ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss Skyzoo-The Mind of A Saint , Oddisee-To What End , and Sunny War-Anarchist Gospel in depth. Talk about the functional environment for this music as well as the audience for it. Intro and Outro by Andrew...
ATTENDEES SKECH185, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss SKECH185 new album He Left Nothing For The Swim Back in depth. Discuss the legacy of Tomorrow Kings and what goals SKECH185 has for this phase of his career. Intro and outro by Andrew
ATTENDEES Illogic, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Map the transition from Unforeseen Shadows to Celestial Clockwork to The Transition . Get in depth on The Transition and where it positions Illogic for the future. Intro and Outro by Andrew...
ATTENDEES Patty Honcho, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about Patty Honcho’s 2022 projects Life with Numbz and Brawler (Round 5) in detail. Discuss what Patty accomplished last year and the mission of becoming undeniable. Intro and outro by Andrew. Cop his new album w/ Jesse The Tree....
ATTENDEES Love, Ulysses, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss moving from the 2 pack system to a full album. Discuss album 61,265,147 in detail. Intro and Outro by Andrew of sleepingdogs...
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss any late year additions that would have been higher if they had come out earlier. Discuss albums 25-1 in depth. Discuss what we are looking forward to in 2023. Intro and Outro by Andrew
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how ‘critic brain’ evaluates music and albums that didn’t make this list (but made lots of other lists) and the reasoning behind that. Explain the albums of the year 50-26. Intro and Outro by Andrew
ATTENDEES Steel Tipped Dove, MIGHTYHEALTHY, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about MIGHTYCANNONS w/ MIGHTYHEALTHY & Metal Lung / Days Pass Strange w/ Steel Tipped Dove. Talk about the sonic identity of 2022. Intro and Outro by Andrew...
ATTENDEES Dash Lewis, Defcee, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the magic of Defcee & Boathouse- For ALl Debts Public and Private . Discuss the wonder work Dash Lewis has coming w/ Freemusicempire. Conduct the 2022 Flow Fantasy Draft Intro and outro by Andrew
ATTENDEES Fatboi Sharif, Noface, GENG PTP, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the formation and goal of Preaching In Havana . Talk about the use of horror perspective to get closer to our emotional reality. Intro and Outro theme by Andrew
ATTENDEES Lee Fields, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss a life lived in Soul music from 1969 to now. Discuss in detail Lee Fields new album Sentimental Fool and how making art at this stage works.
A guest canceled so I kicked my Drizzy theory to K and it turned into a really interesting discussion about Drake. No guest just K and I chopping it up.
ATTENDEES Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss how an ultra-personal rap album hits us, how we should listen to it, and how the personal nature of it effects re-listens. Discuss in detail Short Fuze- The Painkiller Boutique , Teddy Faley- Teddy Brown Brown , and Mavi-Laughing So Hard, It Hurts. Intro and Outro theme by Andrew. Buy his latest album ....
ATTENDEES Lukah, Walz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Discuss the decision to move from soul sample based production to Walz. Discuss the methods in which Lukah has grown his team and his world. Intro and Outro by Andrew
ATTENDEES Teller Bank$, Ed Glorious, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the newest album from Teller and Ed The I & I in detail! Discuss the trilogy from The Grotesque & Beautiful , The Part & Parcel , to The I & I . Is this the last one of this series? If so, why?...
ATTENDEES Billi Free, The Lasso, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the genesis of Holy Body Roll from last year's Tri Magi album into this one and how the sound has been evolving. Talk about high points for the album as well as plans for the future We also just need to talk about some of the super cool projects The Lasso has done in the past. Intro and Outro song by Andrew. Find the full song here ....
ATTENDEES Vic Spencer, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Vic Spencer about his best release year! Still Here , Mudslide and Psychological Cheat Sheet 3 and what this year has meant to Vic. Discuss the style, execution and ramifications of Tree. Intro and Outro by Andrew. Full song is here ....
Roger aka CamoBucketHats and I decided to meet up once a month or so and chop it up about a topic. The first one he selected was AJ Suede and I was more than happy to discuss. No matter how often we pick apart Suede's work more points present themselves! This discussion rules.
ATTENDEES Andrew, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss the new album Don’t Wait For Me to Leave in terms of vision curation and reception. Discuss the journey of the Re-Up Gang and the counter-historical reality if different decisions had been made. Intro and Outro by Andrew. Check the full song here ....
ATTENDEES Jesse The Tree, Sage Francis, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk about the origination of Strange Famous Records and what vision characterizes it. Talk about the influence it has had and the stellar 2022 releases. Intro and Outro music from Jesse The Tree's album Pigeon Man .
ATTENDEES Rap Music Plug, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Draft the nominees from the shared google doc Make the case for their inclusion Affirm or deny Make the next pick Continue until the class feels complete Intro and Outro music from Preaching In Havana by Noface x Fatboi Sharif
ATTENDEES Dylan Green, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business December 2021 Alicia Keys released 93 minutes of music(KEYS) and then reissued it in July(KEYS II). Why?! Why is no one talking about it? Where does Alicia Keys fit in the history of music? Is this the best Alicia timeline of all the possible timelines? Intro and Outro by Disco Vietnam off House Rabbi 12
ATTENDEES John Morrison, Zilla Rocca, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss our relationship to The Roots and the legacy of Black Thought. What changed that made Thought want to pursue a solo career legacy? Is it working? Should he have done it earlier? Discuss the new album Cheat Codes by Black Thought and Danger Mouse. Intro and outro music by Strategy from the upcoming project Graffiti in Space due for release 01/17/2023...
ATTENDEES Small Professor, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins Special guest Torito! AGENDA New Business Talk to Small Professor about the selection process of who he works with. Talk to SMall Professor about his 2022 releases: Hundred Year Darkness w/ AJ Suede, Soiled w/ Torito, Mudslide w/ Vic Spencer, and Sedale Threat by Wrecking Crew (Curly Castro, Zilla Rocca, Small Pro, PremRock). Discuss the SMALL PROFESSOR classic Never At Peace by Career Crooks. Intro and Outro from Prince Jawns...
ATTENDEES Sean Kantrowitz, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk to Sean about the genesis of the ‘Making Illmatic’ podcast series and the most cantankerous episodes. Discuss Jay-Z misconceptions
ATTENDEES Spanish Ran, Bloo Azul, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the coming together and roles of The Church collective and how Bloo and Ran built from that. Discuss Bloo Moon EP and Once In A Bloo in depth. Intro and Outro music from the Bloo Azul x Spanish Ran album- Once In A Bloo .
ATTENDEES Psalm One, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the process of writing Her Word Is Bond and its reception. Discuss the goals for upcoming solo album Bigg Perm with Custom Made. Spend some time ruminating on the lessons learned over the course of a very unique journey. Intro and Outro music by klwn cat off his new album Vox in Rama dropping 10/31...
ATTENDEES Namir Blade, Daniel Olney, Keith Rollins AGENDA New Business Talk about the differences between Metropolis and previous albums? How did those changes optimize the experience of the album? Talk about the courage it takes to pursue optimizing your career whether others understand the direction or not. Discuss the albums of Namir Blade in detail. Intro and Outro music directly from Metropolis . Buy it because it RULES!...
ATTENDEES Hype,Keith Rollins,Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Discuss what goes into the process of making a debut album using Talk Nice To Me as an example. Breakdown Hype’s debut Talk Nice To Me in terms of strengths and what aspects Hype would like to develop in the future. Intro and Outro music by DJ Preservation off 1974...
ATTENDEES Rich Jones, Keith Rollins, Daniel Olney AGENDA New Business Talk to Rich Jones about his new album w/ Iceberg Theory Smoke Detector . Discuss albums: Drill Music in Zion by Lupe Fiasco, Crunkstar by Duke Deuce, and Forest In The City by UMI. Intro and Outro music directly from Smoke Detector BUY IT!...
