On this week's programme, we talked to junclassic and SQ about the influence and impact that film has had on their new album and its narrative. They also discussed their love for Queensbridge hip-hop, and their process of making "Ante Meridiem Cats", citing SQ's recent 30 for 30 Instagram series as a key factor in its beat selection. Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast fea...
May 19, 2025•59 min
This week, we're joined for a conversation with returning guest Anthony "Ant" Davis (Atmosphere), to discuss and unpack the fourth and final volume in his eclectic instrumental series, "Collection of Sounds". Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Suppo...
May 05, 2025•58 min
This week we're joined for a conversation with Ben Pedroche, esteemed author of the definitive and deeply passionate "Independent As F***": Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005". Take a trip down memory lane as we reflect on indie rap's golden era and everything between! Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fa...
Apr 24, 2025•51 min
This week we're joined by lyricist extraordinaire PremRock —perhaps best known as 1/2 of the rap duo Shrapknel , to talk about his latest offering, "Did You Enjoy Your Time Here…?" Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fidelity Podcast ...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Artist, educator, curator, and cultural ambassador Queen Herawin (Juggaknots) is this week's guest on the podcast. Take a peek behind the curtain and go into the making of her latest project "Awaken The Sleeping Giant" in this expansive and insightful conversation. Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with f...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Coming off last year's critically acclaimed "Blip" with The Expert, NAHreally joins us for a conversation about his latest project "Secret Pancake" and breaks down his recipe for making bangers. Produced by: D. Lewis and L. Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fid...
Feb 23, 2025•52 min
Four albums (and over ten projects) into her career, Rapsody is at the peak of her powers. In the week since she spoke to us for this episode, Rapsody has officially secured her first win for Best Melodic Rap Performance (“3:AM” feat. Erykah Badu) at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards On this week's episode, Rapsody joins us to peel back the curtain on her latest and most vulnerable album to date, "Please Don't Cry". She also recalls what she says was the most important time of her life creating it, ...
Feb 09, 2025•35 min
This week –we're joined for a free-wheeling and fascinating conversation with renowned Rhymesayers DJ/producer Anthony Davis, better known as Ant, one half of the legendary duo Atmosphere. Known for his signature soulful discography including albums such as "Lucy Ford", "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having", "When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold", "Us", to name just a few. We discuss the making of his highly anticipated debut -"Collection of Sounds Vol. 1"– the first relea...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Season finale! Known for his work drawing graphics for Think Skateboards, his distinctive tattoo art, photography and co-creating of one of the largest skate/street wear clothing lines; REBEL8, Mike Giant recalls his humble beginnings and discusses cutting his teeth as a graffiti artist in part 1 of our 2 part podcast. Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thou...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 10 min
As a trailblazing maverick of UK rap during its peak, Cappo is in the midst of a creative revival. His forthcoming album "S.T.A.R.V.E." follows on the heels of his recently released "CANON", with lofty goals to leave behind a legacy, featuring some of his most conceptually challenging and concise material to date. This week, we sit with Cappo for a powerful and poignant conversation to discuss some of the struggles that shaped #STARVE, transforming his mental health into a musical meditation, wo...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 18 min
This week, Shrapknel (Curly Castro & PremRock) join us to discuss the creation of their Controller 7 helmed project "NOBODY PLANNING TO LEAVE". Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fidelity Podcast by subscribing to our Patreon...
Jul 21, 2024•53 min
Wavy Bagels and DRIVEBY take us behind the wheel and into the driver’s seat to discuss their collaborative journey and what fuelled the making of their album, “A CARFULL”. What happens when there are too many bagels in a 2006 Sabaru? Find out on this week’s episode. Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations w...
Jun 23, 2024•53 min
Rapper/producer Lee Scott joins us for a candid conversation to capture the essence of his practice and heart of his latest self-produced album, "To Tame a Dead Horse" 🐴👽📡 Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fidelity Podcast by...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Heems and Lapgan make a perfect combination. After a six year hiatus, the former Das Racist rapper recently teamed up with the Chicago-based producer/beatmaker for his latest album, "LAFANDAR". With a renewed focus, Heemy joins us alongside Lapgan to discuss its creation, working at Spotify during his time away from making music, developing and building his multi-purpose brand Veena, and more! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted...
May 27, 2024•52 min
From MF DOOM to Slim Shady to Dr Octagon, hip-hop has a long history of artists with multiple personas, but none so charming or whimsical as Kenny Dennis –Serengeti's loveable mustachioed Chicagoan. Last month, the prolific Illinois native released the latest chapter in his KDz series – brimming with lore and answers! Here, we discuss and unpack the Kenny Dennis saga in a revealing and expansive interview. A MUST hear for fans of Geti and Kenny! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fi...
May 19, 2024•59 min
Gabe Nandez is a tour de force. After quietly releasing three top-tier projects last year, the New York based rapper returned last month with the Wino Willy helmed Object Permanence on POW Recordings. With a renewed focus, Nandez joins us to discuss his latest EP as well as his unique journey on this week's episode! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thought...
May 04, 2024•56 min
Fresh off a trip to NYC, we're back with a brand new episode, featuring special guests Quentin Branch and Brian Warren of Angry Blackmen. Learn about the lore and labour of love that went into the making of their latest album "THE LEGEND OF ABM", and much more on this week's show! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic ...
Apr 07, 2024•54 min
This week we're joined by Detroit's Marv Won, a dual threat MC/producer, who after much anticipation, is set to drop his Mello Music Group debut, I'm Fine Thanks for Asking. In this conversation Marv speaks on his forthcoming project, working with Quelle Chris (with whom he announces he has a project in the works with), Big Proof (RIP), his dream of attending a Roc Nation Brunch, and much more! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hoste...
Mar 18, 2024•53 min
This week Benny Boom discusses growing up in Philadelphia, how a chance encounter led him to working for Spike Lee's 40 Acres, assisting Hype Williams as AD, directing his first music video for Channel Live, making videos for artists such as Nas, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, and so much more! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and auth...
Mar 10, 2024•59 min
Prolific producer Blockhead makes his long awaited appearance on the podcast to discuss his latest album -'THE AUX' - and everything between! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fidelity Podcast by subscribing to our Patreon and u...
Feb 18, 2024•44 min
We sat down with DJ Semtex to discuss his roots in radio, some of his most impactful interviews to date, as well as his plans to release new music! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patreon: Support The Fly Fidelity Podcast by subscribing to our Patreon...
Feb 08, 2024•57 min
WE'RE BACK! Our first episode of 2024 features a conversation with artist, illustrator, print-maker and emcee, Kid Acne. Fresh from another home-run with Spectacular Diagnostics ; we discuss and unpack his latest album, as well as his artistic perspective on the various mediums he has grasped. All of this and more on this week's show! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcas...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Go inside the making and mythology of HEIST OF THE CENTURY —La The Darkman's classic '98 Supreme Team Entertainment debut. Commemorating its twenty five year anniversary, we're joined by Lason 'La The Darkman' Jackson to discuss its creation, freestyling with Method Man, working with DJ Muggs, and more! Happy Wu year!! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thou...
Dec 24, 2023•57 min
This week, we're joined by authors of Do Remember!: The Golden: The Golden Era Of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes –Daniel Isenberg and Evan Auerbach– to talk about their own amazing mixtape stories, as well as explore the history, impact, and on-going relevance of mixtapes. Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 26 min
This week, Elliott Wilson joins us to talk about his unique journey disrupting the media space for over three decades. From Beat Down to Ego Trip–to The Source to XXL–to Rap Radar and beyond, we discuss his incredible contributions in this intimate career defining interview! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conver...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 31 min
For two and a half decades Noah Callahan-Bever's confident, compelling and no-nonsense contributions to hip hop's media space have left an inimitable mark. This week, we're concluding our interview with the third and final part in our mini-series, exploring his illustrious and incredible career. Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced...
Oct 16, 2023•2 hr 2 min
We're back for Part 2 of our conversation with Noah Callahan-Bevan (Idea Generation) If you haven't listened to Part 1, we suggest doing that first, because it provides the framework for the career milestones we cover on this episode: (1) transitioning from Blaze magazine to becoming A&R (and admin for Everlast's EAT AT WHITEY's) at Stimulated Records (Dante Ross); (2) writing for live TV, namely, MTV's DIRECT EFFECT; (3) pulling from the potential of Ego Trip and the process at Vibe magazin...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Noah Callahan-Bever (Idea Generation) joins us for part one of a two-part discussion exploring his unique journey and the creative work of publications Ego Trip, Vibe and Blaze that paved the way for hip hop to finesse its way into the mainstream music space! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fas...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 48 min
"F**k with your boy Judas Ascariot, who came back swinging - whipping the super chariot” This week, we're joined by King Kashmere for an in-depth chat about his latest album: The Album to End All Alien Abductions! Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media Art direction: Mango Shark About: Hosted by Luke Bailey, The Fly Fidelity Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring thoughtful, layered, nuanced and authentic conversations with fascinating guests from hip hop and beyond. Patre...
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 22 min
We're concluding part-one of our wide-ranging conversation with Walasia Shabazz (AKA Allah's Reflection) with an explosive and in-depth follow up in which we discuss her career milestones, including managing MF DOOM's career during his most important era, her role as artist and repertoire on MADVILLAINY, her influence as a chef on the creation of MM FOOD, as well as her work as general manager for multiple major independent record labels. We also talk about her forthcoming book THE TIME SHE FACE...
Aug 06, 2023•2 hr 40 min
