Embrace The Turn Up podcast

On this pre-St. Patrick's day episode the guys have alot of discussions about the upcoming day and past celebrations of this glorious holiday.  After talking about the famed drinking holiday the fellas discuss the new music releases and the new Biggie documentary

A-Dub and John are still recovering from an epic party over the weekend but are still here for you.  The guys discuss the upcoming events on the social calendar, the pending release of the Benny the Butcher album and alot more!!

A-Dub and John are talking crazy this episode for sure!! They discuss the pending release of Bobby Shmurda, and the new Jim Jones project.  A-Dub completely misinterprets the new Jay-Z news, they pitch another hypothetical Verzuz match up and alot more

Valentine's day is over, a snowpocalypse is on the way and most importantly WE BACK OUTSIDE.  The guys talk about Ohio's covid curfew being lifted.  Review the movie "Judas and the Black Messiah" and alot more

Fresh off another super bowl victory for Tom Brady the fellas talk about everything going on in the streets from the NFL QB carosel to lil uzi vert.  John is still on his detox this episode, so just like last week this is one not to be missed

A-Dub and John cover all the bases on a busy, busy week.  They talk everything from the Matthew Stafford trad to the Tik Tok challenges taking over the internet.  Financial Guru Ambus Hunter joins in to help the guys make sense of hedge fund owners losing billions going up against a Reddit army.  Needless to say this is a can't miss episode

Slow news week, but the fellas power through with some GOAT discussions, superbowl predictions, an much more!! 

A busy week all around to recap.  The guys start off with Trump's second impeachment and the upcoming inauguration before switching over to sports to talk about NFL playoffs, the James Harden trade and who the best rapper athlete is.  This episode is capped off with another Turn Up legend check in and of course an update on the fast food chicken wars

A-Dub is hungover from partying too hard during the Browns game and John is talking crazy as per usual.  Slow news week but the fellas talk about the craziness in DC, Kanye's marriage crisis and a few other things before checking in the Turn Up Legend Nate to see how he plans on Embracing the Turn up once this pandemic is over

A-Dub and John start off 2021 with a bang!!  The fellas recap their holiday experiences before jumping right into the smoke.   Big announcements about the future of the pod, NBA over reactions and alot more on this jam packed episode

A-Dub & John cap off this insane year with epic podding.   They start this episode off with discussions about the vaccine, and what 2021 will be like once we can go outside freely again.  Later on the fellas discuss new music by Jack Harlow, Taylor Swift and Kid Cudi

A-Dub clearly forgot what episode we were on... but that's beside the point. The guys discuss the Lions playoff chances, the upcoming Verzuz battle, new developments in the streaming wars and ALOT more on this can't miss episode

A-Dub & John are still full from Thanksgiving but have a lot of opinions to share.  They start with the Detroit Lions coaching news before transitioning to a review of the new Juicy J album and give you their top 5 albums of 2020

A-Dub & John kick off your thanksgiving weekend with a recap of early NBA free agency, more Detroit Lions frustration and of course a discussion about the legendary Jeezy vs Gucci Mane Verzuz that took place last week

New music, Versuz battles, chicken wings, and conversations of how  you need to act to get to the bag

A-Dub and John recap their weekend, the election results and somehow get into a deep dive into which pair of Air Jordans are the best along with so much more on the episode

A lot to cover this week... A-Dub & John start off with airing out some of their grievences with the Detroit Lions & Michigan football before calling friend of the show and former college Quarterback Nate Sattler to attempt to give some positive takeways from Michigan's performance on Saturday... later on in the pod the guys preview TI vs Jeezy, review the Busta Rhymes album, get political and talk about alot more.

While nursing the after effects of a long weekend the guys discuss the return of Michigan football, the Detroit Lions, the UFC fight and so much more

On this episode we get to the route of the hate John has for the teams he root's for.  A-Dub is back full of irrational confidence in the Lions and the guys give us reviews of the new albums from Benny the Butcher and TI.

A-Dub and John start off with an extended discussion about the NBA Finals, the future of the Lakers and the NBA in general.  After that the guys discuss the ever evolving Tory Lanez situation and have a spirited music discussion

A-Dub & John are really on one this episode.  They start off this episode lamenting on their frustrations as Lions fans and the state of the franchise before talking about some of the other developments in sports.. Later on the fellas discuss the new music that has been released and a lot more

A-Dub & John reminise about TV and tech in the late 90s and early 2000s to start this episode before telling stories about legendary fall turn up stories.  Later on the fellas talk about the XXL list of the most downloaded mixtapes in Datpiff historsy

Reunited and it feels so good!!

A-Dub & John are back recording in the same place again and John is officially on one.  The guys bounce all over the map as they lament about the Lions, discuss the new Disney + shows and so much more

This is sports heavy you guys. This week A-Dub & John lament about the Detroit Lions latest struggles and give you their way too early Super Bowl predictions.  Later on in the pod the guys discuss the Conway album and Billboard's songs of the summer 

A-Dub and John are in rare form today.  After talking about the long weekend and comparing fantasy football rosters the guys get right down to business.  First up is the obligatory NBA playoff update with a special focus on CP3, Jimmy Butler and the effect they are having on their teams.  After talking about the playoffs the guys discuss the new album from Big Sean and subsequently re-rank the top 5 hip hop albums of the year.  Capping off this episode is a discussion on Nicole Young and how much she wants in her divorce from Dr. Dre 

After doing some reflection on the serious issues going on in the world the guys give their thoughts and updated NBA playoff predictions  and a review of the new LOX album and the Big Sean single that dropped. John also readresses his review of the Nas album

A-Dub starts this pod with a rant about Jacob Blake before he and John spend some more time talking about the greatness that is Kobe Bryant.  After that the guys discuss the pettiness of Hov, review the Nas album and nerd out about all the upcoming DC releases 

after an intro filled with talk about bath salts, zombies and of course chicken wings. A-Dub and John give us a thorough preview of the ongoing NBA playoffs, talk about the new Nas record and upcoming album and then John goes on what can only be described as a legendary tangent

A-Dub and John get right into it with discussions about the possible cancelation of college football this fall and the ramifications.  After that they discuss the latest edition of Verzuz and have some interesting thoughts about the times they relized they were washed up.

A-Dub explains how he got BG drunk outside of BG.... Then he and John discuss the NBA restart. The upcoming Rick Ross, 2 Chainz verzuz battle and so much more!!

back at full strength this pod and we ask the question would you risk it all for Magic City chicken wings??? we interview DJ Wes Ross about the song of the summer Deejaying during a lockdown and the snoop vs DMX battle

A-Dub & John come out swinging this week!!! A-Dub tells a story about when some poor soul realized that "she belongs to the streets" and recaps a classic Thursday Turn up session. Later on the guys talk about the NBA snitch Hotline, the latest developments in the Nick Cannon situation, the situation between Tory Lanez and Meg the Stallion and so much more

A-Dub and John are back on your airwaves.  On this episod they discuss the top 5 hip hop albums of the year, the new Cudi/Eminem song, Desean Jacksons situation and the obivious elephant in the room of that "real love, that Jada and that Will love" as J. Cole would say

damnit we're back!!! After a restful holiday the guys are back and have some opinions on some things.  They continue they're discussion on sports restarts, team name changes and give some music reviews of the recent album drops... and yes we can't ignor the elephant in the room, we address Yeezy running fro prez and his new music

small facts, big facts, alot of facts on this episode.  The guys discuss the status of sports returns, the new wale project and alot more!!

They guys take the time to talk about current events... 3 different perspectives on the same tragic situation we're all in

Disclaimer that I thought about the 2A angle mid podcast and my thoughts on it are not fully formed in the least here - Henry

Hasan Minhaj video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4uCOAzrbM

A-Dub and Henry give you guys a quick post memorial day pod.  They discuss all the new developments in sports coming back, the podcaster world and relate both back to common themes they discuss on the pod... Pay attention kids you might learn something 

After a brief hiatus the boys are back in town... well back on skype actually.  A-Dub, Henry and John discussed the planned state reopenings, The Last Dance, sports restarting and alot more!!!

We're still here!!!  For you guys the fans, the band is back together discussing the different reopening strategies different states using, more quarantine and chill entertainment selections and of course The last dance.

Soob subs in for John in his long awaited podcast debut to join Henry and A-Dub as we discuss the crazy times we live in. After the guys discuss Trump and the mayor of Vegas saying crazy stuff they talk about the Bull documentary, the NFL draft, and cover some of the recent hip hop that's been released.

It feels so good to be back!!!! After taking an Easter Quarantine hiatus the fellas are back to talk more about what they are binging during the stay home order, talk about when we're getting back out in these streets, the new music that dropped and alot more!!

While the guys adhere to social distancing they discuss what they want to do when quarantine is over, the one year anniversary of the podcast, all the new music that was released and of course the Tiger King documentary on Netflix.

Welcome to episode zero!!! This BONUS episode is the practice run we did to lock down levels and get our on mic swagger. That being said it was recorded in February of 2019 so the topics will sound dated as obviously much has changed since then (we could still go outside back then lol) ENJOY & EMBRACE THE TURN UP!!!

*Editor's note* - I had the mic in a different position this week due to maintaining social distancing, so sorry for any additional mic bumps!

Wild week right??? A-Dub and Henry recap the crazy NFL free agency, how much they miss sports, the unprecedented steps WWE is doing go make sure Wrestlemania still happens, and a lot more.

No sports, an album we thought we'd never get and 2 guys adjusting to the new reality we all live in... A-Dub and Henry try to make sense of this  current crazy situation and try to make you laugh at the same time

A-Dub and John dive into new music from Jadakiss and Drake this week, give their thoughts on Meg Tha Stallion's contract situation and much more

John returns to the pod and king of hate let's a few things off his chest.... After that the guys discuss St. Patricks day plans, A-Dub moving out of BG and Dipset cover band that took over twitter.

Nate is here for the 2nd week in a row as John continues space force training (we think this is advanced light saber training week).  The guys recap a couple of wild weekends at the bars before giving a review of the new Royce da 5'9 album.  They also pay their respects to pop smoke as well before A-Dub's gets brutally honest about his opinion of what the Detroit Lions are doing this offseason.

Big Nate makes his podcast debut!!!! He joins A-Dub to discuss the Brent Fayiaz album, the new lil duval single. NFL free agency and alot more. 

A-Dub is sick as hell this episode but healthy enough to pod... he does it for yall!! Henry steps in as John does more space force Training.  The guys try to understand the Wanda Vision show, the NBA trade deadline and alot more

A-Dub and John reflect on the life and untimely death of Kobe Bryant and his legacy.  After that the guys discuss the nonsense that is the new all star game format and much more!!

Henry joins A-Dub for a deep dive into all the recent music drops and the Antonio Brown saga

Mario is back!!! cohosting with A-Dub as John braves the winter weather (and more space force training) from home. The guys start off with a lengthy review of Bad Boys for Life (SPOILER ALERT) and transition that into a discussion about the Notorious BIG's induction into the Rock n Roll HOF.  The guys cap off the episode with talk about the Houston Astros scandal and you know Henry hops in since we're talking baseball

The guys continue to set the bar higher in 2020.  This weeks topics include reviews of the Jackboys album, the new future/drake record, the new mutants trailer and some epic #TurnUp stories from the last decade. 

Being ghosted... ghosts in rise of skywalker... Goat talk and much more!!! the guys kick off 2020 with a bang to say the least, discussing the holidays, warm weather affecting cuffing season, rise of skywalker and all the sports developments that happened over the break

LAST pod of the decade!!!! John subs out as space force training continues. Mario steps up to bat and fellas have some interesting comments about the biggest entertainment disappointments of the decade, the top 10 diss records of the decade and few other topics

A-Dub is back this week!!! the guys begin with a reflection om their Thanksgiving and the umm cultural differences in Thanksgiving along racial lines. Later on in the pod the guys talk about all the new music that dropped over the past couple of weeks, their favorite albums of the decade and favorite Christmas movies

A-Dub takes a week off... So John and Henry hold it down and they're all over the place.  After some impeachment talk they discuss the Mandalorian along with all of Star Wars.  Later on the guys somehow end up talking about time travel and physics

alot of topics and very little getting side tracked. The guys talk about everything from Disney + to James Wiseman being declared ineligible.  They talked about Kap workout before it happened/didn't happen. 

John is back!!! The guys start with the questions of John's absence before getting into more of the popeye's chicken sandwich nonsense.  After that the deep dive into when you know if she belongs to the streets and the corelation between James Harden's scoring performance in NBA cities he visits and the quality of the strip clubs there 

first things first... Rest in peace John Witherspoon.  Henry and A-Dub give you guys their top 10 shows of the decade for most of this one. A-Dub also takes some hard line stances on college football and we have some theories about John's latest absence.

Guys... this is a long one. John makes his triumphant return the pod and enlightens us on space force boot camp. The fellas then lament more about their sports teams before having an epic debate about the Kanye album.  All of this combined with a Zombieland 2 review and a deep dive into the first episode of Watchmen makes for one hell of an episode.

Tiffany makes her triumphant return to the podcast to help A-Dub discuss Detroit vs the refs, NBA in China and the upcoming Tiger Woods memoir

John is away again at space force boot camp!!!! Mario subs in this week and the guys give a full review of the new Wale album "Wow... Thats Crazy" and turn that into a discussion about cuffing season and how it's changed after hot girl summer

Henry subs in as John takes another leave of absence for Space Force training. This episode is full of deep dives, the guys talk about how right A-Dub was right about the joker movie, Martin Scorsese being a hater and how great his new movie is going to be.  Then they do a way too early preview of the NBA season while A-Dub wraps us up by talking about the biggest week in pro wrestling history 

This week the guys are all over the map.  John is under the weather from his time at space force boot camp but still showed up to discuss hip hop 1 hit wonders, the new music releases, the end of vaping amongst other things, later on friend of the show Ethan calls in and he dicusses the new boom that professional wrestling is experiencing with A-Dub Finally we cap off the episode by trying to educate you guys about the impeachment inquiry into the orange man in the white house with Henry laying it all out for you guys

John is officially back from Space Force boot camp!! After the guys discuss Johns absence they talk about Tekashi 69 and all the telling he doing in court.  The guys also discuss the new Wu Tang show on Hulu, all the early QB injuries in the NFL and A-Dub gives a way too early prediction that the Detroit Pistons are a top 4 seed in the NBA eastern conference after signing Joe Johnson. 

As John finishes up boot camp for the new space force Mario subs in as the guys recap BGSU homecoming. After that they talk about the 12 year anniversary of Kanye's graduation album, NFL week 2, Snowfall becoming the new wire and much more!!

John subs out and Tiffany subs in this week as we go football crazy this week and you get live reaction of A-Dub getting upset at the Lions.  In addition to all the football Tiffany and A-Dub recount stories of BGSU homecomings in the past and a few other random topics

On their Jordan episode the guys are all over the place... at some point they cover what was the moment of the summer. All the new GOOD music that dropped. And they take a deep dive into why people are fans of certain artists and pro athletes

we're in the middle of the chicken sandwich wars people!!!! In between the war talk, we cover the Young Jeezy album, Little brother album and for some reason the Taylor Swift album... also more Disney plus and MCU news

Amidst the chicken sandwhich wars the guys find time to discuss the NCAA Rich Paul rule and its subsequent reversal, The Roc Nation NFL deal and alot more

We start this week's episode with a quote from friend of the show Soob. After that the fellas dive into all the top 50 lists, talk about A-Dub's list and come up with some other lists. Then they discuss the Rick Ross album, the missing Pusha T verse and they wrap up with a preview of WWE SummerSlam

The guys start off with a retrospective on the career of Young Jeezy as he announced that his upcoming album would be his last.  They also discuss Drake's siriusXM partnership, Jay-Z new venture and predict the upcoming seasons for the Detroit Lions and Michigan Football

The guys lead us on a music heavy discussion this week. They start with rumors of upcoming fistacuffs and A-Dub's streak of honesty continues.  Zombieland 2 trailer discussion leads them into a tangent and then they get into the XXL freshmen freestyles.  After that they discuss all the new music that dropped this past week

Episode 17 is wild!! The guys start with a random conversation about hot sauces before getting into the heavy topic of Trump's racist tweets and his other behavior.  Later on the guys do a deep deep dive into the marvel comic con announcements.  They also discuss the Nas Lost Tapes 2 project and debate hip hop top 5s

On this episode the guys have a lengthy discussion about videogame movies on the cusp of the mortal kombat reboot.  They also do a deep dive into all the music that dropped last week before talking more NBA free agency. They cap off this pod with A-Dub talking  a little pro wrassling as well

BIG FOREWARNING!!! major post production issues lead to a dip in audio quality for this episode.  The guys discuss the big NBA free agency news that happened in the week.  review Spiderman Far From home (spoiler alert), the dreamville album and share stories from 4th of Julys in the past

The guys give you LIVE reactions to all the NBA free agency signings that happened during recording. They also touch on all the new music that has dropped recently

BUSY news week for the guys as they discuss the Anthony Davis trade, early NBA free agency developments, the Raptors title win and subsequent Drake tracks

On this episode A-Dub & John continue their discussion on X-Men: Dark Phoenix, discuss the KD injury and the immediate aftermath.  Later on they talk about DJ Khaled suing Billboard 

On this episode John returns in dramatic fashion and gives everyone some motivation in addtion to a PIB recap.  After that the guys discuss the resurgance of fat guys, talk more about the finals and A-Dub gives a review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix (SPOILER ALERT)

Henry steps in for John this week as the guys discuss the pushback of the sonic movie, the 1 year anniversy of song of adidion, the nba finals and alot more

A-Dub & John discuss their memorial day plans, the Lakers' messiness, the Juwan Howard hire, the Wu Tang documentary and somehow they talk about who has the best french fries.  Later on in the pod Henry jumps on to discuss the disappointment of the Game of Thrones finale (SPOILER ALERT). They are wild'n to say the least!!

The guys are getting ready for summer this week by discussing the DJ Khaled album, Summertime anthems of the past, and things to expect at the summer cookout after that they get into the NBA draft lottery, conference finals Game of Thrones and somehow discuss the national anthem and lightly touch on current politics

Man, what an episode!!! A slow news week led to a lot of random discussions among the fellas. Today's topics include the 12 year anniversary of Iverson's practice rant, a terrible attempt at an apology from John, new developments in the Laker saga, Ayesha Curry, a debate about top 5 rappers/rap groups/R&B groups and SO MUCH MORE!!!

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It's starting to warm up outside so the fellas decided to breakdown some of the upcoming summer blockbusters, recap summer parties of their past and the block party they attended to promote the brand (gang gang gang).  Henry pops in for technical talk about the battle of winterfell and somehow they found a way to fit in some Lebron slander

The guys are back after a week hiatus.  This week they discuss their time off, new content they have planned,  have a long discussion about Avengers: Endgame (SPOILERS start at 16:20), the NFL draft, the NBA playoffs, a Kanye album discussion, and The Jay-Z B-Sides concert (that neither of them attended) 

Ya boys are back again!! This week we discuss NBA playoffs, the state of disarray the Lakers are in, the Disney plus announcement, and answer the age old question of is Batman a superhero... all this along with A-Dub's Wrestlemania recap and much more!!

We're back like we never left!! On this episode the guys deep dive on the life and legacy of Nipsey Hussle.  Next up the fellas give some NBA playoff predictions and a few NBA history lessons, more LeBron slander, and another Michael Avennatti update.  To finish up the guys go full comic book geek and have a discussion on DC/Marvel movies, Transformers movies and A-Dub's final Road to Wrestlemania...

A-Dub & John are back this week with more Jussie updates, absolutely awful NCAA tournament hot takes, lil Nas X, the now infamous WTOL viral video, Wrestlemania, Avengers: Endgame and some unplanned LeBron slander.  They also reminisce about Thursday night Turn up stories from the past

The Premiere episode of the Embrace the Turn Up...

Both your host were under the weather but had to deliver the first episode of the pod.  They discuss the NCAA tourney, Operation Varsity Blues, Trump, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and have a interesting discussion about the Mixtape Era vs the Streaming era.