Biggie

For the Love of Money

Inspired by Akademiks comments about certain rappers’ behavior at Michael Rubin’s white party, Confucius and Fresh discuss hip-hop’s fascination with billionaires and crime lords. Then they talk about whether today’s rap lyrics are more dangerous than they were in the past.

You’ll learn Hip-Hop Facts about the beef between Cypress Hill and Ice Cube, whose flow Method Man copied on Biggie’s “The What,” how Disney tried to sign Dr. Dre, and more.

Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that Tupac was a great writer, but not the best rapper.

Confucius talks about the death of James Caan, inflation and its impact on Kool-Aid, Twitter suing Elon Musk, and more.

Prayers for DMX

This week on The Breaks:

hosts Confucius and Fresh send prayers out to DMX, who was currently hospitalized after a heart attack.
both hosts break down the recent beef between OJ da Juiceman and Waka FlockaFlame.
Fresh and Confucius discuss Young Dolph’s announcement that he once again is retiring from music.
you’ll learn little known facts about Biggie, DJ Clue, Steve Stout, the Martin TV Show, OJ da Juiceman, Gucci Mane, Cam’ron and more in this week’s installment of Random Hip-Hop Facts.
Fresh states his Unpopular Opinion that Papoose’s time has passed.
In his Confucius Says segment, Confucius encourages people to avoid giving hypocritical advice.

You can hear the latest full broadcast of The Breaks Saturday night show.

Did Verzuz Sell Out?

This week on The Breaks:

Host’s Confucius and Fresh talk about the sale of Verzuz to Triller Network, and discuss whether or not this means that Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sold out.
Both hosts discuss whether CMG is the hottest record label in the game right now.
In this week’s installment of Random Hip Hop Facts, you’ll learn facts about Kris Kross, Fat Joe, Biggie and the movie “Any Given Sunday.” Plus Fresh dispells the idea that J-bo and Andre 3000 are related.
Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that Soulja Boy is more hip-hop than people give him credit for.
In his Confucius Says segment, Confucius encourages people not to put too much importance on award shows.

You can hear the latest full broadcast of The Breaks Saturday night show.

Uzi Loves JT

This week on The Breaks

Hosts Fresh and Confucius talk about Lil Uzi Vert and JT finally going public with their relationship.
In this week’s installment of “Random Hip-Hop facts” you’ll learn interesting things about Biggie, super-producer The Alchemist, Ludacris, The YoungBloodZ, Lil Wayne and more.
In his Unpopular Opinion, Fresh holds that if Biggie had not been killed, Jay-Z might not have been Jay-Z.
In his Confucius Says segment, Confucius says it’s okay to enjoy being right, as long as you treat other people with respect.

The Breaks are on every Saturday 10pm-1am on KUTX 98.9.

You can hear the latest full broadcast of The Breaks Saturday night show.