Grown Man Bars: Remember the Rhyme, Respect the Era
with Chad and Big Absoloot - Gen X Talking Hip HopGrown 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,... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 39 | Founded | 9 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | MusicMusic Commentary | |||
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Same era. Same city. Same Dungeon Family.
Completely different ideas about what hip hop should do.
Can you pick an Outkast track that CeeLo didn't eat on? We couldn't. And that tells you everything about this debate.
Today on Grown Man Bars, Chad ... more
Some fans got the '90s wrong. Not a little wrong—wrong wrong.
Tonight on Grown Man Bars, Chad and Big Absoloot are breaking it down and fixing the 90s hip hop timeline. We’re digging into the most underrated rappers of the 90s—the technicians who ca... more
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.
Not the charts. W... more
Kanye West once said Jay Z is the only rapper who can stand on a stage with him.
So we put that claim to the test.
In this episode of Grown Man Bars, Chad and Big Absoloot break down Jay Z vs Kanye West across 9 categories, including:
Arrival, Str... more
In this episode of Grown Man Bars, Chad and Big Absoloot put Slaughterhouse in a Hostage Situation. Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz, and Crooked I all bring elite bars, but only one can survive. Every round, somebody gets cut until one rapper ... more
Ludacris is one of the most entertaining rappers hip hop has ever seen. The energy, the videos, the hooks, the personality, the hits — all of that is undeniable.
But does being an elite entertainer automatically make you an elite rapper?
In this ep... more
Two different ideas of greatness.
One final decision.
In the championship round of the Greatest Rapper Alive 2026 tournament, Chad and BA sit with the question that’s been underneath every debate:
What actually makes a rapper the greatest?
Is it t... more
The bracket stops being fun in the Sweet 16. Chad and BA work through some brutal calls, including Lil Wayne vs Killer Mike, Andre 3000 vs Scarface, Eminem vs Kanye, Missy Elliott vs Common, Nas vs LL Cool J, and Jay-Z vs KRS-One. By the end, the Eli... more
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