Episode 118 is our tribute to the late, great Tame One. We love doing tributes on Take It Personal, but we absolutely hate having to do a tribute them under these conditions. We've lost many great artists over the years like Biz Markie, Kangol Kid, MF DOOM, Prince Markie Dee, Gift of Gab, Shock G, Zumbi, Black Rob, Double K, Len Hub (The Roots), Malik B, DJ Kay Slay, Coolio, Takeoff, Pop Smoke, Hurricane G, Ecstasy, Blacastan and Don Newkirk to name a few. And it feels like we're still getting o...
Mar 20, 2025•3 hr 50 min
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 20, 2025•3 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 115
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 20, 2025•3 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 114
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 20, 2025•3 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 113
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 20, 2025•4 hr 54 min•Season 6Ep. 115
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 20, 2025•3 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 111
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 19, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Season 6Ep. 110
I'll save the long description because you just need to hit that play button! What you're about to listen to is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in hip-hop. We all know '88 is the blueprint with It Takes A Nation of Millions, Critical Beatdown, Straight Outta Compton, Great Adventures of Slick Rick, Follow The Leader, Long Live The Kane, Straight Out The Jungle, By All Means Necessary and Strictly Business. But do you really listen to more music from 1988 than 1994? That's the dif...
Mar 19, 2025•3 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 109
Fourteen years ago, Blu took hip-hop by storm. Along with Exile, he gave us the modern-day classic Below The Heavens and we've all been hooked ever since. On episode 97, we sit down with Blu to discuss his lengthy catalog and career. Blu shares stories about rapping for Suge Knight, almost signing to Death Row Records and signing with Warner Brothers. He breaks down some of our favorite tracks off Below The Heavens, working with so many great producers over the years and the making of his latest...
Mar 18, 2025•4 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 97
On Episode 57, we’re joined by the legendary Spice 1. His resume runs deep and features some of the biggest and best collabos such as Jealous Got Me Strapped, The Murda Show, Dusted N Disgusted, Nuthin But The Gangsta, Santa Rita Weekend, Hard 2 Kill and the I Got 5 On It remix to name a few. Spice 1 shares stories about working with 2Pac, Method Man, MC Eiht, E-40 as well as some of his favorite collabos he’s done. We also talk Menace To Society, his Houston roots and his newest album Platinum ...
Mar 17, 2025•54 min
Kurupt joins Take It Personal Radio to discuss his lengthy career as being one of the best lyricists in the game. You'll hear stories about Snoop Dogg, Daz, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, KRS-One, and 2Pac. We also discuss The Horseman project, Death Row Records, his South Philly mob ties, the east/west coast beef and why he even took shots at A Tribe Called Quest. Next week we'll be releasing our supersized Kurupt Tribute, so stay tuned because that is one tribute you won't want to miss! http://vevo.ly/Vp...
Mar 17, 2025•2 hr 12 min
On this flashback of Take It Personal, we're hitting you with a special tribute to celebrate the life and the career of Sean Price. We're joined by special guests Pharoahe Monch, Phonte, Torae, Meyhem Lauren and Peter Rosenberg, as they serve as your tour guide throughout this 4+ hour tribute. We've got hours of music, memories and laughs as we feature over 70+ tracks showcasing the remarkable catalog of Sean Price. Don't forget to visit our brand new TIP store https://takeitpersonalradio-shop.f...
Mar 17, 2025•4 hr 15 min
I can tell you all the reasons why you should listen to our DJ Premier interview, but we're talking DJ Premier! When the G.O.A.T. talks, you just listen. DJ Premier goes in-depth about the new album. We talk plenty about Guru, their relationship, the misunderstandings and the family bond. We collabos with Nas, Pete Rock, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Bun B, K-Rino. We discuss the artists featured on One of The Best Yet, as well as those who weren’t on the album but felt they should be. There was nothing of...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 43 min
On this flashback of Take It Personal, we're hitting you with a combined remastered version of episodes 29 & 30, our Native Tongues Tribute. This 12+ hour episode features music from the most important, and influential hip-hop collective we've ever seen. With the help and hustle of both DJ Red Alert and Chris Lighty, the Native Tongues were a force to be reckoned with. The Jungle Brothers paved the way for groups like De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep. Prior to The Flava Unit,...
Mar 15, 2025•12 hr
On this flashback of Take It Personal Radio, we're hitting you with a remastered version of episode 32, our Pharoahe Monch Tribute. This 5 1/2 hour episode was recorded in 2018 and is now remastered in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Stress: The Extinction Agenda. We felt it was not only necessary, but equally important to do a tribute in honor of one of the greatest lyricists hip-hop has had. Additionally, what would a Take It Personal tribute be without the man of the hour stopping by t...
Mar 15, 2025•5 hr 32 min
Episode 63 is our very long, but very necessary MF DOOM tribute. It clocks in at 6+ hours and features over 130 classics and collabos. It also features 7 special guests who stopped by to share stories as well as navigate you through our DOOM tribute. We're going to remember these times for years to come. What we listened to or watched during the infamous quarantine. There have been some amazing hip-hop moments because of it, specifically Club Quarantine with D-Nice and most recently the DJ Premi...
Mar 15, 2025•6 hr 14 min
On this flashback of Take It Personal Radio, we're hitting you with a remastered version of our Black Thought Tribute combing both episode 68 and 69, including our exclusive Black Thought interview. Black Thought isn't just one of our favorites, he is arguably the greatest living rapper in the game. And despite where he might be on your top list, there is no doubt that after you listen to our Black Thought Tribute, he'll be bumped up in your ranking. We discuss the Streams of Thought albums. We ...
Mar 15, 2025•7 hr 50 min
On this flashback of Take It Personal, we're giving you our KRS-One tribute. We're joined KRS for a lengthy interview on this 5+ hour episode. We take you back to the days of Boogie Down Production all the way to the Blastmaster of today. We sprinkle in boom bap classics, underground anthems, guest appearances, remixes and personal favorites throughout this musical journey. It's sometimes easy to forget greatness, but after this episode, we're certain everyone will remember just how important, i...
Mar 15, 2025•5 hr 3 min
Every once in a while, an interview turns more into a conversation amongst rap dudes. We anticipated having Rapper Big Pooh and Phonte for just 45 minutes, so when I tell you the interview lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes, it tells you just how funny and relatable these guys are to talk to. We covered an awful lot, yet it wasn't nearly enough once it was over. We discuss the May the Lord Watch documentary, their love for Beck or Bjork and their hate for Sci-Fi and its magical white people. We touch...
Mar 15, 2025•2 hr 34 min
Episode 124 is our tribute to David Jolicoeur aka Plug Two aka Trugoy the Dove aka 1/3 of one of the greatest groups of all-time. Please join us in this celebration as we take you on this incredible lyrical journey courtesy of Trugoy. Shouts to Pharoahe Monch, Apathy, Open Mike Eagle, Supastition & Jeru The Damaja for being a part of this tribute. Special thanks goes out to Amy Cinnamon for allowing us to use her amazing art for this episode. Thanks to Dirt Dog for always making our covers c...
Mar 15, 2025•3 hr 10 min
Grab yourself a beach towel, a few Red Stripes, a nice spliff and join us on Episode 108 Champion Sound, as we celebrate the marriage between reggae and hip-hop music. We've gathered some of our favorite reggae influenced tracks with some of our favorite hip-hop/reggae collabos and in typical TIP fashion, of course we had to sprinkle in some hidden gems. We've got music from Tiger, Supercat, KRS-One, Bounty Killer, Louie Rankin, Mad Cobra, Mad Lion, Nas, Shabba Ranks, Junior Reid and Capleton to...
Mar 14, 2025•3 hr 1 min
Episode 121 is titled The Set-Up. After these big tributes we do on TIP, you sometimes you have to to decompress, but we can't really take our foot off the pedal too much because we're just getting started. On this show we take it back to the mid-late 90s with a lot of emphasis on 1996-97. We got bangers from Mobb Deep, Capone-N-Noreaga, Camp Lo, Common, Royal Flush, EPMD, Smoothe Da Hustler, M.O.P., Sadat X & Diamond D. At the break we discuss Uptown Saturday Night, Stone Crazy, Hell On Ear...
Mar 12, 2025•2 hr 44 min•Season 7Ep. 121
Pharoahe Monch stopped by to discuss his concert at Lincoln Center in NYC, to celebrate the 25-Anniversary of his classic, Internal Affairs. Special guests include M.O.P., Large Professor, Talib Kweli, Styles & Prince Po, so you're not going to want to miss this show. www.takeitpersonalradio.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal...
Mar 11, 2025•52 min
Chances are you listen to Take It Personal because you're stuck in the golden era. But every once in a while, we feel it's our responsibility to put a spotlight on today's music. On episode 154, we're do all of the heavy lifting to help you diversify your bonds, like GZA. We'll always be a 90's centric show at heart, but some of us are really stuck in the past and we feel you might be missing out on some great music, especially from the independent artists out there. We've got new music from God...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 8Ep. 154
We're excited to hit you with TIP's Have You Heard? game for episode 153. We're playing 32 tracks, featuring bootlegs, b-sides, deep album cuts and remixes. All you have to do is keep count of each song you've heard before. Don't count the original versions you might be familiar with, just the ones you hear on this episode. We're going on the honor system and there is no honor in being a crumb bum. Keep score at home and then return to our episode post on Instagram or Facebook and share with us ...
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 42 min•Season 8Ep. 153
Episode 117 is our chill-out session. We're playing some of the finest jazz, lo-fi hip-hop for your listening pleasure. Grab a bottle of your favorite brown stuff, roll-up something green and just vibe-out to an episode that will guarantee will have you pressing replay. We've got music from Blackalicious, All Natural, Common Market, Kid Abstrakt, Awon, Binary Star, Last Jazz Club, People Under The Stairs, MF DOOM, Digable Planets, The Artifacts, Zion I and Blu & Exile to name a few. But befo...
Feb 25, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 117
Episode 103 is the 3rd installment of our indie hip-hop tribute series. This time, we’re joined by Mr. Eon of The High & Mighty, who sits with the crew to discuss one of hip hop's greatest eras. We hear stories about how it started for them, the Masta Ace beef, working with Bobbito, The Alchemist, Rashida Jones, Beetlejuice, Kool Keith, Pharoahe Monch, Eminem and Cage. During the late 90s and early 00's, Eastern Conference Records was a staple in independent hip-hop. Who better to tell vivid...
Feb 07, 2025•4 hr 59 min•Season 6Ep. 103
Episode 101 is an ode to 1990. This was a defining moment in hip-hop as the musical tides started to turn. The 80s were done, as were many of the styles and genres to come out of that decade. Rap dominated the airwaves and took over pop culture as we know it. While both MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were at the top of the pop charts, it was influential voices like Chuck D, Ice Cube and Shock G that provided the sounds cherished to this day. The Afrocentrism movement was huge as legendary groups such...
Feb 06, 2025•3 hr 4 min
With the Summer Olympics going on and episode 89 being a '92 celebration, we couldn't think of a better way to pay homage than with the legendary Sports Illustrated cover featuring the '92 Dream Team. Episode 89 is an appetizer, as we take a quick-trip down memory lane before making a hard stop on one of the greatest years hip-hop. Instead of feeding you the played-out '92 classics, we focus on the deep album cuts and some of our more obscure favorites of '92. We've got music from Positive K, Di...
Feb 01, 2025•2 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 89
Episode 60 is the 2nd installment of our indie hip-hop tribute. This time we’re joined by Shawn J. Period, a major player in the indie movement. Shawn has given us with countless classics and we discuss each and every one of them. Only on TIP will you get to hear Shawn tell his story like this. We discuss his days on Big Beat, his first group Down South and his collabos with Mos Def, Heltah Skeltah, Bush Babees, Mad Skillz and The Artifacts. This is an XXL episode clocking in over 5 ½ hours of m...
Jan 30, 2025•5 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 60
