Free Range with Double 0

Devo "Springsteen" Harris on producing hits with Kanye West & John Legend and choosing to leave it all behind to go back to school and reinvent himself in tech.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the trusted Chicago Manager (Valee), Consultant, and Journalist Andrew Barber of Fakeshoredrive.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the innovator of evergreen hip hop video content Justin Hunte. 

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with the Queen of Sample Clearance, Deborah Mannis-Gardner.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down Founder of Rap Coalition and the deal whisperer Wendy Day.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with MC, Host & Actor Torae

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down Senior Content Director of Bossip's parent company Janee Bolden.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times. What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 sits down with grassroots marketing agency owner Curtis House. They discuss how marketing stories will be drastically reshaped as we return to a new normal, how to thrive in the stillness, and if this is the moment VR has been waiting for.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives?  This week Double 0 sits down with music business journalist Cherie Hu.  They discuss how artists will make money moving forward since the old paradigm is broken and what digital creators may come out on top after the pandemic subsides.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives?  This week Double 0 sits down with super producer and visual creative Melo X to discuss going from youtube to Beyonce, the greatness of creativity in the blog era, and what social norms are for sure dead.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with Jerry L Barrow, Entertainment Editor at BET.  We talk about every producer, songwriter, and rapper becoming a cam model on IG and how the entertainment industry weathers the Tiger King era of marketing and promo.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with Netic about how prepared he was for this pandemic, what he has learned and how it will change the way in which society tells its story.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with designer and brand owner Woodie White.  They touch on post-pandemic fashion, what parts of the hypebeast market will die because of this time and whether living in cities are worth it after this.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives? This week Double 0 talks with DJ and Entrepreneur MICK to talk about life in the time of corona, routines to keep from going crazy and what happens next.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives?  This week Double 0 sits rapper Donnis a.k.a LaDonnis Crump.  They talk about responsible drug use in Hip Hop, Ram Das and what happens the day after you learn to stop fooling yourself.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives?  This week Double 0 sits with EIC of DJBooth.net and co-founder of Audiomack streaming service Brian "Z" Zisook.  He recently had to issue his first twitter apology after statements he made regarding young artists and lawyers were taken with offense.  We dive into how best to give advice and more.

Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives?  This week Double 0 sits with Veteran journalist Jayson Rodriguez to talk about cultural appropriation, responsible rap journalism and who should helm the new era of Def Jam.

New name... Same game.  Free Range w/ Double 0 is now Think Like A Rapper.  Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives.  Today we sit with Esthero... Canadian singer-songwriter and quietly a muse to some of Hip Hop's lyrical heavyweights.  We talk being truly indie and what it was like being a part of one of the most important albums of the last decade. 

New name... Same game.  Free Range w/ Double 0 is now Think Like A Rapper.  Hip Hop is one of the strongest cultural systems in modern times.  What can we unexpectedly parse from it to use in our daily lives.  Today we sit down with the plug, Jesse Kirshbaum.  He along with his company the Nue Agency has been the go-between for tech companies, brands, and artists for years.

"Know your worth" is a phrase often used to assess your external worth to interacting and working with others.  What if we turn that on ourselves?  When do we know when its time to refocus and maximize our efforts.  Double 0 sits down with the founder of Colors Worldwide and RNBOnly, Jabari Johnson to explore the idea.

Those who can't do, teach.  This abused term looks down on those who decide not to always be practitioners.  But sometimes the BEST teachers have done a great deal and decide to give back.  As Rapper Big Pooh looked towards the future he knew he wanted to reinvent himself but now through someone else.  He sits down with Double 0 to explore his future helping others and the return of Little Brother. 

Don't quit your day job is a phrase often used to discourage people from pursuing their out-of-office dreams.  but what If you have those dreams AND love your day job.  This week we sit with DJ RTC a.k.a Alexander Fruchter to discuss how his teaching position informs how he runs his label Closed Sessions and how putting theory into practice informs his teaching.

The Barbell economy is this concept that the most opportunity happens at the bottom (left) and the tip top (right).  This week we sit with the Dan Runcie of Trapital Media to discuss how that has affected his business decisions in the new music journalist space and how it plays out in a variety of music-related industries.

This week we dig into the Female Producer dilemma in music with Dj/Producer Smiles Davis.  We uncover her journey and explore how she maintains control of a room when she is the only woman in it and how to be truthful (and gain followers) on social media

This week we jump back to a few previous episodes to uncover conversations that did not make the original podcasts.  Justin Hunte and I discuss the music industry more in-depth.  The issues with the artist not being able to collectively bargain and bad contracts.  We then expand the conversation to how we can use hip hop as a catalyst to create a better society.  Netic drops his knowledge on gentrifying your own hood.  

We are switching to a Tuesday release schedule! This week we have artist and business owner Tabi Bonney.  We talk about how a "single" meant for radio changed his trajectory as a businessman in Togo and the world.    

Eric and Jeff Rosenthal a.k.a ItsTheReal blesses the 12th episode of the Free Range Podcast.  Double 0 catches up with them in their new digs to discuss their upbringing, defying their parents and their own preconceived ideas about themselves and how podcasts are part of the way they give back to the culture they love so much.  We also talk about social media diets and Coolio.  Tune In

This week we pick the podcast right back up with artist Outasight. Instead of the traditional route, he found success through licensing his music and it has lead to platinum singles and more importantly success on his own terms.  We talk about his upbringing living just outside NY, coming up in the open mic scene, discovering his sound and realizing a major label deal isn't everything you hoped for.  We spend some of the intro saying goodbye to Nipsey Hussle.  As an indie artist, I wanted to shed light on the practical ideas for his business that helped find him success.     

Free Range sits down with Novena Carmel this week.  She is a cultural fixture in the LA music scene as a DJ, Event Host, Singer, Talent Booker and member of the group Wallpaper.  We talk a bit about growing up with a famous father (Sly Stone) and using those gifts given to you to carve your own path rather than imitating those who came before.  [NOTE:  My mics failed in this episode and all I was able to use was camera audio.  So if you can bear with the audio imperfections this should be an extremely enjoyable podcast.]

On Free Range this week we have the Vice President of A&R at Rostrum Records, Nicole Plantin.  She has been a part of some of your favorite artist's releases of the past decade+ (N.E.R.D, The Clipse, Kelis) and is finally in the position she dreamed of being able to mix her Business savvy and years of industry experience with a creative mindset that has always been at her core.  We talk about her transition from creative to exec, sometimes being ahead of the curve, navigating a male-dominated industry as a woman (and coming out unscathed) and how we handle art vs artist in this era.

This week Free Range has artist manager, marketer and Hustlepalooza founder Hustle Simmons on the podcast.  We talk about going from "trying to get on" to becoming an OG and how holding grudges can restrain true growth.

Jay Nicholson a.k.a GoodReverendDr sits down with Double-0 this week on Free Range.  He has been in the music industry for over a decade specializing in grass roots marketing and promoting records at mix show.  He was extremely important in helping break some of Double-0's (Kidz In The Hall) records and they discuss some of the ways young artists can utilize real world marketing for success. 

This week we sit down with Hip Hop journalist and historian Dart Adams.  We discuss his amazing memory, whether hip hop is a product of the diaspora or exclusively African American music and how even recent history is being lost in a digital world.

This week on the podcast we have Kovas. A DJ, Producer, Rapper, Comedian and all around solid individual.  We talk about his journey from Rapper turnt producer turnt business owner turnt music licensing guru.  He lets us in on his best practices for advancing in the "game" and how he gets through the inevitable let downs and frustrations of the music industry.

This week Double 0 sits with his partner in crime (and Kidz In The Hall) Jabari "Naledge" Evans.  Their first album School Was My Hustle has turned out to be more than simply a title.  They catch up as Naledge is finishing up his PHD at Northwestern University.  We talk about academics in a "twitter celeb" world and what has changed by making universities a "safe space".

This week Double 0 sits down with Justin Hunte a.k.a The Company Man.  Justin is a new media journalist dedicated to taking the conversation of Hip Hop up a notch.  They talk about his beginnings in finance his purpose revealing travels what Black Wall Street might look like in 2019 and much more. 

In episode 2 of the podcast, Double 0 catches up with Rapper, DJ and Comedian Donwill.  They dig into their upbringings, respective group formations and how you can apply lessons learned in the indie rap space to new endeavors.

In the first "Free Range" episode Double 0 catches up with Game Rebellion frontman, Real Estate Developer and Co-Owner of AP Cafe Netic to explore Hip Hop's next big idea... Financial Freedom.  How we can use the system meant to maintain the status quo to flourish in and find new ideas of personal freedom.