Take It Personal and Grown Man Rap Show are a couple that I would listen to.

1. What are some for good interviews?

2. What are some that plays underground and/or classic golden era?

If you haven't already, there's plenty of archived podcasts with hip hop good from Combat Jack (rip), Juan Epstein, and The champs. Unfortunately they all packed it in and no longer do them.

Only episodes I’ve heard so far but still ... worth a listen

...im just salty they dont ONLY talk hip hop lol ...season 2 is good though, they sound a lot more laid back and comfortable with the format now

I started listening to old ones so I'm way back in 2016 or so right now. Not sure what the show is currently like.
I miss Combat Jack.........

too hard to get the good info without Nore sidetracking or talking too much in general.

I have tried LL's radio show on XM. He's interviewed the Beaties and Raekwon recently. Beaties was good. didn't hear Raekwon yet.

Way too many cats trying to be funny and making basic factual errors. Wish there were more people who took it seriously. A Wake Up Show podcast would be cool.

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

Interviews: The Cipher http://theciphershow.com/

beat me to it!

and while neither is specifically for Hip Hop only (it depends on the guest), I'd recommend Heat Rocks and Song Exploder to any music lover.

http://maximumfun.org/shows/heat-rocks
http://songexploder.net

been waiting for it to hit other platforms... haven't looked either tho

I think you can listen to current episodes with the free version of the app but to get access to their archive, you'll need to use the premium version.

YouTube also has little 5min clips of longer interviews.

..2 of my favorite podcasts ever

He had stories for days and hearing about his own personal life was good podcasting too.

It's not solely a hip-hop podcast tho.

Wang and Rhodes bring in a musician or someone involved in the music industry to talk about one specific album for about 45min.

I've only listened to a few episodes but between Wang and Rhodes their tastes run quite a range and both have a great ability to describe their musical tastes.

The guests are pretty dope. Just listened to an episode with Phonte which was really cool. He talked about Intro's eponymous album (an R&B album fro '93) and was his usual hilarious but sharp self.

Another underground MC came in and talked about Like Water for Chocolate. Joi talked about Betty Davis as well.

Worth a listen.

Another not exclusively hip hop podcast.

The host, Cole Cushna, goes into a DEEP breakdown of various albums.

The first season was a 20 episode look at To Pimp a Butterfly. He broke down the lyrical content and gave a context into Kendrick's career and life which influenced the album.

The next season looked at My Dark Twisted Fantasy. This season went even deeper. He went into a deeper dive into some of the musical theory behind the songs which made them so successful on an aesthetic and metaphorical level.

He did breakdown Frank Ocean's work earlier this year. But he's now going into The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which ought to be dope.

Each episode is about 25 to 30 minutes. If you like to geek out about the meaning and subtext of the albums within this series, you'd find worse ways to spend your time.

http://theciphershow.com/

He's interviewed everybody: Daddy-O from Stetsa, Big Daddy Kane, Phonte, Jean Grae, Erick Sermon, Evidence, Bill Adler, Elzhi, and that's just from this past year. Very thorough chronicling of different careers, great questions, fast paced.

Serato just launched a new podcast this month.

J.Rocc is featured on the first episode, discussing LA radio, mixtapes, Dilla and more. I haven't finished listening but so far, so good. Just posted about this in GD.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCp3J4JKo0A (Episode No. 1)
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/serato-unscripted/id1440602040?mt=2

Does someone know where I might acquire these?

*Carry on.*

If these kinds of names get you excited regarding hearing
hour-plus long podcasts, check out The House List

and if you know the name Peter Agoston, you know his
resume allows him to dig deep with the guests.

BANGING podcast. https://soundcloud.com/thehouselistpodcast

I'm starting in on the THREE HOUR conversation with Godfather Don.
Yes, it's that serious.

Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/AQ63GtNpmlw

just before the release mm food.

I just got an email announcing the inaugural episode for Waxpoetics podcast, No Need for Alarm.

“For the inaugural edition of the Wax Poetics Podcast, hosts David Ma and Nate LeBlanc interview Del the Funky Homosapien about his classic 1993 sophomore album No Need for Alarm, which celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.

The podcast, which was recorded at Del’s home studio in the Bay Area, features the exclusive track “Smoked-Out Charlie,” a recording made circa 1991 to ‘92 from Del’s archives.”
Read more here:
http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/news/news-blog/no-need-alarm-wax-poetics-podcast/

Apparently upcoming episodes will “ deep-dive into albums and artists on the Wax Poetics spectrum.”

Okay, so this is not a recommendation but rather another notice. I already told y’all about Serato’s new podcast. The first episode featured J.Rocc.

You’re welcome. ;-)