ATTENDEES Elucid, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the artistic progression from Save Yourself to Don’t Play It Straight to I Told Bessie . Discuss and analyze I Told Bessie . Intro and Outro music by Brainorchestra from his album Live & Direct...
ATTENDEES Kam Thandi, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss themes and storylines in 2022 music and how our listening has changed in this era of heightened positive musical content. Go over Dan’s AOTY list as it stands Intro and Outro music by The Expert from the album The Overview Effect w/ Jermiside
*MUST LISTEN* ATTENDEES Brian Ennals, Infinity Knives, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the progression from Rhino XXL to King Cobra and how the project goals changed. Discuss King Cobra in depth and all the different forms it takes throughout the 17 song journey. Intro and Outro directly from King Cobra .
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ATTENDEES Lungs/Lonesword, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the GRIP collective and balancing group with solo projects. Discuss recent projects: The Birth of Lonesword , Where are The Bugs?! , and Alone on Mars . Intro and Outro beats by NCL-TM from KOFFi...
ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins, Dash Lewis AGENDA New Business Talk about the 2022 return of giant sized popular event rap album (Pusha T, Kendrick) and the show it has cast over more indie rap albums. Talk about ibliss-Raja’s Sun, Leikeli47-Shape Up, and Big Cheeko-Block Barry White. Intro and Outro is from Small Professor's project Church Jawns .
ATTENDEES PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to PremRock about Ockham’s Blazer and the persistent drive to make a new project unlike any you’ve done before. Discuss the progression of Quelle Chris given his AOTY contender DEATHFAME . Intro and Outro music by Small Professor from the album Soiled with Torito....
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the act of disclosing real peoples information in a song and the potential ramifications/problems. Discuss specific examples NOTES Romantic version-Drake innovated the disclosure of an ex’s first name “Courtney from Hooters on Peachtree” from Nothing Was The Same . In the purest business sense this acted as an easter egg for the listener that built intrigue. The day a Drake album came out fans hit the internet to find out w...
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the overall legacy of No Limit Records from a business model and artistic perspective. Analyze Young Bleed-My Balls and My Word, Mac-Shell Shocked, Mia X-Unlady Like, and Fiend-There’s One in Every Family. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from Mindgarden .
ATTENDEES Nate Barksdale, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about The Colors I’ve Never Seen and how it will influence the next project. Nominate the 2022 R&B Class of The Future! Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv off the album Black Keys Wit Melodies
ATTENDEES Juga-Naut, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss Juga-Naut’s development in music and approach to the work. Talk about the difference in approach between self-produced work like Situationist and Bem v. Produced by others work like Smoke Filled Rooms with Giallo Point. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from his album Spirit Medicine...
ATTENDEES Mantis The Miasma, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about Mantis journey into hip hop and connection to the scene, the music that molded the Mantis! Discuss the albums Eastern Medicine, Western Illness Aethiopes (with billy woods) and Days of Dr. Yen Lo (with Ka). Analyze each album as well as the overall sound that makes Preservation special.
ATTENDEES Nick Marsh, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Focus Hip Hop and the editorial vision of what projects to focus on and how. Breakdown what is special about Anwar Highsign- Live N*gga Prophesy , Fatboi Sharif x Lonesword- Cyber City Society , Spaceman Jones and The Motherships- Immaculate Conception , and s.al- I Will Guide You Out . Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv off his album MindGarden...
ATTENDEES OKnice, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to OKnice about the next level of recognition achieved by his new album Have You Tried Being Happy? and how that was achieved. Discuss this week's albums: Koffee-Gifted, Bun-B x Cory Mo-Mo Trill, and Larry June x Jay Worthy x LNDN DRGS-2 P’z In A Pod. Intro and Outro bumper music from Mindgarden by Ohbliv...
ATTENDEES Myles Bullen, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of creating Mourning Travels and the events that went into it. Discuss sequencing, guests, and overall tone of the album. What the experience is supposed to give the listener. Intro and Outro by Ohbliv from the Rugged Tranquility series here ....
Dan O sits down with one of the hottest underground producers, MIGHTYHEALTHY, and finds out his first beat is on this new album MIGHTYCANNONS with ACE CANNONS. This album is so loud and so fun it deserves the depth and joy in this conversation. Enjoy and buy a sticker pack for the little dun's.
ATTENDEES Stik Figa, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney New Business Talk to Stik Figa about the necessary elements of altering direction over the course of a long career and how it changes over time. Talk specifically about moving from his 2021 album Joyland to 2022’s Heresy. Intro and outro bumper music by Ohbliv off his album Ohblique
ATTENDEES Old Grape God, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Old Grape God about being prolific (34 albums!) and creative at the same time. A lot of prolific artists stop experimenting and just stay in a zone. How does OGG define and redefine his musical world being this productive and creative. Talk about HOME [sic] in detail and how its reception has been. Intro and Outro bumper music by Ohbliv off his new project CALEA Z II...
ATTENDEES PenPals, Zilla Rocca, PremRock, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about some of the most important things we’ve learned talking to artists, producers, journalists, and fans about music over these hundred episodes. Reveal the sick artwork Dan commissioned for State of The Game!(Keith has not seen it) Celebrate our favorite rap verses new and old. These can be verses that shaped our understanding of what rap verses should be or just the hottest bar work we’ve heard....
ATTENDEES Lord Kayso,Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Lord Kayso about the vision behind MOOR CHORES and crafting it into a personal journey. Discuss the reception and connection it’s having with listeners and how many people identify with the stories within it. Intro and Outro music by Ohbliv from the album Spirit Medicine ....
ATTENDEES Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about how important it is for an artist to curate the listenability of their projects and what can go wrong if that is out of sync. As a way to discuss this: analyze 2 Chainz-Dope Don’t Sell Itself, Saba-Few Good Things, and Ivy Sole-candid. Intro and Outro music is by Disco Vietnam from the House Rabbi series: https://discovietnam.bandcamp.com/
ATTENDEES Andrew, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Andrew about his follow up to 2021’s Pop 1967 , The Rain Knows What It’s Doing which came out on Three Dollar Pistol (Zilla Rocca’s label). How has his production evolved? What was the goal of this album and how does the first song (Don’t Let It Get You Down)further that? Talk about what we want from a first song and provide examples of songs that achieve those goals. Intro and Outro music by Disco Vietnam off House Rabbi ...
ATTENDEES Chong Wizard, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Chong Wizard about his personal growth as a producer from Midnight Sons w/ Zilla Rocca to The Colors I’ve Never Seen with Nate Barksdale. Discuss the foundational elements of Chong Wizard Records and how they developed. Intro and outro music from Chong Wizards album Blessing Season-https://chongwizard.bandcamp.com/album/blessing-season
ATTENDEES Fleetwood DeVille, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Fleetwood DeVille about Next Love Day and his collaboration with Grindstone Rye & Wine . These 2021 albums are so different from one another, how was the approach built for each? Analyze strengths and opportunities within 2022 releases: Sick! By Earl Sweatshirt, Piece of Me by Lady Wray, and Food For Thought by Che Noir....
One of the illest conversations in the history of the series, SolarFive frankly discussed his evolution in multiple musical spaces. Iceberg Theory popped in and added the producer perspective as their newest release Momento Mori deserves accolades and analysis. From the murmur flow to life being more hardcore than any rapper, this talk is fluid fun but dead serious. Intro is 'Maelstorm' Outro is 'The Wise Men of Chelm' both by Disco Vietnam off House Rabbi Vol. 8
ATTENDEES AJ Suede, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the new release Metatron’s Cube by AJ Suede and Televangel. How does AJ Suede view it within his discography? Each party selects 3 albums from 2011 as potential canon-dates. Via discussion of the albums we thin down to 1 album per person. Intro is 'Fire in The Hole' and outro is 'Prism' both by Disco Vietnam from House Rabbi Vol. 8...
ATTENDEES Defcee, Bloodmoney Perez, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the construction of Second Hand Accounts and the songs that define it. Talk to Defcee and Bloodmoney Perez about why collaborating with Messiah Musik is so special and his rise in music. intro and outro music by Disco Vietnam from House Rabbi 7
ATTENDEES Panels, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business ● Talk to Panels about the formation of East Hampton Polo Boys and what it meant to him as well as Scorcese. ● Talk about what the intentions were on Winter Catalogue v. Summer ● Talk in detail about the strengths and importance of hip hop smacktalk.
ATTENDEES Five Steez, The Sickest Drama, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business ● Talk about the formation of The Council of The Gods and what each member brings. ● Discuss Quietude, Element of Surprize, Trilogy and future plans in depth.
ATTENDEES Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the mission for the new album Never At Peace and the reaction it has gotten. Discuss the importance of album sequencing. Intro bumper is the title track of Never At Peace. Outro is Dame Dash Taught Me. Buy Never At Peace here: https://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/album/never-at-peace
