Southern Vangard

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep257: COVID-19 Edition 23! We’re plowing straight through June folks - summer is nigh, there’s plenty of new music and lots of sh*t to talk. Meeks and Doe are back with that Twice A Week flow - new joints a plenty on Ep257, including a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from Heem Stogied, Kung Fuu & Mute Won, and we have another in-depth interview session on Thursday. We head to Vegas...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the GHOST OF THE MACHINE interview session! This Worcester, MA MC has been on a tear in 2020 - first was the SAVAGELAND group project with RECKONIZE REAL & WEAPON E.S.P, and now we have the third installment of his “Heroes For Hire” series with South Miami’s DJ PROOF. We first get a report from Ghost how folks in are faring in his neck of the woods given the...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep256: COVID-19 Edition 21! Hop in Vangardians, Meeks and Doe are here to take you on another one this week - if your mental needs some relief we got what you need! New music abound this week as you might guess, including a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from ZILLA ROCCA & RAY WEST - and we happened to get ‘em on the horn to talk about this “Rowhouse Whispers” CD only exclusive and...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the JOSIAH THE GIFT interview session! This is one of those “you heard it here first” events at Southern Vangard Radio. We are continuously on the hunt for that next shit here at SVR, and we’ve been very early supporters of Josiah and the entire UMBRELLA crew. This week finds us premiering two records off Josiah’s upcoming “IRON MIC” LP on Ep254 that dropped...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep255: COVID-19 Edition 19! We’re back after last weeks hiatus, and we’ve got plenty of raw music & raw conversation to get you through the day. World Exclusives abound this week as we premier two cuts off JOSIAH THE GIFT’s upcoming “IRON MIC” LP - SVR’s own DJ JON DOE just happened to lay cuts on both joints as well. In conjunction with their debut, Josiah is our int...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the TERROR VAN POO interview session! We’re getting pretty good at this all virtual everything podcast thing ya’ll - it still ain’t the greatest but Doe and Meeks are managing. This week we head to NYC to talk with Queens by way of BX MC Terror Van Poo! The man fka K Terror has been on a relentless run the past 18 months or so and has quickly become a favorit...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep254: COVID-19 Edition 17! WAAALCOME Vangardians, it’s your friendly-neighborhood Doe & Meeks ripping through your podcast playlist with more Smithsonian Grade, Twice A Week, Quarantine goodness! We kick off Ep254 this week with a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from CAMOFLAUGE MONK & DEUCE ELLIS, who have a new project dropping May 29 called “CAMOELLIS” - and we just happen to have...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the PJ KATZ interview session! As you all very well know, upstate NY basically has the whole rap game in a choke hold at the moment - and no, we’re not talking about that silly rabbit type sh*t ya’ll - we talking about REAL RAP. So it’s no mistake we’re back there this week for an insightful chat with Albany-based producer, composer & writer, PJ Katz. This ge...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep253: COVID-19 Edition 15! Pull up to the table, Vangardians, we’ve got plenty to feed you this week, even as we head into our 8th week of quarantination - yeah, we know that’s not a real word but the shit is funny! Meeks is still tapping in virtually and Doe is all by his lonesome in Dirty Blanket Studios, and we’re still holding up the underground as we do every we...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the LORD JUCO interview session! This elusive yet highly productive MC / producer from Toronto has been building a loyal following over the past few years, and it almost came crashing down after a devastating car accident at the end of 2019. Thankfully, Juco persevered, healed, got his health in order and is setting himself up to have a very successful 2020....

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep252: COVID-19 Edition 13! We’re still playing this thing safe folks - Meeks is calling in from the comfort of his own home while Doe is holding down the decks from Dirty Blanket Studios - it ain’t ideal, but for the time being we’re keeping this thing on the tracks one way or another. If you haven’t noticed, there’s a ridiculous amount of quality rap sh*t out right...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the LORD GOAT interview session! It can’t get much better than this, Vangardians. Lord Goat fka GORETEX of the legendary NON-PHIXION has been warning us of this exact moment in time over the past two DECADES. Thanks to friend of Southern Vangard Radio, J57, we connected with GORE ELOHIM to get his take on the COVID-19 pandemic, having to live with “The Future...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep251: COVID-19 Edition 11! It’s Week 5 of quarantine here at Southern Vangard Radio - Doe and Meeks are getting pretty good at this virtual thang for the most part, hopefully we’ll be able to return to a more normal show in the near future. Until then, it’s Doe in Marietta and Meeks in the SWATS still putting it together Twice A Week for ya’ll regardless! Lots of new...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the ILLPO interview session! This one is long overdue, Vangardians, as we’ve been playing this groups music since Episode 56 (that’s 2016), thanks to the homie and ILLPO collaborator, D.R.U.G.S. Beats, for putting us on. This week finds the Greensboro, NC duo dropping “Mercy Rules,” a new long player produced entirely by NC producer on the come-up B Squared....

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep250: COVID-19 Edition 09! TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY mix shows since January 1, 2012. Thank ya’ll for tuning in - another milestone, another Twice A Week extravaganza, let’s get straight to it. We’re still on that quarantine sh*t - Meeks dialing in from the SWATS and Doe holding down Dirty Blanket Studios is how this thing is gonna go until it shapes up outside. All that...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the E.L.E.M.N.T. interview session! This producer has been dropping straight soundtracks on ya’ll the past few years with fellow PNC Knowledge The Pirate and they’re both back to kick off spring with “Family Jewels”, a searing 8-song project that is also half produced by Italy’s Cuns of Tuff Kong Records. We get a COVID-19 update to kick things off and then g...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep249: COVID-19 Edition 07! We’re rolling into Week 4 of quarantine / lockdown / shelter-in-place / whatever the f*ck you call it - it’s far from ideal, and frankly Meeks & Doe are gettin’ a little pissy about it. Nonetheless, we’re keeping this thang moving! We have two outstanding drops this week as you might imagine - Ep249 is filled to the brim with new joints, in...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the G. HUFF and LENA JACKSON interview session! Doe & Meeks check in with these two monstrous MC’s from their homes in Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, NC, respectively, as this was a big week for them. This Wednesday, they dropped the second remix from their latest EP, “Grace and Alchemy” -a remix for “A Day In The Life” that features West Coast legend Spice 1! W...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep248: COVID-19 Edition 05! Ya’ll at the crib right? If you’re not your ass needs to be so we can move past this thing and get back to it - alright, enough preaching - it’s Doe & Meeks back with that Twice A Week type thang Vangardians! New music is abound and plentiful, so we get into the latest and greatest treats out right now - which includes a WORLD EXCLUSIVE fro...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SQUEEGIE O interview session, COVID-19 Edition 04! We head to Staten Island this week to talk with MC / Producer SQUEEGIE O, who has been making quite a name for himself as of late, especially after dropping his latest LP, “F.N.T.G. (From Niggaz To Godz)”. With a recent cosign and “LIVE FROM HEADQCOURTERZ” playlist placement from DJ PREMIER, this gentlema...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep247: COVID-19 Edition 03! Hey ho Vangardians, hope this finds everyone safe and well - your guys Meeks and Doe got a heaping of that raw for you this week to lighten your spirit and put a pep in your step! Take one look at the track listing for this week and you’ll see we have WORLD EXCLUSIVES a plenty - including never before heard beats from D.R.U.G.S. Beats as we...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the SABAC RED interview session, COVID-19 Edition 02! First and foremost, Meeks and Doe hope everyone is taking care of themselves physically, mentally and spiritually given the situation the entire world is in right now. Second, we’re gonna keep delivering that Smithsonian Grade twice a week as usual, but a little differently as Meeks has to dial in virtuall...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep246: COVID-19 Edition 01! Well folks - what do you say? Nothing to say that hasn’t already been said other than we’re back at it - albeit a little differently. Don’t get it twisted - DOE & MEEKS will STILL be providing you that twice a week Smithsonian Grade while also doing what we can to protect our families & the community. The format remains the same - mix on Tu...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio presents the POUNDS interview session! This Rochester MC has been building quite the following over the past few years, and launched a missile at the end of 2019 with BUCKWILD of DITC in the form of “TRAFFICANTE”, a gritty 12 cut LP that boasts features from ROC MARCIANO, BENNY THE BUTCHER, SONNY BAMBOO, CRIMEAPPLE, CLIFTON HASTON, MAX MARCIANO & BLASS 89. Pounds brea...

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep245! To paraphrase friend of Southern Vangard Radio, the one and only JERRY GRAHAM - the juggle is REAL, Vangardians. Even in the middle of a Doe’s basement renovation - we giving ya’ll that straight raw regardless. This week we had no ceiling the studio, insulation hanging everywhere, paint fumes abound AND the volume could barely be turned up cause there’s no ceil...