Elwyn M. Grimes, Jr. is not a private detective for hire. Not yet, anyway. He is, however, a husband, a father of three, and a sweetheart. Before he became any of those things, though, he was a son.

In Episode 3 of Badass Records, we talk rap, hip-hop, R&B, grunge, and more. We got a few things wrong in our De La/Tribe discussion, but we didn't sit down together to have a perfect conversation. Instead, we examined a few of our own musical-journey tributaries, and illustrated our appreciation for friends, family, record stores, and stereo systems.

While Elwyn tabbed It Was Written by Nas, What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, and Pearl Jam's Ten, I felt a great sense of gratitude learning how his late father helped shape a little bit of the the onset to his son's travels with music and artists and albu ...