Jayson Rodriguez

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New! BackSeat Freestyle: What more Can J. Cole Say?
Backseat Freestyle: Hip-Hop Award Season ’25
Backseat FreestyLe: Please Tyler Don’t Hurt Em
Backseat freestyle: The Clipse Conversation & what it has to do with The state of hip-hop journalism
BAckseat Freestyle: New Joey City [Regionalism’s Theme]
BAckseat Freestyle: Playboi Carti Is For the Children
READ: For ‘Variety’ I wrote about 5 Things I Learned after watching ‘the Honorable shyne’ Documentary
Watch: I co-produced this short film on common & Pete rock’s ‘The Auditorium’ vol. 1 LP for vevo’s CTRL series
WATCH: I Appeared on CNN’s Flashdoc Short ‘The Decade that Defined Diddy’ ahead of their trial coverage
Watch: I spoke on an abc news roundtable about the art of the diss, drake vs. Kendrick and the legacy of rap battles
Listen: I talked to the new york times’ ‘popcast’ about The Lox’s Verzuz Win and Late ’90s/Early 2000’s NYC Rap
PLAYLIST: Jay’s Plays AKA What I’m Listening To Right Now (Spotify)
Playlist: Jay’s Plays AKA What I’m Listening To Right Now (Apple Music)
Playlist: Heard It All Before – New Songs in 2026 That Sample Old Songs (and the old songs)
Playlist: One Dope Song From All 30 of NBA YoungBoy’s Projects

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