Welcome to another episode of the Beyond Beats and Culture podcast!

In today's episode we discuss (chapters):

0:00 - Intro

4:36 - WHAT WE BEEN JAMMING

35:49 - New Hip-Hop Music Announced & Released

42:34 - Hip-Hop News & Current Events

54:18 - Slick Rick - Victory Album Review

1:10:30 - Drake - Thank Me Later Album Review

1:30:43 - Our Reaction to JPEGMafia's Comments on Today's Hip-Hop Landscape

1:44:27 - Timbaland & The Messy AI Controversy Part 2

2:06:01 - Does Kai Not Knowing Wale hurt His Legacy?

2:17:29 - Outro

Show Notes -

WHAT WE BEEN JAMMING:

- Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On

- Juicy J & Logic - Live And In Color

- Felix Ames - Cruel, Cruel World

- Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)

- Michael Jackson - Invincible

- Slick Rick - The Art Of Storytelling

- R Kelly - TP-2.com

- Lil Tecca - DOPAMINE

News/Current Event Topics:

- UMG, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are reportedly in talks with AI startups Udio and Suno to license their music as part of a settlement for copyright infringement lawsuits

- Three 6 Mafia, Bone Thugs and Tech 9 are going on tour together

- R.I.P Sly Stone

New Music Announced/Released:

- Hardrock - Slimy Fella (June 2025)

- More Pi’erre Bourne after Made In Paris Drop???

- GFK - Supreme Clientele 2 (June 20th)

- Che Noir - The Color Chocolate 2

- Maxo - Mars Is Electric

- Scar Lip - Scarred B4 Fame EP

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