Bobby Shmurda

What Does Artist Cey Adams Have to Say?

Confucius and Fresh interview hip-hop art legend Cey Adams, former creative director for Def Jam who designed album covers for everyone from Run-DMC to Jay-Z. They talk about his early days in hip-hop, what it’s been like to watch the genre evolve and grow, and his new show “Combinations” at the West Chelsea Contemporary in Austin.

You’ll learn Hip-Hop Facts about Jay-Z’s first appearance on television, Jermaine Jackson’s diss song to his younger brother Michael, and more.

Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that the culture put unrealistic artistic expectations on Bobby Shmurda after he got out of jail.

Confucius talks about the recently discovered flesh-eating parasite in Texas, the new speaker of the House, and Bob Mendez’s legal woes in Confucius Reads the News.

Confucius Talks Depression

In this episode of The Breaks

Confucius opens up about his experiences with depression and talks about the importance of mental health with Fresh.
Confucius and Fresh celebrate Freddie Gibbs’ recent success and explain why they wish he would chill out a little bit.
In this week’s Installment of Hip-Hop Facts, you’ll learn the truth about the beef between Kris Kross and Another Bad Creation, how Lil Cease squashed his beef with the Outlawz, how Left Eye helped Kris Kross figure out their style, how Young Thug is directly responsible for the rise of Lil Baby and more!
Fresh states the Unpopular Opinion that yes, there are at least 20 rappers who can rap as well as Biggie Smalls!
In his Confucius Reads the News segment, Confucius talks about Wack 100’s comments about Bobby Shmurda, the failure of the Voting Right’s Act in the Senate, Jaheim’s Verzuz Challenge to Usher, Donald Trump Jr. retweeting Nicki Minaj, and more!

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

Catching up with the Breaks

The Breaks are back after a two week hiatus. In this episode:

Confucius and Fresh honor Shock G who passed away on April 22.
both hosts discuss Irv Gotti’s comments about the passing of DMX
the hosts debate whether Busta Rhymes was right to crown Bobby Shmurda “The King of New York.”
you’ll learn little known facts about Irv Gotti, Fat Joe, Mase, Diddy, Lord Infamous, Cappadonna & Drake’s classic record “Views.”
In his Unpopular Opinion Fresh states that, “Sorry Not Sorry” the DJ Khaled song featuring Jay-Z and Nas is lackluster.
In his Confucius Says segment Confucius encourages people to enjoy where they are not a not try to bring other people down.

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.

Shmurda Home!

In this episode of The Breaks:

Confucius and Fresh talk about Bobby Shmurda’s recent release from prison.
Both Hosts discuss Jay-Z’s latest deal with Moet Hennessy, and talk about how not everyone has to achieve the same success as Jay-Z in order to be considered successful.
Fresh explains his confusion and disappointment around the announcement of the upcoming Verzuz battle between Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
In this week’s installment of “Random Hip-Hop” facts you’ll learn interesting tidbits about Dr. Dre, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, J-Bo, Andre 3000 and more.
In his Unpopular Opinion Fresh states that Nicki Minaj will be remembered as the greatest female rapper of all time.
In his Confucius says Confucius says that when it comes to famous ex-friends like Dame Dash and Jay-Z, fans need to let go off the idea of reconciliation.

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.