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Ace Hashimoto - O.M.W Uncut Raw - Throwback Shit 10.4 Roj - Plant Loops Joel aka MaG - hello, goodnight Bobby Earth - Jewel Curren$y & Statik Selektah - Theme Music Brandon Williams - You're Mine The Cool Kids feat. Hannibal Buress - The Moonlanding Dam-Funk - Ladera Heights DJ Fresh x XL Middleton - Zip Designer Apathy - Fly Joints Blood Orange feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Runnin Rejjie Snow - Obrigado IDK feat. Domo Genesis - Good News Domo Genesis - Online Black Spade - After quickly, quickly - Come Visit Me Alex Isley - We'll Always Have Paris
I chopped it up with Skyzoo about his great new album All The Brilliant Things, gentrification, cultural appropriation and a lot of Hip Hop shit. Enjoy Cash App $fromoldharlem the support
All The Brilliant Things is out next week, so here's a 2 hour crash course on one of the all time greats, featuring snippets from the whole interview we did dropping next week $fromoldharlem for the support Love Is Love My Interpretation All Day, Always Everybody's Fine Could've Struck The Lotto Memory Serves Me Give And Take Honor Amongst Thieves The Audacity Of Dope On The Stretch & Bob Show The Opener The Definitive Prayer Click Get It Done Steel's Apartment Homegrown Money Makes Us Happy Kitchen Table How To Make It Through Hysteria Everything's For Sale Forever In A Day The Cost Of Sleep A Song For Fathers The Experience Sound Like... One Time Sing Comfortably
Sorry for the audio quality and other glitches. Rather than sitting on this, I just wanted to put this out so that I can keep focused on what else is to come. Celebrating my nearly two decade long appreciation for MF DOOM
My new venture for 2021 (and the immediate future) is a monthly show where I break down my five favorite albums from rap legends. Episode 1 celebrates De La Soul Two ways to support: Cash App: $fromoldharlem or simply spread word.
Consider this a sequel to The Abstract 50 in celebration of Busta's career and his new album ELE 2 Bonus: I was on a comedic podcast discussing ELE 2 here
Back from a two year hiatus we discuss: - What we’ve been up to - Male friends with limited emotional range - My toxic near threesome from 2019 - The Plenty Of Fish app - Quitting a new job recently - Women not being on social media - Men suffering in silence and burying their pain - My divorce and a meltdown I had in the winter - The biggest writing gig of my career to date - People not understanding creative work vs. typical career paths - Lupe Fiasco vs. Kendrick Lamar - Me revealing my role in introducing Desus & Mero
Last year there was a brief moment where every tastemaker, pundit and rap fan listed their top 50. It seemed rushed and haphazard to me, so it took me a while to make sure this was not only fair but respectable. $fromoldharlem if you'd like to support Jay Z Kendrick Lamar Nas Posdnuos Black Thought Andre 3000 Phonte Redman Lil Wayne Camron Royce Da 5’9 Q-Tip Ghostface Killah Busta Rhymes Prodigy Lauryn Hill Snoop Dogg Notorious B.I.G. Mos Def/2Pac Common Joe Budden Rakim T.I. DMX Pusha T Skyzoo Kanye West Scarface Malik B Big Pun Eminem Raekwon KRS-One Ice Cube Phife Dawg Lupe Fiasco Pharoahe Monch Slick Rick MF Doom Beanie Sigel Chuck D Wale Guru LL Cool J Big Daddy Kane Kool G Rap Tyler The Creator Canibus Rick Ross Max B
Jay Dee - Fuck The Police Freestyle Fellowship - Tolerate Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause The Last Poets - Black People What Is Y’all Gon Do Jay Electronica - Ghost Of Soulja Slim Prodigy - Still Slaves Hugh Masekela - Riot Oddisee & Phonte - Requiem Ill Camille feat. Preston Harris & Damani Nkosi - Fight On The Roots - Take It There Cavalier - Open Season Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Dom Kennedy - A Intermission For Watts The Internet - Penthouse Cloud Sampa The Great - Freedom Open Mike Eagle - Happy Wasteland Day Hannah Got Raps - Black Reks feat. Big Shug - Black Cream (The Negro Epidemic) Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic Black Star - Astronomy (8th Light) Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin J Dilla - People Harriett - Alive Digable Planets - Dial 7 (Axiom Of Creamy Spies) Herbie Hancock - Riot KRS-One - Black Cop De La Soul - Trying People Jazzy Jeff feat. Raheem Devaughn - My Peoples Pink Siifu & YungMorpheus - Bobby Seale Lupe Fiasco - American Terrorist Outkast - Liberation Curtis Mayfield - I Plan To Stay A Believer
My greatness started May 7, 1980. I took a song from every year and condensed it into an hour. Cash App $fromoldharlem for the support 1980 - Tom Browne - Funkin For Jamaica 1981 - Chaka Khan - The Melody Lingers On 1982 - Joe Jackson - Steppin Out 1983 - Nobody Can Be You - Steve Arrington 1984 - UTFO Roxanne Roxanne 1985 - Bad Boys - Inspector Gadget 1986 - Whistle - Buggin 1987 - Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever 1988 - Biz Markie - Vapors 1989 - Soho - Hot Music 1990 - Tony Toni Tone - It Feels Good 1991 - Nice & Smooth - Hip Hop Junkies 1992 - Eric B & Rakim - Don’t Sweat The Technique 1993 - Snoop Doggy Dogg - The Shiznit 1994 - Nas - NY State Of Mind 1995 - The Pharcyde - Labincalifornia 1996 - Redman - Pick It Up 1997 - Camp Lo - Swing 1998 - Juvenile - Gone Ride With Me 1999 - The Roots - Without A Doubt 2000 - Ghostface - Iron’s Theme 2001 - T.I. - Dope Boyz 2002 - Scarface - Some Day 2003 - Joe Budden - Calm Down 2004 - Mac Dre - Feelin Myself 2005 - Game/50 Cent - How We Do 2006 - Busta Rhymes - New York Shit 2007 - Blu & Exile - Simply Amazin 2008 - Lil Wayne - Let The Beat Build 2009 - Jay Z - Thank You 2010 - Drake - Show Me A Good Time 2011 - Overdoz - Counting My Money 2012 - Dom Kennedy - Been Thuggin 2013 - Wale - Black Heroes 2014 - Usher - Good Kisser 2015 - Kendrick Lamar - You Aint Gotta Lie 2016 - Solange - Weary 2017 - Ill Camille - Spider’s Jam 2018 - Jay Rock - Redemption 2019 - Devin Morrison - Birthday
A round by round rundown of the recent clash between these two production titans. I talked a little, played the songs that I feel won, made a few substitute choices and nerded out the way I usually do. Stay tuned for more content Hit me at $fromoldharlem on Cash App if you enjoy this
By far the most important musician of my lifetime. Q-Tip taught me about sensitivity, intelligence, humility, love while maintaining an edge to his production. I’ve learned more from his visions than anyone I’ve never met, he's also number 12 on my 50 all time greatest emcees list (more about that later). So I put together 50 songs he's produced or appeared on over the course of two hours. Pardon any sudden/imperfect transitions or the low volume on any songs. Im not a DJ, this was a cut and paste labor of love that took many hours. I didn't go too underground but don't expect super popular songs like Award Tour, Electric Relaxation, Find A Way, Got Til It’s Gone, Breathe & Stop or Vivrant Thing. If you're so inclined to support, my Cash App is $fromoldharlem
Welcome back. With this episode I close the chapter on Woman 5 who was discussed on Episode 2 Woman 6 (pictured in the artwork) - sweet, busy, someone's baby mama Woman 7 - My one time Uber driver, turned into a total nightmare story Music: Max B "Paperwork" B-Rock And The Bizz "My Baby Daddy" Beenie Man & Lady Saw "Healing" Beanie Sigel feat Jay Z "Gutted"
It's been a summer for the books to say the least. This episode covers Woman 3 (she's moving too slow for me, her scribbled out face is the artwork for this show) Woman 4 (she almost roped me into a toxic threesome) Woman 5 (her emotional baggage was a lot) oh yeah, and I love someone Im not dating or spending time with Basically my life has been insane the past three months. Enjoy Music: Max B "Cops Come Runnin" Thundercat "Friend Zone" Rhymefest "Still Singin 2006" Gucci Mane, Young Thug, Peewee Longway "Off The Leash" Star & Buckwild "Bum Bitch" Barrington Levy, Bounty Killer "Living Dangerously" Wale, Jhene Aiko "Cool Off"
August 31st would have been my last relationship's five year anniversary before social media, I had a blog recapping all of my dating successes and nightmares, a friend said bring it back so I'll be attempting to do this on the 1st and 15th of each month Episode 1 explores: - why Im single now (recent developments have given me more to discuss next episode - Woman 0 (this stalled before it got off the ground) - Woman 1 (she moved too fast for me) - Woman 2 (this was a no go immediately) Music: Max B "When I Wake Up" Max B "Moving On Out The Door" Che Grand "Too Much Too Soon" Dana Dane "Nightmares"
Struggle, determination, betterment, growth, love for women, love for self, health, money, introspection, mental health, everything that goes into manhood. Im too lazy to type up the tracklist, maybe you'll listen and be surprised (My Cash App is $blackfantano if you appreciate what Im doing)
I turn 39 in five days, so I played 40 songs that shaped my life. My Cash App is blackfantano if you want to chip in for my birthday or you're a fan of my work. Kid Capri - Stephanie Mills Something In The Way You Make Me Feel (Honey Drippers blend) Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick - The Show MF Doom - Rhymes Like Dimes Joe Budden - Calm Down The Pharcyde - Otha Fish Main Source - Looking At The Front Door Phonte - Sendin My Love PM Dawn - I’d Die Without You Q-Tip - Blue Girl Solange - Borderline (Ode To Self-Care) De La Soul - Buddy remix Slum Village - Fall In Love Kendrick Lamar - Real Pharrell - I Really Like You Girl Dom Kennedy - Been Thuggin Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over (Red Alert version) Stevie Wonder - Don’t You Worry About A Thing Tyler The Creator - Pothole Roy Ayers - The Third Eye Mary J Blige - My Life Kid Cudi - Please Don’t Play This Song Casey Veggies - Young Winners Mase - Feel So Good A Tribe Called Quest - God Lives Through Camp Lo - Coolie High Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean Blu & Exile - Soul Amazing Gang Starr - JFK 2 LAX NERD - Jump Wale - Cool Off Black Star - Thieves In The Night Juvenile - Gone Ride With Me Jay Z - This Cant Be Life Earth Wind & Fire - That’s The Way Of The World Maze - Happy Feelins Prodigy feat. Bars N Hooks - Diamond Steve Arrington - Nobody Can Be You But You Talib Kweli - Wont You Stay Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever Outkast - Liberation
Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood Ferguson - Fall In LoveJay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa NovaJaylib feat. Frank-n-Dank - McNasty FilthPlatinum Pied Pipers feat. Jay Dee - Shotgun IntroDe La Soul - Verbal ClapJ Dilla - The $Q-Tip - Things U DoBlack Star - Little BrotherBusta Rhymes - Turn Me Up SomeJ Dilla - Light My FireA Tribe Called Quest feat. Jay Dee - That ShitSlum Village - UntitledPharcyde - BullshitJay Dee - Fuck The PoliceDe La Soul - Stakes Is HighJ Dilla - CrushinA Tribe Called Quest - Word PlayPhat Kat - Dont Nobody Care About UsFour Tet feat. Guilty Simpson - As Serious As Your Life is (Jay Dee Remix)A Tribe Called Quest - Get A HoldBusta Rhymes - Show Me What You GotPharcyde - She Said (Jay Dee Remix)Lucy Pearl - Without You (Jay Dee Remix)Busta Rhymes feat. Q-Tip - Cant Hold The TorchJ Dilla - Time - The Donut Of The HeartErykah Badu - Telephone
Sade - Is It A Crime MF Doom - Kon Karne Nas - Echo (Bink Version) Like - Mushroom Clouds Moruf - Pops Bobbi Humphrey - Please Set Me At Ease Sir Michael Rocks - Thank God J Dilla - Featuring Phat Kat Brother Jack McDuff Oblighetto (J Dilla remix) Doja Cat - Beautiful Iman Omari feat Ill Camille - Halisi Talib Kweli & Bahamdia - Chaos Bahamadia - UKNOWHOWWEDU Rah Digga - Straight Spittin II PaceWon - I Declare War Hip-Hop For Respect - A Tree Never Grown (Instrumental) Pink Siifu feat Pyramid Vritra - Melanin Donald Byrd Stepping Into Tomorrow (Madlib remix) Adriana Evans - Trippin
Goldlink - Kokamoe Freestyle DJ Flexx - Water Dance De La Soul feat. Q-Tip - A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays Tiffany Gouche - Make Me Crazy DJ Spinna x Shadowman - Rap Shit Guru feat. N’Dea Davenport - Trust Me Gensu Dean feat. Count Bass D - City Limits Count Bass D - Team Up Devin Morrison & Mndsgn - Thnkfl D’Nell - This Thing Jamall Bufford, TiRon & Ayomari - Def 82 Slum Village - Do You The Crossrhodes feat Sy Smith - 3 Sides Eric B & Rakim - Untouchables Simple-E - Play My Funk Q-Tip - Make It Work Marian Hill - I Want You
Played on Dublab 12/20 Tyler The Creator - I Am The GrinchKids See Ghosts - FreeBrandon Coleman feat N'Dambi - SundaeJoey Dosik - Inside VoiceCarter Ace - I Think Im NormalLando Chill - FactsPRhyme - Everyday StruggleSmino - HooptiJazzy - Let's GoDom Kennedy - RollerbladesTyler The Creator feat Jerry Paper - Hot ChocolateJerry Paper - BabyLouis Cole - ThinkingDevin Morrison - Miami Without Guns/TimucuaMoruf - Regular Shit/showersbringflowersFatima - DangApril & Vista - FOMOSkyzoo - Love Is LovePJ Morton - This Christmas
Played On Dublab 12/6/2018 Rejjie Snow - Spaceships Buddy - Trouble On Central Phonte - Such is Life Black Thought & Salaam Remi - Conception Noname - Self The Internet - Next Time Open Mike Eagle - Microfiche The Midnight Hour feat Keyon Harrold, Laetitita Sadier & Questlove - Dans Un Moment D’errance Anderson Paak - 6 Summers/Smile Joy Postell - Consciousness VanJess feat. GoldLink - Through Enough Zacari, Babes Wodumo - Redemption Pink Siifu feat. Maassai - Golds And Smiles Swarvy - Jonah On Keys Trapo - Trap House Funk Saba - King Black Spade - Svmthng Like Vmvzng
Jay-Z turned 49 today. I rambled a lot, ranked his catalog, gave personal recollections and played a lot of his music. Pass this along to any Hov aficionado.
A little something I whipped up for the holidays. Make sure your auntie hears this Tracklist: Anita Baker - Caught Up In The Rapture Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down Loleatta Holloway - Runaway First Choice - Doctor Love Deniece Williams - God Is Amazing Cherelle - Everything I Miss At Home Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else’s Guy Taana Gardner - Heartbeat Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation Teena Marie - Portuguese Love Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt Tall Black Guy - The Night I Left Egypt Sheila E - The Glamorous Life Starpoint - Object Of My Desire Janet Jackson - Nasty Meli'sa Morgan - Fool’s Paradise Pointer Sisters - Automatic Yarbrough & Peoples - Don’t Stop The Music Minnie Riperton - Baby This Love I Have Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me Stephanie Mills - Secret Lady The Emotions - Don’t Ask My Neighbors Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill - Perfect Combination Miki Howard - Love Under New Management Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love Patti Labelle - We Haven’t Finished Yet
Continuing where last episode left off, I sprint out the gate being obnoxious Going off on someone who blocked me for no good reason Also going off on someone who questioned my street cred online Exposing ignorance in my DMs and Tim not respecting how I move at times How Joe Budden inspires me Not liking people for no reason who rub me wrong Do I talk about being modest too much? Worrying too much about what people think of me Where do I rank amongst active black music journalists? Struggling to get paid as a freelancer Do people respect marriage?
- My digestive system's issues - Recent professional accomplishments - Increased listenership from the #RealBeaters episode - Taking the plunge and paying for a woman’s premium subscription - My trip to New Orleans for Essence Fest this past summer - Pissing off FutureHive for saying he wasn’t a legend x rapper Father and Twitter personality big_business joining the - Comparing his legacy to people like Gucci Mane and Ludcaris - Which musicians have the most rabid fan bases - Being annoyed by Zack Fox - Mistakenly causing Charles Hamilton to get dropped from Interscope
- Kanye's five weeks of music releases this past summer and his related controversial shenanigans - Drake's "Scorpion" album and his subsequent beef with Pusha T - Beyonce & Jay-Z's husband and wife album - What's the best Beyonce album? - When did Jay-Z become washed and should he sit out for a while? - What was the first psycho Kanye verse? - What is Matt Ox's future in the wake of XXXtentacion's murder? - Lil Tay's trouble with childhood fame - Is Tiffany Haddish talking too much? - How to get former love interests to leave you alone - People excessively talking about business at inappropriate times
- Nas & Kelis' domestic drama - Which Hip-Hop celebrities are guilty of violating women? - Believability factors with violent rappers - Levels of nerdom as we were in the midst of Anime Expo - My time spent in NY's activism scene - My Vegas trip this summer - XXXTentacion's murder and young rapper gimmicks - Boonk Gang's sex tape - How crazy is Florida and how dangerous is Chicago?
Another episode. Great music and great energy
I play the first hour of music on this show.
After seeing a pimp and two of his woman clients live in the flesh we discussed: - Landing my first piece with Spin Magazine (and whether success could make me insufferable) - King Bach's Netflix career - Tasha & Dro from Insecure having a child in real life - Donald Glover's superiority complex, Atlanta Season 2 and "This Is America" - The media derailing Arrested Development Season 5 - Morgan Freeman & Aziz Ansari's allegations from women - Pusha T's album release and cover, the start of his recent beef with Drake and Drake's history with beef - Calling albums classic as soon as they drop - Fake caring in the midst of networking
The first hour of music is by me
Guests Iman Europe and Iman Omari (my brief mix of his music is tacked on at the end)
Back for the first time in a long time. I hope to get back in the habit of doing these
Stopped through Ill Camille's new show at Dublab (a station where I've always wanted to play music) and played music around the 52 minute mark. Good chance I'll be a part of future episodes.
Me being accused of watching porn turned into a full blown conversation where I discovered in real time my boy was deep in the game after recording together for a year. We cut loose and talked like men, but I edited out some true filth P.S. This was recorded months before Teanna Trump and Brittany Renner hung out, we're a two man squad of visionaries
Note: this episode was recorded months before XXXTentacion's tragic murder. - Is Kanye into hentai? - The trend of men purchasing nudes - Are strip clubs dead? - ManyVids and camgirls - The Doppelgangaz' brand of perverted comedy - Brittany Renner - Perverted Reddits - The Teddy Perkins episode of Atlanta - Donald Glover's superiority complex and his Joshua Tree performance - Am I arrogant? - Cardi B's "Invasion Of Privacy" album and why she's rewarded - Rex Orange County - Game hopping on songs with everyone - The yodeling kid at Coachella (I accurately predicted he signed to Atlantic Records) - Matt Ox - A$AP Rocky - Flatbush Zombies - Young Thug's antics - Travis Scott stealing other people's styles
Inspired by Drake hopping on Fortnite, we got into an hour long debate on what makes a person or a hobby cool. Long story short I won this debate P.S. Of course Lil Dicky is brought up
Deray's blue vest and his place as a socialite, Brockhampton's clothing line, people faking their happiness on Instagram, Desus & Mero vs. DJ Envy, Lil Dicky's "Freaky Friday", how to tell when a woman is hollering, Twitter followers and self-importance, whether I come off arrogant, and side chick etiquette.
- what determines a personal classic vs. an actual classic album - Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor" and "The Cool" - albums that have come out since "The Cool" that are better - my definition of the term nerd and ranking of popular modern day black nerds - shallowness in the dating world and of course Lil Dicky is discussed
Topics: - The Black Panther phenomenon (the movie, soundtrack, dressing up, backlash etc.) - Mo'Nique on The Breakfast Club - Chicago's Save Money Collective vs. Vic Spencer - Tekashi 69 and wirdo oneupmanship in Hip-Hop - Chief Keef's past few years - Jorja Smith - Jhene Aiko - what constitutes a date? - NBA All Star Weekend - Modern day black woman comedy (2 Dope Queens, Tiffany Haddish, Leslie Jones)
We had fun ranking 10 of the most heinous figures in black sports/entertainment. note: this was recorded before Cosby's verdict and Kelis' allegations against Nas
Sorry for the delay, thanks for the continued support. A while ago I retracted my thoughts on Insecure and we discussed The Grammys, fake butts, Mo'Nique vs. Netflix, Bruno Mars, Cardi B and groupie behavior plenty more to come. stay tuned.
Merc80 stopped by and we made Grammys predictions and also discussed Mo'Nique vs. Netflix, The Weeknd, Calvin Harris, music industry machinations, thirst trapping as a business model, the struggle of making it as an indie artist and why Facebook is trash
Along with the Mrs. we discuss everything from The Cosby Show to Atlanta, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Martin, The Boondocks, A Different World, Blackish, The Bernie Mac Show, Jamie Foxx and why I dont like him, The Mayor, The Wayans Brothers, Girlfriends, Judy Winslow doing porn, Good Times, What's Happening, Chappelle's Show, Kofi Siriboe, Spike Lee and a have heated discussion about Insecure. Respect to Living Single and The Carmichael Show, somehow we forgot the cover them.
outtakes from Episode 13 that include airing Black Twitter people out, Diddy acting suspect, Mr. Robot, whether Brockhampton is independent, Chance The Rapper's change over time, Willow Smith being emo, why I dont think Jay-Z cheated and why he might sweep the Grammys this year, mainstream Hip-Hop being disposable, Tyler The Creator pretending to be gay, Kendrick Lamar's catalog and whether "Love" is a R&B song
We have pretty different tastes, but meet in the middle sometimes. Here are our top 5 albums of last year
TiRon & Ayomari discuss their earliest days making music, being around for LA's musical renaissance, personal and creative growth over time, Musiq Soulchild, Stevie Wonder, and their new album “WET: The Wonderful Ego Trip”
Timothy rates Joe Budden pretty high on the merits of his talent regardless of accomplishments in music. So I had to question just how good Lil Dicky is compared to today’s rap scene. He tried to rebuttal with a number of competitors and had to finally give up. We settled on one rapper being better going into 2018 (spoiler: it’s not Jay-Z or Kendrick) Note: This was recorded before Black Thought shook up the world with his Funkmaster Flex freestyle
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