RAB Mailbag #8: Must Be Great

Moulz & Mel deliver their final review of 2024, covering DJ Quik's Trauma, an all-too-fitting topic to close out this particular year. ---------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (9:39 - 12:21) -- Trauma Info (40:41) -- Track 1: "Doctor's Office (Intro)" (1:09:14) -- Track 2: "Intro For Roger" (1:13:52) -- Track 3: "Fandango" (1:31:11) -- Track 4: "Till Jesus Comes" (2:12:37) -- Track 5: "Black Mercedes" (2:28:32) -- Track 6: "Get Up" (2:55:55) -- Track 7: "Get Down" (3:06:34) -- Track 8: "Ladies & Thugs" (3:57:47) -- Track 9: "Catch 22" (4:06:34) -- Track 10: "Indiscretions in The Back Of The Limo" (4:28:32) -- Track 11: "Pacific Coast Remix" (4:38:36) -- Track 12: "Quikstrumental (Quik's Groove 7)" (4:57:17) -- Track 13: "Jet Set" (5:03:31) -- Track 14: "California" (5:11:10) -- Ranking Trauma (5:16:15) -- Outro (5:20:29)

Moulz & Mel exit the Rap Rankings kitchen with a raucous review of Common's Soulquarian-infused, turn-of-the-millennium album, Like Water For Chocolate. ------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (8:23 - 11:04) -- Like Water For Chocolate Info (1:20:39) -- Track 1: "Time Travelin' (A Tribute To Fela)" (2:02:17) -- Track 2: "Heat" (2:32:45) -- Track 3: "Cold Blooded" (2:45:07) -- Track 4: "Dooinit" (2:55:29) -- Track 5: "The Light" (3:15:21) -- Track 6: "Funky For You" (4:04:26) -- Track 7: "The Questions" (4:48:16) -- Track 8: "Time Travelin' (Reprise)" (4:59:25) -- Track 9: "The 6th Sense" (5:01:45) -- Track 10: "A Film Called (Pimp)" (5:23:50) -- Track 11: "Nag Champa (Afrodisiac For The World)" (5:32:43) -- Track 12: "Thelonius" (5:52:18) -- Track 13: "Payback Is A Grandmother" (6:16:58) -- Track 14: "Geto Heaven Part Two" (6:26:55) -- Track 15: "A Song For Assata" (6:53:57) -- Track 16: "Pops Rap III... All My Children" (7:14:52) -- Ranking Like Water For Chocolate (7:23:28) -- Outro (7:29:06)

Unfortunately, your ears are deceiving you if you're able to tune in to RAB Mailbag #10: We're Not Real. Keep the messages coming in, and we'll see you all in a month for #11!

This week on Rap Rankings, Moulz & Mel (shoulder) lean away from all of the noise because they have to investigate Young Dro's claim that he's the Best Thang Smokin'. --------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (5:12 - 7:54) -- Best Thang Smokin' Info (27:14) -- Track 1: "They Don't Really Know Bout Dro" (56:07) -- Track 2: "Man In The Trunk" (1:07:09) -- Track 3: "Presidential" (1:14:26) -- Track 4: "Shoulder Lean" (1:56:20) -- Track 5: "U Don't See Me" (2:13:33) -- Track 6: "Rubberband Banks" (2:18:09) -- Track 7: "We Lied" (2:27:49) -- Track 8: "My Girl" (2:31:46) -- Track 9: "100 Yard Dash" (2:39:08) -- Track 10: "Hear Me Cry" (2:41:12) -- Track 11: "Gangsta" (2:48:37) -- Track 12: "High Five" (2:56:24) -- Track 13: "Fresh" (3:05:04) -- Track 14: "What It Is" (3:09:14) -- Track 15: "It Ain't Over" (3:12:08) -- Ranking Best Thang Smokin' (3:23:48) -- Outro (3:25:43)

"Life's A Bitch", but Moulz & Mel have to try to salvage what little joy they can during their review of the Wale record, wading through "blog era cringe" and strange punchlines to do so.Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rap-rankings-e48-116344668

Moulz & Mel once again sail the Rap Rankings ship through stormy waters, but this time they have to jump overboard to locate their thoughts about Ghostface Killah's Fishscale. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @fromoldharlem ---------------------------------------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:13 - 8:54) -- Fishscale Info (35:55) -- Track 1: "The Return Of Clyde Smith (Skit)" (1:04:27) -- Track 2: "Shakey Dog" (1:11:45) -- Track 3: "Kilo" (1:36:34) -- Track 4: "The Champ" (1:55:33) -- Track 5: "Major Operation (Skit)" (2:21:45) -- Track 6: "9 Milli Bros." (2:23:51) -- Track 7: "Beauty Jackson" (2:39:35) -- Track 8: "Heart Street Directions (Skit)" (2:48:24) -- Track 9: "Columbus Exchange (Skit) / Crack Spot" (2:49:37) -- Track 10: "R.A.G.U." (2:56:01) -- Track 11: "Bad Mouth Kid (Skit)" (3:05:32) -- Jesse's House (3:08:45) -- Track 12: "Whip You With A Strap" [w/ @fromoldharlem] (3:53:35) -- Track 13: "Back Like That" (5:02:37) -- Track 14: "Be Easy" (5:18:46) -- Track 15: "Clipse Of Doom" (5:29:57) -- Track 16: "Jellyfish" (5:38:23) -- Track 17: "Dogs Of War" (6:07:42) -- Track 18: "Barbershop" (6:22:35) -- Track 19: "Ms. Sweetwater (Skit)" (6:27:33) -- Track 20: "Big Girl" (6:28:49) -- Track 21: "Underwater" (6:39:48) -- Track 22: "The Ironman Takeover (Skit)" (6:51:05) -- Track 23: "Momma" (6:52:09) -- Track 24: "Three Bricks" (6:55:08) -- Ranking Fishscale (6:58:44) -- Outro (7:01:34)

This time around, it's pretty simple: RAB Mailbag #9: Got A Lot Of Things On My Mind Bothering Me, But I Still Gotta Promote My Show. Check It Out. Keep the messages coming in, and we'll see you all in a month for #10!

(Given the extra week this month, enjoy this Halloween season treat, as we release our Season 4, Patreon-exclusive bonus review of the Tales From The Hood film and soundtrack to you, the public! See you next week for RAB Mailbag #9! To hear more bonus reviews like this one, sign up at patreon.com/raprankings.) ----------------------- Intro (0:00) -- Tales From The Hood Soundtrack Info (1:39) -- Moulz & Mel At The Movies: Tales From The Hood (10:33 - 1:31:37) -- Track 1: "Let Me At Them" (1:32:23) -- Track 2: "Face Mob" (1:37:35) -- Track 3: "Tales From The Hood" (1:42:51) -- Track 4: "Born II Die" (1:47:21) -- Track 5: "Ol' Dirty's Back" (1:55:41) -- Track 6: "I'm Talkin' To Myself" (2:00:24) -- Track 7: "The Hood Got Me Feelin' Pain" (2:04:35) -- Track 8: "One Less Nigga" (2:08:00) -- Track 9: "From The Dark Side" (2:10:32) -- Track 10: "Death Represents My Hood" (2:20:05) -- Track 11: "Hot Ones Echo Thru The Ghetto" (2:25:20) -- Track 12: "The Grave" (2:26:53) -- Ranking Tales From The Hood Soundtrack (2:31:56) -- Outro (2:35:40)

Moulz & Mel are far from ornithologists, but this week on Rap Rankings, they have to learn why Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, during their review of Travis Scott's 2016 album. ------------------------ Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:02 - 8:43) -- I Was Fuckin' Trippin' (37:04) -- Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight Info (44:46) -- Track 1: "the ends" (1:21:34) -- Track 2: "way back" (1:42:30) -- Track 3: "coordinate" (2:07:18) -- Track 4: "through the late night" (2:20:43) -- Track 5: "beibs in the trap" (2:30:41) -- Track 6: "sdp interlude" (2:48:40) -- Track 7: "sweet sweet" (2:57:41) -- Track 8: "outside" (3:02:27) -- Track 9: "goosebumps" (3:10:30) -- Track 10: "first take" (3:33:31) -- Track 11: "pick up the phone" (3:42:42) -- Track 12: "lose" (3:56:36) -- Track 13: "guidance" (3:59:18) -- Track 14: "wonderful" (4:13:10) -- Rankings Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight (4:28:19) -- Outro (4:30:22)

When Young Jeezy and Clipse got together for "Ill'in", I doubt they knew Moulz & Mel would use it to make an "all-time song review" during their Patreon-exclusive review of Trap Or Die 2: By Any Means Necessary, but life is full of surprises.Full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rap-rankings-e47-114144590