{"podcast":{"title":"Hip-Hop Now Podcast","slug":"hip-hop-now-podcast-981481","podcast_index_feed_id":981481,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2639163/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/hip-hop-now-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/07f62ee16f91ccc349b6bda75b275880.jpg","author":"Vegasworldinc","episode_count":305,"summary":"A weekly podcast discussing the latest in Hip-Hop music and Culture!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:20:52.072592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481"},"episode":{"title":"#1996 Hard Core","slug":"1996-hard-core","published_at":"2026-05-22T10:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481/1996-hard-core","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1996-hard-core--69448939","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69448939/1996_hard_core.mp3","summary":"It's a limited episode series celebrating the year 1996! It's the 30th anniversary of many classic albums from that year and we chose twelve to \"re-review!\" Sexy lyrics existed in hip-hop music before 1996, but not like this. Hip-Hop was always a male dominated art and filled with misogyny. Lil Kim's, Hard Core flipped the tables. Not only did the ladies love this unfiltered brand of \"femcee\" but the guys dug it too. Kim put together a bold, sexy, and bar driven debut that set the stage for artist like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and more. Let's talk about it! See more from my guests, The R&B Representers here: https://www.youtube.com/@rnbreps Support and become a HHNP Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0tLSTDRtc_U_EM0Tx5EkA/join Support on CashApp: $Vegasworldinc77 Theme music is produced by McLovin Beatz (@mclovin-beatz) BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram/Tik Tok/Threads/Spill: @Vegasworldinc Become a YouTube Member today! HHNP Memberships","meta_description":"It's a limited episode series celebrating the year 1996! It's the 30th anniversary of many classic albums from that year and we chose twelve to \"re-review…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481/episodes/1996-hard-core/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481/1996-hard-core.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}