Funk, Soul, Classic Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, and Modern Soul Music commentary. Interviews with music legends and contemporary artists. Curated playlists. Roll up and listen
A drive through Herbie Hancock's music, and influence.
A tour through the catalog of Barry White. Stories and history of the Barry White sound. Incensenashtrays.com hotepish.com @dwannb IG/Twitter/Youtube
An in depth look at Michael Jackson's Thriller album. Stories behind the story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Message in our Music. Black music is full of coded life messages. In this broadcast we listen to music about love, life, revolution, and family.
Michael Jackson is the greatest entertainer of all time. He had the biggest hits of all time, that science is settled. But one thing that isn't discussed much regarding Michael Jackson's career is he put it all on the line for humanity. He put it all on the line for black people past present and future both lyrically in his music, and through his business moves. Michael Jackson during this era was sabotaged, maligned, and marginalized by America media when this album came out. He paid a social consequence for telling the truth. Michael Jackson put it on the line of us. Check out my full breakdown on this episode of IncenseNashtrays “Michael Jackson. The Militant, the Revolutionary.”
How Funk evolved from the Blues through Rock and Roll and early Metal music, to modern day Hip Hop.
Music has a vibration that corresponds with every scenario, situation, mood, and day of the week. Friday nights are funk. Sunday nights are nights for smooth mellow sounds. Tune in and listen to the sounds of a warm summer night. Mellow Melody Music.
Funk music. How it started, and how it evolved. Part 1 covers Funk from 1960-1983.
Roy Ayres is the Godfather of melodic chilled out vibe music. Tonight we celebrate his musical legacy. We also celebrate some of the sounds he helped influence.
Black American music comes exclusivley from Black America. Often times, europeans, and people from the diaspora try to lay claim to Black Music. Why its impossible the creation of Jazz, Blues, Funk, Hip Hop, and all of our music and culture is a reflection of the segregated Black American experience.
Tonight we review the music of Philadelphia International Records founders Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Their music was full of life, love, and soul. Sit back, relax and enjoy. This Series on my Black American Music tree breaks down who, what, when, where, and how black American music has influenced the world.
Dr Randy Short breaks down Black American Music influence over Europe and the Caribbean from the 1860s-1970s.
Black American Music has changed not only the United States, but the world. Black American music has influenced and changed the direction of every culture's music that it's touched. This Series on my Black American Music tree breaks down who, what, when, where, and how black American music has influenced the world. Get your Black American Music Family Tree T Shirts, Posters, and Canvas prints at hotepish.com/shop incensenashtrays.com
Tonight we listen to music with live orchestral arrangements. Ill also explain how the 4 elements of life Earth, Air, Water, and Fire are also elements in music and why thats important.
A Review of Kendrick Lamar's much anticipated New Album Mr Morale and the Big Steppers
I know its May, but now is the time to start preparing for Black Music Month. The LGBTQ community is trying to drown out black music month with pride month. We must not let that happen. Click on my link tree to stay in touch with all I do. Buy my new book “No Time to Waste” https://linktr.ee/dwannb www.hotepish.com www.incensenashtrays.com Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at hotepish@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/shop Thank you for listening to Hotepish, Intelligent Ish talk where we bring the profound and the profane.
Its been 30 years since the LA riots. Death Certificate covered issues going on within black america and the united states in general. This album was a well written note on whats wrong with society and how to fix it. If you want to understand the conditions leading up to the LA riots just listen to Death Certificate. Ice Cube had his finger on the pulse of society. This album explains the social climate in Los Angeles the months leading up to the LA riots.
Its clear Hip Hop is the Number one Genre of music today. But how did it get there? How did Hip Hop overtake and replace R&B? Lets take a look at some key moves made during the mid 90s-00s that systematically pushed hip hop to the top
FBA dont get the credit we deserve for creating music that has been sampled across the globe. Our influence has been changing indigenous music across the globe for 100 years. Lets take a dive into how this world wide phenomenon has taken place.
From Rhythm and Blues to Rhythm and Bullshit. How the music industry systematically defunded R&B from the 80s - the 00s. This is part one of a series showing how Soul music did not die a natural death. How the music Industry purposely killed off the genre.
Why 1955-1993 was the Golden Age of American Music. How and why music changed. Click on my link tree to stay in touch with all I do. Buy my new book “No Time to Waste” https://linktr.ee/dwannb www.hotepish.com Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at hotepish@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/apparel Thank you for listening to Hotepish, Intelligent Ish talk where we bring the profound and the profane. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Legendary Folk Funk Blues artist Bobby Rush talks 70 years of recorded music history. Growing up in the south. The chittlin' circuit. Personal stories with Muddy Waters, Moms Mabley, Redd Fox, Bo Diddley, and more legendary artists. Buy Bobby Rush's Book "I Aint Studdin' Ya" at the link below https://www.amazon.com/Aint-Studdin-Ya-American-Blues/dp/0306874806/ref=asc_df_0306874806/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475718263887&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16066728394992220619&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031012&hvtargid=pla-1186860481083&psc=1 Buy your T Shirts and merch at hotepish.com/apparel Instagram / Twitter @dwannb Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at incensenashtrays@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/apparel Thank you for listening to IncenseNashtrays. Music for your soul --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Drawing the distinction between real hip hop, and pop with a hip hop sound. Follow Larry Goodwell @Larry_Goodwell Click on my link tree to stay in touch with all I do. Live Drum Sample packs on sale now Buy my new book “No Time to Waste” https://linktr.ee/dwannb
Jazz is officially black again. A Breakdown of how Los Angeles based musicians have revolutionized jazz and hip hop. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sorry Busta, But the roots of Reggae and Danchall music is good ole Black American Rhythm and Blues. Detailed proof discussed. Tune in. Click on my link tree to stay in touch with all I do. Live Drum Sample packs on sale now Buy my new book “No Time to Waste” https://linktr.ee/dwannb www.hotepish.com Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at hotepish@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/apparel Thank you for listening to Hotepish, Intelligent Ish talk where we bring the profound and the profane. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Black Americans are the foundation of the United States. Our music and culture is America's number one export. Click on my link tree to stay in touch with all I do. Live Drum Sample packs on sale now Buy my new book “No Time to Waste” https://linktr.ee/dwannb www.hotepish.com Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at hotepish@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/apparel Thank you for listening to Hotepish, Intelligent Ish talk where we bring the profound and the profane. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
A closer look at the most awarded couple in music history. What is their music legacy? What is the cultural impact of their music? https://linktr.ee/dwannb --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Breakdown of Legendary Groups Earth Wind and Fire and Isley Brother Versuz. Untold stories, and perspective. Im going to fill in some of the holes left out because Steve Harvey chose to make the event about himself, and not the artists. https://linktr.ee/dwannb www.hotepish.com Cash App $DwannBrown Venmo mrbrown8199@gmail.com If you're looking to advertise on the show email me at hotepish@gmail.com Buy your T Shirts, Hoodies, and more at hotepish.com/apparel Thank you for listening to Hotepish, Intelligent Ish talk where we bring the profound and the profane. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Interview with artist Jairus Mozee. Listen in as we talk about working with Prince, Andre 3000, Bj the Chicago Kid, Anderson Paak and more. Jairus toured and wrote songs for artists including Anderson Paak, Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Anthony Hamilton, Cee Lo, Fantasia, Robin Thicke, and Boney James name a few. His songwriter/producer credits also include Eric Benet, Jill Scott, Redman, BJ the Chicago Kid, Deitrick Haddon, and Faith Evans. Further demonstrating his respect throughout the industry, he earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Song as co-writer of Best of Me with Anthony Hamilton And Won 2 Grammy's For His Work With Anderson Paak on "Ventura". Thanks to his entrepreneurial spirit, Jairus also founded Swag Sample–an innovative company that provides royalty-free live music samples allowing producers to affordably create big sounds. Whether its Performing or bunkered down in the studio penning the next global hit, Jairus remains grounded in his beliefs: Real music, the kind saturated in passion and smothered in emotion, never dies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Bobby Rush started playing with Delta blues guitarists Boyd Gilmore and Elmore James in Arkansas during the early '50s before migrating to Chicago. Bobby's “Sock Boo Ga Loo” on the tiny Starville label was picked up by Chess Records in 1967, propelling the singer into the big leagues of R&B. BOBBY RUSH BIO In 1971, Bobby broke through on the national charts with the lowdown funk grinder “Chicken Heads” for Galaxy Records. “That was the first big record I ever had,” notes Rush. The song has since been featured in the film Black Snake Moan, HBO's Ballers, and more. Calvin Carter, the producer of “Chicken Heads,” put out Rush's '72 followup “Gotta Be Funky” on his own On Top logo and then sold Bobby's contract to Stan Lewis' Jewel Records in Shreveport, La. Lewis issued several Rush singles before Bobby made the major label leap in 1974 with “Get Out of Here” for Warner Bros. The sparkling album Rush Hour for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff 's Philadelphia International empire should have made Bobby a huge star in 1979 but didn't receive its proper praise until the 2000s, when Rolling Stone recognized it as one of the best blues albums of the '70s. An encore LP was summarily shelved, and before long Rush moved back south to Jackson, Mississippi, where his legion of fans eagerly embraced him. The lascivious “Sue” didn't chart for him in 1983 on the LaJam imprint, but it blasted out of countless ghetto jukeboxes and sold over a million records. His reputation for spectacular live performances growing exponentially as he did a minimum of 200 shows a year. His mainstream recognition campaign commenced when he earned his first Grammy nomination for his 2000 album Hoochie Man, followed by an appearance in the Martin Scorsese-produced 2003 PBS docu-series The Blues with his own segment in the episode The Road to Memphis. To date Bobby has earned 12 Blues Music Awards and 48 nominations, including the prestigious B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award and Album of the Year. Rush co-starred in the 2014 documentary Take Me to the River alongside Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg, and Mavis Staples. That same year, Bobby joined Dan Aykroyd on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to perform two songs, marking his first late-night television appearance. In 2019 the feature film Dolemite Is My Name about Rudy Ray Moore making cult classic film Dolemite, was released in select theaters and on Netflix, starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key and with a cameo by Bobby Rush. BOBBY RUSH BIO --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app