Grown Man Bars is where two Gen X MCs turned opinionated Uncs break down rap culture with no filter. Chad, your resident rap nerd, with Big Absoloot, your OG's OG dive into Golden Era storytelling, lyricism, GOAT debates, classic producers, and the moments that shaped hip hop. From Slick Rick to Scarface, Nas to J. Cole, DJ Premier to RZA. Old rap and new hip hop. If you came up on mixtapes, Tims, and bars that mattered, this is your spot for real hip hop talk. We'll bring you up-to-date on the new hip hop trends, the ones our gen cares about, and hit you with hip hop from the best era ever.
Grown Man Bars: Remember the Rhyme, Respect the Era
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Grown Man Bars is where two Gen X MCs turned opinionated Uncs break down rap culture with no filter. Chad, your resident rap nerd, with Big Absoloot, your OG's OG dive into Golden Era storytelling, lyricism, GOAT debates, classic producers, and the moments that shaped hip hop. From Slick Rick to Scarface, Nas to J. Cole, DJ Premier to RZA. Old rap and new hip hop. If you came up on mixtapes, Tims, and bars that mattered, this is your spot for real hip hop talk. We'll bring you up-to-date on the new hip hop trends, the ones our gen cares about, and hit you with hip hop from the best era ever.
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May 27, 2026
Goodie Mob vs Outkast: 9 Rounds. No Ties. You Decide.
<p>Same era. Same city. Same Dungeon Family.</p><p>Completely different ideas about what hip hop should do.</p><p>Can you pick an Outkast track that CeeLo didn't eat on? We couldn't. And that tells you everything about this debate.</p><p>Today on Grown Man Bars, Chad and Big Absoloot put Goodie Mob and Outkast head to head. Nine rounds. Nine categories. No ties. No feelings.</p><p>Two Atlanta legends. One winner.</p><p>You decide round by round.</p><p>Grown Man Bars — hip hop debate for grown ups. Two Gen X former rappers. No scripts. No safe takes. New episodes every Tuesday.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 The Open</p><p>00:47 Round 1 | The Arrival | Goodie Mob</p><p>01:30 Round 2 | The Street Record | Goodie Mob</p><p>02:31 Round 2 | The Street Record | Outkast</p><p>03:31 Round 3 | The Hit Record | Outkast</p><p>04:56 Round 3 | The Hit Record | Goodie Mob</p><p>05:59 Round 4 | The Feature Master | Goodie Mob</p><p>06:59 Round 4 | The Feature Master | Outkast</p><p>07:51 Round 5 | The Bar Fest | Outkast</p><p>10:06 Round 6 | The Club Smash | Goodie Mob</p><p>11:00 Round 6 | The Club Smash | Outkast</p><p>12:01 Round 7 | The Story Record | Outkast</p><p>12:42 Round 7 | The Story Record | Goodie Mob</p><p>13:14 Round 8 | The Cultural Moment | Goodie Mob</p><p>14:02 Round 8 | The Cultural Moment | Outkast</p><p>15:16 Round 9 | The Modern Test | Outkast</p><p>16:56 Round 9 | The Cultural Moment | Goodie Mob</p>
May 12, 2026
Most Underrated Rappers of the 90s | GMB Ranking Room
<p>Some fans got the '90s wrong. Not a little wrong—wrong wrong.</p><p>Tonight on <strong>Grown Man Bars</strong>, Chad and Big Absoloot are <strong>breaking it down</strong> and fixing the 90s hip hop timeline. We’re digging into the most underrated rappers of the 90s—the technicians who carried the era and the legends you forgot to respect.</p><p>Ten MCs. Five categories. Two lists. We didn't coordinate the picks—just two Gen X former rappers breaking down the culture.</p><p><strong>What we're breaking down:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>The Overlooked Technician:</strong> Having the skill, but being buried by proximity to a legend.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Victim:</strong> Label politics, bad timing, and when "life be lifin'."</p></li><li><p><strong>The Influencer:</strong> The architects who built the blueprint your favorite rappers used to get famous.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Body of Work:</strong> Independent titans with catalogs that speak for themselves.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Most Underrated:</strong> The greatest "unfinished sentences" in hip hop history.</p></li></ul><p>Drop a comment on the video version or hit us up—who did the culture do the dirtiest?</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 The Open </p><p>00:22 The Intro </p><p>00:46 Round 5 | The Overlooked Technician | Chad's Pick </p><p>02:31 Round 5 | The Overlooked Technician | BA's Pick </p><p>04:21 Round 4 | The Victim | Chad's Pick </p><p>05:46 Round 4 | The Victim | BA's Pick </p><p>08:00 Round 3 | The Influencer | Chad's Pick </p><p>09:48 Round 3 | The Influencer | BA's Pick </p><p>11:38 Round 2 | The Body of Work | Chad's Pick </p><p>12:44 Round 2 | The Body of Work | BA's Pick </p><p>14:38 Round 1 | The Most Underrated | Chad's Pick </p><p>16:15 Round 1 | The Most Underrated | BA's Pick </p><p>18:17 The Outro</p><p><br></p><p><strong>GMB RANKING ROOM: DISCOGRAPHY & METADATA</strong></p><p><strong>Round 5 | West Coast Metadata</strong></p><ul><li><p>Mack 10 (1995), Based on a True Story (1997), The Recipe (1998)</p></li><li><p>Kizz My Black Azz (1992), Shock of the Hour (1993), The Villain in Black (1996)</p></li></ul><p><strong>Round 4 | Bad Boy & Beef Metadata</strong></p><ul><li><p>Can-I-Bus (1998), 2000 B.C. (2000)</p></li><li><p>Project: Funk da World (1994), Operation: Get Down (1997)</p></li></ul><p><strong>Round 3 | Conscious & L.A. Metadata</strong></p><ul><li><p>Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), Resurrection (1994), One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)</p></li><li><p>Act a Fool (1988), At Your Own Risk (1990), Tha Triflin' Album (1993)</p></li></ul><p><strong>Round 2 | Independent & SPC Metadata</strong></p><ul><li><p>No Mercy (1993), Danger Zone (1995), Hidden Agenda (1998)</p></li><li><p>The Calm Before the Storm (1999), The Worst (1999)</p></li></ul><p><strong>Round 1 | Rawkus & Ruthless Metadata</strong></p><ul><li><p>Internal Affairs (1999), Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)</p></li><li><p>No One Can Do It Better (1989), Helter Skelter (1996)</p></li></ul><p>🎙️ <strong>Grown Man Bars</strong> — hip hop debate for grown ups. Two Gen X former rappers. No scripts. No safe takes. New episodes every Tuesday.</p><p><strong>Metadata (The Algorithm Fuel)</strong></p>
May 5, 2026
2Pac & DMX | What 90s Rap Needed and What It Cost Them
<p>After Biggie and Pac were gone, hip hop didn't go soft. It got polished. Today on Grown Man Bars, Chad and Big Absoloot break down DMX and Tupac Shakur — two of the most intense forces to ever touch a microphone in 90s rap history.</p><p>Not the charts. What they actually meant. And what burning that hot cost both of them.</p><p>DMX threw water on his face and hit the street. That's exactly what 1998 hip hop needed.</p><p>This That and the Third breaks it down three ways.</p><p>The THIS — Tupac Shakur was the greatest emotional communicator rap music has ever seen. Not just a rapper. A poet. An advocate. A man who made the street feel seen.</p><p>The THAT — DMX dropped two nuclear classic albums in the same year. 1998. Nobody had done it before. Nobody has done it since. But explosions don't sustain.</p><p>The THIRD — Some artists are stars. They burn steady for a long time. Some are meteors. They flash brighter than anything else and then they're gone. DMX and 2Pac were the meteor moment 90s rap required.</p><p>Is it about the bars or about moving the people? Tell us where we got it wrong.</p><p>Grown Man Bars — hip hop debate for grown ups. Two Gen X former rappers. No scripts. No safe takes. New episodes every Tuesday.</p><p><br></p><p><br>00:00 The Open</p><p>00:27 The Stakes</p><p>00:59 The THIS: 2pac</p><p>01:50 The This: DMX</p><p>03:09 The That: Tupac</p><p>04:23 The That: DMX</p><p>06:15 The Third: What All This Means</p><p>11:18 The Comment of the Week</p><p>11:53 The Outro</p>
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