On the latest episode of their Broken Record podcast, Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin sit down with the one and only Questlove. In the two-part interview, Quest discusses working on D’Angelo’s Voodoo and the genius of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall, the evolution of his drumming style and his tenure on the The Tonight Show, and much more.

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Here to make the current news cycle slightly less depressing, Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Fallon get their Saul Williams on in the latest installment of Poetry Slam. From the longest-running Government shutdown in history to the Oscar’s lack of a host, Sam and Jimmy put a poetic spin on the last week’s whirlwind of news stories. Stick around for the hilarious Snakes on a Plane reference.

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Anderson .Paak launched his Beats 1 show, .Paak House Radio, a few weeks back and on this week’s episode, he decided to prank call Dave Chappelle. At the 51-minute mark, Anderson tries to sell the iconic comedian on the idea of a music video where he gets nude.

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Good news, Freddie Gibbs fans: Gangsta Gibbs is dropping a new project called Freddie tonight. The only thing better than the announcement itself is how it was made. In a hilarious video to promote the album, the ESGN rapper spoofs ’80s R&B commercials and teases new songs like “Whippin’ Dope with Tyrone,” “Smokin’ That TKO” and — who could forget? — “Bitch You Better Clean Them Sheets.” We’ll have to wait and see how many of those are actually real songs, but it looks like we can expect a guest appearance from 03 Greedo.

Freddie serves as the follow-up to Gibbs’ 2017 album You Only Live 2wice. His second collaborative album with Madlib, Bandana, is also (hopefully) still on the horizon.

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Will Smith took time out from killing the game on Instagram to stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. During his appearance, Will kept the prime time entertainment coming as he performed a medley of classic TV theme songs alongside Jimmy. With a little help from The Roots, Smith and Fallon put a live spin on theme songs from shows like Diff’rent Strokes, Martin and, of course, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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Kendrick Lamar’s GRAMMY award winning album DAMN. is still making waves almost a year after its release. Most recently, the groundbreaking LP from the TDE frontman was used as a question on Jeopardy! Featured in the “Recent R&B and Hip-Hop Hits” category, the latest episode of the popular TV game show found host Alex Trebek reading out the clue: “Hitmaking was in his ‘DNA.’ He had ‘LOYALTY.’ He was ‘HUMBLE.’ and in ‘LOVE.’ — DAMN.”

And yet none of the three contestants seemed to have any idea who Kendrick Lamar is, let alone heard his hit records. This isn’t the first time Jeopardy! players have failed miserably when it comes to hip-hop topics.

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For their first Over/Under episode of the new year, Pitchfork quizzes the one and only Erykah Badu on everything from Fred Flintstone and Porky Pig to extraterrestrial beings and airline safety videos. Come for the random topics, stay for Erykah’s stories about fixing a dog’s broken leg and swallowing a doobie behind the wheel.

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Yep, you read that right: Dave Chappelle is dropping not one, but two, new specials on Netflix on New Year’s Eve. While we all knew that Chappelle had signed a blockbuster deal with the streaming company to roll out three specials in 2017 (two of which were released back in March), it appears he’s been hiding a fourth one up his sleeve — in case you were on the fence about ringing in the New Year in front of your TV.

Yesterday, Netflix treated us to a two-minute taste of Chappelle’s upcoming third special, dubbed Equanimity, while his fourth special is called The Bird Revelation and was filmed at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles on November 20.

Chappelle’s two new specials premiere on Netflix on December 31. Watch a trailer for them both below.

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It’s Christmas come early as Netflix have given us our first taste of Dave Chappelle’s upcoming special, Equanimity. In this two-minute teaser from his third and final stand-up special of 2017, Chappelle offers his typically hilarious take on Trump voters. “I listened to them say naïve, poor white people things: ‘Man, Donald Trump’s gonna go to Washington and he’s gonna fight for us!’ I’m standing there thinking in my mind, ‘You dumb motherfucker. You are poor; he’s fighting for me.'”

Equanimity premieres on Netflix on New Year’s Eve. It’s the follow up to Deep in the Heart of Texas and The Age of Spin, which earned Chappelle his first-ever GRAMMY nomination for Best Comedy Album.

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In the latest episode of his VICELAND series Most Expensivest, 2 Chainz sits down with Hannibal Buress and Tommy Chong in Las Vegas to experience the true meaning of high-class dining. From weed-laced asparagus to medicated crab legs, cannabis crazy chef Zairilla Bacon cooks up the ultimate 420 meal that would cost you at least a couple of ounces of actual bud. Judging by the way Tommy dozes off and Hannibal compares the combination of chicken and waffles to Alvin and the Chipmunks, it’s safe to Chef Z’s expensive edibles do the trick.

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