Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep270: COVID-19 Edition 48! Yeah you read it right - Episode 270. Wow. You can’t plan it (and we don’t), but that’s just what happens here at Southern Vangard Radio. As you might imagine, it’s a celebration - do we even have to say it? Sure we do - ‘ol Donnie J is outta here come January, and The Gard couldn’t be happier. We celebrate by continuing to give you that ra...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the ZILLA ROCCA and CHONG WIZARD interview session! This Phildelphia MC and Vancouver DJ/producer have been on their own individual tears the past few years. Zilla with his work with RAY WEST and ALASKA, as well as putting in work with THE WRECKING CREW, which counts CURLY CASTRO, PREMROCK and SMALL PROFESSOR as members. Chong just wrapped up his 6-part INFIN...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep269: COVID-19 Edition 46! Twice A Week Meeks and Twice A Week Doe are back to wash your election & COVID sorrows away, Vangardians. Heaps of new joints in our Ep269 mix this week as everyone is emptying their respective clips before the year is out. Our interview session this week is brought to you by ZILLA ROCCA & CHONG WIZARD, who have a killer project out now cal...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the RHETTMATIC interview session! There’s a LOT you can talk about with this world renowned DJ/producer. This week, however, is SPECIAL, as we dig in with Rhett on “V”, the first VISIONARIES album in 13 years! Not only did we get all of the behind the curtain goodness on new album from the legendary crew - that’s KEY-KOOL, DANNI, LMNO, 2MEX, & LORD ZEN and RH...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep268: COVID-19 Edition 44! What a week we have in store for you Vangardians - just one look at the tracklist and you’ll see we have WORLD EXCLUSIVES flying everywhere, even down to the instrumentals for the talk breaks. We’re giving ya’ll a peek into new music that’s right around the corner from CHONG WIZARD & ZILLA ROCCA’s upcoming album “MIDNIGHT SONS”, a crispy ne...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JABEE interview session! We head to the Midwest this week, specifically OKC, to catch up with damn near a renaissance man, as Jabee has his hands dipped in just about everything - from music to venues to food to activism - the list goes on. This chat was particularly interesting given Jabee is part owner in the Tower Theatre, a historic venue located in t...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep267: COVID-19 Edition 42! We’re back after taking last week off - like we said at the beginning of this episode - family always comes first here at Southern Vangard Radio. The rap ish can ALWAYS wait. Nonetheless we’re back and dropping twice a week on Tues and Thurs like we normally do - Ep267 is filled to the brim with brand new joints you likely need in your life...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SHYSTE interview session! To no one’s surprised, we’re back in upstate NY this week for our Thursday interview session - if you didn’t notice they’re pretty much running rap these days. This Albany MC is an integral part of the slow burn that’s led up the recent explosion, and back on the block with “THE BEAUTIFUL HOAX”, a brand new LP produced entirely b...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep266: COVID-19 Edition 41! Get your ear holes ready, Vangardians, it’s another rowdy week with Doe & Meeks. We have WORLD EXCLUSIVES and a mid-mix interview from SUPREME CEREBRAL in the lead up to his new LP “ULTIMATE MIND”, which drops at the end of this week. Make sure you hit COPENHAGEN CRATES for that physical vinyl drop ASAP (if it’s not already gone). We head t...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the ELZHI & JR SWIFTZ interview session! It’s been a little over a year since we interviewed young gunner JR Swiftz, and boy what a difference a year makes. This Friday, Sept 25th, Elzhi of Slum Village fame and revered solo artist in his own right, drops “SEVEN TIMES DOWN, EIGHT TIMES UP,” his latest solo LP that finds JR himself manning the boards for the e...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep265: COVID-19 Edition 39! Dagnabbit Vangardians, those old geeezers Doe and Meeks are hitting you in the head AGAIN this week - of course it’s another week of all the latest and greatest hip hop, and of course we have a dope mid-mix interview with GHOST OF THE MACHINE & WEAPON E.S.P. aka THE JUICE HEADZ and of course the interview session is on yet ANOTHER LEVEL thi...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the PLANET ASIA interview session! This is a true honor, Vangardians - not to mention a rarity. PA said it himself - he doesn’t do interviews, and frankly, doesn’t HAVE to do interviews at this point in his career. All that said, he knows what time it is here at Southern Vangard Radio, and we had a great conversation with this West Coast hip-hop institution a...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep264: COVID-19 Edition 37! The best mix show & podcast on the planet is back this week, and boy is it a DOOZY. WORLD EXCLUSIVES everywhere from DA CLOTH (that’s M.A.V., RIGZ and MOOCH if you didn’t know) and GRIFF & SCORCESE, who we also have a mid-mix interview with. DA CLOTH is dropping THE FIXTAPE this week while GRIFF & SCORCESE are dropping their “MIDNIGHT EXPRE...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SPODA interview session! Last year, this Long Island MC dropped the “FULL COURT PRESS” LP seemingly out of nowhere. Produced entirely by WAVY DA GHAWD, it became an instant AOTY contender here at Southern Vangard Radio and damn near a modern day classic in our books. At the top of the month, he dropped his second full length LP, “STATE OF EMERGENCY”, whic...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep263: COVID-19 Edition35! A day late, but definitely not a dollar, quarter, dime or even a penny short! Doe and Meeks are back for another twice a week round of brand new hip-hop, trash talking and dope interviews that are guaranteed to improve your playlist, and likely your life in general. Music wise, you can feel the energy & quality picking up as we head into the...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the OC FROM NC interview session! When it comes to authentic hip-hop from the South - it’s hard to dispute what North Carolina has brought, and continues to bring, to the game - and they just might hold the crown, frankly. This Burlington-based MC is one of the reasons why, as he’s been steadily been building a rep and an outstanding catalog over the past dec...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep262: COVID-19 Edition 33! Do ya’ll even read this sh*t? Let’s see. LAWRY’S. YA MAMA. YOPLAIT. TUB. Laughing yet? Good. WORLD EXCLUSIVES everywhere this week Vangardians - we debut two joints off NAPOLEON DA LEGEND and RO DATA’S “THE STUFF OF LEGEND” that drops this Friday on Chong Wizard Records (whaddup Chong and Jordan), and we have THREE more joints off OC FROM N...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JOHN CREASY interview session! It’s no secret we are BIG fans of THE UMBRELLA crew, of which this Niagara Falls MC is a part of - take one look at the playlist over the past year, our interview with JOSIAH THE GIFT a few weeks back and Doe getting his collab on with the crew - these guys are their bag right now, and Creasy continues the onslaught this mon...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep261: COVID-19 Edition 31! Tuesday is upon us once again Vangardians, and that can only mean one thing - the best damn hip-hop mix show & podcast on the planet is back with another week of that raw. This week we have new joints abound like always not to mention a mid-mix interview with YOUNG BLACK & GIFTED, who have a dope LP out now called “The Second Coming.” We he...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the GRAND DADDY I.U. interview session! First up - big up the homie Oxygen for making this interview happen - the LI connect is real. We returned from summer break a few weeks ago with Ep258 and dropped a joint from I.U.’s brand new LP, “The Essence” which is entirely produced by I.U. himself and has an unf*ckwitable lineup: Sadat X, Rah Digga, Bumpy Knuckles...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep260: COVID-19 Edition 29! Yeeeeeee what a week we have in store for you Vangardians - WORLD EXCLUSIVES flying everywhere from Jamil Honesty & Hobgoblin’s upcoming “Martyr Music 2”, a searing cut off OC from NC & D.R.UG.S. Beats upcoming “Crown Royal” album AND one more you-heard-it-here-first joint from Stik Figa & Conductor William’s upcoming LP “Tomorrow Is Forgot...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SIR VETERANO interview session! This West Coast producer began making a name for himself in the early-mid 2000s, and around 2010 he was on the cusp of a breakthrough - his rep was gaining steam, the production resume was turning heads, Aftermath & Bad Boy were calling - but the reality was he was burned out, in a big way - so he decided to put the music t...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep259: COVID-19 Edition 27! No other way to put it - Doe and Meeks have the pedal to the metal this week, Vangardians. Exclusives everywhere this week in the 2+ hr mix show - including you heard it here first joints from JAMILY HONESTY & HOBGOBLIN, SIXMAN & GENERAL STEELE of SMIF N WESSUN and THE UMBRELLA’S own JOHN CREASY! Throw in an end of mix interview with TENACI...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep258: COVID-19 Edition 25! We’re back from a lil’ summer break folks- if you missed us, we missed you too - if you didn’t, then kick rocks and keep listening to those other mediocre ass mix shows & interviews if you must, we can’t fix stupid. Doe & Meeks are easing back into that Vangardian flow this week with tons of new joints, an update on what we’ve been doing ov...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the MOE DIRDEE interview session! We head to Las Vegas this week to chat with Detroit native Moe Dirdee, who just dropped “MOE DERT,” which is entirely produced by LA producer DERT BEATS, and is the latest release on HOUSE SHOES’ STREET CORNER MUSIC. We dig in with Moe why his move from the D to Vegas was the unintended genesis of the project, how a $20 bus r...