808's & Cold Takes

Concerts we've all attended ranked via tier list, Maxx's glizzy incident at Flog Gnaw, The Game's underrated 2010s Run, Overrated beat effects & plug-ins

Date Recorded: May 4th, 2025. 

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The worst songs ever, Hip Hop Mount Rushmores, Did The Weeknd REALLY influence Drake(?), and music during backshots.

Date Recorded: April 27th, 2025. 

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In an attempt to bring back our audio exclusive content, we're doing a redux of the subject of our very first episode, going into our favorite artists and albums of years past and present!

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In light of the 2025 Oscars, Maxx & Evan have RETURNED to talk about their favorite and least favorite movies of the last year! 

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In true 808’s fashion, and in light of the 2025 Grammys, we decided to release our own picks of albums and songs from this past year that we thought deserved some love!!

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Happy Holidays from 808s & Cold Takes!! Today marks our 2nd year of ranking select Christmas music of our choosing, ranging from the likes of Justin Bieber to Sia to the generational Afroman. Tune in…

Without further ado, let's introduce you guys to our special guest! Known as a man of different talents, having his hand in the local music scene here in Arizona with 1 album, 1 EP, and 10 singles. M…

Without further ado, let's introduce you guys to our special guest! Her music exudes a vibe similar to that of standing under a waterfall. With 3 singles, 1 EP, and 10 features, please everyone, give…

Let’s introduce you guys to our special guest! He is a known member of S.A.M.N X, rapper and producer extraordinaire with a few singles out there and an album that just dropped this week, “Katalyst:B…

Our new special guest is originally from the beautiful sights of Hawaii. Now he’s an emerging rapper, producer, and actor in the local scene in Arizona. With three albums and six other projects on hi…

Without further ado, let’s introduce you guys to our special guest! A new emerging artist from Arizona, with already more than a handful of singles and features, having a feature with her sister Siba…

It is our honor to introduce you guys to our very special guests! Two of them hail from this sunny city we live in, the other resides across the border in Montreal. They are a music making collective…

On today’s episode of 808’s on Cam, we would like to introduce our special guest! He's an R&B singer with a voice like butter and a smile like sunshine. A major label signee who was so young when he …

Since we recorded this episode on the 51st birthday of hip hop a few days ago, we decided to kick off by discussing the worst rap hits of all time. To continue, we go over some infamous hip hop gramm…

Tune today in to hear our unfiltered yap session featuring only the most thought provoking conversation starters such as our favorite Chief Keef albums, Marvel movie rankings, favorite movie soundtra…

On today’s episode, we discuss our most underrated music sub genres, fantasy rap battle scenarios, and our thoughts on some recent music releases from the likes of Childish Gambino, Clairo, Denzel Cu…

Welcome back to another interview episode on 808’s and Cold Takes! Today, we have a very prolific Hip Hop and R&B artist hailing from our very own community - Phoenix, Arizona. Fresh off the release …

On today's episode, we discuss some general music industry topics in the world of hip hop and touring. Tune in to hear our thoughts on ghostwriters in hip hop, backing vocals at shows, and whether Ma…

On this very special episode of 808s & Cold Takes, we have each been paired up and forced to listen to each other's favorite guilty pleasure albums. Then, after we review the albums, we also get to t…

For our first time back on the mic in quite some time, we decided to share our thoughts on the 2024 XXL Freshman cover! Tune in as we discuss our favorite/least favorite picks, and who we would’ve li…