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KP on the glory days of DatPiff, how he built the platform, the new streaming era, the decline, and more! ----- Promote Your Music with No Jumper - https://nojumper.com/pages/promo CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! https://nojumper.com NO JUMPER PATREON   / nojumper   CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te... Follow us on SNAPCHAT   / 4874336901   Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4z4yCTj... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Follow us on Social Media:   / 4874336901     / nojumper     / nojumper     / nojumper     / nojumper   JOIN THE DISCORD:   / discord   Follow Adam22:   / adam22     / adam22     / adam22   adam22bro on Snapchat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com   00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:45 - How it feels to release new album "The Hunger Era" 00:04:00 - What went into dropping an EP versus a full album 00:06:15 - Wanting to make music for all emotions  00:10:00 - What went into making "The Art of Hunger" over 9 months  00:13:45 - How performing helped D2X use his voice 00:15:45 - Improving using metaphors and his writing style with new album  00:17:30 - Rappers with such specific writing styles (Action Bronson and Kendrick) 00:19:00 - The best references from D2X's new album 00:22:00 - Interpolating Kanye's "WOW" freestyle  00:25:20 - How he got Chris Patrick on a record 00:28:10 - Shooting press photos and making song visualizers for the album 00:33:00 - Why D2X decided to rollout this EP for nearly a year 00:37:00 - Artists rushing to drop albums  00:40:40 - Mount Rushmore of Datpiff albums  00:44:00 - Blkswn or Acid Rap 00:46:00 - Acid Rap or Care For Me 00:48:00 - Care For Me or Swimming 00:51:20 - Swimming or Food and Liquor 00:52:20 - Swimming or 2014 Forest Hills Drive 00:56:40 - FHD or Late Registration 00:57:20 - FHD or Be  00:59:20 - Closing thoughts    

DatPiff.com was the premier online home for Hip Hop mixtapes, hosting upwards of 600,000+ uploaded rap compilations from DJs, superstars, and bedroom artists.In late 2023, however, the site was failing, leaving the future of its enormous musical and cultural collection in doubt.The site made headlines in early 2024, linking up with The Internet Archive, a home for vast amounts of digital properties, in a move that was seen as a way to keep its vast array of musical compilations safe for the future.A few days ago, with no warning or explanation from DatPiff OR The Internet Archive, all 366,420 rap mixtapes being housed on the latter site, disappeared.We spoke exclusively with radio host Richard, aka u/AyoRet on Reddit, who discovered the rap mixtape archive pruning and brought it to the attention of the Hip Hop world.---Hip-Hop Can Save America! with Manny Faces is a Manny Faces Media production, in association with The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy.Links and resources:SHOW WEBSITE: https://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.comON YOUTUBE: https://www.hiphopcansaveamerica.com/watchMANNY FACES: https://www.mannyfaces.comNEWSLETTER (free!): https://mannyfaces.substack.comSUPPORT QUALITY INDIE HIP HOP JOURNALISM: https://www.patreon.com/mannyfacesManny Faces Media (podcast production company): https://www.mannyfacesmedia.comThe Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy: https://www.hiphopadvocacy.orgSPONSORS / FRIENDS:The Mixtape Museum: https://www.mixtapemuseum.orgHip-Hop Hacks: https://www.hiphophacks.comHip-Hop Can Save America! is produced, written, edited, smacked, flipped, rubbed down, and distributed by Manny Faces. Eternal thanks to Consulting Producer, Sommer McCoy.

Welcome to another episode of our podcast, where we dive into a mix of current events and hip-hop culture as we step into 2024. We start off with a reflection on the year's beginning, discussing personal updates and the podcast's progress. The episode takes a serious turn as we delve into the unresolved case of Shanquella Robinson, expressing frustration over the lack of justice and the complexities of international incidents. This leads to a broader discussion on the effectiveness of federal authorities in such cases, especially concerning the African American community. Shifting gears, we lighten the mood with a look at Fivio Foreign's recent revelations about his past decisions, highlighting the personal and professional struggles artists face in the music industry. We also explore the impact of Drake's career, debating his influence as a pop and hip-hop artist. The conversation then turns to the evolution of the music industry, reminiscing about the mixtape era and how platforms like DatPiff shaped the landscape. We discuss the changes brought by streaming services and the challenges artists face in maintaining control over their music. Throughout the episode, we maintain a balance of serious discussion and light-hearted banter, making it a relatable and thought-provoking listen. Join us as we navigate the complexities of current events and the ever-evolving world of hip-hop.

18eme épisode de SCRATCH. Nous retournons à New-York, plus précisément à Brooklyn, pour vous parler du premier projet solo d'un rappeur qui est devenu important dans la scène locale, et qui a été élu meilleure mixtape de la décennie précédente par de nombreux médias de l'époque : "1999" de Joey Bada$$. Animé par Golgoseize, et en invité du jour : Warrns16.

I made a beat with my prostate and sold it on DatPiff. She f*ckin' hates me! What about fiveskin? 00:00 My Car Has a Gas Leak 04:39 Cosplaying as a Surgeon 08:54 Kit Kat / Snapple 13:24 Serving Sizes / Sports 20:30 McDonald's Grimace Lore 23:06 Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave / Mr. Bean 24:25 Chris Hanson / To Catch a Predator 25:00 Logan Paul vs. Dillon Danis 26:09 "Get a Load of This Guy" 28:00 Stone Cold Steve Austin Works at Cold Stone Creamery 29:02 Yankees / Baseball 30:16 Elon Musk / Neuralink / Tesla / Puddle of Mudd 36:26 Joe Rogan Shoots an Arrow at the Cybertruck 37:47 A+ Blood Test 41:37 Gay Son or Thot Daughter? 43:00 Scientology / Baba Yaga / 2012 48:08 SMURFED / BLACKED 49:39 Kareem Crashes the Pod 51:32 My Gay Rap --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/braindribble/support

On Episode 104, today's guest hails from Staten Island, New York. He's a Beatmaker, Live Performer, Music Creator Mentor/Teacher, Software Developer by day, Beat Battle Champion & Creative by night, Twitch Streamer and more.  Please welcome d3signer.dr3ams to the show. Enjoy and check the links below!During this episode, we chopped it up about his music journey, inspirations, aspirations and more. Strict parental units  so two channels 107.5 WBLS, 98.7 KISS FM, Luther Vandross, Sade, Diane Warwick, Mary Jane Girls, Diana Ross The Dramatics and others were played in the house. He loved music so much, he went to his local library to get his music fix visiting Hip-Hop Blog sites, DatPiff and others which inspired his Hip-Hop music obsession. He names his Greatest Beat of All Time from "New York Shit" by Busta Rhymes & Swizz Beats, "Lovin It" by Little Brother, "Hoe Cakes" by MF DOOM and "Just The Way" by STLNDRMS. He names his Beatmaker/Music Producer Superheros like STLNDRMS, Cookin Soul, 9th Wonder, Negrosaki, Pete Rock, Sarah, the Illstrumentalist, Bad Snacks, Knxwledge, Mac Miller, and more. He creates music using different samplers like SP404SX, SP555 and more.D3signer.dr3ams gave creator details about albums like 'AnitaVillain", AnitaVillain [Beats], "Memory Card Chronicles Vol.1 and more. D3signer.dr3ams left crazy jewels, inspiring words for Beatmakers and detailed what's in store for the rest of 2023.D3signer.dr3ams's Gems:1. Make the music you want to make, the right ears will find it2. Avoid G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) Intro Track: Hexsagon - Purpose [Instrumental] from Beat Tape Co-Op - 15th Year Anniversary by Beat Tape Co-Op Featured Music: Various tracks from D3signer.dr3ams's Music Discography (Available Here)Social Media: @D3signer.dr3amsWebsite: https://linktr.ee/d3signer.dr3amsSupport the showEdited, Mixed and Mastered by GldnmndPodcast Website Link: The Rec Show PodcastNEW!!! TheRecShowPodcast Music Playlist Available Here

Mazi and Bank talk on the Alabama BRAWL, Dat Piff shutting down and of course the theme of the show. Being comfortable will most definitely kill your dreams.

The death of Dylan's TV. Broke boy shit. Swimming and sunburns. The beach. “Bro”. Datpiff daddies. Love y'all. Big bday shout out to Vince. Ugly mfr. jkluvu

Industries spent years laughing at the blogs, ignoring the blogs, fearing the blogs, getting close to the blogs and robbing the blogs. In 2011, a whirlwind of forces would come together to make sure there were no more lifelines.

In this episode we discuss what we've been up to, AI and AI rap, internet changing how kids grow up, our nostalgia, sad state of DatPiff, favorite blog era drops, 6ft 7ft vs A Milli, Jack Harlow's new drop, and much more!

What's on tap?Saying farewell to the iconic mixtape streaming app, DatPiff. Are sexual partnerships with AI the future of dating? Who are the Whittakers of West Virginia? Examining the season outlook for all 32 NFL teamsAnd more!Follow Us:TikTok @thedudecastInstagram @the_dudecastFacebook @dudecast420

Run it back. STILL FIGURING OUT THE CAMERA SHIIIII. Guardians of the Galaxy, AI, upcoming movies, “Jackman”, Doja Cat and starting this week we have a new segment we'll be doing every pod showcasing a couple mixtapes from the Datpiff era (shout out to the homie Juan P for the idea) and we'll play a couple songs from it and talk about it. Shout out to all the listeners, love y'all.

On 125, the guys are back with Marcel to discuss Oakleys (06:00), YSL (24:00) & Pras' trial (44:30), Mixtape websites DatPiff, LiveMixtapes & Spinrilla (1:13:00), Clips Of The Week (1:51:00) and much more. Tap In! https://linktr.ee/sywnet Follow, Subscribe, Like & Share! Subscribe To The Patreon: http://Patreon.com/SYWNET Twitch: https://twitch.tv/sywnet Follow The Show Your Work Team! https://twitter.com/sywnet?s=21&t=5EYa6Xk5-zLrkYNjtywXkwhttps://discord.gg/59y68VNz DJ Larry: https://twitter.com/djlarry0093?s=21&t=5EYa6Xk5-zLrkYNjtywXkw Nelson: https://twitter.com/whoisoriginel?s=21&t=5EYa6Xk5-zLrkYNjtywXkw Yungin: https://twitter.com/2lsyungin?s=21&t=5EYa6Xk5-zLrkYNjtywXkw Winston: https://twitter.com/kingmurphymedia?s=21&t=5EYa6Xk5-zLrkYNjtywXkw Marcel can be found at : @MarcelG1017 on Twitter and @cellbiggaveli

This week Bridget Kelly and Mandii B release a Freshly Squeezed episode recorded in ATL with artist, producer, entrepreneur, and friends with benefit Sonny Digital.(8:30) Sonny Digital talks about living at home with his mom at 17 years old when he made the song “Racks” by YC ft. Future (11:00) The ladies are surprised to hear how much he sold the beat for at the time and the amount of his first royalty check from the song.(13:00) The three talk about the power and purpose of mixtapes over. albums and reflect on Gangsta Grillz mixtape era and the impact of DatPiff on Hip Hop culture (19:10) Sonny talks about the process of making the beat for Birthday Song- 2 Chainz (23:00) Sonny confesses he doesn't like the altercation Kanye made to the original beat for Birthday Song and being upset at his cameo not making the final cut for the official music video (28:15) Sonny answers what does it mean for an artist to “fall off” by differentiating money & wealth vs. visibility & fame(40:00) The three talk about the business of selling a catalog and Sonny clears up misinformation about QC selling the label as opposed to their catalog (51:17) Sonny talks about the process of creating the song “I'm The Man” - 50 Cents Ft. Chris Brown and why he thinks 50 cent is “the villain who actually made it”(:08:00) Sonny talks about creating the beat for Travis Scott- Stargazing in 5 minutes and why he think Travis is the ideal/perfect artist to collaborate with —----------------LINKS:

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This week Castro and Maxwell are joined by macho mid ep and they chop it up. Amazon beef, which leads into Maxwell's ptsd customer experience. The guys discuss the current state of the education system and what can be done to right it. Tic tocs relevance and is it good, white washing of history, update on the existence of DatPiff.com, nipsey hustle wack100 property exposure and much more. check out the YouTube page and subscribe to the patreon https://linktr.ee/ConspiraStreetsPodcast for all of their links --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/conspirastreets/support

Episode 100 - This Week in Review of April 4th, 2023  - Artist Names & Artist Changing Their Names  - DJ Crate(s) & Music Library  - Artist Fame vs Artist Wealth  - The Story of Taylor Mosley (St. Petersburg, FL)  - Brooklyn, NY Fugitive Busted while Vacationing @ Disney World (Florida)   - Songs Of The Episode - Cruch Calhoun ft; Dave East; Dre Mac “Tapped In” (Produced by Mixed By Kamillion)  - Story Time The Early Aux of Music Sharing & How we got music….  - The Death of Zippyshare  - Mia Venkat “5 Questions You Should Ask Your Partner Before Getting Married”  - Wise Guys Corner - "Pleasure Mapping"   - Songs Of The Episode - Texjam ft; Meceno “Magical” 

One thing's for sure this week: the headlines aren't our fault!Excitement is in the air as MC and A Plus are days away from WrestleMania Weekend, but the mood changed quickly when we almost lost an internet relic. Hear their thoughts on the short-lived DatPiff shutdown, the 50/Wayne convo that set Twitter timelines off and some of their favorite rap lore from the VERY hectic mid-2000's.

If y'all have been wondering how Koku got so BROLIC, boy do we have a treat for you! Got the one and only Vic Young on this episode, a.k.a. KOKU's PERSONAL TRAINER. Vic is the founder of Infinite Training Systems, and he also has a really dope perspective on hip-hop music. On this episode, we're talking experimentation in rap, Lil Yachty's latest album, all of Koku's lookalikes, and how we felt when we thought we lost Datpiff forever. There's a whole lot of good stuff in this episode, and we hope y'all enjoy it!!! Follow Vic on IG: https://instagram.com/mrtraininfinite Follow Infinite Training Systems on IG: https://instagram.com/traininfinite --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-and-koku/support

With recent rumors of mixtape site DatPiff shutting down we decided to discuss growing up in the mixtape era. What were our experiences and what were some of our favorites. NOTE: We had some technical difficulties and lost audio when Jon was wondering why didn't Carl Crawford go to Roc Nation asking for a buyout of Megan Thee Stallion's contract.

On this episode of RAOP we bring on the homie Chris from Scared Money Co. We got to chop it up about the resurrection of Datpiff, daylight savings being obsolete, taking studs girlfriends, why Wallo motivation videos are flukes 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.

Dj Drama sat down with Adam to talk about his impact on the music industry, Lil Uzi Vert, Jack Harlow, the DatPiff era, and more. ----- 00:00 Intro 0:05 Adam and Drama met in Atlanta with Shoreline Mafia years ago, Drama says he wishes he would have talked with Adam a bit more back then 3:00 Drama speaks on the conception of Gangsta Grillz and says he would've never seen this trajectory coming 7:00 Drama on how the game is constantly changing and speaks on how hip hop is a young man's sport 10:30 Drama on having a high percentage of finding young undiscovered artists and speaks on how Jack Harlow becoming a generational talent 13:00 Drama speaks on Uzi being the first person he signed to Atlantic 15:00 Drama on seeing the vision in artists that he signs and how they want to be great is a key attribute to look for and says that success doesn't always bring out positive things in a person 24:30 Drama speaks on how he doesn't mind playing behind the scenes and how attention has become less appealing as he got older 27:00 Drama on how people became aware of him via Jack Harlow or Lil Uzi Vert and the negative connotation behind "riding waves" 29:40 Drama on watching The Roots come up, playing video games with Questlove when he was younger and says that these experiences is an ode to how long he's been in the game 33:20 Drama speaks on his relationship with Stevie Williams 41:40 Drama on if he's always understood the importance of building relationships with people and networking 43:00 Drama speaks on if artists have ever been upset about not having the top spot on his tapes 44:00 Drama speaks on the backlash he received from Lil Uzi Vert saying the reason for the holdup in music because of him + How artists feel like they need you less the more successful they get 48:00 Drama on artists not realizing the value of equity and says it's very rare for an artist to stay with their original team 50:30 Drama speaks on the success of Jack Harlow, his love for Jack's authenticity as a White rapper and says that Jack is very tunnel visioned on what he wants to accomplish 53:40 Drama on Gangsta Grillz being a one dimensional brand when it started and how it evolved into what it is now 55:50 Drama reacts to people on Twitter complaining that he says the N-Word and asks if people really think that he would be able to get away with saying it for this long without being Black 59:40 Drama says that there's not enough gatekeepers in hip hop and how playlists have become what mixtapes were 1:02:20 Drama on not being on Tik Tok although he probably should be and the stock that labels put into Tik Tok 1:05:10 Adam asks Drama if he's ever thought about selling his catalog, says everybody could use more money and our kids would know what to do with money better than a catalog 1:08:30 Drama on the importance of investing outside of rap, not getting a return on his Liquid Death investment yet and speaks on the money he made in the height of the "DatPiff Era" 1:10:00 Drama on DatPiff being a vital space for art that doesn't exist on any other platform and wanting to bring the whole Gangsta Grillz catalog to the DSP's 1:13:30 Drama on his passion for what he does and how his income has never affected his motivation for the art 1:15:00 Drama addresses rumors of Lil Uzi Vert being a satanist, says that Uzi and Carti were trying to "out-devil" each other at Rolling Loud and says he's never gotten an invitation to any of the Illuminati meetings 1:21:00 Drama speaks on Jack Harlow being carried by Black security guards at the Kentucky Derby and commends Jack for how he handled the situation 1:23:30 Adam asks Drama what's so special about the Jack Harlow's KFC meal and Drama gives his thoughts on all of the fast food collaborations with artists 1:25:00 Drama on his next studio album being his first in 6 years, reveals features, upcoming music and how he's talked about his FED case for so long ----- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the fellas are joined by Moneeka (Killa's wife) & Tylar (Dizzle's wife) to talk about the week that was! That included St. Paddy's Day events, basketball, and a gender reveal party! Sports Talk: The brackets & upsets of March Madness! Ja Morant's interview with Jalen Rose, Andrew Wiggins rumors, and Michael Jordan could sell the Charlotte Hornets for a BILLION! TV Talk: Dizzle was disappointed in the BMF season finale. Power Book 2 returns, Snowfall episode 5 recap. Week 2 of nominations for the top 50 hip hop songs of all time.  Quick hitters: Favorite mixtape from the Datpiff era, Hurricane Chris found not guilty on all counts in his murder trial, Good Burger 2 on the way, and Miami's LIV Nightclub filed a Notice of Opposition claiming LIV Golf's trademark is confusingly similar to the clubs. Plus, more!  Stay connected with the fellas ⁠@Dj_Killa_Kev⁠ & ⁠@1KevNash⁠ & ⁠@GrandpaDizzle⁠ on Twitter & IG!

This week we mourn the demise of DatPiff (or maybe not)? Plus the Internet is buzzing around the Hit boy x Alc collabo, and we review the Something in the Water Festival lineup. Plus new music from Kali Uchis and Hi Tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DJ Drama is our guest today, he pulls up while promoting his upcoming album and he's down to talk about everything. He talks about how the Meek Mill vs Drake beef influenced rap culture, fractured his relationship with Drake and also helped DJ Akademiks as a platform explode. He talks about how he squashed the beef with Drake and also gave his thoughts on Quentin Miller. We talk about his artists Lil Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow and how he mended the relationship with Uzi while blowing up with Jack Harlow. We talk about about the gangsta grillz series and also the history of mixtapes since its the 50th year of hip hop and also analyze what our top lists would be. We talk about how issues with Young Jeezy got squashed after Jeezy was quoted of saying their beef was getting tense. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (01:37) How is executive life? (04:38) DJ Drama reflects on the importance of DatPiff and mixtape culture. (08:35) Where does Lil Wayne rank on Ak's top 5 greatest rappers list? (12:40) Has Kendrick been too absent throughout his career to be a top 5 rapper? (20:22) How did Drama arrive at signing an artist like Lil Uzi Vert over a more lyrical rapper? (23:45) Ak and Drama share their Top 3 Gangsta Grillz tapes. (28:35) How is the process of dropping an album with an artist of Lil Uzi Vert's caliber? (33:21) Is Drama still beefing with Rock Nation? (41:08) How did Uzi's beef with Drama and Don Cannon start? (44:04) What did Drama see in Jack Harlow? (48:30) Drama speaks on the creation of Jack Harlow's song “Churchill Down's” ft. Drake.  (51:20) Drama speaks on his past issues with Drake and how they ended their problems. (54:08) Does Drama owe Quentin Miller an apology for how Drake and Meek Mill's beef affected Quentin's career? (56:37) Covering Drake and Meek's beef was Akademiks biggest come up.  (01:04:38) What inspired Drama to start DJ'ing. (01:12:25) Why did Drama and Jeezy have to end their beef? (01:14:39) How did Drama create a Gangsta Grillz tape with NBA Youngboy? (01:16:33) Drama speaks on dropping his first album in six years with major features. (01:21:43) When is Lil Uzi Vert dropping his highly anticipated album “Pink Tape”? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/offtherecord-djakademiks/support

Welcome to The Kasabian Lavoe Show, where we dive deep into the latest happenings in pop culture and news. On today's episode, we'll be discussing Dat Piff's recent shutdown, our frustration with daylight saving time, and the tragic loss of a South African rapper. Plus, we'll be delving into some hot takes on Black Chyna's new identity, the Jan 6th insurrection, and the downfall of No Jumper. And that's not all – we'll also be covering Facebook's latest obstacles with their Reels pay, the crashing banks, and Kapernick's controversial new book. But don't worry, we've got some light-hearted moments too, including Puerto Rico's baseball victory and the latest celebrity betting war involving Diddy. And as always, we've got some exciting documentaries to recommend, including a PBS rap battle series and an Ozempic commercial that will leave you humming. So sit back, relax, and let's get started! #kasabianlavoe

In this episode, the guys discuss men saying "no" to dating and Datpiff's shutdown rumors.

The Aaron Rodgers saga is finally over!!! The guys start off discussing the beginning of the new NFL season with Todd's hopeful Raiders mock draft (11:10), Ja Morant's actual suspension (31:00), Jay Electronica's Twitter fingers (54:00), Datpiff shutting down (1:00:40), new music (1:02:30) FX's new Clippers show (1:16:45) and so much more!!!!  Don't forget to follow us @BaselessBanter on Twitter and @Baseless_Banter on IG. Also follow our host's Paul @LifeOfFatPablo, and Todd @toddknoes on Twitter. Subscribe, rate and review the show!! Email us: baselessbanterpodcast@gmail.com. Give us your thoughts, ideas, and questions. Don't forget to follow us @BaselessBanter on Twitter and @Baseless_Banter on IG. Also follow our host's Paul @LifeOfFatPablo, and Todd @iamt0dd on Twitter. Subscribe, rate and review the show!! Email us: baselessbanterpodcast@gmail.com. Give us your thoughts, ideas, and questions.

On this episode: It's episode 221! This Thursday, the crew starts out with new music from Westside Boogie, Glorilla & Lil Durk, & new EST Gee set to release Friday.  In news, Roderick & Cari recap the 2023 Oscars, Drake & 21 Savage hit the road for tour, Young M.A.'s health, Datpiff's shutdown rumors, a bidding war over BET, Elon Musk to build his own city in Texas, & more!   Intro: Alicia Keys- You Don't Know My Name   Roderick | Jim Jones & Hitmaka- YKTV (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)   Cari | Jordan Ward & Gwen Bunn   Subscribe to Apple Music now to hear all of the new albums & tracks we discuss: https://apple.co/3NgdXW

Welcome back beloveds! This week our #OTWEEKLYPLAYLIST if fire with sounds from Musiq Soulchild, The Walls Group, Jordan Ward, & Blxst! During #MUSICNEWS we pay homage to the late great Bobby Caldwell and discuss the future of Datpiff.com. In #THEBLACKNESS we shine a 'Queen Spotlight' on the 2 time Oscar winner, Ruth E. Carter! And - Angela Bassett will always be our leading lady! Follow Us: Instagram/Twitter: @onthewayweekly FB: facebook.com/onthewaypod | Youtube: https://bit.ly/3CWxgPZ www.mochapodcastsnetwork.com/ontheway https://linktr.ee/otwweekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shoutout to Stamford, CT and Mount Vernon, NY's own Jahan Nostra for coming on my show for an interview! Jahan discussed his new album Violet Skies, why he chose to have international production on the new album, and collaborating with Hip-Hop legend Masta Ace on Dedication 2. He talked about the CT Hip-Hop scene growing, performing with T.I. and Ludacris, and his songs Welcome Home and Embrace the Rain going viral in Japan. He also got into Violet Skies being one release of a 3 part series, having a West Coast Hip-Hop legend on his next release, and what is next for his record label Ever So Prominent Records. Jahan also gave his thoughts on the Knicks, the death of Datpiff, and directing/acting in his own music videos. Stay tuned! Jahan Nostra's new album Violet Skies is available on all platforms, including Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/violet-skies/1674047815. Follow Jahan Nostra on Instagram and Twitter: @jahannostra Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: @thereelmax Website: https://maxcoughlan.com/index.html. Website live show streaming link: https://maxcoughlan.com/sports-and-hip-hop-with-dj-mad-max-live-stream.html. MAD MAX Radio on Live365: https://live365.com/station/MAD-MAX-Radio-a15096. Subscribe to my YouTube channel Sports and Hip Hop with DJ Mad Max: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCE0107atIPV-mVm0M3UJyPg.  Jahan Nostra on "Sports and Hip-Hop with DJ Mad Max" visual on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkkToWtY_RA. 

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Andreas and Kel talk about the rumored end of DatPiff, the best song from Illmatic, Tim Tszyu's statement win, Jermell Charlo's case for P4P and the upcoming Benavidez-Plant fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Join Grahm this week as he goes solo and shares his thoughts about the Netflix show, Wednesday, the DatPiff glory days and the holiday sads.

The dominance of Atlanta's hip-hop scene has been discussed often, but not in the way Joe Coscarelli covered it in his new book, Rap Capital. Joe, a New York Times music reporter since 2015, spent four years and interviewed over 100 sources to get the contemporary story about Atlanta's culture-defining music scene.Characters are what move the story forward in Joe's book, not discography, record sales, or cultural relevance. Lil Baby is featured prominently, as is his mom. Joe's relationship with the hit rapper dates back to 2017 when Lil Baby was still a mixtape artist. Another recurring character is Quality Control Music's Kevin “Coach K” Lee, who has deep-rooted ties with the city's most well-known artists across eras.Joe came onto the show to take us through the book's journey — both for him to write it and the characters themselves. Here's what we covered:[2:40] How the book came together and finally clicked[6:42] Role of Quality Control's Coach K in Atlanta story[10:11] Lasting effects of pandemic on music industry[12:38] Which era of Atlanta hip-hop to focus on? [14:09] How streaming helped launch Atlanta rap into the mainstream[16:10] Building trust with his sources despite racial differences[18:10] Did Joe receive any pushback while reporting?[20:19] Evolution key to Atlanta rap's longevity [25:05] Adapting Rap Capital into a movie[29:45] The crumbling of mainstream culture Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Joe Coscarelli, @joecoscarelli  Sponsors: MoonPay is the leader in web3 infrastructure. They have partnered with Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, and many more. To learn more, visit moonpay.com/trapital Enjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapital Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. TRANSCRIPTION[00:00:00] Joe Coscarelli:  I wanted to tell the story through characters, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:00:30] Dan Runcie: Hey, welcome to the Trapital podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more, who are taking hip hop culture to the next level.  [00:00:58] Dan Runcie: Today's guest is Joe Coscarelli. He's the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, and he's a culture reporter at The New York Times. And this book that he wrote, Rap Capital, I cannot recommend it enough. If you listen to this podcast, if you read the newsletter, if you watch any of the clips from our conversations or any of the posts on social media, this book is made for you. It's a street-level epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta Rap. Joe put so much thought and care into how the book came together and tying everything from the Atlanta murders that happened decades ago and how that shaped the rap culture and the broader culture for black folks in Atlanta that we see today, and how that led to someone like Lil Baby, how that led to someone like Coach K having such an influence over hip hop music and the culture for decades now. This book was a great opportunity as well to have a trip down memory lane. A lot of us understand how influential Atlanta's been, but it was great to have it be told from a unique way. We also talked about broader trends happening in the streaming era right now in music, what a movie or film or TV show adaptation could look like for Rap Capital, and more. Here's our conversation. Hope you enjoy it. All right. Today we had Joe Coscarelli, the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta story and read the book, really enjoyed it, and I got to ask because I was going through the synopsis and you said this was four years in the making, and I got to imagine with a book like this, there was some point when things started to click in that four-year process. When did you feel like things were coming together for you? [00:02:40] Joe Coscarelli: So I knew that there was a book in this stuff because I had done a handful of stories through my day job at The New York Times about Atlanta. I started this beat in late 2014. So., You know, my first couple years on the job, streaming was really taking over and specifically rap music and streaming. So I just found myself over and over again talking to the same group of people, right? I did a Migos Story, did a QC story that featured Lil Baby, one of his first interviews. I wrote about Drew Findling who's a lawyer in the book that's all over the news these days in various capacities. So I knew from those stories that there was something here. But I didn't know what it was going to be. I knew I wanted to not just tell a history, but follow characters in real-time as they tried to make it. That's something I always want to do in my work. You know, so my favorite art ever is like Hoop Dreams or a music documentary like Dig!, which follows two bands across a long period of time. One of them makes it, one of them doesn't make it. That's always what I want to bring to my reporting is this idea of a journey, right? And it doesn't even matter what the destination is, but following, specifically artists and musicians as they're trying to make something out of their lives, that to me, is just a timeless tale, right, of ambition and dreams, and so I knew I had a handful of characters that I wanted to go on this trip with, but I didn't really know how it tied into the broader story of Atlanta until a real marathon brunch interview with Lil Baby's mother, Lashawn. He was, you know, he and I had a rapport at that point. I'd interviewed him a few times. I did talk to a lot of people around him, and he was kind enough to set me up directly with his mom. And, you know, we sat down at a brunch place outside of Atlanta. And, you know, she said, I asked him, I asked Dominique, her son, we're like, what do I tell him? And he told her tell him everything. And she really did, her whole life story became part of the book, especially the foundation of the book, in the first part. And she had such an incredible life on her own. You know, I hope she writes a memoir someday. But when I learned really that she had been friends in school with an early victim of the Atlanta child murders, which were happening on the west side of Atlanta in the late seventies, early eighties, that she had a firsthand relationship to that historical event that I feel like really left its mark on the city. And she was open. She said it sort of affected the kind of mother that she became, and I think ultimately helped set Dominique, Lil Baby, on his path. And all of that could be traced to, like, something she went through as a kid that also spoke more broadly to Atlanta and the way it has developed socially, politically, culturally, especially Black Atlanta over the last 40, 50 years. So that was a real breakthrough moment for me, and I knew that I could start with her story, which in many ways was also the story of Atlanta in the last, you know, half a century. [00:05:30] Dan Runcie: And in reading that first piece, too, I could see how much care and thought was put into it from your perspective of going through what happened with those murders and then how that traces directly to someone like Lil Baby because it's hard to tell the story of Atlanta hip hop without doing all of that. And that's something that I think is often missing with so much of the discussion about Atlanta's run, which is why I feel like your book does stand as its own and is able to have a unique voice and perspective on this.[00:05:58] Joe Coscarelli: I appreciate that. Yeah, I wanted to tell the story through characters, right, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person, you know? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:06:31] Dan Runcie: And of course, Lil Baby is one of the central characters. Another one is Coach K, who's one of the folks leading up Quality Control Music. Why was it important for him to be a central character in this too? [00:06:42] Joe Coscarelli: So Coach K is amazing because you can tell basically the last 30 years of rap music only through his career, right? When I said I wanted to be able to trace characters back through the years to artists and eras, like, Coach has seen it all, right? This is a man who was passing out Church fans to promote Pastor Troy and the congregation in the mid-nineties. Then he goes from that to representing all these producers who were, you know, crucial to founding the trap sound, someone like Drama Boy. And then he's working with Young Jeezy, right, as the Snowman mythology takes over and, you know, Def Jam South and the explosion of trap music on a national scale. Coach is behind that, right? You know, there's a moment I talk about in the book where they put the commercial on the radio right, in Atlanta, when the Jeezy's mixtapes, Trap or Die are coming out, right, and it's All Traps Closed today, like National Holiday, you know, like these are the things that Coach was cooking up behind the scenes. Then he works with Gucci Mane, right, who was blood rivals with Jeezy. And then that brings you up to the present day, and in 2013, he and P, his partner Pierre Thomas, they founded Quality Control, and then they have Migos, right, and then they have a Lil Yachty, and then they have Lil Baby. And through Coach K, you could talk about every single one of those careers and so many more that he was on the periphery of, even if he wasn't the main executive or manager involved. So I just think, you know, there's nobody more crucial to that ecosystem at this moment and through the last couple of decades than Kevin Lee, Coach K. [00:08:14] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about their run, too, is that it wasn't just one artist and they faded and rose with that artist. And I think that's what we've seen a lot in the streaming era, frankly, from a lot of the record labels that have rose up. They had the runs, and even when one star started to fade from a group that was the hottest group in the moment, they had others that came through, and you're seeing that infrastructure. I feel like that's one thing that sets them apart from a lot of the others at this moment. [00:08:42] Joe Coscarelli: Totally. For them, it's all about artist development, right? Like, I remember being around them in the office, you know, in late 2017 and they were talking about whether they should have gone after Bhad Bhabie, you know, the Cash Me Outside girl. And like they would see little things pop up and think like, oh, should we get in on that viral moment? And then they would be like, No, that's not what we do. We build artists, we build careers, we build brands. And something that's so special about Quality Control and why they were able to, you know, be the backbone of this book is because they are invested in that sort of old school Motown-esque record business thing of I'm going to pluck someone who might not even think they're a musician, and we're going to believe in them, and we're going to back them, and we're going to build it from the ground up, right, and we're going to build it Atlanta first. Whereas so much in the viral marketing, streaming world of today is going top-down, right? It's a TikTok hit, then it's a major label deal, and this person's probably never even played a show before. They're still very invested in the grassroots bottom-up approach, and I think that's worked for them so many times now that the playbook is, you know, you can't deny it.[00:09:48] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think that also that goes with something that I've seen you talk about even outside of the book as well, just some of the challenges that a lot of the artists and labels have right now in terms of now that the pandemic has, at least in this stage that we're in right now, there's still some lasting effects in terms of how that's shaping the charts, how that's shaping how music's released. What have you been seeing there from that perspective? [00:10:11] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, you know, a lot of people have been writing this year, yourself included, about the sort of stagnancy of the charts, how, you know, there aren't a lot of new breakout hits, especially in rap music, which had been so dominant for the last decade, essentially, as things started to move online and towards streaming. And I think you're right that a lot of that is pandemic hangover, right? Like, people were not outside like they used to be. Artists were not sort of feeling that energy, that creative energy. They were creating often, like, in a little bubble. I'm sure you get projects like a Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE that comes out of that pandemic moment and maybe speaks to some people's hopes and dreams for what the next few years will be, a little freer. But you don't have any chance for that sort of grassroots development, right? So we saw a lot of things come off of TikTok, but as I was getting at, like, those people, they haven't had the opportunity to touch their fans, right, to speak to the sort of ground swell of support. So you get a lot of things that feel fleeting and then you have something massive, right? Bad Bunny or like Morgan Wallen that's just like lodged up there at the top of the charts 'cause I think those guys had a fully formed thing going into the pandemic and were able to ride it through. You know, when you think about a lot of rap, especially regionally, that's bubbling now, there's a lot of drill, right? Like, you think of the stuff coming out of Brooklyn and the Bronx and that sound traveling all over the country. And I think, you know, since Pop Smoke, we haven't really had a sort of mainstream emissary for that sound. And it is such a local, such a hyper-local, such an underground phenomenon that you haven't really had someone translate it for the mainstream, you know, maybe that's going to be Ice Spice, maybe that's going to be Fivio Foreign, and like, you know, maybe it's going to be someone younger. But I think we're still waiting, right, for what that next wave, especially in rap, is going to be. You see the sort of sun may be setting on the trap era that's described in the book in the rise of drill as the default of what a rap song sounds like, but again, that hasn't really crossed over quite yet. [00:12:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's been fascinating just to see how the streaming era has shaped things, specifically with how much you focused on it in the book. And with a topic like Atlanta hip hop, there are likely so many sectors that you could have dove in on, and of course, Lil Baby being a central figure did lend itself to the streaming era. But how did you decide which era to focus on? Because there's so many time spans that you probably could have done and equally deep dive on.[00:12:38] Joe Coscarelli: I always knew I wanted to tell a contemporary story, right? Like, I'm more of a reporter than I am a historian. So I'm not a musicologist, I'm not a music critic. You know, I've never really written criticism in terms of album reviews or show reviews, things like that. So I knew I wanted to be able to witness as much as I could firsthand and write about that because that's what I love to do in my work, getting back to this idea of, you know, being a fly on the wall for someone's journey, for someone's rise, for someone's fall even. So it was always going to be contemporary, right? And I feel like you have to tell a little bit of the history, right? You have to talk about Freaknik, you have to talk about OutKast, and the Dungeon Family, and LaFace Records, and So So Def to be able to get to this moment. But I think for me, like, I'm not someone who writes about music nostalgically. Sure, I love the stuff I grew up on, but I'd rather look forwards than backwards. And I think, character-wise, I just want to stay with the cutting edge, right? I want to see what's next. I want to see who's changing things, who's, you know, who's moving things forward. And that's just what I seek out in my life and in my job. So I think it was always going to be as contemporary as possible. [00:13:46] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that makes sense. I think that streaming also allowed us to see more growth from the areas that I think, in a lot of ways, were a bit held back from gatekeepers controlling everything. And I think Atlanta's a perfect example of that, even though they had the massive rise, you know, nineties, early 2000s, it went to another level this past decade. [00:14:09] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. And I think you know that sort of in-between time, right, when you think about post-Napster and file sharing, post-CD crash in the early 2000s. But pre-streaming, like, a lot of what became the go-to playbook for streaming was happening in the underground mixtape scene, especially in Atlanta and in the South. And you think of things like DatPiff or you know, sites like that where free mix tapes were coming out and it was all about quantity, right, in a way that really set these artists for the streaming era, right? You think of Lil Wayne's mixtape run, Gucci's mixtape run, and then Future's mixtape run. It was just about music, music, music, music. And so Migos sort of got in at the tail end of that and they released, you know, whatever it is, 5, 7, 10 mixtapes before they put out a proper debut album. And then when they finally hit with something like Culture, their second proper full length, the world had finally caught up to them and the rest of the Atlanta artists. And yet there's this whole group in between that gets left behind, right? Like, I'd love to read a book about Travis Porter and Rich Kidz and you know, these Atlanta rappers who are really, like, laying the groundwork for a lot of this, even like Rocko or you know, early career Future. Like these guys, I think if they would've come out once Spotify was as big as it is now, they would've been huge national and international stars. And instead, they sort of get caught in this in-between zone. So, you know, I think, I love to see when art lines up with the technology of the moment, and I think these Atlanta rappers were in the perfect place at the perfect time to take advantage of that explosion. [00:15:39] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I agree. And then even reading it too, and thinking about this conversation we're having, so much of you framing this as you're a reporter, you're capturing what's happening contemporary, and given the insights and the things that people are sharing with you, the amount of trust that you were needed to develop with them, and we talked a lot about the aspect of race and how that plays in. How did you navigate that yourself as a white man and trying to tell this black story and making sure that you're capturing it in the best way possible? [00:16:10] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. You know, obviously, I thought about this a lot in the reporting, in the conception of the book, and certainly in the writing and the editing. I think the job of any journalist, right, is to be like a respectful, humble, open-minded guest in other people's worlds, right, and to be well aware of what you know and what you don't know. Like, that goes for when I'm interviewing a female artist, a trans songwriter, reggaeton star. I think, like, to navigate spaces where you're not an insider, like, it's best to come prepared and engaged and curious. Like, I did my research, I knew what I was talking about to the extent that I could, but I also was eager to, like, defer to people who are the experts, right? I made sure that everyone from artists to managers, family members, like, they knew that I wanted to take whatever platform I had with the book and with my work at The New York Times, and sort of take their work seriously to shine a light on it, and recognize it as important as it is, right, this cultural product that has this immense influence and impact. So I wanted to really preserve these moments to the best of my ability for the history books. And I think that my subjects got that right away. You know, I don't think it took a lot of time for them to spend with me to see that I was really dedicated in that mission, that I was going to be respectful of their time and space, interested in the work that they were doing and the lives they were living. And then, like, your credibility travels, right? One person can vouch for you with another, you know, with a collaborator, with a family member. And I just wanted to just defer to them and their experiences. And I think I took that with me in the writing of the book. You know, of course, there's analysis, there's observation, but I really wanted people to speak for themselves. The book is very quote-heavy. I really wanted to capture people as they are, do an accurate portrayal of what it is they've been through. Hopefully, I think the quality speaks for itself. But I wanted to, you know, give these people whatever, spotlight, whatever platform I can offer. And then tell the truest version of how they relate it to me. [00:18:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think that's the best and the most fair way to do it. Along the way though, did you receive any pushback or any type of challenge as you were doing this?[00:18:10] Joe Coscarelli: There's very little. I think I'm fortunate enough to, you know, have an institution like The New York Times behind me. I think, you know, people take that name seriously. It opens a lot of doors, whether or not I was a good reporter. And I think when you can open the door and then when you show up, and you're thorough, and you're accurate, you know, I'd written a lot about these people before the book, I think that the trust just grows and grows. And I was also finding people really at the beginning, right, of their careers in a lot of cases, like Lil Baby, like, you know, he may not be able to spell my last name, but he knows that I was that guy with him listening to his mixtape tracks as they were deciding what was going to be on, you know, his second, his third mixtape. And he's seen me for years along the way, supporting that journey, you know, engaging with the work, like I said. And, you know, meeting people at the beginnings of things, they remember, right, who was there with them and who was supportive and who got it. And I think that that went a long way for me with my subjects. I think the other thing is like, you know, in the music industry, whether it's rap, you know, southern rap, regional street rap, like, there's always a white guy around, you know. I talk about this in the book, whether it's a dj, a producer, a manager, you know, this is a trope, this is a tradition. And I think, you know, sometimes it goes well, sometimes it goes poorly. But I try to always be above board and respectful in my dealings. But I think, you know, when you're riding around in Atlanta, with a rapper and you look like I do, you know, someone's just going to assume that I'm either from the label or I'm from The FADER, you know, something like that.[00:19:41] Dan Runcie: Exactly. Exactly. But no, I think that, given this, as you mentioned, yeah, there's plenty of precedent for people having done this before. And yeah, I think the care that you bring into it with the book is clearly shown. And thinking about that, as you mentioned, just you driving around Atlanta, getting a feel for the vibe of the city and everything else, spending so much time there, how do you feel about the run that Atlanta's currently having and how this will continue? Because I think that like anything, people are always thinking of what is the next thing. How long does this last? We, of course, saw the east and west coast rise and fall. What do you feel, like, the next decade or so it looks like for Atlanta in hip hop? [00:20:19] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, the thing that's been so amazing about Atlanta, the reason it can be the subject of a book like this is because every time you would think it was over, they would just come up with a new thing, right? So like, you know, you think back to OutKast, you think back to So So Def, you know, you have the run of Ludacris, who becomes, you know, this crazy mainstream success story, you have Gucci, and Jeezy, and the rise of trap, and T.I., you know, becomes this huge crossover star. And then you think that that's over. And then you have crunk, and you have Lil Jon, and you think that's over. And then here's comes Waka Flocka Flame coming up from under Gucci, you know. Even someone like Gucci, he's helped birth three, four micro-generations of Atlanta rappers. And, you know, someone like Young Thug comes out and you're like, oh, like, this is too eccentric. This is never going to happen, right? Like, this is only for the real heads, only for people listening underground, and then all of a sudden he's on SNL, right? And he's in Vogue. And just over and over again, you have these guys sort of breakthrough with something that seems like it's too outre. It's too avant-garde. You know, even Migos and their sort of like punk repetition, you know, people heard Bando and said like, oh, this is annoying. Like, this is going nowhere, and then all of a sudden the whole radio sounds like that. So there's a part of me that does feel like, you know, this book is sort of capturing a contained era, right? The first 7, 8, 9, 10 years of streaming and the intensity and the tragedy of the YSL indictment. Like, maybe that's a hard stop to this era. But I think you can never count Atlanta out, right? So like, you might not know exactly what's coming next, but there's always more kids like this, like coming up with something new, taking what came before them, putting like a twist on it, and then all of a sudden it's on the radio, right? So like, even me, like, I see like a real post-Playboy Cardi, you know, sort of experimental streak in a lot of these rappers. I think there's some drill influence coming into Atlanta. And I don't think the next generation has really revealed itself yet, but I'm very confident that based on the infrastructure that's there, based on the amount of talent, the artists who call it home, both from there and not, like, I really think there'll be another wave, and there's just always another wave, in a way that even New York, you know, has struggled to bring the championship belt back that many times, you know? But I think, you know, Atlanta's regeneration has always been sort of its calling card. [00:22:41] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about Atlanta too, and this is a bit of a sad way to frame it, but they've been able to withstand the jail time or the charges that happen for a lot of the rappers that are in their prime. Of course, we saw that happened with the West Coast in the nineties, Death Row, and you know, everything with Suge Knight and Tupac. I think we saw that a bit with the East Coast as well. But Atlanta, unfortunately, whether it's T.I., Gucci, like, a lot of them have served time, but the city still has been able to still thrive in hip hop because there was always someone else coming through. And I think even more recently now with Gunna and Thug, dealing with the RICO case and everything, who knows how that'll end up. But I think the difference for them and the city now as opposed to other areas is that even if you know, let's say that they may not be able to make music or this hinders their rise, there are other folks that can continue to have the city continue to rise up in the music around it.[00:23:38] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, and I think so much of this music, right, the music that's come out of Atlanta in the last 30 years, like, it comes from struggle, right? It comes from necessity. And the things you're describing, whether it's, you know, violence, death, you know, the criminal justice, the weight of the state on these young black men, mostly. And they do tend to be men, especially in this scene, though that's changing too. You know, I think when people feel backed into a corner, like, art can come from that, right? So whether it's YSL directly or it's the people, they influence, the people from their neighborhood who are going to fill that void. I think, you know, the people hear the urgency in this music, right? They hear the, whether it's the joy or the pain, you know, there's a lot of feeling here. And I think, yeah, the tough times, people bounce back out of that. And trap is so much about that in general that I think it'll just continue to happen.[00:24:29] Dan Runcie: Definitely. And in the beginning of this conversation, you talked a little bit about how Hoop Dreams and that type of story was definitely an inspiration, and of course, that was nearly a three-hour long movie, if I remember correctly, the timeframe there. In terms of this book, already reading it, maybe through the first few chapters, I was like, oh, this is going to get turned into some type of TV or series or a movie or something like that. I could already see that happening. Was that in the back of your mind as you were thinking about what this could look like? Obviously, I'm sure you're so focused on the book, but were you, as you're thinking about the inspiration, were you thinking about multimedia adaptations? [00:25:05] Joe Coscarelli: You know, I wasn't as much as I should have been, right? Otherwise, I would've been recording my audio better to turn it into a podcast, to then turn it into a doc series or whatever it is. I'm very much like a print writer, right? Like, I'm a newspaper reporter. I don't even think about images really as much as I think about words. And yet, like, so much of my influence, like, you know, Hoop Dreams was always the sort of the north star of this, but, like, I'm a huge consumer of television and film and stories of all kinds. So I knew I wanted the scope of the story to at least have that potential, right, to feel grand, to feel cinematic, to feel like it was about a time and a place and characters, which I think, you know, is often easier to do in a visual medium. So I had it in mind. But I was really too focused on just getting the words down on the page and getting the material I needed. I hope you're right and that now that this thing exists, right, this big book, like you said, Hoop Dreams is a three-hour movie, and this is like the book equivalent of a three-hour movie. It's almost 400 pages, so it has that sort of epic quality. And I think there is, you know, hopefully, more to mine there, not necessarily in recreating the stories that I've already captured, but in that essence, in that spirit and the way that Atlanta sort of goes in waves and goes in cycles. I hope there's a way to be able to capture that visually as well. [00:26:23] Dan Runcie: If you could handpick any director you would want to lead a project on Rap Capital who'd you pick?[00:26:29] Joe Coscarelli: Oh, man. All time. I mean, that's a tough one. Look, I mean, what Donald Glover and Hiro Murai have done with their Atlanta series, you know, it's much more surreal than this. It's fictionalized, but the parts of it that are based, you know, more on earth and more in the music industry, like, are just captured so well. I think, Hiro, as a director specifically, was able to, you know, all the aerial shots, like the highways, the roads, the woods, like that version of Atlanta is really seared in my mind. And, you know, I know they've done their version, but I think there's more to do. But then there's like the younger generation, right, of video directors and stuff that I'm just waiting to be able to see their worlds on a larger scale, you know, someone like Spike Jordan or someone like Daps who have their hand in, or, you know, Keemotion, like people who have their hand in a lot of the visual representation of this music on YouTube. And I think I would love to see what they would do, right? I would love to see the present-day music video directors' version of Belly, right, in Atlanta. Like, Belly, one of my favorite, you know, top five favorite movies ever, and has that sort of that music video quality to it in a lot of ways, but then blown up for the big screen. Like, I want some of those guys to have a canvas like that to paint on. [00:27:42] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that's a good answer because I think that, especially the Hiro one, because I think that Atlanta, as a TV show, does capture so much of it. And you're right, the episodes that are set in earth and not the surreal, you know, messages. But yeah, the ones that are set in earth do capture a lot of the intricacies about the music industry and I think the reality, which is I think something you do in the book as well. I also think that some of the newer music video directors, too, just given the world that they're capturing, do so much of that well, too, and I think having that is key because, of course, some of the more established names have a picture of Atlanta, but it may be more relevant to that, you know, LaFace era of Atlanta, which, while very impactful, isn't what your book is about.[00:28:27] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, I think there's a new wave, right, and the people who are responsible for the iconography of this wave. You know, even the crazy run of Young Thug videos, I think the director Be EL Be, is that his name? You know, just super, super surreal sort of dream world stuff. But I want to see what those guys can do with the present day, given the budgets, you know, if they were given a Hollywood-size budget instead of a rap video-size budget.[00:28:53] Dan Runcie: Well, I will definitely be keeping an eye out for that because I feel like it's one of these inevitable things and it'll be fun to watch for sure. [00:28:59] Joe Coscarelli: Fingers crossed. Yeah. [00:29:00] Dan Runcie: Yeah. All right. Well, before we wrap things up, I do want to go back to one thing about the music industry because you had tweeted something out, I forget how long ago it was, but Punch from TDE had, shoutout to Punch, he had asked a question about when did the personalities become bigger than the music, and you had responded and said, well, there's some nuance here. Look at someone like Rod Wave who is, you know, selling multiple times more than someone like Megan Thee Stallion. And I think Rod Wave is someone that, unless you know the music, you're not necessarily tapping in, versus Megan who's someone that's performing at all the big award shows and has a lot of the big features, how do you make sense of that dichotomy between those examples and maybe what it says about where we are in the industry and how to make sense of it?[00:29:45] Joe Coscarelli: I think there's just been a real crumbling of the monoculture, right? Like, before. You would expect, if somebody had a number one hit, if somebody had a number one album, everyone would know who they were, right? I would know, you would know, your mom would know, my grandma would know. They would at least have some vague idea, right, of who Shania Twain was, or you know, Katy Perry, whoever it may be, even Ed Sheeran, to name one of the last, I think, monoculture stars. Whereas today everything is so fragmented, right? You write about this in your newsletter, whether it's streaming TV or movies or music, like, everything finds its own little audience, and it's sometimes it's not even that little, you know. Jon Caramanica, the pop music critic here at the Times, and I collaborated on a piece, you know, I think probably almost four years ago at this point, saying like, your old idea of a pop star is dead. Your new idea of a pop star is, you know, it's Bad Bunny. It's BTS. It's Rosalía who's not selling a ton of albums, but can pack out two shows at Radio City Music Hall without saying a word of English, basically, you know. And people are finding these artists on their own, right? You think of NBA YoungBoy, another one who's like, basically, the biggest rap artist we've had over the last five years, and he gets no radio play. He's never been on television, he's never played SNL. He has, you know, maybe one magazine cover, national magazine cover in his past, that happened when he was, you know, 16, 17 years old. And yet, like the numbers on YouTube are bigger than Ariana Grande's, for instance, you know. So I think these audiences have just splintered. And there are a few people who permeate, right, personality-wise, you know, Megan Thee Stallion or whatever. But often the music is somehow divorced from that, right? Like, I think there's far more people who know these next-generation stars from being in commercials or, you know, Bad Bunny in a Corona commercial or whatever it is, then can sing one of their songs word for word. And I think that's fine. You know, I think that a lot of artists have found freedom in that, right? I keep coming back to artists who sing in Spanish primarily. Like, before I would be that to cross over, you had to change, right? You had to start singing in English, at least somewhat, like a Shakira or whatever it is. But now, that's no longer a prerequisite because your audience is going to find you on Spotify, they're going to come to your shows, they're going to buy merch. And even if you're not getting played on Z100 or, you know, Top 40 radio, you can still have as much of a footprint. It's just not in that same everybody knows the same 10 people way, you know? [00:32:10] Dan Runcie: Yeah. I think that the fact that someone like Bad Bunny has an album that's not in English, that has been on the top of the US charts for, what, 30%, 40% of the weeks of the year is incredible. [00:32:24] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think that he is a celebrity, right, he is in films, he's in Bullet Train, he's in commercials, whatever. But I still think if you, you know, maybe it's different in New York, but if you went on the street and you asked, you know, your average 42-year-old white woman who Bad Bunny was, or to name a Bad Bunny song, it might not happen. But he's still selling out Yankee Stadium, you know, so it's this weird give and take of, like, what makes a hit these days, what makes a superstar. I think, you know, to bring it back, like, Lil Baby is in this boat too. Like, he's as close to, we have, I think, in the new school as a mainstream superstar, right, headlining festivals, you know, he's performing at the World Cup. He is sponsored, you know, Budweiser sponsors him. He's in, you know, all sorts of commercials, and he is really moved into that upper echelon. But he is still not a celebrity, right, in the way that a 50 Cent or a Jay-Z is to everyone. But he is to a certain generation. So it'll be interesting to see if he can sort of push past that last barrier and become a household name. But he doesn't need it, right? He doesn't have to be a household name to be the biggest rapper in the country. [00:33:28] Dan Runcie: Right. I think the part that I'm really fascinated by, too, is how this separation of, yes, you can be someone that is more known for personality than music, how that will translate to the labels they're assigned to, which of course are in the business of people actually streaming and listening to your music, and they're not necessarily in the business of selling personality or selling brand deals, right? Like, they're not getting the Pepsi deals or they're not, like, that's Pepsi doing that, you know what I mean? So it'll be interesting to see what that looks like 'cause obviously I know that there are legal challenges and transgressions with maybe why someone like a Rod Wave or like an NBA YoungBoy may not be getting asked to perform at the Grammy's, right? Like, I think that's pretty easy to understand. Or even someone like a Summer Walker who I think that does very well from a streaming perspective, but I think, you know, personally, just isn't the personality type to want to be all out there, right? [00:34:21] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, has no interest in being a celebrity, but I think it's almost healthier, right, for some of these artists to be able to say, like, I've seen what happens on the fame side, and I don't want that part. I just want to make my music and play for my fans. Like, I think that's becoming maybe more and more of a possibility, where you can speak directly to your fans and not have to play the game, right, with the gatekeepers that might not actually be turning into anything at this point other than mind share. So, yeah, there's a lot of different kinds of stardom right now, and I think, like, the cult star, the, like, mass cult star, Tyler, the Creator, you know, the way he built up his career. You've written about this over so many years. Like, he doesn't have a smash hit, he doesn't have an Old Town Road, you know, or a Call Me Maybe, or whatever it is. He doesn't have that defining record or pop cultural moment. He just has years and years and years of solid growth, and people respond to that, and that you can pack arenas on that just as easily as you, and maybe even more effectively than you can on the back of one or two massive hits.[00:35:25] Dan Runcie: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely now, for sure. It'll be fascinating to watch and I'll be looking out for your continued reporting and thoughts on this, yeah, such a fascinating time in the industry. But Joe, it's been a pleasure, man. Hey, if anyone listening, if you are a fan of this podcast, believe me, this is a book. I can't recommend it enough. You'll enjoy it. But Joe, for the folks listening, where can they get Rap Capital? [00:35:47] Joe Coscarelli: Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, out October 18th, available wherever books are sold, Amazon, Barnes & Noble. Get an audiobook, should be out soon at your local bookstore. Yeah, hopefully, you'll be able to find it. Rap Capital. Thanks so much for having me. [00:36:00] Dan Runcie: Awesome. Thanks for coming on and great work again. [00:36:02] Joe Coscarelli: It was really fun. Thanks. [00:36:03] Dan Runcie: Really good.[00:36:04] Dan Runcie: If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share it with a friend. Copy the link, text it to a friend, post it in your group chat, post it in your Slack groups, wherever you and your people talk, spread the word. That's how Trapital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. And while you're at it, if you use Apple podcast, go ahead, rate the podcast. Give it a high rating and leave a review. Tell people why you liked the podcast. 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Episode 75 - July 5th, 2022 (DJ Shy Interview)  - Giving People their Roses  - DJ Dre x DJ Nawtee x DJ Cram aka Velo Sicum x DJ A-One x DJ Shy  - The Origins of DJ Shy  - New Jersey DJs x DJing to Stay out of Trouble  - Newark, NJ x Irvington, NJ x New Jersey Drive (Essex County, NJ)  - Behind The Scene Records x Sic-With-It x Crookside Cartel x A-Team (New Jersey Radio) x Pirate Radio Stations  - Brick City Bandits (Brick Bandits Crew) x Brick City Club Music  - DJ Uncle Al  - Jersey Club x Baltimore Club x Philly Club x Chicago Club Music  - Black Culture Influence on House Music  - Jersey Club (Broken down by Regions & Era's)  - New York Parties vs New Jersey Parties  - Paterson Legendary DJs DJ Quest Flavor x DJ Goldfingers  - Jay-Z “Brooklyn Love”  - RIP Truck  - Paterson, NJ DJs  - The DJ Golden Ticket  - DJ Shy “The Producer” (The Triple Threat x The Sheesh Bros)  - Kitty Kat “Pop That” Sample  - Brick City Bandits w/ Corey Booker x Mad Decent x Diplo  - Nadus x Big O x DJ Sega x DJ Sliink x Dirty South Joe  - The Structure of Brick City Bandits  - The FADER Interview ( Fader TV Interview )  - Songs Of The Episode #1 - 4G4L Freedo “On Go”  - @Im_Waltttt Lesson on Practice  - DJ Shy The Mad Decent's Block Party (Circa 2014)  - Diplo Hanging Out & Chilling in Newark, NJ (Hanging out in The Number Blocks)  - The Internet was the Best Thing for DJs (DJ A-Trak x DJ Craze x DJ AM x DJ Shiftee)  - DJ Shy x Snootie Wild x Hot97  - Songs Of The Episode #2 - DJ Spaz x DJ Shy “Bring It To The Wall”  - Club Abyss (Sayreville, NJ)  - A-List Radio (Internet Radio) x DJ Enuff  - The Importance of DJ Mister Cee  - Angie Martinez leaves Hot97 (Aug. 5th, 2016) and goes to Power105  - Hot97 vs Power105 Radio Beef  - The Palace (Passaic, NJ) x Mr. B's Gentlemen's Club x Dekko NightClub x Liquid Access  - The HomeTeam DJs  - Angels Nardones x Jersey Girls (Elizabeth, NJ)  - DJ Doughboy  - Club Exotics (Club Escape) *Elizabeth, NJ*  - @Im_Waltttt Praises DJs that Play Album Cuts  - Dec. 2009 Young Money “BedRock” heard on OnSmash x RnBXclusive  - DJ Shy x Wiz Khalifa “Say Yea”  - Songs Of The Episode #3 - A. Money “Fast Life”  - Internet Sites Shaping Music Industry Today (OnSmash, RnBXclusive, DatPiff, LiveMixtapes, HotNewHipHop, GreenHitz, HotBlends, NahRight, ThisIsRnB, RunTheTrap, StereoGum, PitchFork, ThatsEnuff)  - Social Media x HillDilly x BeforeTheData Sharping Music Today  - DeeJay Remixing Songs Online (Soundcloud) - Dave Luxe x Ciara “Overdose”  - Social Media Ruining Party Scene  - River Outpost Brewery House (Peeskill, NY)  - Change of the DJ Scene from Old School DJs compared to the New School DJs  - Always Keep Moving, Every Good Thing Comes To An End  - DJ Shy DeeJay Stories (Traveling New Jersey - Connecticut - Baltimore - New Jersey)  - DeeJaying a Concert  - DJ Shy Newest Ventures (Apple Music x LoudPA Radio)  - Bob Proctor  - B1GGL x Supreme Security  - Songs Of The Episode #4 - Cruch Calhoun “Zaza”  - @MixedByKamillion Follow Him On All Social Media Platforms. @MixedByKamillion

We back baby, The Heel Classic was stuck at work but he will be back next week. Ivy sits down with #NWoNews own weatherman #FrassasHell discussing his music , his mountrushmore, his role as an artist as well as a weatherman for NWO news. His upcoming show with #Sigmatureseriesarts Watch it get Rawrr ! Follow Frass As Hell here https://youtu.be/eh2nmIKc9e8 JAY LARGE - MAKE A MOVE FT FRASSASHELL https://youtu.be/dFrzq7fPtNo “ GIYA “ https://youtu.be/JEiQwL6bxC0 “ NO TALK “ https://youtu.be/ATimkOeYMx0 “ WATCHU KNO ABOUT “ FT STUMBLES https://youtu.be/v73su1UkIg0 “ WAVE https://youtu.be/rJpEeJZmy3s “ JUNCTION KID “ http://youtu.be/Mq-vWyrxvvw " ILLUMINATED MINDS " https://youtu.be/eqgnr6INXzY " OUT MY BAG " http://youtu.be/b-23htffdYo " THIS TIME AROUND " http://bit.ly/DatLife " DAT LIFE https://youtu.be/_vMiKLgJ21o " NEXT UP CONCERT SERIES " https://youtu.be/UwSqZds_sXA " SELF MADE STAR SHOWCASE WINNING PERFORMANCE " https://youtu.be/PYujedkIFB8 " DEUCE AND FREINDS @ SOB's " https://youtu.be/hJcLSwdXEOE Vlog - " BARZ AFTER SHOW " MINI WEB SERIES ! https://youtu.be/BKT4l_DQQFw " THE GHOST OF REGGIE EPISODE 1 " https://youtu.be/rjzo4u5QFAg " THE GHOST OF REGGIE EPISODE 2 " " CHARLAYS REVENGE " https://youtu.be/rSmFNL6qBoc " A THEIF WITH SUPER POWERS " Social Media - Facebook @FrassAsHell Instagram - @Frass_as_hell Twitter - @FrassAsHell Tiktok - FrassAsHell Music Links https://music.apple.com/us/artist/frassashell/1475003436 https://tidal.com/artist/21716069 www.soundcloud.com/TeamFrass www.youtube.com/TeamFrassTV www.DatPiff.Com/TeamFrass Catch our replay on #DominusTV and next day at 8am on Puso 82.3FM Wednesday's 8AM https://live365.com/station/PUSO-82-3-FM-a88820 Support our Giveback for Shawn by making a donation below https://www.gofundme.com/f/give-back-for-shawn Follow us everywhere Michael Bostic Twitter @_heelclassic https://www.instagram.com/_heelclassic/ EDC https://www.edcbeats.com https://www.instagram.com/everydollacounts718 Katie / Ivy Twitter / Instagram / Tiktok : @iamivy.xo_ Katie Kay Photography www.katiekayphotography.com www.facebook.com/photosbykatiekay https://www.instagram.com/katiekay_photographyxo Ivy Productions Twitter @ivyproductions1 https://facebook.com/ivyproductions Follow Rawrrzone Everywhere https://linktr.ee/Rawrrzonenyc Tiktok @rawrrzonenyc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Uncle Vinny is joined by Special Guest, Apostolos Films aka Dimitri The Shooter. Dimitri shares his experiences of how he became one of the most notable filmers in Toronto, working with Riff Raff, his love of films, establishing his business, overseas experiences, and much more. Subscribe to @ApostolosFilms and follow him on IG to keep up with new content and videos: @apostolosfilms_official Click the Below Links to Keep Up With New Versatile Vigilante content: Website: https://versatilevigilante.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VersatileVigilante/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/versatilevigilante Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/6rbWSYZP9asHUv431qHZfK/overview Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/versatile-vigilante/id1384221180?mt=2 SmartURL: https://smarturl.it/versatilevigilante 0:00 - Welcome Dimitri The Shooter aka Apostolos Films 1:10 - Born & Raised in GTA 1:30 - Being a Film Nerd (War, Grindhouse, History) 2:10 - Greek Heritage 3:00 - Stretching a Budget For Filming 4:35 - Harry Potter; Interest in Acting & Music 5:40 - Chief Keef Inspiration; Shoutout 1995 6:40 - Shoutout AZae 7:00 - 2012 Rap; Adrenaline Music 9:30 - Datpiff; Power to Upload & Shoot Videos 10:10 - RIP EBE Bandz 11:40 - Having Contact With Jack Harlow in 2017 13:10 - Cole Bennett 15:40 - Using Film Knowledge to Help With Shooting 16:40 - Filming in Grade 6! 17:50 - Loving Low Budget Horror Films; Versatility 18:30 - Filming Commercials, Videos, Weddings, Community Events 20:00 - Playing The Game; Understanding Business 22:00 - Video Politics 24:00 - Knowing Your Worth 25:35 - Shooting AR Paisley "F*** Rap" Video 27:40 - Creative Editing 29:00 - Little Details Take Videos To Another Level 30:00 - Paying Homage; Italian Films; Tarantino 31:30 - Foreign Film Market 32:30 - Loving Obscure Films 33:15 - Peter Jackson 35:00 - Important To Have Inspiration 36:40 - Working With Roney Early On 38:20 - Building Up Experience; Humble Beginnings 39:00 - Shoutout Orazio 42:00 - Working With "Captured Films" 42:50 - Shoutout Screwface Films 43:30 - Going On Tour With Riff Raff!!! Crazy Stories 46:40 - Riff Raff & Skepta Video 47:20 - Riff Raff Shutting Down Tattoo Shop 47:50 - Starting to Work With Riff Raff 48:40 - Jody Highroller Work Ethic 49:50 - Touring Experiences 50:30 - Riff Raff is a LEGEND & MANIAC 53:00 - Different Editing Styles as Signature 54:00 - Shooting Pressa "Maserati" Video; Editing in 3 Days 55:40 - Shooting in Greece; Working With Labels 56:50 - Evolving as a Creative; As Long As You Get Paid 57:40 - Be Careful Out Here 58:15 - Filming Can Be Very Dangerous 1:00:15 - Rap Cap 1:00:35 - Shoutout Slim Jesus 1:01:30 - Dangerous Content 1:02:40 - Not Involved in Politics 1:03:30 - Accidentally Filming a Diss Video 1:04:30 - Torontology; Reddit; Rappers Buying Views 1:05:30 - Working With Greek Artists 1:06:15 - Organic Views vs. Paid Views 1:06:50 - Involvement in Greek Scene 1:08:40 - Paying For Promo; Steady Growth 1:10:00 - Views Not Adding Up 1:12:30 - Finessing For Bigger Audiences 1:13:00 - Future Zombie Film 1:14:00 - Movie Business 1:15:00 - Shoutout All The Videographers 1:16:00 - Finding Your Own Route to Success 1:16:40 - Shoutout @apostolosfilms_official

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It's a World P-P-P-Premier Premier! Before DJ Drama and Dreamville joined forces, and before Tyler the Creator won a Grammy off basically a mixtape, the Tribe set out to find where the mixtapes went to. Gone are the days of mass free downloads off of DatPiff.com or finding those  hitters on SoundCloud. Is everything a mixtape today with streaming? We swear we recorded this like a week before that Dreamville-Drama tape was announced. Intro music: Panama Rain Prod. by Danya Vodovoz | https://danyavodovoz.bandcamp.com/track/panama-rain | Royalty-free music

Ben sits down with the executive producer of his latest album, Elijah Who. They discuss the making of "Cartoons," the legendary album artwork of Datpiff.com, poisonous snakes, rapid aging, and many more fascinating topics. This is a good one, tune in! Socials: Ben Beal on Instagram Ben Beal on Twitter Elijah Who on Instagram Elijah Who on Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part 1 about the impact of mixtapes in hip hop. Part 2 coming soon... Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/chasetalkshiphoppodcast?igshid=c2ir3nvdqqnq And Twitter: https://twitter.com/chasetalkspod make sure to subscribe and let me know what you think In the group chat: You're invited to my new group 'Chase Talks Hip Hop Family' on GroupMe. Click here to join: You're invited to my new group 'Chase Talks Hip Hop Family' on GroupMe. Click here to join: https://groupme.com/join_group/55201541/gbYbi4BW Are You A Hip Hop Artist Looking For Exposure? Contact me using chasetalkshiphoppodcast@gmail.com with any questions regarding my content or if you are an artist looking to be interviewed, have your song played etc... All my inquiries will be taken through the email above. Follow Chase On Social Media: Link Tree:https://linktr.ee/chasehillhiphop New Album “Cortisol”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKF8K5lAiXBmgkN-J5t2hVydn-SyMsINP Natalee Gilbert's Blog: https://many.link/natalee_federal Lone Archive Clothing: https://depop.com/lonearchive/ Who Is VGT 3 Blog: https://whoisvgt3.com Thank You All For Listening P.S. please take time to leave a review and subscribe⬆️⬆️⬆️ on all my channels and social media. Future rewards will be given to people who support the most

Happy New Year everyone! Hope your holidays were bless, ROTM is back in action. On this episode, Duke sits down with recording artist @iamsnackz to talk about his upcoming EP: Snackpack Vol. 1. Duke was also joined by @southsidewave_ of the @kickinitwithkeloandq podcast. The guys talked about Snackz' upbringing, suddenly becoming the man of the house, the recording process of the EP, getting an AraabMuzik beat and much more. Duke and Snackz were able to relate on the topic of mental health and both experiencing panic attacks. Snackz explained why he feels songs like “Panic Attack” and not only important, but needed for men in today's day and age. The guys then played a game of “This or That” where Duke asked the guys to choose between two difficult options ranging from verzuz battles to wifey vs baddie. It was a great episode, be sure to check out the guests on social media and show them some love! Be sure to let us know what your favourite part of the podcast was and what you'd like to see more of in 2022!!   Timestamps: 2:01 - Intro 4:00 - Snackz interview 5:00 - Snackz' upbringing 14:26 - Dealing with Mother's stroke 19:25 - Getting your mixtape on Datpiff at 16 22:45 - Process of making SnackPack Vol. 1 26:22 - The story behind “Panic Attack” 32:10 - Duke opens up about his panic attack 33:35 - Snackz's innovative branding and marketing for his mixtape 36:10 - Tapping in with legendary producer AraabMuzik 39:23 - The story of teddy Ty 47:04 - ROTM Game: This or That? 49:00 - Usher vs Chris brown 53:00 - Deep dive on IG baddies 1:02:00 - Is sending a nude to your friend cheating   Have QUESTIONS  for the podcast? SEND THEM TO: ROTMPodcast@gmail.com   Or   via Instagram DM at: https://instagram.com/rotmpodcastt?igshid=pse0j4pk49d4   Be sure to give us a thumbs up on YouTube and SUBSCRIBE if you haven't already, it helps the channel grow! Rate us on iTunes and check us out on Spotify, Amazon Music and VURBL as well! Check out the video of the full episodes available on the ROTM Podcast YouTube channel! Subscribe, leave a comment and like! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoYajGTkjxOr98SYdr1Uzzg?view_as=subscriber

On this episode, out of Austin, TX, we have J Soulja. We first get into the beginning stages on how he got into music, and having a viral Datpiff mixtape back in the MySpace era. We also touch on how new school rappers should appreciate the game more versus the money. We end on what his deluxe album of "More Than Nothin" will give. Enjoy :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theginnpodcast/support

Stage Name: Buc Hollins, born and raised in Flint, MI ......influenced by HipHop/Rap his journey started early watching Yo MTV Raps, The Box, and family members Top Authority...... Listening to my cousins Top Authority (Shotgun, Flex) made me want to rap even more I knew once I had people's ears like them it was a wrap. I dropped a mixtape mid 2000s called “Yellow Fever”, I did a couple songs after that but the streets had me running around lost..... around 2014 I came back to the music serious telling myself it's now or never! I dropped the mixtape “GhostOfKariMac” in 2015 on DatPiff dedicated to my dead homey “Dakarai Grover” who wrote for “Lisa Lefteye Lopez” and “Boyz II Men” that had a nice street buzz and hailed critically acclaimed, about 110 shows later I dropped “MajorDealWithoutAMajorDeal” in 2016 on all streaming platforms......in 2019 I dropped the Ep “Gods Wrath” keeping the grind going, and the Ep “MajorDealWithoutAMajorDeal 2” also the Ep “Back2DaStreets” in 2020....... “InMeNotOnMe” out now! IG @buc.hollins Fb Buc Hollins