Hosted by Danny Phillips · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 38 episodes
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Hip Hop World Cup is the podcast that pits golden-age hip-hop tracks and albums against each other in a contest to find the ultimate champions! In each episode, classic joints from hip-hop’s golden age battle each other in head-to-head matches, where we debate them and vote for our favourite. Join life-long hip-hop fans Danny, Steve and James as they deep-dive into the most beloved rap music of the 1990s, celebrating the greatest beats, producers, rhymes and rappers.
Danny Phillips hosts Hip Hop World Cup, a music show with 38 episodes published.
Emerging from their Q-TIP SHOOTOUT bruised and battered with a touch of cramp in the calves, Danny, Larry and Steve quaff a case of Lucozade and haul themselves back onto the pitch for another half hour of hip-hop bolloc
In an episode that critics are already calling ‘a podcast’, we celebrate the mercurial mind of A Tribe Called Quest frontman Q-TIP . He’s worn many hats over his long and prosperous career – rapper, producer, actor, inno
Welcome to Hip Hop World Cup REPLAY – your chance to revisit classic matches between golden-age rap albums from the Hip Hop World Cup vault! We go back to 1995 for this East v West coast clash as Brooklyn’s Smif-N-Wessun
Welcome to Hip Hop World Cup REPLAY – your chance to revisit classic matches between golden-age rap albums from the Hip Hop World Cup vault! We kick things off with a Big Apple bust-up between two albums celebrating thei
Welcome to Hip Hop World Cup EXTRA TIME, our post-match podcast where we head back onto the pitch for more hip-hop discussion related to our main episodes. After the final whistle blew on our Shootout between revered rap
In this episode we take golden-age hip-hop deep into the bowels of British government as we carry out a historic VERSUS SHOOTOUT in front of a packed House of Lords. The reason for this flimsy comedic conceit? Well, we n
It’s the big one! In this SOLO SHOOTOUT, we’re shining the spotlight on arguably hip-hop’s greatest-ever producer as ten DJ Premier tracks fight for sonic supremacy. From his early days with Gang Starr to era-defining wo
Teacher. Philosopher. Activist. Hip-hop legend. But that’s enough about Steve, because in this episode we’re diving elbow-deep into KRS-One’s back catalogue for another stunning Shootout. KRS-One is hip-hop’s president e
In this episode we get into a New York state of mind as two titans of the rap game go toe-to-toe: NAS and JAY-Z. In the world of hip-hop, artists don’t much get bigger or better. These MCs have been redefining rap music
In this episode we’re delving into the extensive back catalogue of the Soul Brother #1, the Chocolate Boy Wonder, producer extraordinaire… the one and only PETE ROCK. From creating groundbreaking albums with CL Smooth to
Shootout is the podcast where hip-hop’s mightiest MCs and producers step up to the penalty spot in a best-of-five battle to decide who’s the greatest. In this episode, there ain’t no half steppin’ as two titans of the hi
In our SHOOTOUT series, there are two types of episodes: VERSUS – one rapper or producer against another – and SOLO, where we take ten songs from a single rapper or producer and work out which is best using a contrived p
We’re back with a brand-new series: Shootout! It’s the podcast that puts hip-hop’s premier producers and MCs up against each other in a best-of-five battle to find out who’s the greatest. We draw tracks from each side to
FIFA asked us to convene an emergency Play Off podcast to settle one of the biggest debates in hip-hop history – which is better, Kill at Will by Ice Cube or 100 Miles and Runnin’ by NWA? Both released in 1990 after the
In our final Dream Team episode of the series, we bring you a special show recorded in front of a live audience at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Admittedly, the audience was there to watch BBC’s Question Time being filmed
In this episode we journey back to the early stages of hip-hop’s golden era and put together a playlist of our favourite tracks from 1991. It was the year that hip-hop erupted with groundbreaking albums and cultural mile
1994 is regarded by many as the greatest and most important year in hip-hop history, spawning a slew of untouchable classic albums and seeing the artform reach its creative and cultural peak. In this episode, Danny, Stev
In this episode, Danny, Steve and James reminisce over ’92 as classic hip-hop tracks from that year battle it out for a place on our DREAM TEAM. 1992 was the year that saw Dr Dre go solo on that ass and introduce the wor
1993 was a special time in hip-hop. On the East Coast, it was the year of shouty choruses, bald heads, big coats and Tims – and that’s just Run DMC – while Wu-Tang and Black Moon launched their legendary debut bangers. O
We’re back in effect with a brand-new format: DREAM TEAM! The goal of this new series is to create an all-star playlist of songs for each year of hip-hop’s 1990s golden era. In each episode, we take 22 of our favourite h
KRS One
1 appearance on this show
Nas
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Jay-Z
rapper and mogul · Roc Nation
2 appearances on this show
Pete Rock
1 appearance on this show
Dre
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2 appearances on this show
Ice-T
1 appearance on this show
Warren G
1 appearance on this show
Method Man
Wu-Tang Clan
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Ice Cube
rapper, actor and Big3 commissioner
1 appearance on this show
Busta Rhymes
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