In episode 46, Rootbeer and Rawhide discuss songs, artists and albums that they did not initially like but gained appreciation for over time. Part of this is how being in the right setting – such as a live show – can change your interpretation of a song. Also in this episode: Potsdam winters, Scooby Doo porn, Rootbeer drops his phone behind the couch and Atlas the corgi gets involved!

In hip-hop, you not only represent yourself but the community that raised you. Episode 45 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers explores the best anthems for cities, boroughs and neighborhoods.

Here is a Spotify playlist of the songs discussed in this month’s episode.
 

In Episode 44, Rootbeer and Rawhide put their credibility on the line and confess some of their guilty pleasures. This episode also features:

• • An unfortunate but heartfelt eulogy for 90.3 WAIH, “The Way” where Rootbeer used to DJ
  • Mountain Dew Baja Gold: An ASMR Experience
  • Multiple stories involving Bryan Mekeel
  • Intense disagreement about the legacy of the Scary Movie franchise
  • Rawhide does not know how to demonstrate sex with his hands

Here is a playlist of the songs discussed in Episode 44

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Episode 43 is a fun and also slightly disrespectful throwback to Episode 1. Rootbeer & Rawhide revisit their Top 5 rappers of all time and challenge each other to name the worst song and album from each. There is also some audio feedback and at one point Rawhide breaks something!

Episode 42 is dedicated all the times rappers should have run a quick Google search before hitting the booth, giving us inaccurate lines we’re dubbing “oopsie bars.” Plus: comic books, complaining about NFTs, a discussion about the accuracy of American textbooks, and Rootbeer uses a dictionary!

You’ve seen the lists of the greatest rap albums of all time. In this episode Rootbeer and Rawhide reveal which albums from those lists they don’t actually like. Also: Rawhide recalls a fight with Rootbeer surrounding volleyball (Rootbeer does not remember it) and compares his love life to a certain artist’s early career.

With 2022 just beginning, Rootbeer & Rawhide look to their favorite rappers to find out how to start things off the right way. Episode 40 is dedicated to the greatest opening lines in hip-hop. Also: Rawhide finally tries Mountain Dew Spark ASMR style, Rootbeer sneaks in some information about an upcoming Whiteout! 3 song while Rawhide tries and fails to use college vocabulary words. 

The songs from this month’s episode have also been collected into a playlist.

In Episode 39, Rootbeer and Rawhide each list their Top 5 Albums of 2021 and look ahead into rumored albums for 2022. Listen below.

In this episode, Rootbeer and Rawhide list the album titles they feel capture the essence of the body of work, as well as some that just sound really cool. They also lament their concerns for the current state of nu-metal, describe their intimate Wu-Tang watch-along parties and find common appreciation for shirtless men.

37!? In a row?!

In this special Halloween episode, Rootbeer and Rawhide list some of their favorite spooky, scary and unsettling hip-hop songs. Along the way you’ll get to hear the heater in Rawhide’s room kick on, bad Romanian accents, Rawhide talking about a trilogy of horrorcore EPs he never recorded, and the release date for Rootbeer & Inspecta Spark’s project Murder Treats.

The songs from this month’s episode have also been collected into Rootbeer & Rawhide’s Ultimate Halloween Playlist.