The topic for Episode 8 is "Poetry & Lyricism." Music from Zion I & The Grouch, Nas, Open Thought, Black Star, Lauryn Hill, Blackalicious, Casual, Dilated Peoples with Last Emperor & Maylay Sparks, SelfSuffice, and K-Otix. The goal of this podcast is to expose people to a variety of hip-hop music that is currently absent from many major radio stations that predominantly play songs dominated by violence, mysogyny, and self-destructive materialism.