Podcasts about below the heavens

My guests this week are California rapper-producers Blu & Exile. We spoke about recent hits like Everything Everywhere All At Once and Poor Things, hip-hop cinematic classics like Krush Groove, Breakin', and Wild Style, how DMX and Common inspired Blu to rap, a look back at Blu's Her Favorite Colo(u)r and Exile's work on Mobb Deep's “Pearly Gates,” the Blu Note edition of their 2007 classic Below The Heavens, and the creative process behind their latest album Love (the) Ominous World. Come fuck with us.Love (the) Ominous World is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Consider copping directly from their Bandcamp.  Follow Blu on Instagram (@bluherfavcolor) and Twitter (@HerFavColor), Exile on Instagram (@ExileRadio), and Dirty Science Records on Instagram (@thedirtyscience) and Twitter (@dirtyscience).Join the Reel Notes Patreon today starting at $5/month to get early access to episodes, our Discord server, exclusive bonus interviews and reviews, and more!My first book, Reel Notes: Culture Writing on the Margins of Music and Movies, is available now, via 4 PM Publishing. Order a digital copy on Amazon.Read my review of Ovrkast's last project, RESET!, over at Pitchfork.Reel Notes stands in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti. Please consider donating to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund,  The Palestinian Youth Movement, The Zakat Foundation, HealAfrica, FreeTigray, and/or Hope For Haiti.  For information about contacting your representatives to demand a ceasefire, finding protests, and other tools, check out CeasefireToday!Follow me on Instagram (@cinemasai), Twitter (@CineMasai_), TikTok (@cinemasai), and Letterboxd (@CineMasai)  Support the show

This week, the fellas go deep into Dahn's experience at Drake's "It's All A Blur" Tour in Montreal with special guest J. Cole, they talk about how fire Chronixx and Protoje are, the Hollywood actor strike and the AI problem, Blu & Exile regaining control and ownership of "Below The Heavens", Jay-Z's Brooklyn Public Library Exhibition, Lil Wayne performs "A Milli" at the ESPYs, Baseline Studios is back in action, the internet says Meek Mill is LGBT, Prime Day, Adam22 and Jason Luv drama, Kaytranada brings out 50 Cent in London and they play the Best Debut Single guessing game again. Bless. Follow the new Bad Habits Instagram account: @BadHabitsPod ICYMI: The Movement Fam Presents The Valentine's Day Mixtape Vol. 15: From The A To The T.O., With Love | https://bit.ly/TMFVdayV15 Cee x D-Cipher - Bye Toxic City Vol. II | https://ffm.to/byetoxiccity2 Notion - Since Never | https://notion.bandcamp.com/track/since-never Cee - Relentless (Deluxe) | https://ffm.to/relentlessdeluxe Cee - Rome ft. Myer Clarity | https://ffm.to/ceerome Cee - Entropy | https://ffm.to/ceeentropy Cee - Cross The Line ft. Andrew Cameron | https://ffm.to/ceecrosstheline Cee - I Got Next ft. Myer Clarity + Notion | https://ffm.to/igotnext Cee - Stay Woke | https://ffm.to/ceestaywoke "This Is Cee" Spotify Playlist | https://bit.ly/ThisIsCeeSpotify Notion - Place I Know | https://ffm.to/notionplaceiknow Cee - Let Justice Prevail ft. Caleb Hart | https://ffm.to/ceeletjusticeprevail Cee - Relentless | https://ffm.to/ceerelentless   Theme tune produced by Notion. Purchase beats: notionbeats.com Follow the team everywhere: @BadHabitsPod @TheMovementFam @CeeFor @Notionbaby @iDahnJohnson

phiik, one of several enigmatic spitters in the New York based Tase Grip collective, joins us to talk about his latest offering called "CHAINLINK", his project from earlier this year with Lungs and Cise Greeny called "WHERE ARE THE BUGS!?" and last years "THAT WAS A TEST" with S!lence. Then we discuss phiik's album pick for this episode - "Below The Heavens" from Blu and Exile. Døøf, Lungs, S!lence, iblss, and Cise Greeny were all in the room with phiik during this interview and a few of them make cameo appearances, making this a super fun episode. You can find "CHAINLINK" here: phiik.bandcamp.com/album/chainlink You can find "WHERE ARE THE BUGS!?" here: 7deadlung7.bandcamp.com/album/where-are-the-bugs And you can find "THAT WAS A TEST" here: phiik.bandcamp.com/album/that-was-a-test

Blu & Exile's Below The Heavens defied its title and became a cult classic, ascending into a realm of hip-hop divinity. But Moulz & Mel had to find out if it should be let through the pearly gates of Rap Rankings. SPECIAL GUEST REVIEWER: @https://www.instagram.com/thisisversis/ (thisisversis) ------------- Intro (0:00) -- The Rating System, Explained (6:05 - 8:47) -- The Rap Rankings Game (29:22) -- This Week In Moulz & Mel (1:09:07) -- Below The Heavens Info (1:34:45) -- Track 1: "My World Is..." (2:00:59) -- Track 2: "The Narrow Path" (2:16:51) --Track 3: "So(ul) Amazin' (Steel Blazin')" [w/ @https://www.instagram.com/thisisversis/ (thisisversis)] (2:28:04) -- Track 4: "Juicen' Dranks" (3:41:49) -- Track 5: "In Remembrance Of Me" (3:53:08) -- Track 6: "Blu Colla Workers" (4:09:00) -- Track 7: "Dancing In The Rain" (4:22:12) -- Track 8: "First Things First" (4:32:26) -- Track 9: "No Greater Love" (4:40:25) -- Track 10: "Show Me The Good Life" (4:49:08) -- Track 11: "Simply Amazin'" (5:07:05) -- Track 12: "Cold Hearted" (5:13:25) -- Track 13: "The World Is (Below The Heavens...)" (5:19:24) -- Track 14: "You Are Now In The Clouds With (The Koochie Monstas)" (5:24:17) -- Track 15: "I Am..." (5:28:11) -- Ranking Below The Heavens (5:34:34) -- Outro (5:38:42)

Blu shares stories about rapping for Suge Knight, almost signing to Death Row Records and signing with Warner Brothers. He breaks down some of our favorite tracks off Below The Heavens, working with so many great producers over the years and the making of his latest album, The Color Blue. There were a lot of laughs and surprises while speaking with Blu, and we think you'll agree with us when we say, this is one of our best interviews, ever. And now, our interview and tribute with our boy, Blu. www.takeitpersonalradio.com www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio

Fourteen years ago, Blu took hip-hop by storm. Along with Exile, he gave us the modern-day classic Below The Heavens and we've all been hooked ever since. On episode 97, we sit down with Blu to discuss his lengthy catalog and career. Blu shares stories about rapping for Suge Knight, almost signing to Death Row Records and signing with Warner Brothers. He breaks down some of our favorite tracks off Below The Heavens, working with so many great producers over the years and the making of his latest album, The Color Blue. There were a lot of laughs and surprises while speaking with Blu, and we think you'll agree with us when we say, this is one of our best interviews, ever. For our Florida listeners, we teamed up with the Laughing Spree Fest - Florida's biggest comedy festival at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton December 3-4. We'll be giving away tickets to a few lucky listeners to this mega comedy festival featuring 20 performers including Bryan Callen, Jim Norton and Andrew Schulz. Tickets on sale now and if you enter promo code TIPLAUGH, you'll save $5 off each ticket. And now, our interview and tribute with our boy, Blu. www.takeitpersonalradio.com www.patreon.com/TakeItPersonal Follow us on Instagram @takeitpersonalradio

Blu and Mickey Factz join episode 58 of AFH's What's The Headline to discuss their new Nottz-produced EP The Narrative, Mickey's battle with Royce 5'9, their 2009 XXL Freshman cover, Below The Heavens and more: 0:00 Intro 1:59 Blu & Mickey Factz have an EP produced by Nottz called The Narrative 2:35 Why Blu and Mickey decided to do a project together 4:40 Mickey Factz's father was a rapper in 1983 7:00 How Blu's family influenced his pursuit of music 7:50 Mickey breaks down how he and Blu put The Narrative together 9:53 Blu and Mickey Factz speak about negative encounters they've had with the police 13:30 Mickey speaks about performing in front of Kool Herc's building where Hip-Hop was born 18:48 Blu speaks about his earliest Hip-Hop influences 19:36 Mickey Factz and Blu discuss how their record labels folding changed their careers 25:24 The impact being 2009 XXL Freshmen had on them 27:56 Blu and Mickey Factz name the rising MCs they believe are shining today 29:24 Blu recalls rocking a show once after the power went out 30:01 Mickey Factz discusses the reaction to his WRAITH record dissing Royce 5'9 33:31 How Mickey got pulled into the war of words between Royce 5'9 and Lupe Fiasco 34:36 Mickey Factz confirms the boxes he checked with WRAITH 35:29 Blu gives his opinion of the diss records by Royce, Lupe and Mickey 36:16 Mickey explains why he impersonated RJ Payne and Ransom on WRAITH 37:44 Mickey discusses the impact this battle has had on Hip-Hop culture 39:26 Nottz's role in making The Narrative with Blu and Mickey 40:38 Decoding the artwork for The Narrative 41:16 Blu speaks about his work as a producer 42:56 Mickey Factz details how he found the beat for WRAITH 45:00 Why Blu and Mickey decided to have Nottz be the only producer on The Narrative 46:20 Blu breaks down some of his heaviest bars on the project 48:46 Mickey discusses leaving his job at a law firm to pursue music full-time 52:56 Blu and Mickey reveal their hidden talents 55:26 Blu and Mickey discuss how death shapes the way we live 57:16 Mickey Factz explains the strategy he used in his IG Live discussion with Royce 5'9 58:51 Mickey would have released a different record if his conversation with Royce on IG had gone differently 1:00:56 Blu discusses making Johnson & Jonson 1:03:26 What's next for Mickey Factz and Blu --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whats-the-headline/support

These throwback Episodes initially aired public but were removed as a result of the change in plans of the audio service we were using before. Now we are happy to share these insightful interviews which began the AUDIO journey of Artist Interviews with Out Da Box Radio. Original Show Description: Out Da Box Radio is happy to bring you our latest interview featuring California Artists’ "Exile and Johaz". Together they are better known as “Dag Savage”. The two recently released their debut collabo LP entitled “E&J” following the success of their “Dag Savage EP” and recent “Warning Mixtape". We got the chance to talk with Ex and Jo on a number of topics, beginning with their individual history and how they eventually came together to form the name Dag Savage. In light of the ir new album, Exile took some time to reflect on the success of his previous collabo LPs with Emcee’s like Blu and Fashawn, and identified the common defining moment that has made everyone of his collabo albums something special to him. Johaz later took a moment to reflect on being around during the time Blu was recording “Below The Heavens” and what it meant to witness the classic album in the making. In a turn of topics, we also got Johaz to speak in detail about the struggles of his upbringing and how overcoming the obstacles have helped him to be the man we also know as an artist today. His story definitely gets deep and can be best introduced in the Dag Savage track entitled “Old Time’s Sake”. We also got some word from Jo on future goals he would like to achieve as a growing artist. The other part of the interview gave light to Exile and the success of his record label known as "Dirty Science". He also spoke on the cutting edge/experimental Los Angeles Beat scene, giving props to Sound In Color, Low End Theory and Stones Throw as labels/movements that have helped make an impact in buildin’ the west coast indie beat making scene. I truly had a blast talkin’ with both Exile and Johaz for this very insightful interview. If you like what you hear from their music, definitely feel free to support with a purchase on itunes or at their Dirty Science website. In the meantime please do take a moment to check out our in-depth interview with Dag Savage themselves. We hope you are certainly inspired!

This week, we do our first pod covering an artist for the second time. Hopefully we didn’t lose you there! Blu and Exile team back up after 8 years for “Miles”. In most cases, the journey is just as important as the destination, as Blu invites you further into his personal life, pays homage to a plethora of people that paved the way, and touches on religious and a powers that be perspective all wrapped in a jazz production by exile and inspired by Miles Davis. One of Matt’s personal favorite artists, let’s see if they hype is real and how well it holds up with our previous coverage of “Below the Heavens”.Check out more here!Apple PodcastSpotifyInstagramTwitter______________________________________________________Music by: BlueysportInstagram: blueysport

On this episode we are discussing Blu & Exile's debut classic album "Below The Heavens"! This is Matt's favorite album and Brandon's first time really taking a closer look at this record. Blu dropped this album in 2007 and set the hiphop underground on fire. This record was a breath of fresh air and as we go deeper into the album throughout this episode we really get a sense of what Blu was trying to convey with this lyrics. Many of the songs are full of content dealing with coming up as a young adult and figuring out your place in the world and how you've been shaped by your upbringing. There's so many life lessons and cautionary tales in these songs, but the music is soulful and fun to listen to. Exile's production perfectly matches Blu's lyrically poignant raps and they truly are a rebirth of the old school rapper/dj group of the 90s. Check out more here! Apple PodcastSpotifyInstagramTwitter______________________________________________________Music by: BlueysportInstagram: blueysport

The guys are joined by Felix B, for a critical breakdown of Blu & Exile's "Below The Heavens." Often regarded as one of the best underground Hip-Hop albums of all time, boundaries are pushed when it comes to settling in on a verdict.

The New Old Heads talked about Warren G calling Indianapolis the most dangerous place on earth, Drake and LL Cool J comparisons, Will Smith's importance on hip hop culture, various 80's hip hop talk, "Below The Heavens" by Blu & Exile turns 11 and more.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=5116041)

Sweet and tangy production canvases are contrasted with lyrical vegetables when we dissect Mura Masa's infectious debut album "Mura Masa" and pick apart Blu and Exile's debut gem "Below The Heavens" for homework assigned by Malcolm Alexndr.

Sweet and tangy production canvases are contrasted with lyrical vegetables when we dissect Mura Masa's infectious debut album "Mura Masa" and pick apart Blu and Exile's debut gem "Below The Heavens" for homework assigned by Malcolm Alexndr.

I decided that for the ten anniversary of the release of one my all time favorite albums I wanted to take a trip down memory lane and discuss how much Below The Heavens impacted me a hip hop fan. Blu & Exile-So(ul)Amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq-crVkXcaw Like The Dojo Talk Podcast Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/dojotalkpodcast/ Background Instrumental https://soundcloud.com/bobcatgoldwav/solar-flare?in=bobcatgoldwav/sets/the-wabi-sabi-samurai