The iLLogical gang is back with a bang, now with audio and video on YouTube! Kicking things off in 2025, the crew dives into their holiday season recaps (2:21) and weighs in on the chaos surrounding the LA fires (15:15).

Things heat up as they discuss Drake's lawsuit against UMG (17:07) and his surprise track, "Fighting Irish Freestyle" (01:00:05). Other topics include the scandal at Fox Sports involving Skip Bayless & Joy Taylor (01:21:32), the end of the 2024 NFL season *with the playoffs fully under way (01:29:15), the impact of the new College Football Playoff format (01:59:50), Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's long-awaited album, 'Missionary' (02:12:12), and much more!

*This episode was recorded before this past Sunday's Divisional Round games.

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After a three-month hiatus, the iLLogical gang is back with renewed energy and plenty of West Coast bias for in-depth analysis of Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated album, 'GNX' (5:36). This episode is packed with insights, from comparisons to 2Pac’s aka Makaveli's 'Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory' (20:56) to the album's quintessential West Coast sound (28:35).

The crew also unpacks J. Cole’s re-release strategy (1:11:20), Drake’s latest string of questionable moves (1:17:48), including filing petitions against UMG (1:28:14), and where Kendrick might take his artistry next (2:01:27).

West. West. Y'all.

The iLLogical gang return to discuss *the country's political affairs (6:32), the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (19:15), the NFL's '2024 Top-100 Players' list (34:20), how 'EA College Football 25' has made the world a better place (40:57), Marvel updates at San Diego Comic-Con, including Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom (50:40), **new music, which includes Eminem's 'The Death of Slim Shady' (1:01:41), ***more updates from Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake (1:31:52), Big Sean's interview with Charlamagne (2:01:58) and so much more.

*Political affairs include:

Donald Trump assassination attempt (6:32)

President Joe Biden dropping out of 2024 election (8:19)

VP Kamala Harris stepping up for 2024 election (11:52)

Donald Trump at the NABJ Convention (13:45)

The need for a multi-party system (17:32)

**Music reviews include:

JT | 'City Cinderella (1:15:22)

Ice Spice | 'Y2K!' (1:21:25)

Mustard | 'Faith of a Mustard Seed' (1:23:20)

Childish Gambino | 'Bando Stone & the New World' (1:28:08)

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign | 'VULTURES 2' (1:59:44)

***Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake updates include:

The continued effect of 'Not Like Us' (1:31:50)

Drake allegedly stopping any TDE acts from performing in Canada (1:36:08)

Drake's failed attempts at a summer hit dominating Billboard (1:41:59)

Lil Yachty speaking on Drake's behalf (1:46:09)

The iLLogical gang return to discuss why Father's Day & his 35th birthday meant so much to J.C. (2:53), Kendrick Lamar's 'The Pop Out' concert on Juneteenth (13:03) & the "Not Like Us" music video (48:42), the last rap song that was a mega-hit (1:01:53), if the concert or the music video was more damning to Drake's diss records (1:07:29), how Drake is handling the loss (1:13:08), *new music releases (1:32:32), **TV series updates (2:06:07), ***sports updates (2:26:06) and so much more!

*Music reviews include:

-Eminem ft. Big Sean & BabyTron | "Tobey"

-Don Toliver | 'Hardstone Psycho'

-NxWorries | 'Why Lawd?'

-Lucky Daye | 'Algorithm'

-Megan thee Stallion | 'MEGAN'

**TV reviews include:

-'The Acolyte' (Season 1)

-'House of the Dragon' (Season 2)

-'Power: Ghost' (Season 4A)

***Sports talk includes:

-Klay Thompson leaving the Warriors for the Mavericks

-Lakers drafting Bronny James

-Paul George joining 76ers

-EA Sports College Football 25

-Hard Knocks

The iLLogical gang return to discuss the decision making of J. Cole (1:52), Drake (3:28) and Kendrick Lamar (23:22) post battle, what the criteria is for a festival (32:49), Puff Daddy's evil deeds being shown to the public (35:30), *new music, which includes Eminem's new single, "Houdini" (43:40) & Vince Staples' new album, 'DARK TIMES' (1:05:10), Power Book II: Ghost season 4 premiere (1:22:28), sports updates in the NBA, WNBA, NFL & NCAA (1:33:40) and so much more.

*Other music reviews include:

Tha Dogg Pound | 'We All We Got'

Rapsody | 'Please Don't Cry'

Mozzy | 'Children of the Slums'

The iLLogical gang analyze the aftermath of the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar by discussing if it's the greatest Hip-Hop battle in pop culture history (10:01), if Drake can bounce back from this (27:35), were scorecards used to rank each diss record (44:27), the responses from Drake's fan base aka 'Aubrey's Angels' (1:00:52) and so much more.

The iLLogical gang was fully prepared to have in-depth conversations about the NBA playoffs, 2Pac's estate warning Drake about "Taylor Made", the 2024 NFL Draft, Caitlin Clark in the WNBA pre-season and Reggie Bush getting his Heisman back.

Then Kendrick Lamar declared "Hell Week" on Drake (3:35) by dropping "Euphoria" at 8:24am Tuesday morning, "6:16am in LA" at 6am Friday morning, "Meet the Grahams" immediately following Drake's response, "Family Matters", on Friday night and then again on Saturday with "Not Like Us" during the recording of this very episode (48:55).

West-West, y'all.

The iLLogical gang discuss their thoughts about WrestleMania 40 (4:04), as well as the rap beef that has turned into a royal rumble, which includes J. Cole's apology (12:34), 'WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU' by Future & Metro Boomin (16:23), Drake responding with "Push Ups" (24:43), Rick Ross responding with "Champagne Moments" (29:04), the impact that A.I. now has in feuds (34:37), Drake's second response with "Taylor Made Freestyle" (42:37) & the reactions (59:37), Kanye West inserting himself into the madness (1:13:56), if Chris Brown & Quavo will keep it on record (1:17:24) and more!