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Blake's Takes
Blake's Takes brings you in depth discussions on hip hop, sports, politics, social issues, and much more. Every week, we sit down to discuss recent events and examine the broader contextual meaning behind the most talked about occurrences in today's world while also chopping it up about the best ne...
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Episode 79: October Concerts Recap (Gates, Rapsody, K.R.I.T, EarthGang + More)
Waddup y'all! This past month, myself and Trey had the privilege of being at some pretty special concerts. We peeped Rod Wave & Kevin Gates at Expre...
Episode 78: Impeachment
Trump's attempt to seek assistance investigating the Bidens from Ukraine (and others) has led to this...we may ACTUALLY get an impeachment hearing y'a...
Episode 77: #DaytonStrong - A "Gem City Shine" Recap
On Sunday, we were absolutely honored and privileged to be able to attend multiple historic events that took place in Dayton in honor of the victims o...
Episode 76: New Summer Music Pt 1 (DaBaby, Stunna 4 Vegas, Tobi, YG, + More)
We had a whole lot of music to catch up on since the last time we talked new projects, so we broke it down into a few episodes for y'all! In this fir...
Episode 75: NBA Rundown (Kawhi, Warriors, AD, Lebron, + More)
We're back y'all!
After a brief hiatus to edit my SXSW video (go peep if you haven't already!), we're back to talk about all the drama...
Episode 74: South By Southwest Recap Pt 2 (Days 7-10)
As some of you know, I recently had an absolutely life changing experience down in Austin for South By Southwest 2019. I got the privilege of officia...
Episode 73: South By Southwest Recap Pt 2 (Days 4-6)
As some of you know, I recently had an absolutely life changing experience down in Austin for South By Southwest 2019. I got the privilege of officia...
Episode 72: South By Southwest Recap Pt 1 (Days 1-3)
As some of you know, I recently had an absolutely life changing experience down in Austin for South By Southwest 2019. I got the privilege of officia...
Episode 71: Nipsey Hussle's Legacy
Leader. Real. Motivational. Inspirational. These are all just words to some people, but to Nipsey Hussle living these characteristics every single...
Episode 70: South By Southwest 2019 Preview
I will be OFFICIALLY covering South By Southwest 2109 down in Austin, Texas for iHeartRadio and 106.7 The Beat y'all! As I get ready to SXSW for my 3...
Episode 69: Robert Kraft, Coast Guard Terrorist, Jussie's Awful Planning, Lisa Borders, & a Convo About Consent
We hit a whole bunch of topics on this one! We started with our latest edition of White People Wylin' and discussed Robert Kraft's prostitution scand...
Episode 68: New Music from DaBaby, Wiz + Curren$y, Juicy J, John Legend, & More!
We touched on a bunch of new music this episode including work from DaBaby, Juicy J, Cardi B, Berner + Mozzy, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa + Curren$y, & m...
Episode 67: Jussie Smollett & Why We NEED to Learn Patience in our Reactions
Jussie Smollett was arrested by the Chicago Police Department today and has been charged with a felony for lying about the alleged hate crime he was t...
Episode 66: NBA All Star Weekend 2019
NBA All Star Weekend always brings us memorable and historic moments, and the 2019 edition in Charlotte was no different. We talked about a range of...
Episode 65: "Name That Classic" Trivia Game Round 2
This episode, we continued one of my favorite new segments where we all try to stump each other with music that was culturally relevant to our respect...
Episode 64: New Music from EARTHGANG, Jamilia Woods, Rexx Life Raj & more + Rap in Marketing
We talked about new music this week from EARTHGANG, Jamilia Woods, Rexx Life Raj, Gary Clark Jr, DaBaby, + more! We also talked rap in marketing camp...
Episode 63: NBA Trade Deadline, Kareem Hunt to the Browns, & Kyler Murray's Decision
We discussed some of the biggest stories in the world of sports this time! We talked the NBA Trade Deadline topics including the Anthony Davis drama,...
Episode 62: New Music from Boogie, Dreezy, & Samm Henshaw + Marshmello's Fortnite Concert
We discussed some of the best new music out this time including Boogie's "Everything's For Sale," Dreezy's "Big Dreez," & Julia Michaels' "Inner Monol...
Episode 61: The Grammys 2019
The Grammys always stir debate, especially in the hip hop community, and the 61st edition of the show was no different. We touched on various topics...
Episode 60: 21 Savage's Detainment, Jussie Smollett, Terry Crews, & Liam Neeson is a Racist
We discussed some of the biggest social issues pertaining to massive stories in the entertainment world this time around. We dove into the detainment...
Episode 59: New Music From Future, James Blake, EARTHGANG, J Cole, + More
We chopped it up about a whole bunch of new music this time around! We touched on projects from Future, James Blake, & Summer Walker and looked at ne...
Episode 58: How Our Taste in Music is Formed & Round 1 of Throwback Trivia
Since I am always flaming Trey for not being hip to songs that the other 7 billion people on the planet know, he was inspired to come up with a game t...
Episode 57: A Conversation About The N Word
We hard a particularly important conversation on this episode in which we openly discussed the N word and it's usage. We talked about our personal ex...
Episode 56: Hugh Jackson's Lack of Self Awareness, Anthony Davis' Trade Request. + More
This episode we talked about the new report detailing that Hugh Jackson did not exactly take his firing after a 3-36 record very kindly and tried to f...
Episode 55: Melo, "Trigger Warning," "Bandersnatch," "Bird Box," & More
This episode, we talked sports and looked at the fall off of Carmelo Anthony, how the Warriors are the best team of all time now that they got Boogie...
Episode 54: Calling Out White People For The Laquan Verdict, Covington Video, Christian Hypocrisy + More
White people: can y'all stop? Between the disgusting verdict in the Laquan Mcdonald case, the viral video of Covington High School's grotesque displa...
Episode 53: Future & Erykah Badu's Problematic Behavior, Biting vs Paying Homage, + More!
This episode we discussed some of the problematic comments made by artists in the past week. Future exhibited toxic masculinity with his comments on...
Episode 52: Uzi's Retirement, Social Media's Effects on Mental Health, & Cyntoia Brown
In light of Lil Uzi Vert's announcement that he was done making music and that he was over being famous, we dove into the mental toll that being a cel...
Episode 51: Marketing Suggestions for Aspiring Artists, New Music, + More
On this episode, we dove into the different ways that up and coming artists attempt to market their work and expand their audiences and tried to provi...
Episode 50: Clemson, NFL Playoffs, Harden, + More
For our 50th episode, we chopped it up about a bunch of topics from around the sports world! Included is the Clemson's destruction of Bama in the Nat...
Episode 49: The Government Shutdown
On this episode, we dove into a few topics surrounding what is now the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. We talked abo...
Episode 48: Kevin Hart, Ellen, & My Problem with 'Cancel' Culture
Ellen DeGeneres recently had Kevin Hart on her show in the midst of the controversy surrounding his decision to step down from hosting the Oscars afte...
Episode 47: R Kelly
Everyone has been talking about "Surviving R Kelly," (Even though most of us already knew R Kelly was a gross human being), so we jumped in on the con...
Episode 46: Mental Health, Progress, & Other Themes of 2018
In the latest edition of our 2018 roundup, we talked some of the biggest stories and themes that 2018 offered. These include tragic artist deaths, un...
Episode 45: Best Music Videos & Concerts of 2018
As we continued our recap of the "Best of 2018" in the hip hop world, we moved on to some of the best music videos of 2018 including "Whack World" by...
Episode 44: Best Albums of 2018 Pt 3 (Mick Jenkins, Nipsey, Pusha T, Meek, Saba. + more)
As any great Podcast does at the end of the year, we decided to bring y'all some "Best of" lists and discussions from 2018. We started out with a 3 p...
Episode 43: Best Albums of 2018 Pt 2 (Joey Purp, Noname, Smino, Wayne, Mac, XXX, + more)
As any great Podcast does at the end of the year, we decided to bring y'all some "Best of" lists and discussions from 2018. We started out with a 3 p...
Episode 42: Best Albums of 2018 Pt 1 (Mariah, Cardi, H.E.R, Janelle Monae, Black Panther, + more)
As any great Podcast does at the end of the year, we decided to bring y'all some "Best of" lists and discussions from 2018. We started out with a 3 p...
Episode 41: OSU's Coaching Change, Player-Fan Interactions, Young QBs, + More!
We hit some of the biggest stories in sports in this episode! We discussed The Ohio State University's coaching change and what it means for Urban Me...
Episode 40: The Grammy Nominations & Hip Hop's Relationship w/ Them
The Grammy Nominations were just announced, so we analyzed and predicted a few of the categories that caught our eyes on this episode. We elaborated...