Podcasts about 8ball

The Los Angeles–based trend forecaster and writer Sean Monahan is known for his sharp takes on the zeitgeist. Over the past decade, his cultural insights have routinely gone viral—most famously when he coined the term “vibe shift,” a phrase that quickly spread from niche corners of the internet to mainstream outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian. In the early 2010s, he co-founded the trend-forecasting collective K-HOLE with Greg Fong, Sean Monahan, Chris Sherron, Emily Segal, and Dena Yago. Though short-lived, their reports had an outsized influence on the cultural sphere, best known for popularizing the term “normcore”—a concept that began in the art world and ended up becoming a household world an era of anti-style. Today, Monahan runs 8Ball, his cult-favorite newsletter on Substack that decodes contemporary aesthetics, social dynamics, tech, and the subtle undercurrents of change. If you want to understand why things look, feel, and behave the way they do right now—his writing is essential. Senior Editor Kate Brown spoke with Sean about his own journey from art school to consulting for brands, and how that path informs his view of the present moment. They discussed institutional decay, the legacy of post-internet art, generational shifts, and the persistent sense that culture has entered a holding pattern. He also offered thoughts on why the 2020s—after several false starts—may finally be congealing into a definable decade.

The Los Angeles–based trend forecaster and writer Sean Monahan is known for his sharp takes on the zeitgeist. Over the past decade, his cultural insights have routinely gone viral—most famously when he coined the term “vibe shift,” a phrase that quickly spread from niche corners of the internet to mainstream outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian. In the early 2010s, he co-founded the trend-forecasting collective K-HOLE with Greg Fong, Sean Monahan, Chris Sherron, Emily Segal, and Dena Yago. Though short-lived, their reports had an outsized influence on the cultural sphere, best known for popularizing the term “normcore”—a concept that began in the art world and ended up becoming a household world an era of anti-style. Today, Monahan runs 8Ball, his cult-favorite newsletter on Substack that decodes contemporary aesthetics, social dynamics, tech, and the subtle undercurrents of change. If you want to understand why things look, feel, and behave the way they do right now—his writing is essential. Senior Editor Kate Brown spoke with Sean about his own journey from art school to consulting for brands, and how that path informs his view of the present moment. They discussed institutional decay, the legacy of post-internet art, generational shifts, and the persistent sense that culture has entered a holding pattern. He also offered thoughts on why the 2020s—after several false starts—may finally be congealing into a definable decade.

Hello friends! Here's my set from the 2025 Bottlerock roller rink — a cheeky, slightly shameful ride through bouncy remixes, edits, and mashups. Think of it as one big, extended Rick Roll: full of guilty pleasures, surprise flips, and rollerskating-ready controlled chaos. I had an absolute blast playing, and I can officially check “DJ a roller rink” off the bucket list. Big love to the legends at HUSHconcerts and the Lululemon brand team for creating such a stunning activation! xo, 8b

Since launching this podcast, we've covered nearly every Star Wars release. Before wrapping up, we'll reminisce about our journey from "The Rise of Skywalker" through "Skeleton Crew" and share our thoughts on what the future holds for the galaxy far, far away. We also undertake a fun exercise: creating a report card to grade the Star Wars projects of the last decade.(Song: Space Age Pimpin' x 8Ball & MJG)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.live“Something is happening here and you don't know what it is,” goes the Bob Dylan track from 1965. That song was directed at the squares who weren't yet hip to the Sixties. It sounded foreboding then, and it sounds foreboding now, because something is happening, again — something perhaps as great and consequential as the cultural changes of Dylan's time. For several years now, people have been speaking about a cultural “vibe shift.” The MAGA electoral victory appears to have been the culmination of that shift. The Trumpist victory has ushered in a new political elite and with it, a cultural style that is more transgressive, crude, and rude than the once-liberal American mainstream. Helping us understand what's happening is this week's special guest, Sean Monahan, one of the most perceptive cultural forecasters of our time. If you've ever used the term “normcore,” or if you've heard someone talk about a “vibe shift,” you've been influenced by Sean. And if you haven't heard those terms, then you're about to learn a lot about American culture in this episode. Sean is a writer, trend forecaster and brand consultant, whose Substack, 8Ball, is an oracle of cultural insight.Sean joins Christine Emba and Shadi Hamid and they all get deep about vibes. What is a vibe? Can it be defined? If it can't, then how is it a useful concept? Is it based on material conditions? How long does a vibe last? But the conversation soon ventures beyond these theoretical generalities. Shadi wants to know whether American culture has fundamentally shifted to the right since the rise of Trump. Christine detects a mean streak to this new culture: a certain cruelty or at least, ruthless competitiveness. Sean puts things in perspective, explaining how generations create, condition, and then abandon trends, and how the weird period of Covid lockdown had a unique effect on trend creation, one that still affects us to this day. He also describes the new aesthetic of the Trump era, which he believes is based primarily on desire for money, and which he has dubbed, “Boom Boom.”In our bonus section for paid subscribers, Sean discusses why religion has become attractive to young people, especially young men, whether he sees good vibes or bad vibes in the near future, and whether he believes most Americans actually like Trump and DOGE.Required Reading:* Sean Monahan's Substack, 8Ball.* Sean Monahan, “Anatomy of a Vibe Shift” (8Ball).* Sean Monahan, “Boom Boom: Anatomy of a Trend” (8Ball).* Sean Monahan, “The Counter Elite Won the Meme War” (8Ball).* CrowdSource: “Truth and Vibes” (WoC).* Famous 2022 article from New York Magazine: “A Vibe Shift is Coming” (New York).* W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change (Amazon).* Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction (Amazon).* Mana Afsari, “Last Boys at the Beginning of History” (The Point).* Saddle Creek Records.* Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek).* “Cottagecore Aesthetic, Explained” (Country Living).* MySpace.* Matthew Walther on the origin of “Woke Capital” (American Conservative).* “Dimes Square” (Know Your Meme).* Alex P. Keaton (Wikipedia).* Gordon Gecko (Wikipedia).* Patrick Bateman (Wikipedia).* Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho (Amazon).* American Psycho film (YouTube).* Graeme Wood, “How Bronze Age Pervert Charmed the Far Right” (The Atlantic).* “Yosemite Locksmith: 'The People Who Fired Me Don't Know What I Do'” (MSN).* “Garry Tan for mayor? ‘Never, or 20 years from now,' Y Combinator chief says” (San Francisco Standard).Wisdom of Crowds is a platform challenging premises and understanding first principles on politics and culture. Join us!

This week on the RIPEcast an OG if there ever was one, Space Cowboys' 8Ball is on the decks live from the 25th edition of Breakfast of Champions. From @dj8ball, "25th Breakfast of Champions, and I've played 23 of them! I'd say “I'm too old for this shit” but the party's still going and it's still the best way to kick off the New Year in SF—hands freakin' down! 

 About the mix: I brought a mix of new and old favs, and like last year I decided to pack the middle with drum n bass to keep folks steppin. Most of the tracks were re-edited and I've been enjoying tinkering with stems lately, so that's where some of the acapellas come into play. There's also a quick tribute to breakbeat originator, Lennie Le Ice and his groundbreaking track “We Are E.I.”—I'll work the whole thing into another set down the road, but for now it's in the breakdown for “Feel It”. Here's the tracklist: 01. Something Good Can Work (Stems) - Two Door Cinema Club 02. Fantasy - Maceo Rivas, Oldbeat 03. Shotta Flow (Mizzo Remix) - NLE Choppa, Biggie 04. Reach Out (Greenflamez Remix) - 2Jays 05. Whiskey Whiskey (Acapella) - Moneybags Yo 06. Good Life (ReBounce) - Stanton Warriors 07. Breathe (James Hype Edit) - The Prodigy 08. Breathe (Acapella) - The Prodigy 09. Feel It (Powertools Dub) - Richard Vission 10. We Are E.I. (Sample) - Lennie Le Ice 11. Players (Acapella) - Coi Leray 12. Feel The Love (Gorgon City Remix) - Rudimental 13. Feel The Love (Original Mix) - Rudimental 14. Super Sharp Shooter (Decrypt Bootleg) - DJ Zinc 15. Something Good - Deekline 16. Nothin But A Good Time (Fitch Mix) - Poison 17. Satisfaction (Netsky Remix) - Benny Benassi, The Biz 18. Get Ur Freak On (Brody Jenner Remix) - Missy Elliot 19. Bombalaya (Original Mix) - DNMO & Wolfy Lights 20. Bombalaya (Blooom) - DNMO & Wolfy Lights 21. Freak Like Me - Emily Makis, Deadline 22. leavemealone (Original Mix) - Fred again… & Baby Keem 23. leavemealone (Nia Archive Remix) - Fred again… & Baby Keem 24. Sweet Disposition - Fitch, Emile Battour 25. Sweet Disposition (Acapella) - The Temper Trap 26. My Love (Original Mix) - RE-AB Productions 27. Miracle Maker (Matt Guy Remix) - Dom Dolla 28. Goodies - Dillon Francis x Goodies (Acapella) - Ciara 29. All I Ever Wanted (Mr Jay Remix) - ReMode Music 30. Acid Funk (Rabbit In The Moon's Turn On Mix) - Hawke & God Within 31. Acid Funk (Acapella) - Hawke & God Within 32. Miami Breakdown - Gucci Bass 33. New Year's Day (Mizzo & DJ Genesis) - U2

ALL HAIL THE MAGIC 8 BALL

Daybreakers at Oracle Park was an absolutely blast! I didn't record the set live, but here's most of what I played and some of what I didn't from a warm up set I captured before the party. Enjoy! - 8b

Hey, for the least time during summer of 2024, welcome to yet another edition of ThursdAI, also happy skynet self-awareness day for those who keep track :) This week, Cerebras broke the world record for fastest LLama 3.1 70B/8B inference (and came on the show to talk about it) Google updated 3 new Geminis, Anthropic artifacts for all, 100M context windows are possible, and Qwen beats SOTA on vision models + much more! As always, this weeks newsletter is brought to you by Weights & Biases, did I mention we're doing a hackathon in SF in September 21/22 and that we have an upcoming free RAG course w/ Cohere & Weaviate? TL;DR* Open Source LLMs * Nous DisTrO - Distributed Training (X , Report)* NousResearch/ hermes-function-calling-v1 open sourced - (X, HF)* LinkedIN Liger-Kernel - OneLine to make Training 20% faster & 60% more memory Efficient (Github)* Cartesia - Rene 1.3B LLM SSM + Edge Apache 2 acceleration (X, Blog)* Big CO LLMs + APIs* Cerebras launches the fastest AI inference - 447t/s LLama 3.1 70B (X, Blog, Try It)* Google - Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B & new Gemini 1.5 Pro/Flash (X, Try it)* Google adds Gems & Imagen to Gemini paid tier* Anthropic artifacts available to all users + on mobile (Blog, Try it)* Anthropic publishes their system prompts with model releases (release notes)* OpenAI has project Strawberry coming this fall (via The information)* This weeks Buzz* WandB Hackathon hackathon hackathon (Register, Join)* Also, we have a new RAG course w/ Cohere and Weaviate (RAG Course)* Vision & Video* Zhipu AI CogVideoX - 5B Video Model w/ Less 10GB of VRAM (X, HF, Try it)* Qwen-2 VL 72B,7B,2B - new SOTA vision models from QWEN (X, Blog, HF)* AI Art & Diffusion & 3D* GameNgen - completely generated (not rendered) DOOM with SD1.4 (project)* FAL new LORA trainer for FLUX - trains under 5 minutes (Trainer, Coupon for ThursdAI)* Tools & Others* SimpleBench from AI Explained - closely matches human experience (simple-bench.com)ThursdAI - Recaps of the most high signal AI weekly spaces is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Open SourceLet's be honest - ThursdAI is a love letter to the open-source AI community, and this week was packed with reasons to celebrate.Nous Research DiStRO + Function Calling V1Nous Research was on fire this week (aren't they always?) and they kicked off the week with the release of DiStRO, which is a breakthrough in distributed training. You see, while LLM training requires a lot of hardware, it also requires a lot of network bandwidth between the different GPUs, even within the same data center. Proprietary networking solutions like Nvidia NVLink, and more open standards like Ethernet work well within the same datacenter, but training across different GPU clouds has been unimaginable until now. Enter DiStRo, a new decentralized training by the mad geniuses at Nous Research, in which they reduced the required bandwidth to train a 1.2B param model from 74.4GB to just 86MB (857x)! This can have massive implications for training across compute clusters, doing shared training runs, optimizing costs and efficiency and democratizing LLM training access! So don't sell your old GPUs just yet, someone may just come up with a folding@home but for training the largest open source LLM, and it may just be Nous! Nous Research also released their function-calling-v1 dataset (HF) that was used to train Hermes-2, and we had InterstellarNinja who authored that dataset, join the show and chat about it. This is an incredible unlock for the open source community, as function calling become a de-facto standard now. Shout out to the Glaive team as well for their pioneering work that paved the way!LinkedIn's Liger Kernel: Unleashing the Need for Speed (with One Line of Code)What if I told you, that whatever software you develop, you can add 1 line of code, and it'll run 20% faster, and require 60% less memory? This is basically what Linkedin researches released this week with Liger Kernel, yes you read that right, Linkedin, as in the website you career related posts on! "If you're doing any form of finetuning, using this is an instant win"Wing Lian - AxolotlThis absolutely bonkers improvement in training LLMs, now works smoothly with Flash Attention, PyTorch FSDP and DeepSpeed. If you want to read more about the implementation of the triton kernels, you can see a deep dive here, I just wanted to bring this to your attention, even if you're not technical, because efficiency jumps like these are happening all the time. We are used to seeing them in capabilities / intelligence, but they are also happening on the algorithmic/training/hardware side, and it's incredible to see!Huge shoutout to Byron and team at Linkedin for this unlock, check out their Github if you want to get involved!Qwen-2 VL - SOTA image and video understanding + open weights mini VLMYou may already know that we love the folks at Qwen here on ThursdAI, not only because Junyang Lin is a frequeny co-host and we get to hear about their releases as soon as they come out (they seem to be releasing them on thursdays around the time of the live show, I wonder why!) But also because, they are committed to open source, and have released 2 models 7B and 2B with complete Apache 2 license! First of all, their Qwen-2 VL 72B model, is now SOTA at many benchmarks, beating GPT-4, Claude 3.5 and other much bigger models. This is insane. I literally had to pause Junyang and repeat what he said, this is a 72B param model, that beats GPT-4o on document understanding, on math, on general visual Q&A. Additional Capabilities & Smaller modelsThey have added new capabilities in these models, like being able to handle arbitrary resolutions, but the one I'm most excited about is the video understanding. These models can now understand up to 20 minutes of video sequences, and it's not just "split the video to 10 frames and do image caption", no, these models understand video progression and if I understand correctly how they do it, it's quite genius. They the video embed time progression into the model using a new technique called M-RoPE, which turns the time progression into rotary positional embeddings. Now, the 72B model is currently available via API, but we do get 2 new small models with Apache 2 license and they are NOT too shabby either! 7B parameters (HF) and 2B Qwen-2 VL (HF) are small enough to run completely on your machine, and the 2B parameter, scores better than GPT-4o mini on OCR-bench for example! I can't wait to finish writing and go play with these models! Big Companies & LLM APIsThe biggest news this week came from Cerebras System, a relatively unknown company, that shattered the world record for LLM inferencing out of the blue (and came on the show to talk about how they are doing it)Cerebras - fastest LLM inference on wafer scale chipsCerebras has introduced the concept of wafer scale chips to the world, which is, if you imagine a microchip, they are the size of a post stamp maybe? GPUs are bigger, well, Cerebras are making chips the sizes of an iPad (72 square inches), largest commercial chips in the world. And now, they created an inference stack on top of those chips, and showed that they have the fastest inference in the world, how fast? Well, they can server LLama 3.1 8B at a whopping 1822t/s. No really, this is INSANE speeds, as I was writing this, I copied all the words I had so far, went to inference.cerebras.ai , asked to summarize, pasted and hit send, and I immediately got a summary! "The really simple explanation is we basically store the entire model, whether it's 8B or 70B or 405B, entirely on the chip. There's no external memory, no HBM. We have 44 gigabytes of memory on chip."James WangThey not only store the whole model (405B coming soon), but they store it in full fp16 precision as well, so they don't quantize the models. Right now, they are serving it with 8K tokens in context window, and we had a conversation about their next steps being giving more context to developers. The whole conversation is well worth listening to, James and Ian were awesome to chat with, and while they do have a waitlist, as they gradually roll out their release, James said to DM him on X and mention ThursdAI, and he'll put you through, so you'll be able to get an OpenAI compatible API key and be able to test this insane speed. P.S - we also did an independent verification of these speeds, using Weave, and found Cerebras to be quite incredible for agentic purposes, you can read our report here and the weave dashboard hereAnthropic - unlocking just-in-time applications with artifacts for allWell, if you aren't paying claude, maybe this will convince you. This week, anthropic announced that artifacts are available to all users, not only their paid customers. Artifacts are a feature in Claude that is basically a side pane (and from this week, a drawer in their mobile apps) that allows you to see what Claude is building, by rendering the web application almost on the fly. They have also trained Claude in working with that interface, so it knows about the different files etcEffectively, this turns Claude into a web developer that will build mini web applications (without backend) for you, on the fly, for any task you can think of. Drop a design, and it'll build a mock of it, drop some data in a CSV and it'll build an interactive onetime dashboard visualizing that data, or just ask it to build an app helping you split the bill between friends by uploading a picture of a bill. Artifacts are share-able and remixable, so you can build something and share with friends, so here you go, an artifact I made, by dropping my notes into claude, and asking for a magic 8 Ball, that will spit out a random fact from today's editing of ThursdAI. I also provided Claude with an 8Ball image, but it didn't work due to restrictions, so instead I just uploaded that image to claude and asked it to recreate it with SVG! And viola, a completely un-nessesary app that works! Google's Gemini Keeps Climbing the Charts (But Will It Be Enough?)Sensing a disturbance in the AI force (probably from that Cerebras bombshell), Google rolled out a series of Gemini updates, including a new experimental Gemini 1.5 Pro (0827) with sharper coding skills and logical reasoning. According to LMSys, it's already nipping at the heels of ChatGPT 4o and is number 2!Their Gemini 1.5 Flash model got a serious upgrade, vaulting to the #6 position on the arena. And to add to the model madness, they even released an Gemini Flash 8B parameter version for folks who need that sweet spot between speed and size.Oh, and those long-awaited Gems are finally starting to roll out. But get ready to open your wallet – this feature (preloading Gemini with custom context and capabilities) is a paid-tier exclusive. But hey, at least Imagen-3 is cautiously returning to the image generation game! AI Art & DiffusionDoom Meets Stable Diffusion: AI Dreams in 20FPS Glory (GameNGen)The future of video games is, uh, definitely going to be interesting. Just as everyone thought AI would be conquering Go or Chess, it seems we've stumbled into a different battlefield: first-person shooters.

July... just... eeeeesh. Maybe some drum n bass will help. - 8b

Ain't a person who can't use a little more disco in their life. This set includes a bunch of disco and house tracks I played upstairs at Monarch SF last month for the Baby Weight party. Enjoy! - 8b

Hella good time playing Bottlerock's 2024 Speakeasy! Shout out to Mo'Po and the HUSHconcerts crew for the invite and hospitality—they're the best at what they do and always great to hang out with. Played a lot of tech house, remixes, and lots of original edits and cheesy mashups. Enjoy! - 8b

In this live episode Big-Z is joined byNo Sweat Serg, JC Howard, Stevie-B & Special Guest Gabe Ramirez! "Prediction Time!" This week we look at our 8Ball and predict the future! Chicago Bears! The Schedule is out How many W's will The Bears end Up with? Chicago Baseball! The White Sox get Yanked in the Bronx after winning 2 series. John Schrifen fueds with the felklas from the score.The Cubs Drop 2 series, playing shorthanded with IL issues. How will they bounce back? Chicago Basketball: Bulls Lonzo states that he is 70% but will he be ready for the upcoming season? Stirring the Pot! ??? Show your support with a subscription.Click here: ⁠https://anchor.fm/truechicagosportsfans⁠ and click on support! Watch us on Youtube: True Chicago Sports Fans Podcast Channel, Click the Live tab! EPISODE 195 is brought to you by 606 MEDIA, TRUE CHICAGO SPORTS FANS, AND GRIT CLOTHING COMPANY! Don't forget to go to GritClothingCo.com and get your Official TCSF Podcast t-shirt!! Search for keyword True Chicago, use our promo code TRUEFAN15 for 15% off your entire order! Go get your official TCSF shirts Now --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truechicagosportsfans/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truechicagosportsfans/support

The original idea was to post this around my birthday in March, after getting about halfway through I realized March wouldn't happen because... well, I was only about halfway through. I parked it to focus on other things. Then came incredibly sad news about friend and Space Cowboy, Danny. He was always a fan of the BBQ sets, and frequently asked when I'd get to another. Yesterday was Danny's birthday, so I carved out time and finished it up. Not perfect, but long af, and hopefully suitable for BBQing. RIP Danny, hope he bumps this at the big grill in the sky. XO, 8b

ABOUT JERRY CLARK AND STORYTIME WITH LEGENDARY JERRY Storytime with Legendary Jerry is filled with true stories and interviews from the "Golden Age" of the Hip Hop culture and narrated by someone who witnessed it all from Atlanta. The podcast celebrates the culture by focusing on the sensational role Atlanta has played. Each week Jerry will sit down with a guest and swap stories that shaped the Hip Hop industry. They will explore the music, the business, the grind, and the culture.This show will stand out by focusing on the role that Atlanta has played in Hip Hop Culture. The guests will be a mix of both Atlanta based and worldwide creatives.Episodes here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-storytime-with-legendary-31051904/JERRY CLARK BIO Jerry Clark has assisted in propelling some of the biggest names in urban music helping to make Atlanta a hotbed in the culture. Jerry is one of the industry's most respected leaders, having worked with artists such as Killer Mike, Jeezy, Bone Thugs and Harmony, 8Ball & MJG, Three 6 Mafia and more. Having served as the VP of Promotions for Steve Rifkind's SRC/Universal Music label and having been hand-picked by Jermaine Dupri and the late Shakur Stewart as the VP of Promotions for So So Def/Def Jam, Jerry's name and reputation is forever stamped in Atlanta's music history.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-am-refocused-radio--2671113/support.

Ayyyyy! If you were at Breakfast of Champions x It's a New Day this year, I hope you had as much fun as I did! I book-ended the party, mixing video on the Mog at the beginning and DJing on the BoC Space Stage to close the party out. Huge thanks to the happy crowd out there at the end—you made my night and helped kick off 2024 with an incredibly positive boost. Here's my set from the party! As usual, I put a lot into it—editing, layering samples and acapellas—and I was also inclined to detoured into DnB for a bit. Enjoy! XO, 8b

Interview by Haze   / mike_tall   We recently connected with Memphis artist 2Deep The Southern President for a very special “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about coming from Orange Mound & South Memphis, connecting with Gangsta Blac, 8Ball & MJG, selling tens of thousands of CDs out the trunk independently, having a gift of gab, being inspired by 2Pac & Jay-Z, being authentic in his music, compares his story to Nipsey's, explains his definition of a leader, shares a story of Jermaine Duper flying him out to Atlanta, reveals the difference between a pimp & a playa, explains his definition of P, winning multiple awards at the Player's Ball, his chemistry with producer HotRod, the inspiration for his classic song “Married To The Game”, 8Ball jumping on the remix, embracing social media, going viral on TikTok, shares his thoughts on the Zion Williamson situation, single “Iceberg” with MJG, upcoming album ‘Grateful For The Game', spending over $250k on his career, losing $200k gambling, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview by Haze   / mike_tall   We recently connected with Texas producer/artist DJ B-Do for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about the culture in Port Arthur, learning to play instruments while in the band at school, explains how he locked in with PImp C, shadowing Pimp C, getting to build relationships with some of the greatest artists, their creative process, explains how the song “Grind Hard” got featured on UGK's ‘Underground Kingz' album, Pimp starting the group Da UnderDawgz with B-DO & Young T.O.E., being featured as the main character in Lupe Fiasco's “Hip Hop Saved My Life” music video, working on the ‘UGK 4 Life' album, producing “Purse Come First” featuring Big Gipp & “Used To Be” feat 8Ball, MJG, E-40 & B-Legit, reveals that “What Up” was originally a Pimp C & Lil Wayne song that got leaked, Drake later being featured on the song, producing “Dickies” by Pimp & Jeezy, producing Bun B's single “Counting Money” featuring Gucci Mane & Yo Gotti, Da Underdawgz album ‘The 1st One Is For Pimp', knowing Nipsey Hustle for 10 years before he passed, working on “Rap N*ggas” w/ Nip, explains what inspires him to keep creating today, fatherhood, reveals Pimp still has unreleased music, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello Friends! 

I invite you to settle in for this new 'Electrovember' mix— a synth soundtrack for a digital Thanksgiving. This set's stuffed with blips, bleeps, acid, robots, and some surprises. Intended for listening while destroying a kitchen while cooking a big meal or coping with indigestion afterward. Spoon up an extra helpings of beats and raise a toast of gratitude with me! Here's to a holiday season with some electro flavor. Enjoy! 8b

Interview by Haze of DGB   / mike_tall   We recently sat down with Ugly Money Niche for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed the meaning behind Ugly Money, how being a former artist helped with managing, seeing his artist China Monai flourish, signing to 8Ball and MJG, artist not trying to invest into their careers, pushing China Monai's “JetSki” single, his new artist Lingo, reveals the biggest mistakes new artists make, starting the Ugly Money podcast, the Ugly Money Music Summit, opening up Ugly Money Studios and much more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview by Haze   / mike_tall   We recently linked with OG Memphis rapper Criminal Manne for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our sit down he talked about coming up in Memphis, social media's impact on the streets, jumping off the porch when he was 13, his dad not being in his life, falling in love with rap by listening to Run DMC, explains how he linked with DJ Squeeky, reveals how the group The Project Playaz was formed, the difference between North & South Memphis, turning down deal with Universal & Loud Records, the music video for “Buck With Me”, signing with Rap-A-Lot, having to get out of the deal, going solo, selling his CDs & tapes out the trunk traveling city to city, explains what inspires him to keep creating today, dropping his first movie ‘Da Neighborhood Dopemane', working on 6 more movies, dropping the soundtrack to the movie, upcoming music videos, explains how he linked with Pastor Troy for the ‘Atlanta To Memphis' collab album, going crazy mixtape run, his close relationship with 8Ball & MJG, working several times with Young Dolph, having a good friendship with La Chat, reveals why he never worked with DJ Paul & Juicy J, putting out a collab project with OJ Da Juiceman, having a lot of unreleased records with Don Trip, his label 47 Mobb, his thoughts on the music scene in Memphis right now, explains why signing doesn't make sense to him, shares advice for the youth, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Rocktober, Friends! To celebrate, here's 178 minutes of rock edits and remixes of tracks across the decades! Some are monster jams, some are guilty pleasures, some are deep cuts, and a few are all of the above. Enjoy! - 8b

Yeah so I'm this episode we discussed what happened on today in history, Tupacs murder solved die to self snitchin, story time with 8Ball n MJG, and weird ass ol white dudes… WTF?!?!?!

Needed my drum n bass fix—maybe you did, too? This set's some new stuff and some old stuff, plus a bunch of original edits, mashups, and mishaps. Enjoy! 8b

Hour 3 - PETA is mad that Britney bought a new dog. We talk about 50 different things in 5 minutes. John the Mountain Wave weather dude was too busy for us today. We ask the magic 8 ball some questions. 

Had a blast playing on the Mog at Airpusher's 10th annual Steampunk Masquerade at Public Works. It was especially gratifying to move from boucey booty breaks into electro and then flip the tempo for some drum & bass before bringing it back down to breaks for the next DJ. The is my 2+ hr warm up set—my actual set was much much MUCH shorter, but I captured this one to share bc more music is MOAR MUSIC! It also includes several of my original bootlegs and mashups, including the first track. Enjoy!

From Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Isaac Hayes to Three 6 Mafia, 8Ball & MJG and Yo Gotti, Memphis has always been fertile soil for producing music superstars. Entering that arena with all the aspirations of a young Al Green is rising singer/songwriter and Memphis native, Kendrick P. Like so many before him, Kendrick P. began singing in his grandfather's church, learning to play piano and drums along the way. Today, Kendrick's single, Get What You Give sits at #46 on Billboard's Urban Radio Chart and is trending all over Shazam. The accompanying video, as well as several others (Don't Look Back and Fake Love) are currently in rotation on BET Jams, Yo MTV, BET Soul and Music Choice. Kendrick is dropping his new project "Years & Tears" on August 18th on all platforms. Take a listen as Kendrick discusses his upbringing in East Memphis, his approach with this new body of work and when he fell in love with hip hop.

Krayzie Bone is a member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, an American hip hop group from Cleveland, Ohio. Bone Thugs started performing together in 1991 and is still actively touring and recording. He started a solo career in 1998 with his debut album Thug Mentality. This double disc set featured such well-known artist's as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mo Thugs, The Marley Brothers, Mariah Carey, Big Pun, Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Gangsta Boo, E-40, 8Ball & MJG, Kurupt, Naughty By Nature, and Snoop Dogg. His second album Thug On Da Line debuted in 2001, however it was not as big of a success as his first album, which was ultimately certified platinum by the RIAA. The second album went gold and according to Amazon.com it was named one of the best albums of 2001. Krayzie Bone was featured in the 2006 song "Ridin" by Chamillionaire, this song won the "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Also in 2006 it won the last Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Bone is a founding member of the Cleveland based record label Mo Thugs Family which is a collection of Cleveland based rap and Hip-Hop musical acts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Krayzie Bone is a member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, an American hip hop group from Cleveland, Ohio. Bone Thugs started performing together in 1991 and is still actively touring and recording. He started a solo career in 1998 with his debut album Thug Mentality. This double disc set featured such well-known artist's as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mo Thugs, The Marley Brothers, Mariah Carey, Big Pun, Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Gangsta Boo, E-40, 8Ball & MJG, Kurupt, Naughty By Nature, and Snoop Dogg. His second album Thug On Da Line debuted in 2001, however it was not as big of a success as his first album, which was ultimately certified platinum by the RIAA. The second album went gold and according to Amazon.com it was named one of the best albums of 2001. Krayzie Bone was featured in the 2006 song "Ridin" by Chamillionaire, this song won the "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Also in 2006 it won the last Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Bone is a founding member of the Cleveland based record label Mo Thugs Family which is a collection of Cleveland based rap and Hip-Hop musical acts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hella good times at Bottlerock playing HushConcert's Silent Disco! Duran Duran was headlining so I played a set of New Wave jams, including some original edits. Hope you enjoy some these oldies from the 1900s! - 8b

This week we have another A.I. conversation, including Music Mashups and Copyright Clearance (03:22); Moneybag Yo opens new restaurant with a pricey menu (07:31); Northside Weezy and Big Yavo's collab project (22:13); women deserving half of what a man built; 8Ball & MJG vs Pastor Troy vs Master P (1:13:19) and more. Become a member of the Plairs Circle for additional bonus episodes and visual content for all things Goodplairs. Tap in here: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/thegoodplairs Indie Pick: Darryl - Northside Weezy & Big Yavo, "Arm & Hammer" Teezy - Mexico 4, "Coi Leray"

Look, I'm going to miss playing my 2nd ever Breakfast of Champions New Year's Day party since the whole thing began back in the 1900s. I'm not mad about it—it's good to mix things up now and then, so while a bunch of my favorite humans are getting grinnin' & sweatin' with Space Cowboys n friends over at the block party in front of The Great Northern, I'll be skiin' & grinnin' in the snow. Still, every year around this time my brain is hardwired to go into deep track discovery mode. Even tho I'm not playing a BoC set, I still had to scratch that itch, so... here's the result. Drum n Bass for Santa. Happy Ho-Ho-Holidays, Frens! xo, 8b Tracks: Sydney & SMP ft. Exult - Dream Walking Dom & Roland, Adred - Tundra Harriet Jaxxon, MC GQ - Find A Space Spinline - Photography x Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin (Acapella) Mountain - Cosmos Emz - E - Style (feat. Gemi) Sevin - How She Did It Edlan, Bazil MC, Sydney Bryce - Surrender Cliques - Hold On wnboss, Sevek - Move Your Body (Hedex Extended Remix) Bredren - Moldovan Rockwell, Novelist - Peak P Money & Whiney - Buss The Red Collette Warren, MC Fokus, Philth - Set Me Free AKAS, DJ Hybrid - Make Me Feel Akas_Georgina Phoenix_2Shy MC - Oldskool Newskool (Extended Mix) Calyx - Tempest Donny Brook - Universe Selecta J-Man - Run Dat Grafix, Flowidus - Submarine Vektah & PAV4N & T-Man - Echo Mode Exult - Arbiter Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Ripple Bootleg) Askel & Elere_Shibumi - Alpheratz In_Most & Karina Ramage - Light Up The Night Toez - Leith Pub Tick Book Solah - Something To Get Over Gunston - Black Palm x Q-Tip – For the Nasty (Acapella) GLXY - New Day Sakkura feat. Cat Knight - You Need Me Maduk, S.P.Y - Still In Love BTK_Archive 21 - Fractured Whiney, Doktor, Coco & Slay - Flight Mode Guzi, Woolf - Snow White Zero T, Onj, Manny - Lifetime venbee x goddard. - messy in heaven Emz - Stellar (feat. Sir Hiss) Particle - No Mistakes Calyx - You Want It All Pola & Bryson, Zitah - Tell You What I Did Rezilient & Gemma Rose - Follow Me Jappa - Clash (VIP) Objectiv, Amoss - Valley Stepping Break, MC Fats - Natural Way Anaïs, Red Fox, Formula - Tek It Easy

Interview by Haze of DGB https://www.instagram.com/mike_tall We recently sat down with Ugly Money Niche for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed the meaning behind Ugly Money, how being a former artist helped with managing, seeing his artist China Monai flourish, signing to 8Ball and MJG, artist not trying to invest into their careers, pushing China Monai's “JetSki” single, his new artist Lingo, reveals the biggest mistakes new artists make, starting the Ugly Money podcast, the Ugly Money Music Summit, opening up Ugly Money Studios and much more! 

Hey Hey!  Welcome to this episode!! This week - we chat about different celebrities,  where are they now and then we play a game with Jef Jones vs. the 8ball.  Get behind the 8ball!  

This week's RIPEcast features Space Cowboy's 8ball from this year's Haunted Hoedown. Some words from 8ball: 

“Haunted Hoedown was a blast this year and it was a blast to open in the main room for our special guest, Left/Right. This is an extended version of the set I played—full of bouncy bass, acid, breaks, electro, garage, plus some throwbacks and spooky samples. Hope you enjoy!” More from DJ 8ball: Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/spacecowboys/sets/8ball Facebook: facebook.com/dj8ballsf Instagram: instagram.com/dj8ball Twitter: twitter.com/dj8ball Twitch: twitch.tv/dj8ball linktr.ee/dj8ball

Ken Wahlster founded BikeBandit.com and knows everything about tires, and today he shares his knowledge with you! His company 8Ball Tires is disrupting the motorcycle tire industry and is bringing convenience, expertise, and service to this often confusing aspect of motorcycle riding. 

N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this episode we talk with the one and only Gangsta Boo! Three 6 Mafia influenced a generation of hip-hop and Gangsta Boo's lyricism helped the group rise to prominence! Coming from Memphis, TN - Gangsta Boo shares her journey in hip-hop and how she helped utilize the Memphis culture in her sound. Gangsta Boo shares stories of how Three 6 Mafia split, working with 8Ball & MJG and much much more! Lots of great stories that you don't want to miss!! Make some noise for Gangsta Boo!!! 

On this weeks episode we chop it about the imminent recession, Komodo Dragons vs the World, the Dyke Convention in Baltimore, the UGK vs 8Ball & MJG verzuz, biggest haters of all time and more. Also we answer voicemails and questions from the listeners. Remember to send in your listener questions, #TheyNeedTheirAssBeat or #RealNiggaOfTheWeek submissions, email us at MAIL@RAOPodcast.com or call 424-260-RAOP to leave a voicemail.

On this weeks episode we chop it about the imminent recession, Komodo Dragons vs the World, the Dyke Convention in Baltimore, the UGK vs 8Ball & MJG verzuz, biggest haters of all time and more. Also we answer voicemails and questions from the listeners. Remember to send in your listener questions, #TheyNeedTheirAssBeat or #RealNiggaOfTheWeek submissions, email us at MAIL@RAOPodcast.com or call 424-260-RAOP to leave a voicemail.

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Is it too late for gun control? This week on Black News, we discuss the tragic shooting of the women and children in Uvalde, Texas and next steps regarding gun control in America, the 8Ball & MJG vs UGK Verzuz and an update on Brittney Griner. Be sure to continue supporting Black News by liking & subscribing on all apps where podcasts can be heard!

“Upperly Say” It's a brand new episode of one of the hottest and fastest growing podcast around. That's right, The Dummies Podcast is back with yet another fun filled and funny episode. On today's show, the guys discuss the Verzus battle between 8Ball & MJG vs. UGK. Listen in to hear the guys take aways … Continue reading The Dummies Podcast Ep. 181 “Upperly Say” →

“Upperly Say” It's a brand new episode of one of the hottest and fastest growing podcast around. That's right, The Dummies Podcast is back with yet another fun filled and funny episode. On today's show, the guys discuss the Verzus battle between 8Ball & MJG vs. UGK. Listen in to hear the guys take aways … Continue reading The Dummies Podcast Ep. 181 “Upperly Say” →

Bigg recaps Game 7 of the ECF and features tracks from UGK & 8Ball & MJG

The fellas recapping their weeks that include: Dizzle got back on the hoop court and helped a friend move, Killa gears up for wedding season, & Kev hanging out with a childhood friend! NBA Talk: Celtics beat the Heat in game 7 of the Eastern Conference, where will Zach Lavine end up, and Finals Predictions, 8Ball & MJG UGK Verzuz recap, and making plans for the 300th episode! The fellas also touch on the Uvalde mass shooting. Stay connected with the fellas @Dj_Killa_Kev & @1KevNash & @GrandpaDizzle on Twitter & IG!

Rockett and Figgy review new music from XXXtentacion and Kanye West, Z-Ro, Quavo and Takeoff, Jack Freeman, Jim Jones and Maino (25:01). They also review the UGK and 8Ball and MJG Verzuz matchup (55:13) and the Brandy diss track aimed at Jack Harlow (01:21:04). They also discuss the Uvalde school shooting (01:44:55), NBA playoffs (01:56:17), the Isaiah Rashad interview with Joe Budden and NORE criticizing hip hop artists for doing interviews with people "outside the culture".

The Boys of the culture (Glory & Ree) are back with a pre warm up before the Versus Battle on Thursday against 8Ball & MJG Vs. UGK. (Who You Got?) Followed with good ol talk about about these NBA Conference Finals that are spiced up with some great basketball then we hit you with a little of random talk full of raw and intriguing convo, so buckle up and coast with the culture. Song of The Week: Cozzy (What Day Is It Freestyle) Instagram @ cozzy_fbn Salute to 1Eleven Mgmt & The Owner/CEO Elye "Fame" Franklin. Follow @ fame_1elevenmgmt on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Candace A. Gray (aka Candy Fox) was born and raised in Memphis and has always lived a double life. She's a Gemini and she's always operated well in both left and right brain spaces. Candace's mother (RIP) always told her to never rely on ONE thing to sustain you...and that concept has remained with her since high school! Candace is marketing and communications professional by day...and a singer/songwriter by night (hence the stage name Candy Fox). She sings mostly Soul Music, which is native to Memphis. And as the Founder and CEO of CG Comms Group, Candace serves several local clients who make Memphis what it is from cultural, economic and artistic perspectives. Throughout her communications career, Candace has worked in the private (archer malmo, inc.) and public (FedEx) sector, for-profit and non-profit (Freedom Prep Charter Schools). In true Memphis spirit, she started my own full-service, boutique communications agency, DURING THE PANDEMIC! And she's seen much success, as a result of a great work ethic and referrals! Throughout her music career, Candy Fox has sung with some of the best in the business, from R&B and Soul to Blues to Gospel, to Hip Hop, including 8Ball & MJG, Al Kapone, Charrelle & Alexander O'Neal, Howard Hewett and Shalamar, Jennifer Holliday, Richard Smallwood, Kurt Carr, Chico DeBarge, The Legendary Barkays, and the list goes on. Candy Fox also released her own project, Soul Stir, independently after leaving the Hip Hop collective Free Sol, who won the Mid-South Grammy Showcase in 2004 and released the album 11:11 on Memphis Records. Soul Stir, a true work of art, is available on all electronic platforms. Somewhere in betwixt all of that, Candace found time to get married to her wonderful partner and bring life into this world, in the form of a son, at the age of 41! She's also a dog mom, and her little family currently resides in Memphis. Candace is the epitome of Memphis. She makes things happen, as opposed to waiting for them to happen. And she's just getting started! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farah-bernier/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farah-bernier/support

On episode 17 of Club Shay Shay, Shannon welcomes in Grammy-nominated rapper, multi-platinum songwriter, NYT bestselling author, record label executive, and the biggest boss in the game: Rick Ross.They discuss Rozay's many business ventures, from the first paycheck he ever earned to his mobile health app, Jetdoc. Ross shares values his family and community instilled in him growing up in Carol City, FL, and details lessons he learned from about sacrifice, negotiation, & failure on his way to success. Shannon & Ross go through Miami music history, discussing how artists like JT Money & Trick Daddy paved the way for Ross's sound. They also touch on his early career, collaborating with idols like 8Ball & MJG and Scarface, his meeting with Jay-Z before signing with Def Jam for his first album, and much more. A loyal Miami Heat & Dolphins fan who briefly attended Albany State on a football scholarship, Ross helps Shannon break down the latest in sports news, touching on James Harden's trade to the Nets, the top 5 NBA players of all time, the NFL GOAT, and how Dolphins offensive lineman Richmond Webb inspired a line in Ross's first hit and Shannon's workout song “Hustlin'”.#DoSomethinB4TwoSomethin & Follow Club Shay Shay:                                                                 https://www.instagram.com/clubshayshayhttps://twitter.com/clubshayshayhttps://www.facebook.com/clubshayshayhttps://www.youtube.com/c/clubshayshay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.