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Jay-Z, Kendrick, OutKast & New York Times Greatest 30 Living Songwriters
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- Culture United
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- Apr 30, 2026
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Summary
ay-Z, Kendrick & New York Times Top 30 Living Songwriters. Plus, How Many Classics and MORE It's All Happening w/ @EllementsAlign @Symba @REASONDoMore @jeremy_hecht @dwannb 00:00 Intro 05:32 NEW YORK TIMES TO 30 LIVING AMERICAN SONGWRITERS 07:30 Reason: How is Drake not on the list? 08:15 DwannB: Drake's not American. 09:00 DwannB: Where are Nas, George Clinton, and Ice Cube? Smokey Robinson is the GOAT 13:40 Jeremy Hecht: Here's some classic Young Thug lyrics 14:49 15:15 THE NAS DEBATE 15:00 Reason: I'm not mad at Nas being on the list 25:00 JAY-Z SAYS STOP TRYING TO BE YOUNG 28:00 Symba: Here are the three type of writers... 33:00 Jeremy: Nas deserves more credit for Life Is Good 36:00 THE INTERNET THOUGHT HOV WAS TALKING ABOUT DRAKE 42:00 Elle Janelle: Is Ye's ability to grow young a good thing? 46:00 Symba explains Ye's recording process 48:00 DWANN B VS EVERYBODY 54:00 The quality of rap was very low in the early 2000s. That's when Reasonable Doubt blew up. 56:00 Jeremy: It's revisionist history to say Reasonable Doubt was great 57:00 Reason: This conversation is absolutely insane. 57:03 THE GREAT JAY-Z DEBATE 1:06:00 Elle: I think the Jay-Z hate is at massive proportions 1:13:00 Reason: We're too quick to tear down our legends 1:14:00 Symba: When it comes to Jay-Z, it seems like people have personal issues 1:18:00 Jeremy: Kendrick's first album didn't sell well 1:20:00 Reason: It's manipulative to compare Hov's first album to everyone else's second 1:22:00 Symba: It feels like you got a problem with Hov 1:23:00 Dwann B: Cult of personality have made certain people infallible 1:25:33 HOW MANY CLASSICS 1:26:00 DMX 1:27:00 Symba: I got some of my rhyme style from DMX's The Great Depression 1:41:00 REASON INTERVIEW 1:56:46: SYMBA INTERVIEW 2:11:00 Symba salutes Reaso…