Til The Tape Pops Presents...

 MF Doom 1971-2020 1/4/2021 - In a crazy election year with  Covid lurking behind every door,  we, unfortunately, lost a true champion in the lyrical arena. When Yassin Bey does a tribute in your honor giving shots up for your contributions to hip-hop you know you've done a lot. It's your favorite Emcee's favorite Emcee MF Doom, who passed away suddenly on the day historically known for mask-wearing, Halloween October 31st, 2020. The year the pandemic started. With a gifted style of delivery, full of double entendres and multisyllabic rhymes, Doom was able to layer a story between multiple characters and be quirky, reflective, funny, and engaging without the need for fake promotional bullshit to usurp his many talents. Thom Yorke of Radiohead said on his tweeter account "the way he put words was often shocking in its genius, using a stream of consciousness in a way I’d never heard before". Did you know that MF doom dropped an album with the alchemist in September 2020? Here's the link to Masked Mouth.  And, I don't know the dates but there is talk that there WILL be a MadVillain part two coming. At some point.  Let's keep our fingers crossed it's sometime soon. MadLib are you hearing me? (LOL no). We're devoting this MONTH to MF Doom and the host of other characters in his life's parade of genius that is sure to engage people the world over for years to come. Bless.    

Eps 20 Black Thought  is one of those artists that is in every boom bap rappers top 10 if not their top five. the name Black Thought is synonymous with the roots and acoustic hip-hop bands. Every hip-hop band has looked up to the roots in some way. they have been elevated to the point there are able to sustain being the tonight shows house band  and are admired by fans around the world. Black Thought has the ability to be decidedly political, entertaining and pointed about his ability to purvey his image of the world through his music. since 19 93, the routes have been creating incredible hip-hop and show no signs of stopping even though they are slated to have an album called the end-game which apparently is the last album. Black thought on the other hand, has many more miles of tread on his tires and should desene leading the race to the finish line of I'm talking about with the likes of Styles P (album out now) and Whatever other collaborations happen to come up. We sit down and talk about it is LSU's career and a few other things enjoy!

MF Doom is a Producer and MC that is from New York New York. he started in the group called KMD which was his brother in a high school friend. After his brother was killed in a horrible car accident, Doom was homeless for awhile but eventually became stable enough produce his own music and MC. When he first started his Ascension into music for the second time, he would Don a stocking mask over his face to hide his identity.  Changing from one character into another had been Dooms go to feature over the years which produced a string of interesting characters such as King Geedorah, King Ghidra, Viktor Vaughn, Metal Fingers and King Dumile.

A DJ  turned producer, born in Albany New York. Moving to Georgia to go to college is what got the ball rolling for  Danger Mouse, who used to wear a Mouse costume when he did his shows because he was extremely shy. Once that shyness wore off he was on his way.  He would go on to meet Cee Lo Green after winning a talent show at the University of Georgia, later creating the Grammy award-winning group Gnarls Barkley.  An Avid student of music, Brian Joseph Burton better known as Danger Mouse has built up quite a repertoire in trip hop, hip hop and especially indie Rock, results sing in collaborations with back, U2 and Karen O. blessed with the gift of music, Danger Mouse has put a capital “I” on Indie Rock and  most definitely has left his stamp of approval. Enjoy!

Til The Tape Pops Podcast | Masta Ace Eps. 3 The crew (Capital "E" & Mr. Baaka) continues to bring you the essentials of a well rounded Hip Hop vernacular, by tribute shows dedicated to the quintessential elements of this genre we embrace so much. Masta Ace has also been in the game long enough to show his track record of longevity and innovation. Cheers to the brooklyn native! 

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Eps 2 Big Daddy Kane Big Daddy Kane is an icon and honored veteran to hip hop Elites. With a flow as sweet as sugar and rough as lava rocks, Big Daddy Kane has amassed a reputation that has his name mentioned in the top 10 or top 5 of most rap clicks, and has been a part of a live instrumentation band called Las supper with band leader ShowTyme, with Nicky Cage boasts a 10 piece band including an incredible horn section that takes it back to groups like Earth, Wind & Fire. Combine that with a wicked set of singers Emcees and of course BDK. Now let's sit back and listen to some serious Big Daddy with a bunch of features. Mr. Baaka & Capital E sit down and discuss Big Daddy Kane and his contributions to hip-hop. Enjoy!

Eps 1 D-Strong aka Invincible Son  D-Strong is One of those artists that should have been a household name years ago, but for some reason hip hop doesn't work that way. If you're not talking about bust downs and how many hoes you have or what style of Molly suits you best, then you're shelved as “other” or the dreaded “Experimental” hip hop nowadays. There's no separation of music anymore, meaning Hip Hop gets an overused title encompassing all that is urban music, while “pop” rappers have a million sub-genre names like trap, LoFi, Ghettotech, House, Electro, garage funk to help define what they do. Be strong and see breath of fresh air and they clustered world of social media accounts and words like “lyricist” being thrown around like hot garbage. we get a chance to sit down and talk to D and find out his take on hip hop rap music Lo-Fi the whole enchilada. It should be interesting. Today’s strain: Gelato. Also, be sure to check out music from D-Strong @ MIXCLOUD MONDAYS available NOW at this link.