The Bigger Picture is a weekly Hip Hop debate show hosted by Elliott Wilson, Jeremy Hecht & DJ Hed. The three hosts bring their industry experience to the forefront as they have nuanced conversations centered around the music.
The Bigger Picture reacts to Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us music video, Childish Gambino replies to Elliott Wilson's critique with some new bars, Big Sean responded to the last podcast, if Ab-Soul was baiting Drake out of rap silence, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Ye's catalogue and more. Elliott Wilson also reacts to being Top 5 on Complex's media power rankings list.
In another episode of The Bigger Picture the guys keep it about the music.
The Bigger Picture gets exclusive information from Big Sean about his recent freestyle. Non-journalist DJ Hed spoke with Sean and clarified his bars were not about Kendrick Lamar, but they may be about Kanye West. The panel of Elliott Wilson, Jeremy Hecht and DJ Hed discuss Big Sean’s place in the game, his history with Kendrick, how J. Cole can reach the top spot (16:30), Sean’s current relationship with Ye, Kanye’s DONDA album, the guys review Eminem’s new album The Death of Slim Shady (36:00), Elliott’s new Top 5 Artists All Time (49:00), Ab-Soul’s new music (1:02:00), DJ Hed’s inability to express love verbally (1:20:00) & the dynamic between Hed, Jeremy and Elliott.
On Episode 10 of The Bigger Picture Hip Hop Debate Show, Elliott Wilson, Jeremy Hecht & DJ Hed discuss Jeremy’s trip to Toronto and visit to New Ho King (3:00), Drake’s Lil Yachty leak and Yachty as a producer (7:00), J. Cole’s spot within the greatest convo (18:00), Lil Wayne’s features and new Cordae album (24:00), Childish Gambino vs. Drake, DJ Hed asked Elliott Wilson about his issues with Charlamagne Tha God (43:00), Hed confirms some songs on Vultures 2 leak are real (1:02:00), GloRilla’s current run (1:18:00), Cardi B’s message to her competition (1:24:00) & they give flowers for new music (1:26:00)
On this episode of The Bigger Picture podcast with Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht, the guys talk about Joe Budden calling Jeremy that white boy (1:00), Drake and Toronto cancelling Sir and Schoolboy Q’s concerts (10:00), Elliott and DJ Hed’s frustrations with Lil Yachty (26:00), what if Kendrick disappears again (32:00), the guys review DJ Mustard’s album (42:00), Ice Spice’s album and her place (48:00), Mike Will Made It’s run as a producer (1:01:00), Lil Wayne’s best features (1:04:00), DJ Hed and Elliott have Jeremy list his favorite songs with the N word in the title (1:20:00), the guys try to make a top 10 rappers list (1:29:00).
On this episode of The Bigger Picture, Elliott starts off hot by going IN on Drake’s latest moves (2:00), the guys review the 100gig content drop from Drizzy and Certified Cover Boy found some things (10:00), Young Guru replied to Elliott with some info about Jay Z’s “Talk Up” verse (26:20), Elliott replied to Nicki Minaj’s latest shots (39:00), the guys give props to Parks from Joe Budden Podcast after snubbing him last episode, they give a review of Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 (1:00:00), they look back at Watch The Throne after 13 years of its release (1:18:00), Jeremy reacts to his Charlamagne Tha God shoutout (1:24:00), the guys talk about getting respect from their idols in the game (1:26:30), DJ Hed breaks down album sales and DJ Mustard vs Gordo (1:34:00), and the guys spotlight some of their favorite albums and songs (1:50:00)
Listen to all of the songs from this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U7KVeE7pdGhp2QME2DMIP?si=5c64ed6ea6944d76
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On this episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys talk gave Elliott a rocking chair based on his Nicki Minaj spat from last week. Elliott wasn’t done talking about Drake’s 3 pack drop and the shots at A$AP Rocky, Mustard and The Weeknd (5:30). The guys review Latto’s album and discuss her place within the female rap world (16:00), the also discuss the landscape of female rappers and why there is so much competition within it (22:16). Pras dissed Lauryn Hill (48:00), if there should be a new category of adult contemporary hip hop (54:00), Jeremy had a controversial take about Kendrick’s Control verse (1:00:00), Hed & Elliott debate if Snoop Dogg is bigger than Jay Z culturally (1:22:00), Break dancing’s quick stint at the olympics (1:31:00), Jeremy breaks down the weird case against Kanye’s dentist (1:34:00), if being the best lyrical rapper matters today (1:38:00), and the Jeremy and Elliott debate Quavo’s new song with Lenny Kravitz (1:44:00), debating if Quavo and Offset can be solo stars (1:50:00), and of course they give their spotlights also (1:58:00).
On This Episode of The Bigger Picture, the guys show love to New York after Jeremy and Hed’s trips to the East Coast (0:00), Snoop Dogg reacted to TBP’s debate about him and Jay Z that had the timeline in shambles (6:30), 9th Wonder made DJ Hed change his mind (12:00), if we create a classic hip hop category (17:00), Drake charting on Billboard with his “leaks” (23:00), Jeremy apologizes to Dora Cat (27:00), the guys react to Tyler the Creator and Russ’s comments about new music and why some of the newer artists haven’t had as strong of a connection with their fans (29:00), DJ Hed has a take about Drake’s Pusha T battle (40:00), ScHoolboy Q shows in LA (50:00), Big rappers writing hits for others artists (53:00), best wrestling walk up songs (55:00), Complex’s Top 50 Atlanta rappers list (1:03:00), YG and The Game uniting LA (1:20:00) and of course they give their Spotlights (1:32:00).
On Episode 15 of The Bigger Picture podcast, the guys talks about Elliott’s viral tweet about people’s favorite crash outs, DJ Hed replies to Akademik’s shots at him online, how to empowering people in media, Kendrick album rumors, the guys can’t go an episode without talking about Drake after he keeps dropping new music & gigs, what Jay Z did after the Nas battle, they discuss if beef changes the way they listen to music, how Meek moved after the Drake battle, the anniversary of Forever and the best posse cuts of all time, Kendrick and Drake’s lost collab, Chance The Rapper’s new songs, Big Sean’s new album, Juicy J’s jazz album, Cash Cobain’s wild lyrics and of course they give their spotlights.
Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht discuss media rap beef, best media rappers, Big Sean’s album and the overall perception of Sean, Doechii’s album and the impact it’s going to have, they debate if artists should hold responsibility for what they say on songs if they don’t live it in real life, predictions for The Clipse new album and who they think will be the unknown feature, they remember Fatman Scoop including Jeremy’s insane introduction to him, and after finding out mid episode about the loss of Rich Homie Quan, the guys dedicate the last segment to remembering his life.
Kendrick Lamar dropped a new song Watch The Party D*e where he addresses the entire culture and the guys have a lot to say about it (4:00), they also discuss Kendrick’s Super Bowl pick and the reaction to Lil Wayne not getting the call, (25:00) They talk about Jay Z’s potential involvement and his weird relationship with Drake and Wayne over time (37:00), Kendrick’s potential set list (57:00), J. Cole & Drake’s current relationship after Cole hopped on A$AP Rocky’s new song (1:19:00), accountability hour (1:35:00) and of course they spotlight some of their favorite new artists (1:40:00).
