In today's Raydar Report episode, legendary MC Consequence stops by the show to talk everything hip hop with Ray Daniels & Mickey Factz. They talk Consequence's connection with Kanye, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. Drake, top 5 rappers of all time & more! Consequence. Kanye West. College Dropout. Drake. Kendrick Lamar. Jay-Z. Nas. Rakim. Biggie. Slick Rick. Queens hip hop. G.O.O.D. Music. Bully. Mickey Factz. Ray Daniels. Raydar Report. The most important hip hop history conversation on YouTube in 2025. Consequence — Queens rap legend, A Tribe Called Quest affiliate, College Dropout collaborator and G.O.O.D. Music insider — sits down with Ray Daniels and Mickey Factz on the Raydar Report for one of the most important and honest hip hop culture conversations ever recorded publicly. The Kanye story alone is worth the entire episode. Consequence was selling weed on the block — completely done with the music industry — when Kanye West called him. Went from Brandy rapping his lyrics on Moesha to standing on a corner with no deal and no hope. Then a young producer who had just done H to the Izzo walked in the room and opened with — I am the next Michael Jackson. And Consequence looked at him like what are we doing here. I gotta go back to the block when this is done. You are not even high. But Kanye followed up. And that follow up changed everything. That conversation led directly to one of the greatest debut albums in hip hop history — The College Dropout — an album Consequence helped shape from the inside at a moment when nobody outside that room knew what was coming. Ray Daniels asks the question nobody has asked two real MCs on camera — did Kendrick versus Drake end hip hop as we know it? Consequence breaks down why hip hop does not end — it reinvigorates its own genetic code every time something seismic happens. The same way Disco Demolition Night in Chicago ended disco in 1979 people thought that moment would kill the culture. But hip hop always comes back through the young generation who only wants more. And Drake will be back. As soon as he drops the knockout record the culture will follow. The Queens versus Brooklyn debate gets fully unpacked. Consequence makes the case that Queens has the most talented collection of MCs and producers in hip hop history — Run DMC, Nas, Mobb Deep, A Tribe Called Quest, 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Keith Sweat, Large Professor, Q-Tip, Havoc — but suffers from one fatal flaw that Brooklyn never had. Separatism. Brooklyn built community. Queens built individuals. And the difference between those two approaches is the difference between a borough that gets celebrated and a borough that gets slept on for thirty years despite being the Avengers of hip hop. The top five MCs conversation featuring Consequence's actual list is one of the most honest and credible rankings ever put on camera by someone who was in the room when these legends were being made. Nas. Rakim. Biggie. Slick Rick. And the fifth that he wrestles with on camera because he refuses to give the propaganda answer. The breakdown of what makes each of them great — from Consequence smoking with Nas before he recorded One Love to Rakim being the first voice in hip hop that felt like it was not for his mother — is a masterclass in understanding what separates good rappers from generational artists. Bully is coming. G.O.O.D. Music is alive. The second generation is taking over. And Consequence is still the most important unofficial spokesman for everything Kanye has ever built. In this episode: The full untold story of how Consequence went from selling weed to helping shape The College Dropout Kanye walking in saying I am the next Michael Jackson and Consequence thinking he needed to get back to the block Did Kendrick vs Drake end hip hop — Ray Daniels draws the Disco Demolition Night parallel Why Queens is the most slept on borough in hip hop history and what separatism costs a culture Consequence's top five MCs — Nas Rakim Biggie Slick Rick and the fifth he wrestles with on camera Why J. Cole letting himself out of the car during the Drake and Kendrick beef was the most unprecedented moment in hip hop history The breakdown of what made Nas unique — Consequence was in the studio when One Love was recorded Why Rakim's voice was the first commander voice in hip hop and the first song that felt like it was not for their mothers Biggie's Ready to Die as the most cinematic album in hip hop history G.O.O.D. Music update — Bully coming and second generation cake on the way College Dropout vs Get Rich or Die Tryin — the Queens perspective on the most important year in hip hop history Mickey Factz and Ray Daniels breaking down the best era in hip hop history Subscribe on YouTube - https://bit.ly/RayDanielsYouTube Watch full episodes of The GAUDS Show - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLykiYt2yLGSj7ZrxMn-0t0SNeYx6lVocs #raydaniels #thegaudsshow