The discussion kicks off with Drake’s massive data dump before moving onto a debate about the dysfunctional state of Fugees and an Unpopular Opinion on rappers billing themselves as “artists”.
Raekwon
Ranking Wu-Tang’s Solo Albums
After a quick back-and-forth about musician work ethic versus entitlement here in Austin, Confucius and Fresh honor Raekwon’s 54th birthday by ranking the first run of solo albums from Wu-Tang clan members. Hear that, Hip-Hop Facts, Fresh’s Unpopular Opinion on the state of integrity in hip-hop journalism, and the first installment of Confucius Reads the News for 2024.
Saweetie vs Quavo
This week on The Breaks
- hosts Confucius and Fresh discuss Saweetie and Quavo’s recent breakup.
- the hosts talk about Master P’s desire to buy Reebok.
- In this week’s installment of Random Hip Hop Facts Confucius and Fresh tell you interesting tidbits about Raekwon, the recording of “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx,” Ne-Yo, Dr. Dre, Black Thought and more.
- Fresh states his Unpopular Opinion that older people have to stop judging younger people for not knowing the music of their elders.
- Inspired by the controversy around Tamika Mallory, Confucius states that no activist should be profiting from other people’s pain in his Confucius Says segment.
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.