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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why Navy Blue’s new record is all that AND a bag of chips 🔥 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘A walk in the park might save your life’ - Why one rapper’s homage to his local public park is so important. We dug into the magic of Wiki and his latest album ‘Ancient History’ - one of the albums of the year. Full album review: www.patreon.com/crate808/pos...

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 Rap lists…what are they good for?! We dig into it whilst celebrating ‘Ego Trip’s Book of Rap Lists’ with heads @blockheadnyc.bsky.social & Alaska Atoms 🍿 Tap in and listen 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Good lord Hiero delivered with this new drop, this one goes HARD!! And wait wait wait…did he just shout out Leamington Spa?!! 🤣🤯 Legends STILL bringing it 😤 open.spotify.com/track/79mhBL...

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Go check out @tokyocigar.bsky.social’s latest drop with a guest feature from me, talking about losing a parent and the impact of grief. Much love to my brother, go support and help keep art like this alive - man has put in serious work 🔥👊 tokyocigarmusic.bandcamp.com/album/paris-...

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

billy woods over minimal house beats just WORKS

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

New Jersey stand up 🔥 Sick MF DOOM x Orko piece by Incarcerated Jerkfaces 👏

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Roc Marci really referenced Liverpool penalties and nobody told me 😭

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

DOOMBOB 🧽🔥 (🖼️ YordanSucks)

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sick MF DOOM art right here 🔥🤩 (🖼️ IG: lahija_dl_sapo)

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

What does Loud Records mean to you? 💎 Arguably the best record rap label of the ‘90s brought the streets to your bedroom with a huge variety of artists. Big up @freemusicempire.bsky.social for bringing the fire as always 🔥

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Keyboard Conversationalist @freemusicempire.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Sent this to so many friends

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

What cuts make your Top 10 GZA songs list? 🐝 We discuss this and so much more on the Genius’ legacy with @freemusicempire.bsky.social Tokyo Cigar 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Man I fucking love when early 90s hip hop got weird with it

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

MF DOOM and Roc Marciano share the same energy 💎

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Where does ‘656’ rank in Roc Marciano’s discography? 🤔 We check in with the rap GOAT who’s a dick, who insists to piss in the lobster bisque! Review spoiler: We live in a golden era of bars people 🔥 Tap in 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18/02/2026

yes, unambiguously yes

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Does Little Brother’s three-album run deserve more shine? 🧐 We dig into the group's genius with @seandammit.bsky.social and hear from stellar guests @dartadams.bsky.social, @extraordinaryrap.bsky.social and Nate LeBlanc from Dad Bod Rap Pod ✨ Tap in 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Incredible MF DOOM art right here 🤩🔥🐐 🖼️ IG: origidavila / Original Style

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

YOU MEAN LIKE CHUCKY?! 😈 Unreal DMX art right here, RIP the legend 🕊️ 🖼️ IG: raincloudstories

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE Digging into the legend of DMX and his classic 3-album run 🔥 This is a biggie, on the mic we got Dan Runcie and takes from @dartadams.bsky.social, Justin Hunte, Zilla Rocca, @sonraw.bsky.social, The Next Movement Pod and Extraordinary Rap crew 🤩 Tap in 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Huge props going out to our fans & all our guests in 2025 - despite us taking the foot off the gas to deal with life shit, you came through 👊 Big up for all the support, the rap nerd outs & sharing your love of hip hop with us 🙌 Now here’s some Spotify 2025 ‘awards’ we won 🤷‍♂️

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Oh STOP it EPMD still blessing us with heat! This one making me want to dig into that stacked catalogue 🔥

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This year we’ve been blessed by rap GOATs - I wanna shout out the artists who’ve held it down for YEARS in the meantime. I’m talking Conway, Skyzoo, billy woods, Ka, Wiki, MIKE, Ransom, Craven, Conductor, Boldy, Apollo Brown, Al, Mach, Aesop and more. Thank you and long live hip hop.

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE  How Nas and DJ Premier massively exceed expectations with ‘Light-Years’ 💯  Plus thoughts on… 🤔 Modern Preemo beats ✍️ Nas’ elite pen 🏎️ Top ‘One Hand on the Steering Wheel’ tracks 🤩 How this album is a rap love letter Check it 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🚨 NEW EPISODE  Diving into De La Soul's bright new album 'Cabin in the Sky' and touching on...  🕊️ Missing Trugoy 💪 How Nas bet big on hip hop 🤩 Why it's one of 2025's top albums 👑 Is Nas the Feature King of 2025? Check it 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Jump on next week for our live listening session for Nas and DJ Premier’s ‘Light Years’ album - and yes, we will go down numerous rabbit holes of the duos past works too: www.patreon.com/posts/144965...

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Who’s cutting onions up in here?! 😭 De La Soul have managed to deliver on so many levels with Cabin the Sky - wordplay, production, joy, leaning into the art of making an ALBUM, insight, maturity and EMOTION. They’re GOATs in any rap convo anyway. This record just cements it.

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

DJ Premier and Alchemist tearing it down in London, bringing out Common for New York State of Mind 🔥

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I remember the age of wondering if this would ever happen

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

This shit speaking to my SOUL right now. Imagine being this consistently great at anything in life man, the levels are off the scale. Armand Hammer is past, present and future of hip hop.

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Four albums that need movies made about them

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Imagine seeing Styles P live…whilst he’s on mushrooms 🤯🍄 Big up @sonraw.bsky.social for sharing this story on the show with @freemusicempire.bsky.social 👏🤣

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

We all must meet our moment of truth 🙏 RIP Guru - his bars still drop like gems 🕊️

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Our Unlearning Vol. 2 review is dropping later, tune in and drop your thoughts on Evidence’s latest album. Spoiler: It’s fantastic 📲 www.patreon.com/posts/139184...

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

So…is Supreme Clientele 2 worth the wait? We talk about that as well as… 👀 Fan expectations 📈 Ghostface Killah’s evolution 🤔 Is this just Bulletproof Wallets 2? Check it all in the latest drop 📲 linktr.ee/Crate808

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Big up Forfar, Scotland - repping DOOM hard 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

‘Do you know what ‘Forever’ means?’

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

MF DOOM love in Curitiba, Brazil 🇧🇷🔥

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Holy fucking shit, this Evidence album has some choice cuts 🔥 Man has filled this one with deep grooves you can get lost in, with some truly hypnotising beats 🤩 Unlearning Vol. 2 - get it in your life. It’s showering my rotation with a dope west coast tint, superb record 💎

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Not enough rappers holding hand grenades nowadays.

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The 4.5 Mic review in The Source for Supreme Clientele…if only it did become the blueprint for The Wu going into the new millennium. Still, Ghost dropped gems after this 💯

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Yooooo Supreme Clientele 2 is a great spin - Ghost laced us with some CUTS 🔥 The soul at the heart of this, with the whiff of a great mixtape era drop, really hitting hard right now! Some of my favourites after a first listen below - here for your thoughts on the sequel! 👂

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

New DOOM hits Venice Beach 🔥 (🖼️ IG: killadoom422)

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Crate808 @crate808.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM! Was up at Horses eating cornish hens…and they smashed 🔥 Big up Westside Gunn and Stove God dropping dope food recommendations in LA 😎

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