Episode 176: No More Drama (feat. DJ Drama)

DJ Drama is our guest today, he pulls up while promoting his upcoming album and he's down to talk about everything. He talks about how the Meek Mill vs Drake beef influenced rap culture, fractured his relationship with Drake and also helped DJ Akademiks as a platform explode. He talks about how he squashed the beef with Drake and also gave his thoughts on Quentin Miller. We talk about his artists Lil Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow and how he mended the relationship with Uzi while blowing up with Jack Harlow. We talk about about the gangsta grillz series and also the history of mixtapes since its the 50th year of hip hop and also analyze what our top lists would be. We talk about how issues with Young Jeezy got squashed after Jeezy was quoted of saying their beef was getting tense.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Intro

(01:37) How is executive life?

(04:38) DJ Drama reflects on the importance of DatPiff and mixtape culture.

(08:35) Where does Lil Wayne rank on Ak’s top 5 greatest rappers list?

(12:40) Has Kendrick been too absent throughout his career to be a top 5 rapper?

(20:22) How did Drama arrive at signing an artist like Lil Uzi Vert over a more lyrical rapper?

(23:45) Ak and Drama share their Top 3 Gangsta Grillz tapes.

(28:35) How is the process of dropping an album with an artist of Lil Uzi Vert’s caliber?

(33:21) Is Drama still beefing with Rock Nation?

(41:08) How did Uzi’s beef with Drama and Don Cannon start?

(44:04) What did Drama see in Jack Harlow?

(48:30) Drama speaks on the creation of Jack Harlow’s song “Churchill Down’s” ft. Drake.

(51:20) Drama speaks on his past issues with Drake and how they ended their problems.

(54:08) Does Drama owe Quentin Miller an apology for how Drake and Meek Mill’s beef affected Quentin’s career?

(56:37) Covering Drake and Meek’s beef was Akademiks biggest come up.

(01:04:38) What inspired Drama to start DJ’ing.

(01:12:25) Why did Drama and Jeezy have to end their beef?

(01:14:39) How did Drama create a Gangsta Grillz tape with NBA Youngboy?

(01:16:33) Drama speaks on dropping his first album in six years with major features.

(01:21:43) When is Lil Uzi Vert dropping his highly anticipated album “Pink Tape”?