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JAY-Z’s The Black Album was supposed to be his last before retiring from the rap game. And so, in late 2003, he laced his musical retirement party with hip-hop production royalty and a singular idea: one producer, one song.

For the past 42 weeks Ras Kass as been dropping gems! With his series titled Line 4 Line, Ras Kass breaks down a few bars from the songs of his catalog. The series gives us an inside look into the mind of Ras Kass as he goes into detail behind his thought process when creating the songs.

Jazz musicians-turned-hip-hop producers Ivan Jackson and Conor Rayne bring their attention to detail, boisterous arrangements, and penchant for live instrumentation to each and every song they drop. To celebrate the sixth birthday of Kendrick Lamar’s seminal ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City,’ the duo present “Good Kid, Brass City,” an instrumental cover of some of the record’s most notable motifs.

Bun B is an American rapper, best known as one half of the southern rap duo UGK (UnderGround Kingz), a group he formed in 1987 alongside Pimp C. Aside from his work with UGK, Bun B has released four solo albums, including 2010’s Trill OG, which received the rare 5 mic rating from The Source. He is also a guest lecturer at Rice University, located in Houston, Texas.

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode the guys drink it up with returning guest T.I.! The guys talk politics, supporting our own, family, the South and a lot more.