They do topics every episode
Yeah, not sure what dudes are talking about. You can literally see the topics in the summary.
Let me go back some to note the fact that i consume both the podcast episodes as well as the patreon episodes. I don't really separate them or view them as different products, however I do believe there is probably an effort to produce them in different ways. And it's very well likely that the patreon episodes are supposed to be more "personal" or "honest" vs the podcast episodes and that's why I consume so many personal topics about them.
All that said...yeah, they have topics. And they spend 3 mins on those topics and then 10-15 mins on some personal bs...Mel seeing this dude or Joe was at this strip club. I'm entertained regardless, but I'll call a spade a spade.
The top 75 r&b acts convo was so good in part because i legit can't remember the last time they spent that amount of time (30 mins on 75 - 26 alone...add another 20 for 25-1) seriously discussing a topic. They ain't broke something down like that since the beef last year.
I'm stunting...most of that episode was good...it had the Tyler Perry convo, they touched on the fat joe situation, nas and Jimmy they discussed for a few seconds...but yeah.
As someone else said, a producer would probably go a long way for them...someone to keep them focused on topics, good discussions, and also the flow of the show. Marc is kinda in that role right now imo...he naturally flows from 1 topic to the next. He's much better at it than Joe, although I do miss the "Uhhh...what's next WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE, uhhhh"