This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums that have shaped the course of music and culture.

Bobby Carter | June 2, 2025
Bay Area ambassador E-40 moves with the energy of an up-and-coming emcee, but he's been around a minute. To put it 40 Water's way: "I've been doing this since Kermit the Frog was a pollywog!" Our biggest hurdle to clear was packing in three decades of music at the Tiny Desk, but 40 Fonzarelli and his band clocked weeks of rehearsal to make sure this office was rockin'.

E-40's sophomore solo album In a Major Way dropped in 1995, one of the most competitive years in hip-hop history, with certified classics dropping weekly by the likes of 2Pac, Mobb Deep, Goodie Mob, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon and GZA. Straightforward and plain has never been E-40's nature, and that left-of-center spit has been the thing that has sustained his illustrious entertainment career.

At the Desk, Charlie Hustle sets things off with "Da Bumble" from In a Major Way and continues to bounce through a catalog of big hits sprinkled with nods to his day ones. Producer Lil Jon brought him back to the mainstream in the early 2000s with "Tell Me When to Go," "U and Dat" and "Snap Yo Fingers," while TikTok injected new life in "Choices (Yup)" and introduced him to Gen Z. "I'm on my fourth wind!" 40 tells us. No lies told.

SET LIST
"Da Bumble"
"Yay Area"
"Sprinkle Me"
"Captain Save a Hoe"
"Snap Yo Fingers"
"U and Dat"
"Choices (Yup)"
"Hope I Don't Go Back"
"1-Luv"
"Function"
"Tell Me When to Go"

MUSICIANS
E-40: vocals
Kev Choice: music director, keys
Bosko Kante: music director, background vocals
Martin Luther: guitar, background vocals
Howard Wiley: saxophone, EWI
Marcus Phillips: bass, keys
Dame Drummer: drums, background vocals
Silk-E The People's Champ aka Sherri Stack-A-Grip: background vocals
DJ KMP: DJ, background vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Mitra I. Arthur
Audio Engineer: Andie Huether
Production Assistants: Dora Levite, Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk honors the anniversaries of landmark albums that have shaped the course of music and culture.

Bobby Carter | June 10, 2025
Wiz Khalifa’s Kush & Orange Juice came out 15 years ago. To honor the anniversary, the Pittsburgh emcee assembled a group of Tiny Desk veterans, Pennsylvania natives and his DJ to reimagine highlights from the classic mixtape, plus tracks from Kush & Orange Juice 2, its similar, yet more mature follow-up.

Something was happening during the entire show and lots of us in the room could feel it. We were waiting for him to engage with us, but he didn’t. I stepped in after a few songs to remind him that it was OK to do so — still, nothing. But then, after “Crime Bud and Women,” Wiz spoke to the audience for the first and only time, wiping away tears: “You made me cry. F*** y’all!”

I can muster up a few guesses as to why the emotion overflowed. Wiz had a host of family and friends present in this very intimate setting, including his father. And he did tell me how much he loves performing. But honestly, this sonic masterpiece was good enough to hit the tear ducts.

SET LIST
“Red Eye”
“Mezmorized”
“The Kid Frankie”
“Never Been”
“Up”
“Crime Bud and Women”

MUSICIANS
Wiz Khalifa: vocals
Kenneth Wright: music director, bass
DJ Bonics: turntables
Uncle Bubz: keys
Russell Gelman-Sheehan: guitar
Kendall Lewis: drums

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Video Editor: Kara Frame
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Production Assistants: Ashley Pointer, Dora Levite
Photographer: Catie Dull
Tiny Desk Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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2. back at it: 1:56 - 5:59
3. bottom: 6:00 - 8:29
4. ca$h $hit: 8:31 - 9:45
5. idk nomore: 9:53 - 12:00
6. south to west: 12:02 - 14:04
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8. poochie gown: 15:25 - 17:35
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11. Drip or Drown: 23:18 - 25:27
12. DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD: 25:28 - 27:15
13. MET GALA: 27:17 - 29:38
14. YOSEMITE: 29:42 - 32:14
15: Pedestrian: 32:16 - 35:02
16. Mistress: 35:03 - 36:48
15. Top Off: 36:49 - 39:53
16. Sold Out Dates: 39:54 - 41:36
17. Drip Too Hard: 41:37 - 42:54
18: Space Cadet: 42:56 - 46:09
19. Lemonade: 46:10 - 48:18
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32. Who You Foolin: 1:25:59 - 1:28:30
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Future & Metro Boomin LIVE @ Rolling Loud Cali 2024
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Bobby Carter | February 21, 2024
Motivation has always been the leading message of Jeezy's career and he's never veered off the path. The Atlanta superstar stayed consistent with his Tiny Desk, focusing on the early chapters of his career and creating a story arc in between songs. "I was able to connect with my people and my culture because we spoke the same language," he explained before playing "Go Crazy." "I wanted to inspire and give people the blueprint, people who wanted more for themselves."

Jay "Jeezy" Jenkins' music could easily be taken at face value given the number of hits he's racked up over his two-decade career, but he made his target audience and intention clear through the titles of his Thug Motivation albums. He's taken his mission far beyond music, excelling as an investor and more recently an author. His memoir, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, made it to the New York Times bestseller list.

The Snowman enlisted Tiny Desk vet and bassist D. Hodge to assemble a band to breathe new life into selections from his catalog. The string section brought opulence to these gritty street anthems and features two familiar faces: viola player Lelia-Michelle Walker and NPR's own Ashley Pointer on violin. Jeezy dedicated "Everythang" from TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition to Pointer and showed plenty of love to the group of Howard University students in the crowd. This is Black History at its finest.

SET LIST
"Standing Ovation"
"Air Forces"
"Bottom Of The Map"
"And Then What"
"Go Crazy"
"Everythang"

MUSICIANS
Jeezy: lead vocals
D. Hodge: bass, musical direction
CJ Thompson: drums
Joe Harley: keys
Ashley Pointer: violin
Lelia-Michelle Walker: viola
Dr. Amyr Joyner: violin
Johnny Walker: cello

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Alanté Serene, Christina Shaman
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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Killa B defends the Cartel home stage VS battle rap’s most disrespectful Arsonal Da Rebel.

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King Clive TV presents the highly anticipated Cypher Of All Cyphers 15, "A Knight Of Hip Hop." Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hip, Cypher Of All Cyphers delivers yet another dope cypher for the history books!

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It's going to be a tough decision between bars and performance for this headline battle! The top of The Discrepancy battle card features battle rap vet, Charlie Clips taking on Cartel's own Bankhead, one of battle rap's rising stars. Charlie Clips, as seen on MTV's Wild N Out, has battled on the Cartel stage a few times, but makes his long awaited return VS one of Cartel's top hitters: Bankhead for a crazy 3 round battle of wordplay and performance.

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