The Breaks

February 28, 2022

The Return of SXSW

Confucius and Fresh talk about the return of in-person SXSW. They debate whether bloggers like DJ Akademiks are actually journalists + Hip-Hop Facts, Unpopular Opinion and Confucius Reads the News!

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February 14, 2022

Fight in the Bowling Alley!

Confucius and Fresh discuss DaBaby’s recent fight with DaniLeigh’s brother in a bowling alley, and debate when being braggadocious in hip-hop goes from okay to corny + Hip-Hop facts, Unpopular Opinion and Confucius Reads the News!

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February 7, 2022

RiRi is Prego!

This week on The Breaks Confucius and Fresh discuss the importance of owning the things you create and talk through Nicki Minaj’s run-in with City Girls. They tell you Hip-Hop Facts about the beat to Camp Lo’s “Luchini AKA This is It,” the truth behind the title of  Drake’s hit “Marvin’s Room,” how a person gets a Roc-A-Fella chain and more.

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January 31, 2022

All About Samples

This week on The Breaks Confucius and Fresh take a deep dive into samples and hip-hop. You’ll hear about the samples in  MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This,” Big Krit’s first two albums, Joe Budden’s “Pump it Up,” Sisqo’s “Thong Song,” Puff Daddy’s “Been Around the Word,” Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life,” Biggie Small’s “Juicy,” and more!

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January 24, 2022

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. The hosts also celebrate Freddie Gibbs’ recent success and explain why they wish he would chill out a little bit. + Don’t miss Hip-Hop Facts, Unpopular Opinion and Confucius Says!

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January 10, 2022

5 Years of The Breaks

This week on The Breaks: The Breaks celebrate the 5th Anniversary of their radio show on KUTX 98.9 Confucius and Fresh discuss the greatest beef of all time — the one between Elmo and Zoe’s pet rock, Rocco Both hosts look back on the last five years of The Breaks radio show. In this week’s […]

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December 20, 2021

DJ Hella Yella Speaks!

This week on The Breaks: Confucius and Fresh interview Austin’s DJ Hella Yella about his career and his new radio show on KAZI 88.7. In this week’s installment of Hip-Hop Facts you’ll learn interesting things about video director Ralph McDaniels, who  Ludacris’ co-host was in his early radio days, why Ice Cube wasn’t allowed to […]

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December 13, 2021

TROY NōKA Speaks

This week on The Breaks: Confucius and Fresh talk to artist and producer TROY NōKA about his new record, “Grab the Will,” what it’s like to work with artists like Frank Ocean and Chris Brown and how he helped Doja Cat on her rise to fame. On this week’s installment of Hip-Hop Facts, you’ll learn interesting […]

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