Episode 343 | "Who Are the Readers?" (with Q)
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Q is back, and the guys break down their perfect pod day from the moment they wake up to the moment the mics go off, revealing routines, dream guests, and the kind of chaos they'd allow in the studio. They map out their ideal recording setups (2:51), and debate live audiences, surprise athlete pull-ups, Kendrick Lamar drop-ins, and whether baddies or bagels make for better ambiance (9:46). The conversation shifts into how each of them consumes music—relatability vs. believability vs. pure enjoyment (15:33)—before they go album-by-album through Pitchfork's "Top 25 Rap Albums" list and rebuild it from scratch (24:18). From Yeezus being thrown off the board to the absence of Pac, DMX, Nicki, and Wayne (33:13), they examine generational bias, regional representation, and why MF DOOM has a cult following (35:28). The episode closes with a deep dive on Kendrick's rise, whether "the machine" helped him, and what separates his career arc from his peers (54:52).
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, what's going on? Needs No Podcast. Patreon. Members. We back in the building. What up? What up? |
| 0:04.4 | Members. How you feeling, my boy? I'm feeling amazing. We got our guy in the building, too. Yes, indeed. Mr. Track him down. Mr. Track him down. Mr. Track him down. We have, we had this stuff now? Not for sure. Because I know you as Mr. Walk him down from, we have more thoughts. Yeah. But yeah, Mr. Tractam down. |
| 0:20.2 | Mr. Airtime. Yeah, Mr. Earty. |
| 0:21.1 | Yeah, Mr. Know Where they are at. Mr. UA.V. |
| 0:23.6 | Hello. |
| 0:23.9 | I like UAV. |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah. have more thoughts yeah but yeah mr track them down mr airtide yeah mr. know where they |
| 0:22.1 | at mr uav mr uav hello i like ua v yeah yeah yeah you definitely you definitely giving uab |
| 0:27.6 | every time i see you there's some shit you got going on they get me that's a lot going on |
| 0:32.2 | did you watch dragon balls are you grown up yeah i sure okay okay so it was a lot going on do you |
| 0:37.3 | remember the purpose of dragon worlds and shit, it was a lot of planets and people and all type of shit. But in the earlier days, the Dragon Balls was really like a key, you know, factor in the storyline of the show. It was major. They had radars for the Dragon Balls. |
| 0:54.2 | They might have been ahead of their time. |
| 0:55.5 | It was. |
| 0:56.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.7 | You like a radar. |
| 1:08.0 | That's you. Like a Doppler? You just fly. Like a doctor. Like, yeah, man. Mr. Track of down. What's good, Hey. Cute. I'm still here. What's up, baby? what's up appreciate you |
| 1:08.5 | what you guys, |
| 1:09.0 | man. |
| 1:09.3 | Yeah, |
| 1:09.7 | man, |
| 1:09.8 | it's good to see you again. |
| 1:10.5 | Yeah, |
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