We are joined this week by authors, historians and galactic level hip-hop heads Jeff Chang and Dave "Davey D" Cook to discuss their new book Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History. Nate, Dave and Demone are all huge fans of the original edition of Can't Stop Won't Stop, and consider it to be the best book about hip-hop ever written. Here we chop it up with Jeff and Davey D about the new edition, the state of the culture, and some of the figures covered in the book. We als...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 165
This week we're shining a light on the best rap records of the year so far. Each of our three co-hosts talk about their favorite few releases now that we're a quarter of the way through 2021. Next up we have an interview with DBRP returning guest MC Nappy Nina ans producer JWords. They just released a very good record called Double Down, and we get the down low on the creation of the project. Beats this week are from friend of the program Small Professor, check out his Bandcamp for more amazing ...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 164
This week we have a great interview with legendary hip-hop producer Buckwild. From the 90's to the present, Buckwild has produced some of the greatest songs in hip-hop history with artists like O.C., Organized Konfusion, Notorious B.I.G., Kool G Rap, Nas, and many others. Buckwild is a laid back guy and not prone to self promotion, but consider this episode the beginning of a campaign to refer to him as a super-producer. In the third segment our hosts hold an extensive conversation on the merits...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 163
This week we're chatting about new releases including Benny the Butcher's Plugs I Met 2. Then we have a lively conversation with Bronx-born MC Nine. Perhaps best known for his distinctive vocal tone and two albums on Profile in the 90's, Nine has had an extensive and influential career and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Beats this week were submitted by friend of the program LC Rivers. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 162
This week we have some thoughts on the recent Grammy awards and then we spoke with one of contemporary rap's illest duos, Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams. Sharif & Roper released a uniquely macabre record last year called Ghandi Loves Children. They tell us about their history together, their working process, and divulge a bit about their next few projects. The interstitial beats on this week's show are from friend of the program Son Raw, specifically his new beat tape Son Raw vs. The Psy...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 161
This week we have a lively examination of the recently-released Netflix documentary Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell. The Notorious B.I.G. is one of the all-time great rappers and we had fun talking about his music and legacy. Then we have an interview with NYC-based rapper Marlon Craft. We discuss his independent hustle, his relationship with his fans, and his former life as a basketball prodigy. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 160
This week we have a great interview with composer, producer, beatmaker extraordinaire Daedelus. They share their experiences working with DOOM, Prefuse 73, Myka 9, and more colorful characters from the intersection of hip-hop and electronic music. They also describe a bit about their pandemic experience, teaching at the Berklee School of Music, and tell some stories about the legendary club night Low End Theory. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 159
This week we are discussing Canadian hip-hop with two underground MCs from our neighbor to the north. First up we have an interview with writer, poet, MC and overall creative Cadence Weapon. Cadence has a new single out now called Senna and a new album dropping soon. He discusses his approach to writing, his journalistic efforts, and we parse the so-called "hipster rap" era. Next up we have a conversation with the prolific MC/producer Moka Only. We've been fans of Moka's laid-back, everyman appr...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 158
Is The Fugees' 1996 album The Score a hip-hop classic? We delve into this question including listener feedback sourced from Twitter on the occasion of The Score's 25th anniversary. Next up we have a revealing interview with veteran MC and Visionaries member 2Mex. We are longtime fans of his music, both solo and as a member of group Of Mexican Descent. Here he discusses the true stories behind some of his songs, label politics, and drops hints about an upcoming project with a superstar MC/produce...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 157
We have a doubleheader this week, two interviews with guests who have made music we enjoy and also come from our little corner of the world, the South Bay Area of California. First up we have a chat with Jihad the Roughneck, a renowned underground MC best known for his work in the group Third Sight with DJ D-Styles and producer DuFunk. We are longtime fan of Jihad's bold rhyme schemes and humor-laden writing. Next up we have a conversation with producer The Architect. he was the man behind the b...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 156
This week we are yet again mourning a member of the hip-hop community, RIP to Double K of People Under the Stairs and condolences to his family and friends. We spend some time up top talking about PUTS and what their music means to us and how it sits in the larger context of underground hip-hop. After that we have a great interview with Murs, one of the most talented and productive MCs in hip-hop history. Murs shares his insights on hustling, race, the music business and much much more. We also ...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 155
This week we have some reflections on a great moment in Bay Area hip-hop history, the legendary Saafir vs Casual battle in 1994. This moment has been chronicled in a recent documentary available on youtube, and our host Demone Carter was in the building for one of the inciting events, a live show where the Hobo Junction and Hieroglyphics members initially squared off. After that we have a great interview with Breeze Brewin. The gifted lyricist from The Juggaknots and Prince Paul's Prince Among T...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 154
We have a very special guest this week, quite literally one of the greatest MCs in the world, Pharoahe Monch. From his beginnings in Organized Konfusion to his new rock-oriented project Thirteen, Monch blends peerless technical ability with wild concepts and emotional range. He is truly gifted as a rapper and has made some of our favorite music of all time. The three hosts also discuss the best rap albums not currently available on streaming services, capped by Organized Konfusion's masterpiece ...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 153
This week the fellas discuss who the best DJ/producers in hip-hop culture are throughout time with feedback from our twitter followers. Then we have a great interview with one of those luminaries, the legendary turntablist, producer, artist, and collector Cut Chemist. Cut shares great stories from his incredible career and tells us about his devotion to collecting "paper," specifically vintage hip-hop flyers and posters.
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 152
Rest in peace Daniel Dumile aka MF DOOM the greatest underground rapper who ever lived. This episode is our attempt to celebrate the life, music and legacy of DOOM. We are joined by DOOM fan and collaborator Open Mike Eagle to talk about our favorite tracks, memories and share some observations about what made him such a compelling character. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 151
For our 150th episode and our last show of 2020 we are very pleased to present an interview with a group that means a lot to our three co-hosts, Latyrx. Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born made a groundbreaking self-titled album in 1997 that was hugely influential in all of our lives and led us to seek out left field experimental hip-hop. We are joined at the table this week by our friend Cutso who has worked closely with Lyrics Born for the past few years. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony ...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 150
This week the fellas interview radio host, DJ, producer, and hip-hop institution Statik Selektah. Statik chopped it up with us about his radio career, his production setup, and his practice of not breaking songs but breaking artists on his Shade45 show Showoff Radio. He is also promoting a new album, The Balancing Act, which has a staggering amount of high profile features. DBRP is a proud part of the Stony Island Audio podcast network.
Dec 24, 2020•43 min•Ep. 149
It's the third annual DBRP Awards! A beloved end-of-year tradition where we reach out to some of our favorite artists, writers, and friends of the program for feedback on the year in rap music combine that with the ballots of our editorial board of David, Demone, and Nate, and then "award" great music across a wide variety of categories. We also spend a little bit of time talking about bad graphic design and annoying trends, but mostly this is a celebration of an amazing year for music and not m...
Dec 17, 2020•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 148
This week we're exploring Brand Nubian's classic debut album One For All on its 30th anniversary. We spoke with Sadat X, a great MC with a pioneering flow and one of the great rap voices. He recalls being young and hungry when the group recorded this masterpiece and fills us in on what he's up to now, which may surprise you. Next up we speak with Dante Ross, the A&R who guided the signing and recording of the album and has stories for days. Dante was everywhere in NYC back in the day and his...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 147
This week we are focusing on record collecting, something all three of our hosts engage in to varying degrees. We lead with a chat about our listening outside of hip-hop and the hoopla surrounding year-end lists. Then we speak with DJ, producer, musician, and record collector DJ Day. Day gets very candid about his life, his recording career, and his position as the best DJ in his hometown of Palm Springs, In the middle segment we talk about how the pandemic has affected record stores and our own...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 146
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Every year Dad Bod Rap Pod does something slightly different for these holiday episodes. One year we did a radio-style music mix, the next we told stories from our personal lives, and this year we have a positive, fun conversation about some music that we love with a very special guest. Josh Gondelman is a beloved Twitter institution, a gifted stand up comedian, author of the book Nice Try and a writer and executive producer on Desus & Mero. Josh joined us for a ...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 145
This week the fellas interview an artist who just released a breakthrough album, Lyric Jones. Her new album Closer Than They Appear was recently released to critical acclaim. Lyric has an interesting backstory, as she is a talented singer, drummer, and classically trained musician who has been making moves in hip-hop for a while. Catching the ear of Little Brother's Phonte Coleman eventually led to this new album's creation. The fellas also discuss some near-classic rap albums, Sesame Street, an...
Nov 19, 2020•50 min•Ep. 144
Doubleheader episode this week. After the fellas discuss their mental state after the recent election, we interview Sach Illpages of The Nonce about his album World Ultimate and his newer work. He is joined by producer KTD to discuss their new collaborative project. Next up is a discussion on the intersection of instrumental hip-hop production and electronic music with author Laurent Fintoni. Laurent spent over a decade researching various artists, scenes, record labels, and movements and the re...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 143
This week we are joined by MC, storyteller and personality Fat Tony. Tony helps us understand the intricacies of his new concept album Exotica. The album is a unique collection of character based short fiction rap songs, an intriguing listen. The fellas also address election worries, celebrate Demone's first EP with his group Lackadaisical being re-issued on vinyl, and share some initial thoughts on Busta Rhymes' new album Extinction Level Event 2. Beats this week were submitted by Spectacular D...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 142
This week we delve into the legacy of Aceyalone's seminal album All Balls Don't Bounce on its 25th anniversary. After that we have dual interviews with the members of new group Small Bills. Producer The Lasso, whose work you may know from collaborations with Lando Chill, Chris Orrick and Psypiritual, is a multi-instrumentalist with restless creativity who has crafted a new sound for Elucid on this project. Elucid, one of the best MCs in the world right now, has an extensive solo catalog and is a...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 141
We are joined this week by hip-hop writer and columnist for Spin and Bandcamp Max Bell to discuss the major rap releases from last week. The rap universe was blessed with albums from Benny The Butcher, Black Thought, Homeboy Sandman, Open Mike Eagle, Kenny Segal, among others. We offer initial reactions to these releases and discuss how some of them invite comparison based on subject matter. Next up is an interview with MC/Producer Illogic, who just released his first self-produced project of hi...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 140
This week we focus in on the idiosyncratic rap stylings of MC Paul Barman. We've been following Paul's career since his life-changing collaboration with venerable producer Prince Paul in 2000. Paul's intricately written rhymes have consistently improved over the course of many releases and he is one of hip-hop's most unique characters. We were very pleased to speak with Paul and he proved himself to be a wily and active participant in the conversation. So please sit back and enjoy this slightly ...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 139
Surprise mini-episode where DBRP producer and co-host Nate LeBlanc interviews friend of the program Alaska about his past and present as an indie MC and member of groups Atoms Family and Hangar 18. Alaska is the co-host of our fellow indie hip-hop podcast Call Out Culture and has a new album with his partner in that show Zilla Rocca as group Cargo Cults. Their new album Nihilist Millennial features Zilla's beats and Alaska's raps. We close this show with a cut "Rammellzee" from the album, which ...
Oct 12, 2020•44 min
This week we have two special interviews. First up we have an interview with Kathy Iandoli, author of God Save the Queens: The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop. Kathy shares insights on hip-hop form her unique perspective as someone who has studied the contributions of women throughout hip-hop history. Next up we have an interview with MC Sa-Roc on her career, her writing process, and her new album The Sharecropper's Daughter. Beats this week were submitted by Sean Kantrowitz, who has a bra...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 138
This week the fellas are joined at the virtual table for the first segment by hip-hop writer Abe Beame who published a major piece this week ranking all of the original albums that received coveted 5-mic ratings in The Source magazine. Here's a link to the piece https://www.passionweiss.com/2020/09/29/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-the-original-5-mic-albums-in-the-source/ we have a lively discussion about the hip-hop album canon, and the unrepeatable circumstances of the heyday of hip-hop journalis...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 137
