In Episode 15 of the podcast, Rootbeer & Rawhide announce the release of their collaborative album, Whiteout! 2: October 4, 2019!

The second single from Whiteout! 2, titled “Rain,” will be released THIS FRIDAY (September 13th)!

The third single will be released on Friday, September 27th WITH A VIDEO!

Episode 16 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers will be a companion podcast which will be dedicated to discussing the creation of Whiteout! 2 and will be released the same day as the album.

Following these big announcements, Rootbeer and The Rawhide Kid each list off 10 lyrics they had, at one point, misheard. Plus:

• Rawhide’s phone rings within the first 20 seconds
• Background noises from people with really big penises
• A random conversation about The Stinky Cheese Man
• A discussion about the different types of axes

For nearly two hours Rootbeer & The Rawhide Kid discuss their Top 5 Hip-Hop Groups and Top 5 Hip-Hop Supergroups in episode 14 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers. Plus:

• Disgusting soda-drinking noises
• Explain where these Rootbeer & Rawhide versions of classic album covers came from
• Jokes about Dave Mirra’s suicide
• Rawhide apologizes to his substitute teachers
• Rawhide says “Guerillas in the Mist” was by Westside Connection and Rootbeer doesn’t correct him

In this episode, Rootbeer and Rawhide go off-format to list off some recording and production tips and tricks. Granted, neither has formal training so the episode amounts to confessions of bad habits, though it was these habits that have generated over a dozen albums worth of material.

Also:

• Rawhide gives some updates on his next solo album
• Rootbeer discusses how Linkin Park impacted his approach to beatmaking
• Rawhide talks about “hitting the P too hard”

Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers Episode 12 is here in which the titular rappers discuss their favorite original songs from film soundtracks and give updates on their upcoming collaborative project (spoiler: it is in the mixing stages).

Also:

• Rawhide hands Rootbeer money
• Background noise!
• Eva Mendes’s ass and titties
• Rootbeer remembers the names of all the people from Making the Band 2
• Rawhide thoroughly misremembers a lyric
• Rootbeer gets petty
• Listing off albums shelved by Dr. Dre

Shout outs: Jamie A/K/A J-Fizz, BullDogg & Mac Miller (R.I.P.)

In Episode 11 of Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers, the guys discuss their ten favorite collaborations between hip-hop artists and artists from other genres. Also:

• They review their lack of success predicting the 2019 XXL Freshmen in Episode 10.
• “thor sum”
• Rawhide updates us on his Disintegration 10th Anniversary Edition
• They discuss their newest single “Get a Move On” (which you can listen to here)
• Rawhide relearns the difference between Chino Moreno and Tom Morello

In Episode 9, Rootbeer and Rawhide give an update on their upcoming collaborative album and announce that a promotional single is coming May 3rd!

Ten words that describe the album:

1. sarcastic
2. fun
3. lyrics
4. jokes
5. throwback
6. It
7. swears
8. less
9. than
10. Whiteout 1

The meat and potatoes of the episode, however, finds the guys discussing their favorite guest verses of all time. Also in this episode

• Complaining about #adultshit
• Talking about how it feels weird hearing LL Cool J swear now
• Fantasizing about a certain superstar using naughty language
• Rootbeer’s dog barks

As they await the start of a DMX concert for the anniversary of It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, Rootbeer and Rawhide discuss their other favorite hip-hop albums from the 1990s. Also, Rootbeer tries to predict Rawhide’s list and the sexual tension reaches an all-time high as the guys discover they have some of the same albums in the same positions on their lists.

In 2018’s final Rootbeer & Rawhide Rate Rappers, the guys nominate albums that have been released since 2010 for classic status.

Also:

Which rapper’s Twitter account does Rootbeer find insufferable?
Which of Rawhide’s picks does Rootbeer rip apart?
How many shiny Cyndaquil did each of the guys catch after recording?

Be sure to stick around until the end because there may be some super secret, albeit incredibly cryptic information regarding a certain “Track 14” on the upcoming collaboration album.

In the December episode of the podcast, Rootbeer & The Rawhide Kid each choose five rappers whose music has improved in quality over the course of their careers. How will the lists overlap? What record store employee is Rawhide mad at this week? How should you feel about rappers getting haircuts? Listen to find out!