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NOH 482 | "You was using it wrong."

Episode 482 features guest Brotha2daKnight. Discussions dive into Boosie Badazz disrespecting Indianapolis, refusing to apologize, and getting his shows canceled by local promoters. The episode also unpacks Drake gearing up to release his new "Iceman" project and whether fans will judge him critically after the Kendrick Lamar battle. Finally, we debate the ethics of Jay-Z allegedly stealing songs and concepts from Roc-A-Fella artists without giving them credit, and takes a deep dive into remembering the best underground artists from the mixtape blog era.

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NOH 474 | "Why you wanna?"

Episode 474 of the New Old Heads features guest Brotha2daKnight and had discussions on the latest from the 50 Cent and TI beef, Baby Keem's new Casino album and if he's left Kendrick's shadow, if Larry June has reached his ceiling, if The Alchemist is oversaturated, a full react to the new On The Radar cypher, and more.

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NOH 473 | "Culture or clickbait?"

Episode 473 features guest Andy Skinner of Indy CD & Vinyl. Discussions analyze LaRussell's internal conflict regarding Lil Wayne's legacy and the negative impact of music that mirrors community downfall. The episode also critiques DJ Vlad's controversial "joke" about Roc Nation bribing him to frame Tory Lanez, debating when trolling crosses into exploitation.

Episode 473 of the New Old Heads podcast, a hip hop talk show, was recorded on 2/17/26. The edited one-hour episode was released on YouTube and all podcast apps on 2/21/26. If you want to watch the full, uncut show, which features a deep dive ranking the Top 12 Music Marketing Strategies for 2026 (from playlisting to influencer seeding), you can do so by becoming a Patreon member.

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NOH 471 | "Heavy lies the crown."

Episode 471 of the New Old Heads with guest Brotha2daKnight had discussions on J. Cole's Birthday Blizzard mixtape, Kendrick surpassing Jay-Z's 25 Grammys and his legacy, a discussion on artists and responsibilities related to speaking out in relation to Killer Mike and Jelly Roll's comments at the Grammys, Pharrell not mentioning Chad in his Grammy speech, Nicki Minaj's continued crashout, and more.

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NOH 470 | "Disc 2, Track 2."

Episode 470 featuring guest Brotha2daKnight.

Discussions this week were on J. Cole's new "Disc 2, Track 2" single before his upcoming The Fall Off drops in February, Ludacris dropping off a MAGA-adjacent concert because of backlash, Nicki Minaj furthering her grift as the loser she is, ASAP Rocky telling Akademiks he needs to discover more music, and more.

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NOH 469 | "The doves cry here."

Featuring guest DJ Spoolz.

On episode 469 we had discussions on The Kid Mero being Hot 97's new leading man, Teddy Riley making a bold statement supporting R Kelly, Vallejo Rapper LaRussell being the path all artists should follow, a dive on ReedMySole's "My Ghetto Is Not Your Culture" video, politics as usual and more.

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NOH 468 | "Out the gate."

Featuring guest Maxie, owner of Nap or Nothing.

Episode 467 of the New Old Heads had discussions the challenges of being a business owner and artist, Dave East turning down a request from a producer that previously didn't support him, Dr. Dre's musical talent being questioned on social media, Adin Ross' tirade against Doechii, and an in-depth discussion with Maxie.

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NOH 467 | "Money, Power, Respect."

Episode 467 of the New Old Heads featuring guest DJ MetroGnome had discussions on 21 Savage suggesting that technical rapping ability and being "the greatest" are secondary to being a successful "version of himself", a new debate sparking from a Mickey Factz co-sign that says the "they don't play this in the club" critique is propagated by people who don't respect the roots of the genre, Touré revealed a conversation where he says Nas picks bad beats on purpose, Nicki Minaj grifting to MAGA republicans, and more.

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NOH 466 | "End of the road."

Featuring guest Mr. Kinetik.

Episode 466 of the New Old Heads had discussions on Boyz II Men's albums rank, DJ Premier and Nas dropping a long-awaited project and if it lived up to the hype, Ebro in the Morning getting fired/removed from Hot 97, a Masego music reaction, and more.

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NOH 465 | "Tell 'em Kendrick did it."

Featuring guests Brotha2daKnight and Naptown Thrift owner/emcee Double A.

Episode 465 of the New Old Heads had discussions on Kendrick having 88 unreleased songs from the GNX sessions, Andre Co-Signing Tyler The Creator, Method Man turning down Drake's Wu-Tang Forever, and SADA BABY saying Eminem doesn't support people from Detroit.

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