{"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 The Coming","slug":"1996-the-coming","published_at":"2026-03-26T10:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481/1996-the-coming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1996-the-coming--70799305","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70799305/1996_the_coming.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!\" It had been 3 years since Busta Rhymes was kicked out of the rap group, Leaders of the New School. With the competitive environment that was 1996, Busta was charged with laying the path for his solo career. Would he sink or swim was the question but we know the answer. His solo debut, \"The Coming\" was prophetic. Let's talk about it on this Member Exclusive Bonus Episode! S/O to the guest for this episode: @hallmillions 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":2964,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hip-hop-now-podcast-981481/episodes/1996-the-coming/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-the-coming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}