The Library is your go to podcast to take a deep dive into the relationship rap and hip hop have with language, how rap and hip hop manipulate language, and how rap and hip hop creates their own language. Join DJ Smithsonian, Bosko, and music guests as they share all time top 5 lists, hip hop samples, dissect lyrics, and more.
DJ Smithsonian and Bosko discuss how important 2025 was to hip-hop culture and list their Top 5 album releases of the year. 00:00 - Welcome Back The Library 00:09 - The Library Intro Theme 00:44 - Smithsonian Intro 02:13 - What happened to the show? 04:30 - Releasing The Library's "Lost Tapes" 06:35 - What you bangin' / How you feel about 2025? 14:45 - What wasn't on the Bingo card 18:00 - What…
7 mos ago · 1:09:03
Today we're going to the beats! Smithsonian and Bosko debate their top 5 hip-hop instrumentals and what makes for a dope beat. In this episode, we talk: Jay-Z 'Dynasty'ed' Jay Electronica You just gonna say that while Kendrick is dropping Negro spirituals. Can't rap trash on a good beat. "Seeing Green" was a missed opportunity Investment firms from Vermont suing for copyright infringement. Is…
1 yr ago · 1:04:18
Was 1995 the best year for hip-hop ever? DJ Smithsonian & Bosko bring back Rello and Cunda to talk about their new show Circle the Block and debate if rap's Class of '95 was better than any other. This episode, everyone gives their INDIVIDUAL Top 5 of their 5 greatest albums from that year. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnderdog 0:00 - 95 Hip Hop 0:40 - The Library Intro Theme 1:16 -…
1 yr ago · 1:18:37
DJ Smithsonian and Bosko go back to the days of downloading music from Peer to Peer (P2P) sharing sites like Napster and Lime Wire and list the top 5 songs that needed to be illegally downloaded 00:00 - A Stack of Blank CDs 00:24 - The Library Intro Theme 02:30 - What you bangin? 03:52 - Topic of discussion: Top 5 Illegal Downloads 06:17 - Our history of illegal downloads 11:32 - What…
1 yr ago · 50:55
