2 hrs long. its amazing
MsMeshaboo like the drawing shawty looking good is that u homegirl?
Questlove dry hatin' self lmao
13:13
11:20
YO......Cyph you gotta come up off that laptop
cipha looks like he's hatin on rosenberg and kanye is over rated