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Not all Diss tracks are rap songs, this episode talks about diss tracks from Artists like David Bowie… Le Tigre… and Lynyrd Skynyrd (Sweet Home Alabama is a diss track… that’s right). It’s a good primer about the origins of diss tracks and how the drama plays out into the music.

With the recent arrest of 6ix9ine it’s apropo to hear exactly what happened, what charges he’s facing (he’s up against a life-sentence) and how his meteoric rise to success grinds up against his criminal past. Also just hearing about the more intricate protocols of “street” run music is in itself worth it. (ie: The concept of “Checking-In” when you have a show at a city you’re not from)

The East Coast vs West Coast rap beef that ended in tragedy (the course of music would’ve changed if they were around) gets the Last House on the Left treatment (their thing is “talking through the facts” with jokes) gets into this beef from laying the grander context of the early 90s to the details of the shooting and the people around them. It’s a three parter but it’s worth your time.

The most interesting conflict is the conflict you have with yourself and in Kanye’s case his multitude of selves. Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris in this episode talks about Kanye’s latest album Ye and earnestly tries to separate the man vs. the artist. The George W. Bush Kanye vs the Trump Kanye. The Before Donda vs After Donda Kanye. There’s a lot of chit-chatting in the beginning so you can jump ahead from the episode page.

A reignited beef that started with the Clipse vs Young Money and a by product of the Wyoming Sessions (the 5, seven song Kanye produced albums that were recorded in Wyoming), the hottest beef since Jay-z and Nas, and the most personal attacks yet… This episode breaks down the tracks that each dished out.