By Justin Charles and Alan C. Ventura

Welcome to On Wax, Off Wax, your one-stop shop at RELISH RADIO for all things hip-hop! Join RELISH section editors Justin Charles and Alan C. Ventura in this episodic series as they look to answer some of the most highly contested questions within the culture, sharing some of their insights as lifelong fans of the genre as well as a laugh or two along the way.

Still operating under the working title of Alan’s Corner, the first episode uses the commercial success of Lil Baby’s most recent project It’s Only Me as an opportunity to look back at the bodies of work that allowed some of hip-hop’s most beloved talents today to rise to “superstar status.” Take a listen to Alan and Justin’s takeaways from Kendrick Lamar’s infamous verse on the Big Sean song “Control” (not “Power”).

Peep Episode 1 here: