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Episode 247 Side A: Grammy Nominations +...

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Armond & Doc return to go in-depth on the 2017 Grammy Nominations before discussing J Cole's "False Prophets" and all of the issues it brings up - is Cole right about Kanye? Is Cole the right person to bring this up? Is it even a good song? All that plus Doc visits MSG for the first time, a random digression about The-Dream, and a lot more. 
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