#darundown South Podcast

This week on the podcast, Keith Nelson Jr. joins us once again to cover everything that has happened in the last couple weeks. We kick the pod off by discussing Jessie Smollett's shenanigans. (4:50) Going off the deep end wouldn't describe what he did. We try to navigate him from here. We follow up with some Oscar talk. (15:40) Not the deepest coverage since the Oscars and the Grammy are both just hard to swallow. We then get into the weeds with Tristan Thompson's recent mess up with the Kardashian clique member Jordyn Woods. (23:35) Seems like Tristan is having some difficulty zipping his feelings up. Jordyn came on Red Table Talk to discuss what happened with her and the Kardashians. Keith and I agree this might be a big look for Facebook Watch. (34:56) We end the podcast a discussion around Black Twitter's darling Solange and her Black Planet Takeover (37:40).

This week on the Podcast we welcome back J.R. Gamble from The Shadow League. We start the podcast off by touching on Michael Vick's cultural impact on Atlanta and football fandom in general. We follow up with some NBA trade deadline reactions. What deal was the biggest? What deal is a waste? Which deal was underrated but sneakily important? We go through it all and spin forward on the rest of the season to come. Thanks for listening!

This week on the podcast Keith Nelson Jr. to rundown the rush of new music. Headlining this episode are two R&B projects headed by Hip-Hop producers. Ella Mai self-titled debut features DJ Mustard and Usher and Zaytoven join together to make "A" (10:30) We contrast the expectations versus the reality of what both projects could be. We also review Quavo's solo effort "Quavo Huncho" and examine the production cycles of Quality Control. (31:19) Is there a lack of quality control or does the streaming era dilute the importance of a solo album?

Welcome back #DaRundown South Podcast. This week we are joined by Keith Nelson Jr. once again to break down some big-picture topics. 04:13 Nicki Minaj Missteps Darling Nicki, where are we today? Nicki Minaj has been the face of female Hip-Hop for the 10 years or so. Her new album, Queen, drops in the shadow of the recently minted Cardi B. With sales that are pretty good for most, do not live up to the Barbie's standard. Add that to low ticket sales of a"postponed" North American tour and we could be seeing someone who's very frustrated with the new streaming era metrics. It's not a stretch to say she is taking her frustration out on Travis Scott and his family. Kylie Jenner seemed nothing more than show some support to her massive following of zombies. Using paper thin arguments on Twitter and Queen Radio Minaj is showing some real insecurity about her position in the game today. It could be some karma get back for not wanting to support the elevation of other female artists. http://www.latimes.com/entert

Welcome to #DaRundown South Podcast Season 3.  In this first episode of the season, Keith Nelson Jr. joins the podcast. From Drake, Pusha T,  Beyonce and Jay-Z, Wiz Khalifa, Jay Rock, and many more, there we some monster music drops this summer. We pick some personal highlights from the streaming buffet that may not have taken over your timeline. (5:30)  We follow that with a good look at Travis Scott Astroworld. Keith and I dissect some of the themes of the album, where this album ranks amongst the other Travis Scott Albums, why his first-week sales validate a concept in style. (19:42) With Travis Scott dominating the charts, we decided to take a moment to rank Auto Era Rap artists. The conversation quickly turned into a discussion on how to appreciate Autotune Era Rap and establishing a class of artists that clearly separate themselves from what is here from the trends.  We quickly discover the lack of depth in this class and explore some ways to strengthen it.  (41:27)

This week on a special report. we sit down with J. Hicks from the Hip-Hop Sports Report to talk about the recent developments with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving. Due to some technology set backs its a little late yet the conversation is still relevant until further developments. We break down the Cavs, on every level from the owner Dan Gilbert, to the GM position, down to the players and we examine how we get here. Thanks for listening!

This week on the podcast we discuss the NBA Draft and all the trades that have people on the move. We then get into Jay-Z is dropping 4:44 June 30th and DJ Khaled dropping Grateful June 23th.

This week Keith Nelson Jr. joins the pod to discuss the NBA Finals and Michael Vick's retirement. The Goledn State Warriors are champions. So what's LeBron's next move? We move on quick. Kevin Love seems to already be traded. And somehow Paul George has made it on Cavs. The Warriors have shown their dominance doesn't seemed to be going away so there isn't much to mention after that. Michael Vick is retiring with the Falcons and the franchise is too afraid to give him his moment opting to put him next to Roddy White. It's cowardly to say the least. Thanks for listening! hit us up @DarundownSouth on Twitter cl@darundown.com

Wudup people. Game 1 of the NBA Finals was a blow out to say the least. We wrap with Eazy's Life and Keith Nelson Jr. and discuss some of the takeaways from the NBA Finals initial game. We look what the Cavs can do to slow down the Warriors offense and why Kevin Durant made so much sense when you look at what happen in the finals last year.

It's finally here. After a week off from any action the NBA Finals start tonight. We ran down a couple of the top story lines, key match-ups and and make picks with Keith Nelson Jr.

Here's a bonus episode. Candid conversation with Keith Nelson Jr. of Digital Trends. We hit on the Kendrick Lamar, FyreFest + Ja Rule, James Harden disappearance, Bow Wow and little more. Thanks for listening

Wudup doe! Here is a little mini podcast. This week I'm solo. Its me doing a Stugotz impersonation, nothing but hot takes. I discuss what home team Falcons have done so far and why Browns are a startup company. Then I jump into Future two new albums Future and HNDRXX which could be related to the lawsuit he currently has with Rocko and A-1 Records. I wrap by talking about my favorite person right now Lavar Ball. The father of the Ball boys who started his own brand for them and has taking quite the backlash for having the nerve to own his own name. As you can see I'm on Ball's side of things. Thanks for listening! Follow the show on Twitter @DaRundownSouth

Has it been that long? With the 74 episode over the course of 4 years, I had some high points and very quiet low points. Maybe this your first one. Maybe you heard some and I made you mad because there was no pod for 6 months. Whatever the case this podcast was made to show you what we are capable of and highlight some of the bright spots on the internet. I also want to shout out the TrueHoop TV podcast that is in hiatus. I miss that thing so much, I started to post on Reddit. We are in the process of making some big changes and trying some new things out. So in the meantime here is something hefty to chew on. Check below for a complete list of chapters in the podcast. 6:30 Keith Nelson Jr. of Digital Trends on Drake "More Life" #DRDS Ep. 71 18:00 Jamie Broadnax Of Black Girl Nerds on Shonda Rhimes #DRDS 49 25:48 Sekou Smith of NBA Hangtime Blog and Podcast #DRDS Ep. 33 33:58 Vann Newkirk II of The Atlantic On Donald Trump and J.Cole #DRDS Ep. 47 49:42 Keith Nelson Jr talking Houston/Atlanta (Freelance

This week on the podcast we are heavy on the music. We talk with writer Keith Nelson Jr. of Digital Trends to talk about the Drake's "More Life" and the conversation around it, Rick Ross' "Rather You Than Me" and Kendrick Lamar new song "The Heart Part IV" and the upcoming project. I end the podcast with call in from Eazy's Life and I get his comments on the Drake as well and wrap up with a little Atlanta Hawks talk.

Wudup Doe? Its been a while, but we back. This week cousin of the show Keith Nelson Jr. is back on to talk about the happenings in Hip-Hop. Most notably Remy Ma's release of the song ShEther, Drake playing to the crowd, and Just Blaze and Swizz Beatz had a battle live on Instagram. Remy Ma put in some work on Nicki Minaj. The 6+ Minute song had more diss lines per minute than any other song since Game's 300 Bars. Now the background of why Remy dissed Minaj in the first place is in question but does it really matter? Pure Hip-Hop heads are rejoicing at some real competition that taking place among some frontline talent. Is Drake the new OJ or is he a real chameleon? We have evidence that when Drake is feeling slighted about being nominated for Hip-Hop Grammys. Is that where he feels racism exist? Short answer? Maybe. Just Blaze and Swizz Beats had a battle. Live. On Instagram. Swizz Beatz plays an unreleased song featuring Jadakiss, DMX and Jay-Z. 2017 thank you. The world needs this. Not just the Hip-Ho

Wudup Doe! This week on #DaRundown South Podcast, we talk about the Atlanta Falcons making the Super Bowl to take on the New England Patriots. This year the big game is in Houston. This means a lot of traffic will be coming from our hometown of Atlanta to Houston. What do those two cities have in common? You know...strip clubs. We discussed the implications of that fact. Then we go into who should do the anthem for Atlanta's Super Bowl. Future? Migos? Ludacris? Jeezy? Maybe T.I. Either way we need one. We wrap by talking about Chance The Rapper dropping the news that the Grammy's will be featuring SoundCloud projects for considerations. We try dig to what this mean to the Hip-Hop category which has historically been fumbled. Thanks for listening!

Wudup Doe!? This week on the podcast we talk a lot of Atlanta Falcons because Sunday there is one last game in the Georgia Dome. It's probably the most meaningful game at the soon to be demolished building. There was an NFC Championship game in 2014 where the Atlanta Falcons gave up a 14 point lead to the then unstoppable, pre-"Freedom Fro" Colin Capernick. Only this time it't the actually unstoppable Aaron Rodgers that's in town with 52 cheesy challengers. So could you see why some of the die hard fans don't believe. I also had a lot of questions on how we got here in the first place so I called up friend of the podcast Aaron Freeman of FalcFans and the Locked On Falcons podcast, to figure out what's changed with the Dirty Birds and why they won't go back to who they were. Thanks for listening!

Wudup Doe? Happy New Year and welcome back to #DaRundown South. This week Keith Nelson Jr. from Digital Trends joins me once again to talk about Nicki Minaj break up with Meek Mill. Chris Brown and Soulja Boy are ready to scrap, and the Golden Globes turned into the Soul Globes this year. Follow the show @DaRundownSouth and thanks for listening.

Wudup doe! We back again this week to you know kick it. It's the holiday season and the Christmas weekend was jam packed full of NBA and NFL action. On this episode we look at the home team Atlanta Falcons chances at a Super Bowl birth and the rest of the NFL Playoff Picture. In the quick hits we go over Kodak Black's live stream, Drake dating J.Lo, and the T.I. and Tiny divorce filings. Thanks for listening!

Another episode this week. This time we have Kieth Nelson Jr. from Digital Trends to talk about some the Hip-Hop that is being released in December right in time for the holidays (1:30). We discuss the new J.Cole album "4 Your Eyes Only" and check the progress that the Roc Nation artist has made so far.(8:40) We took a short break from the music jump into the hit HBO show WestWorld. We look at some the Reddit theories that were right and some of the things that should have been obvious, like Anthony Hopkins demise on the show.(25:40) Kanye has returned and the first thing on to do list were 1. Dye his blonde and 2. Meet with President elect Donald Trump. (32:02) We speculate on his motivations and what his next wave of music will sound like. We wrap up the podcast talking a bit about Gucci Mane's trouble with the way the industry moves. (38:52) We compare the project he did with Future to one Drake did with Future. It looks like Gucci is missing out on some streaming dollars.